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m i.atf f.. h. hxrriman. Otto II. Kuhn Talkt or the Personal fllaV ot Mi ib?'!' Mini I llUtIK { From th' \, w York Tunes., otto II. Kuhn, of Kuhn. Leob A ? poke on the late E. 11. Harrlman last night before a gathering *>f dis? tinguished men and women at the finance forum of tie Young Men's Christian Association at 318 West Fifty-seventh street, giving some ln? ttaaate reminiscences of the railroad man, with whom he had been asso? ciated for many years. After his prepared address, Mr. Kahn answered questions from the audience. In the course of this in? formal Ulk he declared that Hurrl man, moved by patriotism, had plan pad to build the Fttnama Canal If the ted States had not undertaken the great work. This announcement was received with deep interest. "My first vivid Impression of Mr. Harrlman dates back to a hot sum? mer afternoon In 1897, when, look Ina pale, weary and tired out, he came to our office to induce us to take an Interest with him in a cer? tain business. We did not particu? larly care for It, and told him that wa preferred not to Join In the trans? action. He argued to convince us of the merits of the proposition, and, finally, not having made any headway, he desisted. I thought he had accept? ed our declination. He got up to go, but turned around at the door und said 1 am dead tired this after? noon, and no good any more. I have been on this Job uninterruptedly all day. taking Bja time even for lunch? eon. I'll tackle you agtln tomorrow when 1 am fresh. I'm bound to con? vince you. and to get you to come along.' He did. He came again the next day. and finally we yielded tQ the sheer persistency of the man, and to the lucldtty of his arguments. It is worth mentioning, by the way, that his Judgment was right; the business turned out very well. "He did not know the meaning of the word 'defeat.* He never 'threw up the sponge.' His power of will wa* nothing short of phenomenal, and by Its exercise, coupled with his hv doml able pluck and amaxlng brain facilities, I have seen him perform veritable miracles In the way of making people do as he wanted." "Difficulties, r ska dangers." Mr. Kahn went on to say, "were not only no deterrents, r ut rather inducements to undertake the fisk. When there was an easy way to accomplish a thing, and also s dl'lcu't way. Mr. Harrlman's Inclination would be to take the latter I once told him I suspected hl*o of purposely creating difficulties and obstacles for himself for the riero sport of overcoming tbem." Illustrating Mr. Harrlman's persis? tence, Mr Kahn referred to Harrl? man's demand on Thomas F. Ryan In IfOS for a share In the purchase of the majority stock of the Equitable Life, which Mr. Ryan refused "For five years nothing more was heard of the matter," Mr. Kahn said, "and even Mr Harrlman's Intimate as? sociates thought ho had dropped the Idea, only a short while ago It be? came known that a y?ar before his death Mr. Harrlman lud finally suc? ceeded In his object, having purchased from Mr. Ryan one-half of his hold Inga" "At the time of his death the pa? pers were full of enrnments as to the vastness of NM territo y In which his Influence was potent or controlling; but the most rem irkable thing, to my mind, was not the extent of his power, but the faet that his commanding position, his control over so many un? dertaking'., rested not on money, but on personality. I do not think that the greater part of his personal for? tune was Invested m railroad stocks, and. If every cent of It had been so Invested, It would have amounted to but a small fraction of the share capital of the properties In which his Influence was predominant. 1 will oni\ point to the fact F .t In the first fiscal year following Mr. Har? rlman's SSfJSalSJJ |g UM Fnlou Pacific Board th?* surplus earnings of the Union Paclflc applicable to $107,00<t, 000 of common stuck were $5,H00,O0O. Today, taking; the figures ?f the last tlseal ye, r. the surplus earnings of the Fnb?n Pscltle system < ?xcludtng the Southern !*.? ev i applie ihle to JIH, ooo,torn of eommon sfo.-k. at. $11. SOO.000. From the time Mr. Harrl? man assumed the direction of affairs to the time ti his death $1^7..I,ttf were spent In Improving the proper' ., of three-quarters of which sum Oo t .. .si.-. I'M' mi.'iou > not on.- dollar of capitalisation was created. The tree assets held e.bsolutely unlneum bered In Its treasury have an aggre? gate value of $ J 10.000,000. of his patriotism and his attitude toward the Ihwm Mr. Kahn said: "Mr. Harrlman was an Intensely pa? triotic man, proud of his ? ountry, Its Institutions, and Its achievements, Jealous of his own honor and tf Amerlea s fair fame abroad, always willing and tftfltt It it ids duty as a cltlsen as he saw It, and he rfjgttjlid deeply, and so did his friends, the efforts of his detnu tors, to represent him as a lawbreaker, and his pin - non.enal NOtNl was due, at least in I' it, t<? ins having managed t<. i>vade .