The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 07, 1908, Image 6
WHITE AND BLACKS
11AVK SOCIAL Kgt'AMTY IHNNKH
IN NKW YOltK.
"While Women Sandwiched in lie"
tweoii Negro Men and White Men
lletween Xt'Rio Women.
Nothing in recent years has so
stirred the white people or this conntry
as t he "social equality" dinner
given in New York on Monday night
week under the auspices of the Cosmopolitan
club.
The purpose of the dinner, and of
the movement of which it Is a part,
was, frankly and confessedly, to
hreak down the social barriers between
the two races, and the advocacy
of intermarriage, expresed by
whites and blacks alike at this remarkable
dinner, was greeted with
the loudest enthusiasm of the evening.
There were ninety-three people at
the dinner, the proportion of negroes
being about two to one. while among
the whites were a largo number of
ML* \\ i t O U'nmot) ?_? Hi 1 i o i <~wl 1 I 1% ''i.oll lo
" v/iiivii( IIIII I iu?v \| " IUI nvlll'" I
ment" work and socialism.
The seating arrangements were so
devised that a white w< man inva iahl.v
s.it between negro men.
A l>l<;sKHVKI> I'ltOMOTION.
<Vil. It. \Y. Hunt Made Siipcriiitendent
of Train ('ollectors.
The announcement contained in a
Washington dispatch Hint Col. Kobt.
W. 11 unt had been promoted by the
Southern railway, being appointed
superintendent of train collectors, was
welcome news to bis friends in South
Carolina, who feel that any promotion
given him is deserved. Col I Inn) was
for many years division passenger
agent of the Southern, with headquarters
at Charleston, and last year was
promoted to the position of assistant
general passenger agent wi'. ) beadquarters
at Atlanta.
The train collectors of the Southern
railway hn\e heretofore been under
the direct personal supervision of the
auditor at Washington, but in order
to facilitate and improve their work
it has been decided to enlarge (lie
force and to have thorn report di.ecc
to a superintendent in charge.
Col. Hum has had long experience
in the passenger service ol the Southern
and when it was decided to create
the new ollic.e of superintendent of
collectors he was decided upon as
being the man host qualitied for the
position, lie will continnee to liavo
his headhunt tors in Atlanta and will
report direct to the comproller of the
Southern, Mr. A. II. I'lant, at Washington.
He began his new duties on
.Friday. Col. Hunt has been succeeded
ns assistant general passenger agent
l>y Mr. J. L. M"eks, formerly division
passenger agent at kuoxville.
WILL FLAY HALL.
The State League Will Open on Next
Thursday Afternoon.
As agreed on by the club owners
of the State League towns, tlie South
Carolina State league season will open
on Thursday, May 7 and will close
July 2b with 7 2 games played by
each of the four towns. The following
is the schedule of games for the
lirst week as arranged by Secretary
K. B. Housoal:
May 7, 8, 0?Orangeburg at Sumter;
Chester at Rock Hill.
May 11, 12, 13?Sumter at Orangeburg;
Rock Hill at Chester. *
Each of the towns in the league
has been wired by Secertary Houseal
to the effect that the league will open
on the 7th in order that the towns
may be prepared for the event. In
Sumter there will be "big doings" on
the 7th. This is the big day of the
T. P. A. convention and other festivities
that have been arranged and it
is probable that there will be a record
breaking attendance for the opening
game of the State league senfoii.
Everything has been arranged
ko that the game will not conflict with
the other parts of the day's pro'
gramme. ,
DESPERATE BATTLE.
One Man Kills Another After Being
Shot Down.
Dr. J. E. Garrison, shot?and killed
J. D. Williams, an electrician for the
Consolidated Coal Company, at Flat
Creek, Ala., in a duel in the public
road. Previous trouble had existed
between the men about family affaire
? ?i tirnn^ L ^
anu wneu wuiiuuis buw uarnouu u?
asked him to wait a few minutes, and
securing a pistol, shot Garrison down
While on the ground, the latter shot
Williams to death. Garrison is dangerously
wounded.
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Now Mr. Hearst no longer holdt
communion with Democrats, is it
not time he was called upon by the
Democratic National Committee tc
resign as President of the League oi
Democratic Clubs.
If a "reasonable number" of Re
publican members request it, Speak
er Cannon agrees that the bill foi
free wood pulp and print paper will
be discussed at the caucus. That it
quite a concession from Uncle Joe.
shie pin im\
Lending Money Upon Propem
As Old As Society.
