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^X^X"X~X"X*X"X^X~X*-XK"XI?X Co-Opera Products 1 How It Is Done in Eu\ in America to th Farmer anc By MATTHEW 1?Where the Gombeen Man Flo 2?Paddy Gallagher Tells the ' Amerl Charged Him 144 Dunglow, County Donegal, Ireland.? This is the old haunt?the habitat? of the "gombeen man." He is our American city "loan shark" trans planted with' all his* blood-sucking propensities and his starvation in ducing qualities into rural Ireland. Here conditions are right for his activ ities. Where the need lor money is greatest he prospers be^t. The poorer the country, the richer he grows. And poor enough this country certainly is. Wide, low-lying pea? bogs stretch be tween great slopes of rising hillsides ^here the soil shows only between masses of outcropping rocks. No fields are there here large, enough to offer opportunity for work with horses even if plowing and cultivating were not made impossible by the huge half Dunea tocks. zjvvry eutiusuio uw mands fertilizers as a condition prece dent to production. Nature is stingy and hesitates to let go of any product of value to humans. Yet here and there is a cottage upon a barren hill aide; around it we see children that are not starving nor insufficiently clothed. v >. /'Gombeen Man" Passing. Here was th<e haunt of the gombeen . man. But as relative prosperity comes in he goes out. They tell us that co operation has numbered the days of the gombeen man and that he is pass ing. As he formerly operated his business here he was the worst enemy to rural prosperity to be found upon v the island. "The gombeen man is ' U?i. ?? worse man tne-non-resiueiu muuiuiu, Bays Paddy Gallagher of Dunglow, which is an extreme statement when made by one whose father and family ,have suffered cruelly from many evic 1 \ tiona., Seldom was the gombeen man ad mittedly In the loan business. Fre ; quentl# he was a trader or shop keep er. Generally he kept a public house. Often he was a dominating influence politically, and held some office. In variably he was ah economic scourge and made rural prosperity impossible. Wte have spoken of him in the past tense, not because he has altogether ceased to exist but because co-opera tion seems to be developing a plan y rural credit which will eventually : him out of business. ' ' Patrick Gallagher's Story, ^trick Gallagher, now the man-^ sr of the local co-operative society, ibably knows as much about the .la fha nnriT former In Tr^lanrt an He was born in a little one farm cottage and was at nine age- forced to leave home and ? out as a farm laborer re wage of three pounds for work. From these begin s risen to be a rural finan Donegal and has raised of the poor farmers from to comparative comfort ^operative enterprises. 3addy Gallagher says of |nen, speaking from his fences and verifying fsays from documents s: ansaction of my own fa man. On the 28th father and I bought ir and one hundred meal, each. My $4.25. I was not in for mine until the forty-four days ijn man then pre [11 for $5.31. I dis [tiarge me $1.06 in \ily forty-four days '.m that my father tods on the same ouiuutm mail ar paid $4.50 and rglng me eighty 44 per cent in luring the twenty bringing up his st at this rate, hat was issued r. The amount the pass book .25 of that is in o note that the s this customer of flour; on the erative society's was robbing tive Farm Marketing rope and May Be Done \e Profit of Both I Consumer S. DUDGEON. *EEN MAN." - ' HttaaiaSii urishes Among the Rocks. can Visitors How the Gombeen Man Per Cent. Interest. everybody as ho tried to rob Paddy Gallagher and his friends. An Old Man's Story. The story that we get in Dun glow tallies with the account which Sir Horace Plunkett and his col leagues in Dublin gave us of the situa tion. But as scientific investigators we are anxious to get as much mate rial from original sources as possible. So on Sunday afternoon "it is us" for a jaunting car and a ride into the country in search of fundamental facts. We hear of a patriarchal citi zen nve mnes oui wuo tuvy cs?y i? aa honest as the day is long. We find Donald O'Boyle (otherwise Shane O'ge) in a habitation which from out ward appearances hardly merits the .name of cottage. But when warm hearted Irish hospitality invites us inside we find a neat, clean, com fortable place, that is1 indeed home to the family which has been for genera tions the tenants of a line of non evicting landlords. Shane O'ge, with his son, his daughter-in-law, and some shy, blue-eyed little grandchildren, welcomes us warmly. Toe motner ib feeding