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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-08
schedule X" In The New Tariff.

The fame Of Schedule K has been
heralded so far and wide that there
Is barely a person who reads a daily
paper that is not familiar with it.
Though declared "indefensible" by
President Taft, it emerged from the
ordeal Of revision in the Payne-Al-
drich tariff in practically the same
shape in which it has remained for
nearly half century. The chief
points OF indictment against that
schedule In the Tariff Board report
were:
U) The specific duty of Il cents a
pound on practically all clothing woods
in their raw conditions: this amounted
TO less than 20 per cent ad valorem
on fine light wools used for expensive
cloths and all the way from about 40
to soc per cent on the coarse dirt and
grease-laden woods used for the poor
mans clothes.
(2) Coupled with this discrimna-
ton against the poor man was the
discrimination against the woolen in
dustry in favor Of the worsted, since
the former uses the coarse cheaper
woods.
(O The compound duties OH
cloths, consisting Of a combination of
specific and ad valorem rates allow.
ed an excessive compensation" to
the manufactures Of wOrsted goods in
the shape Of duty of IA cents per
pound Of cloth Gin addition to a pro.
tective duty Of so to So per cent I'D va.
lorem) on the theory that 1t takes
four pounds OF wool to make one
pound OF cloth.
e The compensatory duty of "A
cents a pound applied under tho old
law not only to all-wool cloths, but in
the language of the tariff TO all cloths
made wholly or in part Of WOOL"
even cloths made almost entirely OF
cotton with modicum of wool or
shoddy thrown in, thus making the
compound duty amount to as much as
100 per cent and over.
All Of these evils. together with
many others which sprang from them.
have been swept off the statute books
by tho new law. The straight ad va,
loren rate Of Is per cent On oil
clothing woods originally provided in
the Underwood bill would have re-
moved the discrimination against the
wooden goods industry in favor Of the
worsted. But ii is the far sighted
wisdom and unswerving courage OF
President Wilson that the country ia
indebted to for the blessing of free
wool. If the report OF the Tariff
Board on raw wool prepared directly
by men closely connected with the
raw wool industry Is any guido TO the
situation, the abolition OF all duties on
raw wool will not only prove a boon
to the manufacturing industry, but
also should result i'm the adoption OF
modern methods throughout the wool +
growing States, which will make that
industry IA Independent Of tariffs as
1t has been made in those parts Of the /
been adopted. American Rov.cw az
Reviews
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-08
Pate Defeats KiI-ven.

Darlington Nov. 4.--With returns
at hand from all but one small out
lying precinct the indications are that
Jerome Pate has been elected to tn,
legislature to fill the unexpired term
Of w. f. James, deceased, over J. p.
kirven. Fate has a safe lead OF 20
odd votes. The returns show that the
vote was very light.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-08
DEMOCRATS WIN n POLLS.
TAMMANY AND BOSS RULE OVER
WHEIiMED IN NEW YORK.
voters lndorse Democratic Admins
tration by Support of It's Candidates
Massachusetts Elects Walsh by
Largo Majority and New Jersey Re-
Elects Felder-Lec Chosen I'm
Maryland

New York. Nov. 4.--Election re-
turns at a late hour tonight showed a
complete triumph for the Democrats
In Massachusetts,. where a governor
and State ticket were chosen in u
four-cornered fight; the selection of
a Democratic governor and State
ucket In Virginia without contest; the
ascendency Of fusion over Tammany
In New York city with indication of
Republican victory for the New
York assembly and judicial ticket, and
close fight for the State ticket In
New Jersey. where President Wilson
and administration forces, apparently
with success. fought 10 elect James j.
Fielder to the governorship. In Mary
land, a Democratic senator wa
chosen.
In Massachusetts David I. Walsh,
Democrat present lieutenant govern
or. was elected by a plurality of about
$4,000 over Augustus p. Gardner, Re
publican. Charles II. Bird. Progressive,
and Gov. Eugene Foss, independent.
Henry G. Stuart was chosen governor
of Virginia. together with an entire
state ticket. Republicans and Pro-
sressives having declined to na,nc
candidates because OF inability to
agree on a united ticket.
Late returns indicated that the VIC
tory Of tho Democrats In Massachu-
setts had been duplicated In New Jer-
sey. where James F. Fielder has been
elected for q full term. The Demo
cratic plurality was estimated ut 2O,-
600. The complexion Of the iegisla,.
ture was for long time In doubt, but
Essex county returns indicated thai
II would be Democratic by 20 to IL.
Fielder. who succeeded President Will
son as governor of New Jersey, had
the support OF the national admins.
tration. several of the cabinet taking
the stump In his behalf. President
Wilson and his policies were made the
dominant issues.
In New York city the triumph OF
the fusion ticket was assured. and late
returns from the State indicated a Re-
publican majority In the general as
sembly. and the selection Of a Re-
publican chief Judge of the court OF
appeals and nine supreme Justices.
For United States senator, Maryland
chose Blair Lee. Democrat
Democracy triumphed also in tho
Twentieth New York congressional
district. where Jacob II. Cantor was
elected; the Thirteenth New York.
George w. Loft succee Ling the late
Tim" Sullivan. and the Third Mary
land. Charles p. Coady being the
choice.
Returns from the Third Massachu-
setts have not been received at a late
hour. but Democratic leaders claimed
a victory.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-08

