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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-03

done. 1t seems to me to be the great
est awakening Of the day. An edito-
rial in great daily newspaper COM
mended the late State convention for
pausing in it's political work to COM
mend This new departure in educa-
ton. In the pressure of other mat
ters, i, overlooked the fact that it was
the influence of the Farmers Union
that caused this action by the State
convention. You should know that
the resolutions adopted by the State
Democratic convention were written
by your state president and intro.
due in the convention hv Il former
state president of The Farmers Union.
WI. tever influence | may have in
these fairs is due to my official po-
s.,ion as your president. | have al
ways kept 10 the front the idea that
ii = not Ihe man, hut the president
of a great organization of patriots
that suggests these improvements.
There are other matters that the
reports of the various committees will
t"t ch upon, and it would lie out of
place for me to anticipate them.
The time is past. and. | trust is
past forever. when men can only be
organized by appeals 10 prejudice. 10
class distinctions or 10 promises I'M
! possible 10 perform. We must show
greatest constructive work of the Goth
century. the conservation not alone
: of the natural Resources of forest and
! field and mine. but for the conserva-
ton If human industry. especially in
agriculture. the oldest as well as the
greatest industry on earth. through
which and 10y which all nations of the
earth are blessed
"'ro the discouraged members of
the union. let me commend what
Jehovah said To Elijah who had fled
from the wicked Queen Jezebel and
had requested for himself that he
might die, for he thought that he only
was left to serve the true God. And
the Lord said: Yet | have left me
1000 i'm Israel all the knees which
have not bowed unto Baal, and every
|mouth which hath not kissed him.
So would | say to this distinguished
and representative assembly Of farm
crS: There are yet many thousands
of your constituents who are true to
the principles of the Farmers Union
| who have not, nor ever will bend
the pregnant hinges of the knee that
THRIFT may follow fawning."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-03

PRESIDENT and since as pure food IN
tpector to need any Introduction il
south Carolina. All the other officers
were Reelected There is moro }.
II VIII have To wait another letter.
f.. w ID
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-03

things are countenanceu IA u p.!!t.es.l
campaign in South Carolina, but it is
part of the record of the campaign
that has been conducted on the lowest
possible plane by Gov. Blease.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-03

could We have forcSeen its magri-
'Ude' and the lours and days and
weeks and months of physical and
mental toll. We would never have
mustered courage to begin. rut with
the progress and the results accom-
pilshed thus far, why such a work
does not appeal TO our people. | can
only understand on the idea that
they nave no conception of what il
all means. If they did. instead of
having to practice the strictest econ
omy. we would have thousands of dol
lars to enable our officers to keen i'm
touch with Che worlds trade. and 10
Keep lecturers III the field to give
our people accurate information of
the true conditions.
Right here it is proper that | ex-
press my thanks to the press of the
state Tor the general space they
have given to our cause in the many
articles they have published, and in
many instances for editorial COM
mendaIlun.
Il have tried by pen and voice. in
season and out of season, to reach the
~ dependent farmers and the big
FARMERS. l have tried to show them
that the union is not merely for the
poor man, but that it offers them the
only avenue through which they can
protect themselves, that is by taking
care of their less fortunate neighbors.
Ihls is not matter of charity either.
nor do l put it on the highest plane,
that of service to our fellow men and
the true worship Of our God, but on
the plain business proposition Of self
protection. For the thousands Of i'm
provident and debt-ridden farmers of
the South absolutely fix the price of
our products and thereby the pros
perity Of our section.
Therefore have We called on the
unions, the chambers of commerce
and the banks who are the fiscal
agents Of the entire business COM
munity. to combine our resources and
our brains for the common defense.
Ihis gentlemen, is the meaning Of
our CAL Of June 10, and | trust this
meeting will at least give State-w wide
significance TO it. All other plans will
only be successful in so far as they
emphasize this fundamental prin-
ciple.
From study of these problems
for many years, | am convinced that
1t is ignorance Of the principles of
commerce that keeps us from success
1ul organization. For this reason |
have taken up the matter of studying
Farm Finance and Marketing in the
colleges. 1t is a great pleasure to re-
Re-.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-03

