The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 28, 1917, Image 7
*-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.
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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. ' (
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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
!<
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SlC|_WOMEN
Positive Proof Thai Lydia
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Compound Relieves
Suffering*
Bridgeton,N.J.?"I cannot speak too
highly of Lydia S. Pink ham's Vegeta,,,
ihih.w^ihi ri^le Compound for
II I hUkBm| ! inflammation and
? jjlii other weaknesses. I
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; and would have termmm
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I could hardlv take a '
I ? step. Sometimes it
fllttf would be so misera-!
klQ ^at * cou^^ n?t!
sweep a room. I i
doctored part of the ;
BmmmMtime bat ten no J
change. I later took Lydia EL Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and soon j
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until I was in good healthy condition.
I recommend the Pinkham remedies to
all women as I have used them with such
fnod results."?Mrs. MlLFORD T. CUM
mings, 322 Harmony St., Penn'sGrove,
N. J.
Such testimony should be accepted by
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iy# Bwg pllillll
McLean is knov n tl* '
aro'ina as on 3 of th^lB
i?id h:i iVnt hn 11 nlnvprs t
>ver had. He came to ifl
rom Ohio, acting afl
farms' private secretary^^H
11 the 1916. He
ilected instructor in the co^4fl
illed the place satisfactorilv%reH^
mmediatelv at the close of his
rear as instructor, his going avay
ivithout telling where he was
s attributed to the supposition Zba? ^
le thought Dr. Harms might try to
Jissuade him from going?this cisroLrv
was not then in the war.
svay the game young ball player tail
popular student and instructor las
been heard from, and his host z?~
fiends are glad.
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A FAMILY
MEDICINE
In Her Mother's Home,# ^
Georgia Lady, Regarding nn
Draught. ReHef From Head*!
acte. Malaria. Chilli. Etc*.
Ringgold, Ga.? Mrs. Chas. (Mgafl
of this place, writes: "1 am & ?h
of Thedford's Black-Draught; h fasM
it was one of our family medk&nH
Also in my mother's home* vte J
was a child. When any of us
ren complained of headache^ w V
caused by constipation, she
a dose of Black-Draught,, which
rectify the trouble. Often in
Spring, we would have malaria xofi
chills, or troubles of tMs ldlTO
would take Black-Draught prttty nt- V
uiar until tne liver aciea mmmu
we would soon be up and tnwfi
again. We would not be wittlMtt 4
for it certainly has saved us So*i aaf :.
doctor bills. Just a dose of !? &Draught
when not so well ssm at
lot of days In bed"
Thedford's Black-Draugkt ka? ftoK *
In use for many years in tb* twl
ment of stomach, lir^r an<fc IcrelS
troubles, and the p*" Parity wiilcfe tfc
now enjoys Is of its martL
If your liver is not doing its. -fek %, -v
you will guf^r from such
able sympuios as headache^ S2fesfc*
il ???i? ?A?>
u66S| r^li'6lipaui;ur wim* n>
and r.rJvsg something: Is ddfl%.
trouble may result.
Taedford's Black-Draught lias tate
found a valuable remedy for fin?
troubles. It is purely vegetable ?&
acts In a prompt and natural WQg?
regulating the liver to its ycte?*i
functions and cleansing the barrels tflr
Impurities. Try it Insist on T&sfe? n
rows, tne original aaa genum*. m
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girl and she would
r question asked her.. J
:r prophet, however; r
)er; she is just a well ?
ecial telephone oper- B
to supply telephone
>ers. **,
ecessary records for ,
disposal and she is
lish numbers quick urteously.
'Information" to be
ervice to telephone
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