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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-20

Editor The Courier: Through the
Peoples Pulpit l wish to ask an ex-
PLANTATION Of R. r. Ramsell, relative to
his platform as q candidate for county
attorney. l
NOW have affiliated with the repub-
lican party for forty years and in our
conventions or primary elections l
want to be posted so as not to make
any mistakes.
You say, II do not believe in the in
discriminate and wholesale Indictment
and prosecution. They cause unneces-
sarily injured feelings, expense and
hardship" Now l think that we vot-
ers are entitled to a knowledge of the
class Of criminals that would be i'm
mune to prosecution If we elected you
to the Office Of county attorney. As no
doubt you have them classified. I do
not doubt that you are right as to Its
hurting the feelings of all classes of
criminals to be prosecuted. But it Is
a new idea to me that 1t is not neces-
sary for the protection of the law abid-
ing portion of society.
Also, would you have the moral and
legal right to discriminate under the
oath of office? You say these prose
cutions cause unnecessarily high
taxes" I have always thought that
the expense primarily originated with
the criminal violation of the law and
that it was the sworn duty Of the
county attorney to prosecute ALL
criminals, so as to protect the honest
portion of the community. But If your
platform does not over estimate the
discretionary powers Of county at
torney, then that Office Is superior to
the legislative branch Of our state gov;
eminent. For county attorney would
be privileged to annul any criminal
law, that in his opinion would be an
expense to and an injury to the feel
ings of the criminal and an expense to
the tax payer by prosecuting the Grim
inal under said law. You say "the
people Of this county feel that they
are fully competent and capable OF
choosing the officers whom they desire
shall administer the laws Of Iowa, in
this county" And you promise, II
elected, to follow in that line. Do you
mean that you would not use non
resident state officers or detectives to
secure evidence and arrest criminals,
IL it became known that the criminal
law was being hagrantly violated and
from any cause the home officers were
failing to secure the necessary evil
dence and arrests needed to enforce
the law?
Now, Mr.. Ramsell, in justice to your.
self and the republican voters, feel
that you should make yourself entirely
clear on this matter. For your plat.
form is 50 out Of the ordinary that 1t
Is very mystifying to us.
...s. Yours very truly,
j. H. r. Spilman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-20

become vagabonds, tramps and GRIM
inals? What matters 1t IL countless
working class daughters are forced by
absolute want to sell their virtue for
bread-if profits are served?
For these reasons the socialist de-
mands that the tools and instruments
of production, upon which all must de-
pend for q living. be owned by all the
people, collectively, and production car
ried on not for profit for the few but
to satisfy the wants Of all. When that
is done our prosperity will no longer
depend on foreign markets. as there
will, naturally. be no surplus which our
own people will not be able to buy, and
the need for ornaments will have pass
ed away. Under these conditions when
we have an overproduction and have
made too many commodities we will
not need to have panic--we can have
picnic. 49, .at5
If there Is any other way that we
can bring about that happy condition
outlined In the editorial quoted above
we should like to hear 1t explained
S. S. Menefee.
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Dr.. Kings New Discovery.
There is nothing better for your
cough or cold than DR.. Kings New
Discovery, in use over 40 years Guar
anteed. r,. $50 =, a..-
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Neuralgia and Shooting Pains.
Sloan's Eminent Is wonderful med
icine for neuralgia and sharp shooting
pains applied to painful spot 1t stops
the ache. Only Csc. .-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-20

Constipation and Sick Headache.
DR.. Kings New Life Pills will re-
lieye YOU of both. clean out the bowels
and make you feel fine. 25c.
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DRAIN TILE
For prices and information wrr.e
aMOREy CLAY PRODUCTS 20.
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
TRI weekly COURIER
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers wishing Their address
changed will please give tie names or
the postofflce to which the paper mas
heen sent as we'll a. the postofhce
where they desire it to b. changed to.
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Do Something for Your Cold.
At the first sign of a cough or cold
take DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey. You
won't suffer long. Csc.
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PEOPLES PULPIT

Articles submitted for publica.
ton in this column, should not
exceed five hundred words. IF
longer, no assurance can be given
a. to when they will appear.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-20

Our Position of Trust-Bates Peo-
cock.
Song Gypsy Chorus, Glee club
Presentation of diplomas-Presi
dent S. W. Manning. ~,
Benediction-Rev. j. G.. Behrens.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-04-12
School Conference
Florence District.

