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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30
EYE. EAR NOSE AND THRUA~
SPECIALIST.
Dr.D.E.G Graham

SUCCESSOR TO DR.. o. n. LEWIS
Hours 2 70 10 q. m; / TO p. m.
Ennis once Bldg. Ottumwa. Iowa
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ATS ACRES-360 IN CULTIVATION,
balance wild grass. Good houss.
barn. artesian we'll and small stream
of water. miles from good town
and school, $42 per acre. Part cash,
or might consider small Iowa farm
Farms Of all kinds for sale. e. s.
Thomas, Fullerton, N. d.
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FOR sALE-AT PLANT OF MoNEY
Clay Product Company, broken brick
tile and pottery for concrete work
30 cents yard.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30
For Sale

FOR sALE--57A ACRE IMPROVED
farm close to church and school near
old Ashland. Good 6 room house
Large Earn and other out buildings.
Plenty of fruit. wells. e. e. Cash.
Eldon, Ia
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30
Wanted

WANTED TO TRADE GOOD LARGE
colt months old for good work
horse or mare. Must weight IL or IA
hundred. Will pay difference. New
phone 2500-M. George Merrlnger, T..
No. 4.
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sell house by putting want ad in the Courier
One-halff word.
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FOR sAIE-PUoE B.,HD ANGUS
bulls. Ell F. oehler. MoraviA =
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE MADE. INK.
amined and perfected. Our books ere
complete. Prices right Work 1uAS-
anteed. Both phones. LowsnbsSS y
Asbury.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30

W.ANTED-COAL MINES TO LEASE
G. E. Warner. Agency, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30

MEN LEARN TO OPERATE AND
repair automobiles. Thousands of
cars need men worth s25 to $50 per
week. Actual experience in our
shops. Address National Auto Train
ing association, Omaha, Neb.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-30

| will sell at public sale on what is
known as the John Morris farm, 2h
miles northeast of Belknap and miles
west of Floris, on
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15
FARMERS UNION DAY, FEB. -.
Proclamation by the National Officials
and State Presidents i'm Convention
at Washington, ID. c.

Whereas, Farmers were the fOun-
dcrs and have ever been the defend
crs cf this republic, and
Whereas, We have the utmost con-
Idence in their wisdom and sire IS tn
to perpetuate a free government by
the people. and in their ability to per-
feet laws and institutions for the oct.
terment OF mankind and believing
that education lies at the base OF all
progress, therefore be it
Resolved, BY the National officials
and State presidents of the Farmers
Educational and cooperative Union
u Am,~.,a H. convention assembled
i'm Washington. -. C.. This end day
d January 1871, That We set apart
'he 22nd day # February ass Farmer.
Union Day.
George Washington was the fore
most farmer of his time. and it is
proper and just to observe the ami
versary Of his birth with appropriate
and fitting exercises, emphasizing the
Importance. necessity, dignity and
culture OF farm life and the benefit of
organization among the farmers
We urge upon all unions the i'm
portance Of assembling on this day
and devoting the entire day to social.
literary and educational subjects, hav-
ing ever in mind the building up Of
the FARMERS Union, and we further
more urge them to ask schools
churches and civic societies to CO.
operate in appropriate exercises.
G. S. Barrett,
President National Union
Attest: a. G. Davis, Sec.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15
CANNON OPPOSES RECIPROCITY.
Urges Illinois Legislature 10 Consid-
CT Well Before Endorsing.

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 1l.-State Sem
ator Bailey, of DanVinc, made pub
lie today Il letter from Speaker Can
non, in which the Speaker strongly
opposes reciprocity with Canada The
Speakers followers in the Senate and
House, according to the Danville SEN
ator, will put up a hard fight on the
floor when the Canadian reciprocity
resolution is offered next week. Fol-
lowing is a text OF Speaker Cannon's
letter:
1T is represented in Washington
that you are about To consider in the
State Legislature, at Springfield, a
resolution endorsing the commercial
agreement with Canada, which is now
pending before Congress-
THAT proposed agreement provides
substantially for free trade between
Canada and the United States in agri-
cultural products, the farmers finish
ed product. 1t includes. in addition
to wheat, barley, corn, potatoes, dairy
products eggs, poultry. etc, cattle,
hogs and other animals on the hoof.
"Of course free trade in these pro-
ducts is by itself one-sided. because
We give Canada an immense market
for her farm products, both in the
ory and in fact, while she affords us
practically no market for farm pro-
ducts or course, if there can be any
advantage given us which will com
pensate for the burden of competition
thus placed on our farmers. we should
be able to find it in the terms
II have not found it So far and |
note that the Canadian envoy. Mr..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15

