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Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-28
CalIie Hoke Smith and Genevieve
Clark Leaders in Society
Girl Movement.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-The
formal coming out party" which
used to be such an important event
in the life of a young woman, is 10
longer quite the thing.
The simplified debut is the latest.
This is indicated by the prepara-
tons for the introductions of Miss
Callie Hoke Smith, daughter of SEN
ator Hoke Smith. of Georgia; Miss
Genevieve Clark, daughter of Speaker
Champ Clark, and Miss Fay Hardy,
daughter of the Representative from
Texas, to society.
1t is, OF course, a mere matter Of
form, because everyone who knows
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-28
LOVE OF AIREDALE DOGS
COSTS MAN A FORTUNE

CHICAGO. Sept. 27.-Francis G.
Porter the broker, whose Airedale
dogs are principally the cause of his
appearance before a referee in bank
ruptcy, asserted he had spent $4,000
on the blue-blooded animals. Their
care was one of the heaviest drains
on his finances, he said.
Mr. Porter stated that three years
ago he invested 500 in dogs and
since that time has spent $4,000 on
them.
Attorneys representing creditors es-
innate that Porter's liabilities will
exceed 100000. The dogs are the
principal assets
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-28
Finds Spring on Farm
With witch Stick"
Planter, Refused Water Main by
City, Locates Flow With
Forked Branch.

KANSAS CITY. Sept. 27.-Disap-
pointed after five years Of effort to
persuade the Water Department OF
Kansas City, Kans., to extend the
water mains to his neighborhood,
Harry Snedeker resorted to the witch
stick" and found a rushing stream of
clear cold water beneath his back
yard
A few days ago Snedeker cut a
forked branch from peach tree. At
the spot toward which the fork turn
ed as he held II in his hand while
walking in the yard he ordered well
diggers to begin operations. To- day,
when thick stratum of rock was
blasted at depth Of 25 feet, a stream
Of water five feet deep and two feet
wide was uncovered
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-28

anything at all knows that all three
of these brilliant young women have
been active in official society ever
since they were old enough to prattle.
Miss Clark expressed it pretty well
when she said, in answer to Ques-
ton:
oh. I'm just going to leak out"
How can she come out when she
has never been in?" said her mother,
Mrs. Champ Clark.
Which was true, of course. Gene
We've Clark has been out" all her
life. A few days ago she returned
from a tour of Europe, which lasted
all summer, and during which Sne
was splendidly entertained in the for-
eign capitals. Since her return, she
has been the honor guest at a round
of box parties, and luncheons, ahl
things.
Miss CalIie Hoke Smith also has
been about as active in society as she
could well be and keep her health.
There has hardly been an affair in
Washington during the time her "a
ther has been United States Senator
at which her name was not on the
guest list.
The Senator, being a man, and a
Democrat, and good one both ways,
doesn't believe in the formal debut
for a young woman.
I've raised my daughters with the
boys in the neighborhood," he said
when the subject came up in conver-
sation. They began to have callers
when they were about IL. What's the
use of a coming out party under
those circumstances
What's the use, indeed?
So there will be no debuts for Miss
Smith, Miss Clark and Miss Hardy.
They will go on just the same. Ex-
cept-well, perhaps they will plunge
into the whirl a little harder.
Miss Smith, Miss Clark and Miss
Hardy could have all they desire in
the way of attention and homage. If
thev wanted formal debuts, the af-
fairs would be attended by the most
desira BILE Of the society of the ma
tions Capital. Their fathers are
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-28
Eat Oysters, He Says,
And Cut Meat Bill
National BiValVe Week Advocated by
Chief of U. S. Bureau of
Chemistry.

