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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-06-05

pany conspicuous for suit which the courts decided that
person might withdraw his patronage but the moment
he induced another do likewise he became guilty of criminal
act In the case of Montana telephone company de-
cons modified that finding saying the boycoted company had
proprietary right the patronage of any person, and if
individual used peaceful lawful of inducing another to
withhold his patronage such of solicitation argument did
constitute crime but such argument usually takes form
of pressure threat of loss of business employment and such
coercion under the ban.
The boycott has be regarded something uAmer
cam conflict with the spirit of American liberty and fair play
and giving each individual equal opportunity exercise and
develop his natural powers 1t from the old world
used chiefly by those who only partly Amercanzed
and the broader spirit which created American institutions has
passed upon its merits and refused absorb it. 1t took just
quarter of century America give its death blow and it
dying
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-06-05
THE ORIGIN OF THE BOYCOTT

Boycott is old word with meaning. In this
it coined and first applied "a years ago. and its application
spread rapidly during the beginning of the present century
In November, 1880, during the Land League agitation in
Ireland Capt ames Boycott agent for Lough Mask farm near
Balnrob Mayo county, in conducting the business of his prnc
pal Lord Ern had trouble collecting rents, and evcted many
of the who refused the of rentals demanded
An agitation started against him. and all the help quit
body could be induced take their places farm hands could
be hired and local merchants refused to sell him goods buy
his produce In order harvest the crops necessary
bring immigrant aborers and protect them from violence while
they worked
This method became very popular and shop keepers at first
lined with the boycos retain their patronage but later
the methods used against the shop keepers slight
provocaton These methods introduced into the United
States by the knights of labor and trades unions about five
later and persons without grievance against those being boyod
induced join the to retain the patronage of
the greatest number involved Those refusing to join such
also boycotted and when prosecutions being
pushed those giving testimony against the conspraors
promptly boyotted became of terrozng, and the
INSCRIPTIONS seized upon the boycott easy and effective
weapon and backmaers used of exortng money
under threat of boycott payment refused In order to
obtain the power carry such threats under pretended
ance such sought responsible positions in labor organizations
and before the rank and file of the members learned their real
motives and methods the organizations dscredited in
large measure.
The boycott is the poor mans trust but while the money
monopoly furnishes something exobant price, the
boycott found be destroying legitimate business for
cusabe purpose taking money without rendering anything
return Prosecutions followed against the boycoe the black
maes and the labor leaders who operated for extoons and
for quarter of century society has been trying rid itself Of
the 1t has be dreaded dangerous and
destructive than scandal and dying because the public mind
is getting set against it.
Some of the suits attempting dissolve pun
h boyco that of labor organization against firm of
hatter at Danbuy Connecticut where the employing firm
found to have been damaged $8oooo and the law permits the
courts give Judgment against the offenders for three times the
amount in this easel $24oooo The United Steel Range
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-06-05
GOODING PASSES THROUGH

Frank R. Gooding passed through Backfoot Tuesday
ing on his way SOUTH having completed his swing round the
circle up the valley and he reiterated his statement of two weeks
ago that he going win in the for the senate and
down to Washington fight for Idaho As brace to this state
men he mentioned that he has lost fight from which
we infer that he will either this fight or be position to
Join in singing the parody LOCKED in the stable with the sheep
Frank free and frank and Goodng such good in
fight he deliberately arranging all the Wateroos he for
the other fellows.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-06-05
REDUCING THE TAXES
Continued from page one

eliminating state taxes entirely
II shall have bills embodyng the specific plans for reduction
outlined above and others which further study may show to be
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-06-05
right being held on
Of fighters extending miles

advisable ready the converting of the legislature and shall press
them early consideration This program SPECIFIC and dente
it will be based upon the tax commissions report and will
psh results In its successful carrying OUT ask the aid of all
good citizens. JOHN M HAlNEo,
governor"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
COTTON FUTURES BILL PASSED.
amendment Lcgnlizing Pools Stricken
Out at Request of Author.
delivered.

