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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-20
CHAPTER II.
THE WARS OF PEACE

THE WARS OF PEACE
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Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
DolNGs OF WOMEN
 HERE AND ABROAD.

Lady Duff Gordon Is warm admirer of the American woman. This mem- Der of the British nobility claims that an American woman can keep se- cret.
 She says that in America women are treated on equal terms with men.
 They are better educated than English women as a rule. There is no country where woman is treated with greater courtesy. The result is seen in the independence of character and the self-reliance and dependability of the American woman"
 At the Margaret Morrison Carnegie school in Pittsburg the girls are taught not only cooking and other domestic duties. but also the art of being host esses,
 Every girl in the household arts de- partment must take her turn at en- tertaining in the model fiat.
 The girls go into the Life club, the Children's Betterment league and the Wisconsin Home and Farm school for boys.
 One of the new buildings at the Chautauqua for negroes, which has been established at Durham, N. C., is to be called the Mrs. s. P. Avery build ing, in honor of Mrs. Avery of Hart ford, Conn.,, who has taken great in- terest in the work.
 The first Chautauqua is to begin in July of next year.
 Mrs. Ayery's last gift was a check for $1,000, to be devoted to the school for training young negro men.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
NO PRIVILEGED GLASS.

Governor Stubbs of Kansas has been snubbed by the Topeka club because he believes that law is for all classes and must by all classes be respected. He was a member of this wealthy and influential organization, but when they were to entertain the chief justice of the state the governor was not invited and the function did not come off. The chief justice dined with the Elks and Governor Stubbs was in attend ance. He is a prohfbitionist and he believes in the law and he now is telling the people:
 If it Is good for the rich man to have liquors in his club 1t is equally seod for the poor man or the work ing man. or the black man, to have liquors in his club. If the supreme court decides the Topeka club can, under ths laws of the state, keep liquors in their lockers, then every club, white or black, rich or poor, in every town in Kansas, can do the same thing in the same way. The prohibitory laws shall be enforced rigidly and vigorously against all classes and kinds. of people alike in so far as there is power vested in my ofbcs to do so duri9g this adHinistra- ton"
 This vigorous talk by an upright man meets with general approval among the people, those who believe in license as well as those who do not. He could have no self-respect and Tdnk at paoaaticns of law by the
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
A HINT FROM TAFT.

There is no doubt that the Sugar trust would welcome an investigation by q commission from congress just now, if for nothing else, just for the delay which such movement would cause in the movements of the admin istration against it. President Taft in his reference to tho frauds and progress made in these cases ventursd to express a hope that congress would patiently await the action of the gov- Brnment which has the business well In hand and proposes to push the rases to trial There Is really nothing to be gained by such an investigation. The Providence Journal is right when It says:
 How A congressional muckrake would assist the main purpose, to re- cover the loot and punish the looters, is not manifest. The men higher up may be believed to be in as great peril Df exposure and conviction by the reg ular machinery of justice as they would be if pursued by n group of con- Eressmen. The induisltlon being the business of a branch of the executive department, in its present stage, action by the legislative branch should await positive information that cooperation is desirable or could be expected to be profitable"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
BOOMING AND LETTERING.

The advancement of cities must be done in we'll balanced form or they may become in various respects dis torted. Too much boom and too lit tie civic pride do not work for true progressiveness. It is not the city that plunges that makes most lasting ad- vancement. The American City is right when it says: "A city can be half of the energy expended by cham bers of commerce and boards of trade in booming their cities were devoted to bettering them. the results would be more satisfactory even from bus mess standpoint. There are already a number of relatively or actually small American cities to which people of means are moving by choice because they are desirable to live in or in which to bring up children. Civic vir- tue is becoming an asset which the shrewd business man will not long overlook
 With reference to maintaining an attractive municipal standard, the Bridgeport Telegram comments as follows: Municipal growth regard less of consequences may benefit deal CTS in real estate, at least for a time, and it may convert much worn-out farm lands into high-priced building lots. None the less, such unintelligent expansion is certain in the long run to render the city poor one, with an enormous disproportion between the number of it's population and the num- Der of its taxpayers. Taxes will be- come abnormally high and the bur den of maintaining the city will fall upon the shoulders of very few peo- pie. The great employers of labor will refuse to live in it and it will contain a few citizens who are rich enough to be able by their generosity to lift the burden of sustaining many necessary institutions from the public purse"
 A well-balanced city-the city that is bettered as well as boomed-is a good place to be born in. to live in, to trade in and to enjoy life in, for it in vites residents because of it's oppor- tunities and reasonable rates, invites business because of its protective or dinances and low taxes, and invites trade because it has made a name for fair dealing, The excellent character of city is its best advertisement.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Cream Chocolates.

