Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"TEMPORARY PROSPERITY" 3 WITH WILiCM Republican Error Marks Begin-! ning of Campaign. Assertion That Present Prosperity I Only Temporary Will Have Little Effect on the Voter Conver sant With History. Chairman Willcox assures thc peo ple that prosperity is only temporary, hoping to scare nun y people who are enjoying it into vol inc the Republican ticket, remarks a correspondent of the New York World. Perhaps Chairman Willcox is right, for while Democrats are cullins attention to it. no one is taking out an insurance policy on its permanency. To do so would be to fly in the face of history. From the close of the Civil war up to 1S73 this country enjoyed unprece dented flush times. Mark Twain called it the "gilded age." so lavish were cer tain people with their money. The Morrill tariff law was in force, the Re publican party in power. But despite the assurance of leaders of that party that all this prosperity was the result .of Republican rule and was bound to stay, the crash of 1ST3 came and ruin followed in its wake the like of which the country had never known. Good times came back shortly after Cleve land was elected, and endured up to 1S91, when, through the evil influence of Harrison's administration and the McKinley tariff, another panic came, and aplin business suffered. In the autumn of 1S9G affairs hegan Many Reasons Why thc Democrats Can Confidently Count Upon Victory jn These States. "Once upon a timo the northwest was regarded as safely Rep?blicau, ami rightly so." remarked J. Bruce Krenier of Butte, Democratic national committeeman for Montana, in an in terview at Washington. "But that time has passed, and now tile north west is not only debatable territory btu is leaning largely to the Democ racy. If our Republican friends aro counting OM carrying the northwestern states, they had better revise their cal culations. "I'll tell you why the northwest is Democratic* now, and why. In my judg ment, the president will curry the northwest this year. There arc three great industries in Montana, for in stance-stock raising, which includes wool production, ranching, which would be called farming in the Bast, ami mining. The stockmen are getting a higher price for their cattle than ever known before, and for the hides a rec ord price. Wool is bringing 34 cents ti pound, and I can recall when 14 cents was cause for great jubilation and oc casional shooting up of tlie town. The farmers are selling their wheat for $1 a bushel, and have sold most of their horses at unheard-of prices. The mine owners, of course, are making tre mendous profits, aiul tlie workers in the mines are getting $4.D0 and $5 a day. "So uv.ch for the industries; now as to the politics. Montana has a com plete Democratic state administration; Wyoming has a IKMiiocratic governor; Idaho has a DeiiXK-ra?c governor; Ore gon has two Democratic senators; to right .heniselves. A new tariff law was written-the great Dingley bill- | Washington has a Democratic gov the Spanish and Boer wars came, new j ernor; North Dakota will elect a Dem gold mines were opened, and again j ocratic United States senator this falL prosperity strode forth, all smiles and j Everything points to Democratic suc hope. Ag;>'n our Republican know-it- j .alls pointed to good times as the result i of Republican management. Then came November. 1907, nnd with | It a monetary crisis that shook the cess in the northwest this year." How About President Taft's Action? The instant success of one display of manliness shows the criminal folly country from Atlantic to Pacific, from I nf t\irw years nf epicene diplomacy. Duluth to Key West, causing practi cally every hank in the country to sus pend payments and locking up every dollar of deposits for many dreary months. From the ruinous effects of the panic of 11)07 the country did not fully recover for over seven years. Mr. Willcox is si milly parroting Mr. Hughes, who seems to have borrowed many of his ideas from Theodore Roosevelt, and, of course, .predicts early failure of our splendid prosperity because it is Democratic and brought out under Democratic auspices. This I nt best is a very silly reason nnd one you would hardly expect to emanate i from men who arrogate to themselves i all wisdom. President Wilson's Handicap. As In the tariff and currency liehis of legislation, so in the field of na tional defense President Wilson is the Mr. Wilson's watchful waiting stands condemned alike in the crisis into which it fructified and wi the solution which ono week of action foreshad ows.-New York Evening Sun. This is the longest week on record. On the 0th of Mareil, 1911. two years before Mr. Wilson rook office. Presi dent Taft ordered L'O.?KX? troops to the Mexican border nnd they have hoon there ever since, re-enforced from time to tinie. and now to be supported by the entire National Guard. If a mili tary display was all that was neces sary to command respect for the Unit ed States in Mexico, there must have been a good deal of epicene diplo macy, whatever that may be, in the good old Republican days. Republican Inefficiency. The reason of Republican inofilcien cy is clear. Republican government heir of Republican extravagance and ; was not truly representative. The Republican inefficiency. To expect congress elected in liwis did not try to him to do away at a stroke with the paralyzing results of a half century of paltering with opportunity, and wastefulness where there was bitter need of thrift is as unreasonable as to assert that we can best get out of the fix Republican incompetence