parts should be given a coat of white
lead ana oil, so as to project them
and add to ther lasting qualities. If
wooden wheels Of wagons and other
vehicles are kept well painted there
VIII rarely be any necessity of tight
ening the tires during next summers
dry weather, to say nothing Of avoid
ing the expense Of a new wheel when
that one that was neglected, breaks
down. Even better than paint for
wheels, would be to soak them in lin
seed or some other durable OIL A
metal trough for this purpose can be
purchased at very reasonable
price. Build a slow fire under the
trough, let the oil get hot and stand
the rim Of the wheel in it, turning
every few minutes. This will often
tighten a loose tire and it will re-
main so for a long while and at the
same time the wheel will last much
longer, as the wood is protected from
decay by the oil.
To do this work economically and
properly the average two-horse farm
er Of today requires an investment
Of not less than $500 in farm imple-
ments and tools. With the present
neglect Of these tools upon the aver
age farm this list has TO be renewed
at least every five years or there is a
depreciation Cf 20 per cent each
year. 1t then costs him $50 per year
to leave his tools out in the weather
and this loss for one year will build
ample shelter. When it comes to
protection from the weather, there
are two things upon the average
Southern farm that we seem to lose
all idea of the value Of; they are a
bale OF cotton and the implements
with which it was made. More at
tention to each one Of these points
will result in increased dividends.-
Progressive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15
MEETING OF BOYS CORN CLUB.
Those Expecting to Enter Contest for
Coming Year Shonld BE on Hand
saturday To Hear What Will BE
Done.

There will be a meeting of the
Boys Corn club for Sumter county AT
the office of County Superintendent Of
Education HaynsWorth on Saturday
at | a. m. or as shortly afterwards as
convenient, and all those boys Of
the county who entered the corn rails
ing contest last year, and expect to
do 50 again this year, and those Who
dld not enter last year, but do en-
pect to enter this year, should be on
hand 10 learn what the rules Of the
contest are to be and who are eligible
TO enter the contest.
superintendent Of Education Hayns-
worth mas issued the following notice
to the boys who are interested in the
work of the club:
The Sumter County BOYS Corn
Club will hold its first meeting for
1911, Saturday, February 18th, at the
Court House. as soon in the morning
as convenient for the boys to get in
town. 1t is not fully decided upon
but probable, that the age limits will
be II to Is years.
1t Is hoped that a full attendance
VIII be on hand TO start this highly
interesting and profitable work among
the young farmer lads. Sumter Coun-
" wants to be at the head when the
shucking time comes. with many a
boy the proud winner of prize. Come
out boys and bring more boys with
you.
With success to the Boys Corn club
OF sumter County, | remain,
Yours ready to serve,
J. Herbert HaynswCrth
County Superintendent Of Education.
This movement which was taken
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15
TRUSTEE OF UNIVERSITY RE
SIGNS.
movement on Foot to Elect Lewis ".
Parker in Place of Robert McFa--
land of Darlington.

Columbia, Feb. I3.-Probate Judge.
ltooert Mcfarland, of Darlington to-
day resigned as a trustee of the Uni
NerSity and the up-country almuni
launched movement to elect Lewis
Nardlaw Parker his successor Nc
tarland was one OF those held bv
he judiciary committee to be held
ing two offices in violation of the
State constitution.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15