I. Cream Chocolates-One pint of fresh cream; add sufficient pulverized sugar Cor confectioners' sugar) to make stiff dough; form into balls and let dry for two hours; flavor to suit taste. Melt one pound of chocolate in a saucepan and dip cream balls into melted chocolate to coat them. One quarter pound of paraffin wax may be added to the melted chocolate. This thins the coating and stretches the chocolate. It is not harmful.
 ?. Cream-Whip whites of three eggs to a stiff froth; add two tablespoonfuls of cream and sugar to make a stiff dough. Flavor to suit. These recipes may be varied by adding chopped wal nuts, grated cocoanut and candied fruits chopped fine.
 3. Cream-Two cups granulated su- gar; one cup of water; boil until it spins a thread. Cool to about blood heat. Beat quickly until it creams
 4. Cream-Boil No. 3 recipe until it spins a thread Beat white of one egg to stiff froth. Pour the syrup into beaten egg. beating all the time until
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Municipal Liahtina Plants.

Municipal ownership and operation
 of public utilities isn't all beer and
 skittles. Serious charges against the
 administration of the municipal light
 ing plant in South NorwaIk were re- gently made by a former electrical
 prompted the creation of a special
 committee to use the probe. The com
 mittee's report finds that the charges
 against the- superintendent of the
 works are not true, but various criti-
 cisms of methods are made. For in-
 stance it is pointed out that change
 of oils. contrary to the emphatic in
 structions of the builders of the en-
 zines, resulted in wearing out the
 bearings of the engines. "A short time
 after the discovery of the worn condi-
 ton of the bearings" says the report,
 the main shaft of one engine broke. The cost for the necessary repairs will amount to several thousand dollars.
 We believe that such costly expert .
 ments should not be tried by munich pality."
 It is hardly probable that any such inefficient administration would be tol-
 erated in the case of a plant owned by a private corporation.
 In Norwich the board of gas and electric commissioners has asked the council for authority to use the de- preclatlon rund III order properly to
 maintain the municipal plant. A com mittee has been appointed to inquire and report. No such charges have been made in Norwich as have been preferred against the administration in South Norwalk, but good deal of red tape is necessary under the public ownership arrangement.
 The results which have thus far &C., crued from municipal ownership and operation in South Norwalk and Nor wich aren't calculated to induce other Connecticut cities to copy the experi- ment.-Hartford Times
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
AWAY GOES ALL KIDNEY TROUBLE Just Few Doses of Pape Diuetc End the Most Severe Back ache and Bladder Misery and Restore Healthy
 Kidney Action Before You Realize It.

out-of- order kidneys act fine and backache or bladder misery Is relieved after few doses of Pape's Diuretic.
 Pains in the back, sides or loins, rheumatic twinges, facilitating head ache. nervousness, dizziness. sleepless- ness, infiamed or swollen eyelids, wornout feeling and many other symptoms of clogged, inactive kidneys simply vanish.
 Frequent, painful and uncomfortable urination due to a weak or irritable bladder is promptly overcome.
 The moment you suspect any kidney, bladder or urinary disorder or feel rheumatism coming. begin taking this harmless remedy, with the knowledge that there is no other medicine. at any price, made anywhere else in the world, which will effect so thorough and prompt a cure. as a fifty-cent
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
THEY CANNOT BEAT THE VoT
 ING MACHINE.

