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The Detroit times., 1909-01-23

FILES CURED ~ TO 10 DAYS.
IALO OINTM EN- Is guaranteed 10 SGre
any case OF Itching. Blind Bleeding or
Protruding piles In to IL days OF
money refunded soc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
T MEN WRoNGED.
Commissioner Of Corporations De-
nouncss the Practice of Dealing in

EuCureS.
Washington, special-Both the
producers Of cotton and the dealers in
that commodity are the victims Of
the system Of trading in vogue on the
cotton exchange Of tie country.
This is the burden Of parts 4 and
5 of the report Of Commissioners Of
Corporations Herbert Knox Smith on
the conduct ofSsuch exchanges. The
practice Of dealing ID futures, as it is
carried on&at present. us condemned,
carried on at present. is condemned,
the existence of the exchange.
"The brief discussion Of general
speculation in this report says Mr..
Smith, recognizes the possibilities
for good inherent in a great central
market like q cotton exchange, and
the need that this good be developed
and evils eliminated. by regulations in
line with economic law"
The report is especially condemna-
tory Of the dealings in futures, brand
ing this form of speculation as pure
gambling and highly injurious to legi-
innate trade. In quotations for ';fu-
ture" deliveries oflcotton. the market
is so uncertain and so many. elements
of change enter into the transaction
that all bids are made at a much
lower figure than those offered for
cotton actually in existence.
The effect of these fictitious quota
tions, the report points out, tends to
mislead the cotton planted as to the
true value of his crop, honestly
crown. In addition it leads brokers
10 "play" both sides. of the market
to protect themselves against loss in
such trades, with the rsult that. the
producer is forced to pay in the end,
while the farmer loses likewise.
The report, while recognizing that
the exchanges in New Orleans and
New York are necessary, does not
mince words in criticisir,g the New
York exchange. After declaring that
the New Orleans methods of conduct
ing the transactions in cotton follow
ed natural lines, the report draws at
tention to the fact that it has been
proven that the abnormal depressions
in the future price. in New York
"were almost wholly due to improper
artificial conditions now maintained
by the New York cotton exchange. By
maintaining them the New York ex-
change is responsible for a very real
injury to the producer and mer-
chant.D
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Politics in Great Britain.

London, Specialize whole of
Great Britain is immersed i'll the po-
litical campaign which has been in
a~ugurated by the refusal of the
House of Lords to consent to the
budget. The country is divided in
to two great camps, composed OF
those who support the Lords action
and those who contend that the
House of Commons must have alb
solute control Of the finances Of the
nation. There are, Of course, many
other issues, such as tariff reform
versus free trade, but these arc be-
ing pushed into the background by
the conflict between the two houses.
While the various local organizations
are busy selecting candidates and
preparing for the contests in their
respective districts, the leaders of the
great parties are carrying on a gen.
eral campaign. The radicals, who had
long forseen the fate OF their finance
bill, are not allowing che grass to
grow under their feet.
In London Saturday afternoon one
of their organizations the National
Democratic League, held a demon
stration as a protest against the ac-
ton of the Lords which was n of
the most notable ever held in the
metropolis. Fully 10000 persons,
mostly of the laboring and artisan
classes, gathered in Trafalgar square
and cheered the radical speakers.
who condemned in unmeasured terms
tie members Of the upper chamber.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
THE zELAYA SCHEME
Two Emmissaries Sent, TO
Washington.
He WOULD OyERREACH KNOX
Hopes to Catch congressman Enough
to Neutralize the Ultimatum.