Fielding, explains to the mother cuuu-
try that, while Canada is re.r,ng q
large market in the. United .st4tas the
United States is not 10 gam market
enough in Canada to interfere with
English trade, since few reductions
are made on our products that would
seek Canadian market and these re-
ductions are smaller.
Il note, also, one discrimination.
Food animals on the hoof, such as
our farmers have to sell, come into
this country free of duty, but on the
meats, manufactured from these ami
mails, there is a levied duty Of a cent
and a quarter a pound.
Il have no time to enter into a
complete analysis of the proposed
agreement, but l send you, under sep
arate cover, copy of the Presidents
message containing the proposed
agreement and schedules. The agree
m"nJ 70 me ana to many others
seems substantially e. J-r. protection
90 al #clicult"raI products. treating
uhcm as ~a" material ana &, accord
p.otc-,-o- - a.. who -sC such pro,
ducts, in whole or in part, as a basis
for some manufacturing or finishing
process.
My object in writing to you is to
suggest that if any effort is made to
secure action, by resolution or other
wise, endorsing this proposition, while
it is pending before Congress. it ought
to be done only after most careful
examination.
There is marked difference Of
opinion among Republicans in the
National House and in the Senate
touching the wisdom and the justice
of the proposed agreement as a whole
The Democrats in the House of Rep-
resentatives have held q caucus in re-
gard to the matter and have resolved
to support the agreemo.- .n The
House, on the ground that " .0e f Is
not all they desire to acccnr.l.a j.
is long step forward in til direction
of free tarde under the gulse OIL re-
ciprocity, their position now and in
the near future being for a tariff for
revenue only and against protection.
That is not as l understand, the po-
SItIon Of the Republican party, as
set forth in its platforms and outlined
III It's policies, and for one 1 cannot
agree with the Democratic caucus.
Il am, with respect, etc.
(Signed.) u. G. Cannon"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real es-
tate were recorded in the Office OF
the County Clerk OF Court during the
past week:
w. b. and T. w. Boyle to Z. w.
vogel. lot on Liberty street. $4,000.
Ipp Cacioudis to A. III. Wilder and
A. J. Stubs. lot on Main street ST.
600.
Executors of the estate ot Marion
Noise TO G.. \. Lennon and 4. j..
stubs, lot in city $500.
Realty Development Com oany TO
samuel Lane. lot on Penn avenue,
,i25.
A. J. Stubbs and a. III. Wilder to
Davis ID. Noise. lot on Main street.
$500.
Fadden. lot just outside city limits,
SIS.
Gabriel Mack to j. p. Commander,
Is acres for 500.
J. w. Mccoy to j. z. Anderson, one
lot In city. 500.
Frank NJ. Spann to w. T. Andrews.
one lot on Havin street. $500.
Sarah Mickens to c. w. Birnie, 32
acres In Sumter township. s675.
Stephen Mack ct al to Gabriel Mack,
rs acres east of Turkey creek. $50.
Mrs. NJ. c. stubbs to Mack Fulton,
ono lot on Naming avenue, s4OO.
Vig.l Dunncry, Ct al TO r.. w. \.
Bultman. lot near Shot Pouch.
s1O2.75.
c. a. Ellerbe to Adelaide Capell. 10
acres in Sumter county for s236.S2.
Henry +. Edcns To Annie Edens.
trustee. lot and houses on Broad
street. S1.75O.
Robert +. Haynsworth to j. Elisha
BrunsOn. 81 1-3 acres in Concord town
ship. s3ls.S4.
Robert Il. Ilaynsworth To w. NJ.
BirchmOre. two tracts of land in Con-
cord township OF 10 3-i acres. and
40 acres for S561.25.
Mrs. Lula Atkinson 20 Guy l.. War
rem. lot on Broad street. $5.1OO.
John Mcsween Company to w.
$. Carter. lot Of SO acres and lot of
go acres. $500.
j. NJ. Rcasonover To j. IL. Dunnery.
IL acres on Stateburg road for 500.
Israel Mcleod to Willis Gardner.
so acres for $500.
w. s. Stokes 10 ID. c. Shaw. lot
and building on Church street. $4,000.
Fannie u. Bradford to Dana Il.
Dennis lot ON Salem avenue. $1,000.
Master to VI. J. McFadden. tract Of
land for $3.50.
Lcniston Lane To Ben Miller, 1O5
acres In shiloh township. $4,000.
Strickland To- J. l.. McCallum. lot on
corner Calhoun and Sumter streets.
and lot on Sumter street $3.50.
James A. GIRLS to Martha Il. Gill
lis, 100 acres for $500.
Master TO VI. ]. McFadden. 25 acres
for $500.
McCallum Realty Company to Ad-
die A. Strickland. lot and premises on
Liberty street. Ss.75O.
Williams TO w. T. Andrews. lot and
premises on Brand street. $500.
3. NJ. Walker To w. r. Andrews,
one lot on Walker avenue. $500.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15

