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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-09-06

presidents ever In the White House and
through whom none will be refused a
hearing. however humble, nor fail to re-
ceive justice at his hands. He is truly a
marvellous man, and l wish every person
In the United States could know him as
l know him. And experimenting all these
qualities Is tho addition that his homo is
one of perfect balance.
None can meet the splendid Mrs. Wilson
and her three refined. cultured daughters
with their perfect naturalness but must
feel that the whole family OF Woodrow
Wilson was especially prepared to I'LL a
great need in the present crisis in the his
tory OF our country. as were Washington.
Jefferson. jackson and Lincoln. and I
would advise the farmers upon my repu-
tation as a man II you want to protect
your own interests and those OF your fam
lies II you want to render the greatest
possible good to your country and future
generations. II you want to contribute
yodr part to the end that popular govern
ment under God shall not perish from the
earth. then see that the Hon. Woodrow
Wilson is elected president
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this that am prompted 10 address you
For years farmers have Justly COM
planned OF being required to pull at the
short end OF tho yoke because of unfair
and unjust Determinations In legislation
and transportation. and at the present
time the farmers are charged with being
the cause OF the high cost OF living when
as matter OF fact. taken collectively
the amount invested in their business. the
hours devoted to hard labor anu every
thing connected with the details OF agri-
cultural ike-they are. as whole. the
poorest paid class OF people In this coun-
try while relatively the most important
During all recent years farmers have
been told what a great blessing has been
theira through tho 50 called protective
tariff. and yet to find market for their
principal crops they have had to compete
In the markets OF the world whore the
price Is fixed But suddenly II is discov-
cred that the farmer IL the sole cause for
the high cost OF living, and what hap
pensf Tho president (Mr. Tafp with
total Disregard for tho interests OF the
farmers. submits a plan to open up to
competition with the farmers OF the Unit
ed States the products Of Canada while
being careful to preserve the tariff or.
more correctly speaking. the tax ON all
the farmer has to buy. which as clearly as
anything can exposes the hypocrisy and
''humbuggery' Of the claim that the tariff
Is any benefit to agricultural as compared
with manufactured products
Now. the turner's OF this country have
an opportunity TO benefit themselves that
has never appeared within my recollec-
ton. as the Democratic party has been
compelled by the force OF public opinion
70 nominate man for the presidency
who Is the best equipped for that high
office OF any that have been nominated or
elected since Linoon--a man that l speak
OF from personal acduaintance with and
a knowledge OF his fitness; a man OF great
natural ability. splendidly educated. not
theoretically. but practically: keenness
OF intellect remarkable for It's grasp OF
every condition with which he Is con-
fronted: an indomitable courage to do
right and. above all. a great. broad tend
sncy with and sympathy for all classes,
He will mako one Of the most accessible
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-09-06
IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL CONDI-
TIONS FROM AN INVEST
MENT STANDPOINT.