the children mashed potatoes and milk from a bowl (about all many Irish children get to eat). To them this is much more interesting than a discussion of the gombeen man. Yes, he and his father knew well the gombeen man. "We'd buy o| the trader but we'd not know the price at all," he said. "It would do us no good. We'd have to pay in the end what he'd ask us anyway when he had the money. It was hard to get it round here?we mostly had to go over and work in the Scottish harvests to get any at all. When we had the money we would ask what we owed and the trader would tell us what it was. We never knew what the items were. We never dared to ask. He would say, 'How dare you dispute my l hnnlrn?' Anrt-lt'o mnrA than one noor man I've seen kicked out for asking a civil question. But everybody says they charged the highest price the stuff had been from the time it was bought until we paid for it and. I guess that's the truth, and of course the added interest, though I don't know how much. And so of course, we paid what they asked?and enough it was? though we never knew much about it.. They let us get meal or anything else on credit without money for they knew it meant more to them in a high price besides interest. Things are dif ferent now; they're a lot better." Co-operative Credit Conquering. Things are different in Ireland now. The farmers themselves are driving out the gombeen man. Co-operative credit associations have changed all this. As that eminent Irishman, Sir Horace Plunkett, says in his book on i Ireland in the Ne<v Century: "The ' exact purpose of these organizations I S? * ? + A Oa O TYN Qinc ftf rA. I AO IU ao Up iUV-UHO VI ***vt w ducing capital into the agricultural in dustry^ They perform the apparent miracle of giving solvency to a com munity composed almost entirely of insolvent individuals." Paddy Gallagher in telling us how the association operates here at Dun glow, says: "A credit society in Dun glow was organized and established in October, 1903, by the Irish Agricul tural Organization society and has been regularly audited and inspected by that body ever since. Although we had at first only ?220 of working capital, we have now a reserve of ?26, 16s. The members are equally responsible for the success or failure of the society. Each man has one vote no matter how much or how little his investment in the concern Is. They take such keen Interest in It that during its nine years working there has not been an over due loan at the end of the year. The society is undoubtedly of great assistance to the people in the district. We want the time to come when every man can walk up the street In Dunglow and say he owes nothing." Capitalizing Character. These co-operative banks have, as it were, capitalized character. The early organizers of co-operative credit associations held, and experience has confirmed the opinion, that In the poorest communities there is a per fectly safe basis of security in the honesty and industry of its members. This security is not valuable in the ordinary commercial sense. The or-' dinary banker has no intimate knowl edge of the- character of those who apply for a loan. Neither has he any way of testing whether or not those who borrow "for productive purposes" actually apply the loan to such pur poses. The borrower must bring two sureties, who like the borrower him self, must be men of approved char acter and capacity. The character of these three men Is the sole basis of credit. ^The rules provide?and this is the characteristic feature of the system? that a loan shall be made for a "pro ductive purpose" only. That Is, the borrowed money must be used for a purpose which, in the judgment of the committee, will enable the bor rower to repay the loan out of the results of the use made o^the money. The farmer buys a sow to raise pigs; he must have fertilizers; he needs some high-grade seeds; he wants to build better shelter for his cow?all these are productive purposes. In one case money to send the borrower's boy to school for eight months so as to increase his earning capacity was considered a productive purpose Justi fying a loan, as it proved to be when the boy himself repaid the loan. The ruleB of ^the cooperative society pro vide for the expulsion of a member who does not apply the money to the agreed purpose. It is said, however, to the credit of the Irish members of these societies, that there has never been the necessity of putting this rule in force in a single Instance anywhere throughout the entire island. Social and moral influences seem to be quite sufficient