The Annual Sunday school
conference of the Florence dis
trict Methodist Episcopal church
South, will convene at Harris
vile, April 1919 The opening
session will be held Monday
night, April 18th in the Metho
dist church at Hartsville, and the
conference will close with the
morning session on "Wednesday
April 10Th.
A very strong program has
been prepared, and some of the
best Sunday school workers of
the District will take part in the
discussions. These conferences
are most profitable and interest
ing gatherings, and it is hoped
that every pastor, every Sunday
school superintendent, and one
teacher from each school will be
present. In addition to these, it
Is hoped that many others will
attend. All who are vitally in
terested in the great Sunday
school work should take advan-
tage Of this opportunity.
The good people of Hartsvllle
have opened their homes and
will royalty entertain all accred-
tied delegates. 1t is needless to
say this, ior Hartsville's well
known hospitality has gone
abroad throughout the land.
All who come will be gladly
welcomed and a rare treat is in
store for them.
Remember the date and place,
Har'svllle, April l1l9,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-04-12
Anson Negro Charged With
Murder

Ephraim Smith, colored, came
to Wadesboro Sunday afternoon
and surrendered to Sheriff T. S.
Clark, saying that he had shot
Gallon" Smith near the colored
Savannah church. in lower Lilies
vile Township. Ephraim is
said to have told those who talk.
ed with him that he shot in self
defense, after some of the ne
gros had fired three shots at him.
He says he shot and ran and did
not know for the time that he
had hit anyone. The others
claim that Coot Smith, Wiley
Smith and Ephraim came upon
Gallon" and others. and began
quarreling with them, that Coot
attempted first to cut Gallon"
and later Wiley Smith handed
Fphraim a pistol and he shot
Gallon" in the head, killing him
almost instantly.-Wadesboro
Ansonian.
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Obeying Orders

Mike Murphy, contractor, be-
came rich and purchased a
handsome automobile. Mrs.
Murphy invited Mrs. Clancy for
a ride in it.
whatever you do, Mrs. Clan
cy," she warned, don't talk to
the chauffeur at all, nat a word
or a whisper to him, for it takes
his mind off what he is doing"
So they started out at a rapid
clip; the chauffer went zip round
the corner and zip round another
corner; sometimes the car was
on two wheels. sometimes on
one.
Finally Mrs. Clancy could
stand 1t no longer, so she touch
ed the chauffer on the back and
said:
"Mr. Shatfer, beg your par
don. I was told not to speak to
you at all, but must say that
Mrs. Murphy hasn't been in the
car for the last ten minutes"
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servation
We have for wears been urging
the growing of cover crops and
crops TO turn under to furnish
humuS and nitrogen, because
these form the one great need of
our soils, and vet we have not
stopped the destruction of hui
mus and nitrogen supplying ma
terlalS by fire. Corn and cotton
stalks are ra!ted up and burned;
grass is set on fire; pastures are
burned over, while such decay
ing materials are more needed
than all other ihingS combined in
both the dry and the humid sec
lions The Progressive Farmer.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-04-12

leave him alone he would have
the watch running in no time.
Family discipline was strict in
those days. Undoubtedly, Hen
ry was punished, but he does not
recall that now. What he does
remember vividly is the passion
for investigating clocks and
watches that followed. In a few
months he had taken apart and
put together every timepiece on
the place, excepting only his
fathers watch.
Every clock in the house
shuddered when it saw me COM
ing." he says.
From clocks to automobiles is
not tremendous leap, especial
ly in view of the size of automo-
biles. Young Ford's next expe-
rlment of note was the construc.
tion of the first Ford car. This
is briefly described:
The boy had exhausted the
possibilities of the farm. shop.
His last work in it was building
small steam-engine. For this,
helped partly by pictures, partly
by his boyish ingenuity, he made
his own patterns, his own cast
ings, did his own machine work.
His material was bits of old
iron, pieces Of wagon-tires, stray
teeth from harrows-anythine
aud everything from the scrap
pile in the shop which he could
utilize in any imaginable way.
When the engine was finished
Henry mounted it on an impro-
vised chassis which he had cut
down from an old farm-wagon,
attached it by a direct driving
wheel on one side, something
like a locomotive connecting
rod, and capped the whole with
a whistle.
|. When he had completed the
job he looked at the results with
some natural pride. Sitting at
The throttle, footing the ear split
ing whistle, he charged up and
down the meadow lot at nearly
Ten miles an hour, frightening
every cow on the place,
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0flHe com.

