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WAR TO THE END
Mifistrite Eirby Writes Governor Bless#
He Will Net Give Up.
MAKES A PRETTY MESS
The Governor Tells llowden. His Appoiniev,
U> !-?St Ti^ht, and Thfll He
11*111 #l,o it A# ?1w.
w AAA W 111V .'IOIWTI ni UIC
Proper Time ami in the Proper
j Way."
"Having been appointed for two
years or until my successor is appointed
by and with the consent of
the senate, I regret that, under the
existing circumstances, I do not feel
authorized or duty bound to surrender
the office of magistrate," saia
Ma J. August H. Kirby, magistrate at
Spartanburg, in a letter which he
jwrote Got. Cole L. Bloaso Friday
In answer to the executive's letter informing
him that his commission was
cull and void.
"Go ahead and perform your duties
as magistrate, and pay no attention
to Mr. Kirby," is the advice received
from Gov. Blease by J. Malcolm
Bowden, who was appointed by
the governor to Bucceed Maj. Kirby.
Another magistrate, W. C. Harrl son,
of Readvllle, who was recommended
for reappointment by the legislative
delegation, declines to surrender
his office to the governor's appointee,
T. O. Fowler.
These were Friday's developments
in tho magisterial muddle in Spartanburg
county, says The State.
Maj. Kirby's letter to the governor
follows in full:
"f'Hon. Cole L. Blease, Governor, Co
UUUlUItt, O. *J.
"Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours
of the 8th inst., in which you say
your successor having been appointed,
your commission as magistrate is
hereby revoked and made null and
Told.'
"Having been appointed for two
4ifc years or until my successor is appointed
by and with the consent and
advice of the senate, I regret that
under the existing circumstances, I
do not feel authorized or duty bound
to surrender the ofllce as magistrate.
"I was prepared to turn over to my
Successor the ofllce of magistrate, had
lie heen appointed and commissioned
as the law reuires, as per civil code,
section 982.
"You having ignored the recommendations
of the Spartanburg coun.
ty delegation and the senate, I am
^ advised that I should hold over as
legal magistrate.
"Yours respectfully,
"A. H. Kirby,
" Magistrate.'
Mr. Ttowden wrote Gov. Dlcase that
in compliance with the governor's instructions
he had made formal demand
of Maj. Kirby, in the presence
of a witness, for the books and papers
of the magistrate's ofllce ana
that Maj. Kirby had refused to give
them to him. Mr. Bowden has received
a letter from Alexander Rowland.
private secretary to the governor,
stating:
"The governor is in receipt of your
A 9 *1 u ^
kvvci ui uimuu o una airects me to
advise you to go ahead and perform
your duties as magistrate and pay
no attention to Mr. Klrby, that the
matter will he attended to at the
?roper time and In the proper way.
"Yours very truly,
"Alex. Rowland,
"Private Secretary."
There Is considerable speculation
as to what "the proper time and the
proper way" will he. It Is said that
If the govornor should now attempt
to remove Maj. Klrby "for cause" It
would be a virtual acknowledgement
that he had no authority arbitrarily
to re\oke the commission as he has
done.
It Is expected that the matter will
be adjudicated when the rival magistrates
present their claims for salary.
Roth aro doing business, but not
nearly so much as if there was no
cloud on their titles of the office.
The other Spartanburg magistrate,
Robert J. Gantt, whose right to the
office Is not disputed, Is being
swamped with business. Many litigants
are fearful that decisions or
judgments rendered by either of the
other two might not hold.
Magistrate Harrison of Reidville
was in the city Friday in consultation
with MaJ. Kirby. He was commissioned
as magistrate in 1910 ny
Gov. Ansel to fill out the unexpired
term of R. L. Pearson, resigned.
The delegation recommended him
for reappointment. Gov. Blease
ignored the recommendation and appointed
T. O. Fowler magistrate. Mr.
Harrison has received a demand from
Mr. Fowler for the official books. He
has declined, however, to give up the
books and is prepared to conduct all
business that may arise. *
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Murderer Captured.
Bascora Carlton, charged with the
murder of Deputy Sheriff White and
A. Schneider last Sunday night at
Espanola, Fla., while they were
searching hlna and two other prisoners,
was captured at 2 o'clock Wednesday
morning on Island In the
middle of a lake near there.