PIUS II. OPBNED THE MRS i
Tlio .Mont tie I'lcto a (iccat Sun i<
Paris?It's I & it ii in the Interest o
the Poor Inder Direct (iovciii
iii4*iit Control, mill Is a Itoon t? j
Humble Polk.
i
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f Lending money upon propel *o
great and small is probably as old i.*
human society itself, lint il was n ?:
until Middle Ages that author.')
Biopsied in to prevent abuses in thi.connection
and protect the masses
of the people from usurers.
In the middle of the tlfteenth con
tury there was between the churci
and tiie monarolis a third pow u*.
which, altiiough it worked in secret,
nevertheless dictated terms to tin
Premdest nobles. This power was ten
purse of the Jew.
In 14(54 Pius II. opened tlie first
State Pawnshop in beautitul oiu
Perugia?that ancient cradle of art
on the quiet Pmhrian Hills. 1 lieidea
was to relieve the peasants and
humble laborers who uuqucstionabl>
often passed their lives in utter ?.?r
vitude to I ho money-lenders.
The necessary capital was obtuui
ed by pious appeals to tho rich and
t!ol)le, and in a fo\v years branch??
wore founded in every city in Italy.
For generations thereafter these es
(ablishnients wore under church con
trol, i>ut gradually they became a
part of the public service.
The system took three centuries
to c.ross the Alps into France. It wde
in 177k that M. Nocker, t lie famou"
minister of Louis XVI. caused the
first lantern of the Mont de I'iete to
be hung out in Fails. Twelve yearslater,
however, the revolution brokt
out and the constituent assembly ;le
elded to close up the short-lived
institution.
Naturally enough the old pawn
tinkers and usurers at once resur.i-d
business and were more extortion I.
than ever, the game being now " )
.tirely in their hands under peculiar
ly advantageous conditions. Theh
oppression Indeed became so gr?u
an evil that the provisional govern
ment had sense enough to restore t i.
now famous Mont de Pieto, as tti?
State l'awnbroking Department j>
France is called.
This vast national concern is ru?
In the Interests oi the poor under T
reel, control of the government. It e
a kind of state hank, receiving deposits
from ti?e people on which \
now pays about four per cent, in
terest, and it lends money at nin
per cent.
No private person is allowed li
lend money on goods in Paris or ii
any other part of France. This i
a state monopoly conducted as \s.
shall see with machine-like precision
with no unseemly haggling. :u
hurry, no discourtesy and no in
kindness. The Mont de Pleto r
deed with its auxiliary otiices in
every quarter of the great city o.
Paris and "snccursales" or hranche.throughout
tlie provincial cities i;
beyond doubt a very real boon u
millions of humble folk. it wil
take into safe-keeping and storag.
iho stove of tlie street elitism u
seller at tlio upprouch of spring
and takes charge of tlie "fountain
of the iced drink peddler when chill
October warns lilm his trade is at <u
end. It will lend the out-of-w. rl
laborer sixty cents on his tools th<*
lie may go here and there in searc.
of employment.
'I'lie headquarters of Die institutioi
are in the Hue des Plane-Manteaux
and there are two great branches o
succursules, one in the Hue Iloquet
le, and the other in the Hue de Urn,
aparte. Tlie latter Is the more ini
porlant and is somewhat incougru
ously placed near that noble iustitu
lion tlie Ecole des Beaux Arts. Om
enters through a passage leading in
to an open court surrounded on al
sides by the various buildings of illMont
de Pie*e. On the left, as v
i iiier, is tue dtpaituieiit of 'l)ega<>
ments," wliere the prosperous re
deem their pledges. Next comes tin
11 ~ a * i f .1 a a ? ? --- u - -
nitii ui jmiKitKi'iutmiiM, wnui e a. ii
clcs are received and beyond that Mi?
immense auction room where unre
deemed pledges are sold.
[ It is curious to observe that a I
though crowds are present in th?
various departments, pledging, re
I deeming or buying at auction, ther
, is no noise or excitement and cor
tainly no confusion. It is an anxio.i*
. crowd but a silent one which passe:
[ about the counters of the receiving
. department. Here is an artisan o?n
, of work, a dry goods clerk, an el?
I gantly dressed lady "pawning" ho
sables instead of putting them into
i cold storage for the summer. Tin
' whole transaction is looked upoi
> as most matter-of-fact. Parcelbanded
across the counter are taken
to an inner room to be valued b\
J the appraiser who never so much <?
