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*-A PR1XCE IS BIHIX"?THE X 0XPA RTISAX >10VEMEX 1 Caused by (ireed of Bankers, Millers, Brokers' Kinqr, the Xew Farmers' Combination Bids Fair to Save Xation's Democracy By George Shaw. Washington, D. C., Sept. 22.?One tha n>?ipat political students aa W ^ well as leader and manipulators ever produced by this country, the late Mark Honna, once remarked that should the farmers and laborers of the country ever join together politically, then would come the end of ( one party system. Perhaps it was this fact that lead this astute politician to evolve Protection for the Farmer and the Full Dinner Pall ? A?Vinar on flip for these two groups??uum3 v~_ old theory of divide and govern. For several years there has been a gradual drift among laboring classes, whether organized or not, toward a political division. No doubt the success abroad of labor groups to force fcv political power economic reforms has been an incentive and inspiration i?- it ia however, among the farm xitrx c. it 10, ?- . i ers of the middle west that the great; est recent strides have been made. The birth and rapid growth of the Farmers' Non-Partisan League, oeginning in .North Dakota, has been the most significant political happening within recent months. It is so important and dynamic a political movement that every thinking man will give it serious attention. fpw vears back when the pro I gressive party was at its zenith, and even the political prophets like Mr Samuel S. Blythe of the Saturday fc Evening Post thought the movement R . epochal, we discussed the matter B with a man who wos a political leader W a generation ago. "This Roosevelt party," he said with a twinkle in his eye, " is a flash in the pan?and you and I will see the smoke blow away. Political movements begin like a tornado, first glimmering on.the horizon about the size of a man's hand?and like the tornado carries impetus as it - * .? xia thon comes out or tne neaveu. I1V V?*vM vent on to point out how any political movement lo last must come out of the soil, so to speak. He pointed out that the real weakness of t&e progressive party was it failed to have "sweat and toil"?and was largely guilt-edge, the "amongst-those-present," the "social worker or uplifter," the "maker- you- a-better-and-holier types." And I believe he was right. The Non-Partisan farmers' movement has. been born out among ths smatt?not the bonanza, mind you? farmers of the middle west. It ha<? made first friction in North Dakota, " AwocmtA fionth hut it is a lactur lii jumuvwv^, ? Dakota. Nebraska and fft^isconsin today. The man to whom its success in Korth Dakota is due believes that it will broaden out, and will nearly cap^ ture eleven states by the next general election. This man, A. C. Townley, is a remarkable man in every way. I A highly successful and intellectual I farmer- he was ruined by the highhanded methods of a system in the HP northwest because he refused to "bo.v p low and salam." It is this system, a v~hnnlrprs and COLUUmatxuu v/i 4UUWW, brokers, which we can all thank for a movement that can but help the whole nation move forward to "de^ mocracy and equal opportunity." Townley saw that there was a fertile field all over the Dakotas, so taking > a Ford machine he began a political canvass which reminds one of the circuit rider crusade of old days., in the South. He preached the gospel of a non-partisan movement which would in somewhat scriptural terms "kick the devils of corrupt politicians, regardless of a party coat, usurious bankers, grafting brokers and plundering millers out of the Lord's tempie?viz, the state government." Then as he went along he enrolled the farmers, and oft times labormen and those in sympathy?as member?, with dues and obligations. It is needless to say that "Townley and his tin Lizzie sermons" were quite tie butt of the jokers of every reactionary pa-j ^ in fhof "Rut t'no fifxlrl ! P fallow, and men straight from tttti j k ?oil?because they said no politicians ! t of any party need apply except they! enroll in the ranks?began to take' the leadership along with Townlev. j [ Of course, it ought to be recognized' that the farmers of the middle wes? \ are perhaps intellectually the equal; of any group in the country. We would : irager any time on them on any subject against any group of Wall street brokers?except it be "Wall streeting" In the elections last fall in North | Dakota, to the surprise of the whole j country, tnis small farmers move-] merit captured the state government, k elected the governor, swept the lower . L house and attached every vacancy in j P the senate. It carried forward a rad-j J ical state ownership of,, utilities, e!a-! vatcrs and packing houses?and yet i It is said that the contented farmer, i Y r [ s always Ike backbone or cun-ervj live politics. Thut old aphori.