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Btmwell P«opl«. mo. V. mm Uitir 1 Pmr caoici cocm C1BCULA oi r T1UB8DAT. OCTOMR 10, 1«* rVINO. l»k) TBS HIGH COrtT OF U (A OootrlbuUd KdUorlit! Tfc« blgb oo»t of ilTlfig hai been apt Ij lUiiMrateJ by tb« following story In «bleb • ragged child aotorl a butchar’a •bop and aaya, ‘'Ploate, •Ir.and I want throe eentt worth of aauaage.” The batcher poofceto the pennies and turn ing to tl>4 child says, ’'Go and stnel the aausage hook.” are soaring In height until they are ont of sight, and In many beyond the roach of the average parse. BtatistloisM who delight In long columns of figures have told us that wo pay more now than our fathers did in war tlmea. The political parties ' In their dhalre for votes eagerly tell the voters that they will surely reduce the cost of living If they yote for their par ty and candidates. Congress has from time to time appointed wUe and learn ed men on commissions to find ont who Is responsible for the Increased cost of living. The producer doesn’ get high prices for his farm products although the consumer ha* to pay high prlcea for them. Bo the blnrae la laid on tba middleman who buys at a low price from the producer and tells the consumer. The firmer says that he has to pay bis profits lu the railroad and express companies and to the com mlMlon merchants. The cattle raiser •ays &aI he Is not getting anything for hla beef, but the packing eompan lea reap the harvest. Ho the story goes, eaeh laying the blame on tbs other, While the farmer get* nothing out of tba wave of prosperity. The high cost of living Is accounted for by Increased production of gold Mora gold was produced In 1911 than was In clrculaMou in the whole world In 1492, and for the past fifty years thla baa been tbo case. From ihl* I would appear that the more gold, tli cheaper It would be to live. But mon •y baa become cheaper while commitdl ttea have remained stationary. Cut two man on an Island with so much monay for ooe and *o much provision for tba etber, and prices will he the same day after day. But let the man with the money unexpectedly find much gold as he had, and then he < pay twice as much for the same amouo of commodities. Money Is cheaper but not oommodlliee. Every time the farmer gets a dollar out of somebody alae, then soma one geta about a dolls and a half out of him. A good part of the blame hat bean laid at the door of tariff favored trusts Formerly there was oowpeiltinn be. tween the Jianufactorert, and tbo law of supply and demand controlled prions. But now the manufacturers have combined and altber by a contract or gentleman's agreement decide that they will get a certain price for their output, whether It le worth it or not It la a well known fact that the manu facturer will pay the expense of menu featuring and freight shipment* to Kn rope and sell his products there for i cheeper price than In America. The difference he pule Into his pocket on all borne »a>e AI moot everything uaed except what he ral»es at home, he must buy from the trusts But a still greater reason for the high coat of living Is found In our in creased desires, for it lakes more to eatlefy ua than formerly. When the butober Is asked why tbs price of beef areak baa gone up, be will tell you that everybody wants beefsteak and nobody wants tba cheaper cute. The let* de sirable cute are left on his hands. Our mothers managed to produce very tempting dishea from her garden, but now the garden has given plsee to the paper sack from the nearest grocery and we prefer to patronise the output of the cannery to our own garden spot. In our boyhood days It wss noihlug uncommon to see honest, respected cit- Isens clothed In homespun which had never paid a cent to the tariff baron# The raw cotton, the spinning, weaving and making was all dona at home. They were as comfortable in winter and summer as we are, but we are not •atletled to wear homespun ourselves. Some real works of art were produced by our grandmothers In their counter panes and quilts, and every bride pro vided her-chest of bed linen. But their children prefer the output