Washington. March 2S.--Fricnds of
the cotton futures bill. repasscd by
the senate today with an amendment
lcgslizlng cotton pools stricken ont,
predicted that il would pass the
house before adjournment. It's course
in the house had been smothercd, it
was claimed. by the action of the sen
ate in striking out the pooling agree
ment clause on request OF Senator
Smith. of South Carolina, author of
the original measure.
Senator Smith today said he would
seek in the agricultural bill to obtain
100000 To place on every primary
market In the South samples of the
government grades established by the
bill. and also samples of yarn spun
from various grades.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
WON'T SPLIT PARTY.
PRESIDENT WILSON COMMENTS
ON TOLL REPEAL FIGHT.
says What Promised to BE a Dignificd
Contest Has Degenerated Into an
Attempt to DiScredit the Admins
tratiOn - Declares nKOwland's
Speech the CrOwning Insult.

washington, March 30.--President
Wilson feels certain that the free tolls
repeal debate will not split the Demo-
cratic party and that his fight for re-
peal will not be defeated.
He stated today that his chief re-
gret is that what promised to be a
dignifed contest has degenerated into
an attempt to discredit the admins
tratiOn." He characterized Represen-
tative knowland's speech charging
that the president had made O deal
with the British government as the
crowning insult OF q number of in
suits in the debate. All the acriminy
that has been shown against the ad-
ministratiOn only makes more certain
the result, the president declared.
President Wilson said also that
free tolls amounts to subsidy, and,
as such, violates plank in the Balti-
more platform and the long etablish-
ed Democratic policy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
NR. ROGERS INJURED.

"oohwnru Expert Suffers Severe
iiurts--Wife and COMPANION Arc
Also Iiut.
Anderson. March 29.-Dr. Floyd
Rodgers. who Is conducting a hook
worm campaign in Abbeville county,
suffered his collar bone and three ribs
to be broken and the muscles in his
left arm to be badly laceratcd when
his automobile cut three somersaults
: he was nearing Williamson. In
the car with DR.. Rogers were Mrs.
Rodgers. who was Miss Mary Ander-
son of Gaffney, and who was married
to DR.. Rodgers one week ago, and Mr..
Polk. Mrs. Rodgers was badly
scratched Oh the face, but is not Sc
riously hurt. Mr.. Polk, who is DR..
Rodgers assistant in the hoOkwOrm
work, suffered severe scalp wound
With DR.. Rodgers at the wheel the
automobile was rounding sharp
curve when he lost control. The ma
chine turned over three til.cc. prac-
tically wrecking it. All three Of The
wounded were carried to Williamson
in an automobile and were given med
ical attention. They were sent back
to Abbeville tonight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
Fly Causes Movie Panic.

y common house fly which made
its way onto the lens OF q moving
picture machine was magnified sev-
cral hundred times in North Side
"Nickelodeon" was the cause OF a
panic among the audience last night
which but for the prompt action on
the part of Il few cool headed spec
tators might have turned into a trag.
cdy greater than was being depicted
on the screen.
The machine operator had bare
ly began to run off the "thrller' of
the night when there appeared on
the screen monster with legs like
the limbs of a big tree eyes as biz as
sauccrs and Il huge body covered with
hair that looked like standing wheat
At the first appearance Of the mon
stcr, women and children screamed
in terror and Il rush WAS made for
the door by the panic stickcn aud
icnCe.
Suddenly some one yelled IT'S only
a flying machine" This brought the
panic stricken people to their senses
and quiet was quickly restored. ScN-
oral people, however, were severely
bruised during the rush.--Pittsburph
Dispatch.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
COTTON PRICE PROSPECT.
Weather Main Thing I'm Market This
Week.

New Orleans, March 29.-The
weather will be the main thing in
the cotton market this week. The
trade will eagerly watch all of the
southern sections of the belt in which
planting ought to be we'll under way
during the next fortnight.
Texas news probably will be the
feature in the market during the
week as that state will attract more
attention than any other because OF
the unfavorable weather that has
handicapped the early producing
counties
The early counties play Il more inn
portant part in the market than is
justified merely by the number of
bales of cotton they raise. 1t Is from
this section Of the belt that the early
crop comes, and the early movement
this year is especially important be-
cause of the old crop situation and
the strong demand for good grades of
spots. Further unfavorablo develop
mcnts in south Texas would tend to
offset favorable developments over a
much wider area in the latter por-
tions Of the cotton country.
Bears predict a falling off in the
export movement this week because
of the filing Of March shipments. ON
the other hand the bulls say that any
falling off in exports and the spot de-
mand quickly will he reflected in n
falling off i'm the movement into sight.
which has been Il bear argument for
Il long time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
SEEDS BY PARCEL POST.
f"rmcr Rule Repealed and Custom
AIRY Rate for Fourth class Matter
on i'm Future.

The following order from the post
Office department at Washington has
been received at the local postonice
1t will no doubt be received with in
tcrest by the public generally.
The special rate OF postage hereto
fore chargcable on seeds. plants, etc,
has been repealed by the act of
March ., 1914, ana, under it's pro-
Visions the regular fourth class. or
parcel post rates OF postage are now
applicable to all parcels Of such ar
ticies. az set forth i'm the order OF
the Postmaster General, made i'm pur-
suance Of the act mentioned.
/. Seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots,
scions, and plants shall hereafter be
embraced in and carried as fourth
class matter and for the same
rates.
z. The rate Of postage on parcels
of seed, cuttings. etc, Weighing four
ounces or less is one cent for each
uncc or fraction thereof, regardless
Of distance; on parcels weighing more
than four ounces the pound rates ap-
ply, as for other parcel post matter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
CAN SEE WITH PIGS EYE.
Wonderful Surgical Operation Said to
BE Successful.