-m fa.] ea to see that the farmer v. jisla oa day become a'.vare of the fact tha :he producer?and not the middl man, the speculator, the broker, ev ?ought to secure the results of h labor tenfold. Farmers ana K(lit"rs j j In the recent congressional eiec'Jo j in tl.e Fargo district the non-partisa i league nom'nated their f?:*st candidat . He overwhelmingly defeated six car ' didates. Congressman Baer ha i within the last few weeks taken hi J seat in congress. He is a newspapt man and a cartoonist of national n putation. When he first arrived 1 Washington he was asked how it hai j pened that a farmers' movemei j should besin its national campaig ; by electing a knight of the fourth e; I tate. He wittily replied that bot ; the farmers and the newspaper me , were "blood brothers;" that bet wee i them they produced more than an , other class, got less in return, ar ; were never out of debt. His seriou explanation indicates how strong th movement for non-partisan contr< j has progressed. According to Coi Dear TT'flrp'O district CO! I gressjuau i>?.w - ?-o- _ j tains three of the large cities < . North Dakota, and only a small pe j centage of farmers. This would ii dicate that the towns and cities ha\ a significant population which ai tired of the "system." j The System I Only a few days ago your corn spondent had a talk with Congresi man Baer on the poHtical movemei which he represents. He began t pointing out that in Xorth Dakota and this picture could be enlarge perhaps to fit many other commoj wealths?the political and flnanci; interests in the state were closely ii terwoven. That to gain control was tl one essential, and oft times bith the o] posing republican nominess woul be picked in advance by tne combln; lion controlling milling, packing, ar banking. If any -strong-hold was den ocratic. and it was necessary u> *?j this office, the same old plan was to lowed. And as the years went on few men largely in Chicago, or S Louis, or perhaps New York, wei exploiting the Dakota farmers c wheat or hogs?and the local Rta' government contributed in a loo way to the exploiting. ; Reactionary Press Baffled ? A ? A * I We were oart'culariy interest* In how this movement was able i J : put fts message over to the pe<5fcl , because w? knew a little somethlr I of the reactionary press of that se< tion. It so happened that when mee ing -Congressman Baer we put th question up to him. He turned ar introduced us to the editor of the noi rsrtisen leader, and asked that t . tell the story of their pubMcatfo i wh!>h now has a circulation of nea , ly 300.000 copies. This editor-ma , we found quickly, knows the new: ! narer game from the ground up?Tx , sides bein? a farmer. He has ha , many years of experience in new: paper work, and, to my mind, w? cne of the most astute political thin! ers that has <-ome to Washingtoi "even from out the west," in ma'.i a day. Anyone who will read som \ of his editorials in the. Non-Partisa Deader will appreciate it as a iarr I political factor and accept the fac t that this clear pen is being daily rea ; by nearly one million intelligent fan I iolks, all these forces in this move ment are galvanizing a force th:j both the old parties may .quake be fore at the next general election i the middle west. The whole mov< ment has a solid basis, as we see 1 Vaorlv ton VMrs ftffO LaFoilett i stood in the senate and told the ol I | stand-pat crowd, largely ther repu? ; licans the Aldrlch school, tha j while they refused to listen to htn the day would come when he alon would be there to speak. They, the in their hay-days, would be relegate ' by the people of the country to "pr! I vate estates." It was a great Jofc in the senat.ft cloak rooms then. TV | remember some of those comment well. But hovr strongly todoy doe well. But how strongly today doe these words. Insurgency came, an swept in unseen ways the whole fab ric of economic, and political life i: this country. It was the largest fa for in placing the democratic part in control. It looked perhaps for : time to political students that unde able leadership the democratic part: would absorb this "insurgency (which Roosevelt had tried to n'taci also in his progressive party). Inti its ranks. The rise and rapid devel opment of the non-partisan move ment in the middle west would indi cate that such has not been the cas? at least with the rank and file. If wil be interesting tc watch the "bi-eler uons' next ran. particularly in tn doubtful middle west states. In poi itics, organization has its "pay day, said Boss Tweed. The Non-Partisa. Leasrue hat it. > . c s All Sons of These American Parents Serve With the n Colors. n * ELDERS HOIKS THEIR SHARE 13 Mother Gives Four Sons to Army Then Offers Herself to Red Cross and n Is Accepted?Patriotic ) Women Give All. Savannah, Ga.?After contributln.tr ^ n her share to the military o^tablish' ment of the United States i.uii doing h her full part in the Liberty bond pur- ? 