CBy John Z. Veteran, Louisville.)
Studying the educational situation
In the state, am more and more
impressed with the absolute neces-
sity for a radical change in our
viewpoint concerning the subjective
have been viewing the schools rath-
er as necessary evil, an expense
TO be kept at the minimum OF cost.
The logical result has been largely
attained-cheap houses, cheap
grounds, cheap equipment and in
too many cases cheap teachers,
cheap trustees, cheap county boards
and cheap county superintendent.
In fact, so long has this policy
prevailed that we have dwarfed
everything pertaining to our schools
even our educators, and most of all
ourselves, the average citizens The
whole outfit is cheap and made
quate thing for the twentieth cen
fury. Our slipshod and chaotic sys-
tenn, If system it can be called, pos
sibly answered fairly we'll the needs
of forty or fifty years ago, but
everything else has moved tremen-
dously within that time and moved
with the greatest celebrity and mo-
mentum.
With our schools here in Ken
lucky we have practically stood still
trusting to luck or some other mys-
terious power to supplement our in
difference and neglect Not SO with
other more prosperous and pro-
gressive states, fully recognizing the
value and Importance of their chill
| zen. With enlightened zeal and in
selligence their tendency has been
to crowd all the money into their
schools that could be judiciously
used, looking upon it as wise,
businesslike proposition, most
profitable investment, and so it has
lproved, states younger and no more
iavorably situated, with really in
ferior natural resources, SURPRISING
us in material wealth two and three
fold.
Before we can make the needed
and desired progress we must get
the viewpoint that it is not only
our high and holy duty, but most
profitable, to see our children and
their schools from the investment
side and provide generously the fl
nancial aid that is imperatively
| needed.
Furthermore, we must awaken
out of our apathy and see that this
money is used to the best adyant-
age and not frittered away by in
competence or graft. We have been
furnishing two and half to three
million dollars per annum for our
schools for a number of years.
What number of citizens have at
any time taken the slightest inter-
est TO know how this money was be-
ing expended? There seems to have
been great waste. We have allowed
the interest of our children to drift
into politics and into confusion. 1t
| is high time to correct this.
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buried instead Of using for our more
unfortunate fellow man. We have
marvellous opportunities, but we have
not realized or accepted the respon-
sibilities which go with the oppor-
tunity.
Kentucky, the first state in the
South to establish free schools, has
been asleep for nearly fifty years on
public school education and now
wakes to find herself tagging in the
rear Of most OF her sister states In
this important matter. We were
asleep when we allowed our rural
schools to retrograde. We were
asleep when we did not keep the
school apace with the development
and growth of the nation. We were
asleep when we left the whole matter
In the hands of the school teacher
and neglected our responsibility to as
sist him and stand by him. We were
asleep when we sent men to the leg
islature unfit to grapple with this
question and most generally indiffer-
emit to 1t.
Thank God we are awake now and
before 1t Is too late. Awake and on
guard. and, If we as sentinels for edu-
cation on the watch towers of progress
go to sleep until the school house Is
made thing of credit instead Of a
thing Of reproach. until the stain of n
fteracy Is wiped out. we deserve the
fate Of any sentinel who goes to sleep
at his post. A man who does wrong
and does mot know he has violated
the law is not exempt from the pen
atty. bat the man who knowingly vio-
lhtes the law is more culpabie. While
we were ignorant and Indifferent To
the lack OF advancement In our schools
we were nevertheless responsible. but
now that We are fully aware Of our
unfortunate condition we ere douhly
responsible II we do not respond % II
The precious jewels Of the common
wealth arc It's children Tho future
Of the state depends upon them and
thsy depend on W. Are We going
10 polish them with an educatinn 10
At them for lifg's duties and obligh-
tipns and citizenship. OF are We going
to allow them to grow up IN ignorance
to become panperB and criminalsf II
IN q burning question which appeals
to manhood. which appeals TO intein-
genoa. which appeals to our hearts.
Have we heard the cry which comes
from the mountains and from the
isolated sections all over Kentuclys
I. for one. have heard It, It has been
ringing in my ears for ten years or
more and neither my pen nor voice
shaIl become silent In answering It
until every educated man and woman
IN the state realizes our needs and
recognizes the responsibilities. AS
the aged Hanalcar in his camp fires
swore the infant Hannibal to eternal
hatred for Rome. so would owear
you now by the intelligence which
beams in your eyes, by the enthusi-
asm which runs In your veins and by
the love which 10 In your hearts. TO
swear an eternal hatred for ignorsncs
and illitsracy undl we have wiped 4
from our borders,
What we need IN Kentucky u pub
Ne sentiment for the public schools,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-09-06
WHAT REPUBLICAN PROS
PERlTY Is.