Washington, Special. President
Zelaya has not only refused to take
official cognizance of Secretary
Knox's note which was practically an
ultimatum, but is declared to have
dispatched special agents to Wash
ington to endeavor to have the State
Departments ultimatum set aside
first by appeals to that department
and secondly by direct appeals to
members of Congress. The State De-
partment is entirely aware Of the
presence and identity of these ennis
%saries. These special agents are be-
ing watched in a general way.
1t was reported Friday that any at
tempt Zelaya might make to escape
from the country would receive the
direct and vigorous attention of the
American warships now lying off the
coasts of Nicaragua. Secretary
Knox's note intimated in the plainest
language that the State Department
looks upon Zelaya as the man respon-
| sible for the torture and death Of the
two Americans, Groce and Cannon.
The plan to defect the United
States government S program with
reference to Nicaragua came to light
Friday night when Senior Fernando
Sanchez and DIR. v. NJ. Roman arriv-
ed here. Neither Senior Sanchez nor
DR.. Roman would talk. They gave
thier address as New York.
During the afteroon and early
evening more than 6 score of tele-
grams were dispatched from Senior
Sanchez's rooms. Almost an equally
large lumber were received. This
~telegraphic activity, the Central Am
orleans insist, is aimed at members of
Congress, with a view Of winning
over enough of them to render the
administrations present program in
operative in the event it is presented
by Congress.
DR.. Salvador Castrillo, the diplom.
attic agent of the provisional govern
ment Of Nicaragua and representative
Of The revolutionists here, Friday
made formal request to Secretary
Knox that he be received on equai
terms with the agents Of the Zelaya
government. 1t is generally believed
that Dr.. Castrillo's request will be
granted.
While making all preparations for
action, this government has resumed
tie calm that preceded the issue OF
Secretary Knox's note. There were
no Developments in the State Depart
ment Friday.
"a New Orleans special says that
the bodies Of LerSs. Cannon and
Leonard Groce, the two Americans
executed BY order of President Eel
ava of Nicaragua, were burned, de-
clared passengers arriving here Friday
from Nicaraguan ports on the steam
er Dictator. It was reported that
incarceration was resorted to to con-
ceal tthe means of Identification.
Afterwards, it was said, Zelaya found
it was impossible to conceal the fact
that the Americans had been killed
and was forced to make a report to
this effect to the State Department at
WASHINGTON.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
REcfPEs.

French creamed DatesIOne seam
scnpful Of confectionery sugar, cup
ful Of water, white Of mixed:
with water, add 1avoring. Boil all
together, allow It to GOO, then YORK
between the hands and cut in pieces
large enough to FILL dates from which!
the stones have been removed. Roll
dates In graduated sugar.
Dainty Molasses Wafers.-A scant.
quart of flour before it is sifted. %.
cup of lard rubbed into the -four.
Then make a hole in the -four and
put in 1 cup Of molasses, 1-2 tea
spoon of salt, IL teaspoon of ginger
and 1 teaspoon of soda wet in two
teaspoons Of cold water, then mix.
Take small pieces of the dough and
roll very thin, cut out and bake. !.
Tomato .Soup.-Boil chicken or
beef four hours, then strain; add to-
the soup 1 a Of tomatoes and boil
one hour. Salt and pepper to taste
This will make four quarts of soup.
Bisque Of Oysters.-Let two quarts
Of milk come to a boil. Take three
pints of oysters, drain off the liquor,
put in a chopping bowl and chou fine.
Stir two small tablespoonful of -four
in four of melted butter. Put the
oysters in the boiling milk, stir in
the butter and flour, season with pep
per and salt. let boil up once and
serve
Fried Bananas.-Peel ripe bananas,
cut in half, roll in eggs beatel with
cold water or milk, then in flour, and
fry in deep hot, fat until a golden
/ yellow. If you wish to serve them
for dessert sprinkle with sugar and
lemon Juice; if as a vegetable, sprin-
kle lightly with salt
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

Strange and uncommon pe-2.exi-
ties confront a New Jersey presoy-
terry which debated whether to per-
nit q worthy brother to accept a
pastorate at a smaller salary than his
colleagues think he should take. The
church which has called him, relates
the Boston Transcript is required by
the ~presbytery to pay a salary o. $500
a year. The clergyman has figured 1t
out that, since there is a school in
the region which offers free tuition
to ministers DAUGHTERS, he could get
along nicely on s700 a year. and he
would hardly know what to do with
more money than that. Thus the mat
ter rests, with the church willing to
pay either amount, and the presby.
terry and the minister betraying signs
of obstinacy, while all the 'n%eighbor-
ing men OF the cloth stand around
and wonder and admire. And yet
they own their kinship to the nan
who wants a smaller salary. Most
OF them have to take one, whether OK
no.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Syrian Declared a White Man.

