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END TARIFF GRAFTING CALL OF THE COUNTRY TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. Opportunity to Justify the Confidence , of the Voters Is at Hand-Com j ing Session Will Make or Break Organization. I President Wilson has issued hia ? call for congress to meet in extra ses sion April 7. Oscar Underwood, chairman of the ways and means' committee, promises to have his tar iff bills ready on that date. It is be lieved the entire session will be de voted to ridding the country ot Ald richism. If Democrats in congress do their duty, the first Monday in April will Bee the beginning of the end of a regime of tariif grafting that has last ed more than forty years. If they fail to do their duty, the same date will mark the beginning of the end of the Democratic party. The issue which must make or break the administration is fairly joined, and the time of trial is set. This journal has full faith in tin patriotism, steadfastness and com mon sense of President Wilson and his backers in congress. Democrats Not Responsible. Speaking of the total amount of th,e appropriations made by congress dur ing the last session, the Tribune says: "A Democratic house of representa tives repudiated all its pledges in or- j der to loot the treasury." Still, to tell the whole truth, large increases in practically every appropriation were added by the Republican sen ate, which was only prevented from running up expenditures for new bat tleships by the obstinate opposition of Democrats, much to the Tribune's disgust. The Increase of about $20. 000,000 in the annual pension bill, in which Mr. Taft concurred by signing the general service bill during the previous session, and the natural growth in postoffice expenditures ap proximately covers the entire in crease in appropriations of the last session of congress, for which the two parties are jointly responsible. No Fuss and Feathers. President Wilson has no taste for Borne things in which Roosevelt revel ed. He has nothing of the "rough rider" in his nature, the martial spirit that enjoys parades and personal dis play. He would feel uncomfortable flanked by a dozen military aids in glittering uniforms. Discontinuing the custom of decorating the p^e8^ dent's box whenever he or his family attend the' theater and playing 'Thc Star-spangled Banner" when he en ters will disappoint Washington. But the new president seems to have an idea that lt ls not his duty to furnish a continuous show for the benefit of the multitude. All this "millinery," gold lace and music seem trivial in connection with the simple, impressive dignity of President Wilson. Simplicity is the keynote of his administration, as it is of his character. No Party Split in Choice. Republican papers that are discov ering a party split in the choice of Senator Clark of Arkansas to be president pro tem. of the United States senate In place of Senator Ba con are exaggerating the value of an office of comparatively little import ance. The president por tem. is mainly honorary in its character. Sen ator Bacon in the senate of the last congress filled the place only part of the time, as the compromise of a .deadlock on the Republican side. If the majority of the Democrats In this senate prefer someone else it is their right to .vote for him. and Senator Ba con would make a poor figure kick lng over the traces about lt. Whole Country to Be Considered. It ls not surprising to hear that some tariff-kickers are to be found in the Democratic ranks and that sugar and lumber and wool advocates are already indulging in lachrymose ap peals for protection. Nothing is like ly to be done that will in any way cripple any legitimate industry, but the welfare of the whole country and of the great masses of the people has a right to precedence over sectional Interests and favored classes. It ls time for a broad national patriotism and a national Democracy that can Bee further than the boundaries of a j congressional district-Baltimore Sun. Many Duties Ahead of Him. Looking forward to the duties that await Mr. Wilson, the plain, old-fash ioned, needful things he will be called on to do, and reflecting on the ob Btac'es he will have to overcome to do them reasonably well, we are in clined to think that the realization of the "vision splendid" by which at cresent he "moves attended" may wisely be-and probably will have to be-for a considerable time post poned. Wilson's War on the Rider. Mr. Wilson affirms it to be his pur pose to veto any and all appropriation bills that contain riders. This is first rate. For legislation that cannot go through on its merits has no right to enactment. The rider Is usually a disreputable piece of legislative pro posal that had better get the axe than favorable action. So that there ls nothing alarming in the announced In tention of the president not only to scotch, but to kill the rider whenever lt parasites on an appropriation bill. NEED AN OVERHAULING GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO PROFIT BY A CLEANING OUT. New Political Appointments Will Not Be Allowed to Lessen Efficiency of the Administration, but They Will Be Made. The Ancient Order of United Bar naclea views the Wilson administra tion with alarm, not to use a shorter and uglier word. Members o? that ancieut order who have clung to the ship of state for 16 years seem to think they have a vested right to a share of public money. Whoever seeks to disturb them is an "ofliceseeker." and just now that is the