What has the result been?
Prosperity? Yes, If by prosper
ity you mean vast wealth. no
matter how distributed or whech-
er distributed at all or not; IL
you mean vast enterprises built
up TO be presently concentrated
under the control Of compare
lively small bodies Of men, who
can determine almost at pleasure
whether there shall be competi-
non OF not. The nation as ma
don has grown immensely rich
She is justly proud Of her indus
tries and Of the genius Of her
men Of affairs. They can master
anything they set their mindssto,
aud we have been greatly stfm-
uiated under their leadership and
command. Their laurels are
many and very green. We must
accord them the great honors
that are their due, and we must
preserve what they have built UP
for us. But what OF the other
side Of the pictunei 1t is not
easy for us to live as 1t used to
be Our money will not buy as
much. High wages, even when
we can get them, yield US mo
great comfort. We used to be
better Off with less. because n
dollar could buy so much more.
The majority of us have been
disturbed to find ourselves grow
ing poorer. even though our earn
ings were slowly increasing.
Prices climb faster than we can
push our earnings up.-From
Woodrow Wilson'S Speech Ac-
cepting the Democratic Nomina-
ton.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-09-06
Observation-Disclosures
THE PEOPLE AND THE CUR
RENcY.

In dealing with the complicat-
ed and difficult question OF the
reform OF our banking and cur
rency laws 1t Is plain that we
ought TO consult very many per-
sons besides the bankers. not be-
cause we distrust the bankers.
but because they do not neces-
sarily comprehend thebusiness Of
the country, notwithstandlngthey
are Indispensable servants OF 1t
and may do vast deal TO make
II hard or easy. No mere bank
ers' plan will meet the require
ments. no matter how honestly
conceived II should be mer-
chants and farmers plan as
well. elastic In the hands OF those
who use 1t as an Indispensable
part OF their daily business
From Woodrow Wilson's Speech
Accepting the Democratic Nomi-
nation.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-09-06
FARMERS SHOULD
SUPPORT WILSON
Best Equipped Man For Prssl-
dsRcy Since Lincoln
SENATOR GARDENERS VIEWS

The Maine Statesman. Himself a
Farmer, Declares That President
Taft Would Continue TO Tax Farmers
Of the United States and at the Same
Time Compel Them TO Compete With
Canadian Farmers.
The reasons why those engaged In
agricultural pursuits should support
Governor Woodrow Wilson for presi-
dent are strongly set forth by Senator
Obadiah Gardner Of Maine in an nd
dress to hirmers.
Senator Gardner Is practical firm
er, ono who farms his own farm. and
he Is probably IN closer touch and SYM
pathy with country life and its en-
vironments than any other man In pub
lie life.
For twenty-five years Senator Card
ner has been actively interested In
the national grunge, and for ten years
he was the master Of the state grange
Of Maine A few years ago he came
WAlllin u CiVot tAtutEiu VI btititS tisSscA
governor Of the Pine Tree State.
A little less than year ago. when
Senator Frye. who had represented
Maine In the senate for thirty years..
died Governor Piaisted honored Mr..
Gardner and recognized the agricni-
tural interests Of the country by ap-
pointing him to the United States SEN
ate, where he has made most credit
fable record, devoting particular atten-
ton to the welfare OF the great rural
population Of the country He Is now
candidate for reelection and will un-
doubtedly be successful.
In his Address Senator Gardner says;
To tho Farmers OF the United States.
Greeting:
Being one OF you and for the greater
part OF my life having been engaged In
the practical everyday duties OF my own
farm. having been for twenty-five years
past officially at work through boards of
agriculture and the national and stnto
oranges. having served four years as 800
ond cfilcer OF the national grange and as
master Of the Maine state grange ten
years. during which time tho order Ia
Maine added 8,5f5 members and attained
. power and Influence never held before.
feel nm IN position to speak from thu
standpoint Of one who knows the farmer
and his Needs. and Il Il solely because Of
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-09-06
BURIED talent
HELD TO Blame
Educated People Responsible
for the IlIlterate.
OPPORTUNITIES NOT REALIZED