of bought bed covering. In the old days the shoemaker came to eacb family in the fall and spring to provide the family with shoes which ranged all the way from the calfskin booj» for the dandy to tke-*eft sheep- skio slippers for tbe grandmothers. But tbelr children prefer to spend money for the shtay patent leather products of the shoe trust. In the days when the handiwork of the cabi net maker turned out eubstautial and simple furniture for tbe home our fathers enjoyed life In the use of their products. But tbelr children cannot set up housekeeping nntil they hare contributed liberally to the coffers of the furniture trust. Nobedy denies that gingham is at comfortable as silk, * but we don’t want tbe gingham, we , prefer the allk. A silver watch is a« good a time piece n the gold watch, hut we don't want the silver watch any r more. To stole tbe question a little differ- -eutlj and In line with a recent work of Action, we are trying to keep up with neighbors. When one man in buys an antomobllo, then other i^fhel that they meat have one, too, np with him. When a mother glvee her daughter a diamond Mag, the ether young iegtee lu her set are set eallsAed ealfl they are elmllarly adorned. When one young lady ferls that her taooma will Justify a tailor- made oval suit, the ether young ladles In tbe congregation stay away from ehurch uatll they era similarly dratted. When one man In bla prosperity de cides that be la able to build a naw home, then other members of hit fam ily tel before them aa their goal of Ufa a mansion just as costly and equipped with all the eborenlenoet of the mod ern home. But just so long as you de clare that your boy mutt keep up with other boys, and your girls keep abreast of other girls, your ..wife or husband keep step In the luxuries of life, U It not much use to lay the blame for tbe high coat of Hying on the tariff or the trusts. It is due to your enlarged de sires. One day I overhead a dapper clerk receive a well merited rebuke from a prosperous mountaineer who was clad In jeans and hoeing potatoes. The clerk Judged the farmer by his appnr ances and said, ‘ You mutt find it pretty hard to makes Hying up here?” "No,” said the farmer, "we uns alnt like tarryplns We don’t put all we make on our backs.” When our people learn to live at home they will realise that ‘ content ment with godliness t» great gain ” The numerous circulars from Jack sonville, FIs , liquor houses now flood ing the mails bring to mind tbe talk of one travelling man to apother in Barn well last Hummer. He seemed to be telling straight facts, and hit employ ment csrtainly gave him the oppor tunity to know. He said In substance: "Thera are 170 mall order liquor houses In Jacksonville, all on the river, and a pipe runs from each one of (hem Into the river. They send out a soli,I train of express cars every morning, which goes solid to .Savannah, where it is di vided out for Georgia and South Caro lina towns. They could get rich on their goods If sold at a dollar and a half a gallon, and pay the government tax of a dollar and twedve cents out of that. The liquor making business In tbe United States bat been absorbed by foreigners, who don't wind poison ing good Americans. In my coun ty in North Carolina we had a dispensary managed by s good, honest man. At the end of the first year the directors had all the ll,|uor* analyzed. Only one brand wa* found pure. That was a home fnade corn wblakey. 1 have been drinking whiskey &> years and have swallowed enough to float a ship but I have managed to hold a fairly pweGh>fl. ,, Then he took hit de parture. Wilson Stands For a Principle Will You Stand By Him? Woodrow Wilson is a vastly different order of nun than you find among the ranks of many good men in practical political life. Woodrow Wilson is not among the great majority of politicians and business men, otherwise estimable characters, who befteve that the end justifies the means, who are honest in a commercial or political sense. The candidate of the progressive voters of the country not only does not believe in the doctrine of "anything to win,” but he insist* on