Atlanta, Specially the decision
of Judge W. T. Newman of the Unit.
ed States district court Friday, Cos
ia George Najour, a Syrian by birth,
is declared q white mar and eligible
to the privilege Of citizenship in the
United States. A strong fight has
been made by the immigration bureau
against the granting of naturalization
papers to Najour on the ground that
he IS q monaghan. 1t is probable
the ease will be taken to the United
States court of appeals.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
KNOX PLAN APPROVED.
Board of Examiners Will Pass Upon
the Fitness of ALI Applicants For
Position of Secretary and the Rec
ords of Efficiency Will Be Preserv-

the Fitness of ALI Applicants For
Position of Secretary and the Rec
ords of Efficiency Will Be PreserV-
ed.
Washington, Specialize improve
the personnel and efficiency OF the
diplomatic srvice and to encourage
and commercial foreign relations OF
for promotion to the rank or minis
tiers, President Taft has approved a
plan suggested by Secretary OF State
Knox, and published it as an EXecu-
tive order.
The new prospect provides for a
board of examiners to pass upon all
applicants for appointments as sec
~retaries and prescribes the standard
plan to the President, points out the
remarkable growth of the political
and commercial foreign relations OF
the United States and the increasing
difficulty of the problems to be dealt
with.
Records Of efficiency Of all the I'M
der secretaries will be preserved in
the State Department and appointment
from outside the sryice to secretary
ship will be made only to the class
of third secretary Of embassy; or, in
case Of higher vacancies, of second
secretary Of legation, or Of secretary
of legation at posts which have as
signed to them only one secretary.
Vacancies in secretaryships of the
i Ill. -. Ill - 4I,a f1t1,ro hQ hll0d
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Hard to Secure a Jury.

Union City, Tenn, Special.-'The
court is up against a wall and does
not know which way to turn to Sc
cure a jury" remarked trial Judge
J. E. Jones at the close Of Fridays
session of the trial of Carrot Johnson
and Arthur Cloar, alleged leaders of
the Reelfoot night riders charged
with the murder of Capt. Quentin
Rankin. Two jurors were secured,
but as one secured earlier in the trial
was excused on account of illness, the
panel still lacks one man.. Over
1000 vcniremen have been examined
since the present trial started. Judge
Jones ordered another panel brought
into court Monday afternoon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
King of swecGen Mingles With the
Pnnnlet

Stockholm, BY Cable King Gustave
on Saturday inaugurated a new de-
parture for %sovereigns. Disguised as
il stevedore lie spent most Of the day
carrying sacks Of coa' frem a lighter.
In an interview, after it was all over,
the King said that this was only the
beginning. He intended 10 mix with
all classsc Of laborers, so that he
might ascertain their opinions and
wishes. Already he added, he had OBJ
tanned many valuable hints from the
men with whom he worked.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Strike About Over.

St. Paul, Mimi. Special.-With L.
500 men imported to take the place
of the striking switchmen who are
members of the Switchmen's Union
Of North America and those strikers
who arc members of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmcn, returning tc
work. managers of the Great North.
err Railway Friday night asserted
that the strike was about over The
strike leaders, however, despite the
descrtion, asserted that the strike had
only begun. Freight congestion is
not appreca5ly relieved
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
W. j. Colhoun Likely to Accept the
Chinese Ministership.

Chicago, Special-WiIliam ]. Cal
houn, a Chicago attorney and diplo-
mat, Sunday night admitted that Sec
rotary of State Knox had offered him
the post of minister to China. The ad-
mission came in denial of n report
that he had declined to accept the Of
fer. Mr.. Calhoun explained that he
had been induced by Secretary of
State Knox to reconsider a determi-
nation not to accept the appointment
which IA offered two weeks ago.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Snow Ties Uu Trains.

St. Paul, Mimi, Special.-Cold and
snow arc now delaying freight traffic
on the Northern Pacific and some
parts Of the Great Northern railroads
more than the strike Of %switchmen,
according to statements issued by the
general managers of those roads Sun
day night. According 10 General
Manager Slade Of the Northern Pa
ciic, freight is more or less tied up
all along the system on account Of the
snow and especially in northern Min
nesota and Norths Dakota. Passenger
trains are from one 10 four hours
late in st. Paul Sunday night.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Zelaya,s Troops Desert.

