VIRTUE IK HARMONY HOW COOPERATION OF THE PEO PLE OF A COMMUNITY WINS. STICKING TOGETHER COUNTS Illustration of Some of the Good Things in Clannishness as Found in Some Agricultural Dis tricts. Often is heard protest against what 1s called clannishness among foreign ers who become citizens of the United States. It is claimed that they carry old-country ideas with them to the new land, and refuse to mingle with other than their own nationality. In defense of these foreigners who are thus charged, it is but fair to say that many of them labor under the misap prehension that they are not looked upon by the older American citizens as companionable. Often their lack of a knowledge of the English lan guage makes their own class desir able associates. It will be observed that in one or two generations condi tion changes and the children of these foreigners become thoroughly Amer icanized. It would be well if some of the traits of clannishness that are manifest in foreign colonies be generally prac ticed throughout the United States. In 1848 an effort was made to colonize land in Missouri with a progressive •class of German citizens. The events immediately following this effort, the ioss of one shipload of immigrants and the subsequent sufferings of the newcomers, is a matter of history. But undaunted hundreds of those who at that time sought homes in the new ■country, gained for themselves envi able places in the annals of American history, and they founded commu nities that may well be held up as models worthy to be copied. In Gas conade county, Missouri, a large colony ■of these people sought homes. There they tilled the soil and cultivated vine yards. They were of one tongue aud •of one religious belief, a highly moral, hard working people, and their aim was to found homes for themselves and their progeny. To-day in Gas conade county there is more evidence of wealth, of culture and harmony among the people than can be found in any like area of the United States. From the founding of the colony it was recognized that if progress be made that the wealth produced by members should be retained. Mills were gradually built for the conver sion of the grain iuto flour, wine presses were found on almost every homestead, and towns were built. Among the first institutions establish ed wsre schools and churches, and these to-day are prominent factors in the molding of the character of the jpeople. It was one of the rules of the col ony to assist one another. Each one while working for himself and his family, realized that it was to his ad vantage to patronize his neighbor. Thus when the towns were started .-and stores opened, it was made a rule that these stores be patronized and that the store-keeper be allowed a fair profit for the goods he sold. Tailor shops, boot and shoe makers, soap makers, and even the brewers of beer found their customers solely among the members of the colony. Although St. Louis was within a few hours' ride, the members of the colony considered that the dollars kept in the little town Instead of being spei t in St. Louis meant much for the ad vancement of the place. As years passed by members of the colony be ■came prosperous. Families were roared and children married, addition al homesteads were secured and there wus a thorough cooperation among all towards making Life agrcpable and giving each member of the commu nity a means of acquiring a compe tency. One of the early undertak ings was the building of macadamized roads. These roads to-day are kept in the best of condition and have -proved a matter of economy to the ■county. Schools and churches, which at first were roughly built, have been replaced with magnificent edifices which are sources of pride to the resi dents of the community. Some of the small business places of 40 or iSO years ago have grown to be of almost national importance. In fact all res idents of the community are inde pendent, and a few of them posses sors of great wealth. How success ful they have been is shown by the absence of paupers in thb county. There are no public charges, neither is there any gfeat expense as to main taining a county jail. This community is but one of many in the Mississippi valley and through out the west. Such communities have been built up solely by the simple ad herence to cooperation among mem bers and a following out of the home trade principle. Members realized that every dollar earned in the com munity and sent to some other place robbed the community of so much wealth, and that this dollar ceased to be a factor in increasing the impor tance and progress of the place. In these communities are generally lo cated flouring mills. The output of these mills finds local sale and the sur plus Is sent to the markets to bring in money from the outside. It ap pears that if the simple economical methods of many classes of citizens of foreign birth were to be practiced more generally by people residing in various agricultural communities of the United States, it would be whole some and that these communities would make greater progress. The practice thai has grown up of pat ronizing other than home institutions has elements of e<?Il that are well worthy of careful study. In these years of progress the Inclination to economize in small things and to save a penny by sending dollars to the largo cities often results in heavy losses to the people. Yet there is an tinder-current at work, an awakening to the Importance of the people of every community more closely coop erating for the advancement of the interests of all. OPPORTUNITIES NEAR HOME. Progressive