In the place of Bro. a y. Hudson
whose health has prevented him
from serving since last fall. former
President Il. Harris was elected for
the uneXpired term Of one year He
i: too well known as former State
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-03

"ANIED-Men, women and st5-
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Sumter will be governed for the
next four years by three representa-
tive citizens who were chosen 10y the
qualified electors of the community on
account cf their business ability.
They have great responsibilities and a
great opportunity. We have confidence
that they viii measure up To- the re-
spons.hiiity and grasp the opportunity
To make the sumter Plan "A success
and % make Sumter the best govern
ell city In the state. II not in the South.
IL Is a sacrifice for these men In un-
dertake this important work for the
public and while IL is their duty To
discharge the obligation that they
have assumed. II Is fully as much the
duty of the citizens of sumter. for
whom these men are working. To-
hold up their hands In every worthy
endeavor and To- give t. them hearty
cooperation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-03

"" SALf-New seed rye for plant
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-03

We are Informed that some Of our
readers OF the Jewish faith were Of
'snded by the publication i'm this pa
per few days ago or political
ioke that was clipped from another
paper. This we regret. since no. Of
fense was intended. nor was there any
idea that any reader would regard the
clipping in that light. The paragraph
was intended 20 Illustrate the ignor-
ance Of some OF the Honea Path sup
porters of Gov. Blease and to show
To what length the prejudice would go
that Gov Blease had endeavored 10
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-03
Thoughts Suggested by an Old Text

About twenty-one wears ago Bish-
op George Pierce preached 4 memor-
able sermon in WOfford College on
th'H t@Xt He that Walket;l Vnrigh+
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-03
New York Cotton Market

Local Market.
Basis middlling. 1850 cents.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-03

Before leaving Columbia, ly the
advice Of the Executive Committee.
Bro Mahaffey was made "a special
Deputy organizer. The President
would like to have the names of 9TH
er good men To appoint special depu-
ty organizers for We are putting on a
Whiriwind campaign for members
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
Porto Rico's New Wonder

From far away Porto Rico come
reports of a wonderful new dis
covery that is believed will vastly
benefit the people. Ramon 7.
Marchan, of Barceloneta, writes,
CDR. Kings New Discovery is do
ing splendid work here. 1t cured
me about FIVE times of terrible
coughs and colds, also my brother
of a severe cold in his chest and
more than 200 others, who used it
on my advice. We hope this great
medicine will yet be sold in every
drug store in Porto Rico For
throat and lung troubles it has no
equal A trial will convince you
of its merit. soc and $1.00. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by L..
Tanner and Fred Wenzler.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
COUNTRY LIFE SURVEY.
Report of Work Done In Marshall
County Now In Pamphlet Form
and May Be Had.

The "Church Census made last
summer through Daviess, Marshall
and Boone counties has now been
published in New York by the Pres
byterian Department Of Church
and Country Life. 1t constitutes a
pamphlet of ninety-eight pages AMI
IS brilliantly illustrated with photo
graphs, diagrams and graphic dis
plays of country districts. A man
does not need to be much of read
err to get the meaning of this story.
1t dwells upon the multiplication Of
churches in these three counties and
shows the effect of those churches
on the religious life of the people.
1t shows also how they reflect the
religious thinking and feeling Of
these representative counties in
Indiana.
This Survey or Census was made
under the joint auspices of the In
terdenominationa Council of the
Churches of Indiana and the Pres
byterian Department of Church and
Country Life whose Field men did
the work of investigation. Those
men were Mr. Ralph A. FELTON, and
Mr.. Clarence A. Neff.
Anyone who is interested in
country institutions. all of which
are described in the Survey. es.
pecially in the country church as g
representative institution that shows
how the farmer lives and what he
thinks. should read this Survey. II
may be secured by sending 10 cent:
postage to DIR. Warren H. Wilson
Department of Church and Country
Life, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
Work at the New Factory.