plain old fashioned honesty in every detail of his campaign. Woodrow Wilson proposes to win on the merits of his candidacy and platform or not at all. "Clean hands or no fight” is Wilson’s ultimatum to his supporters throughout the country. No Tainted Money For Wilson Not a dollar of questionable money will be spent to elect Woodrow Wilson. The Democratic National Committee is heart and soul in accord with the candidate’ s views. And the corrupting influences, with no political faith, casting about to win a foothold in the new govern ment with bribes of ill-gotten gains, have despaired of reaching Wilson or his campaigners. They have gone to the enemy, whoever that enemy may be. It is a matter of common knowledge that the "Interests” are using all their political funds to defeat Wilson. This makes it your fight. What the American People Need to Know The people have conitandy made the misuke of believing that this is a money-ridden nation. Such is only the case insofar as the People fail to get together and so permit the few to control the dishonest representatives they, by mistake, elect to office. The actual money power of the People is still greater than that of the Interests. The Progressive People of the country, if they get together, can buy and sell the Corrupting Influences and destroy their financial power. So Woodrow Wilson and his managers believe that not only is it the only clean method but the most practical method for the Progressive People of the country to supply the Woodrow Wilson Campaign Fund. The People to Fight With THEIR Dollars This year a popular president is to be elected with the People’s money. The Woodrow Wilson Campaign Fund is to be collected from the rank and file of the Progressive Voters of the country. The bills of the Democratic National Committee are to be paid, not with the thousands of the Interests, but with the individual dollars of the earnest, eager voters who desire clean, efficient government and who are willing to help Wilson as he wants to be helped. Money thus needed is not spent in improper ways or in any manner similar to the way m which the funds of the Interests are disbursed* But ve have to 1*11 the voters of the country about Woodrow Wilson. We have to tell them what he has dune. We have to tell them what he stands for. We have to point out to them the important planks in his platform. All this means that to bold up our end we will be obliged to spend as much money as those who oppose us. This pneans that every man or woman who believes in Wilson should be willing to contribute to his cause. Let the supporters of Wilson help us to spread the Wilson gospel to tbe four winds. Let the Progressive Voters battle this year with their pocketbooks as well as their ballots. We Solicit Popular Subscriptions —Can You Give From $1 to $20? OCTOBKR OPPORTUNITI SALE Will begin OCTOBER 2SD and continue until OCTOBER 17TI Of course, you can—and you are glad to support the cause in this way. ly every voter can afford to give fl to aid the Wilson Cam many can giv Practical! ally every voter can attord to give e £>. And there are lots and lots of progressive voters who will ^aign. A grfat many < an ' <• 1*2. nate from II 11 to $2'). A great f j rntributioii-. We want to hear /i A eager to d< These are the kind of contributions we want. And we will be proud 10 receive from thousands, who can only afford tl, their (l o from every man who has a dollar to give. This year the man with the dollar must defeat the government traducer who spends his thousands. Qet Club Subscriptions If you know many Wilson men, if you work among many Wilson men, head a list with your name and money and get the others to jo> n you with their subscriptions. Then send your list with the money to C. R. Crane, Vice Chairman, Finance Committee, Demni r.ttic National Committee, 900 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. No loyal Wilson man can do more than this to assure Wilson's victory at the polls in N vrm’.e' How to Contribute to the Wilson Campaign Fund SlO the Ooe poo •ppoelte sad ail to £* sdoubi too rise Tbes sitseh roar wooer U> iSU