AN OBJECT LESSON
THAT IS WHAT THE FARM OF
CAPT. J. M. MOSS SURELY IS.
The System Used on His Thirteen
Hundred Acre Farm Should Be
Used by Others.
There are in South Carolina more
Improvements in recent years in developing
farm lands and in developing
farmers than have ever been true
before. Every county in our State
can furnish object lessons in this important
respect. A correspondent of
The State writes as follow^ concerning
the farm of a well-known successful
farmer:
"Your correspondent had the pleasure
a few days ago of visiting the
home of Capt. J. M. Moss, whose
1,300-acre farm lies within two miles
of the flourishing town of Cameron.
Progressive farming methods in every
meaning of the term are here In
evidence, and the leading spirits
guiding it all aro Capt. J. M. Moss
and his son. Thos. C-. Moss. For many
years, of course, the work wns done
by Capt. Moss, but for some years
now the active management of all
of the affairs of the farm have been
in charge of Thos. C. Moss. The
present order and system of this fnrm
combines in such flne style all thai
should belong to progressive farming
of today that a brief recital of it
will not only be a benefit to the
people of the State, but will furnish
an object lesson of which any young
ninny should be proud.
The system on this farm is such
that there are five divisions, and
these are systematically worked in a
businesslike manner each year, rotation
and diversified farming being
cardinal principles. These five divisions
include the culture of cotton,
corn, grain, oats, asparagus, stock
and poultry raising. Your correspondent
greatly regrets that this artic.e
must necessarily be condensed and
brief, for the systematic details of
work on this farm should be known
to other planters In South Carolina.
The soil is light and loamy, but
has been developed to a high state of
cultivation. Seventy acres last year
yielded 600 pounds of lint cotton pei
acre. Another field of 3 4 acres planted
in cotton after peas with 600
pounds of phosphate and muriate of
potash made a yield of 600 pounds of
cotton to the acre. On 12 acres of
this same light soil 1,200 bushels of
corn were made with what might be
termed medium fertilizer, it may be
incidenatlly remarked just here that
the "Williamson plan" of corn culture
is Included In the progressive details
of this farm.
Mr. 'Moss has 14 acres in asparagus.
and has been cultivating and
shipping this crop for seven years.
A correct estimate of his business
methods of farming may be easily
inferred from the fact that his net
profits from this field have averaged
$900 per yearr. In addition to these
crops, Wr. Moss makes each year fine
grain crops.
Mr. Moss is in no s?nse a "cottontot,"
and has always believed in diversified
farming. He plants in rotation
each year under his own cultivation
100 acres in cotton, 80 acres in
corn, 80 acres in oats and 14 acres
in asparagus. Much of the 1,200
acres composing this farm are splendid
timber lands, and, in addition to
what Mr. Moss plants himself, he
rents a large portion of the land to
tenants and farms on shares with a
good many others. Some Interesting
details can be mentioned here. For
instance, Mr. Moss has long been a
breeder of cotton seed, and showed
mo something less than a bushel of
seed which he said $f>00 would not
buy. I paid a visit to his smoke
iiuusc. ana wnen l saw tne hams,
shoulders, sides, sausage, lard and
less profusion filling up a large
smoke-house, I was reminded at once
of the wonderful stories of antebellum
days.
Young Mr. Moss has been a stork
raiser for some years, and now he
has bought the very finest breeds of
registered stock and Intends to make
this a special feature of his farm. Ht
has a heard of short-horn cattle,
nunvl>erlng in the neighborhood of 60
or 75, and this herd contains some
of the very finest registered stock
that can be seen anywhere. The shipments
in the last years, have averaged
30 or 4 0 annually, in addition
to what was sold In the neighborhood.
A splendid lot of Berkshire hogs
were next seen, and Mr. Moss, in
speaking of these said: "It is my
intention to have the best Berkshire
hogs in the State, and that is just
what 1 am going to have." When
one meets and talks with this progressive
young farmer who is a college
graduate, sees his energy and
ability and learns what he nnmnio?
to do it is easily soon that here is a
young farmer of whom South Carolina
will one day bo proud.