' sees the applicant. The first pa ice
5 l? perhaps a christening sot of silver
> cup. fork and spoon. The valuer
p turns to his little weighing machine
1 weighs the silver, tests it and dispassionately
calls out "Twenty-five.
A malacca cane follows with a top
alleged to be gold. It Is rubbed on
a test stone, flicked with acid and
" promptly denounced as an Imposter
[ 'Diamond rings and brooches gc
j through most searching exaralna<
tlons. There la no aentlment.
^fl#T Ts
MAN-KATKK8 OF TI1K BEEP.
Ocean Timers That Are Both Feared
and llated by Seamen.
Imagine a whole school of 4,000
pound monsters swimming at rail
ro: <1 speed And w.th vast jaw-?
urmcd with 12 rows ot liiuugiUi.'
t?*eth that spring erect like snake
fangs when prey is struck in a Ugh*
ning dart! Such, says the New York
1 Press, are the voracious atul dreu led
ocean tigers, the largest of the maneating
sharks, feared and hated oy
every seaman 21 Hont.
Last year tin? British cruiser HJurydlce
was at anchor off Santa Lucia
in tiie West indies, and a party ol
marines were disporting themselves
iti the sea around the great armored
wails. The water was most inviting
for a swim, and Petty Officer Henry
Pe?1 was giving an exhibition of fancy
diving to his mates. Ills record was
a fnl! minute under water. They
watched him swlin^ downward into
translucent depth, and glance along
tiie mighty steel hull nearly ; i x
fathoms below, feeling the velvety
moss and weed as lie went.
"Sharks!" the word struck terror,
(lie mere sight of racing, knifelike
dorsals threw the helpless men into
a panic. But they wore soon out of
harm's way, swarming up the sides
of the vessel. This took but a few
seconds. lienry Pell was still below.
He had left the weedy hull,
however, and was swimming away
from her under water.
Suddenly, lie paused, about to
1 ise. Something vague and big took
shape a shadow or blur at first
against tiie lovely blue. Then a
mighty dun-colored form, tigerswift
in movement, maneuvered so
rapidly with the peculiar side or
lateral swing to its great tail that
the man seemed to meet the awtul
creature face to face. He could almost
have touched the sharp, upstanding
dorsal tin.
Poll knew he was in frightful
peril. With smhleu resolution iu?
shot up, and as he did the terrified
monster sharks are notoriously
timid swung its huge tall and swept
away in a perfect cyclone of mud and
sand.
Once on the surface the man Deheld
as he knew he would a little flotilla
of the fateful triangular fins. Ho
was perhaps 300 yards from the
cruiser and saw a boat being lower
ed. Slowly and with much deliberate
splashing lie began his return.
Now and then he would pause to le"?k
behind, and saw always the looming
shadow of the giant that had
located him first. A most ferocious
creature. Now and then It would
spring level with him, but at a respectful
distance on one side?an
apparently effortless bound?rolling
its hideous white belly and to bring
the little gray eyes to hear upon its
living prey. Pell was fast losing lit
self-control; he was tiring and crying
out to the men in the approaching
boat. The immense shark, now
bolder, more determined, was lash
ing right around him with incredible
speed, churning tlie blue sou at the
surface and narrowing the circles at
each revolution. A terrible sltua
tion for a helpless man.
Once? twice ?thrice It flashed .ts
vast jaws, only to dart back as Pell
splashed with the fury of desperation.
But the boat was alongside. A
(ut/.t-n paRpr lianas seized the swimmer,
while others attacked the monster
with boathooks and bayonets.
ltnt It was not to bo denied. HJven
as Pell was In the very act of being
hauled over the side the creature
made one last plunge through the
water, dyed with its own blood, ami
snapped off the man's left leg above
the knee. Not all the efforts of the
surgeons of the Kurydice could savs
him. Pell died next day.
These horrible creatures attain
an enormous size?up to 40 feet, or
as large as some whales. I have
seen a specimen taken off the Great
Harrier Keef HG feet long. It had
eaten a horse thrown overboard from
the Port Moresby steamship; and
its serried rows of fangs were the
most dreadful sight 1 have ever heheld.
Some of them were nearly 2
inches long and 2 Mi wide.
The New Country Schoolhouse.
