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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22
OUR GRUESOME ECONOMIC SYSTEM

| to continue to grind and burn the
| lives out, of passengers.
And as for our unprotected grade
crossing! Well, our people evidently
enjoy being crushed or, dashed into
Eternity - otherwise they would
raise such storm of protest as
would abolish, in short order. every
grade crossing in America.
ASSERT RIGHT OF
EMINENT DOMAIN
And if legislators continue to
prove corrupt and recalcitrant, judges
venal-or perhaps we should say,
railroad officials-the people should
assert the right Of Eminent Domain
establish these improvements. and
run the roads themselves.
Again, we kill and MAIN AIS, 900
men in building operations every
year. Hundreds of factory girls and
women are burned to death because
tbs cheaper to burn human beings
than it is to provide fire escapes.
And the verdict is, Nobody to
blame"
That's convenient, and eminently
satisfactory to the factory owners!
TT is ONLY A MANS LIFE
In that Economic Inferno, known
officially as Pittsburgh, Pa, they kill
one working man for every $4,000
tons of coal shipped from the sooty
city. For every 1900 tons Of steel
rails rolled another human life is
sacrificed.
Now, with safety devices, improv-
ed machinery, modern life saving ap-
pliances, abolition of profitable fire
traps in tenements, lofts and factor
les, and adoption of scientific mining
methods, a large percentage of this
massacre could be avoided.
And that these are not adopted
rebounds to the eternal shame and
disgrace of the United States Let
us arouse a nationwide protest
against OUR GRUESOME ECO
NOMIC SYSTEM.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22
IN COMMUNION WITH NATURE

more about the country he had travel
ed than the natives From Florida. he
went to Cuba and then sailed around
the Horn to California. The Golden
State was then comparatively un-
settled, and parts of it were practic-
ally undiscovered so far as the re-
searches Of geoglogists and naturalists
were concerned. The big trees of the
Yosemite Valley. the glaciers of the
Sierras. the varied phenomena Of
mountain, forest and valley, all held
mysteries that Muir sought to solve
His explorations have extended to
Alaska, the Arctic regions. Siberia,
Russia, India, Manchuria, New Zea-
land, and many other lands. The great
Muir glacier in Alaska, the largest in
the world, he discovered. He has
also spent several years in exploring
the little known sections of Arizona.
He is firm believer in the conser-
walton movement, and has long urged
the necessity of forest preservation
the establishment of natural parks and
reservations.
When Col. Roosevelt planned a trip
through the Sierras and the Yosemite
Valley, he asked that John Muir be Sc
cured to guide the party. Unfortu-
nately, the invitation reached the in
dependent old naturalist in the form
Of command, and was promptly re-
fused The member of the entertain
ment committee who had thought that
Mr.. Muir would be ''tickled to DEATH
at the chance to hob-nob with Pres
ident had to put the matter in a
very different light before he secured
the explorers consent. Col Roosevelt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22
YES, MILES AND
MURRAY ARE BOTH
REPUBLICANS, But

