Southern Illinois Record

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FLORA. ILINOIS, TIIURSD.VY.OCrOBER K |{)M
NO. 2
Sherman Replies to Roosevelt j Interesting Letter From Iowa
Takes  the Bull Nooser to Task: Tell of Trip Made—Farming Coun- for  Coining   to  Illinois   and    \        t'y in Fine Shape and All
VOSGES
RANGE
Delving in Ancient History
United States Senator, Lawrence V. Sherman formally replied on Sunday, says the Chlcairo Herald, to attacks made upon him by Theodore Roose¬ velt durlnjr the latter's Illinois tour. Ina lentfthy statement Senator Si.er- maii declared t'olonel Hooseveit was lickle in his alTectioiis and Inconstant 111 his devotion to his allc^ted prin¬ ciples."
Senator Sherman descrllied Hay¬ mond Robins, pro^rresslve .senatorial nominee for whom Colonel Hooseveit campaigned the stale, as a slntfle taxer and socialist.
".Mr. Uoosvelt's appeal for the election of .Mr. Robins must seem odd to the averutre voter," said Senator Sherman. "Ills Inforiiiation Is ancient liistory. What he asks lias been done by the people of Illinois long ago. He Is lighting in tlie past: Ills back Is turned toward the rising sun in tliin^^s dune and doing,
"The lllinoislegislature hascnacted more laws to promote social justice tlian Robins ever lias read. Al tlie time 1 was struggling for direct pri¬ mary laws, civil service, factory in¬ spection, coal mining acts, child labor laws and other acts of isoclal justice, Mr. Hooseveit was allied In this state with the element of the Republican parly then opposed to me. Some time has elapsed since this liappened and many people have lorgollen It.
".Mr. Roo.seveltnominated .Mr. Taft In 19(18. ile used the rules then in force to control the convention. In U\2 he vociferiously objected to Taft's receiving the benelit of the same rules. Roosevelt's name was subiiiilled to that convention. 11 he had been nominated under the old rules, or any rules, the Republican party would have been a virtuous body.
"Hooseveit I.ssued to me a certlti¬ cate of titness and cha racted In llKi". In it over his sigiialiire he recites that lie reposes 'special trust and con¬ tidence ill the wLsdom, uprightness and learning of Lawrence V. Sherman of Illinois'.
"Iioes the UolonM or do any of his friends kno v of anything sln.'e May n. lUu';, that I have done to forfeit tl.e coiilidence of the people of this state? The ditliculty Is that the Colonel does nol remain of one mind long at a time. He Is tickle in his affections and equally Inconstant in Ills deviitlon to his alleged principles.
'No attack ever was made on me by labor as hostile to lis interesi un- till a few weeks ago. That came from an Inspired source. On the con¬ trary, the men who represented labor li'ive approved of my course and been my friends, and are toduy.
"Mr. Roosevelt charges that a Sul- livan-Lorimer bipartisancoinbinatiun of former years has continued and at Springtield last year was a Sherman- Sullivan combine. Tiie charge is utterly false. For more than tifteen years Mr: Lorimer and 1 were not in accord In methods of party manage¬ ment.
"Colonel RiKisevelt comes a long journey to advise Illinois voters to elect Royinond RoblnsV Who is Hay¬ mond RoblnsV What does he believe'i' What has he done':' Why should he be elected I'nited States senator.
"lie is principally remembered during this period as a single taxer. He appears as a member of the com¬ mission of the .loseph Kelsfund. This Is a fund devoted to propagating the single tax. Neither the Hepubllcan nor the Democratic party has fallen a victim to the single tax. If there Is a voter who understands It and be¬ lieves In It, let him vole for  Robins.
"The real contest In this campaign Is between the Republican and liemo- cratic parties."
Spends Day in the Country
St. Stephens Ladies A id society had another big day in the counlry at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Car¬ roll on Thursday of lasl week.
I'iecing (luilt was the order of the day.
You should have seen the pleasing smile on the ladies faces as they en¬ tered the dining room where a large table laden with everything good to eat awaited them.   They did justice.
Before starting for home the ladles visited the school which Is taught by Miss Blanche Guerretta/.. Tliey praise her as an eflleient teacher.
The day was ideal but seemed too short when time arrived for depar¬ ture. The Aid hopes to meet with Mrs. Carroll again next year and apend another pleasant day.
Appear Prosperous
We started from Klora on the eve¬ ning of Sept. 12 which was ideal for traveling. We traveled all that night, and as the beautiful dawn broke upon us, we were entering a small town called Tracy. We also found that we were entering tlie tine corn belt. Traveling along the hesMoines river for miles, the country was hilly.
Afler changing cars at DesMolncs we found the country more level, lie¬ ing dotted here and there with silos, elevators and windmills, and corn tields as far as you could see with a black and loamy soil. Wherever you could see a grove of trees In the dls- taiic3 you could be sure there was a nice farm house. The trees are used asa proleclion from the wind in tlie winter and as .shade in the summer. Wc arrived al Renwlck, Iowa al noon on Sept. I.l.
As we traveled over the country by auto, visiling several of tlie cities and towns we found they were clean and nicely kept. Tlie country in tliis locality Is so level, and the atmos¬ phere is so light and pure, one can see ten miles away with the naked eye. The farms are all well drained with what they call the dredge ditch¬ es which are about six or eight ;feel diiep and four feet wide. The tiling emptying into these ditclies and the walerls carried to the river.
Kvery farm has a two slory house, painted white and very large barns with cupolas: all painted red and from two to tlve out liouses the same color.
The roads are certainly tine] for aiiloing, as the farmers take special pride in keeping the roads In good condition by dragging them.
All kinds of vegetables are very plentiful. There is plenty of work and the wages are good. A mild and healthy cil nite and nii^e frieniily people. Mr;s. L. Kearney.
They Speak the Truth.
Tlie Southern Illinois Record pub¬ lislied at Klora c:irries a tour- page advertisement for one of lis enterprising merchants, and the merchant says it pays liim well. We have wondered why .some of Kairlield merchants do not catch a broader vision and indulge in a little more printer's Ink than some of tliem do. .\dvertislng is one of the indlspensl- bles of tills day In the business world. Advertising has brought the mall or¬ der houses the bulk of the busine.ss. There is but one good way to com¬ bat the mall order Iiouse evil, and tiiat is for the smaller merchants to use the same agency to procure busi¬ ness that they use, to wit, that is to say by advertising for It In this lo¬ cal paper.    Kairlield Kree I'ress.
The advertisement referred to ap¬ peared three weeks ago and was for the depariment store of .1. ('. Meyer, wild has, since its appearance. In¬ formed us that it was a big business getter for liim. There Is no i|ueslion but that local newspaper advertising will bring results for loi'al merchants
Some time ago we noticed an edi- lori;il In the Chicago Inter Ocean which, in the body of the article, was this "Tlie (.'hlcago mail order concern of Sears & Roebuck sold *2'J, (Hiii.OOn worth of sugar and -W.ikki,!*!"* ol other gnM'erles the last three weeks in August." Of course, this all occurred when the Kuropean war broke out and sugar dropped from '20 to 14 [Kjunds for a dollar. Hut how could they sell so much sugar in less than a month, you will askY The se¬ cret of the whole thing is, they ad¬ vertised 20 pounds of sugar for one dollar and merchants elsewhere were not slow In buying.
This is no doubt ten times the tior- inal sales, and perhaps accounts for some of the po