fiduciary relation, the name OF
the person or corporation for
whom such trustee is acting, is
given; also that the said two par
agraphs contain statements en-
bracing affiant's full knowledge
and belief as to the circumstances
and conditions under which,
stockholders and security hold
ers who do not appear upon the
books of the company as trustees,
hold stock and securities in a
capacity other than that of a
bona fide owner; and this affiant
has no reason to believe that
any person, association, or cor
poration has any interest direct
or indirect in the said stock,
bonds. or other securities than as
SO stated by him.
G. M. Tucker, Publisher.
Sworn to and subscribed be.
fore me this Sth day of April,
1916.
S. w. Watts, Notary Public.
tMy commission expires at The
pleasure Of Governor)
Aren't you the chap who ap
piled here week ago for a DO
Sition as office boy?"
Eyes, sir"
And didn't | tell you | want
ed an older boy?"
Yes, sir; Ihal'S why I'm here
now"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-04-12
Statement of The Ownership,
Management, Circulation, ETC.,
Required By The Act of
Congress of August "a,
1912,

Of The Pageland Journal pub
lished weekly at Pageland for
April |, 1916. State of South
Carolina, County of Chesterfield.
Before me, Notary Public in
and for the State and county
aforesaid, personally appeared
&. M. Tucker, who, having been
duly sworn according to law,
deposes and says that he is the
Publisher of the Pageland Jour
nal and that the following is, to
the best of his knowledge and
belief, a true statement of the
ownership, management land if
a daily paper, the circulation),
ETC., OF the aforesaid publication
for the date shown in the above
caption, required by the Act of
August "a, 1912, embodied in
section 443, Postal Laws and
Regulations. to wit:
|. That the names and address
es of the publisher, editor, man.
aging editor, and business man.
ayers are:
Publisher and Editor, G. M.
Tucker, Pageland, S. G..
2. That the owners are:
r. H. Blakeney, M. L. Davis,
Miss Alice Knight, ]. E. Agerton,
H. B. Sowell, G. G. = Morgan.
G. M. Tucker. Pageland, S. C.
3. That the known bondhold-
ers, mortgages, and other secur-
ity holders owning or holding 1
per cent or more of total amount
OF bonds, mortgages, or other
securities are: The Bank of
Pagelaud.
4. That the two paragraphs
next above, giving the names Of
the owners. stock hol defs. and ~
curity holders ;fs u,s.rs -.
mex aNe
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Town Judged by Newspaper.

SHOW me some copies of the
paper published in your town
and | will tell you some facts
about it and your people,"
The man who said that was
an active business man, who
was considering an expansive
proposition. The information
he wanted was all in issues of a
weekly newspaper.
He wanted to know about the
stocks of goods carried by the
merchants, to Judge of their
business capacity by the style
and amount of advertising they
emploved-the paper would
show him.
He wanted to know some
thing of the social activities of
the town, which the paper
would show him.
he wanted to know some
thing of the pursuits of the peo-
pie in the town and the condi-
ton of the surrounding country.
The paper would show him.
He would scan those papers
carefully and would be able to
give the information as he had
started.
He would Judge the business
prospects from the advertising
columns, of prospective selling
possibilities by the local happen
ings, of the tastes and intelligence
of the people by the reading
matter the paper gives its read
ers, and whether they were a
progressive, alert or an easy go
ing and comparatively inactive
sort.
Your paper tells the story fully
to the active, observant business
man, who neveEsaw your town
or its people.
III the town merchants are not
'.sBl1is .sBl1is eated III its columns it
lOaai c0ltaSnias slIeSu,Sb ~ ~
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No More Piedmont Bugeics