"The old country schoolhouse
not so long ago will soon be a relic
of the past," said James TIghe ol
Altoonu, Pa., "Although one travel
ing through the country sees man)
of these old-fashioned structures, he
does not realize that they are rapldlj
being deserted, and that a consoli
dated schoolhouse will be met witl
farther up the road. These nev
buildings are graded, and many hav<
several high school courses, so thai
one teacher now teaches only on<
class, whereas in the old days th.
pedagogue taught everything fron
the alphabet to Latin. Of course
the consolidated schoolhouse is no
so convenient to all the children, ai
they have to go a greater distance
but all of them ride to school now
adays. The consolidated school i
much cheaper to the community, am
what the farmer saves in taxes h
i puts in sleighs and wagons, so tha
his children may ride. Pupils cai
also remain at their home school
much longer than they formerly couli
and this is also a great saving. W
may expect great results from thi
change, for the farmers with thel
poor schools have turned out som
wonderful men, and they should d<
even better under the new condi
tions."--Washington Post.
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Of all the boy workers In Londoi
i newsboyfe are the healthiest, barbers
boys the most unhealthy?a trlbut
to the open-air life.
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Can This lie True.
We saw it stated in a letter from
Washington the other day that the
figures of the internal revenue bureau
for the fiscal year 1907 show
that in the State of Virginia, where
saloons are ! e? n-ed in u.HVit i t cm
munilics, there were granted 2,357
licenses to retail liquor dealers. In
the State of Kansas, where the sale
of liquor is forbidden altogether,
but where drug stores do a rushing
business, a total of 2,583 licenses
were granted to dispense liquor at
retail.
The population of Virginia is nearly
one-fourth greater than Kansas.
Licenses to retail dealers in malt
drinks like beer were issued in Kanto
the extent of 637, while in Virginia
the total was only 172. There
were 101 licenses to wholesale dealers
of malt drinks in Kansas and only
82 in Virginia.
The letter goes on to state that in
the State of Maine, where prohibition
has been upon the books for
fifty years licenses to retail malt
liquors were granted to the extent
of 468 against 172 for Virginia. The
population of Maine is less than
half that of Virgina. In the the
State of North Dakota, where pro-J
hibition is State wide, retail liquor
dealers were granted licenses to the
number of 1,055 and yet North Dakota
does not have one-fourth the
population of Virginia. In the same
State were 850 men holding licenses
to sell malt drinks.
According to population there is
one retail liquor license in Kansas
for every 428 population, while in
Virginia there is one license for every
794 people. In Maine there
is one license for every (501 people
while North Dakota makes
a worse showing than any the
others, by having one license to every
241 people.
According to the census figure in
1900 the deaths from drunkenness
furnish almost as startling figures.
For every 100,000 people in Maine
there were 2.16 deaths from drunkenness,
while in Alabama where saloons
were then licensed, the figures
are 1.10. Kentucky, where booze
was as free as water in 1900, made
a far better showing than Maine, the
average being 1.68. Can these figbe
correct?
Corruption luiul in l'olltlcn.
Under the above caption the Augusta
Herald says Mr. W. J. Bryan,
logical candidate of the Democratic
party for president, has recently
made charges to the effect that money
is being used in an attempt to defeat
his nomination. This is vehemently
denied by anti-Bryan papers,
which assert with a violent air of injured
innocence that the talk of an
anti-Bryan corruption fund is for
political effect only. All the same,
there is quite a lot of circumstantial
evidence to prove that money is being
so used.
It must be considered that from
present indications Taft is reasonably
sure of being the Republican
nominee. He is not very acceptable
to the predatory corporations, because
it is believed that he will con
unue me nooseveu policies it elected.
He is a weak candidate, because
thelabor vote of the north will go
heavily against him, and with Taft
the Republican c?ndidate the Democrats
stand an excellent chance of
electing their ticket.
Now it may be accepted that the
predatory corporations do not take
any more kindly to Mr. Bryan than
they take to Mr. Taft. They would
undoubtedly much prefer to have
some other man nominated who has
not such an anti-trust record as Mr.
Bryan has by profession. In the
Democratic convention it requires a
two-thirds vote to nominate. If
more than one-third of anti-Bryan
delegates should be sent to Denver
Mr. Bryan's nomination would be
held up. There is a reasonable
chance, in case the convention
should be deadlocked, of a dark
house being chosen, and that would
put Mr. Bryan out.
During the past few days a mass
' of literature has been sent out. from
i New York in the interest of Govcrn'
or Johnson's candidacy. This costs
money. So there is evidence of
money being spent to defeat Bryan's
i nomination. Who is putting up this
r money?