Columbia, Nov. 5.-Gov. Blease
late today gave out a statement reply
ing to an editorial in the Sumter Item
with reference to the action OF Rich
ard I. Manning in asking by resolu-
ton for 9, probe Of the primary last
summer.
Governor Bleases statement fol.
lows:
II do not care to have anything
further to say upon the political stu.
alton lst at present except possibly
to notice little article from the Sum-
ter Item in reference to Mr.. Man
ning's resolution.
II presume there are a great many
people in South Carolina who have not
yet forgotten Mr.. Mannings flop from
conservatism and local option to be-
come a hero -worshipper Of Zen
Tillman and the leader of the State
dispensary forces when he went down
in defeat before Ansel in 1906. I am
satisfied that they have not yet for
gotten Manning's little song when he
saw the mansion pointed out to him
by Tillnlan. Notwithstanding his bit
terness against Tillman and his fight
against the State dispensary at one
time, he suddenly dropped Upon his
knees and exclaimed.
And now / cOnsecrate my all to thee
Ben Tillman and the State dispen.
saree.
II do not blame him now for trying
to get back with his old lineup, but
haven't much idea that they are going
to take him up, for his past record
for Inconsistencies will be as glaring
as was another. candidates in a re-
cent gubernatorial race.
"As to his resolution before the ex"
ecutive committee it was made di.
rectly, the very wording Of it shows
at the entire white people Of South
Carolina, charging all Of them with
fraud, bribery and perjury. and dc
not believe that the white people of
South Carolina are going to elect any
man governor who would make this
wholesale charge. And then he
lodged behind his own resolution and
refused TO accept a. place on the CON-
mittee to go forward with the investi-
CATION. After he started it he Ger.
tainly ought to have accepted a p.are
on the committee and helped to car.
ry 1t through.
THE Surnter Item has always been
very bitter against me. Nothing it
says will affect me, but articles OF this
kind will affect Mr.. Manning very con-
siderably if he sticks his head up in
the gubernatorial race. My friends
are watching"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-08
TO GIVE CROP NEWS,
TELEGRAPHIC CROP NEWS SER
VICE TO BE EXTENDED TO
ALL STATES.
Department OF Agriculture, Through
Cooperation Between Bureau of
Statistics and the Weather Bureau
Stations to Get Monthly Crop News
Quickly to all Newspapers.