In addition to tho hops and oatflo,
Mr. '.Moss had some of the finest
young mule and horse colts I have
ever soon. Those were all homoraised,
and no finer specimen could
bo found anywhere. Tho horse pasture
contained about four acres, and
this had a splendid growth of Bermuda
grass. This also had a large
growth of pecan trees. Mr. Moss is
enthusiastic over Bermuda grass. He
says he can graze on this four acres
not less than 20 or 25 horses, and
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WANTS BAILEY
TilUua Says Texan Onght to be Senate
Leader for Democrats.
BUT HE WILL NOT BE
The Senator Has a Chat With Governor
HIea.se, Which is Said to Have
lteen Hrief Hut Friendly?Will Not
Attend Special Session When It
Meets.
Senator Tillman savs that the only
thing that can carry him back to
Washington for the extra session is
to see a Democratic senator from
Main sworn in. Senator Hale, who
is to be succeeded by Senator Johnson,
s]>eaks very highly of bis successor.
The Columbia Record says:
The senior senator from South
Carolina is looking very much better
than he did a few months ago, but
he has been told that it will be best
for his health not to return to Washington
and enter upon the activities
of the special session: still. It may be
that the call will be too strong for
him, when the fighting begins. There
is nothing new in a tariff fight, however,
says the senator, and he has no
appetite for gnawing an old none.
In the opinion of Senator Tillman,
the minority leadership in the senate
ought to be conferred on Senator
llailey. for whose ability he has a
very considerable admiration, but
there is, as ho expresses it, a coterie
in the senate which is jealous of the
Texas senator and it is not likely the
honor will go to him. It would he
unprecedented to make a new senator
the leader, the "pillars of the
temple would fall ahout our ears, '
says the senator, if that were done,
and it. may be that Senator Culberson
will be again made minority leader.
Som - Appropriations.
Senator Tillman succeeded in having
an appropriations of $60,000
made for the dredging out of the
moutn to tne dry dock of the Charleston
navy yard. The navy department
experts havo been claiming thai
there is a deposit of silt in the river
opposite the dry dock's mouthy which
prevents large ships going into the
dock and the purpose of this appropriation
is to have the silt removed.
Inasmuch as there was no river and
harbor bill passed at the recent session,
there was no appropriation
made for the general improvement of
the Charleston harbor, and this will
not be available until the next regular
session, when a rivers and harbors
bill will be brought In.
Senator Tillman, however, had had
put in the special appropriation bill
an item of 517,000 for the Port Royal
station and he intended to look after
the Item when the bill went to
conference, but the conference committee
met late at night when the
South Carolina senator was absent
and the item was lost in that way.
For the marine barracks at Fori
Moultrie the senator had put in the
bill an appropriation of ffi.OOO, which
remains and will be available ariet
the first of July.
A new thing for South Carolina
will be the fish hatchery which is
provided for by an appropriation of
$2,.r?00 in the sundry civil appropriation
bill. It will be left to the officials
of the department to determine
where this fish hatchery will be located,
but it will probably be in the
that At her ?l. ?.?1 J ? ?A A "
Utnui mi uicin nnuilltl IU)l Iilll lO
plant Bermuda grass. The hog pasture
is large and splendidly eulpped,
and in this mulberry trees take the
place of pecan trees.
As might be easily inferred every
detail of this farm is in keeping with
what has been mentioned. I saw two
of the finest poultry yards I ever
expect to see anywhere, the one being
filled with partridge eochen chickens
being hard to eual. These birds are
1 perfect in plumage and size, and Mr.
Moss makes as much a specialty of
pure breeding here as he does in the
other departments.
The drainage was used all over
this beautiful farm, which added
much to its beauty and usefulness.
Of course tbe latest farming utensils
were used here?sulky plows, corn
shellers, reapers, rakes, sweep-hayrake,
feeder, stacker, hay balers?in
fact, everything modern pertaining to
i the cultivation of crops. I did not
see a stump in any field, and have
never seen a prettier farm. The
farm house was a fine specimen of a
country home, showing up white and
beautiful against the dark green
background of the woods. Waterworks
and sewerage were here, and
acetylene gas furnished the lights.
Within this home I found all the
graces and culture which belong to
our representative families, and your
correspondent will long remember
the cordial and courteous hospitality
which greeted him. This splendid
work was begun by Capt. J. M. Moss,
but is now being carried on successfully,
energetically and thoroughly
bv his active young son, Thos. C.