got us into by putting t. em back into power. If there was ever a case of "the statesmanship of hindsight" it is pre sented by Republican critics of tlie 'administration today. serve the popular interest; it served special interests. It took orders from Wall street, from the wool growers, the wool manufacturers, the steel barons, thc coal-land sharks-always from the few and in the interest of I?the few. In legislating for its real masters, the special interests, it was always held back by f?nr of the popu lar wrath which finally overwhelmed the Taft administration in 1!)12. As. a result it was satisfactory neither to Its friends nor to (ts enemies. Declares Kentucky ls Democratic "Kentucky will be Democratic this fall, I believe," remarked Gen. Percy Haley, a prominent Democrat of Frankfort and formerly political lieu tenant of the late John C. C. Mayo. "Of course Kentucky is a close state and has boen for the last twenty years. Last year the governor was elected by a very narrow margin, but that does not mean that this year tlie Re publicans will poll In the national election anywhere near the number of votes they did last year. The presi dent is popular in Kentucky." Will Surely Be Democratic. From a political standpoint, the Democracy will face the polls in No vember supported hy a genuine ann widely diffused prosperity. For quito a period merchants were very cau tious about purchasing, hut conditions warrant them now in going to the wholesalers and manufacturers with Impressive orders. As the autumn ap proaches the West will give more heed to politics. It looks like a close fight now, but the sentiment of the last week in October will decide, and lt will be Democratic. ILL KEEP CONTROL President Wilson and Democratic House Sure. . Repr?sentative Doremus, Fresh From j Travel Throughout the Country, Teils of the Sentiment of the People. Prediction that President Wilson and a Democratic house will he re- j ?urned by the people at the November ? j elections is made in a statement made | ! public by Representative F. E. Dore- j ! mus. chairman of the Democratic cou-1 I gressional campaign committee. AI I mingling among the people of the j j country can do nothing but develop j ! this opinion, he says. Following is the j statement: [ "In certain inspired quarters sedu I lons attempts are being made to cre I ate the impression that despite the , tremendous popularity of President ; Wilson the Democrats entertain slight j hope of winning the next congress. ! One indication of this propaganda is I shown by the wide publicity that has ! attended the announcements ot' Rep ! resentatives Page ci North Carolina, j Eagle of Texas and Sherwood of Ohio j that they will not seek re-election. ; "Ol' course the .North Carolina and : Texas districts are sure to send Dem ocrats tc the Sixty-lift h congress, and the same may be said of the Toledo district, lt can safely be predicted thal Representative Sherwood will be ' succeeded by a Democrat. In fact. 1 consider the election of a Democrat : in the Toledo district as one of the certainties of the campaign. "If any mau doubts what the sen timent of this country is today, he should go out and mingle^with the people, as I did for two weeks. No manor tn what section of the country, he may go, he will come home iirm in the conviction that President Wil son and a Democratic congress in sympathy with him will be overwhelm ingly elected in November. : !' "I know of but one way to accu ' rately determine public sentiment, and ; that is to talk face to face with those . who do the voting. Any man who 1 cares to employ that test will be con . vinced of the truth of what I say. i "What impresses me more than any thing else is the assurance that has : come to me recently of support from Republican and independent sources. Men who have never voted the Dem ocratic ticket before frankly avow I their intention to vote and work for j a congress in sympathy with Mr. Wil son because they realize that the pres ident's hands would be tied if a Re ! publican congress were elected. ; "In 1914 for the first time in many ' j years the party in power retained : Ito control of congress following a gen ? eral revision of the tariff. All the in i dications aFe that this majority will be . substantially increased this year and \ notable gains made in the entire group ; of doubtful districts." j Good Democratic Record. The tariff is only a part of the Un- . derwood revenue law. In reducing taxes on consumption, of which the ? ; consumer pays far more than the gov I ernment receives, and substituting a ! tax on incomes, which falls on the | . well-to-do in proportion to their ability j I to contribute to the support of the gov- ' j ernment, the Democratic party has : been true to its promises, faithful to j its traditions and guided by the best ; opinion of expert economists. The law provided not only a sufficient revenue but a surplus that covered the year's costs of the Panama canal, until the great war disarranged our industries and interfered radically with our im ports. ! The federal reserve banking system ' now has few critics. Financial opin ion is very generally warm in its com mendation of a reform of the currency, ; the need of which was repeatedly pressed by the business world upon ; Republican congresses, but always pressed in vain. The Republicans 1 evaded their duty; the Democrats did I it, and did it uncommonly well. Three Years of Democracy. 