<!? s?'t at naught the UlWS of in I country. "ThS erlsis in Mr. Harriman's <\t SfjtJT eame early in the year of lt07," flf OlaTSd Hr< Kahn. A few of his bitterest enemies had set out the yeur before on ? carefully planned, astutely prepares1 onjnpelgu t?f destruction against him. The Ilarriman Exter? mination Lsegut -if i may so can it ?played us trump oard by poisoning Mr. Roosevelt's mind against Mr. Harrlman, with whom he used to be on friendly t? rms, l?y gross misrepre? sentations, which caused him to see In Mr. Harrlman the embodiment of everything which his own moral sense most abhorred and the arch-type of a class whose exposure and destruc? tion he looked upon as a solemn pa? triotic duty. With Mr. Roosevelt lead? ing the attack, the league felt so cer? tain of their ability to hurl Mr. Har? rlman into outer darkness, defeat, disgrace, that they actually sent con? siderate warning to his close associates to draw away from him while there ?us yet time to do so, lest they be struck by fragments of the bomb which would soon explode under Mr. Ilarriman, and which was certain to hurl him to destruction. Mr. Harrl? man, of course, was fully aware of all this. He braced himself against the coming blow*, but did nothing to avert it. let alone run away from it. "The fight against Harrlman lasted a full year, which covered the panic, Harrlman doing more than his share in the work of relief, and then the aspect of things began to change. "The Harrlman Extermination League broke up; the more generous of its members frankly acknowledged his great qualities, admitted that he had been wronged, and became 'Whole? hearted adherents; others, from self interest, made haste to climb on h';? band wagon; only a few irreeoneii ables continued to sulk and frown, but no longer dared to attack him. "It Is significant of the tendency of Mr. Harriman's development that, though he had graduated from the 'old' school of politics, he grew to hold some heterodox views, and the statesman for whom in his last years I heard him oftenest express admir? ation and respect was the late -lover nor Johnson, the progressive Chief Executive of Minnesota." Remember the Name Foley's Honey and Tar for all coughs and colds, croup, bronchitis, hoarse? ness and for racking lagrippe coughs. No opiates. Refuse substitutes. W. W. Slbert. Look for Sibert's advertisement of cut glass, which is said by all to he the prettiest and cheap :si 1 ? the city. 2-10-2t-I&W. Ealls Vic tim .o Thieves. ?S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., has a justifiable grievance. Two thieves stole his health for 12 years. They were a liver and kidney trouble. Then Dr. King's New Life Pills throt? tled them. He's well now. Unrivaled for constipation, malaria, headache, dyspepsia. 25c. Sibert's Drug Store. Many Matters Acted Upon. Columbia, Feb. 11.?Uncontested matters were considered in the legis? lature today, nothing hut these be? ing allowed to be taken up except by unanimous consent. A whole raft of these were ready for action as soon as both houses met today at 10 o'clock Baekachc, Ithcumutisni, Sleeplessness Result from disordered kidneys. Fo loy Kidney Pills have helped others, they will help you. Mrs. J. R. Miller, Syracuse, N. Y., says, "For a long time 1 suffered with kidney trouble and rheumatism. I had 3evere back? aches and felt all played out. After taking twv> bottles of Foley Kidney Pill? my backache is gone arid where I used to lie awako with rheumatic pains I now sleep in comfort. Foley Kidney Pills did wonderful things for me." Try them now. W. W. Slbert. Now that TyTOl Cobb is a stock? holder in the Augusta Chronicle, Augusta will be taking more in? terest in her morning paper. The Charleston Pont predicts that the Chronicle win evcragt a hit a day.? Clinton Chronicle. Tortured for 13 Years Ry a cure-defying stomach touble that bafled doetora and resisted all rented lee hi trtedi John sv. Moders, .f sfoddtrevllle, Mich., teemed doom cd. He had to sell his farm and give up work. His neighbor! said, "he can't live much longer." Whatever i ate distressed me," he wrote, "till I Bl ? rk Btttars, which worked sueh frontiers for rue that i can now eat things 1 COUld hot IftlM for years. sirely v grand remedy for stom? ach trouble." Just as good for the Irret and Silbe) .