WASHINGTON. Sept 27.-The in
auguration of national oyster week,
when the bivalves shall take the place
Of meat on the tables of the United
States, was indorsed by DR.. Carl L.
Alsberg, chief of the bureau of chem
istry of the Department of Agricul-
ture
DIR. Alsberg holds that the substi-
tuition of oysters for meat would bring
he bivalve into greater use through
OUT the United States and help to
bring about a decrease in the cost of
living. October 20 is the date Off
eially set for the dietary innovation
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-28
G|VESOUTS|DER
100000 To
FAN OLD FEUD
Contest To Be Started to Break
Will of Julia Garrett, PennsyI-
vania'S Richest Woman.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27.-A con-
test will be made to break the will of
Julia Garrett. leaving S9.OOO,OO0 of
her $10,000.000 estate to her financial
adviser Isaac T. Starr.
Enmity handed down from genera
ton to generation for more than 125
years found expression in the will Of
the last member of the distinguished
Garrett family, who died in Villa
nova several weeks ago.
She cut off from participation mem
bers of the Dunn family, cousins, be-
cause the Dunns' forebears looked
with contempt upon John Garrett.
from whom she was descended when
he started in an humble way the
manufacture of snuff 131 years ago.
Enmity ls Remembered.
When his business. begun on a
capital of 500 in New Castle County,
Delaware, expanded and he became
wealthy, Garrett remembered the at
titude of the Dunns. Succeeding gen.
erations kept the enmity alive, and
of the great fortune that grew from
the original capital of 500 the Dunns,
unless proceedings to break the viii
are successful. will receive an amount
so slight comparatively as to be al
most negligible.
This amount will come to them
through a personal liking of Miss
Garrett for a woman who married
into the Dunn family. Her will leaves
S25, 600 to Mrs. Dunn, mother of
George Garrett Dunn, a millionaire
banker. As Mrs. Dunn is dead the
money will revert to her children.
While it had been supposed that
the will of Miss Garrett was filed
in Norristown, IT is now known that
Wills in this city on Friday, Septem-
ber 5.
27 Bequests Made.
There are q bequests in the docu-
ment, and. according to a man who
saw the will, the money left to others
besides Mr.. Starr totals less than
81. .00O, 600.
Among the bequests are; The Or
thopedic Hospital, SIS, 1000: the Bryn
Mawr Hospital, $4,000; to four serv-
ants, s50,000 each; to relatives other
lllAn the DunnS, 95OO,UOU.
Mr.. Starr, who for many years had
been legal adviser to Miss Garrett.
whose town house was at No, S24
Pine street. has benefited to large
extent through his connection with
the Garrett family.
When Miss Elizabeth Garrett. sis
ter of Miss Julia. died ten years ago,
she bequeathed to him 100000.
When William T.. Garrett, Jr, a
brother, died fourteen years ago,
Starr was named as eXs,utor of the
Will His fees and commissions 1t
was declared, amounted to S140, 900.
The snuff business, from which the
CARROTS made their enormous for
tune, passed from the hands of the
Garrett family in 1900. 1t was sold
TO the American Snuff Company for
approximately $15,OOO,OOO Four years
later the American Snuff Company
was absorbed by the American To-
bacco Company.
The CARROTS were noted for their
benefactions They took special in
terest in the Pennsylvania Hospital
and made liberal contributions to it.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-28
Tippler Sentenced
To Total Abstinence
Passage of Bad Check Leads to I'm
posing of Penalty by
Court.

OAKLAND, CAL, Sept. 27.-Four-
teen years without an alcoholic drink
Is the price that A. w. Hennings, OF
this city, must pay for a riotous ca
reer. Hennings imbibed too much
nuuor in Oakland one day, passed a
bad check for $3S50 went to Los An
geles and woke up in Seattle.
There he appealed to a detective
agency to look over his trail, and
when he discovered his delinquency
submitted to arrest and was brought
to Oakland He was granted proba-
ton, providing he does not drink in
toxlcahts for fourteen years.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-28
1oo- -YEAR-oLD CHIEF is DEAD.

SANTA ROSA. Sept. 27-"Old
Sam" a LAX my Indian, aged
100, died in a hopyard at Largo. Tie
old chief was widely known He iaY
down and died aftcr telling some If
his associates that he was tired
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-20