Monroe Journal.
The plant of the Piedmont
Buggy Company and The Cotton
States Wagon Company was
sold at auction By the receives.
MIR. Il. G.. Henderson, Yesterday.
1t was bought BY Mr.. Horace
Neal for the sum OF $2l75. If
the sale is confirmed by die
court. MIR. Neal expects to con.
tinuc to operate the business as
the Cotton States Wagon Com.
pany, continuing the work Of
making special Jobs. The bug.
gy manufacturing bnS,n"Ss viii
be continued,
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l.. = y
of news and little t1 tie s6cia1
life it would spell in glaring let
tiers Nothing doing" If there
was a lack of high class, up to
date reading matter on the livest
topics of the times, it would
spell for him?
The investigation would end
and the town be passed over as
not worth considering.
So then the weekly paper is
for 81 times a year showing peo-
pie who do not reside in the
Town just how to judge if it is a
business and social center.
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Fire is Running Many A Farm

Of all the insane practices
which adhere to Southern farm
ing, the burning of vegetable
matter. in preparing for spriug
planting, is the least excusable.
In a climate where all vegetable
matter rots quickly and is wash.
ed and leached away by our
heavy rains; on lands that lack
above everything else humus
and nitrogen, the burning OF
grass, corn and cotton stalks is
little short of criminal. 1t is GER
tainly insane and we would
make our condemnation strong
er if we could.
"Oh" but our "practical''
farmer will say, "the cotton and
corn stalks will be in the way of
cultivating the crops" or in
those sections where scarcity
of moisture is an important fac
tor in limiting crop yields, we
are told that "the turning under
of the cotton and corn stalks
causes the land to dry out too
much, so that better crops are
made when these stalks are
burned"
There is about the same sense
or logic in such arguments as in
that of the small boy who can
see no need for washing himself
because he only gets dirty again.
1t is true that large quantities
of grass and stalks may be in the
way of proper cultivation if not
turned under properly. But if
they are cut up and turned un-
der early enough, no such trou
BILE occurs. 1t may also be true,
and as matter of fact often is
true, that a heavy crop of stalks
turned under late in the spring,
especially when the rainfall is
light, may cause the land to dry
out more than when the stalks
are burned; but this,z agaipu,asi;i1
netbeA eAAAcase If the ST ts}l
well cut up before they are Ess
led under and the plowin;
done early enough.
Furthermore it may be that a
heavy crop of stalks cannot be
satisfactorily turned under with
a one-horse plow, but as a mat
ter OF fact, the man who uses a
one-horse plow seldom has a
heavy crop of stalks to turn un-
der. And moreover, no one
should use a one-horSe plow
VI course, some will say they
are compelled to do so, but
don't believe it. | believe every
man can get his land broken
with a two horse plow if he tries
hard enough. If ne can't get
another horse, he could cooper
ate with some other one horse
farmer.
Many of those who read The
Progressive Farmer will wonder
If such a practice, really is com
mon in any sectlon;but we as
sure these that the practice is
quite common. We have seen
1t extensively practiced by the
hill farmers of Mississippi and
east Texas; in the famous Yazoo
Delta of Mississippi; by the black
land farmers of Texas; by the
large farmers of Oklahoma; and
the large and small farmers of
Arkansas in this good year of
1916.
Our one greatest soil need, all
over the South, it matters moi
whether on sandy or heavy
buckshot lands, whether in the
humid East or where the rainfall
is less abundant farther west, is
nitrogen and humus. By fire
we destroy these materials by
thousands. yes millions of TONS
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Young Henry Ford, Inventor.

