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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-29

teach him by mail for 3. 4. or ;
months or longer Cas long as the
student desircs) after which the
said student goes to Columbia. en-
tcrs the departments OF the college
and completes the course thorough
~ under the direct supervision and
guidance of experienced instructors.
Under this plan, the Scholarships
are good for instruction both BY
MAIL and at COLLEGE. and after
studying by mail as long as desired
the student enters the institution to
complete the work on the same
scholarship, without any additional
charge whatever. Full information
and testimonial letters from those
who have actually used this plan will
be mailed upon request. Write for
them.
The above plan (No. ~ will espe-
clally appeal to many young men
and young women throughout the
state during the coming year. be-
cause many can afford to purchase
$50 scholarship, for cash or with
cotton (at ten cents,) but do not
feel able or willing, under the condi-
monthly board and living expenses
which attending a college certainly
makes necessary. While progress is
not 10 rapid in taking lessons by
mail the saving in board and living
expenses means q great deal. After
'ah'Ig the Home study lessons. a
student should he able TO 20 TO Cot
.'-e. complete he work thoroughly
. s'N 20 eight weeks and accent
position. Individual letters from
those Who have used this plan dur
IHE i.g past year ,H hc best proof
,".t YOU can use il too Write for
iu.l details
After the European war has clos
ed and business conditions have ad-
justcd themselves and become nor
mai again, this entire country will
experience the greatest and most
prolonged period of prosperity and
business expansion and development
that it has ever known within it's
history, and opportunities OF rapid
promotion and advancement in busi-
ness, for those young people who
nave the necessary training and are
prepared. will be more plentiful
| than have ever been the case before.
Ihe far-sigated young man is al
| ready realizing this and is making
plans, if he has not already made
| them, TO secure n thorough and
| practical business training so as to
be ready for the opportunities which
every big banker and business man
VIII tell you are sure to be so
plentiful
Parents who are now planning t,
place son or daughter in Business
college, or young men who look for
ward to preparing themselves for
successful business careers. and
wish to economize as much as posi-
BILE, should write for full informa-
tion concerning one of the aoove
plans. Money saved is money made,
and Draughon training (endorsed
by Bankers and Business men every-
where) and the Draughon Business
College (the largest business educa-
tional training institution in the
State) need no introduction to the
public. the superiority of the courses
or study and the greater facilities
| for securing positions for students
Ibeing well known.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-29
STOP THE CHII.D'S COLDS
They Often Result Seriously.

Colds, Group and Whooping Cough
are ohildren's ailments which need
immediate attention. The after-ef-
fects are often most serious. Don't
take the risk-you don't have TO
DR.. Kings New Discovery checks the
Cold, soothes the Cough, alalys the
inflammation. kills the Germs and al.
lows Nature to do her healing work.
SOC at your Druggist. Buy a bottle
today.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-29
From Mr.. I. W. Sc
crest, of Osceola
To the Editor of The News:


and it's horrible destruction by death
and wounded and the starving thou
sands Of Belgians. 1t is all bad and
l am very sorry % ask you to print
my views, but the war is to sat
isfy the ambition of few kings
and rulers for the sake of noto-
riety Death, hunger, sin and many
other complications too numerous to
mention, are all going on in Eu-
rope. While America is not yet in
volved in the bloody struggle of war,
we may be facing the next door
neighbor to war, in the way OF
famine. Yes, famines usually fol-
low wars or go hand in hand, as it
is doing in Europe now. In the
South money is our famine just now,
but who knows but that next year
will bring bread famine, in fact
it is here now with a certain class OF
people. In York county and along
the hail storm path that fell last
spring, farmers are Offering two
bushels of half matured corn for one
bushels of good corn to make bread.
/ was rather amused at one Of
our sons saying the other nlsh'
when we was taking very rich bee
hive. He said last spring when l
would be hiving the bees as many as
two and three s"arms "oula come
of and all go together before l
could hlVe them' ne saiu 'hey
would hght I'LL they Kiiieu nearly all
OF them. Ihen the weather was dry
and nothing for them 10 i've on ana
the oaiah'e nearly All ue'o' NO"
you see now rich lhis gum Is. lie
Saio during ana ai'er th'S war LOT
at least tlme' the people nearly all
over 'he "or'o may suHeI D! munger
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

vote for six If there are that many
candidates. If there are seven can
didates only six may be nominated.
the one having the smallest number
of votes being eliminated. Then
these six successful primary candi-
dates will be placed upon separate
ballot to be voted at the general
election and the three having the
largest number of votes will be
elected. There will be no party
heading or other designation upon
the ballot to show with which party
the various candidates affiliate,
There are now four candidates for
district Judge in the field in this dis
trict. They may all be nominated,
and two more with them. Then the
fight will come at the general elec-
ton, when but three of the nomi'
uees can be elected.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03
L,bouchere'. Love for Hi. oauehte