Baltimore, March 29.-Sight has
been given to the left eye of David
Kane, the nine-months-ol baby of
Mr. and Mrs Herman Kane, of Get
tysburg, Pa, through the grating OF
the cornea OF pigs eye to the child's
eyeball, according to physicians at a
hospital here. Certain tests, they de-
clare, have brought out this fact with
out n doubt. When the bandage was
removed from the eye, it was declar-
ed, the child followed the course Of
n lighted candle which was moved in
front of hm. Another test that
brings out the fact more clearly 10
that the child now winks his eyelid
when finger or small object is put
near the eye.
The disease from which the child
has been a sufferer since he was
weeks old is known as staphyloma Of
the cornea. Both eyes became az
fected, but the left seemed TO be in
al noDtltSS colullloll, anu IL Noo OHiS
as last resort that the operation was
decided on.
The operation was performed q
week ago Monday, and the cornea OF
the pigs eye was used because it is
said it more closely resembles the hu-
man cornea than that of any other
animal.
Child and pig were placed under
an anesthetic and tho outer covering
of the animals eye was removed. Ii
was quickly placed in the eyeball of
the child.
The child's eye today is said to be
perfectly clear and free from inflam-
nation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
WILL REDUCE RATES.
Southern Railway Plans Cut I'm
Freight Charges From the Capt.

Washington, March 27.--Reduction
of freight rates on the Southern rail-
way out Of Washington soon will be
made, according to an announcement
made by NJ. =. Galloway, counsel for
the road, at an interstate commerce
commission hearing today The ef-
iect of the proposed reduction, it was
said, would he to place Washington
in about the same rate position as
Alexandria, Va, with relation to
traffic southward. On first class
freight, it was said. the reduction
would amount to IL cents; on second
class 10 cents, and 8 cents on third.
Nh. Galloway also said that the
same basis OF reductions will be ap-
piled to local points on the Southern
railway and to Danville Va, and sta
tiOns south Of Danville. 1t will also
apply to stations between Norfolk and
Danvillc, and between Richmond and
Danville. but this proposed basis will
not be applied to points between Nor
folk and Richmond and Danyille
The rail-andwater rates to those eX-
cepted points are predicted on the
all-water rates into Norfolk and Rich
mOnd and the short rail haul out, and
are entirely too low, he continued, TO
DO considered no a booio for oil ro II
rates from Washington.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01

Supt. j. ii. Haynsworth, Sumter. S.
S.
Dear Mr.. HaynswOrth. The edu-
cational progress OF Sumter county is
nowhere better illustrated than in the
growth OF twO-teacher and three
teacher schools in the country dis
tricts. Yesterday / mailed your
County Treasurer q warrant for ST.
500 In payment Of the seven applica-
tions filed by your trustees.
AT one time it seemed that Sumter
County would make small use of
state aid to tle public schools. This
impression he been dissipated ny the
growth you have stimulated during
the last twelve months. Schools like
Concord, Bethel, Dalzell, Trinity. Os-
wcgO, Pleasant Grove and Baker IL
lustrate not merely the educational
spirit OF the county but also the new
standard OF efficient rural education.
There still remain considerable
number Of weak inefficient schools in
some districts. 1t woul' mark p
great step forward If ever, ...,e
school in the county could report a
session of at least seven months dur
ing 19l3-14, and if the number of one
teacher schools could be reduced to
the minimum.
With adequate schoOlhOuses, q COM
petent teaching corps. good roads and
the conveyance OF pupils, Sumter
county could easily be made O dem
onstration county in public school
progress. Already Darlington and
Dillon have voted a local tax in every
district, and have consolidated more
than Onc-half OF their schools The
seven rural graded schools you now
maintain point to similar develop
mcnt in Sumter during the next few
years.
Yours respectfully,
j. T.. Swearingen,
state superintendent of Education.
Columbia, March 25, 1914.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
FINE HORSES To COME HERE.
Foxy Phil ana Tidal Wave I'm String
to Bc brought to sumter by Kir-
n-Whitcovcr. OF Darlington.