~
Yes, friend, Miles Poindexter, Uni
ted States Senator from Washington.
and w. Murray Crane, junior Sena-
tor from Massachusetts, are both Re
publicans, but! Aside from the la
bel, about the only observable point
of similarity is that Miles is forty
four years old today and Murray will
be f1fty-nine years old tomorrow. Sen
ator Poindexter is about the suggest
Of the insurgents and Senator Crane
about the attest of the stand-patters.
Once, and once only, It is said, the
Washington Scion voted with the Re
motion to adjourn. Senator Poindex-
ter has been one of the leaders in the
agitation for the abolition of the
Commerce Court and In the move-
ment for the investigation of the con-
ditions of labor in various industrial
centers.
Senator Crane is one of the silent
men of the Senate, but that doesn't
mean that the Massachusetts, man
doesn't accomplish results. When Aid
rich was in the Senate, Crane was his
right hand man. Senator Crane
knows. apparently by intuition, exactly
how his colleagues will vote on any
measure before the Senate. If Mr..
Crane predicts that a bill won't pass,
it is scarcely worth the Senate's while
to go through the formality of
vote. And, as Samantha Allen says,
"vicey varsey."
Senator Crane is for Taft for the
Republican Presidential nomination,
first, last and all the time. Roosevelt,
when Chief Magistrate, once referred
to the Massachusetts, Senator as a
pussy footed busybody,' and, quite
naturally Mr.. Crane was not highly
pleased at such characterization.
Senator Poindexter was born in
Memphis, Tenn. April %, 1868, and
was educated at Washington and Lee
University. He was twenty-three
settle in the Northwest. Within a
year or so of hanging out his shingle
at Walla Walla, Wash, he had be-
come so popular that the people OF
Walla Walla county elected him
prosecuting attorney. In 1887 he NOV
ed to Spokane, and in 1909 he became
a member of the Sixty-f1rst Congress.
graduating thence into tie Senate in
about the best time on record.
Winthrop Murray Crane. who sue
ceeded George Frisbie Hoar in Uncle
Sans Upper House, was born at Dali
ton. Mass. April %. 1853 His father
was a paper manufacturer, as had
been his father before him, and at
seventeen young Crane left school to
enter the little mill and study paper
making. When he was about twenty
five the future Senator began investi-
gazing processes IOr IuHuiuS sin
threads through paper, as a protec.
ton against counterfeiting, and
sought to interest the Government Of
ficials. After the unwinding of sew
eral miles of official tape, Crane was
given an opportunity to demonstrate
the advantages of his paper manufac-
turing process. The result was that
the Crane mill got the contract for
supplying all the paper on which Uni
ted States money is printed. That
was the foundation of the Crane for
tune. which is now supposed to be
I'D in the millions. Senator Cranes
first important political office was that
of Lieutenant Governor of Massachu-
sets, to which he was elected in 1896.
In 1900 he was elected Governor of his
native State, and in 1904 began his
service in the United States Senate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22
LOBBYISTS SHOULD NOT HOLD PARTY OFFICE

rule should be established under
which men who engage in the COM
merce of the lobby will be forbidden,
during the term of such engagement,
to hold either public or party office.
The head of a party is chosen as
trustee to have watch and ward over
the interests of his party. He can
not gain livelihood by barter in Leg
islation without sacrificing to great
er or less degree the we'll being of
his party.
The Post, referring to its well
known views on public utilities legis-
lation can scarcely effect to believe
that it is a good thing for the State
that men who took a foremost part
in the efforts to defeat that measure
are elevated to the chief dignities of
their party.
AS for our contemporaries hope
that the eminent lobbyists may per-
chance abandon their practices so
reprehended- soon may the leopard
change its spots.
Is it not probable that Messrs.
King and Roraback will use the pres
tige of their new jobs to increase
their earning power in the third
house?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22

Our esteemed contemporary, The
Post, il suffering with double person
atty, quaIms Of conscience, or some
thing of that kind. whenever 1t
touches editorially the recent eleva-
ton of John r. King and J. Henry
Roraback, both of whom took a
prominent part in the attempted as
sassination Of the public utilities bill,
a part, which, az we recollect, was
at the time properly designated by
our contemporary as singularly un-
patriotic.
In one issue The Post appears to
believe that the election of Messrs.
John +. and J. Henry for leadership
is a most wise and fortunate deter
mination. likely to rebound to the
glory of the Republican party, and
the prosperity Of Connecticut.
But in the very next issue it seems
to have the gravest doubts about the
wisdom and propriety of making the
official heads of great political
party men whose special occupation
it has been to lobby for hire.
This newspaper is harassed by no
such doubts. 1t is long ago it's opin-
ion that it is against public policy to
permit lobbying for hire, and that a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22