Labouchere's Love for His Daughter.
Mr.. Labouchere was a bitter, sleep
less foe to cruelty to women and
children. The world knows some of
the abuses he corrected, but there are
scores of others which have never
come before the public eye. where
children and women have been res
cued from torture, from vice ana from
deception.
The explanation of this side of his
character would at one time have been
reached If Labby could have been seen
patiently rowing boat on the
Thames at Twickenham and chatting
easily and considerably with little
girl whose piercing black eyes and ex-
preston and even speech were such
a startling reproduction Of his own,
and whose tiny face bore positively
weird resemblance to that Of the por-
trait of Labby's handsome mother
which then hung in his dining room.
The softest spot in Labby's heart-the
most effective inspiration of most Of
his war on wrong and cruelty-was
his frank, simple, pathetic affection
for his little daughter who, now a
woman grown, was present with him
at his Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03
Garden Seeds In Strips.

Back yard gardeners may now buy
strips Of tape with the seeds embedded
in them. Each tape is carefully label-
led with the name Of the vegetable It
will grow, So that there is no excuse
for the amateur who uses the SEED
tape when radishes spring up where
tomatoes were supposed to be growing.
THE tapes are about three-fourths
of an inch broad and come in rolls
like ribbon. The advantages of this
new method are several. There can
be no waste Of seeds from unsteady
scattering or from the spring breezes.
Also the seeds are all separated from
each other scientifically proper dis.
lance" said the saleman of a seed
company. Several Of our customers
have reported experimenting with the
seed tapes. They all agree that the
tapes are All right for the back yard
gardener, but are not practicable for
the man who plants o. . lareo SCALE"
-KAnsas CITY star.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03
Teeth Unnecessary.

To persons who have spent much
money and endured much pain to pre-
serve their teeth and expect still to
spend and endure in that cause, It
may be cheering to hear from a recent
speaker at the chronological section
of the British Association, one j. g..
Turner by name, that teeth are
really quite unnecessary. Mr.. Turner
told of a toothless relative who mast.
icated his food perfectly with his
gums, but added that mastication was
not necessary, since our foods could
now be minced and shredded beyond
the powers Of the most efficient masti-
cation. The only real value of teeth
to the civilized human being, he said,
was their contribution to the attrac-
tiveness Of the human countenance.
and that, he admitted, outweighed =
good many other considerations.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03
SENATOR CUMMINS.

Jewell Record: We refer to that
once famous "Wicksrsham railroad
bill" Record readers certainly have
not forgotten how that measure
written by the attorney general and
endorsed by the president, was turn
ed over to the senate with the ad-
monition chat it must be passed
without change or amendment, and
how in the committee, of which
Senator Aldrich was chairman,
amendments introduced by Senator
Cummins and others of the little
band of progressive republican SEN
ators, were fatty refused. 1t will
also be remembered how Senator
Cummins carried his fight to the
floor of the senate where for four
days he spoke against features of
the bill that were unfair, retroactive
and almost, if not quite, vicious, un-
til, when he finished, the glazing de-
fects of the measure stood stripped
of all pretense and the whole nation
for the first time realized it's numer-
Gus defects. He presented the
amendment to the Wickersham bill,
and not only presented it, but, in
spite of all the opposition of the
president and of powerful leaders in
the senate, he fought through to a
successful issue on the floor Of the
senate and secured the adoption Of
the amendment that experts have
since declared to be the corner stone
of the entire bill, and that is today
saving shippers in America about
two hundred million dollars every
year. That amendment was as fol-
lows, in substance: that when car
riers demanded an increase Of rates
the burden Of proof must be upon
them, not upon the shippers, to show
that such an increase is warranted.
Under former conditions, and under
the terms of the Wickersham bill as
it was introduced, the railroad COM
pany raised its rates first, and then
if the shipper didn't like it, his only
recourse was to fight in the courts
to show that the increase was not
warranted. Disorganized shippers
were not in a position to make such
fight. They were unable to secure
information as to how much money
railroads were making. And If they
did win in lower court, they then
merely found themselves up against
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