0 chases and contributing to the Red v Cross fund, Savannah now ofTern tv v country two families of four sons !i. all of whom are servljg with tue 1 colors. , 13 Bernard L. McDonald of the c!ty is health department, past sixty years 3l of age, towers above all his sons. He Is the father of 24 feet of men in Battery A, Chatham artillery. His four " 1 ? t 1 T> ?/? ^ "Doys" are jbiii, Jtsou, aiex. huu j-h;cBee McDonald. Each is more than r~ six feet In height and strong in pro- ( portion. They are all good soldiers. ( '? All four are noncommissioned officers, e Bob is the youngest and the shorte?t, being a scant six feet Bill, next In youth, Is the tallest, exceeding Bob In height by an inch and a half. ATex, the eldest, and Bee-Bee are just an 3" inch shorter than Bill. Their father's it height is six feet two Inches, and the t iy only reason that he is not with them Is that they will not let him enlist. ^ ^ Besides the disadvantage of his age he has only one arm. All of these boys ( O/Wininnnv their hfttterv to ^ 11 France. t- Spartan Sacrifice. i* The story of Mrs. A. W. Cook Is >- that of Spartan sacrifice. Mrs. Cook id has given four sons to her country, and she Is proud, not sad, at this op- * , portunity for service, even though she * is dependent upon them for her sup3" port The sons range in age from lri seventeen to twenty-five. They are * Hurley, Frank, Le Roy and Calhoun - -11 -A 1 ? i. I "A VJOCK, fUl Ol wuuiu ui e u i u-ic uaiuiug camp at Fort McPherson. Frank and Hurley are privates in the First Georgia infantry and Le Roy and Cal1 houn are enlisted men in Battery A, Chatham artillery. Scarcely had the call to the colors been made when the four elder sons offered their services. A fifth son, Wallace Cook, aged fourteen years, is eager for the time to come when'he, too, may serve. Mrs. Cook 3ays she 1 hopes to be able to get along very well ?without her boys during their absence, c- At any rate, she is happy to make this t- sacrifice for the sake of her country. She has offered her personal services to the Savannah branch of the American Red Cross.. Another noteworthy example of Georgia patriotism is that of Mrs. Es> ther Gaddis of Atlanta, who, after givr lng three sons to the colors and her daughter to the Red Cross, is prepuring herself to go to the Charleston a_ (S. C.) navy yard to run a sewing machine for Uncle Sam. Mrs. Caddis to civfr 5" Offers Herself. f* Several weeks ago her youngest son, : Dewey, nineteen, enlisted in the maa rines, and is now in training at Paris .? Island, S. C. Shortly thereafter Elmer Perkins, aged thirty-two, son of Mrs. Gaddis by her first husband, enlisted as a shipwright and now is in train- i ' ing at Portland, Ore. Joe Perkins, %t" - At/vKf V*iic K^An in tho fctgeu IWCUlJ-ClgUl, HU.K} iu u?v ^ d navy four years. When Mrs. Gaddis g 11 wrote her daughter, Dorothy, a vaude- ^ ^ ville actress, the girl did not take time lt to answer by mail, but telegraphed her t mother immediately: t ' "It seems to run in the family, so I t n applied today for enlistment in the -- American Red Cross." ^ t. d * BOYS ARE TAUGHT FARMING c d T Camping and Living Like Soldier* it Bring Results in Nort^ Da- r ii k?u? 8 Fargo, N. D.?When the boys of Aar ams county wished to leam the lesson ^ A * - ? ? ? -?-l P u 01 "Detter larmmg uiey were inncu ? to a nearby river where camp was * pitched. e For a week the boys led a military *| c life, rose by bugle call and rolled into * their blankets at the sound of taps. ^ The day was given over to lectures s and demonstrations on how large and 0 better crops could be raised. The directors of the camp asserted n that they hud more success with the j. 4 bovs this vear than last, when the * ~v ' u farming course was conducted in the ^ schoolhouse at the county seat, a ' HIS FACE WAS "FAMILIAR" a * i ? a Buffalo Man Did Not Recognize Breth- t] er Till Explanation Is tl Made. tl Wr?t^Vincv?llp Kv?Vpco E. Barnes is tl back from Buffalo, where he went to tl see a certain man and met him on the b street. "How are you, Orville?" said p i Mr. Barnes, extending his hand. The ! Buffalo man, with the natural suspic- t< ion of an Easterner meeting a Strang- h< ; er, hesitated. "Your face is familiar," f* he said; "I'm sure I've seen it before, J j but who are you?" "Merely your fi I brother," Vego explained. It was the t, first time they had met In twelve jreari, * Congress recognized the bravery of George M. Shelton, who was a private >f I Company, Twenty-third infantry. ,'n giving the soldier his medal it wa;3 >rdered set down in the records that he reason for the gift was "most con-, ipic-uoas gallantry in action." The Twenty-third infantry went into i light at LaPaz, Luzon, Philippine