to secure obedience to the rules aijjd regulations of the society. Co-operative Credit Is Good. There are other advantages. The regular bank is generally miles away. It costs money for the borrower to go and take his sureties, paying car fare, mealB and maybe drinks, while the co operative association is right at hand. The bank will loan for 6nly 90 days, while the co-operative society will make it up to a year. And a 90-day loan gives the farmer no chance to realize on seed or fertilizer or stock bought with the moneyjborrowed. But here in the local credit bank if a man is honest he can get the loan he needs. He must bring two sureties, but co nnariatinri Virooria snd Hnvplnnpi Tlfiieh borly helpfulness and they say no honest man ever fails because he can get no sureties. Neither the association nor its mem bers have any considerable capital. When they organize they begin by bor rowing a sum of money on the joint and several liability of the members. Deposits are received from both mem bers and non-members. The society usually borrows at four oi" five per cent, and lends at five or six per'cent In some cases government funds have been loaned to them at three per cent, thus enabling them to make a very low loan to their members. The ex pense of administration is almost noth ing. Lesson for Rural America. It Is such societies as these that are putting the gombeen men out of busi ness in Ireland. "We have in rural America gombeen men. They are not so called, but American loan sharks and credit men are first cousins to the Irish gombeen men. The question we Americans are try ing to answer is this: Have Irish rural credit methods a lesson for the rural sections in our own land? Can our loan shark, whether in city or country, ho fniicht. and nonauered by similar American co-operative societies? There are hundreds of poor farmers who must ask credit either of mer chants and dealers or must secure loans from some source. Most of them get credit of the local merchant. It Is, of co^ae, well recognized that any dealer, who extends credit not only charges Interest but charges a higher price than when he gets cash payment. Why cannot the American farmer get & loan at a nearby banking insti tution for six months or ten months or a year instead of for 90 days! Why cannot he capitalize his character as does the Irishman? In some states there are under existing laws plenty of small joint etock banks throughout the smaller towns and villages which are accessible. The directors and of fice s know the farmer's needs. They are ^o Intimately acquainted with those who might become borrowers that they could do as the Irish credit banks do and arrange for capitalizing character. But they don't do it (Copyright, 1914, Western Newspaper Union.) Fast Traveling 100 Years Ago. One hundred years ago the titizena of Philadelphia, New York, Boston and intervening points were acclaiming the progress of the times, with particu lar reference to the speed with which President Madison's message to con gress had been carried to the various states. The meseage was delivered on December 7, and by December 15 its contents were known to persons living as far distant as Vermont. Under the caption of "Swift Traveling" a news paper of the time commented as fol lows: *'The express who brought the president's me6sage to this city left Washington 20 minutes after the noon hour?left Baltimore 45 minutes after 2 p. m.?arrived Philadelphia ten min utes before midnight. Thus, it will be seen, that from Washington to Phila aeipnia, a distance 01 idu miiea, ne traveled at the rate of more than 12% miles an hour, which, considering the badness of the roads, Is, perhaps, equal to anything ever performed In this country." New Basis of Rating. At a dinner In Denver, the conversa tion had turned to a suit for breach of promise which a youthful actress had brought against a prominent legisla tor. "Sometimes," said a Judge who was at the table, "suits of this sort are brought for advertising purposes. In my younger days a choruB girl came and asked me to bring a $250,000 breach of promise suit for her agiinst a banker. " 'How much,' I asked her, 'is this banker worth?' "She smiled brightly. " 'Oh, I think he's Vorth at least fifty columns and two dozen photo graphs.' "?New York Evening Post. PARENTS ACCUSE! RAPID, STARTLING DEVELOF MENTS IN THE SPARTANBURG MURDER MYSTERY. MOTHER MAKES CONFESSIOI Young Girl Tells of Last Look o Child?Charges Father With th Deed?When Arested Both Wer Preparing to Leave. Spartanburg.?Developments in th case of the 2-months-old baby