The fierce opposition to the use of voting machines at elections may be considered as one of the evidences of its being a check to those who rely upon political methods which would make An Sin blush. We occasionally hear that one of these machines has gone wrong, but we seldom learn why. We clip from the Newark (N. J) News an interesting story of the err TOTS of a voting machine in that state. The News says:
 The latest proof of the unerring honesty of the voting machine comes from the Fourth ward of Passaic. At the last election in that ward the vot- ing machine registered nearly two hundred votes too many for the re- publican candidate for chosen free holder. These returns certainly seem ed to warrant the indictment, convic- ton and condemnation of the ma chine, although a number of old-time election officers have made worse blum derS in Passaic county without being called to account.
 The machine was tested yesterday and did it's work perfectly. Not sim gle mistake was made; not even in the column that seemed to have gone wrong on last election day. And then the truth suddenly flashed upon the local custodian of the voting machine and he confessed that he. and not the machine, was at fault Last year there was no candidate on the column which gave too large vote. In setting the machine back to zero for last months election. the custodian neglected to set back the column under suspicion"
 And where faulty operation of ma- chimes have been reported and thor oughly investigated. man and not the machine has been found to be respon- Bfbia for it's faults
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

treatment of Pape's Diuretic which any druggist can supply.
 This unusual preparation goes direct to the out -of-order kidneys, bladder and urinary system, cleaning, healing and strengthening these organs and glands. and completes the cure before you realize it.
 A few days treatment with Pape's Diuretic means clean, active, healthy kidneys. bladder and urinary organs and you feel fine.
 Your physician, pharmacist, banker or any mercantile agency will tell you that Pape, Thompson & Pape, of Gin cinnati. is a large and responsible medicine concern, thoroughly worthy of your confidence.
 Accept only Pape's Diuretic - fifty cent treatment-from any drug store anywhere in the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Paris Pattern No. 3145 - All Seams
 Allowed.

The coat pictured is arranged in slot seams each side of the front and back the underlaid material faring out from just below the waist line. giving be- turnover collar and turnup cuffs give opportunity for trimming effects As pictured the little coat Is made of cof- cuffs being of silk the same shade. worked with brown silk and gold thread, The buttons are of fiat polish ed brass
 The pattern is cut in four sizes from tO years. The wear sza re- quires 3as yards of material 27 inches wide, >2% yards 36 inches wide, 2h yards A. l1cnes M4de ct 4 --,.. - inches wide.
 Price of pattern. 10 cents.
 Order through The Bulletin Company, Pattern Dept. Norwich. Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
HANDY DEVICE FOR
 NEXT IRONING DAY.

When ironing 1t is difficult to keep tablecloths, curtains and sheets from becoming soiled by coming in contact with the floor.
 This is one way to prevent this trouble: Take a piece of muslin about four inches shorter than the ironing board and about five feet wide. Make a hem an inch wide all around.
 Sew a tape to each corner and finish tape with button and buttonhole.
 Put a small staple at each corner of the ironing board, put tapes through these and button under the board.
 This makes a pocket under the board which holds the garments, keep ing them free from dirt.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
HERE AND THERE
 ABOUT THE HOUSE.

Worn bcoons or whisks may be dipped into hot water and uneven edges trimmed with shears and then dipped in cold water and all water shaken out.
 This makes the straws harder and the trimming makes the broom almost as good as new.
 If your corn does not pop well, 1t may be because 1t is old. Soak it in cold water for fifteen minutes, drain and try again. Better results will un- doubtedly be obtained.
 If you cannot use a scrub brush to get into all parts of the refrigerator when cleaning it, try using a small stiff paint brush for the purpose. It reaches the corners.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Poncorn Balls.