appreciate the fact that the South
Carolina Union and the North Caro-.
lima Union officials-in both cases
absolutely without request or solicita.
ton on our part-have named The
Progressive Farmer as their State
organ. So long as the members wish
1T as their organ, they may be sure il
will be true to their trust, with no
axe to grind, no enemies to punish,
and no private interests TO serve. 1t
Gill work at all times for the great
fundamental principles of the Union
Ito assist members in buying and
selling, to educate the farming class
es in scientific farming, to teach the
classification of crops, domestic econ
omy, and the process of marketing"
etc. 1t will not go into politics, but
on the contrary will warn them
against any effort to lead the organ
ization into politics. In fact, if the
Union should be misled into partisan
politics at any time, The Progressive
Farmer would simply have to quietly
withdraw as organ of the order.
The Progressive Farmer will not
be the servant Of any faction or of
any clique, in or out of the Union. We
shall deal as fairly by any who may
disagree with us as by those who
agree with US; and shall abstain from
all bitterness, plotting or back-bit-
ing, because we believe the great
need of the organization is harmony,
to drop and forget all the little mar
row prejudices that divide us, and
get together for building up a great
system of rural neighborhood cooper
alton, a great rural civilization,
throughout the South.
This is where we stand. We do
not expect always to be right. nor do
we expect not to be misunderstood at
times. But we have enlisted for a
lifetime in this fight for a better
civilization, for better farming condi-
tions in the South, and we shall keep
up the fight with whatever support
our Southern farmers think our rec
ord deserves"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-20

Southern farmers need to do.
We are also printing in this issue
q letter from Bro. ]. G. Carpenter, Of
Broadway local Union, which is
superb illustration Of what thous-
and local Unions and a thousand lit
tie country neighborhoods all over
the South ought to be doing.
There are ten thousand opportuni-
ties for agricultural cooperation
mills, creameries, egg and poultry
societies, cooperative exchange in
each town for selling farm products,
breeding associations, insurance asso-
ciations building and loan associa-
tions, telephone lines, etc.-but the
big fact to remember about all of
them, as Bro. j. Il. Green is always
saying, is that we must begin at homo
and build up. The time may come
when We can control the South's cot
ton crop" and all that sort Of thing
that is what we may we'll hope for
but it will not come until twice ten
thousand local Unions have made
successes Of neighborhood co-opera.
tive enterprises
It's with a farmers organization
as it is with a military organization.
How did General Lee build up the
magnificent Army of Northern Vir.
ginia, whose immortal valor at Get
tysburg a half century ago we have
just been celebrating? Did he simply
take 10000 men and say, Wen go
and beat the enemy?' No. The first
thing that happened was to drill
company by company company by
company, all over the South-train
the men in little groups, to keep step
and march together and work to-
gether and fight together day after
day, week after week, and month af-
ter month,-until all the scores and
hundreds of trained companies join
ed together and made the mighty
phalanx whose fame is now a Ma
TONS heritage. The big far-off tasks
that we want our Southern farmers to
dO--the control of the cotton crop
and all that-may we'll inspire us; but
the first thing to do is to drill and
train and fit ourselves by ten thous-
and neighboring enterprises. We must
crawl before we walk. In the old
Blueback we must struggle slowly
with our a. B. C's and pass baker"
and shady" before we learn to spell
"incomprohensibilit
Where the Progressive Farmer
Stands.
1t is in this spirit, brother Union
members of the South that the Pro-
gressive Farmer has fought and is
fighting for the Farmers Union. We
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-20
Our Lucid EnaIIsh

Tell Harlem girl that she 10 home
ly, and. even II she is. watch for fre.
works. But say the same thing to q
young woman In England and she'll
thank you for the compliment. The
word there has another meaning: a
'homely" girl is one who likes domes-
tic surroundings, thereby being q GOOD
candidate for matrimony. "Homeli
ness has different effect here when
1t comes to orange blossoms.--Nev
York Press.
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Ny Lady Of the North.