gii found drowned in White's mill pon recently came to a startling clima when the parents were arrested almoe simultaneously, the mother in a boan ing house on Magnolia street, as sh was arranging to take a train fc Charleston; the father at Chesnee, a be was preparing to leave for Sa Francisco. The mother is Fleta Pei dleton, 19 years old, daughter of a sho salesman of Durham, N. C.; the fatbe is Clyde Caldwell Clement, aged 23, t Sandy Grove, N. C.f son of Robert ( Clement, a merchant. He was until r< cently a student at the Wofford Co lege fitting school. The girl was a sti dent at a local telegraph school. The arrest of the girl was dramati in the extreme. Mrs. W. M. Hodges c No. 205'Richardson street, Greenvilh had come to Spartanburg and ident fied the baby as that of a young w< man who lived in her boarding houa I** !*?? + nMi us iviia. v/aiuncu iaoi iuuuu?. police had reason to believe that th young woman was living at a boar< ing house in this city. Taking Mrs. Hodges with then Mayor John F. Floyd, Chief John Hi of the police force, Solicitor Albei E. Hill and Robert E. Miller, a spi cial officer, went to the house. Th girl's trunk was being taken to th station as they entered. When Mrs. Hodges saw the girl, sh burst into a flood of tears and cried "Oh, God, Mrs. Caldwell, why did yo kill that dear little baby?" Miss Pei dleton collapsed. When she had bee partly recomposed she told this story She and Clement became very ti miliar last year when he was a sti dent at Wofford and she was taking course in telegraphy -at a local bus ness school. After completing th course she held various positions i Spartanburg and Georgia. Clemei padi her frequent visits. Later sh went to Charlotte, N. C., living fc a while in a boarding house ther and later going to a hospital ther* where the baby, named Virginia, wa born December 6. After various vicissitudes, Clemei took her to Greenville on January li and they obtained a room at' the hom ?f Mrs .Hodges, where they gave th name Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Caldwel Clement did not stay there, but fri quently visited the girl. wnen tne nue,and cry became no Clement, she said, decided it jvoul be well for both of them to leave th vicinity. He came to town, the mon ing of the' arrest, gave her $20 an bade her leave at once for Charlestoi He told her, she said, that, he woul depart the next day for San Frauicisci Under Commission Form. Spartanburg.?The condition of th city finances under the commissio form of government continues to in prove. With an expenditufe of $22 840.93 for the month ending Januar 20, the financial report of James I Carlisle, city clerk aryl treasure; just issued, shows that there was cash balance -on hand of ' $81,812.8' The ordinary and extraordinary ii come for the month. amounted t $12,352.30, classified as follows: Tra fic taxes, $8,607.55; police fines, $3 105.25; refuse disposal, $7.75; streeti $235.53; cottage and office renti $22.15; G., S. & A. railway seweri $374.07. . Cherokee's Cotton. Gaffney.?Cherokee's crop of co ton in 1913 shows an increase -ove 1913 of nearly 4,000 bales so far, an there is quite a little cotton to b ginned. In addition, the farmers mad good crops of corn and small grai last year, and they are in better coi dition to make a crop this year tha for several years past. Industries For Bennettsville. Bennettsvil^.?Through the effort of the Chamber of Commerce, tw new small industries have been ol tained for Bennettsville, consisting < a cigar factory and a steam laundr; The cigar factory will probably en ploy from seven to eight men at tfc start and should eventually be < much value to the city as it grows 1 larger proportions. The machinei 1 for -the steam laundry, has, it is ui ' derstood, already been purchased i I Cincinnati and will probably soon t on the way here. To Hold Bond Election. l^aua. ? extensive municipal n | provements have been planned by tl" j present town council. A mass-mee | ing of citizens some time ago aut! orized the council to take the nece i sary steps to bond the town for a sui j of $50,000 for the installation of j system of waterworks, sewerage, ar electric light plant. An engineer we secured and an estimate made and was deemed wise to vote $65,000, i order that there would be no doubt ? to the edequacy of the plant whe built. Big Educational Meeting. Newberry.?A large and enthusla tic meeting of the school trustees < Newberry county was held in tl court house recently. Cunty Supe intendent Brown presided, and Stal Superintendent Swearingen was pre ent and took an active part in the di cussion. Among the subjects discus ed were: Frequent changes of teac ers; duties of a school trustees; cou ty fair and field day for the schoo of the county; how to handle th smallpox situation; school consolid tion, etc. I I n e o e rl d x it 1 e ir s n l e T >f 3 1 1 C >* a "9 I > :e e e I i, II :t B .6 VALENTINE VERSE. Oh, Emellne, With Eyes that ahLa?? My Valentine. Your most benign He can't resign * Hia Valentine. 