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Thursday, April 15, 1915.
The board of pardons had a meeting
the other day and made several
recommendations. There are many
who had forgotten there was such a
thing as a pardon board. It is quite
refreshing to know that a criminal
may not be turned loose upon the
public merely by writing a love-note
to the governor.
When Richard I. .Manning was
making his campaign last summer he
promised the people if elected to enforce
the laws. The governor is certainly
making strenuous efforts to redeem
his campaign pledges, and if
' he fails to do so. the blame will not
k be his. After a period of-such lax
enforcement of laws, the present activities
appear almost radical in their
natnro Smith Carolina is fast being
restored to'its former prestige.
A Pennsylvania lawyer, in pleading
against extraditing an Edgefield
negro to this State- front Philadelphia
for murder, puts up the argument
that a negro cannot get justice
in this State. Of course, the charge
is not fou?ded on truth. The trou
ble is. we suspect, the kind of "justice"
this lawyer would like for his
' ... client would not iikely result from
a trial impartially in this State or
elsewhere. It is high time the courts
put a stop to all this slander and
v senseless legat fighting made for the
y /*< . purpose, not of securing justice, but
for the simple purpose of liberating
' a man" charged with c^ime, w net her
he be white or black. y
Every mail brings newspapers various
and numerous kinds of matter
with requests to publish. This matter
comes from every source imaginable.
from the United States governmftnt
down to private individuals.
Some of it is good matter, but the
greater portion is some sort of a
free-advertising scheme. Any newspaper;
this one anyway, is glad to
get any kind of legitimate news, but
it is appalling to note how many
people-want the newspaper, especially
thek county newspaper, to boost and
advertise their private business for
them?gratis, of course. Speaking
along this line, the following, credited
to Ex-Governor Francis, of Missouri,
is?of interest:
"Each year the local paper gives
from $.">00. to $1,000 in free lines to
the community in which it is located.
.>'0 other agency can or will do
this. The editor in proportion to his
means, does more for his town than
' any other ten men. and in all fairness
he ought to be supported, not
i liL-o or aHmirp his I
UfCclU&tr lirv^ kit lu
writings, but because the local paper
is the best investment a community
tcan make. It may not be brilliantly
edited or crowded with thought, but
financially it is of more benefit to
the community than the preacher or
teacher. Understand me. I do not
mean mentally and yet on moral
questions you will find most of the
papers on the right side. Today the
editor of the local papers do the
most for the least money of any people
on earth."
Youthful Pessimist.
Young James was obviously disturbed
hv the almost incessant veils!
which his baby brother had been indulging
in tor the past, few minutes.
"What is the baby crying for?"
asked a kind-faced, motherly woman,
bending over the carriage.
"Oh I dunno: he's alw'ys cryin'. 11
never came acrawst any one wot!
looks upon the dark side o' things as
he does." rejoined James, with a
frown.?Harper's Magazine.
After a man has been married a
year or two he looks as neglected as
an old grave.
j KIHOPK IfFPKXDKXT OX FISH.
One of the Causes of Scarcity of
Fowl.
One of the most important and
hitherto undiscussed elements of the
i famine which lias become a bitterly
| significant phase of the war. and
' which, according to innumerable rej
ports, is growing steadily in various
countries of Europe, is brought clearly
to the attention of Americans by
William Joseph Showalter in a communication
to the National Geographic
society concerning the war and the
North sea fisheries. Discussing Europe's
endangered fish supply, this
writer says:
'Figuring in the dispatches now only
because of its war zones, its mined
areas, its hostile fleets, and its heavily
defended shores, the North sea, in
a few months, has been transformed
front one of the richest food-producing
areas in Christendom into a region
upon whose mastery may depend
the starvation of one or the other of
two of the mightiest nations of the
earth. In times of peace no other
like area in all the seas ever has given
to humanity such rich supplies of
food as this narrow strait separating
Albion from the continent of Europe.