4 walked the next mile thought.
fuily. pondering over those vague
hopes and plans with which Cations
optimism had inspired me. Suddenly
there sounded behind me the thud of
hoofs. while heard a merry peal OF
laughter. accompanied by gay ex-
change of words. I drew aside. lead.
Ing my horse into a small thicket be.
side the road to permit the cavalcade
70 pass. II was q group OF perhaps a
doren-three OF four Federal oficers.
the remainder ladies'. whose brisht
dresses and smiling faces made a
most winsome sight. They glanced
euriously aside at me as they galloped
past But none paused, and merely
glanced at them with vague interest,
my thoughts elsewhere. Suddenly q
horse semed 10 draw back from out Of
the center Of the fast disappearing
party. I,
''s hsd led my llmpins horse out into
the Rad once more to resume my
Journey. paying scarcely the slightest
attention 10 what was taking place,
for my head was again throbbing to
the hot pulse Of the sun. The party
OF strangers rode slowly away into
the enveloping dust cloud. and I had
forgotten them. when a low, sweet
voice spoke close beside me: Gap
tain Wayne. know you cannot have
forgotten me-
She was leaning down from the
saddle. and "a I glanced eagerly up
into her dear eyes they were swim
ming with tears.
"Forgottenl Never for one mo-
ment." I exclaimed; yet I failed to
perceive your presence until you
spoke"
:, You appeared deeply buried In
thought as we rode by. but I could not
leave you without a word whom I
know you n. ~ feel go bad. Oh, but
yon. Cnptaiu, Wayne. you have youth
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Must the sacrifices, then, always be
made by you? Can you not conceive
1t possible that I also might like to
yield up something? Is 1t possible
you deem me woman to whom
money is god?"
mo-" said, my heart bounding to
the scarce hidden meaning of her i'm.
petuous words, nor have the sacri.
fices always been mine; you were
once my prisoner"
She bent down. her very soul in
her eyes. and rested one white hand
upon my shoulder. For an instant we
read each others heart In silence.
then shyly she said. Il am Sill your
prisoner"
THE END.
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and love to inspire you--for your
mother yet lives. Truly II makes my
heart throb to think OF the upbuilding
which awaits you men Of the South.
IL is through such as you-soldiers
trained by stern duty-that these
desolatec states are destined to rise
above the ashes Of war into q great
ness never before equaled. feel
that now. IL this supreme hour Of sac
rifice. the mon and women OF the
South ara TO exhibit before the world
courage greater than that of the
battlefield. II Is TO be the marvel Of
the nation. and the thought and pride
Of II should make you strong"
1T may indsed be so: I can but be-
hsvs II. a. the prophecy comes from
your lips. I might even flnd courage
TO do my part In this redemption were
you over At hand to inspire"
She laughed gently. II am not a
Virsinian. Captain Wayne. but q most
loyal daughter OF the North: yet II
i so inspire you by my mere words.
surely II Is not SO far 70 my home
but you might Journey there to listen
TO my further words OF wisdom"
II have not forgotten the permis.
sion already granted me. and II Is a
temptation not easily cast aside. You
return North soor7"
within q week"
hardly knew what prompted me
90 voice my next question-Fate. per.
haps. weary Of being so long mocked
for felt small interest In her prob.
able answer.
do you expect your husbands re-
lease from duty by that timer"
She gave q quick start OF surprise,
drawing In her breath as though sud.
Denly choked. Then the rich color
overspread her face. MY husband ?"
she calculated In voice barely audi.
BILE. my husband? Surely you can
not mean Major Brepnan?"
But I certainly do" said. won
dsring what might be wrong. Whom
else could mean?''
"And you thought that?" she asked
fncredulously, why. how could your
4 How should I rave thought other.
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Tobacco Market Proposed.
Meeting Called by Chamber of Commerce to Organize
Tobacco Warehouse Company

The diversificatiOn of the crops OF
agricultural improvement before our
people. Tobacco is an important and
profitable crop, and one that has not
received the proper attention by rea-
son of hte fact that there have been
no facilities for marketing the crop.
In order to fill this lOng-felt neces-
sity a meeting of the business men
Of the city of Sumter and the farm
meet at the court house in Sumter.
3. c., on Saturday morning, August
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%"' 1913, at II o'clock, noon, for the
puprose OF providing ways and means
TO build tobacco warehouse in the
city OF Sumter at once, and for a gen.
eral discussion Of how the same should
be conducted.
You are earnestly requested to be
present and TO induce as many OF
your neighbors TO attend as possiLIe
as we are unable to reach them all nv
mail Yours truly,
Davis ID. Noise, President.
Sumter Chamber of Commerce.
sumter, 5. c., Aug. Is, 1913.
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Some Random Thoughts.