'Twould be condign Should you decline Hla Valentine. Say you'll incline To Boon be mln*? My Valentine. For thee I pine Whilst I recline. My Valentine. I My name I sign Your Valentine. Dost thou repine Of my design. Oh, Valentine? At thy dear shrine I drink and dine? v Oh, Valentine. Some day we'll Jlne 'Twill be so fine, My Valentine. To verses nine My name I sign? Oh, Valentine. MIGHT PUZZLE THE SAINT Good Old Bishop 8een Wondering at the Observances Accompanying His Natal Day. In the general exchange of greet ings, that vary from the penny card to the expensive floral offerings to friends, sweethearts and wives, It may be Interesting to look to the why and wherefore of this day's celebra tion. In the first place, there doesn't seem to be any reason why little Eros, the god of love, has been so hopelessly tangled up Vith the# austere bishop who gave his name to the day. Tradition gives us no reason for at tributing love songs or lilting mes sages to the good old saint. Indeed, he was far from the thoughts of the human emotions. His tranquil stead fastness to the Christian faith brought down the wrath of the Claud Ian persecution, and he was thrown into prison. The blind daughter of the keeper of the prison pitied the unfortunate captive and tried to com fort him. She was rewarded by the return of her eyesight, due to St Val entine, legend tells us. Because of this &e was dragged through the streets and finally*beheaded. Perhaps the pity,of the blind girl was pkin to love, and there may be this faint claim to the invasion of uns iacior. At any rate, ladles have sighed and lovers have burst forth Into avow als of their affections, on paper. In the days of the quill pen, the valentines were considered a luxury, and hours were spent gulldlng and painting and decorating with verse, home-made and otherwise. /Hearts, doves and cupids were brought into play, and if one halted for a declara tion of passion that was glowing and ardent, he had but to turn to the "Valentine Writer, or the Lover's In structor," a guide to the passionate expression of the heart's love. In 1800 the first* made-to-order val entine appeared for sale. Since that time factories of many lanfls have been busily making millions of these little and great effusions. Poor St. Valentine would be aston ished at the impetus that he has given to business and the malls. TT- ??? U -. Akftkl** ?i<K V?la Avoa or*/3! jne wuuiu yiuuauij iuu um 5;oo w gasp at the way his name has been taken as a clever excuse for the ex change of affectionate courtesies. VALENTINE PLACE CARD Would Seem to Earn His Wages. City rostmen in the British Isles have I^ng had a great reputation ae stair-climbers, but some may be sur prised to learn that an investigation shows that a postman in Glasgow has to climb on an average 210 flights of stairs a day, which works out 8,400 steps a day, going up and coming down. Another postman has to ascend and descend 51,400 steps during one week, the daily average being 9,660, and the daily work of a third necessi tates his walking 14% miles on the level and a total "stair" rise of 8,266 feet The World Admires. A good man who loved his fellow men and was kind to the poor and charitable to all became a saint in the calendar of his church and of th# world. Pretty messages of love and gentle ness and good will were given hia name?Valentine. INFAN TS H1LD R E N ALCOHOL?3 PER CENT Awtf*tajMe Preparation for As similating the Food andRegula tmg the Stomachs and Bowels of Promotes Digestion,Cheerful ness and Rest.Con tains neither" Opium.Morphine nor Mineral .Not Nabc otic PKipfSOldDrSAMVEL/nVrE* \ Pumpkin S**4~ Mx.Stmn* - AchtUtSa/b Mnist SttJ ' ftpptrmint - BiCni4iutUS?dn? harm Sttd - CUrtfitd Suf*r Winkrfrttm Fhvwr. a perfect Remedy forConstlpa tion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsion^,Fever ish ness and LOSS OF SLEEP Facsimile Signature of I I The Centaur Company, NEW YORK. Exact Copy of Wrapper. New Way of Finding Water. An Arizona observer, has found out how to tell by the mesquite whether water Is near the surface or not When the medqulte grows up into tree form the ground