THE SEMI-WEEKLY ROBEbONIAN
THOS. R.
Democratic Candidate
Was Born In Manchester, Ind.f In 1854,
; Was Graduated From an Indiana
College and Has Practiced
Law Since 1875.
THOMAS RILEY MARSHALL
was boru Ui Manchester. Ind..
March 14, 1S54. lie was grud
iiated from Wahnsh college anil
was admitted to the bar In 1875. He
began the practice of law in Columbia
3ty, Ind.. and that city is still his
borne, though of course while he is
governor of the state his official resi
dence Is in Indianapolis.
Governor Marshall is an alert, spare
man, with smooth, Iron gray hair, a
gray mustache and a pair of large
bright eyes, which look keenly through
Sold rimmed spectacles. He Ms a Jaw
which overhangs his collar on either
side and reveals a disposition of ag
gressiveness. He is a man who speaks
his mind like the brisk Hoosier law
yer that he Is.
Tom Marshall (as they cal! him In
his home town) lives in an Indiana
THOMAS RILEY
home, the kind which makes tears well
up in the eyes und lumps adhere to
the throat of such a Hoosier gentle
man as James Whltcomb Riley. From
rooms full of real chairs made to sit
in and bookshelves full of real books
to read one looks out of wide windows
on a turfy lawn with growlug shrubs
and real trees down the Columbia City
main street, whicu has branches inter
laced for the three squares between
Tom Marshall's house and Tom Mar
shall's office.
As Judge Marshall he went Whit
tier's unhappy jurist one better. He
married the girl he met on the sum
mer's day. She was Miss Lois Klm
sey, who was taking innes of the trial
over which Judge Marshall was pre
siding at Steuben in 1895. er father
was clerk of the court, and during the
trial it was frequently noted that the
Judge came off the bench and visited
the desk of the clerk. Not so long
after Miss Klmsey became Mrs. Thom
as Riley Marshall of Columbia City.
Conflict With Machine.
Governor Marshall was elected to his
present office In 1908. One remarkable
feature of his administration lies La
the fact that he has twice been In open
conflict with the Democratic state ma
chine under the leadership of Thomas
Taggart, has twice defeated It and yet
has In each Instance brought his party
with a united front to the polls at the
succeeding election. In 1910 he forced
the state convention to nominate John
W. Kern as the party candidate for
the United States senate to succeed
Albert J. Beverldge. A campaign on
this issue was waged throughout the
state, and the governor won by a ma
jority of only thirty In a convention of
1,750 delegates. The Democrats car
ried the state after a fight which won
countrywide recogiJtton for its inten
sity, and Mr. Kern was sleeted. The
fil
MARSHALL
For Vice President
other conflict occurred when he was
first elected, because as governor he in
sisted on making hi own appointments
to office. While some of the old ma
chine politicians questioned the politi
cal value of the appointees, neither
Republican or Democrat ever ques
tioned their fitness for the office for
which they were chosen.
Another Scholar In Politics.
Although possessing more practical
knowledge of politics, because of his
experience in Indiana affairs. tha
Governor Wilson of New Jersey, (Gov
ernor Marshall Is. like his distinguish
ed running mate, something of the
scholar In politics. Education is one
of his hobbles, and his public docu
ments have won him something" ef
literary fame. He is a trustee of Wa
bash college, Indiana, and has the de
gree of doctor of laws from Wabash.
MARSHALL.
Notre Dame university, the University
of Alabama and the University of
Pennsylvania. He is not a "mixer'1 in
the political sense of that term, but
be is an amiable, genial, generous and
kind gentleman, who has no difficulty
In attracting friendships of the most
loyal and self sacrificing character.
His friends point to the doings of
the legislature of 1911, whicli was
Democratic in both houses, as repre
senting pretty fairly his views on pub
lic questions. This record in Its im
portant details was as follows:
It ratified the Income tax amend
ment to the federal constitution; it pe
titioned congress to submit to the
states a constitutional amendment pro
viding for the direct election of United
States senators; it passed a corrupt
practices and campaign publicity law.
An employers liability bill was enacted
on liberal Hues; t lie workiuinan may
sue and does not contribute and the
law abolishes the workingiuan's waiver
and the fellow servant rule.