and what not to give the public.
THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT 1T WANTS.
1t is almost an axiom that the pub
why it wants it. Further, years OF
careful dieting hpon salycilic and
boric' acid preserved meats, copper
assed vegeta bles, aniline, dyed canned
fruit, and sawdust cereals; washed
down by generous drafts Of decoction
Of chicory and tannin, have SO
Populi's digestive apparatus that if
he was to be suddenly thrown back
upon a regime of fresh eggs, meat,
butter, coffee, and the foolish coarse
food of our forbears he would sicken
and pine away-provided he didn't
drop dead from the shock.
Mithradates of old-you remember
accustomed himself to huge doses
of toxic substances by taking gradual
ly increasing quantities Of all the
known poisons of his time. This for
the purpose Of frustrating any would
be poisoner.
So you see the advantage of being
Injured to poisons. Suppose, for in
stance, that some night by mistake,
one ate box Of rat biscuit or shoe
backing, or drank can of I've. See
The intelligent reader will appreciate
the obviousness of this argument; and
there are no unintelligent readers.
WHY WE SHOULD
THANK UNCLE TRUSTY
Now the fifty-seven varieties OF
monopolists who are gently separat-
ing us from our superfluous pelf-
sordid filthy lucre at best, and ter
rible source of worry and annoyance
are tried and trae friends; just e.s
are the smallpox, typhoid fever. and
BARRIERS itch.
They are performing a great labor
of love and service for humanity
taking away the root of all evil"
making one meagre meal grow where
two plethoric ones grew before, and
removing from the shoulders of the
masses the responsibility of foolishly
AMI fatuously caring for themselves
The Trusts should and must be en-
couraged. Poor, tender, shrinking
things! They are like unto fleas up
on a dog and serve to keep us from
worrying about being CANNES of the
genus Observation-Disclosures known
as eZeymarkus. A very common va
riety, my masters, but gradually
growing scarcer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22

Still a child of nature, a humble stu
dent in the great university that has
the sky for a roof, a worshipper in
that church that holds the worlds
within its starlit aisles, "John Muir.
CaHfornia's world-famous naturalist,
geologist and explorer, is today sew
enty-four years young. Like that other
grand old man, John Burroughs Of
Slabsides, Mr.. Muir has spent his life
in the open, refusing all the flattering
offers that have come to him from
the leading universities Of America
and Europe There are too many
people teaching the things they got
out of books declared the old-young
student land what are needed are ORR
ginaI investigators to write new
books
Scotland has given much to America,
and not the least valuable of her gifts
was Mr.. Muir. He was born at Dun
bar, Scotland, April q, 1883. His father
Daniel Muir, was straight-laced old
Covenanter, a man was not permitted
to read even SCOTS novels or the
poems of Bobby Burns. While still
q youth, he arrived in America with his
father, who settled on a Wisconsin
farm. He attended the University of
Wisconsin, and also taught a district
school for a time. IRE works of Hum
boldt, Darwin and other distinguished
naturalists and explorers inspired him
to follow in their footsteps. With little
money but with wealth of enthus-
iasm he set out from Wisconsin for a
tramp to Florida In diary he made
records of everything he saw, and
- - had finished the trip he knew
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22

We, who are in the habit of de-
claring-with only JUNCTION and smirk-
ing assurance-that this is the best
Of all possible worlds, would do well
to cast our lethargic eyes upon these
stained figures.
Our system murders and cripples
$4,000 men, women and children
every year. In the last fourteen
years we have entombed 1929 coal
nrdners,-consigned them to living
death In the inky darkness thousands
of feet under the ground. Unless
they happen to be mercifully crush
ed, or quickly suffocated. by the hor-
rible Demon Of tho Mines Black
Damp, they suffered that veritable
hell Of agony-death by starvation
and thirst What mirages of trick
ling brooks. and purling, splashing
rivulets their fsvered brains conjured
up! what Tantalus feasts they
imaged forth before they yielded up
that last tribute to the inexorable
forces Of Nature-their miserable
lives.
Come we now to our American
Juegernauts In the last ten years
our railroads slaughtered grand
total of 1878. Experts consider this
. vesy good bag.
OUR RAILROADS HAVE NO
INEFFECTIVE BLOCK SYSTEM
II our railroads were protected by
an efficient automatic block system,
such a. obtains in Switzerland (and
to q lesser degree of perfection in
England and the Continent) such
ca1amities as front or rear end col
lisions would be unknown.
It would be physically impossible
for two trains to occupy the same
"block" at the same time. Auto
matte devices would reverse the
lever. apply brakes and sand and
bring the flying train to a stop, until
the block was clear.
we do not adopt these devices in
America because it il much cheaper
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22

Mrs. Chas. Jackman, Me-Sill St.,
Newburyport, Mass, credits her re-
covery to the use of Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. She says, 81 used
to have hemorrhages of the lungs and
feared 1 was going to have tuber-
culosis. I took several bottles of
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and
today / am a we'll strong woman and
have not a sign Of tuberculosis. I al
ways keep Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound in the house and it keeps
the whole family free from colds =
L. F.. Curtis. *135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22