, The Democrats in Concrress are
t still demanding the consideration of
* the campaign publicity bill; a bill to
[ put wood pulp and print paper on
, the free list, and the anti-injunction
i bill. These measures are insisted
. upon by Mr. Williams, the Demo*
cratic leader, as all part of the Prese
ident's legislative program.
Mr. Carnegie has given five mil"
lion dollars more to his pension fund
d for educators; but as long as the
t tariff protects the Steel Trust,
n the money comes easy.
?
d ThE Taft boomers declare it is all
e over but the shouting, but then "the
* allies1' claim Taft will not be nomiJ
nated, so there you Republicans
0 are, still up in the air.
Republican Congressmen are
still standing pat for the Trusts,
? the universal kick of the newspapei
i' publishers about the tariff protect
1 ing the paper combine notwithstand
ing.
Ilryan on First llallot.
The New York Herald, whose political
forecasts are remarkably accurate
and entirely impartial, estimates
that Mr. Bryan will have 765
votes on tho first ballot at Denver, (
or 113 more than the two-thirds
needed to nominate. Of this number
217 have already been definitely
instructed to support Mr. Bryan,
and 548 are classified as "probably"
for him, these being the representatives
of States which have not yet held
conventions and of some which have
elected delegates without instructions.
In this list are included the
delegates from New York, who
were elected without instructions.
At the time the New York convention
was held it seemed that the delegates
from that State would be
against Brvan, but the situation has
materially changed and the leaders
of the New York Democracy have
been frightened into support of the
Nebraskan by the great strength he
has developed, which he might use
to exclude them from representation '
in the convention in the face of an
attempt to unseat them bthe yelement
of the party that was outrageously
excluded from the New York
convention.
"The Bryan sentiment in Illinois,"
says The Herald, "compelled Mr,
Sullivan to play fair, and while the
support given way have been somelirVlllt
nntirill !?>/* if nmn
num. uii w 111111 p?j , iv. w an iicvvi incil'^
given and will suffice. The result is
that in one day the entire Democratic
situation in the United States
changed. Almost every State in the
Union that was wavering began to
trend toward Bryan." With the exception
of Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Massacheusetts and Minnesota,
all of the States which have as many
as twenty votes in the national [convention
are counted for Bryan.
Minnesota is, of course, for Johnson,
but as soon as his candidacy is
shown to be hopeless, the delegates
are practically certain to go to Bryan,
who has been extolled by Gov.
Johnson on more than one occasion.
Pennsylvania will probably be
against Bryan, but the supporters of
the Nebraskan have not yet abandoned
the fight for the delegation.
New Jersey has shown anti-Bryan
tendencies, but, according to The
Herald, as soon as New York breaks
tothe Nebraskan, New Jersey is likely
to follow. Massacheusetts has not yet
acted, but there is strong Bryan
sentiment in that State.
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and
Wisconsin, with an aggregate voting
strength of 156 in the convention,
have instructed for Bryan. New
York, with seventy-eight votes, is
practically certain to support him.
Alabama, Michigan, Mississippi,
Missouri, New York, North Carolina
Ohin Trtnnocv/Wi Tnvnii
v..iwt 4viuvan.i., itAao, ? 11^111"
ia, each with large representation in
the national convention, may be
reckoned for Bryan, and a troop of
States with smaller votes. The
Charleston Post, from which paper
we clip the above says "Mr, Bryan
might devote himself to his plowing
entirely from now until the date of
the Democratic convention and he
would be called to the head of the
ticket. It is ridiculous to talk of
anybody else, and the thing for
Democrats to do now is to put in
their time shaping up for the campaign
to elect Mr. Bryan President."
Senator Culberson, of Texas, has
authorized the statement that he is
not nor has he been a candidate for
the Democratic nomination. "There
is absolutely no doubt, furthermore,"
states Senator Culberson,
"that the Democrats of Texas in
convention this month will instruct
their delegates to the Denver convention
for Bryan. I believe he is
the choice of the Democrats of the
country."
Senator Hale's recent comment
on "the frequent and unncessarv nh.
sence of Secretary Taft from his
post of duty,'* and the Democratic
criticisms of the Secretary for his
absence from his post on campaign
missions, have had their effect at
last; and it is said that Taft will resign.
Why shouldn't he? Why
should he draw a large salary
while canvassing in his private intprPfltf
Ton'f if ?-1
ww v iv uiouuilCBtj 2111(1 unworthy
of a pubiic servant? Isn't
t worse than common grafting?