During the year previous to
ihe present war, a million and a quarter
tons of fish' were taken here,
enough to fill a procession of fish
trucks reaching across the United
States from New York to San Francisco
via New Orleans.
"Just how serious this food shortage
caused by the war's embargo of
peace'ul effort in the North sea is.
and ma., become, we in America, for
whom fish forms such a minor part
of the daily diet, can comprehend only
with difficulty.
"Europe has depended very much
on these fisheries for fish supplies.
.More than half of all the fish produced
in all the waters of Europe are
caught, within the limited'territory
[that constitutes the North sea fishing
grounds. How much they are dej
pended upon is shown by the fact that
Great Britain annually absorbs 1,000.000.000
pounds of North sea
fish; that means,22 pounds per capita.
And while this is small in proj
portion to her per capita meat conl
sumption of 119 pounds, yet it is
i that margin which represents the
difference between a bounteous plenty
and positive hunger unless other
foods can be secured to^, take its
place.
"P.ormanv't rtpr>pnrlpnr-p ni)OR
North sea fish production fs much the
same as Great Britain's, while the
dependence of the north countries.
France, Austria-Hungary and Russia
is even greater." according to this
writer who explains that investigation
reveals that fact that as meat
becomes less and less important in
a nation's dietry. fish becomes more
and'more important. Great Britain
and Germany are shown to be the
great consumers of Europe, with respective
per capita consumptions of
119 and 113 pounds. France has a
per capita consumption of 80 pounds,
Belgium 70, Austria-Hungary 64. and
Russia 50.
".Moreover, a closed North sea has
thrown out of work a hundred thousand
Englishmen who manned the
steam trawl, the drafter and thd sailing
boat, together with tens of thousands
of German, Dutch, Danish
Scandinavian. Belgian and French
fisherfolk. While all supplies of
fresh fish are dwindling to negligible
amounts and while' little provision is
being made for future supplies of
dried and salt fish, it is to be- presumed
that warring nations had considerable
quantities of preserved fish
on hand at the outbreak of the war;
The vast proportion of fish consumed
in Europe is salt fish, and it forms
the mainstay of the larders of the
poor. But for the salt herring, there
are thousands of families in England
and on the continent who would very
rarely know the taste of fish.
"Grimsby is the fishing capital of
the world, with an annual output of
perhaps 300,000 tons of fish. .More
than COO steam trawlers operate from
this port in time of peace, and a special
harbor has been built for the
fish trade, including an outer basin
of 12 acres and an inner basin of
15 acres, and two dry docks. And
Billingsgate is the world's greatest
middleman's fish market, handling
the more than one million and a half
pounds of fish that is consumed every
day by London in normal times.
America need fear no North sea
dilemma in connection with its own
high sea .fishing banks, because,
thanks to the great American-originated
system of fish culture, we are
able to go on drawing a large part
of our fish diet from our inland
streams and lakes."
His Choice.
An old Scotchman was threatened
with blindness if he did not give up
drinking.
"Now, McTavish," said the doctor,
"it's like this: You've either got to
stop the whiskey or lose your eyesight?and
yotuinust choose."
"Ah. weel. doctor," said McTavish.
"I'm an aula man noo. an' I was
thinkin* I ha'e seen about everyj
thing worth seein'."
YOl'TH <;OOI) CORN (illOWKIS.
Sumter County Proud of Year-Old
Hoy Farmer.
Sumter county has not a Jerry
Moore ot' whom to boast, hut in Richard
Wells, the recently elected president
of the Sumter County Corn
club, it has a corn club member of
whom it justly feels proud and whose
example in corn club work might he
followed with great profit by every
farmer's boy in South Carolina, for
Richard has proved hiniself a practical
farmer and able financier.