The work on the factory building
is being pushed forward rapidly.
The floors are being laid in the
machine rooms. and the whole in
terror is being given a coat of
white. This is done by means of a
force pump through hose. which
forces the mixture through a long
nozzle. which is directed at ceilings
and walls 1t takes three coats to
finish a wall. which tends to pre-
serve the wood and makes the
rooms lighter and clean. Mr..
Snoeberger is delivering some Of
the power. setting poles and run
ming the necessary wires to supply
the entire plant Good work is
being done. and done fast. which
should be satisfying to Mr. Miehle
The Commercial club certainly is
doing the part it has undertaken,
and doing it in fine shape and with
all possible speed.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
Second Performance of Pinafore.

The Mozart club repeated the
comic opera Pinafore at the Orpheum
Thursday night. The advance sale
of tickets was good, and when the
audience was all in only a few
seats in the far corner were empty
The rendition of the play was fully
up to the first performance, and IN
some respects better. The audience
appreciated the efforts of the club.
and greeted them with loud ap-
plause. The characters and choruses
have all been given proper notice,
and require no specializing at this
time. The Mozart club wishes to
thank the people of the city for the
very good patronage given them,
and promise that another year they
will continue their work and have
something more to present that
will be of equal merit.
This concert closes the work of
the club for this season. and an
nounoement of the plans for next
season will be given In due time
The club has much enjoyed their
drill work this season and will
cherish memories of the happy
hours spent together.
After the first act Thursday eve
ming. the club was to give a new
"stunt" for the benefit of Prof.
Owens. The curtain being lowered
trife too rapidly, spoiled the full
effect. but they showered their
director with carnations. as a mark
of their appreciation of his work
for them. He will be with them
next year. as he declares that his
love for the Mozart club is so
great that Plymouth shall be the
last place he gives up. He will take
a company to England in August.
and his friends here wish him great
success. and safe return to
America.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
Per Capita of Wealth.

The Indianapolis correspondent to
the South Bend Times gives list
of one hundred and ten cities of
Indiana, and shows from the state
ments made public by the state
board of accounts, the standing OF
each as regards the wealth of the
various cities.
Gary stands first with per
capita of wealth of $1,127.4O, and
Whiting comes next with $1,053 49,
while Indianapolis the capital city
comes third with $90845. Stand
ing about half way down the list
number 358, comes Plymouth,
with a showing of $474.05 to each
person. How many of you can
show that amounts
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
CAME VERY NEAR
BURNING TO DEATH
A FIRE THAT CAME NEAR BE-
ING FATAL DESTROYS THE
EDWARDS STUDIO IN THE
METSKER BUILDING.

AT nine O'Clock Friday evening
J. S. Edwards, the Photographer in
the Metsker building on Michigan
street, was in his dark room de-
veloping. He had lighted wood
alchohol lamp under a bath that is
used in his business. and in some
way fire communicated from that to
the furniture and stock in the room
where he prints and does his work.
He heard a cracking after awhile,
but the music In the store below
did not allow him to notice partic-
ularly, till he felt a heat coming
through his door, and throwing it
open had just time to dash past the
fire TO the front rooms. The fire
was among the light infamable
material stored in this back room,
and burned fiercely. The alarm was
given, and in a few minutes Chief
Kuhn was forcing his men with a
line of host up the stairway in
front, while his assistant was
carrying another lead of hose over
the low buildings from the alley.
The fire was soon over, being be-
tween two streams. The damage to
the photograph gallery is large, es-
pecially in the working part, and
the stock rooms. Fire did not
reach the front part, though the
smoke rolled from the Michigan
street windows in clouds, making it
nasty and ugly fire for the men
to handle.
Large water damage was done to
the Zumbaugh Piano and Music
store directly below tht gallery, and
to the Cigar store and pool rooms
next south. Here is another case
where the damage by water IS
greater than that by fire. 1t is not
certain, but it is highly probable,
that with a tank of chemical on a
truck such as the city council has
in view, In their scheme of equip
ment for the fire department, the
firemen could have saved all, or at
least a good part, of the loss that
was occasioned by water at this fire.
The firemen will not say that they
could really have put the fire entire
ly out with the chemical, but quite
likely it could have been done, and
even if not entirely, the fire could
have been held in check to such a
degree that the water loss would
have been a nominal consideration.
The losses are all fairly we'll
covered by insurance.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
.EDGERTON FACTORY
VERY BUSY PLACE
CORRESPONDENT FOR MAR
SHALL, TEXAS, SENTINEL
TELLS OF BASKET FACTORY.
WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE
PLANT HERE.