Mrs. Alva V. Lafrerty, one of the
iour women members OF the Legisla-
ture Of Colorado, made the nomiua-
ton speech which resulted in the cleo
ton of Representative George Nc
Lachlan, OF Denver, as Speaker. She
also named the temporary chief clerk
and also introduced resolution No. l,
informing the Senate and the Cover
nor that the House was i'm session
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15

up last year for the first time on a
large scale has spread all over the
State and has done more to revolution
ize the methods and ideas Of corn
growing than almost anything else that
has ever been done. 1t has brought
about renewed interest OF the farmer
lads in their work on the farm, and
has tendency 10 make the boys pre-
fer to stay on the farm.
AS a result of the county associ-
ations which were formed in the va
rious counties Of the State Jerry
Moore has been acclaimed in all parts
Of the country the master boy corn
grower Of the world and besides the
rewards won in prizes by him, he has
been given scholarship to Clemson.
Others who have likewise won schol-
arships by their success as members
of the corn club-although one was a
girl-were Archie Odom of Marlboro
and Miss Hannah PloNjcr. whc have
c.urvi scholarships 80 CENSOR and
Winthrop respectively.
The boys OF his county nav tRe
brains 10 put INTO the iand W Iarnn Oh
and they have the brains to put into
the work if they will only do it, and
there is no reason they cannot make
as high mark in the corn world
as any other boy anywhere in the
whole country. The only thing nee
cessary on the part of the boy is de-
termination and pluck and if he tries
with all his brain and Drawn there is
nothing under the sun to prevent him
from succeeding.
The date of the meeting is Satur-
day, February 18th, and already Mr..
Haynsworth has been assured of the
interest Of the boys Of the county in
many ways, and Of a large attendance
at the meeting. The beginning of the
work for the year will be at this
meeting and thos who miss it will
leave off the initial work which in
the end may count the most after
ALL
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15
SEQ \ YEAR FOR LACK OF SHELF
ER.
Fully This Much Is Paid by the Two
Horse Farmer Who Leaves His
Tools Outsidc--Build u Tool Shed
Now, and Get the Implements
Ready for Spring Work.

by Prof. ID. y. Barrow, South Caro-
lima Field Editor.
There is probably no one item of
the farm OF the South to which the
average farmer gives less attention
thought and care than the farm i'm
plements, and yet, all things consid-
cred, this Is very important item.
AS a rule, their selection is made at
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15

Everybody says Main street should
be paved. But will everybody vote
for the bond issue? That is the only
way the money TO pay for the paw
ing can be provided.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15

IL Governor Blease classes all men
who did not vote for him as ene-
mics. ne will have a busy time getting
even with forty odd thousand OF them
during the next twenty-three months.
Governor Blease. to be consistent,
should refuse TO commission any of
his enemies as notaries public.
Uncle Joe Cannon has locked horns
with President Taft on the reciprocity
issue. and a split in the old line Re-
publicans Is imminent.
The legislature ought to adjourn
this week.
IL Is TO he regretted that the
whole legislative session could not
have been postponed until next year.
III anything OF Importance or OF bene-
it TO the State has been accomplish
ed this session II has escaped notice.
All constructive legislation has been
sidetracked or postoned--in other
words. lodged.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15

II is 10 hope. though hope were
lost. Mrs. Barbould.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15

The sumter Waterman was found
ed In 1850 and the True southron In
isss. The watchman and southron
now has the combined circulation and
influence CT both of the old papers.
and is manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15
Earmcrs' Union Notes.

First, let us call attention to Far =
mers' Union Day, February %, as
fixed by the National President. This
call Is especially to the local unions
to peet on that day, and / trust each
local in Sumter county will respond to
this call in such a hearty, whole-soule1 4
way that February 22, 1911 will be a
memorable day in the history Of the
union.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-15
Good Work for n Rainy Day.