Among the entries which have al
ready been made for tho Sumter
Horse Show are several from Dar-
lngton OF horses which will be hard
To beat I'm the ring events I'm their
classes. These horses are to be
brought In a string by Messrs. Kir-
ven and WhltcOver. OF Darlington.
who arc planning To- take away much
of the sumter money with them when
they return homo ut the close Of the
Sumter show
Tidal Wave" champion five-gaited
saddle horse at the Greenvilie show
last yoar. Foxy Phil" champion s.
gated saddle horse In the Same
show, fine pair OF rOadsters. and
the finest pair of mules which has
probably ever been seen In this part
of the State. are among tho animals
which the Darlington gentlemen have
arranged To enter here. BESIDES
these animals there arc others which
will bring the string up To eight or
ten animals I'm all.
Besides the horses which are being
taken to Camden from Sumter to bc
entered In the show there. II Is prob
able that other animals from this
place will DO entered i'm the Sumter
Horse show. Mr.. a. ID. Harry has
just returned from Kentucky. where
he purchased three handsome horses,
which are now ON the road here. and
which will bc entered In the sumter
show.
The officers of tho show are much
pleased ut the interest which is being
taken ON all sides and indications
are thut the show will be a. hig sue
cess.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
BRITISH CABINET CHANGES.
SECRETARY OF WAR SEELY HAS
RESIGNED.
Premier Asquitli Will Take War Port
folio and Other Changes Expected
The Premier Has the Cordial
Support of the Liberal Members of
House OF Commons,

London. March 30.-Secretary of
War Seely today refused to withdraw
his resignation and notified Premier
Asquith that his place must be filled.
Other cabinet changes are expected.
Premier Asquith, expecting TO fill the
war ministry himself, will not with
draw from Parliament and stand for
reelection to that body. The Liberals
gave him tremendous ovation as he
left the house Of commons today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
LUREO INTO DEATH TRAP.
GILMAN TELLS OF FEDERAL
RCSE AT GOMEZ PALACIO.
"e'eat at IOlreOn Would Possibly
Mean Establishment of Northern
Republic.

Chihuahua, March 29.-Such news
as reached here from the front todav
was unfavorable to the rebels. Wound
ed rebel soldiers continued to arrive
by train, bringing the number now
mere to 5SS. Several hundred other
wounded were being provided for at
Jiminez, Parr and Santa Rosalia.
The evidence of the sanguinarv
conflict at Torreon tended to make
headquarters reticent about the pro-
gress of the battle. Officers admit
ted they have received dispatches
from the front, but declined to reveal
the contents.
The report originated from one Of
the hospitals that Gen. Francisco Viii
la had been wounded slightly and
compelled 20 retire from the front.
The report was based merely on the
word of a wounded soldier who, how
ever, insisted he had seen Villa
wounded. He declared that the news
was withheld.
A German military observer, who
arrived today from the front, said:
The federal army lured us right into
Gomez Palacio, a suburb to the north
OF Torreon, before they opened fire.
Then they let loose such a hail OF
rifle and machine-gun shots as would
have completely demoralized any or
dinary Mexican army The men fell
by the scores.
Gen. Villa had such a large army
that he felt he could afford to sacri-
flee many men to get foothold. AL
most the whole Zaragoza brigade un-
der Gen. Aguirre Benevadis, was
wiped out, although l think Gen.
Benevadis escaped.
The shock and surprise to the reb-
el troops, who had tried to scare the
federals and walked into Torreon, re-
suited in a temporary withdrawal.
Three or four days Of fighting up to
the time / left failed to bring about
any results"
1t is believed here that Gen. Car
ranza will not come to Chihuahua un-
til he is satisfied Gen. Villa will re-
main in the south, as a meeting Of the
two revolutionary leaders is not look
ed on as OppOrtune at this time.
Gen. Villas delay IN taking Tor
reon. il is said, has revived belief that
Should the Huerta forces drive him
north something in the nature OF q
northern republic, embracing the
States bordering on the United States,
will be established. The plan of
separating the north from the south
has long been contemplated by some
of the rebel leaders.
Unless decisive results are achieved
soon financial affairs of the rebel ter
ritory will reach a crisis, according
to men in authority.
Despite Governor Chaos assurance
10 the State department that Luis Ter
raZas, Jr, would not be executed it
was learned definitely here that Ter
razas was threatened with execution
twice within the last eight days. He
was saved from death within twenty
four hours on one occasion.
The three days extension was
granted and later, through another
influence, the talk OF execution was
dropped temporarily.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-01
ARMY BILL PASSES SEN ATE.


Washington, March 2S.-The SEN
ate today passed the annual army
bill carrying an appropriation OF
1,75O,OOO, an increase Of $500
900 over the house measure.
Il would not yield to these big in
crcases," declared Senator Thomas, of
Colorado, were it not for the disturb
ed conditions on the Southern bor-
der"