requests from editors and editorial as
sociations in many State, the United
States Department Of Agriculture has
announced that the November crop
reports for each State will be sup
piled to the newspapers in all States
through the Central Weather Station
located in each Of the States.
This Is an extension Of the expert
ment Of telegraphing the State crop
returns to the Central Weather Sta
tions in each of nine States, and hav-
ing these kilograms duplicated at once
and mailed to the newspapers and
agricultural publications. Under this
plan newspapers in SO additional
States will now receive full details of
the State crops far more quickly than
would be possible IL these State crop
details were put in the mails in Wash
ington and had to travel by train
long distances to the more remote
States
Under this plan the general sum-
mary Of the crops for the United
States will, as heretofore, be issued in
Washington for telegraphic distribu-
tion. 1t has been found. however,
that the conditions of crops within
their particular States are Of especial
value to the farmers and producers,
to whom the conditions in their own
State are important in the marketing
Of their produce.
Under this plan the Department
sends one telegram to the Central
Weather Bureau in each State, and
within a few minutes after the crop
figures for the State are completed in
Washington the Weather Bureau is
enabled to mail copies Of the figures
from central point within the State
to all papers in that Sttae.
Under the code system used. the
Department Is under the necessity Of
telegraphing only a few figures, as
tho figures Of previous crops for COM
parison are supplied to each weather
Bureau Station by mail. The cost Of
the telegram for each State does not
exceed rs cents.
The crop data thus circulated by
mail to the newspapers will give: (a)
a full list Of the crops; (b) the aver
age condition of each crop for ten
year periods in that particular State;
(c) the condition Of the State crops
for November 9Th. In the adjoining
column will be given the same data
for the United States, so that the
farmers who read these notices can
compare the crops in their state as Of
November 9th with the ten-year av-
erages Of their own State, and in the
same way with the average condition
throughout the United States on No.
vember 9Th and for ten years.
These State crop reports are not
supplied to individuals, and are mail
cd only to editors Of regular publica-
tions. The November State crop re.
ports for the 80 States newly added
to the list will be sent only TO the
daily papers. the county scat papers,
and agricultural publications. Mean
while, the Department is preparing
lists Of small town weeklies, and in
December the crop reports will be
sent also to the smaller papers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-08
BlEASE ABUSES MANNING.
INVESTIGATION OF ROTTEN PRI.
MARY FRAUDS STILL
RANKLES.

The WOuld-be Political Boss of South
Carolina Wants to Make Himself
Senator and Dictate Who Shall be
GovernOr-It is Big Job for Ono
Primary and He Will Need Stronger
Ammunition Than He has Yet Pro-
duced to Win His Fight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-08
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Daily By Ernest F1eiu
Cotton Buycr.

sumter. Nov. G.
Good Middling IT SIS.
Strict Middllng i3 LIZ.
Middiing IL 3-s.
Strict Low Middling i3 t-s.
Low Middling 12 SIS.
Staple cotton Ia i-2 to Is 1t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-25
1ST ME. CAV. ASSN.
The 42nd Reunion Will Be Held, on
Wednesday, Sept. II, at Bangor.

Thomaston. Me. Aug. 24-tSpeciaD.
The And reunion of the LIST Maine
Cavalry Association will be held at
Bangor, Wednesday. Sept. II, with
headquarters at G A. r. hall.
Reduced rates have been secured on
the railroads, as follows: Maine Cen .
trail, one and three ffths fares the
round trip from all stations in Maine
except the Princeton Branch to Ban
gor and return: Bangor and Aroos-
took, one fare the round trip with a
minimum charge of four cents per
mile, one way mileage, from all sta
tons on the line to Northern Maine
Junction and return, plus 25 cents
Northern Maine Junction to Bangor
and return Tickets good for 10Th,
18th and 18th No reduction in rates
at hotels
Comrades in Massachusetts will
make their arrangements with the
Boston boats, or can go to Portland
by Il. and NJ railroad and secure re-
duced rates from there to Bangor.
Comrades will please notify Alfred
c. Strout. corresponding secretary, of
the death of members of the regiment
in their vicinity.
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Pa =
ATeachers' Institute.

a Teachers Institute will be held
Sept. to -, al Lincoln Academy, New
"astle. Me This institute is specially
planned for the rural teachers of Knox,
Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties but
open to any teachers from any part of
Maine.
The following are the instructors and
subjects:
Miss Florence NJ. Hale, Rural School
Management: Miss Matilda b. De-
and. Arithmetic; y. +. Mower, "Mu-
SIC: Fl. f. Congdon. Penmanship';
to be assigned. Reading; Prof. Ar
thur ]. Jones. History and Geogra :
ply"
Special conferences will be held. dur
ing the week. under the direction OF
state Superintendent Payson Smith.
The first session will open promptly.
at $50 Monday morning.
Fer information regarding board
write to Superintendent Henry X,
White, Newcastle. Me.
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After the Cheaters.