Yesterday was San Jacinto Day in
Texas, the anniversary of the battle
in 1886 by which Texas threw off the
yoke Of Mexico. Yesterday was also
a holiday in Brazil. the festival in
commemoration of the leaders of the
republic Samuel L. Clemens, mark
Twain" died two years ago yesterday.
Yesterday was alse, the birthday an
niversary of Henry Wadsworth Shaw,
Josh Billings" who was born in
Lanesboro, Mass, in 1918. His re-
mains now lie buried in the old grave
yard at Lanesboro.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22

and Mr.. Muir became firm friends and
the latter never had occasion to regret
his acceptance Of the invitation.
Creation is not remote fact of his
long time ago and finished at the
time," once said Mr.. Muir, explaining
his philosophy, Creation is not an act,
it is a process, and it is going on to-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22
ay as much as it ever was"

day as much as it ever was"
Perhaps that explains why so many
naturalists, who are engaged in watch
ing this eternal miracle Of creation live
fullness Of time has come, ''like one
who wraps the drapery of his couch
about him, and lies down to pleasant
dreams
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22
OKLAHOMA WAS OPENED
% YEARS AGO TODAY.

Today the Oklahoma eighty
Miners" men and women who made
the great run for homes when the
original Oklahoma Territory was
opened to settlement on April 22,
1889, will celebrate the twenty-third
anniversary of that historic scramble
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22
Thr q. M. Rrsth Gnnpany
EHtahltHhpn 1H57
ANNOUNCEMENT IS HERE MADE OF AN
IMPORTANT SALE OF
COLORED AND BLACK MARQUISETTES.
TO OPEN
WEDNESDAY MORNING
Odd lengths for waists and gowns At the Silk
Section.
LESSONS IN ART NEEDLEWORK.

At the Art Section Wednesdays of each week,
Miss Alden will be present to give to customers such
instruction they need in all styles of embroidery.
Those who have for the new, revived Medi-
aeval Embroidery, have chance learn the stitches
Miss Alden will also teach Punchwork, Eyeet, and
French Laid Work. Art Section, Wednesdays.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22

NJ Morano, "a Woodbridge St.,
Hartford, Conn, says For some time
I have been suffering with kidney
trouble I had severe pains across
my back and felt altogether miser-
able I took Foley Kidney Pills and
in a short time my pains left me and
my kidneys became normal. can
not saw too much in praise of Foley
Kidney Pills and the good they did
me- l.. f. Curtis. *135
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-25
SATURDAY WILL
BE CLEANUP DAY
Wagons Will Haul Off Gar
bage Twice Monthly

Next Saturday will be Cleaning Up
Day" in Americas, under the edict or
the City Council, and home owners
are herewith notified to that effect.
Recently council agreed that the city's
wagons could go about the residence
districts twice monthly, collecting
cans of garbage, but only few such
trips were made. At the recent meet
ing of the Council it was ordered
that the wagons again be sent out
twice monthly, and the first trip will
be made next Saturday, and upon ev-
cry alternate Saturday during the
summer. City Marshall Smith, who
will direct the movement of the wag-
ons, requests property owners to have
garbage cans placed in front of their
homes Saturday as the drivers will
not have time to go into back yards
for these receptacles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-25
ANNOUNCEMENT.

ITO the voters of the Third Congress
sional District: have the ambition 10
represent the Third district in con.
gress. AS to my fitness and WORTH
ness, / propose to submit that to the
voters of the district, among with
other gentlemen who may aspire to
the honor, in a democratic primary.
II am a farmer, was born and rear
ed on a farm in this district, and have
contributed all that | possibly could
to the advancement of the agricultu-
raj interests of my section of the
country.
las a member of congress would
e controlled largely by the same de-
sires and purposes that have actuated
me as a private citizens in advancing
citizen following other callings.
the farming interests of the state and
country, which ultimately is the inter-
st of every person. whether merchant,
lawyer. doctor, banker. mechanic OF
Il shall be glad to meet the voters
ace to face in every county OF the
istrict before the day of election.
Sincerely.
John r. MERCER"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-25
Announcements