bitterest term in the Barnacle vocabulary. But the Ancient Barnacles are In error if they think the country at large cares much for their protests. The notion is rather widespread in this land that one who has held a po litical job i'or half a generation had better get out and see whether he has lost the ability to earn au honest liv ing. President Wilson will not allow po litical appointments to lessen the effi ciency of his administration. The na tion knows this; and knows too, that every department of government needs a thorough overhauling, lu face of these recognized facts, the An cient Barnacles may scream all they pieuse, but the country will only smile. Not Extremely Convincing. The harvester trust took a very ingenious course in putting on the stand a number of farmers and deal ers who testify that the consumers and the trade have been benefited by the combination. Their testimony, however, was not very convincing. One dealer did not sell the trust goods for three or four years, but re sumed handling them because he could not do business without them. That would look as thought the com bination had too firm a grip upon this business for the success of any com peting concern. The combination makes 90 per cent, or more of the binders, and 75 or SO per cent of the mowing machines, and if the prices have not gone up very much, they have certainly not gone down, and some of them have been moderately advanced. Thinks Party on Probation. " The first consideration is that har mony and cohesiveness must be pre served in every feature of the party's program. The most ambitious and well intentioned project will fall by the wayside unless they are support ed by a united organization. It ls sui cidal folly to assume that the opposi tion ls either crushed or sleeping. It ls very much alive and very vigilant. The combined votes of the old guard Republicans and the national Pro gressives in a few pivotal states would have brought Democracy in for the worst drubbing in years. The party is simply on probation.-Atlanta Constitution (DemJ. President's Wise Move. No one questions the wisdom of the president in declining to be annoyed by office-seekers. They and their friends are the bane of any presi dent's existence. In the recent past, Mr. Taft was too good natured and patient to drive them away, and Mr. Roosevelt endured them because he 3 jealous of power and would not allow anybody to do anything that he could do himself. The office seekers, therefore, flocked to the White House for personal interviews with the pres ident. Now they must seek the cab inet officers, beyond whom their ap peals may or may not go. Good Wishes for Wilson. Relying on his ability, Integrity and broad-mindedness, the Globe most cordially presents its good wishes to Woodrow Wilson, our twenty-eighth president Very few presidents, if any since Washington, have had the good fortune to enter the White House so untrammeled with obliga tions. Some have gone in burdened with a debt to a section of the coun try, to a state, to a faction, or to some powerful man or men. Mr. Wil son is free from these anxieties. His only debt ls to the whole people.-Bos ton Globe. Not the Farmer's Fault. Whoever ls responsible for the high cost of living, the farmer ls not. Sta ple farm products of the United States averaged 21.7 per cent, lower In price March 1 this year than on the same day in 1912. It ls safe to say that no family in the land has witnessed a correspond ing drop in the prices it has to pay for those farm products by the time they aro ready for use. With All Good Wishes. The new cabinet starts with a clean slate and an inspiring loader. May Its deeds measure up to ita opportu nities. Progressives Offer Help. President Woodrow Wilson does not vaingloriously proclaim himself "the chief" of his party or its spokesman as a triumph. He tells with sincerity that no man can doubt his wish to serve only the needs of his people. This proud humility must strike an answering chord In the soul of the new party that also seeks but to serve. All "honest, patriotic, forward looking men" within Its ranks and without will step forward to meet the appeal of the nation's new leader. Chicago Evening Post (Prog.). -"BEDING AND CARE OF GEESE One of the Cheapest and Easiest of All Domestic Fowls to Raise Method of Management. Geese are one of the cheapest and easiest of all domestic fowls to raise, says the Farm and Fireside. They re quire little shelter at any time, and if given plenty of pasture, will gather the largest portion of their food from the fields. They are very easily and quickly fattened for market and bring very good prices. This is the meth od for managing breeding and market geese: Never mate over two females to each gander. Never use females less than two or ganders over four years of age. They are allowed to run in a pasture where they have plenty of grass to eat and water to swim in. Ia winter and during the laying season feed them lightly the following ration: Bran, four parts; shorts, two parts; cornmeal, one part; and in winter cut clover, steamed, tour parts, is added. A goose will lay JO to 40 eggs iu a season, if she is allowed to sit. The eggs require 30 days for incubation, and invariably natch well. Goslings are removed from the in cubators as soon as dry, and placed in brooders where the heat for the iirst 24 hours is 90 degrees. After the first 24 hours the heat is reduced daily until the goslings are ten to fif teen days old. Beginning the third morning after hatching the