Blueields, Nicaragua, Specialized.
Guadamouse, an officer of the Mica
raguan government army, has desert
ed President Zelay. and with 100 men
poined the rebel force of General
Estrada at Rama. Guadamouse states
that Zelaya's troops in the vicinity of
Rama number 1,400 of whom 200 are
sick. They are existing on pilot
bread and native cheese which is dol
ed out scantily.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Keen Navy Yards Till Later

Washington, Special.-Despitc The
agitation to close some of the navy
yards along the Southern coast, Sec,
rotary of the Navy Meyer will oppose
any such step for the present. This
much was made plain to President
Taft Friday. He says that he is not
entirely convinced that the govern
ment can advantageously give W
sites in which large expenditures
have been made. until after the open
ing of the Panama canal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

An average Of five miles an hour
is the record established by q. w.
Vogel. J. M. Cascy, P. Jordan. H.
Filbert, j. Shaney and j. Hertel. of
Baltimore, who arrived in Washing
ton Sunday morning, having tray
erscd the distance in eight hours
They left Baltimore about > O'Clock
in the morning and although some of
the party had difficulty keeping up
the pace toward the last, thev were
nil i'll fair shape when they arrived in
thiS nitv
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

FNSSs E.
Inhabitants of the tornado belts have learned the hao ps, OIL ~ Their heir
ious amuckrunners of the air and know how to get out O tneH liae rams -, -
general direction of molten is north Of east, agreeing WITH. with ln n s @ aT r,pht TO to
sers movements of the atmosphere. Their direction OF whTl Is Hom isu I " ~
left which again accords with the regular motion Of the osph -. ~ 49,
storms in the northern hemisphere. This is a result of the earns aHHa, ~
5taton, and could not be different as long IS the circulation OF te a1nospnete
remains what it is. In the southern hemisphere, for the same reason soorms
ereyove from left to right.
But q tornado has been known to split in two, one part revo In IN aa .me
direction. A striking example of this is found in John +: t1nleys eta Classy
work on the great tornadoes of 1879 On May %, in that year, q terIlDe
tornado leyened the town of Irving in Kansas. n its track were scnoof
house and a church, standing 275 feet apart As the iny back monstera At
preached it dashed the earth with two tunnels, travelling side by ID An
observer noticed that these were whirGng in opposite directions. Inc ~
whole phenomenon bore a likeness to a huge, awkward bird, tottenng N Hs
everything to pieces.
Both the church and The schooIhouse were built of heavy stone olocks
Three ladies, overcome with terror, had taken. refuge in n OIL the
church, which stood at a corner of the building. They a tne southeln
funnel Of the tornado strike the schoolhouse and whrl it inoa conlcalr ruin.
Almost at the same instant the northern funnel struck the churen' WIG
went down like a card house. But amid the awful uproar tn re-
manned standing and the ladies were uninjured. Subsequent Inspection
showed that the two buildings had been twisted in opposite directions.
The leaping of a tornado is one o. its most terrifying vaganes. Houses
and sometimes whole towns, have been saved by these sudden Jumps OF Tue
destroyed, the awful funnel descending o n the farther side ripping up
the very ground. Streams and ponds have been drunk dry to their beds by
"a bounding tornado, which afterward deuged the neighborhood with the
water. It has been suggested that electricity plays a part in this leaping
motion CT the funnel. It is certain that terrible electric energies are az
work in or around a tornado. -. .&t
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
re Man Of the Hour.

Little Charles was sent to Miss RS
10 return a basket. He was received
very cordially and invited to come
soine time and stay TO dinner. Thank
You, said Charles, very solemnly. L
VII I'll sslay today."-The Delineator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
In Demand.

"That's a very popular man."
Eyes; hell listen to the details of
your summer trip ithout insisting OH
telling about his own. kansas City
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

From authoritative sources it was
learned Saturday that the United
States and Chile at last had reach
ed a final agreement as to the terms
of a protocol referring to King Ed
ward for definite settlement of the
Alsop claim and that the protocol, in
all probability, would be Signed
within the next three or four days.
King Edward, it is understood, has
signifed his willingness to act
rae capacity of mediator. 6
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

Since the earthquake and fire at
San Francisco $500 buildings have
been erected and 1000 others remoG.
eled. The disaster destroyed Is, sou
buildings.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
A Good Trade.