The Maine Automobile Association
decided to get after non-residents OPP
Grating machines for over 80 days
within the State without taking out a
license. also against car owners who
are operating their machines under
last years licenses and using 1917
number plates. the colors of which are
yellow ground and blue letters while
the colors for this year are exactly the
reverse.
The association also intends to re-
port all cars using no number plates
or substitute plates, either painted to
resemble the official plate or else card
board signs. In addition. every effort
will be made to ascertain the names
of persons operating machines without
licenses or who are operating under old
certificates.
The Maine Automobile Association
is 10 send out a request to every one
Of its 2000 members to assist in every
way in the enforcement of the regis
tration law, and that they promptly
report any violation especially of the
four matters above mentioned. to Hon.
Joseph E. Alexander, Sec. of State,
Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-25
STATE HOUSE.
Gov. and Council TO Probe
Hospital Conditions.
The Freedom Dairy Association
Holds Its Annual Meeting,
1 Teachers Insiituie..Auto Assn.
After the cheaters.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting Of Governor and
Council, Thursday, Sept. 10, 1918, 10
A, M.

II is understood, though not defi-
ltely ascertained, Saturday, that the
lcxt meeting of the Governor and
'ouncil will investigate further the
harges Of mismanagement brought
gainst the head of the Augusta State
hospital by the two trustees, Fred X.
ninth and DIR. A. +. Chandler.
Inasmuch as the stories told by the
rustees, Friday, We're an lnkling OF
'onditions, which they claim exist III
he hospital. ii was learned, Saturday,
hat more of these conditions will Be
described, more in detail, and may end
title short of sensation.
DR.. Henry w. Miller Saturday, stat
ID to the Journal reporter over the
phone that he had nothing to say ex-
.ept: Il am ready to show the hos
pital is run in modern manner. The
rustees and Council have supervision
over me and if they have anything to
show that is wrong, l want to kno"
IT."
That the matter will not be dropped
Without d thorough probe by the
Governor and Council is certain. but
ust what time this will occur or
whether or not there will be a public
fearing, has not been learned at this
ime.
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FREEDOM DAIRY ASSOCIATION.
Annual Meeting-Vote to Cooperate
With Freedom Academy.

The annual meeting of the Freedom
Dairy improvement Association was
held, Tuesday, Aug. 10, at the farm of
Fred n. Vose on Knox Ridge
The plan of this association is differ
ent from that under which the other
Dairy Improvement Associations are
operated. Fifteen charter members
own the property. which consists of "a
building II ft.X10 it., steam boiler,
steam tester, and all supplies for do
ing the testing. Additional members
who desire to have their herds tested
are charged a yearly due of $500. All
members take their own samples and
carry or send them to the tester. No
records have been kept in the three
years the Association has been in
operation, as they feel they could not
afford to hire an accountant for this
work. The object, thus far. has been
to protect the members from errors,
deliberate or otherwise. from the sew
eral creamery associations which take
their product
The Secretary and Treasurer made
their reports showing the Association
to be in good financial standing with
Is regular members and three associ-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-25

ate members. These associate mem
bers are granted all the benefits of the
association except ownership and vot-
ing privileges.
officers were elected for the ensuing
year as follows: President. Geo Car
ter: secretary, John Cornforth; treas
urer. Fred Vose. These officers are
also the executive committee of the
association.
At this meeting r. z. Mitchell, prin-
cipal Of the Freedom Academy, made
a proposition to the association. ask
ing the use of the associations outfit
in his school work and agreeing to be-
come responsible for the accurate test
ing of the composite cream and milk
samples taken by the members from
their product sold to the creamery. He
agreed, further that members of his
agricultural class should visit each
| member once during each month
weigh and sample the milk from the
individual cows at two milkings, weigh
!all feeds given the animals upon that
day
Assistant Dairy Instructor, c. r. Lee
land, spoke briefly upon the value OF
the work, not only to the members OF
the association. but to the school.
The association voted to accept Mr.
Mitchell's proposition and plans were
made for moving the dairy building
onto the school property. Mr. Mitchell
was appointed manager of the asso-
Ella ton
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-25
Real Secret Of Longevity.
NOW SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OFF.
RAvAGEs