L am giving this space this week to
the editorial in this weeks Progress
sive Farmer in which Mr.. Poe tells
why we believe in the Farmers
Union." Read it brother farmer and,
II yoa answer any of the reasons he
gives in the negative please do so
over your signature so that we may
see how to overcome your objection.
If you agree with Brother Poe take
steps to organize with your
neighbors. Brother Green is not the
only spokesman for the Union who
has argued that I'VE must begin
at home If we would make Of the
Union a live, virile force for good.
by the way: The Progressive
is treating in no uncertain
way some Of the fundamental truths
of rural progress and all citizens who
are working for the common good
would do well to keep up with the
discussions that are being led by
Clarence Poe who is recognized as
one OF the cleanest thinkers now in
public life.
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why We Believe I'm the Farmers
Union.

"Why We Believe In the Farmers
Union.
The Progressive Farmer ought not
to have anything to do with the
Farmers Union, said q prudent, far
seeing business friend to me some
time ago. THE Union will get mix
ed up with politics or will go after
some impracticable schemes or will
die out like the Alliance ard the
Grange and the Cotton Association,
and hurt the men and the papers that
are identified with it,"
For once I confess / felt a little
vexed with my friend; and my answer
ran something like this: II don't
know whether it is prudent financially
or not. l doubt very much whether
II is. l know that many big adver-
users do not want to patrOnize a pa
per which is giving red-hot support
10 the Farmers Union. / know that
many other farm papers simply have
some fine words to say about the
Union and let 1t go at that / know,
too. that the farmers are not used to
working together. l know that they
are likely to be misled at times. |
know they may sometimes have their
preJudices aroused and turn down
their truest friends at the behest of
some demago"Ie. know, too, that
being untried in business, they may
want to go off into some big, allur-
ing. high-sOunding scheme that will
not work, instead of devoting them
selves to neighborhood cooperative
enterprises and building up from
them.
Il know all this" l continued, and
know II the aims of the Progress
sive Farmer were simply to make
money for it's owners, we might we'll
let the Farmers Union go; or simply
say that 1t is a good thing, and all
farmers ought to join, etc. But
cannot be content with any such at
titude. The Progressive Farmer is
lighting and / am fighting not merely
for better farmers and better farm
ing methods in the South, but for a
new rural civilization. 1t IL not en-
ough to help our farmers make NOR.
money; they must be helped to new
economic and social life. And to ac-
complish this result there must be
organization. The farmers must meet
and work together / don't doub;
but that they will make many mis-
il the duty of every farmer and ev-
cry man who is patriotic. eligible. who
To join the Union and help keep it
from making mistakes instead of
and waiting for chance to say Il
told you So ann glad to say,
therefore, that | wrote what was,
believe. the first Farmers Union ar
ticle written in this state, joined the
first local organized near me, and
have been i'm il ever since"
The Spirit In Which We Are Working.
That is the spirit If know myself.
in which | am working and In which
the Progressive Farmer is working
! dislike to engage in personal allus-
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-08-08
A Communication

Editor Review: Will you tell
an anxious inquirer why il is
that our city dads are so willing
TO have cement sidewalks laid
out in the country where no one
has any use for them, and then
overlook che rotten wooden walks
right in the heart of the city
where hundreds of our citizens
travel daily? Is there any graft
in this? Let us know. An In
dignant Taxpayer.
Very probably because the
country" property owners are
more enterprising and progress
sive than some of those in the
heart of the city. and petition
for cement sidewalks while
others do not. Believe the city
dads show no preference in this
regard. st. Johns city councils
have been quite loath TO take the
initiative in matters of public
improvements. preferring petit
tions instead. However the
present city council is more
broad in this respect than any
former one we have cognizance
of. II has taken the initiative
in several instances, notably
East Burlington, Crawford and
st. Johns avenue, all of which
proceedings have been started
on for improvement. Possibly
others will be taken up in the
same manner later. There can
be no graft in the proposition.
because the opportunity does
not exist. II is highly improba-
BILE that property owners are
paying tribute TO the city coun-
Gil TO keep their streets from be-
ing improved with cement side
walks. Nor at the low price re-
ceived by contractors for cement
sidewalks could they afford to
pay tribute. So long as people
in the country" want cement
sidewalks and those in the heart
of the city do not and remon-
strate such propositions down.
the situation must remain un-
changed until the city charter
be amended. There is not the
slightest doubt in the world.
however. that a number of the
sidewalks "close in" should bee
replaced by cement walks before
a few legs are broken. Ed.