the proposition of carrying the fight
up to the higher courts and up and
up, with no information at hand and
no chance on earth to show whether
or not the railroads were making
money enough already. And in the
meantime they had to pay the new
rates. Senator Cummins' amend
ment to this measure has made a
difference. The ink was not much
more than dry on the amended bill
(amended thanks to Senator Cum
minis, remember) when the railroads
of this country united in a body in
demanding an increase in rates. A
formidable array of the best legal
talent in the world was lined up to
fight the battle before the Interstate
Commerce Commission. But this
time the railroads had to prove that
they needed the raise, instead of the
shippers attempting to prove that
they didn't. The railroads had the
information. They had the figures
regarding their own business and if
they were warranted in asking for
raise, all that was necessary was
for them to show it. 1t was the first
test case, and the result proved con-
clusively that Senator Cummins had
been laboring in behalf of American
shippers, not merely talking for cam
paign purposes as his enemies would
have us believe. The case was long
and carefully considered, and the
decision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission was handed down deny
ing the railroads request for an in
crease of rates and quoting the Cum
minis amendment almost word for
word as the basis and the turning
point Of the case.
The Record cannot believe tina:
when men recall to mind the service
that Senator Cummins did for the
American public, especially farmers
and shippers, in this one case it will
ever be necessary to consume space
in recalling his other great services
to answer that our Bull Moose
friends are making, locally, here al
Jewell, to the effect that Senator
Cummins is no good and has never
done anything"
And the beautiful thing is that
this "Cummins Idea" now stands
backed solidly by the entire repub.
lican party, having been given the
endorsement of the last national re-
publican platform.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03
SUGAR 4 HEART sTlMuLANT.
Interesting Experiments Of EnsIist
Physicians.

Physicians.
Sugar has had its champions as we'll
90 it's opponents. Its advocates have
declared that, aside from its nourish-
ing value, It carries with 1t q quick
stimulation that is without 2erceptibls
reaction.
On the other side. says the Bakers
Weekly, 1--WE have had radical utter
ances connecting sugar with some Of
the most incurable of organic diseases.
But an English physician recently
contended that cane sugar is almost q
specific in the treatment Of certain
diseases Of the heart. Emphasis 10
laid upon cane sugar."
DR.. F. 8. Locke of Kings Collec' I.
London, has '-ept the heart of q
mammal beating for eighty to ninety
hours after death of the animal
simply by keeping the heart muscles
spri- lied with powdered cane sugar.
These later experiments with cane
sugar, especially with reference to
dilation Of the heart muscles show
that in numerous cases cures have
been effected that are of three or four
years standing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03
PIIRLIC WASTE.

Des Moines Capital: We note the
published statement of Hon. T. s.
Adams, member of the state tax
commission of Wisconsin, to the ef-
feet that "all government is waste
full" He declares that millions OF
dollars might be saved annually in
the management of cities, counties
and states.
Mr.. Adams has made no new dis
covery but he has touched upon a
vital truth which cannot be given
too much emphasis.
In their private affairs the Amer.
lean people think Of efficiency and
of economy and prosecute studies
upon the art of avoiding waste.
When it comes to the affairs Of
government where the very highest
premium ought to be placed upon
the virtues above mentioned they
forget all about the precepts Of
thrift and vote Tom, Dick and
Harry into office, "for old acquain.
tance's sake" because they are
neighbors," because they are good
fellows''-or for some other reason
equally purile or idiotic.
The result is that in due process
of time we have national, state,
county and city systems Of govern.
ment honeycombed with graft, in
competency, scandal-all at the tax
payers expense. ....
Here in general outline is the
waste-the criminal waste-which
is taking place in this country year
after year.
The voters themselves are primar-
lily to blame.
II a million dollars wasted means
increased taxation then a million
dollars saved ought to mean de.
creased taxation. It is impossible
to get away from the force of this
simple automatic truth and yet our
reading and thinking American
seems reluctant to incorporate it as
a part of his civic creed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

At a farm sale down in Dallas
county a short time ago a man was
sold to the highest bidder. 1t was
not exactly the way the Shareholders
used to do, but the man was put up
on the block and his services sold to
the one who would pay the highest
price. A farmer by the name of
James had a sale and was about to
retire from the farm. He had in
his employ Russian, a young man
of industrious habits. The farmers
around about knew the qualifica-
lions of the Russian as farm hand
and quite a few of them wanted to
engage his services. Finally it was
decided to put him up at action and
hire him out to the farmer who
would pay the most. Anctioneer
Frank Luther of Grand Junction,
who was in charge of the sale, plac-
ed the man upon box by his side,
explained the situation and pointed
out the good qualities Of the man.
He was finally Knocked down" at
$35 per month and the usual board,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

Friendship is vase which, when
it is flawed by heat, or violence, OF
accident, may as we'll be broken at
once. It can never be trusted after.
The more graceful and ornamental
it was, the more clearly do we dis
Germ the hopelessness of restoring it
to it's former state. Coarse stones.
II they be fractured, may be cement
ed again; precious stones, never
Walter s. LandOr.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