Cou sddree* flvoa on tSe Ooepon Btsll voder M iSe I'll K SINEWS (»F WAR Within a week w* have receive lev era) appeals from the National I>emo- craile Committee for the collection of contribution* for payment of legit) mate expenses of the campaign for the Presidency. Csah Is earnestly needed, end mcney talks In the North more eloquently and convincingly than tongues or printed pages. Ws suggest that in each coosmun.ty some lire young Itemocrat gl\e a fe hour* to a canvas* for contribution* and aend such collections as he may make to Ttia State, Columbia, which will publish the name* of the t-ontrlb utors and forward the money to the National Committee. About forty political carpentars from all parts of the State met In Columbia last week and on Friday, the unlucky day, framed up the Progressive I’urtv, of which Theodore Koosevell was the original designer and Is present srchl tect It professes to be a white man's party and no kin to tba democratic and Republican organization!. A Roosevelt electoral ticket will be put In the Held for tbe November election, but no c^^ldate* for State offices will he nomlrmed. Candidates for Con gress will be run lu every district. Its funeral will take place on No vember otb, face downward. The only mention of the txdl weevil that we have seen in quite awhile w^s contained In a State exchange copied Trom the Atlanta Constitution. A farmer living 17 miles from the Gate 'ity had carried to Atlanta a specimen and informed the Constitution that there were a few in the cotton fields of himself and a neighbor. As the farm, er had never seen a boll weevil his find may have been a different sort of bug. If he was right the enemy i* lens than two hundred milea West of the Savan nah river. There will be no strike on the 14 esdiog Southern roads as was threat ened. The controversy was submitted to arbitration and a ten yer cent In- •reake In pay was agreed to. The em ployes luteresced number 13,000, three thousand of the number being negroes. The cost to the railroad of the new wage scale will be Sl.JoO.OOO annually. Conductors, engineers and train hands get the better pay. Track hands and yard men get the olJ pay rates. TENDERING TOUGH BEEF. A Barnwell housekeeper, noted for the excellence of the meats served on her table, described her methods to an Inquiring guest, who sometimes had tough steaks, stews and roasts at home: “Be sure that the utensil In which the meat Is to be cooked Is good cold If not cold, make It so by dipping It In a vessel of fiyjsb, conf water. Then place th* meat! In site frying pan, skil let or oven with tome grease, lard, but ter or oil, put tbe veaael on the stove pat the cover on and let it alone. It will cook delightfully. If meat is placed in a hot pan or oven tbe outside Is cooked into a hard cruat and the beat uannot have a softening effect oo the Interior of the steak oi roast. In stew ing or boiling beef put It In oold water, set on tba stove, cover and let It alone.” Av* writ# a lawar lo this paper irlbuior sad • Leila* rour iraaoM r 1 whr to C. R. Oeae. V M e . .Gktsaa*. 0L Ivlac roar DOtoS aa a eoo- roa bailer* Woodrow WUaoa abooid M aiectod Prealdoel ot lb* Usltod AtoOao la ihta war raw will b* Haled aa a Wlioon eooirlbwtor A ftooraotr Ito- Mlptibaadawalr lllbo*r»pbed. well worth frwalaa »Ui b# oaai to ToaYoar lattor will help la lb* Sabi br awoowractaa rear frVaoda < DoavwrrUiagroo sm to bold up Waasa'ahaadsiBhlsaiMa aoBpoifa tor Ska paopia who do iba worn sad SckUac at t&S ir* Woodrow Wilson Campaign Fund LOYALTY COUPON r* c. a. Ih* Chatrwna, naan* CanaitVoa, M fa—IWai. see UMi*n A«*. •„ Ch****a. SI. A* • U#»sff l» ths pro^rssslv# i<J*%is of ffovgrtinvcr*! r' - t^l m thu ^r» dkdsa y of Wo*4roes Wilson for Prwsiriun! <»f rmt^l and ih» -nd thst sasf isk• IA* nH|/*s fro# hsndorl untruma• >1 i V#te«1 ? ^ son# but th# p#of>l# of tfc# ooostry I • tah t '•••niri t.