goslings are fed as follows, four times daily, by measure: Bran, ou*, part; rolled oats, one part; cornmeal shorts, one part. This mixture is dampened with skim milk until it will crumble. Grass, grit, and drinking water aro always before them. Water is given in fountains, so they cannot get into it. They are fed as mentioned until they are eight weeks old. when those for market are closely confined to be fattened, and fed as follows, three times daily, all they will eat: Bran, two parts; shorts, one part; oil meal and beef scraps, one part; cornmeal, one part, dampened until it will crumble. Whole corn is frequently given. Green food, grit and water are always before them. FEEDING SILAGE IN SUMMER Missouri Expert Says lt ls Cheaper Than Blue Grass Pasture-Forma tion of Good Dairy Cow. Dean Mumford of the Missouri col lege of agriculture makes the state ment that cows can be maintained more cheaply on silage than they can? be carried through the summer on blue-grass pasture where the land costs about $100 per acre and ls suit able for growing corn. He says that there is very little pasture land where a cow and a calf can be pastured on less than one and one-half acres, but it is entirely pos~ sible to get twelve and one-half td twenty tons of silage from one acre. A cow and her calf can be carried through the summer on two pounds of clover hay and thirty-five pounds of silage per day as well or better Princess Salatine Carlotta, Owned by University of Missouri, Produced 18,405 Pounds of Milk and 721 Pounds of Butter In One Year. than on blue-grasB pasture. Thus he declares that you can carry a cow and her calf six months on less than a half-acre of silage. The good dairy cow has a broad forehead, indicating Intelligence and a kindly disposition. She has a short thin neck not at all beefy, in which veins are plainly manifest. She ls narrow through the front shoulders and thick cheated, indicating good lung capacity. She has a large, well rounded stomach, showing capacity for stor age of food and water, from which milk is to be manufactured. She has broad hips and a good width through the flanks, giving plenty of room of lacteal organs. There ls also a gentle incline from her shoulders to her rump. The udder is large and soft, hanging down well between her hind legs and extending forward and back ward in a well balanced proportion. Her leg3 are short and her hair is a glossy color. Egg-Eating Habit. Egg-eating is a habit that starts with hens, generally, that are out of condition, lu other words, when the lien gets too fat and also when there is a scarcity of lime in the bill of fare the shells of the eggs become thin. When being laid these soft-Bhelled eggs usually break and the hen thus acquires a taste. It is always best to gather the eggs several times a day so that there will be no chance for breakage by hens crowding on the nest or by a newly laid egg striking those already laid. Removing Old Knives. To get the old knives off a sickle, just hold the sickle Btrtp on an anvil, or whatever you use for an anvil, let ting the knife stand over the edge, and one or two blows above the rivets will take the old knife off. In other words, let the old knife be its own chisel to cut the rivets off. ENDS TARIFF GRAFTING MUCH SIGNIFICANCE IN PUTTING RAW WOOL ON FREE UST. Likely to Mean the Untaxing of All Clothing, Releasing Consumer From a Burden Which Should Not Have Been Imposed. The decision of Democratic leaden) to put raw wool on the free liflt ls right and wise. Whether that decision can be carried through the senate or not is another story. The present duty of ll cents per pounds on raw wool is made the basis for the most comprehensive structure of graft ever placed on the statute books of a nation. Schedule K, the wool tariff, is so bud it cannot be amended. It must be built anew from the beginning. If the new builders etart with free wool, their way is clear to un tax clothing altogether at the earliest possible moment. Secretary Bryan has always been in favor of free wool, and once had a sharp passage at arms with Oscar Un derwood on the subject. President Wilson espoused Mr. Bryan's views, and Mr. Underwood yielded gracefully. The harmony thus shown is a good sign for consumers-and an omen of ill for the tariff grafters who have managed governmental affairs so long. No Dissolution. Of course the harvester trust has not been dissolved. What does the government mean by suggesting such a thing? Trusts, according to George W. Per kins, are inevitable and ineffable things; compounded equally of busi ness genius and angelic philanthropy. They are born of cosmic necessity, and nurtured on the milk of human kindness. They save the small dealer from the sin of avarice by putting wealth out of his reach; and they make the laborer content in the sta tion to which Providence and G. W. Perkins have called him by giving him no chance io get out of it. Why should such an assortment of virtues be "dissolved," merely to satis fy a petty prejudice in favor of obey ing the law, and a ?seles rule of con duct which out-of-date people call "fair play?" Capable Democracy. "The government that wields the arm of the people must be the strong est possible." President Wilson's use of the government of the people In re lieving the distress of flood sufferers is a fine exemplification of efficient Democracy. There isn't any red tape in that ac tion. No hesitation as to how-not-to do-it. No nice weighing of federal and state's rights. No checks and bal ances. No fear of paternalism or con stitutionalism. This style of president practices the theory that Democracy can be and should be Just as capable, just as re spectable and Just as strong as the government of Bismarck or Napoleon. Bryan Administration Spokesman. The suggestion-made with serious ness-that Mr. Bryan abstain altogeth er from oratory while secretary of state is unreasonable. General Har rison was his own orator on many oc casions, and a very competent one, but Secretary Blaine sometimes spoke for the administration. Secretary' Root made some very important speeches for the Roosevelt administration, and Secretary Knox performed similar service for the Taft administration. Mr. Wilson will need Mr. Bryan In a like capacity, and Is fortunate in hav ing a man so admirably equipped and so willing to respond.