Moss. It seems to your corresponding
in a business-liko way all of the
ing in a businesslike way ail of the
work that should be done on the farm
and what lie continues to make of it
should be watched with interest."
J. E. N.
i
BLOWS UP THE TOWN
DYNAMITE SHOCKS WRECK VII/I/AGE
IN WISCONSIN.
Nearly Every House in Village of 700
Inhabitants Carried Down by Force
of Concussions.
Smouldering ruins and the wrecks
of onttaffns # row oito
I ?0 w w V >? Vi?v Ol VO V# 1 I UU
little village of Pleasant Prairie, Wis.,
where Friday night the magazines of
the Dupont de Nemours Power Company
exploded, killing at least one
man, injuring 200 persons, causing
damage of $1,500,000 with a radius
of 100 miles, and rucking seven
States.
While the officers of the company
assert that all the employes except
E. S. Thompson, a foreman, were accounted
for, three of the men could
not be found after the explosion.
Pleasant Prairie is ten miles west
of Kenosha, Wis. The powder mill is
a mile north of the village. The forte
of the explosion completely demolished
the houses on Geneva roan,
which were nearest the mill, and
every house in the village was wrecked.
Almost equal damage das done in
Bristol, four miles west.
Blown from their beds and with
the wrecage of their houses tumbling
about them the residents of
Pleasant Prairie loaded their half
clad families on farm wagons aud
moved in a long procession in search
of shelter in Kenosha.
The escape of Supt. Clarence Brady
was remarkable. He was in the soda
house with Engineer Flynn at the
time of the explosion. The men were
blown through the building and landed
on the roof of the adjoining magazine.
This exploded instantly, and
Brady and Flynn, the latter badly injured,
were thrown a hundred feet
from the building. Flynn suffered
internal injuries and inhaled poisonous
fumes. His condition is precarious.
Hrady escaped practically unscathed.
Brady's wife of three months in
his residence a mile from the works,
was badly cut by broken glass and
bruised by falling debris. That the
powder in the plant was being rushed
through on a hurry order from the
government for use in the Texas
frontier was denied Friday night by
Supt. Brady. When daylight gave a
clear view of the ruins it was set-u
that the Are was out.
Three holes marked the sites
where thre? of the magazines haa
stood. The holes were each more
than fifty feet across and as deep.
One had broken into a spring and was
half full of water. Part of the engine
houso and tho hundred foot
brick chimney of the plant still stand.
The village was almost completely
deserted by women and the men here
went hungry. Not only are most of
the stores blown down and broken up,
hut the supply of food is so scattered
as to be of little use.
The district school house near the
village was wrecked. It was not necessary
to dismiss school, however,
for of the 4 5 pupils all but a halt
dozen either were too injured to attend
or had moved with their parents
during the night to places of safety.
A steel cylinder, thought to have
heen used in the glazing room, was
hurled through the air and crashed
through the roof of the general store. I
two miles away, tearing a hole five
feet in diameter through the roof,
the first, and second floor and into
the earth. H. A. King, in an adjoining
room, was thrown to the floor
unconscious by the shock. Roads and
fields in the vicinity are strewn witn
boulders, some of which weigh soveral
hundred pounds.
In spite of tremendous force of the
explosion and the fact that nearly
every one who was within ten miles
of the factory when it took place was
hurt, in no more than a half dozen
cases were the injuries severe. *
coast section of the State.
Senator Tillman is very much
pleased on account of the election of
Prof, lliggs as president of Clenison
College. He attended the recent
meeting of the Clcmson hoard and
was gratified that the board unanimously
came to his opinion that Mr.
Riggs is the best man for the presidency.
The senator considers that
his lone familiarity with the conditions
at Clemson, his magnetic personality
and his youth and energy
will enable Mr. Riggs to accomplish
a great deal as the head of the institution.
He has been acting president
for some time and things have been
moving very smoothly during that
time.
Senator Tillman keeps thoroughly
posted on South Carolina affairs and
readily dismisses the flno points of
the recent controversies which have
been going on in the State. He is
strongly of the opinion that there is
no violation of the constitution in
any one holding the position of State
college trustee and another otllce, but
is glad that the matter will be settled.