-it# tA »•* i gti * -n • h# au .. f # towsrd ti># #ip#a— of tio* W iisoti a Name Addrrtt K F f) State fcndorxetj by #4 ’W'o -will x\rin. -witti "Wilson!” F k i L —AT THE- Western Carolina Department / Store, Ne xt Door West of the Bank of Western Carolina, Opposite tbe Court House. Barnwell. H. C. When (he prospect and promise for a foil cotton flop whs glowing and growing l bought \ery largely in ml lines that I handle to meet the re quirement* tf my constantly increasing patronage. Realizing the certain shortness of the crop now low being gathered and marketed I tiod it abso lutely neci-p-arr to reduce my mammoth »to< k* as quirk \ a* poaaihle. So come, from far and near, to tile I'ryatal Front between the above named dates and profit by the beat buying opportuity of year*, of 11 v The Goods Shall Go 1 tie eii.ti mu*t crime. The kni f e ha« been put to 'he tide in ey. r \ price and the wi-e will reap tbe brnet>t,,f Hi m er con fl deni e. 1 liat I mean the •quare deal is proven try the l»fr.'ea given on the fmi page proclamation circular I l,av e i»»ued ( all or »end for a copy anil *tody I' w. | an I vou will tie the wiser and better off. A Now Feat it tv a ! !■ ! to 'l.e n’*i >o i | an | heaulif d attra. ’i >n> "I u V -tore., a • .perh ovrT. iit or U|> to -late n.-.t ■ i i i r v m ah • uie*. 11 e .i' of rq ut lie* f.r oniy *: '■ 1 »‘ \S . g an-’ w *t hu.g for Hi . 1 frier, |., I *oi *-e— | *( tl.„,J •.’(V,.. l l 1 NOTICE OK HK.COND URIHARY r.i.Kt rios. Executive fommittee Democratic 1‘srt v. Barnwell i nunty. Barnwell S . <' . Heplember i, Ihl J. Notice ii hereby glvea that a awcoad primary election of the Democratic party will be held on Tue»d*v, ' >cl<d>er 15th 1912, to nominate a candidate for Attorney General. I be follow Ing manager* sre hereby appointed to serve at sal 1 electloi MANAGERS OF KI.K< IloN O Keane, J I Harlev. Halford, D J /orn. K A (i y lea, < 9 W llaon, i t.to. .1 1’ John*. Jim W A Meyer, W F W G Han- R P G A Jr, Allendale W H M OoOrlann Karnwei: S J K Morns Bla- kv |||e W (’ C Htorne. Bal.lrx K S M Pearler Bennett Spi ing* Bates, D P Key. Bull Pond J I. Box, J H Harley, (' Gray Double Fond W H Hutto, I. Crofq Jacob Delk Dunbarton H P Anderson, 11 F Da vis, B F Anderson. Elko R M Grubbs, W fl Wmdey. ( W Htlr Fairfax W (i Kearae, W (r Speak*, M Ruck tier. Friendship H K Creech, J M ders, Ja* K*y. Four Mile F M .Youngblood, Griffin, M I. McKIbenny. Hill* .1 H Delk, J U ilrubbs. Eubank*. Hercules L H Mill. J \ Creech. J Morrin, Kll e: T K Hogg. J A Jenkins W H Mundy Jr Reedy Branch W S (.ruhb*. F IN Black. M () < rcech. Red Oak W I. R.ix'ev, T " Davis. W B Parker. Reaemarv RO Mitchell, P F Park or A 1 Me Lemur*. Siloam: H NN Sander*, R () Morris, O H Owen*. Spur Rrsnch: Jus J Ray, C H Py •he», H Jeff Hair. Sycamore No I: \V C Manuel, H K HaiUy. W H Mix«nn Hvctimore No J: RF Uoadholt, Dal las Deer, J A Ligbtsey Ulmer: J c Griffin, J NV Blount, T J Folk. WillDton: A Owens, M F Weatbers- bee, F T Merritt. Zouave: Jim Duncan, B W Peeples, W F Sea.*e. Rule 6 The managers of election shall open the polls at S o'clock A. M , and shall close them at 4 o’clock P, M. After tabulating the result, tbe mana gers »Iih11 certify the same and forward the bjallot box, poll list and all other papers relating to such election, by one of tbelr number to the chairman of the respective Democratic county execu tive committees within forty-eight hours after the close of the poll*. Rule G. Tbe county Democratic ex ecutive committee shall assemble at their respective court houses on the morning of the second day after the election on or before 12 o’clock M, to tabulste the returns and declare the result* o( the primary, so far as the same relates to members of the general assembly and county offices. Rule 7 The protests and contests for county offices shall be filed within two days after the election with tbe chairman of the county executive com mittee. Copv of rulee will be mailed to managers of aach club with tickets. R. C. Kirkland, County Chairman. PORTER-SNOWDEN CO. O'fton I .kt' ifs .tiki < j diimiAsp m '*> \.\hi h\'i mp111 CHARLESTON. k h.t'i! s. c. AH Cotton Handled on Commission Extrn Staple Cotton Speoiall y A Uoulil lie in recciw niiHiaiiiiciit' frimi om which will niiiiiiiaiul mir \cn • » host attention. B. yW/lZURSKY roprictof. 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