Towns Offer Excellent Advantages for Young Men. Students in sociology have recent ly expressed pessimistic views as to chances for the success of young men of country districts. There has been 110 denying of the fact that the farm affords a splendid opportunity for those inclined towards a pastoral life, but it is maintained that of recent years conditions preclude any great chances for the average young man to succeed in the average business vocation. That is that the channels for his development are being made more narrow year after year through the formation of corporations and trusts for the control of various in dustries. In other words, the cen tralization of business is considered detrimental to the pursuing of busi ness In mercantile lines on a small scale. This subject is open to wide discus sion. Cities and towns of the United Stales are rapidly building up. The population of the country is Increas ing wonderfully. With this increase in population new opportunities pro sent themselves for the exercise of intelligent endeavor. The towns, par ticularly of the west, are embryo cit ies, and the little village of to-day will be the large city a quarter cen tury hence. Almost every town af fords the progressive young man a chance for business success. Oppor tunities are plentiful for those who have the foresight to discover them. Towns are built up where are certain natural advantages and their growth is dependent upon the* territory that they can draw support from, or upon some particular advantage that they may possess favorable to manufactur ing along certain lines. The oppor tunities for young men are to some extent guaged by the life and prog ress of the towns. Heads of families look forward to the time when their sons may enter into business or pro fessional life. Ties of kinship are strong and few parents care to have grown sons and daughters far away from them. In this is discovered a reason why residents of a rural dis trict should take more than ordinary interest in the home town. The more important the local town the greater are the opportunities for the young men of the neighborhood engaging in business in it. In thousands of cities and towns of the United States the leading business men to-day are the boys who were farmers' sons a quar ter or a half century ago. In modest ways they started in business In the home town, and with the progress of the town developed as business men. The opportunities that were opened to those youths are still open to the youths of to-day, but remember that many of these men would not have been the great business men they are to-day only for the fact the town 3 where they located were progressive places which gave the opportunity to succeed. COMMON SENSE ECONOMICS. Simple Principles for Application in Everyday Affairs. He who aims to be fair toward his neighbor will not deny him the oppor tunity to make an honest living. The day laborer should be as well reward ed, according to his work, as is the merchant or the banker. Merchants are shortsighted when they will order potatoes or other vegetables by the carload from an other town when right in their neigh borhood farmers have just as good po tatoes to sell, and perhaps at a lower price. No use in paying the commis sion man a percentage in a case like this. From fruit-growing sections year after year reports come as to the rot ting of the crops on accouunt of the poor transportation facilities, or re fusal of buyers in the large cities to pay prices sufficient to pay for gath ering. Here is an opportunity for the marflfestation of local enterprise. Why not start small drying and can ning establishments to use up the sur plus fruit? Such establishments could be profitably conducted, and operated with benefit to all the people of the community. There is little economy for the storekeepers to keep on their shelves goods that are likely to grow out of date, or deteriorate in value. Better sell all such goods at actual cost, and give the people of the neighborhood the benefit of lowest prices. People are interested in prices of goods. The wise merchants fully ap preciate the value of the home paper as a medium of intercourse with their customers. Well-written advertise ments and the naming of prices at tract attention, for the average per son when his attention is called to an article always wants to know the cost. One dollar circulated in a commun ity is worth to it SSO circulated in some other place. A district is made wealthy only by retaining in it the dollars that are earned within it, or which may be brought to it through commerce. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST i, 1907. HIGH COURT Of Guatemala Confirms Death Sentences. ALLEGED PLOTTERS Against the Life of President Cabrera are to be Executed, in Spite of Protests by Diplomats. Guatemala City. The supreme court of Guatemala has con tinned the death penalty on all those sentenced in connection with the re cent attempt to assassinate President Cabrera and who had appealed their cases to the highest court. On July 1 a dispatch from Guate mala stated that lCu citizens of that republic had been arrested on the charge of complicity in an attempt to assassinate Cabrera. All were thrown into prison and subsequently many of the accused were sentenced to death. Among the men in ptison were some of the most wealthy and prominent in Guatemala. Immediately upon the arrestj be coming known the diplomatic corps at Guatemala, with the exception of Philip ,\I. Brown, the United States charge, protested. No attention be ing paid to these protests the British minister was charged with drawing up a note in which the trial of those arrested were characterized as a farce. This note was sent to the vari ous governments having representa tives at Guatemala. On July 2:! a dispatch from Guate mala stated that many of the minor political offenders recently sentenced by the courts had been pardoned and that those under sentence of death would aiso probably be released shortly. It was also stated that Ger many, Italy, Spain and Mexico had sent lutes to tiie Guatemalan govern ment pointing (;lit that prisoners un der aires? for complicity in the at tempted assassination were still held, and that neither the civil nor military courts had taken any action in the c.'