The railroad commission was em
powered to fix rates, and the tax board
was given enlarged power in such di
rection as the valuation of express
companies. Child labor laws were
strengthened; a cold storage limitation
was imposed; a standard of weights
and measures was established; sanitary
schoolhouses with medical Inspection
of pupils were required; the block slg
Lal was rendered obligatory on all
steam and electric railroads; a bureau
of inspection for factories, mines and
boilers was established; a commission
to advance agricultural and Industrial
education was formed; building and
loan associations were brought uudei
state control; a system of uniform pub
lie accounting for all offices, large or
small, throughout the state was per
fected. Governor Marshall believe In a tariff
MARSHALL'S THEORIES
ABOUT GOVERNMENT.
As an old style Democrat I'm
opposed to toe government go
lag into Dlmss eaospt as a, last
resort. I betters that some wis
dom en the part at lbs railroads
will make such action unneces
sary. Government ownership of
railroads and telegraph and tele
phone lines is the last thing I
want to see.
Governments wevs not institut
ed to do business. Governments
were instituted to see that yon.
if you are a corporation, can't
skin me, and that I can't skin
you. -They were not instituted to
confiscate railroads. If govern
ment is to be plain business It's
time that the American people
knew it The crying need of this
hour and of this people Is an im
mediate divorce of government
and business.
I am an income taxer. Person
ally I would much prefer to
have the income tax for the ben
efit of the state. However, I am
in favor of giving this power to
the national government, so that
those who have incomes may
take some of the burdens from
those who have none.
I do not approve of a ship sub
sidy. Payment of $100,000,000
per annum will not equal the At
lantic traffic alone. The way to
build up our merchant marine is
to change our navigation and
traffic laws. If you're going to
have ship subsidy, why not have
Illinois put a duty on oranges,
so that Illinois owners of hot
houses can go into the orange
badness? Or close up all the
windows of this statehouse that
the electric light company can
make money, or kill the horses
so as to force the use of automobiles?
for revenue only. "Whenever con
gress," he says, "under the guise of
raising money, makes an enactment
that in reality raises no money, but
simply makes you and me dig into
our pockets and hand over our small
coin to the protected manufacturers, it
has ceased to be a government of
equal rights and fair play. Any sys
tem of tariff legislation now or here
after enacted, which is so devised as
to enable a larger or smaller portion
of the American people to take tribute
of the residue of the American people.
is not conducive to the common good."
Initiative, Referendum and Recall.
Governor Marshall has decided views
with respect to the initiative, refer
endum and recall. He would employ
the initiative and referendum only as
a last resort in remedying the known
evils of representative government,
placing his reliance first in an improve
ment of the standard of nubile service.
To the proposed recall of irtdges be Is
unalterably opposed.
In discussing the question of the in
sular possessions Governor Marshall
said:
"I never made but one speech on im
perialistic doctrine, and that time my
friends acted as though I had given
them a dose of hasheesh. The people
care as much about the yellow brother
as about Rameses III."
Broke Low Weight Record.
Until a dozen years ago Governor
Marshall was 50 per cent up and 50
per cent down physically, but he prac
ticed law continuously and bad a
large business for "a country lawyer,"
as he calls himself. He had sciatica,
dyspepsia and malaria intermittently,
and his weight during a period of fif
teen years was 101 pounds, some
ounces less and some ounces more at
times.
"Once after a lively run of typhoid
fever," he said. "I broke fr the adult
records in the neighborhood by bal
ancing the beam at eight-eight pounds
scant I doctored for years with regu
lars, specialists, old women and quacks
and then bought a fifty cent bottle of
medicine and was cured."
GOVERNOR MARSHALL
AS 8EEN BY HIMSELF.
I don't shoot I wouldn't step
on a worm if I could help it.
Seven years ago I established a
reputation as a fisherman. We
were on the lake at Petosky.
Mrs. Marshall caught a fine
string of perch and pike. I caught
nve dogfish. I have never fished
since. I shall never fish again.
It is well that I didn't run for
governor at the age of forty-five.
Instead of nearly ten years later.
In all probability I would have
ruined myself. Deficient In phi
losophy and in balance, I would
have spent all my accumulations
in a headlong struggle to win.
As it was, the state committee
asked me for $1300. My stump
ing tour cost me SL70O railroad
fare, hotel bills and a few cigars
for the boys. So Thomas R.
Marshall was elected governor of
Indiana in 1908 at a personal out
lay of only $3,500.
I am a fatalist In lawsuits
and everything else I do all that
I can while I am in the fight but
I never worry about the out
come. I am not responsible for
results. If my client is accused
of murder and the Jury Is out I
go to bed and to sleep and get
the news after breakfast In the
morning. What is to be will be,
and staying awake will not
change it
SILK MADE FROM WOOD PULP
Material Is Brought From Norway
and Manufacture Is Carried On In
Unites; States.