70 the -.uocratlc Voters OF the Thiro
Congr,a :ional District:
| hereby formally announce my eau
didacy for the office or congressman
II ON said district TO the 63rd Con
sress, subject to the democratic prj
mary to be held next summer. Ow
ng to my familiarity with conditions
Washington tbeing the confiden-
tial clerk to the speaker of the House,
Z believe if the people will honor me
with the great office that I can be D
service to them and / Will certainly
strive to faithfully and intelligentIv
"epresent all the people of the dis
irict. Their interest and welfare shall
egulate, control and influence my
very vote and act and at all times
| will be true to the masses of GU
people. Before the primary | will an
nounce formal platform of princi-
pies, address the voters on the public
questions of the day, presenting my
views fully to them and endeavor Z
see as many of them in person az
possible. If you can give me your
support and influence l shall always
be most profoundly grateful.
Very respectfully.
CHARLES r. CRISP.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-25
Ills TROUBLE
NOT OF HEART
Real Facts In Regard To F. R.
Huffman'S Illness. Relief Oh.
tanned By Curing His
Stomach Ailments.

Waynesville, N. C.-Mr. F. R. Huffman,
of this city, says: 81 suffered dreadfully
with what thought was heart trouble,
and tried various medicines in vain.
After other remedies had failed, Thed-
ford's Black Draught restored me to
health. | would not feel safe without
Black Draught in the house. | consider
it worth its weight in gold.
1t cured my indigestion, and by this
means was restored TO health. can
not express my gratitude for its benefits. !"
Good health depends on the condition
of your digestion. Poor digestion and
good health do not go together.
Thedford'S Black Draught will
thoroughly cleanse and set in order your
digestive system.
II has done this for others, during the
past 10 years, and is today the most
popular vegetable liver remedy on the
market. Tryit.
Insist on Thedford's. Price 25c. -
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-25
NEW ENGLAND STATES,


Hon. Oscar Lapham, prominent
business man of Providence, R. l., and
former member of the house of rep
resentatives from the Providence dis
trict, says:
Mr.. Underwood would poll just as
many votes in Rhode Island as any
other man the Democrats could nom
mate. Let the South send Under
wood delegates to the Baltimore con
vention and the North will stand by
her, and November We will show to
the nation that the war is over.
Il travel a great deal in the North
ern and Eastern states, in Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Con-
necticut and New York. Mr.. Under
wood has a large following, and they
would be glad of an opportunity to
vote for a Southern man of his abil-
ity."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-25
POWER dam At
| ALBANY DAMAGED
Floods Tore Out Big Piece Of
Concrete Work
albany Herald.)

Reports of great damage done by
the rush of water following the almost
unprecedented precipitation of the
past few days, winding up with the
great downpour of Monday morning.
have been coming in from the sur
rounding country
The greatest damage in one place
was done at the power dam of the
Albany Power and Manufacturing
Company, on Muckafoonee creek
north of the city. The creek is higher
than it has ever been since the dam
was built, and the swift waters have
cut away the eastern wing of the
northern end of the concrete dam,
making a new channel for the creek
about 100 feet in width. Through this
new channel the current is flowing
with great rapidity. 1t is estimated
that it will cost the power company
four or five thousand dollars to repair
the damage when the waters go
down.
The county of Dougherty, and in
fact all surrounding counties, have
lost many thousands of dollars by the
washing away of bridges, turnpikes
and country roads in all directions.
ChairmanN F. Tiff of the county
commissioners, stated that the dam
age all over Dougherty county was
very great.
Superintendent of Roads W. ].
Pinson, states that practically all the
small bridges in the county have been
washed away and some of the new
iron bridges have met similar fate,
notably the one over Piney Woods
creek, in East Dougherty, which had
been only temporarily repaired after
the freshet some time ago.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-25
IN THE UNITED STATES.


The outlook for Mr. Underwood
domination is fine, according to Sen
ator Bankhead of Alabama, the Ala
bamlan's campaign manager. He
says:
Il am greatly pleased with the sit
nation as it relates to Mr.. Underwood
in territory where there have been
contests for delegates. We have not
undertaken contests in all the states
we have not the money to do so. We
are not pursuing a grab-at all catch
nothing policy. We have every assur-
ance that Underwood will go to the
Baltimore convention with no less
than IT'S delegates. We are also sure
he is the second choice of friends of
The others. We confidently expect
his nomination. There is every rea-
son why Georgia should be enthusi-
astic for Underwood, as | find she
truly is