Literary Digest.
Taking watch apart is a
common experience of inquisi-
tive childhood, but the sad fate
Of most boys is to find on try
ing to put it all together again,
that enough cogs. pins, wheels,
and springs are left over to start
a small machine-shop. Perhaps
Henry Ford holds the small
boys record for this job. He al.
most succeeded. Rose Wilder
Lane, to whom Henry Ford's
Story" seems to have been rela-
ed by some member of the i'm
mediate family.
On this particular Sunday
morning Henry was more than
usually rebellious. He was not
sullen about it. He merely re-
marked frankly that he hated
their old Sunday, anyhow.
Mother and father and the
four children set out for church
as usual. AT the hitching- posts,
Where William Ford tied the
horses before going into the
church, they met their neigh
bors, the BENEFITS. Will Ben
nett. a youngst er about Henry's
age, hailed him from the other
carriage.
Hi, Hen! C'mere! l got some
thing you amt got"
Henry Scrambled out over the
wheel and hurried to see what it
might be. 1t was a watch, a
real watch, as large and shiny as
his fathers Henry looked at it
with awed admiration, and then
with envy. 1t was Wills own
watch; his grandfather had Civ
en- it to him.
On strict, cross-your-heart
promise to give it back, Henry
was allowed to take it in his
hands. Then he cheered up
somewhat.
THAT amt muchw he scorn-
fully remarked. 1T amt run.
nin'." AT the same moment a
dazzling idea occurred to him.
He had always wanted to see
the insides OF a watch.
Il bet en- fix it for you," he
declared.
A few minutes later, when
Mary Ford looked for Henry, he
was nowhere to be found. Will
was also missing. When, after
services, they had not appeared,
the parents became worried.
They searched. Inquiries and
explorations failed to reveal the
boys.
They were in the Benefits
farm shop" busy with the
watch. Having no screwdriver
small enough, Henry made one
by filing Shinglenail. Then he
sci to work and took out everv
screw in the mechanism.
The works came out OF the
case to the accompaniment of an
agonized protest from Will; the
cogs fell apart, the springs un-
wound. Altogether it was a
beautiful disorder, enough to de.
light any small boy.
Nov look what you've went
and done" cried Will, torn be
tween natural emotion over the
disaster to his watch and admira.
tlon of Henry's daring.
We'll, you said you was goin'
TO put it together" he reminded
that experimenter many times in
the next few hours.
Dinner-time came, and Will,
recalling the fried chicken, dump
lings. puddings. cakes of the
Sunday dinner, grew more than
restless, but Henry held him
there by the sheer force of his
enthusiasm. The afternoon ,oro
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French Capture Fortified Posts
Paris, April 6.-French troops
in hand to band fighting south
west of Fort Donaumont TODAY
carried German underground
passages and works along il
front of 500 metres to Gcrth
of about zoo metres.
n violent bombardment Wis
directed by the Germans TO Tie
east OF the Meuse against Cote
du PalVre but the Fienrh cur
tain of fire prevented an inf9utry
attack, according 90 ih2 official
statement by the war Office to.
night.
The war office announced
this afternoon capture by mc
French of 4 large position lu'tb
of Avocourt known a. B1:s
Care. This ground was cip
tur-d in the course OF fighting
which went on all of Yesterday
afternoon and last night in the
Verdun region west 0i the
Meuse on the Avocou.t Brlui0-
court line.
AT one point alou@ the \vr~
court BethinCour! line I1N INi
mans succeeded IN penetrating
French positions.
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New Communication Offered
By Mexico

San Antonio, Texas, April q
Gen. Pershing reported to Cen.
Funston today that Mexican
Military authorities in Chihua
hua had offered the American
punitive expedition the use O
the government telegraph and
telephone lines. Ger. Pershine
also reported that some supple,
for the United States troops
have been purchased in Chihua-
hua but while merchants in tha
city showed no disposition to
withhold their goods the limited
amount of foodstufts available
made ii almost impossible TO oct
provisions.
This report was filed in some
part of the field of operation, the
location of which was withheld.
1t was transmitted bv wireless
and aeropfanes to Columbus.
The proffer of the use Of ,he
telegraph and telephone lines
were made to drivers of the aero
planes which visited chihuahua
last week. The aviators report
that before the populace of the
city was convinced that thcv
were on a friendly mission, Il
few stones were thrown and
several shots were fired but no
one was injured.
Gen. Gutierrez, commander Of
the garrison at chihuahua, treat
ed them Courteously. they re.
ported.
The present positions Of He
advanced columns was moi mace
public, but ii was known that
cavalry ColmnS under Co.'s.
Brown and Dodd are driving
south from Satcvo with all speed.
QthceGS b6lhad p O information
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That either force h; would bc no
surprise.
Gen. PerShing himself is NOV.
ing south along the trail - Sa-
tevo, personally directing, 50 ilr
as possible the pursuit Of Villa.