fact that the human race lives longer
proportionately than any of the man,
mails.
If the laboratory Psychologist and
, chemist has been able to restore and
| renew to the lower animals an amount
of new energy far in excess of what
they are accustomed to have, some
one of these scientists can discover
method of constantly replenishing
the decayingg energy in the human
race. and then there will be no such
thing as old age and death.
Prof Rubner has just discovered a
new fundamental. natural law which
he hopes may ultimately point to just
that triumph This law is that living
tissue can perform definite, meas
urable quantity of work in direct pro-
portion to the amount of nourishment
| it is able to consume.
| The reason human life is not long
err than it is at present says Pfof.
| Rubner, is because all forms of eN-
cess or intemperance cause rapid
| abnormal squandering of the sum of
your balanced energy. Even excessive
eating, intemperance in water drink
ing or such necessary edibles as bread
may bring you to premature decay.
Intemperance in dancing or in Sleep
ing; in vegetable or meat eating, all
are equally dangerous.
The wisest course for you to pur-
sue to extend your span of life is TO
economic your energy, exert your.
self efficiently, with saving of every
action, every idea, every muscular or
nervous movement.
The reason that illness, accidents
and oVer-eXertion age the human
tribe earlier than might otherwise be
expected is due to the extra drain up
on the storedup reservoirs of energy.
Similarly all dirty, unhealthful con-
ditions of living call upon prema-
ture use of living energy that would
| otherwise be saved for the rainy days
of later years.
The plan then, for everybody to fol-
low if you desire to increase the span
of three score years and ten. is to
start with the new scheme of scien-
tifc management of the bodily organs.
The human machine is much the same
in analogy to artificial machines. The
real causes of old age, decay degen-
Grafton and death are either a poor
machine to begin with-defective parts
from your ancestral inheritance-or
gritty, thick clogging oils and tfalla7
cious, destructive fuels, which grad
ually wear out by friction; waste
products and plugging, all of the def
icate joints, hinges and vital parts
Perpetual motion is sought in the
machine shop, as well as in the liv-
ing mechanism. In both places the
secret seems to be to discover some
scheme by which friction and elogging
shall be eliminated. Similarly it may
be, the much-ridiculed experiments
upon perpetual motion may point nm
ally to the discovery of method so
to reduce friction in the human ma
chine that life on this globe Will be
doubled or greatly increased.-New
York American.
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Suit for False Arrest
Against FerdSteyens.

Auburn. Me, Aug. PA suit Tor
$4,000 damages for alleged false ar
rest was brought against Sheriff Ferd
+. Stevens of this county, Saturday,
by Francois Frechette of Lewiston.
Frechette was arrested, this morn
ing, on mittimus issued in liquor
case about three years ago. The SEN
tence of the court was that he pay a
fine of $500 and costs. taxed at SIG,
and in default serve four months in
the county Jail
When arrested, he claimed he had
settled the mittimus at the time is
sued and that there was no ground or.
which it could be served. The Off
Ger. however, insisted on his gong TO
the courthouse. There 1t was found
that he was right and that the fine
and costs were paid three years ago.
He was at once released and. going
to the office of a Lewiston law firm,
Immediately began the suit.
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BURNHAM.

Mrs Clyde Wilson and son Riehord
Of Montpelier, VT. are visiting at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. William u
Foster.
Wayne Miller returned, Thursday, to
his home in New Gloucester, Me, after
a few days visit with his aunts, Misses
Freda and Daisy Goodwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Crawford are
visiting in Searsport and will attend
the campmeeting there.
Mrs. Helen Hazeltine is attending
the campmeeting in Norridgewock.
Miss Marion Graves has returned To
Cliftondale Mass, and was accom-
panied on her return by her friend
Gertrude VIM
Pauline. the little 2-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs Charles Proctor
died quite suddenly, Wednesday morn
ing. Funeral services were held. Fri
day at 10 o'clock, Rev. Mr.. Saunders
of Clinton officiating and interment
was made in Il cemetery in Albion
Mrs. w O. Webb and daughter,
Nettie were guests, Wednesday, of
Mrs O. b. Mckechnie.
The Box social given at the Town
hall. Tuesday evening, was well pa
tronized and about s. was received.
Pomeroy's Orchestra furnished music
for the occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. F. Harding of
Bilerica, Mass, are visiting her
daughter. Mrs. q. II. Bryant.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mason and son
alter have returned to Wakefield,
Mass, after a two-weeks visit with her
sister. Mrs Charles Drake.
George L. Bryant was in Belfast for
the day, Thursday, on business.
Mrs. Evans and daughter, Miss
Florence Evans, arrived. Thursday,
for visit at the home of her son.
Charles Evans
The two piencs held on the shores
of Winnecook Lake, Wednesday, were
well patronized. The weather was
ideal One Of the picnics was held at
Fred Sayward's shore by the members
Of Sebasticook Grange and the other
by members of Clinton Grange at Oak
wood A fish chowder was served at
each and all passed pleasant day.