Put Into a saucepan one cup of granulated sugar. two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. half-teacupful of water and butter the size of walnut. Boil un- til the mixture drops from the spoon like wax. Have the popped corn ready in large pan or bowl. Pour the can dy into the corn. stirring all the time with a large spoon until corn and candy are thoroughly mixed. Dip the hands into cold water and while the mixture is hot press tightly into round balls. The above recipe will make fourteen balls as large as baseballs. It will improve the flavor if the corn is popped in hot lard to which a lit- tie salt has been added.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
OUT OF DEBT.

Pennsylvania is announced to be practically out of debt. The total of the sinking fund has reached an amount in excess of all outstanding bonds aRd there is in reality sur plus. The Philadelphia Ledger challenges any other state or sov- ereignty in the world for such another example of prosperity and thrift" and New Jersey and several other states that are debtlesS should be quick to call attention to their 7pod manage rnent and their surpluses. The state of Connecticut was in a condition to do this few years ago.
 Massachusetts has a net debt of s1S,0o0,o0o and fin calling attention to the freedom of the state of Pennsyl- vania from debt, the Boston Trans cript says:
 Tt is a comfortable feeling for the people of a commonwealth as we'll as fer an individual, that they have no pressing obligations to meet. The Public Ledger, however. admits that in its state the situation has unquestion- ably promoted careless and extrava- gant expenditure" If Massachusetts has e bigger burden she has more to show for 1t, for one thing in the aid she has given to the civil war veterans which win amount to many millions. A state or a nation with debt, other things being equal, is likely to be more careful end conservative in it's legisla- tior than one without it."
 The legislatures of Connecticut for 1907 and 1909 certainly acted as if they believed a puoiic debt was a public blessing. for they plunged the state into debt SO that it now has a bur den about equal to that which a series of state treasuTers successfully wiped out in the course Of A decade.
 To be out of debt did not appear to be source of comfort to the solons of this state.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
NEEpLEwoRK SUGGESTIONS.
Paris Transfer Pattern No. eo08.

Design to be transferred to a night gown of nainsook, batiste, thin cam bric. China silk, muslin or Persian lawn and worked in solid French and eyelet embroidery. with white or mer- cerized cotton or silk; though deli- cate colors may be used if preferred. The ribbon-run beading, which is placed so as to hide the joining of the yoke and body portion. gives the fashionable Empire effect to the gar- ment.
 Price of pattern. 10 cents.
 Order through The Bulletin Com pany. Pattern Dept. Norwich, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Prune Bread.

Cupful of cornmeal scalded and mix ed with two cupfuls of whole wheat flour. a cupful of sour milk, half a cupful of New Orleans molasses, a teaspoonful of salt, cupful of dried prunes that have been washed, pitted and chopped fine. and a tablespoonful of soda. Put the mixture into three baking powder cans, cover and steam for three hours.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Substitute for Whipped Cream.

Put an even teaspoonful of gelatine in three teaspoonfuls of cold water. soak ten or eleven minutes, then melt in a warm place until it is reduced to liquid. Whip for five or six minutes with a wire whip or spoon in a warm room. when it will become stiff froth. Add five tablespoonfuls of rich cream, icy cold. one tablespoonful of powdered sugar and favoring to suit.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
English MoIasses Puddins.

An English molasses pudding is made of one cupful of chopped raisins, about three-quarters of cupful of molasses one teaspoonful of soda beaten into the molasses. three tabiespoonfuls of melt cupfuls of flour and one and one-half cupfuls of sweet milk. Steam for one hour In the oven.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

When the commander of a naval vessel mistakes submarine boat for a porpoise it is taken as a signal that banquets should be abandoned and business be more carefully attended to.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Suet Puddinq.

One cup molasses, one cup suet, one cup sweet milk, one cup chopped rais- ins, one cup entrants, one-quarter cup citron, one teaspoonful different spices one teaspoonful soda and salt, three and one-half cups of flour. Steam three hours.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

rich while approving of prosecutions of others for similar conduct The governor is clearly right and will re- ceive the overwhelming support of the people.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Delicious Indian Pudding.