In the manufacture cf artificial
Ilk, wood pulp from Norway Is util
ized, being shipped here In. bales, ac
cording to the Textile Manufacturers
Journal. This pulp la cut into thta
beets, each Individual sheet is care
fully weighed and a certain quantity
placed in a metal tank for chemical
treatment
The various chemical solutions used
are mixed in huge iron tanks, from
which they are pumped under ground
through a series of lead pipes to the
departments requiring the various
compounds. This pulp having been
macerated and digested, is submitted
to stin further chemical action under
certain fixed temperatures which are
not allowed to vary even one-half of a
degree.
When it is ready for final trans
formation into silk the solution close
ly resembles molasses in color and
consistency. At this stage it ia pump
ed from the tanks to the spinning
frames. Here specially constructed
pumps are attached to each spindle,
which carefully measures out the re
quired quantity of the solution.
This la forced through tubes with
an outlet containing Just as many
perforations as, there are to be fila
ments in the thread. Through these it
is passed to a tank running the length
of the frame and containing a chem
ical mixture which fixes the solution
instantaneously into a thread.
This strand ia carried oysr a wheel
down through a tube to a rapidly re
volving spindle; the rate ef speed
is about 5,000 revolutions a minute.
From this the strands are afterward
unwound on reels lrfto ikelns. The
air In the spinning room Is complete
ly changed every three minutes, being
pumped off through hoods placed over
each of the spinning frames. This is
done to remove any possible fumes
and to provide thorough ventilation
for the operatives.
One of the interesting features hi
connection with the entire operation
is the fact that the yarn la handled
as little as possible. The specialty
constructed stoves and bleaching ar
rangements are ideaL and when the
skeins are finally carried to the large
drying room on the fifth floor one
marvels at the change which has so
rapidly taken place. From here they
are taken to the sorting room, wherr
each individual skein is oarefully ex
amined by skilled operators.
Offfoe Holding In China.
In some respects the Chinese ap
pear to have distinct advantages ovet
us. For instance, when a Chinese pub
lic office holder has failed to give
satisfaction in his officeholdlng
when he has shown that be is the
wrong man in the right place he la
invited to commit suicide, so that a
better servant of the people may suc
ceed him. The request Is not a mere
formality. When it Is made in the
proper way and backed by a proper
expression of public opinion It has all
the force of a decision of the supreme
court. The man who is condemned
has no escape save flight, and if he
runs away his family is forever dis
graced and degraded.
If we could import this Chinese cus
tom there would undoubtedly be a
great Improvement in the general
business of office holding. It would
make muckraking almost unneces
sary, and senatorial investigations
would become obsolete. Moreover, it
would give the office a neal chance to
seek the man. The task of the voter
would he simplified, because there
would cease to be a multiplicity of
candidates for each office. If the Chi
nese system could be adopted with
out the accompaniment of the pigtail
It might be worth trying.
The Public Shakespeare Wrote For.
Literary fame as a dramatist trou
bled Shapespeare not; but present ne
cessities could not be forgotten; chief
among them the necessity of pleasing
ills public. His average public, the
one he had chiefly in view, whose av
erage heart and mind he had to touch
and delight, was that of the Globe, a
large, much-frequented house which
drew popular audiences, and where
accidentally some ambassador might
appear; but the fate of the play would,
depend not upon ths ambassador's ap
plause or some learned critic's blame.
Trot on the Impression of the crowd ; a,
boisterous csowd, warm-hearted, full
flooded, of unbounded patriotism, a
lover of extremes, now relishing the
eight of tortures, now moved at the
death of a fly, S lover of the Improb
able, of unexpected changes, of coarse
buffooneries, quibbles, common witti
cisms easy to understand, of loud
noises of any sort, bells, trumpets,
cannon; men, all of them, of an en-
cyclopaedic ignorance. From a Lec
ture, ."What to Expect of Shakes'
peare-" by J. J. Jusserand,
The Pig Tall Not Chinese.
Tf fha Chinese revolution triumphs
and the "pig-tall" goes at last, that
will be an outward and visible sign,
both of reform and of emancipation
from Manchu rule. For It must be!
remembered that what all the modern
world rejrards as the chief distm
gdshlng mark of the Chinaman hi
not Chinese at all, but a badge oi
submission to the Manchus not three
centuries old. when Liao-Yang was
captured by ths Manchus in 1618, ths
inhabitants shaved the front part of
their heads in token of allegiance,
and all China followed, though ths
people of Amoy and Swatow districts
long concealed the mark of conquest
under cotton turbans.