Isands. A soldier of the command was' vntm/lnil nrul lnft nn tho fiplr?. The ! ;pot where the infantryman fell was .'ommanded by the rifles of the enemy;' Jrivate Shelton saw the plight c? hist omrade, and without waiting for orlers he advanced alone directly into he open, his appearance beinx: a di-; ect and speedily accepted invitation or the enemy to concentrate its fire lpon him. Shelton went on with the ihots playing about him, picked up the vounded man and carried him back ilong a path of fire until he was safe vithin the lines. Had a Soldier's Soul. Augustus Walley of the Tenth carilry was a cook. He was connected vitli Troop E of the To^t?i. Augustus >Valley, cook, had a soldier's soul. In he summer of 1881, Troop E was in he field in pursuit of hostile Apache Indians. The command arrived at the }uchillo Negro mountains, New Mexico, and ran into a large band of the lostiles. A sergeant of the troop was shot by the first fire from the concealed reds and he fell from his horse it the base of a rock, which luckily >rotected him from further Are. The roop was compelled to fall back unier the suddenness of the attack and he sergeant was left where he fell. J mtliejr, Uiv VUU&, son uura nuuc utc itricken "noncom" temporarily was tafe bemuse of the shelter of the ock, he knew that if the Indians noved to either flank they could pielsT the wounded man with their rifles, tnd so Cook Walley charged across he open without waiting any word of command, and ran along a zone of ierce fire to the side of the sergeant,1 licked him up, brought him back and iropped him inside the lines. For hat action congress gave this cook arhose spirit was that of a soldier a nedal of honor, for he had upheld the >est bravery traditions of the Amert ! au aiLujr. iREETS AMERICANS IN PARIS Princess Murat, formerly Miss Helna Stallo of New York, has just been ppointed a member of the directing >oard of the Friends of France, the iew international society formed for nwrnnHnn r?f nln?pr SDPlfll find ill ellectual relations between this conn* ry and France. With other distinguished womea >acking the movement she has tenlered the n&e of her salon to the soiety for the reception of American*! isiting in Paris. Marshal Joffre is one of the honeary presidents of the organization. ; A branch of the society is to be or anized in the United States. Princess Murat Is well known in few York, where in her girlhood she ras known as one of the most beautlul women of her set. j RAIN STALLED BY BEARS I leld Up in Pennsylvania Woods for Jtelf Hour by -Bruins?Engineer Has Scare. ? i Johnsonburg, Pa.?A log train on the >ahoga & Highland railroad was held p for a half hour by two large black ears south of Highland. j The log train was moving siowiy up tie hillside when Engineer Johnson iseovered the two bears, weighing bout 300 pounds each, standing on ie track a few hundred feet ahead of :ie train. As the train approached :ie spot they failed to move. Johnson pulled the bell cord, but ac clang of the bell or the blast of le whistle failed to frighten the ruins, who stood and gazed at tne a]proaching train. j Knowing that it would be impossible ) kill the bears at the speed his eavy train was moving up the hill, arid ?ariiig an attack if he injured them,' ohnson stopped the train, and badly j ightencd, watched the bears for. bout half an hour, when they slowly, ?.uueicu off into the forests* j I t'i.EAX A SOLDI!- R i IN CANADIAN AK3IY l ? i Joined Canadian K'ffiment in Juno, IJUO, and Has Since Been in Many ! , Battles ! . c The State. ' ( - T Xewberrv, Sept. 19.?Good '"Old Dutch." His friends have heard from him after a year of uncertainty and i { *t's just as they had thought all alor 1 he is "somewhere i-i France," and has been for more th&n a year, fighting 1 for his country an l for liberty. ! * j 1 In June. 1916, F. D. McLean, in- j structor in Newberry College, left ] N'ew berry suddenly, without telling ( any one where he was going. He left j everything concerning his college , work and his own iffairs in shipshape. , I J Many thought that he had gone awnv , And so he had. Dr. Harms received j And so he had. Dr. Harms receives! a letter yesterday from "Bo"' Ash-' baugh of Columbus, Ohio, saving that McLean's father b"*1 lust got a! letter from him "somewhere in: France," telling h m that he was well j and telling abou-.. his experiences since leaving the States. McLean went directly Xorth from Newberry and joined a Canadian regiment, made up mostly of 'American?.; The regiment weit across to France in the summer o? 1916. McLean has! i been in every battle with it?and it !< NOTICE TO SlC|_WOMEN Positive Proof Thai Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetable Compound Relieves Suffering* Bridgeton,N.J.?"I cannot speak too highly of Lydia S. 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