.'e, in spite of the fact that the time allowed by law had long since expired. SPIES HIRED BY TURKS. They Are Alleged to be Engagsd in the Work of Discrediting Arme nians in This Country. New York.—Rev. Levont Mar toogessan, once treasurer of the Hunchakist, the Armenian society which outsiders say has fallen from its high estate of patriotism to the practice of blackmail, on Friday gave a new twist to the district attorney's investigation of the organization. The priest had been subpenaed to tell what he knew. This was to the effect that the present agitation, os tensibly directed by reputable Ar menians against a band of assassins, was in fact inspired by the Turkish government, whose hired spies sought to discredit the patriotic Armenians in this country. The pastor of the Armenian Apos tles' church had, he admitted, formerly been a member and the treasurer of the Hunchakist, but some time ago withdrew. He knew nothing of the murder of the rug merchant Tavehanjian, who had refused to pay SIO,OOO for his life, and if extortion had been practiced he knew nothing of it. On the contrary, he told the district attorney that ho himself was the object of persecution 011 the part of the Turkish government. Pressed to throw light 011 the work of the con spirators the priest replied: •'You are a rich and powerful nation and you can find out more than 1 can." FINANCE AND TRADE. Dun's Review Says There Is Little Complaint of Midsummer Dullness. New York. —R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: It is noteworthy thrt there is prac tically none of the customary com plaint of midsummer dullness in com mercial or industrial channels. On the contrary, reports from many cities announce that all the backward ness of the early season in light weight fabrics has been made up, and the liberal distribution of mer chandise is accompanied by steady improvement 111 mercantile colle ctions. Preparations for fall and winter proceed with evident confi dence and lines that usually report frequent cancellations at this season are holding their business nearly in tact. In the leading industries there Is little idle machinery, steel and cotton mills reporting orders further into the future than other branches, and the only menac° to more new records of pig iron production is the interrup tion to ore movement by the strike that has reduced' shipments about 2,000,000 tons in three weeks. Engineer and Fireman Killed. St. Thomas, Ont.—A locomotive attached to a Wabash freight train blew up one mile cast, of Slmcoe ia.;t night. Engineer Pen Patterson and Fireman .lames Calvert were killed. A brakeman was scalded and a conductor badly injured. Nino Men Drowned. Toronto, Ont.—During a heavy thunder storm Thursday night a gasoline launch with ten men on board capsized in Lake Ontario and only one micceeded in reaching th< nearby shore. MADE A NEW RECORD. SONOMA GIRL WON THE MER CHANTS AND MANUFACTUR ERS' STAKE AT DETROIT. Second Heat Was Trotted in 2:06!4, a World's Record for a Green Mare. Detroit, Mich.—Thursday's sun set on the greatest renewal of the Merchants and Manufacturers' stake ever trotted. The most remarkable exhibition of speed ever known 011 the light harness turf was won by So noma Girl on her courage and speed and stamped herself the fleetest of her sex in parts of the journey, if not for a whole mile, when the supreme test comes later in the season. The track was lightning fast, the water under the surface serving as a cushion to send the flying feet aloug in their Journey. Sonoma Girl had closed a favorite at SSO, Highball $44 and the field $26, and in some pooling she ranked $-"<0 to $35 over the field. When they scored the first time Sonoma Girl was 011 the run, jumping as though mad. Time and again she acted badly and there was a wild scramble among the bet ters. Driver Springer changed sulkys and she went level, then back-jumped and finally when the word was given on the ninth score she was ten lengths behind the rest, though on a trot. Highball, from the outside, shot to the pole and the quarter in 30 seconds, being ten lengths ahead at the half. Springer got Sonoma Girl going on the first turn and she rattled off a middle half in 59 Vi seconds, land ing in second place, but being unable to catch Highball, who went the mile in 2:07V2, a new record for the stake. Next time they got away on the third score and rushed to the half in 1:00%, where Highball had an open length 011 the mare. At the three quarters Springer set her going and she marched up to and by Highball as though he was tied to a post. Such a flight of speed had never been seen and when Sonoma Girl got down the stretch Springer pulled her until she was jogging in 2:06*4, a second new record for the stake and the world's record for a green mare. The third heat was a plain work mile for Sonoma Girl, as she won at every part of