-Washington 3 tar. Two Republican Legacies. Without stopping to deduct current liabilities, which reduce the actual treasury surplus to a bare working balance of around $60,000,000. we can frankly concede that che Republican financial legacy to the Wilson admin istration ls an Improvement on the legacy left to the last previous Demo cratic administration. Some little cash in the treasury is better than no cash. Even a small working balance ls better than a left over order for plates to be used In a bond issue for current expenses and raided gold reserve. Choice of the Country. Several thousand Democrats whom nobody ever heard of think that be cause Woodrow Wilson was elected to office they must havo been elected to office too-New York World. There are two ways of looking at thiB phenomenon. If the unheard-of Democrats hadn't voted for Woodrow Wilson it is possible that Theodore Roosevelt would ho president today. -Cleveland Plain Dealer. If all the job-hunting Democrats had voted for Roosevelt the Wilson plurality would still have been above 2.000,000. First Move to Be Made. It would be unfortunate if the peo- ! pie were led to expect too much of the tariff revision soon to be undertaken, for disappointment might result in a loss of confidence in the Democracy at a critical time. If the cost of living is to be greatly reduced during the next administration, a determined and Intelligent move against the food com bines will have to be undertaken, for as matters now stand these are in a ? position to absorb most of the benefits i to be derived from tariff reduction. Guano! ? Company9 P. &F; A Augusta High Grade These goods are nc house ready for del Jones A Monuments an I represent the Spartar works in this section and sh designs and quote prices or me a card if you are interest John R. Tompkins, E Is ready with your hats. Men's suits in worsteds-hats in Pi Felts-underwear ant Everything Tl! Most complete Re en's department in the Albemarle NEW A new modern hotel represe investment on the sight of th Broadway, 24th StJ THE ACME OF ARC HIT! LOCATED AT THE HUB OF HEW OVERLOOKING m Aceomodations for 1,000, offerinf mucw lower rates than offered in a sistent wi;h highest class service. A Good Room at A Good Room with I Handsome apartments of any nu rates. The management is a eriar and protection to ladies and familie Telephones. M allison-3440-3560 Patapsco, Mastodok F?rtil -of Georgia Chemical 1 have an established posit any other goods on the mai ience and careful study of up every bag of these good as this can be furnished by iment with the uncertain. -FOR PRICES, TER THE EDGEFIELD Seed Irish Potatoes. "We are now prepared to fill your order for seed Irish potatoes such as Bliss Triumph, Irish Cobbler, 3tc., of all kinds. We sell only the Eastern grown potatoes that are thoroughly reliable in every respect. Penn & Holstein. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Ymir druRirist will ref rind money if PAZO OINTMENT fails lo core any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pile* in 6 to 14 days. Thc ?vat application gives Ease and Heat. 60c. ? ? ^ - We can supply yon witb roof paint, a good quality, in red and black at 50 and 75 cents per gallon. luBt aB good quality as that which costs more. Penn & Holstein. Guano! lither** States & Fertilizers 's Goods? . D. Bone i, Acid of all Grades. >w in me ware iivery. nd Son. d Tombstones. iburg Marble and Granite all be pleased to show you i all kinds of work. Write ed and I will call to see you. dgefield, S- Carolina Levy Comp9y spring clothes and Linens, Mohairs and mamas, Straws and I ties, tat Boys Wear lady-to-Wear Worn South. irceSs POST I J ^-Hoffman YORK toting a Five Million Dollar te former Hoffman House. peet, Fifth Avenue. ?CTURAL PERFECTION. YORK'S GREATEST BUSINESS, LMSON SQUARE. X maximum luxury and comfort a': ny other hotel in America, con $1.50 Per Day. lath $2.00 Per Day. racer of rooms at proportionate antee of the highest refinement s. DANIEL P RITCHEY. , and other famous lizers the Works, of Augusta ion which is unequaled by -ket. 38 years of exper the fertilizer question back :s. No such reassurance others. Then why exper MS, Etc, Call On MERCANTILE CO. Constipation Cured. Dr. King's New Life Pills will relieve constipation promptly and tret your bowels in healthy condi tion again. John Supsic, of Sanbury, Pa., says: "They are the best pills I ever used, and I advise everyone to use them for constipation, indi gestion and liver complaint." Will help you. Price 25c. Recommended by Penn & ?lolsteii., W E Lyujh &Co. Treat your eyes fairly. Do not deny them the help of a pair of glasses if they need it. Remember you will need them for a long time. Geo. F. Mims.