-. Every bottls guar? anteed, only lee, at Sibert's Drug ?Iota, Look for glbet " advertisement ef cut glass, which . i ?uld by all to be the prettiest and cheapest In the city. M*-SV?lcYW, ?Von are probabt) twars that pneu moid a always rseults from s o *\c\ bul you never heard of a cold resulting in pneumonia when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was used. Why take the risk when this remedy may be had for a trifle'.' F.?r sab by all deal? ers. FEW ACRES OR MANY? tone of the Reasons for Large Fernas, and Some of the \ dvantages the Large Fainter Has?When the small Farm wr May Have the Ad? vantage?A Matter for the [ndl \ idm.ii to Decide, Walt, r S. Fla^tfe, (?rcensboro, N. (\ We often read and hear the ad vtcc given to buy small rather than large numbers Of acres, and farm in? tensively. Also, if you are tho owner of a large number of acres to s 11 BOme (all but about 40 or 80 acres), and raise as much on the remainder as you did on the whole tract before. MOW 1 am going to say something that 'will brand me as ignorant on the subject on which I write; but I am very well satisfied that I am not Without Justification. What the average Southerner wants Ig not fewer acres, but better equipment. Tho man who owns only 40 to 50 acres can not afford the more expensive labor-saving machin? ery. With the man who owns so few acres, no matter In what state of cul? tivation, the corn harvester that cuts and binds the fodder by machinery, the hay baler, the grain binder, the four or six-horse gang or disk plow, the corn shredder that shreds the fodder and husks the corn at the same time, as well as the power to run It economically, and do?ens of other things are luxuries that must be left entirely alone, or on which he must pay some of his enlghbors a handsome profit for their us-?. Is not this thing entirely true? The deeper significance of this is: First, the small farmer must either count his time as worth less than the large number of acres would en? able him to pay his hired men; or he must receive a higher price to pay him for his time that Is used to produce these by hand work of the crudest sort. Second, he is compell? ed to leave some things of probt un? done or pay that profit wholly, or al? most wholly, to another. Third, some things which if done by ma? chinery, are pleasant work, must ever remain a drudgery to him, be? cause of the lack of proper equip? ment or the reasonable justificat'on for such equipment. On the farm, the man's wages are the largest expense, no matter whether this man be owner or em? ployee. So with the large and more modern (as well as more expensive) machinery the pay roll Is very mate? rially decreased. With some of the machinery mentioned above one man can do the work of from 6 to 12 men /ith the smaller machinery that the httie farm could afford. And, with? out some of these the work for which they arc designed is entirely im? possible. Whilo I am a firm believer In the theory of intensive farming, 1 do not believe in the wholesale advice to eell off land down tj 4 0 or 60 acres, and farm this intensively. Many Southern land owners own as much as 500 or lf000 acres of good-gyado land. Well, you say, these fellows ought to sell 3orre. Maybe they should; maybe they shouldn't. It (b ponds largely on the Individual under consideration. If he has rea? son to believe he has the business ability to manage a farm, I care not whether he has the Immedate capi? tal at his command or not, he will come more nearly uot making a mis? take by holding, than by any other method, if he likes* farming as a business and is willing to devote his energies to it in a conscientious manner. He must then take this proposition up as any other business. Prepare in good manner 5, 10 or 20 acres? Just whatever amount his pocketbook will stand?for Intensive farming. These few acres, well Improved, will serve as a profitable nuclous for other acres that are then sure to follow. Each year will then see a larger number of acres added to the list of highly productive acres, be? cause he frill have more money to go ahead on; also, he will see that It is good business policy to go on thus. Ami It will surprise the man who gives this an honest, business? like trial, bow short will be the time between the start and the time when he will have all his land in tho high . st of cultivation. The only puestlon is: "Will you sell your acres for from $10 to $20 or will you show yourself the real business man and Improve the 500 acrei until each acre is worth $75 to fI MO V" Editorial Comment. There is food for thought in Mr, Flagge's letter and his conclusloni have some sound sense back of them. This question of a large or small farm for profit is one that admits of no oil hand general answer, it must be determined in each individual case b) the man and his conditions. What our coi-respondent says about the advantage of the large farmer over the small In the matter of improved machinery la true, and must remain true. Doutbless local 00 operation win in many oases en? able the small farmer to have tin* use of the most Improved machinery v on as favorable terms as his neigh? bor with the larger farm, but often the big t'arno-r will have an unques? tionable advantage. still, the man with only 40 or 50 acres who does really good farming, can profitably own many of the Improved machines and can In many cases, do his work as cheaply as the man with a large farm. Again, much depends upon the , kind of farming. The general farmer needs more land than the ' specialist. Forty acres would not be