The Sentinel. published at Mar
shall, Texas, tells of the basket fac
tory at that place that is operated
by the Edgerton company of Plym-
outh. 1t describes the factory
there as the busiest place in Mar
shall, or any where else for that
matter. Men, women and boys are
at work at the various operations
of basket making, from the time
when the logs are rolled into the
heated water watts, until the finished
product is carried out and loaded
into the cars. The pay roll for
labor exceeds 100000 a week.
There are no lack or orders, as the
company has had to turn down
more orders than they have ac-
cepted. The writer says: eff
Marshall people only realized what
this factory is doing, they would
know that every dollar that has
been put into business clubs has
been more than made good by this
one industry secured through this
medium. 1t would do any pessimistic
citizen good to 90 down to the fac
tory and take a look, but he must
be quick motioned, or he might get
run over"
A look into the plant in Plym-
outh reveals a state of things much
like that described by the Sentinel.
Machines are slicing the logs up
into the slaves that work into the
baskets. as they are advanced from
one worker to the next, until as
finished baskets they are piled cut
In the sun and wind to dry.
The special baskets turned out
at this season are designed for
peaches, and the capacity of the
factory is taxed to get out the or
ders that come in by telegraph in
most cases. The people who buy
these baskets do not order until
they are reasonably certain that a
crop is sure. and then the factory
is rushed, lad it has been found
necessary to run nights some Mr..
Cleveland expects to have some
new special machinery installed in
a few days, and by the first week
of the month the force will be add
ed to. One hundred and sixty are
now on the pay roll, which is
about 100000 per week at this
season. The factory is turning out
about 5000 baskets a day, and will
increase by the middle of May to
10000 daily The special design
being made is new pattern and
enables them to load about a third
more in a car than the old pattern.
These baskets are placed on plat
forms over the roofs, and are dry
and ready to pack and ship in a
day. The sun is not necessary, for
if the wind is dry they season very
fast.
As in the Marshall factory, it
would pay any one who has doubts
about the factory as a business
proposition, to step in and see the
people at this work. But it will
be well to have guide, as the dan
ger of being run over is here same
as in Marshayy.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
Oratorio at Bourbon.

The Bourbon Choral club will
give the oratorio. the Holy City, by
Gaul, on May 9Th. They have been
working on this for some months,
under the direction Of Haydn Owens
son of Prof. H. ". Owens who
directs the Mozart club of this
city. Haydn Owens has been here
several times and Plymouth people
have a chance to know of his work.
He was in the city Thursday eve
ming and heard Pinafore, and was
much pleased with its redition. A
number of Plymouth people will at
tend the concert at Bourbon. and
it is not unlikely the entire Mozart
club will 90. and others with them.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
Unbelievable Mail

Many magazines, papers, post
cards, and various periodicals are
received at post offices. from which
the wrappers are torn, or the ad-
dress label is torn off, and it is i'm
possible to know for whom they are
intended. Heretofore the order has
been to send such to the dead letter
Office. There the accumulations be-
come so great that 1t is a heavy ex-
pense to handle it, and nothing can
be done but to destroy it. Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock sees that the
return costs money and so does the
handling after it gets there. Hence
he directs that postmasters shall
give such matter to municipal au-
thorities for use in hospitals, asy-
lums and reformatory institutions.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
Birthday Party.