COON HUNTING ON DECLINE
Conservation la Proving Very Un
popular to These Who Delight
In This Sport.
Coon hunting Is on the decline over
la southern Illinois, according to s
report from Owensville, because the
farmers and land owners hare be
come timber conservationists and re
fuse to allow their trees to be cut
It used to be that a coon hunt wag
not a success unless the coon was
treed In a monarch of the forest, the
tree ssbsequently being cut down by
the ready axes of the hunters to effect
the capture of the game. In daya
when timber waa plentiful the land
owners were not so particular, and
tt was not uncommon for a hunting
party to chop down half a dozen fine
trees In a single night. The hunting
party that would commit such a tres
pass nowadays probably would find it
self in serious trouble with the courts.
For trees sitch as the coon hunters
used to cut now have a big market
value. They are growing scarcer all
the time, and the wise land owner ia
realizing the necessity of husbanding
bis resources in the timber line.
"In the good old days" an incalcul
able amount of good timber was de
stroyed In this way. It was not
missed at the tfane, for trees grew
almost everywhere, and lumber was
not so much of an item as it Is at
present The forests had to go in
order to blaze the way for agricul
tural development There was no es
pecial demand for timber, and vast
areas of It were cut down and burned
that the land owner might prepare
for growing corn or tobacco. Much
of this timber might have been saved
If the farmer had cleared his land
on any systematic plan, and would
have made him independent in his
later years. He did not realize the
Importance of conservation, so he cut
and slashed indiscriminately, and the
coon hunters helped him, along with
the hickory nut hunters, the chestnut
hunters, the grape gatherers, the seek
ers after slippery elm bark and a
great variety of hunters engaged in
denuding the wooded lands of their
products.
It Is well that the farmers of south
ern Indiana and the farmers else
where are beginning to take notice of
the conservation movement. If the
coon hunter must needs chase coons
let him catch them on the level oi
climb the tree for his booty.
Thrifty 8qulrrel.
Alfred McHenry has a park of sev
eral acres, in which a score or more oi
gray squirrels have taken up their
abode. The other day Mr. McHenry
bought two bushels of walnuts to be
fed to the squirrels daring the winter.
He left the bag with the nuts In the
back part of his buggy, which was
pushed into the carriage shed.
Two days later when the occasion
required the use of the buggy again he
went to remove the two bushel bag of
walnuts, when, lo and behold! there
wasn't half a peck of the walnuts
there. But there was a hole In the bag
and an excited squirrel that chattered
on a beam overhead seemed to have
more than the ordinary amount of In
terest in McHenry's movements. The
latter watched the squirrel and when
he discovered that It had its home be
hind one of the rafters he climbed up
a ladder and investigated. He not only
found the squirt el's nest but all the
stolen walnuts as well. The squirrel
had transferred the nuts from the bug
gy up under the rafters all within 14
hours of daylight. Williamsport Cor
respondence Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
Prize 8nake Yarn.
fThe Prevaricators' Society of Bella-
rat and Woolloomocloo was proceeding
in peace and harmony till the snake
story man spoke. "Some pevMe," he
said, "consider the snake hasn't got
any sense ; but they're wrong. For in.
stance, once when I was In India, I
saw a Hindu mother place her year,
old baby outside the but to sun him
self, and to keep his spirits up she
gave the little chap a big feeding bot
tle of milk. Well, as I watched, I saw
a snake insinuate itself close up to
that child. My heart was In my
mouth. I feared for the baby. - But
bless you, the snake was only after
the milk! He just slipped the teat
out of the child's mouth and Into hia
own, and then the thoughtful and kind
ly reptile put the end of his tail Into
the child's mouth by way of a com
forter!" With a great sob the president of
the society arose and handed, the lau
rel which encircled his brow to the
snake-story man.
And then they passed silently lntc
the night Tit-Bits.
Penalty of Initials.
"It has been my observation," said
the pretty girl, "that the greatest dif
ficulty a girl experiences at a co-educational
college is disposing of the
quantities of shaving soap sent her by
manufacturers who copied the names
of the entire student body from lists
where boys and girls alike are regis
tered by their initials and distributed
the samples of soap Impartially with
the request that the recipient write a
testimonial to the effect that It is the
best shaving soap she ever used."
Philosophical.
A German and his wife came into
a nice little fortune through ths
death of the wife's father, who was
sick a long time and suffered a good
deal.
A neighbor .tried to express his
sympathy, but was interrupted.