There is a good deal of squirming
regarding taxes but the real fact of
the business is taxes are not so very
high. Practically every man who
uses tobacco spends more every year
for his chewing and smoking than
his taxes amount to, yet he does not
complain about that.-Logan OBJ
server.
This is about as logical as some Of
the excuses for high taxes put for
ward by some officers. If this theory
is to obtain, the man who expends
$50 per year for tobacco should not
complain if his taxes are twice as
much as they should be, provided
they do not exceed the sum he ex-
ponds foolishly or needlessly. It is
conceded that the smoker can get
along without his pipe or tobacco,
but if he enjoys it and expends his
own money for it, he is responsible
to himself only. That is no reason
why he should offer no complaint if
other people eXpend his money fool
ishly and needlessly. Yet some Of
ficials proceed upon the theory that
the taxpayer has no right to COM
plain of the way his money is ex-
pended. They even think it imper-
tinent for him to want to know to
what use it is put. The Observe r
man will have some difficulty in
making the average man who owns
home worth about $4,000 believe
that the tax of $45 per year upon it
is not high. And the problem will
not be simplified by calling attention
of the taxpayers to the fact that his
tobacco bill is as large as his tax
bill.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

Secretary Bryan is still non COM
initial as to several hundred poll
cies in which the people are inter-
ested. Mr.. Bryan used to talk at
the drop of the hat, but he seems
to have lost his interest in his own
opinions since he assumed a posi-
ton of responsibility. Rut in this
respect he Is no different than other
men. Roosevelt is now advocating
some things that he avoided with
great tact and persistence when he
was president.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

1t will require a lot of nerve for
any Californian hereafter to COM
pare the climate of Iowa with that
God-forsaken, food-swept, earthquake
cursed and drouth-ridden country
lying for stretch of seven hundred
miles along the Pacific coast immed-
lately south of the good state OF
Oregon.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

Hon. J. E. Rowen has an article
in this weeks issue of the Clarion
Monitor concerning Argentine corn.
Mr.. Rowen scouts the idea of i'm
portations to this country injuring
Iowa farmers. He says that upon
the Liverpool market the corn from
Argentine sold a few days ago at
$1.11 per hundred while United
States corn brought $1.61 per hun
dred. Mr.. Rowen concludes the
farmers Of Iowa have no reason to
believe that they will ever be
damaged by the shipment of corn
from Argentine to the United States.
But it appears to the Freeman-Trib-
une that Mr.. Rowen's conclusions
are not logical. We know that
hundreds of thousands of bushels Of
Argentine corn are coming to this
country. 1t is conceded that it is
of inferior quality, but for all that
it displaces the American article to
the extent that it is sold here. In
other words, it reduces the demand
for the domestic product. Possibly
this is a good thing for the great
mass of consumers, but it is certain
ly not a good thing for the Iowa
farmers and if the square deal is to
be recognized the farmer should
have the benefit of the tariff upon
what he sells as long as he is re-
quired to buy in protected market.
How can Mr.. Rowan hold that if a
million bushels of corn are import
ed into this country that it does not
reduce the demand for domestic
corn?
The fact that the imported article
is inferior, lessons the damage to the
market, but the damage is there
lust the same and no amount of
sophistry can remove it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

There can be no just grounds for
opposition to increased railroad
rates if the increased cost of opera
ton makes the higher rate neces-
sary to insure reasonable divi-
dends'' But how can any one tell
what are reasonable dividends in
the absence of the knowledge of the
physical value of the roads?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

washing, keep, ETC., pledged. It was
not long, however, until the success
full bidder sold him to a neighbor
for $40 per month. The main diff
ference between this transaction
and the selling of slaves when slav-
cry was permitted, is that the man
most interested gave his consent to
the proceeding and he is the one
who is to receive the wages.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

A question more complicated than
"How old is ANN" is: (Which fac
ton is responsible for the split in
the republican party?" Can you an
Swer it?-Sheldon Sun.
That's as easy as rolling off a
log. Both of 'em are responsible
Ask a hard one.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03

Probably no nation on earth is
peopled with more accomplished
liars than Mexico and it is little
wonder that nobody believes Gen.
Villas story of the court martial
and death of Mr.. Benton. OF course,
Villa may be telling the truth.
Liars sometimes do that, but not
often, especially when the truth
would get them into trouble. It
is very likely that Mr.. Benton went
to see Villa unarmed. If armed it
is very unlikely that he would at
tack the general, knowing such
action would be paramount to suicide
so far as practical results were con-
cerned. 1t is very easy to presume
that Villa became angered at Benton
because Benton protested at the de-
struction of his own property.
Then in a fit anger Villa murdered
Benton. That is probably the true
story. However, even the blood
thirsty Villa is entitled to some con-
sideration and the United States
government is pursuing the right
course in insisting upon a complete
investigation before passing judg-
ment.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-03
CANDIDATES ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR TREASURER

FOR TREASURER.
Eds. Freeman-Tribune: Please
announce me as a candidate for re-
election to the position Of school
treasurer subject to the decision Of
the voters at the election Of March
9th. w. B. Rood.