On March 27 Richard was chosen
to the highest honor which the club
can bestow on one of their number,
the office of president, and the honor
was a merited one. showing that the
members of the corn club recognize
and appreciate merit. Richard lias
been a member of the Sumter County
Corn' club for five years and each
year he has come first or second in
average. He is now only 14 ?vears.
fi months of age and has three more
years as a member of the club before
he leaves for Clemson college to
study scientific methods of farming.
Richard is the son of Mr. \V. R.
Wells. Sumter, R. F. D. No. .7, an energetic
and industrious farmer, who
has learned how to partially protect
himself against low price of cotton
by diversification and by raising
grain, hay and other crops. This fact
indicates where Richard got at least
a part of the practicality which
makes his record so remarkable.
Record As Corn Grower.
Richard was bom on October 17.
1900. He entered the corn club
work in 1910 ahd has been a member
ever since. In his first year he
staged off well by winning second on
yield. In 1910 he raised 106.4 bushels,
this being his largest yield at
any time, and came first on profits
on his acre. In 1911, a bad year.
Richard came first on yield with
61.2."? bushels, and second on selection
of seed corn, in 1912 he made
second highest yield, 88.8 bushels,
and the highest average on points,
judged by yield, exhibit of ten ears
of corn, history of crop, showing of
profit on investment based on commercial
prices, for which he received
a ten-day free trip to the National
com exposition, at vunuu uia. iu
1913 he again made the second greatest
yield with 86.5 busjjels on his
acre, secured first on history of crop
and had the best paper on "How I
selected my seed corn in the field."
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| In 1914 Richard raised 77.25 bushels
Jon his acre, coming second in yield,
[second on history of crop and third
i on paper "How I selected my seed
i corn in the field," securing a free
! trip to Clemson college in attendance
[upon the 40-day agricultural course.
Won Many Prizes.
I Besides his trip to the National
j Corn exposition and his trip to Clemj
son college, which he will take next
isummer, Richard has won in prizes:
1910, cash $40 and suit of clothes:
j 1911, $12.50 in cash; 1912, $3 in
cash; 1913, suit of clothes, corn shell;er,
$5 stick pin and $15 in cash;
1914, $10 deposit in the savings deipartment
of a local bank and a culj
tivator, making a total of $80 in cash,
[besides the other prizes.
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j But Richard is not only a farmer
land a student of the soil. He is a
j good financier, as shown by the fact
; that he has saved up $285 from the
i prizes won and the profits accruing
I from his acre of corn, which he has
j lent out at eight per cent, interest,
j From the income he is carrying an
| insurance policy of $1,000. Besides
j these investments he has $25 in the
i savings departments of local banks.
jHe will use part of this money later
I on in paying his expenses at Clem!
son college, which he expects to atj
tend when he has finished the course
i at the Sumter high school. He is
j now attending the Wells school and
j is in the eighth grade. He is well developed
physically, and manages to
make enough by his own labor to buy
his own clothes and to keep some
I pocket change with him. He also
j aids his father on the farm, applying
his hand to .whatever task needs to
be done.
This is the record of Richard Wells
and, as stated before, it is one of
which he may well be proud, and he
is a member of whom the club is
proud. He has followed out the
methods of corn raising advocated by
the department of agriculture
through their extension work agents
and he has each year consistently
stuck to his acre in good or bad seasons,
and has made his report of the
cultivation of the crop. He has learned
much in soil building and practical
farming during the five years,
matters of vital importance in i
modern farming and in making ag-1
riculture^a success.
Heaven is Small.
First Hoy?My father's been everywhere.
Second Boy?Has he been to
heaven?
First Boy?Well, no. But lie's
been to everyplace of more than five
thousand population.?Life.
Glendale Spring Water delivered
by J. A. Murdaugh for 50c for 5gallon
bottle.?adv. tf.
WAS JAMKS HOYS' COOK.
Xejrro Wlio Had Fled Slavery Tell
oi Wrecking Train.