water lies within fifty feet of the, surface, but If it remains a shrub prospects for finding water are not so good. We are always learning that every natural phenomenon has meaning for us, if we can only read the meaning.?Farm and Fireside. mam CAS, INDIGESTION "Pape's Diapepsin" fixes sick, sour, gassy stomachs in fiv# minutes. Time It! In five minutes all stomach distress will go. No indigestion, heart burn, sourness or, belching of gas, acid, or eructations of undigested food, no dizziness, bloating, or foul breath. Pape's- Diapepsin is noted for its speed in regulating upset stomach)!. It is the surest, quickest and most cer tain Indigestion remedy In the whole world, and besides it is harmless. Please for your sake, get a large fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any store and put your stomach right Don't keep on being miserable ?life is too short?you are not here long, so make your stay agreeable. Eat what you like and digest it; en* joy it, witbout dread of rebellion In the stomach. Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your home anyway. Should one of the fam ily eat something which don't agree with them, or in case of aA attack of indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or stomach derangement at daytime or during the night, it is handy to glv? the quickest relief known. Adv. Savina the Furniture. "I don't know what we're going to do/' said the mother, "since you have given Willie that knife with a saw and a gimlet and a file and a lot of other things attached *to it" "WeH," answered the father, thoughtfully, "moybe we'd better shut up the house for a couple of months ^nd move into a furnished apartment" For thrush, cleanse and dry the foot and make thorough applications of Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh. Adv. Savior FalrS. Hostess (at the party)?Miss Rob ins haa no partner for this waltz. Would you mind dancing with her in stead of with md? The Man?On the contrary, I shall be delighted.?Boston Transcript. Wounds cleansed by Hanford's Bal aam. Adv. i Not Leap Year, Either. Ethel?This craze for gold seems to me very foolish. Now, a very little would make me happy. Jack?How much? Ethel?Just enough to reach around my finger.?San Francisco Chronicle. Castings and forgings of soft Iron can be changed Into hard steel by a new electrical process. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Ay If Signature /Am 'V i.'f-. . i w^-a' ^ c'Js: ] Playing Safe. . "Senator Wombat is bitterly disap* pointed in the wfrelese system.* * "How so?" 1 "He thought you could send a wire less message without anything being put on paper." ,-.tur - DRt'.SlNC.' Jkxicjr Dbuu mo nwuc?jl^ou o iuouvuy lated Cough Drop* stop coughs by stop ping the cause?5a ?t Drug Stow*. Expected. My husband has been trai an expert" ? , ' "Indeed!" ... '^Yes. His preceding Wife ' less than seven divorces;"?Jud Astonishing Tobacco Bemedjr?OuiutM .to Instantly re more taste for elsamta* or tobaoc In uty form, or money cboertnB* refunded. 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The first dose often utonlihei the Invalid, , 1/ clvlnc elasticity of mind, buoyancy ol body,. .. ^ GOOD DIGtSTlON, * regular bowel* and tolld flesh* Price, 28 cte KODAKS clal attention. Price* nMoum. Berrlce prompt. Bend for Prloe List. *,' -,<i uunucs asx ami auiunax,a.?. c? JS K M WANTED petentgrrad bers. Waeee RICHMOND BARBER Men to learn barber trade*, Few weeks required. Steady position for com* nates. VT onderfnl demand for bar* agesirhile learning; free catalog; writ*/ ,rning;free COLLEGE, Richmond, Va. Ladies-Read This Without Fail f x i I want eTery lady suffering from anj form of te rn*, lo weakness to write me at once.' I wlU gladly tell yon confidentially of a wonderfnl, harmless, homo treatment FRBH. Address, MBS. EMMA ST. PETEKS, Box 144, South Bend, In^lians Charlotte Directory New, rebuilt and second band, 917.09 up and guaranteed satisfactory. We sell supplies for aU makes. We re pair all makes. i. ?. CBATTOS * COMPACT, Oariotta, I.a W. N. U., CHARLOTTE,. NO. 6-1914. ? ) Mach Weed" i Many a Cotton Crop e answer is?Balance fertilizer! The idea :otton doesn't need much WASH ' a past age. Few soils have ailable Potash to produce the * i >n fertilizer with 5 to 8X Potash and i icrally in side-dressings. Add to an A ilizer an equal amount of Kainit A, 'ays. Write to os for free book MA ,'plture and for prices on any JmW itash from a 200-lb. bag up. > rORKS, Inc.* 42 Broadway, New York StT&nnnh. Bank & Trait Bide, m, Whitnty Cmtr?J fi&nk Bldg. aJ? St. Atlmta, Empire Bldj. .