"He suffered much." said KarL
"He's better eff und so are we."
I GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Alleged sugar frauds at Phil,
delphia, under investigation by
Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Veagh and Attorney General
Wickersham for the last year
have been settled by the payment
of nearly a quarter of a million
dollars to the United States gov
ernment by sugar refining cora
panes involved. This announce
ment was made by the Treasury
Department Monday.
While being initiated into the
order of Woodmen of the World
at Honeapatb, S. C, last
,, yt mght Furman Bag
well became excited at the
dlSDlaV Of firearm a so a
of the ceremnnv and fiLt
! '
upon those who were taking part
in the initiation, inflicting fatal
wounds upon a close friend, Mil
ton Taylor, who died of his
WminHo Mnnm, To.,lyx-i r-i.
uo;, j aj i ui J ttHlcr
says that he does not desire to
nrnaamifn Dn 1 1
Monument Unveiling.
White "Pond Camp No. 222,
Woodmen of the World, will on
Sunday, August 11, at 4 p. m.
Unveil the monument erector! t
the momory of W. Monroe Miller
VI til. 4. Tl- S-l
u wc ucmeiery at riney urove
Baptist church, Dillon county S.
a The public is invited.
F. R. Home, C. C.
The name Doan's inspires confidence
Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney ilia.
Donn ' Ointmant fn alrlx i .!.:
Doan's Regulets for a mild laxative.
SoJd at all drug stores.
Farmers, mechanics, railroaders,
laborers, rely on Dr. Thomas' Eclectic
Oil. Fine for cuts, burns, bruises.
Should be keftt in -ever? home. 25 and
50 cents.
Testimony of W. H. McKinnon
While on His Death-Bed After
8 Months on a Languishing
Bed of Consumption.
Born December 25, 1884; died May 20,
1912.
Mav 16th, he called all his friends
around him and told them that he was
saved, did not have to die to be saved.
I am already saved. All of you that
have religion, work it; and all of you
that have not got religion, get it I
want you all to come to heaven If you
go to nell you will not see me. I am
already saved.
May 17th, he called his father.
mother and wife to his bed and told
them how he wanted them to raise his
children.
"I want you to raise them in the fear
of God and educate them if you can.
Mamie, l want you to stay here and pa
and mama help you raise these children,
because you can't raise them yourself.
I don't want none of you to grieve
after me. You can shout at my bury
ing in the spirit, but don't grieve be
cause 1 am gone, for I will be in
heaven. Papa, I want you to tell W.
T. Currie to send and get Rev. ,W. C.
Wiilumson to preach my funeral. 1 want
him to tell all ef the people that I am
in heaven. I did not have to die to be
paved; I am only waiting on the Lord.
Cousin Mingo, I want.you to talk at
my burying, and tell all the people that
I am saved. Harp on it and don't be
afraid to tell the people that I am in
heaven, for I will be there. Come on
to heaven where I am, for I will be
there.
"Papa, you and mama have done all
you can for me. You have spent yeur
money and and done all you could for
me. l am out of your hands now, you
can't do any more for me now, I am in
the hands of the Lord. You can only
stand around me, and look at me until
the Lord takes me home. I have con
quered both death and hell by faith. I
have the keys of both death and hell, i
am not afraid to die. The judge passed
sentence on me last night. I know
hen I am coiner. If I had not been
ready when the sentence was passed I
could not have got ready. I now would
have been doomed to helL Awiui
would have been my condition."
He called hiB wife to his bedside
and said: "Mamie, vou have done all
you could for me. I am out of your
hands now. Mamie meet me in heaven.
"Cousin Miniro. Christ savs to repent.
believe and be Daptised and you shall
be saved. This is the sure way. this is
the way that I have chosen.
"I don t want a nreacher to preach
my funeral that don't believe the whole
Bible. Death is sweet I have tasted
it twice. It is sweeter than the honey
in the honey comb. I asked the Lord
to give me a dying testimony and tie
gave it to me.
J. M. Robinson.
Cornelia Whitehead.
Rachel King,
Polly Humphry,
Witnesses.
Scotland County
FARM
I offer for sale my farm in
Laurel Hill township. Scotland
county, consisting of about 100
acres about 50 under cultivation.
Situated on fine sand-clay public
road, adjoining the Seaboard
Railroad, one and one-half miles
from town of Laurinburg. Very
valuable and desirable. One of
Scotland county's first-class
farms. For particulars write
J. B. MAXWELL,
8-l-2mo Laurinburflr. N. C.
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