Mamma: "Have you been taking
your cough medicine, like a good
boy?" Tommy: "No ma'am, l let
Polly taste it an she liked it so ]
traded it to her for an orange"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

When a man wants COMPANY for
dinner, complains the New York
Globe, he has to have his wife's per-
mission, and she has to have tie
cooks. .
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Always At It.

Mrs. ~BeDham-Worian's work is
never doIe.
Benham-That's so; even after she
is married she is trying to make men
sall in love with her.-New York
Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

The goth annual coference Of the
Southern Educational Conference will
be held at Charlotte, 2Sth, Goth and
Goth Of this month.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

By President Uoodrow Uilson
of Princeton

sS~a%.a.4aa BELIEVE in athletics. believe in all those things which
x : relax energy, that the faculties may be at their best when
R 80 the energies are not relaxed, but ony 30 far dc 1 believe
g III ! in these diversions. When the lad leaves school he should
cease to be an athlete. The modern world is an exactng
%*+.aa.aaI one and the things it exacts are mostly Intellectual
1900 A danger surrounding or modern education is the dan
S%%wIxTw.S ger of wealth. 1 am sorry for the lad who is going to in
&s ya@EG herit money. I fear that the kind of men who arr to share
IN shaping the future are not largely exempifed in. schools and colleges.
far as the colleges go, the sideshows have swallowed up the circus
ard We in the main tent do not know what is going on. And 1 do not know
tnatFI want to continue under those conditions as a ringmaster. There are
more honest occupations than teaching if you cannot teach.
when nee re have the gracious assistance Of fathers and mothers we
shan educate their sons. Given that assistance, in a generation WI will
change the entire character of American education. And it must be changed
schools like this one {J. Paurs) and universities like Princeton must pass
Ont of existence unless they adapt themselves to modern life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
ALABAMA VOTES AGAINST
Prohibition Amendment to Constitu-
is Lost by Majority Of $4,000 or

Prohibition Amendment to Constitu-
is Lost by Majority Of $4,000 or
10000.
Birmingham, Ala. Special.-All in
dications point to a majority of be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 in Alabama
against the prohibition constitutional.
amendment Mondays Chairman j.
! Lee Long, who has been in charge of
the fight against the amendment,
claims that the majority against the
amendment will be fully 10000
Jefferson county, in which Bir-
mingham. the largest city in the
State, in spite of the fact that the
fight has been concentrated here,
gave a majority of over 1000 against
the amendment. Mobile, Montsom-
cry and Cullman counties show the
largest majorities on the victorious
side and it appears the amendment
has carried in but three counties,
Talladega, Macon and Sumter, with
Lee in doubt.
Mondays election being the first
time the State has ever had an OBJ
!! %portunity to pass on the prohibition
question, is regarded as especially
significant. Still it cannot be regard
ed as a straight anti-prohibision vic
tory because of the personal politics
that has been injected into the issue
Its association. with the administra-
tion of Governor B. B. Conner and
his reputed ability to name a sue
cessor to the governorship in Judge
S. D. Weakley, author of the prohi-
bition bills, have figured prominently
in the result.
A significant feaSure of the result
is the fact that sentiment against
the amendment is so widespread.
Rural precincts, small towns and
cities alike are, for the most part,
returning substantial majorities on
the winning side.
There has never been seer here
anything like the enthusiasm shown
in Birmingham over the result. The
result everywhere is regarded as a,
distinct population of the present
State administration which has been
particularly radical in its so-called
reform p; ogram.
Announcement Of the engage
ment of Miss Alice Bleach, social sec
rotary to Mrs. Taft, and Lieut..
Richard Wainwright, Jr., of the
navy, has opened up competition
among social secretaries here and
other young women not already e;s-.
etablished as such, for succession to
Miss Bleach's position. Mrs. Taft is
a seasoned hostess, and the long SER
vice of Nc. Taft in various positions
here has given Mrs. Taft probably
a wider acquaintance among men-
bers Of the social colony and .
greater knowledge of the official So
cial code than any other President
wife.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

The spesamist stands beneath the
free cfSpfospsftty and growls when the
fruftIaNs on his head.-Success Maya