it. The rest of the racing was clever and fast. JEWISH WOMEN LED RIOTERS. Butcher Shops in Philadelphia Were Sacked by Yiddish Mobs. Philadelphia, Pa. The Jewish quarter in the southern section of the city was- the scene of many disturb ances and incipient riots Thursday following the efforts of Yiddish wo men to boycott kosher butchers who have increased the price of meats. All through the Ghetto there were fierce outbreaks in which persons who at tempted to patronize the stores were roughly handled. In several instances the stores were sacked and the meat destroyed. The women gathered in front of the stores and seized every person who entered. The meat the customers had purchased was taken away from them and tossed in the streets after coal oil or acid had been poured over it. In three shops oil was poured over every piece of meat, the chop ping blocks and counters were over turned and the windows in the stores were demolished. The police of three districts were kept on the run answering riot calls and reserve squads had to be sent to their assistance. As a result of the outbreaks 2S men and women were either sent to prison or held in bail for court to answer charges of assault and inciting to riot and as many more were arrested and locked up for hearings on minor charges. Because most of the disturbers were women the police at first hesi tated to use force in trying to dis perse the mobs in front of the stores, but- the situation became serious and they were finally compelled to use se vere measures and a number of men and women were sent to the hospitals suffering from injuries received in re sisting the officers. None was seri ously hurt, however, and the authori ties have the situation well in hand. The kosher butchers at a meeting last night decided to close their stores until the wholesalers shall reduce the price on meats to a scale that will en able the retailers to sell to their cus tomers at prices within their means. Is Accused of Cruelty. San Francisco, Cal. —Third Of ficer Hawes, of the wrecked steamer Columbia, whose sworn report of the disaster charged Capt. Hansen, of the San Pedro, with refusing to aid in the rescue of the passengers, is now charged by survivors who occupied the same boat with him, with conduct more cruel than that specified by him in his report. • The charges against Hawse are: Refusing to give his coat to an unconscious woman rescued from the water in a freezing condi tion. Ordering a sailor to strike a crippled man who he believed occu pied too much space in the boat. Re fusing to assist in dragging men and women from the water. Sisters Guard Their Ancestors' Graves Kansas City, Kan. —Helena, Ida and Lida Coniey, Wyandot Indians, began an armed guard Thursday over the graves of their ancestors in Huron cemetery in Kansas City, Kan., recently ordered sold by the govern ment. Explosion Killed Three People. Otter Lake, Mich. —Three and possibly four persona lost their lives last evening when lightrj, . struck the hardware store of Hemingway, exploding a quantity 1 dynamite. I Balcom & Lloyd, I I] WE have the best stocked J; general store in the county jj ? and if you are looking for re ; liable goods at reasonable prices, we are ready to serve ' you with the best to be found. jf P Our reputation for trust- fj HI worthy goods and fair dealing jl SI is too well known to sell any p but high grade goods. 9 I Our stock of Queensware and s J H Ohinaware is selected with w ;■ great oare and we have som® k ffl of the most handsome dishes H in) ever shown in this seotion, Hj both in imported and domestic g makes. We invite you to visit us and look our goods over. 8 q P fj | Balcom & Lloyd, j 13 LOOK ELSEWHERE BUT DON'T FORGET || THESE PRICES AND FACTS AT |j i! || LaBAITS II I M 11 M We carry in stock . 1 g| pi the largest line of Car- .iSflMEgaattj' |f II pets, Linoleums and fj Mattings of all kinds c? ever brought to this J* M town. Also a big line - M A very large line of -FOR THE LL- 1 |j Lace Curtains that can- _. —M " X^ fo "ci ny " COMFORTABLE LODGING Art Squares and of fine books In a choice library El Rugs of all sizes and select the Ideal pattern of Globe- I?* Ml kind, from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase. trfl nest to the best. I Furnished with bevel French I M plate or leaded glass doors. * M Dining Chairs, I roB 6a " I |j| Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR, s■( h.5 High Chairs. sole Agent for Cameron County. I fc i 112 2 A large and elegant I—————————————*3 |! line of Tufted and 112? |g Drop-head Couches. Beauties and at bargain prices. fed! |3O Bedroom Suits, COC S4O Sideboard, qnar- COfi fc jS * solid oak at 4>/0 tered cak 4)OU P * ' ® S2B Bedroom Suits, tf Ol $32 Sideboard, qnar- CIC ?-2 Rf solid oak at 4)ZI tered oak H $26 Bed room Suits, Of) $22 Sideboard, quar- fclfi H solid oak at 4>ZU tered oak, 4)1 0 fcjg H A large line of Dressers from Chiffoniers of all kinds and |HI ltd $8 up. all prices. fc# Kg The finest line of Sewing Machines on the market, S3 J| the ''DOMESTIC" and "ELDRIEGE.' All drop- g| Pa heads and warranted. ?a A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in sets and by the piece. i J As I keep a full line of everything that goes to H M make up a good Furniture store, it is useless to enum- |t) M erate them all. M Please call and see for yourself that I am telling kg you the truth, and if you don't buy, there is no harm kg done, as it is no trouble to show goods. •j GEO. J .LaBAR. fj UINrr>£S>.TA.B.INO. *< Iszzszzs:cxxsxszz3:zssz££szii 3
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