much of a live stock or cotton farm, but it would be a good-sized truck or fruit farm. Then there is always the question of labor. The world over the best farming is done?the most made out of the land?where the farms are small and under the immediate direction of their owners. New Eng- j land, for example, with its poor soil and unfavorable climate, makes much larger crops, and 'far more .valu? able ones per acre, than do the States in the Corn Belt. Yet the Corn Belt farmer makes much more money be? muse he works his land more cheap? ly and cultivates more of it. If a man can give a larger area his per? sonal supervision and woik it prop? erly and with the best machinery there is no reason why he should not ilnd it profitable to keep or even increase his acreage. If, however, he is "land poor"?that is, if all his capital is invested in land, and he is w ithout the proper equipment for i ultivating it, as many Southern farmers are, we believe It will pay him better to sell a portion of it and handle the other in a business way, than to go on half working it, or even to try the "little at a time" plan suggested by Mr. Flagge. Certain it is, that a man can make money on either a small or a large farm if he knows how to manage it, and if he can manage a large one as well as a small one, then should be just that much more profit in it. But better always "a little farm well till? ed" than a big one poorly tilled.? Progressive Farmer. CALLING ON GIRL, WAS SHOT. Alken Boy Shot by Another as he Kntors Front Gate. Alken, Feb. 9.?Will Carter, a young white boy about 17 years of age, lies dangerously wounded at his home in Langley and another young white boy, about 16 years of age, Is In Jail, charged with the shooting. From information that could be gathered this morning, it seems thatj Walter Cowens and Will Carter were ! in love with the same young lady,, who was about their age, or younger, and that Cowens, taking exception to the attention being paid her by Will Carter, shot Carter in the back and side. Cowens boards at a home in Burnett town, and It was at this house that Carter was calling. He started in. Cowens, seeing him! coming, picked up a shotgun and tired at Carter. The load took effect I in the side and back. Carter was, only about ten yeards from Cowens when the shot was fired, and the wound is a very serious one. Last night the wounded boy was resting well as could be expected. Cowens fled, but was located in Bath by Rural Policeman Busbee and brought to Alken and lodged in jail. Cowens in jail here today was in? terviewed by the News and Courier correspondent. He says that Carter had been threatening him for the past few days, and that on Tuesday night had made threats at him as if to draw his pistol; that he saw him i coming Into the house last night, and that he picked up his gun and fired at him. He says he shot Carter in the back just as he was latching the gate. He also said that Carter was mad with him about something that he had said about a young lady. It may be stated that Carter has served several years in the State Re? formatory. Cowens is in knee pants, and when seen in jail yesterday was pitiful in appearance. Look for Sibert's advertisement of CUt glass, which is said by all to be the prettiest and cheapest in the city. 2-10-2t-I&W. Piano Tuning, Mr. Edmund R. Murray offers his services to those who need an expert and experienced Piano ami Organ tuner and repairer. References fur? nished and 'work guaranteed. Address EDMUND R. MURRAY, Swatter, S. C. JL r YOUR BANK ACCOUNT; OUR DESIRE. Your Satisfaction; Our Pleasure Your Need; , Ours to Supply Let's Talk it Over THE PEOPLE'S BANK, Capital $50,006 12 W. Liberty St. Su inter, S. C. poke on the Old Man. Old man Jones and his son John came to town the other day and sold their hogs. The men they sold to, gave each of them a check on this bank for the proper amount. Now the old man was just a little wise. "Say," says he, "if it is just the same to you I would rather have the cash," and asked John if he wanted the cash also. John said he haa just as soon have the ch*ck. John gave the check to his father to keep for him, but on the way home the old man lost his pocket book and although they looked high and low it could not be found. The money and check were both lost forever. But say, John came back to the man who gave him the check and the man just gave him another check for the amount and notified this bank that if the old check turned up not to pay it?see ? But he wouldn't give the old man some more cash ! A CHECK ON THIS BANK IS BETTER THAN CASH. THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO. -THE - BANK OF SUMTER SUMTER, S. C. Capital and Profits $140,000.00 When in need of Lumber or Builders Supplies Call us up, or better still come and look over our stock. Our idea is to give you high grades and prompt service at a reasonable cost. Central Lumber Co. Foot of E. Calhoun St. Sumter, S. C. PHONE 631.