In an Awakening Address Delivered
by Harry A. sommerss. of the Eliza
BEETHOVEN News Before the Ken
lucky Educational Association, the
People Of the Commonwealth Were
Forcibiy Reminded Of Duty Long
Neglected.
At recent meeting OF the Ken
lucky Educational association at
Louisville, Harry A. Sommers of the
Elizabethtown News charged that the
educated people of the commonwealth
are chiefly responsible for the unedu-
Gated and that Kentucky has been
asleep for fifty years on the public
school situation.
Mr.. Sommers spoke in part as fol-
lows on The subject of THE Press and
the Public School,:
charge that the educated of the
commonwealth are chiefly responsible
for the uneducated, that the learned
are responsible for the illiterate. We
have been given talent which we have
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-09-06
JERSEY COW FOR SALE.

Fresh Jersey COW. Six years old,
Apply TO M. F. coNLEY. Louisa.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-09-06

"wilson and Marshall'' looks good,
sounds good, Is good.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-10-11

most. Occa -ionally a thoughtless
farmer planted seed corn raised in
Iowa or Illinois, and Of course this
dld not mature.
Charles Hire, formerly of Aber-
deem, has corn which will go GO to
20 bushels to the acre, and his
nelghbors have been equally as for
tunate IN their corn crops. In
many instances the corn crop will
sell for twice the value of the land
on which it is grown.
Mr.. Munson states Dewey coun-
ty goes into the winter season in
frst-claSs shape. Heavy rains
have moistened the soil to great
depth, and the prospects could rot
we'll be better. He is very enthus-
lastic over his new home, and es-
pecially, among other things, over
the water, good, soft water in un.
limited quantities being obtaian-
able at depth of twenty feet. -
Aberdeen News.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-10-11

section. For instance, the very
common legal terms subjects
taught in every law School-tort,
domestic relations, bailmentS and
equity, are lot to be found in the
index. One law student was
known to have discovered the
maXlms OF equity in the body OF
the work one time by accident
Later, while Studyino equity juris-
prudence, he desired to look up
the South Dakota law on the sub
iect. He searched the index high
and low and turned over many
pages of the text without being
able to locate it. At last he car
rled his pred!cament to an old at
torney, who told Kim that he
thought If he would look at the
end of the evil code, just before
the code Of civil procedure, he
would find what he was looking
for. And here it was, but the in
deX was of no assistance in the
search.
II the 1913 legislature should
provide for a commission, the new
revision could not be reported be-
fore 1913. If thai legislature
should approve the work, 1t woul !
take until 1916 before the book
could be printed and pat in the
hands Of the people. Provided the
commission $ product should not
prove satisfactory to the lawmak
ers, the adoption Of the new code
might be put over till the next
session, so that it would be 1918
before the new code could be dis
tributed, a period Of sixteen years,
equal to that between the preced-
ing issues.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-10-11
SPLENDID CORN CROP
IN DEWEY COUNTY
Timber Lake Man Showed Some
Fine Specimens of Corn
and Alfalfa.

{. X. Munson, IA former Aber-
DOMAIN, now a resident Of and en-
thusiastlc booster for Dewey coun-
ty, was in Aberdeen few DAYS
ago, and had with him some Of
the finest samples of South Dakota
grown corn and alfalfa ever
grown.
The alfalfa was grown on Mr..
Muns0n 5 own farm near Timber
Lake The see was sown on
May lStE and there was one cutting
when il was ten inches high. The
sample shown was from the second
cutting, and 1t measured ; feet
and inches in height, furnishing
ample evidence of the fact that
the Timber Lake country is one of
the best alfalfa regions in the
United States.
Mr., Munson also had with him
about half Il peek Of Fudge
white dent corn that was as good
as any corn ever grown in the
great corn states of Iowa, Nebraska
or Kansas. Every ear was filled
to the limit, and the ears and the
grain were large and all that could
be desired. Dewey county took
some good premiums at the state
fair with red dent corn, and Mr.
Munson said he believed the coun-
ty would have been equally for
tunate with the white dent had it
been exhibited.
All the corn grown in the vicln-
lty Of Timber Lake from Dakota
grown seed is out of the way Of
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-10-11
COMMISSION TO
REVISE CODE
Index of Present Volume Throws But
Little Light on Contents
CHANGES Needed.