One quart of milk scalded, pinch of salt, butter size of large walnut, pour over three tablespoons corn meal Bake two and one-half hours. Add cup of milk every hour
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Paris Transfer Pattern No. so45.

Wheat and bow knot design for in- fants bib, to be transferred to linen, lawn, batiste. or pique, and may be all in solid embroidery or in French and eyelet as pictured. The scalloped but tonholed edge may also be finished with narrow lace.
 Price of pattern, 10 cents.
 Order through The Bulletin Com pany. Pattern Dept. Norwich, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

The men in this state who are hunt ing State Highway Commissioner Macdonald do not seem to be aware that they have not taken out H. cense.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Date Biscuit.

Roll biscuit dough out quite thin, spread it with soft butter and then with chopped dates; spread over an- other layer of the dough; cut with
 small biscuit cutter, place on but tered tin and bake in a hot oven.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

Happy thought for today: There Is no law which prevents a sympathetic person from making a Christmas pres- ent to himself.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

The consensus of opinion appears to be that Taft Is going to make aogreat president if the factions are deter mined to speak evil of him.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

It is generally conceded that If bar bers are not professors some of them talk very much like the professors of Chicago.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

The government lcannot tell what whiskey is much better than it can identify the members of the great trusts who wink at crime and pass unstained.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
The Pumpkin Pie.

It is an extravaganza, to be sure, but if one feels justified in it the sub stitution of cream for milk in making pumpkin pie is well worth while. The flavor of the pie is greatly improved.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Tiny Flowers for Trimmins.

Tiny roses of silk or of the metal tissue are being used a great deal for trimming evening gowns. Usually the coiffure is adorned with flowers like those on the gown.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Kitchen Spoons.

In selecting spoons for kitchen use, it is wise plan to get those with holes in the handles. Then they may be hung up and so kept accessible.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

The way to improve the national guard of any state is not by enforcing a discipline that would vex and dis gust man in actual service.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

Zelaya plans to make trouble for Uncle Sam like a Napoleon. never sus- pecting that he has not the ability of even a Castro.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

The fact that a man cannot live up- on poetry is once more shown by the fact that Le Gallienne has been sued by his grocer.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Woman in Life and in the Kitchen

1t creams. If sugar is not boiled to right point this will not cream, and confestioners' sugar must be added to make a stiff dough
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
owl Heads on Hatpins.

The owl head is featured in the new Parisian hatpins. These heads are rich in iridescent coloring and are really quite attractive.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

The brisk rain of Tuesday evening promoted the reading of the presidents message by those who usually plead that they have not time.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

Carnegie says that the negroes of the south today are more advanced than his own ancestors were 200 years ago. Tush, Andy, boyl
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Handsome Letter Openers.

Carved ivory and also tortoise shell letter openers are to be found in va riety of sizes and designs.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

Since Speaker Cannon confesses that he feels like colt. 1t carries with it assurance that his kicking powers are first class.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

The fact that President Taft dii not venture to mention "my policy" is no evidence that he has not one in his mind.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

Paris has decided not to legalize the sale of dog meat just because a few of the people have cultivated taste for it.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09

The man who sold his wife for s1.50 really confessed that he must have been himself sold much cheaper than that.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Vermont has decided to keep her mountains green. She cannot afford to do any less for her boys.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-09
Blue Dinner Table.
War on the Hatpin.

News comes from Paris that club women there are taking radical steps to do away with the long. sharp point ed hatpin. Those in charge of the movement have been making syste- matic Investigations of accidents in Paris directly or indirectly attributa- ble to hatpins, and 1t has been found that within a short time over twenty people have lost their eyesight be- cause of the hatpins, while many oth- CTS have been seriously wounded. A prize has been offered for an inven- tion which will lessen the dangers of the hatpin or provide a thoroughly practical hat fastening in place of the pin. It is expected that at the Lit tie Industries" exhibit, which takes place in Paris this fall, many novel de- vices to replace the hatpin will be shown.