The New York Sun says that
"among Republican politicians Mr,
[ Bryan has always been the favorite
Democratic candidate for presi>
dent." The State asks if Mr. Bryan
, I is such an "easy mark" for the Re
publican, why do not Republican
papers like the Sun join in
- the delectable task of luring him on
i to certain and overwhelming defeat?
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Will Not He Bound.
The News and Courier makes
straight answer to the question of
the Charleston Post as to whether it *
will accept the judgment of the
State convention on the candidacy
of Mr. Bryan. It declares that it 4
will not be bound bv the action of
that convention, because it will not A
be a member of the convention, and
is not even a voter. In answering
The News and Courier The Post
knocks it completely out of the box.
Here is the answer the Post makes:
"Of course we understand that
The News and Courier is "vox et
practerea nihil," but we understand
that it claims to be a Democrat voice,
that it speaks to South Carolina
Democrats as a Democrat, that it is
laboring with them against Mr. Bryan
as an exponent of South Carolina
Democratic sentiment. If it is only
expressing an independent view,
without any claim to familiar consideration,
that is all right. But if it is
submitting its propositions to the
judgment of the South Carolina
Democracy as an organ of Democratic
sentiment in South Carolina,
that is quite another thing.
"It is willing to be bound by the
action of the national Democrtic
convention, yet it will not be a delae
gate to that body nor will it have a
vote at the polls for the ticket put
forth there. Why might it not submit
to the State convention as gracefully?
Because, it says, its constituency
is not confined to South Carolina.
. So The News and Courier is
prepared, if the State convention instruct
for Bryan to appeal from the
judgment of the South Carolina
Democracy, to the party at large.
That is all right, too, if it does not
approve the action of the State convention
but it can not, in such circumstances,
claim to represent the
views of the Democrats of South
Carolina. Unless it would deny the
authority of the State convention to
speak for the State Democracy.
"Perhaps that is its attitude, for
we read in its issue of today: If the
State convention sends a fetering
delegatior to Denver, it will be sent
in defiance of the people's wis es."
Who made thee a ruler or a
juag eover isreal'.' Who gives The
News and Courier war rent to overrule
the action of the State convention,
in the name of the people of
South Carolina. If our contemporary
denies the authority of the State
convention to instruct the delegates
to the Denver convention for any
candidate, we take it that it would
justify any of the delegates disregarding
such instructions. That is
the logical deduction from its judgment
of the convention for itself coupled
with the declaration that instructtions
would he given in de
fiance of the people's wishes."
Who Is Mi*. Lodon?
One J. T. Loden, of Charlotte, N.
C., is widely quoted in the papers as
having been talking in Washington
about how sore the farmers are over
holding their cotton in the south.
Now we have, savs the Flnrnnr?o
Times, no fault to find with the
press correspondents for giving any
man's views if they think him prominent
enough for his views to count
any-thing but who is J. T. Loden?
In a matter of this kind, when the
fortunes of the farmers of the south
are at stake, when our own people
are lined up on the one side or the
other it is a very serious thing to
say that the farmers firing line is
wavering unless one wishes to injure
the cause of the farmers and inspire
their desperate enemies with greater
hope. It means that the last line
of the defense of the southern people
is breaking and theiiyforces will
end in rout. That is if it is so. Is
it so? Who is Mr. Loden, on which
side of the fight does he generally
stay? He is a type of man that does
a good deal of talking just now. A
type of man that fights neither on
one side nor the other, but, being a
friend of both sides carries all the
news he th:nk will be gratefully received
to both sides. Are the statements
borne out in fact? Its it not
true that at every convention of
the farmers they pledge thfjrnselves
10 renew enorts in behalf of whole
class and interests of the farmer
and his allies and dependents. Many
people tal?c carelessly in these matters
because they do not realize how
greedily their words are taken up by
the opposition if they are the words
that they want to hear. They do
the cause of the farmer injury, they ,
cause suspicion of the strength and j
loyalty of the rest of the line, and if
you have ever been on a firincr line
you would know that such a suspicion
caues a more deadly panic than
bullets or death or any thing else.
Don't do it. Remember that the j
the farmer's interest and if you cannot
fight with him do nr^ weaken
him by talking against him: If Mr.
Loden has any knowledge of the facts
in the case he has misrepresented
them, either carelessly or willfully, . ,l|
for the purpose of shaking the confidence
of the friends of the farmer
in his cause. When one talks this
way let the newspapers tell us
just who he is and fet us conclude
whether he talks from selfish interest
or is juet making himself inter|
esting to the newspaper men.
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