Pierre, Oct. 9.-lt seems likely
that the lawyers Of the state will
ask the next session of the legisla-
ture to provide for a commission
to revise the South Dakota code
and bring it up to date, incorpor-
ating the session laws fiom 1903 to
the present, and citing the deci-
Sions Of the South Dakota supreme
court to date.
One thousand four hundred and
forty seven eases have ben decid-
ed by the court since 1901, when
the compilation began, or quite a
good deal more than halt Of the
decisions rendered since its found
ing There have been thee con
fiscatiOns in the history of the
states, those of 1877, 1881 and
l9O3. The latter was athO. lied
in 1901, and a commissionconsist-
ing of Bartlett Trip, chairman;
Gideon &. Moody and james NJ.
Brown appointed to do th work.
Its report was accepted n 1904.
The labor and printing ost the
state $l4,91l.2S. Since tat time
private parties have publiaed 9th
er codes, those CT 1908 ami 1910,
but those have not been omplete,
the session laws being mrely in
serted in appropriate plaes, and
the index revised to meetthe new
conditions. While the 1903 codi-
ficatiOn is complete to th.t date.
and the arrangement excellent, it
is so poorly indexed that it re-
Qnlres a very intimate krowiedge
OF the work to find any desired
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-10-11

Fremen and Enginemen, through
a. M. Crquhart, of Huron. chair
man, have sent letters of inquiry
10 every candidate for state or
county office at the fall election
Several questions are asked the
candidates, chief among which are
his opinion Of the referred head
light bill. Mr.. Urquhart says:
The railroad employees of the
safe have labored for four years
to compel railroads to make the
work Of the employees less hazard
Gus and your travel safer by equip:
ping their engines with electric
headlights. The legislature passed
the law at our request, but the
railroads have invoked the referen-
dunn and through their subsidized
press will make every effort to de-
feat it at the election in November.
This law is already in force in a
great many other states and the
railroad employees in these states
are united in saying that the elec-
tric headlight has averted many
wrecks at night. The great rail
roads systems Of the country have,
Of their own accord, placed these
headlights on their best passenger
trains; are you not willing to give
the railIord men of South Dakota
as good protection as is given in
other states"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-10-11
CAR SHORTAGE
NOT PROBABLE
Milwaukee Road is Keeping Cars
Moving Rapidly in Every
Direction.

As yet there is no prospect of a
car shortage on the Milwaukee
road, owing to the fact that the
officials have been pounding every
body in the service from section
bosses up, exercising on them the
Importance Of keeping the ears
moving. Consignees have been
impressed with the importance Of
unloading cars rs rapidly rs pos
Sible, and with tie cooperation of
lis own help and the assistance of
shippers and consignees. things
have been moving along smoothly
with the local road
Cars come from the west end
loaded with stock, lumber. fruit,
5raln. etc, and 90 back loaded
with coal, merchandise and .lanu-
tactured articles from the east. and
with conSignments of articles for
Oriental destination. In this
manner the cans are kept movin =
both directions in equal numbers
and no congestion is found any
where along the line.
Heavy shipments of stock are
now coming in from tie west,
destined to the packing houses at
Chicago, Sioux City and South
Omaha.
The work has been going merrily
on at the coal mines in the east,
and heavy consignments of this
winter Necessity are moving west
The crop movement from the
DakotaS and Montana is heavy,
the grain going east to the milling
and mailing districts. Fruits
from the coast are going east and
south through hcre in large
quantities daily
Everything points to "a healthy
condition all over the country,
with 40 fears Of anything but IA
most prosperous year ahead
Aberdeen News.