At the request of Oovernor Tllease
the senator called on the governor
when ho was in Columbia a few days
ago and they had a brief but friendly
chat about current events.
The senator was accompanied
home from Washington by Mrs. Tillman
and it is their expectation to
remain at Trenton during the spring,
as their two daughters are to be
married within the next few
months.
USE BIG SUM
Congress Appropriates Orer One Billiei
Dollars Lasl Sfuiin
NEAR THE ESTIMATES
According to Roth Tawncy and Livingston
This Exceeds President
Taft's Figures by Only One Million
IMlJars Wien He Estimated
Amount to Run the Government.
Appropriations at the last session
of congrees aggregated $1,025,498.662,
according to the statements issued
Friday by Former Representativev
Tawney of Minnesota and Livingston
of Georgia, who were respectively
chairmen and ranking
Democrat of the house appropriations
committee in the last congress. Mr.
Tawney saying this is less
than $1,000,000 in excess of the
total estimates of President Taft on
which the appropriations are based,
pays high tribute to the executive
for good faith in scrutinizing estimates
and computes that the surplus
of revenues uext year will be not
less than $26,542,000, which, with
any part of the treasury cash balance,
may be applied to the sinking fund.
Against this Mr. Livingston says
the last session record demonstrated
that when the Democratic party
comes into complete control of tho
government, "this billion dollar mark
for a session's appropriations established
four years ago at the first session
of the Sixtieth congress, ran not
be substantially lowered, if lowered
at all."
Mr. Tawney renews his recommendation
for the consolidation of the
appropriating Jurisdiction of the
honso under a single committee ot
sufficient size to be representative of
all sections of the country and of all
branches of the public service. Eight
committees now consider and report
appropriation bills and Mr. Tawney
says no reform is more important.
The committee on appropriations,
which reports more than half of the
total appropriations of congress, reported
during the first regular session
of the last congress $16,933,925
less than the estimates, while the appropriations
by all the other appropriating
committees, according to Mr.
Tawney, were $27,931,402 in excess
of the estimates. Mr. Tawney claims
that if this consolidating reform had
been effected, it would have saved
$62,000,000 at that session alone.
Mr. Tawney says one of the evils
incident to this divided appropriation
jurisdiction is the practice of making
appropriations immediately available,
large portions of many appropriation
bills being in fact designed to cover
up deficiencies in the preceding year.
He points out that the aggregate for
the past session, which includes $4.000,000
for the Appalachian forest
reserve, is $2,500,000 less than the!
uggregato for tho preceding session j
of congress and that the agsreate j
of the entire last congress, which ox- ,
act aggregate Is not given In his
statement, is an increase of $f>00,000 j
over the preceding congress. (
Mr. Tawney says that in the six ,
years of his chairmanship of the ap- (
propriations committee the estimates
have amounted to $6,061,257,132, of ,
which congress granted all but $icr>,- j
662,264. j
Declaring that the Democrats want ,
to save the people of thle country j
from tho danger which threatens
them because of the rampant expen- j
dlture of their money that has been ,
going on for the past 12 years, Mr. ,
Livingston in his statement contends (
thaft militarism is a menace and that (
Democratic accession will prevent national
bankruptcy. He says it is a ,
superhuman task to restore expenditures
to a normal level because of the (
enormous liability fastened upon the
treasury "by the statutory increase of 1
the enlisted strength of the army and i
navy four-fold since Mr. Roosevelt (
was so unhappily called to the execu- ,
tive office of the republic."
Sounding a note of warning ,
against "threatened onerous" direct
tax with all its Inquisitorial features, ,
Mr. Livingston said that if that day
comes, "tho people will rise in their ,
might with a cry that will oc heard '
to the remotest corners of the earth
and shako from themselves and their
I>oBtority the manacles of burden- (
some taxation fostered by the Repub- ,
lican party. That day is not distant
unless we stop instanter in this precipitatious,
money wasting race wo
are now engaged in." 1
Mr. I.ivingston says the nations of (
the old world stand agape and won- ,
der over the magnitude of appropriations
and increased federal activity.
He compares appropriations for the
Fifty-third congress, the last Democratic
one, aegregating $91 7,013,i>2S,
with those of the past congrese for
the two fiscal years of 1911 and 10*2,
aggregating $2,0.r>9,?,91,291 and declares
that in 12 years there has
been more than T?00 per cent increase
in all expenditures, the army
and navy each increasing more than
IPO ner eont Tin iK.cnooto e.~
incoming; Democratic house economy,
particularly in those government departments
relating to the enormous
expenditures for war purposes."