'Mr. Wilson has been president for ! .' three of the most difficult years in the [ history of the country since the close j j of General Washington's administra- j I tion, and excepting only the periods of . the second war with England and the I : Civil war. Since the government was ? j established and precedents set by the I j first president, and excepting only the t i more serious war periods we have ! been through, no president has had j difficulties even remotely approaching I those with which Mr. Wilson has had to contend. With due regard for the unprece dented difficulties and embarrassments of the time. President Wilson and the Democratic party have discharged their respective duties with a high intelligence, a broad comprehension, and an eye single to the Interests and the duties of the American nation. Democrats May Feel Safe. It is at four points, two of finance and two of foreign affairs, that the Re publicans feel confident of their ability to destroy the credit of the Democratic administration and party. But their confidence is in vain. They can de nounce the president with great flu ency; they cannot suggest anything that they could have done better, ex cept in the single matter of the tariff, where the issue is the constant one between the two parties. Republican hope cannot be great. OUTBREAKS-CF HOG CHOLER/ increase Nct-d D-jrinn Latter Part or August or Early ir. September Feed Corn Sparingly. It has been observed that an in crease in the number of outbreaks of hog cholera occurs daring the lattei part of August or the lirst part of September, and (hat thc outbreaks In crease in numbers and violence until the latter part of October or Novem ber, when tlie disease gradually de Properly Fed on Balanced Ration. clines, writes H. K. Wright in National Stockman and Farmer. The occurrence of cholera is de pendent solely upon the hogs becom ing infected with the specific cholera micro-organism. Practically all hogs are susceptible to the disease when fed balanced rations, but when improperly fed and allowed to become infested with parasites the chance of control ing cholera on exposure is greatly less ened. At this time new corn is begin ning to be fed and care must be exer cised or indigestion will result, thus lessening the vitality of the animals, and if exposed to cholera infection death should follow. New corn should be fed sparingly at first and the amount gradually increased. Never start by feeding it exclusively. Should an outbreak of cholera occur, inmediately isolate and quarantine the sick hogs. Notify your neighbors so that they may stay away from your hog lots and thus prevent spread of the infection. Get antihog cholero serum and Inoculate all healthy hogs. Kill the sick hogs and burn the car casses. No treatment can be relied upon to save one visibly sick. DEVICE FOR FASTENING DOOR Impossible for Hogs to Escape by Pushing on Bottom-Chain Holds Latches in Place. Here is a very handy device for ! fastening doors where hogs are kept. ? It is impossible for them to break out ; by pushing on the bottom of the door. The latches ?ire made of wood and are bolted to the door. They are con nected by an iron rod with eyes in , r For Hoghouse Door. I each end. This rod is bolted to each ! latch, so that when you raise the top : latch it pulls the lower one up. A small chain is stapled to the up per latch and to the door. This pre- j vents the latches dropping when the door is unlatched.. TROUBLE WITH YOUNG LAMBS Animals Should Be Trimmed in Morn ing When Air ls Cool-Tissues Then Are More Firm. In enst.-ating lambs, if the drawing out of the cord should cause a rup ture, simply replace the intestines and tie h twine securely around tlie scro tum as near the abdomen as possible. Lambs should be trimmed in the morn ing when the air is cool, as they bleed less, and as the tissues are more firm and rupture is not liable to occur. Itupture in castrating lambs is usually due to one nf two causes ; either the lamb is too young and the tissues not yet firm, or the lamb has been over heated and the tissues rendered too lax to stand the strain of pulling the cord. Lambs No Longer Heard. The bleating of lumbs upon the hill sides is no longer heard in many parts of "the country where such sounds used to be familiar, und yet both the wool und the carcass of a sheep bring good prices. y -1 Co?jrinlH H'O''. by C. E. Zimmerman Co---No. 44 ail the unhappy homes 11J not one in a hundred has a bank account and not one home i1" a hundred who has a bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any 'longer, when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard, President; B. E. Nicholson, Vice-Preside E. J. Mims. Cushier; J. H. Allen. Assistant Oashier. DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard. Thos. H. Rainsford, Je' n Ransford, B.: Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins. C. C. Fuller. E. J. Mims. ,1. if. Allen. I /ss?; IM ! ?? ! A J. W ?>w'??. ?_ "fe, ?? [. jr / ca fi .. .. . i<*^ .X..J*-!rft?-.?? wm ena ?I?S?-O?'.C?: "pc'ri- rf viv:..".:;. i'ii,....v.v>;^ ^" ???i'lilts yj (??CL'l i DORN & MIMS NOT BURIED OUT Although the fire was all around us only a c?rner ol' our warehouse was burned. We have storage for 8.000 bales. Our office was not touched, and our business goes on as usual. DAVISON & FARGO, Augusta, Ga. COTTON FACTORS, Low Summer Fares to Mountain, Lake and Seashore VIA ern For complete information regarding Summer Excursion fares. Week-end and Sunday fares, and for illustrated and in formative literature about cool and de lightful places at which to spend the summer or vacation, call on J. A. TOWNSEND. Ticket Agent. F. ll. Mi MI LL IN. 'Edgefield, S. C. District Passenger Agent. Jackson and'EJHs Sts.. Augusta, Ga. _ ?