This is n good season of the year
To overhaul the farm Implements
Go over each implement carefully
and note such parts as are worn or
broken and order the necessary parts
at once. All working parts OF each
machine. If 1t has not already been
done, should be we'll cleaned of dirt
and rust and then oiled. Wooden
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-27

We PRINT envelopes,
We print circulars.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-27
SUBMERGED ORANGE GROVES.

evidence is accumulating that a
shady group of the Shadiest kind of
green goods men, namely, fake land
scheme promoters, have been able to
| cause the suppression of a govern
ment report which threatened to in
jure their business.
Their business consists of sending
out literature bearing fine pictures of
FLORIDA orange groves" on the
strength of which they already have
sold millions of dollars worth of
Florida land at prices ranging all the
way from fifty cents to hundred and
fifty dollars an acre. The only draw
back to this Florida land, from the
standpoint of the investor, is the fact
that it lies in the middle of the fam
Gus Florida Everglades, the largest
swamp in the country.
The state of Florida is engaged in
the greatest reclamation enterprise
ever undertaken; the reclamation of
some four thousand square miles of
the great swamp that covers a large
part of the peninsula. The federal
government is not concerned with
this enterprise. Nevertheless, the
government sent corps of engineers
to investigate the project, and these
engineers, at great expense, prepared
report.
That report aroused the hostility of
certain land promoters who are en-
gagged in the nefarious business of
selling Florida orange groves to
people who were never within a
thousand miles of Florida and who
have no way of knowing that these
beautiful and profitable orange
groves are all the way from five to
fifty feet under water.
Consequently, by some mysterious
influence, the report or part of it,
was suppressed. Now the question
arises: How can certain men, when
1t suits their pleasure to do so, mani
pulate government reports?
Ihls is the question that Demo-
cratic leaders in congress have been
asking since the party came into
power and 1t is more than likely that
they viii continue to ask it, perhaps
with more persistency than ever,
when an investigation of this Flor
ida project is taken up, as it most as
suredly will be. .'".
Out of the suppression of this
government report has developed a
number of rumors, aside from the
well authenticated one that the
"Orange Grove" promoters were in
1uential in preventing its publica-
tion. One of these rumors is to the
effect that powerful railroad and f.
nancial interests which have been
opposed to the state plan of reclaim
ing the swamp, brought about the
suppression of the report as one
means of making a failure of the
states scheme in order that they
themselves might drain the swamp
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-27
SHAH be cast for the entire Republican
Pennsylvania a. the Polls.

Pennsylvania at the Polls.
"The elections this fall will have a
direct bearing upon the contest which
awaits the Republican party for SUI
premacy in the nation. The result OF
the campaign of 1912 will affect the
material welfare of every man, wo
man and child in this state. Encour-
aged by their success in the congress
sional elections last fall, opponents of
the Republican party are active, alert
and hopeful. They believe that next
year they will elect a Democrat presi-
dent and that they will secure con-
troll of both branches of the Sixty
third congress. If they do this Demo
cratic tariff agitation with its destruc-
tive influences upon the industrial
and commercial organizations of this
country will only have fairly started
And Democratic free trade tariff legis.
lation will be the inevitable result.
The outcome OF the elections in
every state this year will be accepted
as an accurate index to the sentiment
of the people relative to the admins
tration of President Taft and his e..
fective efforts to prevent Democratic
tariff revision. The triumph of the
spirit of unrest in 1911 may mean its
triumph in 1912. ..'
IF there is a state in the Union
which should emphasize at every elec-
ton its uncompromising adherence to
the protective tariff system Pennsyl-
vania is that state. Indifference of
Republican voters and Democratic vic
tories this fall will be construed by
low tariff advocates as an indication
that Pennsylvania no longer demands
continuance Of the conservative and
constructive policies Of the Republi-
can party. The state committee is do
ing its utmost to impress upon Re
publicans the importance of getting
together at the polls this fall pFepara-
tory to the battle for Republican prin-
ciples in 1912"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-27

and then get possession of the un.
derlying lands.
At any rate the fact stands out
that certain men, from purely selfish
motives, were able to step in and tel
the government that it should moi
publish a report which in the nat.
ure of things contained information
of great interest to the people al
large. IEq
1t is this sort of meddling with
government reports by selfish inter
ests that the Democrats in congress
propose to stop; and it is curious to
note that the further they proceed
along that line, the greater they are
finding the necessity for such pro-
cedure. 'Aa H sH"