FARMERS' UNION
'RESIDENT BARRETT TELLS OF
ITS GOOD WORK.
ajrH They Have Made Federal ConKrew
Sit Up and Take Notice?Situation
Changed.
"That the power of the farmer,
one held In cold Rortae* hnn l??n
irought forth," and made its effect
elt on congress, Is the statement
aade by President Charles S. llarett,
of the Farmers' National union,
n a letter issued to the members of
ho organization. The letter follows
n full:
To the officers and members of the
farmers' Union: Your national and
itate officials who have been workng
in Washington this winter in belalf
of the Farmers' Union have
ound that congress is growing more
esponsive to the demands of the
American farmer than at any time la
ts history.
That we hare not written demands
>f the farmers' Union into legislalon
is due, not to lack of influence,
>ut to ihe congestion inevitable with
l short session and the demorallzalon
consequent upon pending politcal
changes.
So far as a parcels post is con erned,
I am convinced that that
neasure, in a national and not a ru al
sense, is nearer than any of our
nembers, or than, say, of the pollli:ians,
imagine.
The lobby against the parcels post
ias shot its bolt. It has exhausted
ts ammutation. If an extra session
s called, congress will in all probibility
enact a general parcels post,
f there is no extra session, the
shances are strong that a general
jarcels post will be authorized at the
egular session next December.
ii you win cug up tue letters I
tuhlished last winter from congressnon.
you will find that in nearly
>very instance they Rave non-coinnital
replies to the question regardor
a parcels post.
Hut tho situation has chanR"d.
At any moment, you may expect a
Kittalion of statesmen to proclaim
oudly that they have all along been
n favor of a parcels post. Next, von
nay expect them to work for it with
i vim.
The explanation of this singular
ibout face as an easy one.
The congressman has heard from
he farmer! Representatives and
lenators from nearly all the states
iave been literally bombarded| with
otters from their farmer constltusnts.
The power of the farmer, long held
n "cold storage," has been brought
orth! The result was inevitable.
I regard this spectacle as a vindlatlon
of my often repeated declaraion
that the farmer has only to make
limself heard to have his wants supdied?in
a congressional sense.
It takes tho spur to make the congressman
live up to his campaign
iromises. The farmer is finding out
tow to use the spur.
In this connection, yon ought to
tnow the strange effect that otficelolding
and life in Washington had
jpon congressmen.
We have particularly noticed durng
this session, the mild and tame
conduct of some of the representaives
who were genuine fire-eaters on
:be stump.
While they were appealing for
your votes they pawed dust like a
stallion, promised to reform everything
overnight, and to "start something"
the moment they were sworn
in.
But, lo! the chango the moment
Lhey get In congress! Then, with
many of them, the principal object la
to panhandle a few little jobs for
constituents, sneak up on some little
committee assignment keep free seed
going, glut the malls with agricultural
bulletins and free government publications,
and havo a good time
themselves.
It Is true that, seml-occaslonal'y.
they rear up on their hind legs and
bellow thunder. But investigate
closely and you will generally find
the subject is a trivial one, that it
won't hurt anybody, and that all the
sand-raising is to make tho folks at
home believe their faithful servant
isn't asleep at the switch.
There are some strong, energetic
and loyal congressmen, it is true. I
believe their number are increasing.
But they need to bo increased still
more rapidly, if the farmer wants
(o get tho service to which ho is entitled.
The country gets no better or more
active congressmen than It deserves.
If you are not satisfied wilh the
brand of statesmanship being ladled
nut from Washington, Just search
your own soul as to how far you are
personally responsible for e">ctlng aa
incompetent!
If they kill the anti-cotton Rambling
bill at the present session, wo
have Rood prospects to pass it at aa
extra session in next December.
It is certain to be eventually enacted.
I have the assurance of some
of the best informed congressmen for
this assertion.
For their ability and loyalty, and
timeless co-operation, I owe a debt
of thanks to your national and state
officials and other prominent workers
who have assisted In our dealings
with congress this winter.
(Signed) Charles S. Barrett.