Awakened by the recent death o
Frank James, reminiscences ot' tin
murderous exploits of the notoriou
James brothers were reviewed a
Waukesha, Wis., by Fred McFeders
known as Hud, a colored porter, win
I cooked tor the outlaws.
The deep affection for the Janie
I brothers instilled into the heart o
this rescued slave Is shown as he re
lates the hazardous adventure
through the woods and hills of Min
nesota, Missouri, Kansas. Iowa. Ar
kansas and the Dakotas, but there i
biting scorn when he tells of tin
traitorous shooting of Jesse Jame
and the scattering of the band o
highwaymen and bank and train rob
hers.
"Jese James was one of thi
shrewdest men that ever lived," com
mented McKeders. "but he made om
bad mistake. Bob Younger had beet
wounded and left behind foilowini
a bank robbery in .Minnesota an<
Jesse sent his two brothers, Jim an<
Cole, back to kill him saying,
dead man tells no tales!' Bitte
words passed and the gang divided
The Younger brothers were capture)
in their attempt to aid their brothe
and I followed the James boys bacl
to Missouri.
"Jesse was rounding up new re
cruits and had organized a new ganf
when he was shot while hanging pic
tures in his own home by an accom
plice and a cousin. Bob Ford. " Hi
was rewarded by the State and pro
tected. Frank James surrenderee
to his governor and after serving it
the penitentiary several years wa
paroled, I understand, because hi
showed symptoms of consumption-,
left the gang about 1880 and haven'
seen any member of it since.
"Jesse James always was smootl
faced and usually had his hair clipp
ed. When ready to make a raid hi
would don a false wig and false mus
tache and disguise his coal blacl
horse with daubs of white paint. I
wasn't an uncommon thing for Jessi
to 'slick-up' in a frock coat and sill
hat ^nd mingle with the throng ii
some city and join in- a discussion o
the terrible Jam^s bandits.
"Probably the most daring robber:
moHo hr tho era nor ifoc that at th(
Kansas City bank during the fai-i
week, where $30,000 was stolen,
only saw the gang work on one occa
sion, my duty being to remain behim
and have meals ready when they re
turned.
"We were stationed near St. Jos
eph, Mo., and plans had all beer
made for ditching a limited train or
the Alton line. There was so much
track to be torn up I was asked tc
assist. The train came along shortl]
after midnight. The engine topplec
into the ditch, killing the engineei
and fireman, and the baggage, mail
express and passenger coaches wer<
robbed."
Two Incidents of the War.
We have just read in an English
paper two brief narratives which- dis
close those depths of human brotherhood
that lie far below the storms ol
war's fierce passions. The first illustrates
well the truth we have called
attention to more than once, that
the soldiers of he warring nations
are settling no quarrel of their own,
Only a few feet separated the opposing
trenches of the English and
the Germans. Hostilities had ceased.
An Englishman; with a camera
in his hand, ventured to call across
the narrow space, "Any of you want
your pictures taken?" Five Germans
appeared above the trenches, and
with smiling faces were photographed.
These men, cherishing no grudge
each for 'the other, knew that wher
the order came they must shoo)
across that intervening space to kill
The other- incident seems to us
like a rarely beautiful flower blossoming
in a deadly marsh. An English
soldier, a successful charge having
been made, stopped beside a
wounded German. "Can I do anything
to relieve you?" he asked. Both
could speak English. "I am done
for." said the German soldier. "I am
near the end. Won't you stay here
by me and hold my hand till it's
over?"
Oh, the pathos of it! Oh, the tragedy
of it! Oh. the beauty and the
tender humanity of this divine something
in the human heart!?Oui
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Excessive liabilities make marriage
a failure.
A village editor tells us that hare
cider is the spirit of the countrj
press.
Good digestion is needed when ?
fellow has to eat his own words.
It should be a penal offense tc
grind out "Coming Through the
Rye" on a hand organ in a prohibition
precinct.
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