The ladies of the Relief Corps
with a number of invited guests
enjoyed another one of their birth
day parties Wednesday afternoon
at the G. A. r. hall in honor of
Mrs. Irene Miles who passed her
1852 mile post at 1890 a. M" a
most excellent luncheon served,
consisting of coffee, sandwiches,
jello, pickles, cake and ice cream.
after which a social hour was spent
in jolly conversation, speeches and
select readings, numerous and
pathetic, by Mesdames Welsh,
Field, Vanvactor and Miles.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
Protect the Public Against Trust
Rapacity.

1t is the duty of the federal and
state governments each in its own
sphere at once to begin a policy of
supervising the organization and
management of bic corporations so
as to make it possible for small in
vestors to participate safely in the
ownership of shares and stock In all
corporations which are subject 20
government control. There is IT
present a gigantic capitalization Of
stocks and bonds which the Ameri-
can people pay from their earnings
whatever annual interests and
dividends are paid, and the Ameri-
can people should have the govern
ment's guaranty of the honesty of
that for which they thus pay. The
Federal and State governments
can if they wish work harmonious
ly together in a fair and honest eff
fort to protect the people in this
fashion. As President | asked Con-
SItSS W StCuIt TIE saint SONtIH-
mental control of all big business,
including railroads and transporta-
ton companies, which is now being
exercised over national banks. In
the case of the banks, the govern
ment knows and directs every detail
of management The application
of these principles with whatever
variation the special needs may re-
quore to all classes of big business
under competent administrative
direction would be more effective In
protecting the rights of the people
against the rapacity and greed f
the trusts and monopolies than all
the decisions rendered by the
courts during the past twenty
years. There should be publicity,
that is. there should be broad day
light in all bic business, including
every form of monopolistic trade,
and the federal and state govern
ments should be able to control them
just as they control national banks.
just as we are now beginning with
reasonable effectiveness to control
railroads.
We must achieve a permanent
prosperity based on justice, a pros
perity which must come by the wise
and resolute effort to control bust
ness under clearly defined and
definite law, by administrative work
under the law. We must not pin
our faith only to a succession of
lawsuits, which, under pretense of
strangling big business, punish
real offenders inadequately, or pos
itively benefit them, as in the cases
of the Standard Oil and Tobacco
trusts, and are at the same time
constant source of anxiety and
alarm to honest business men whose
anxiety is to find out the law and
then live up to it.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
BIG BUSINESS MUST
BE REGULATED
Continued from page g.


be sham rather than to see the
Inauguration of the policy of real
control which / advocate, a con-
troll which would correct evils and
vet promote prosperity. 1t is cur
ious to see the worst of the big
business interests and the least
wise of the extremist agitators
playing into one another's hands
in trying to preserve the present
system of chaos in business law In
preference to system of ordered
supervision and control under
which we would secure defniteness
of legal policy for all business and
would guarantee to big business
proper treatment as an incident to
exacting proper behavior from it.
| believe that honest big business
men and little business men alike
will favor this control when they
realize the good it will bring, and
I believe that the most far-sighted
among them now favor it. But it
is being opposed by the great New
York dalies which speak for Wall
Street, and by the newspapers
which echo their views I'm other
parts of the country, because they
would rather run the risk of sacri-
ficing the general prosperity than
see a thorough control of the big
business that most needs that con-
troll
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
Brownlee Bridge.

Work has been going on very web
with the abutments for the Pierce
street bridge. They are working on
the west side first. The ground is
of a soft and waterv nature, and
they have to 60 down below the
bed of the river. 1t is necessary
to curb as they proceed, and only
one section at a time is taken out,
and the bottom grouting run in.
The progress seems slow, but it is
all in the water and mud, and con-
sequently is very hard labor for
the men employed 1t will go
much faster after the bottom is in.