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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-13
Building Association Elects Officers

At the annual meeting of the board OF
directors of the Permanent Building As
ISOLATION the following officers were elect.
ed: Melvin c. Hazen, president; Dr. A..
III. Taylor, vice president: Clarence L.
Gessford, secretary: Floyd E. Davis,
treasu and C. Clinton James, attorney.
Finance committee: Melvin c. HAGEN.
Henry p. West. A. E. Riddle. Valuation
committee: Floyd E. Davis and Nathan
Hazen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-13
GUIDE IS PRESIDENT
Local Chamber of Commerce
Makes Its Selection.
MAJORITY, FIFTY-ONEVOTES
Opponent Moves That the Choice Be
Unanimous.
NAMES TWO VICE PRESIDENTS
Organization Also Elects Board Of
Ten Directors-Keen Inter
est in the Result.
THE NEW OFFICERS.

President, william T. GUIDE 260
LIST Vice Pres, Jas. z. Oyster.
I'd Vice Pres, Chas. J. Bell.
DIRECTORS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-13

Of another | find that we are far be-
hind the average European countries in
this respect. 1t is reported that the actual
destruction of property in this country
from fires is equivalent to a tax of s2.%
per capita while in all Europe the aver
age corresponding tax is less than $O.3j
per capita.
I'm conclusion, now that the cloak
Of responsibility and no little honor in
being president of this organization is
about to pass TO other shoulders which
may be more worthy. but not more ap-
preciative. let me urge upon each mem
Der of the chamber to do his utmost in
the future TO aid the organization in its
efforts to promote the general welfare OF
our city, and the object for which the
Chamber of Commerce was founded-to
forward the growth. the prosperity and
the business interest of the District of
Columbia
Committees Thanked.
Il wish. on behalf of the organization,
to thank the members of our different
committees for the deep interest and good
work they have accomplished during the
year. / also wish to express my appre
citation to our secretary and his assist
ants for the untiring energy and ability
displayed in the discharge of their duties.
as we'll as for the courteous treatment ac-
corded all who had business with the
cha mber.
1T is also a great pleasure for me 10
most cordially thank the representatives
of the press and the press itself for the
support they have giten our organiza-
ton in all We have undertaken for the
good of the community
And now. for myself. ! desire to say
that the honor which you conferred upon
me by your unanimous vote for president
of the organization last January and the
preceding May, coming as it did on each
occasion unsolicited on my part. is cher
ished by me to a degree that language
cannot fttingly express The esteem in
which the members of this organization
are held by me has always prompted me
to protect. defend and uplift business
Washington, as best as my ability would
permit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-13

The election of William F. GUIDE to the
presidency of the Chamber of Commerce
was made unanimous last night after the
battle between the opposing factions had
ended at the ballot box Mr. GUIDE receIv.
ing 80 votes and his opponent, Arthur c.
Moses. go.
Immediately following the announce
ment of the result Mr.. Moses moved that
the election be unanimous, suggestion
that was carried with a roar It was
then nearly midnight. but large throng
had waited to hear the result, and Mr..
Moses was cheered Justify for his DISPLAY
of good Fellowship and for his good fight.
The new president was also cheered Mr.
Guide was made to stand on a chair from
which ne made short but happy speech.
thanking every member of the Chamber of
Commerce and declaring he had been pre-
pared to make the same motion that his
opponent made had the result been diff
ferent.
Manifest Keen Interest.
There may have been larger meetings of
business men in Washington. but it was
impossible to find one i'm the five hum
dred in the Raleigh banquet hall last night
who had seen another local gathering at
was evident. During the reading of Pres
ident Harper's report for the year, a pa
per which was listened to intently bv the
great majority of members, some of the
leading spirits on both sides of the fight
STAYED out in the lobby and I.alls and
gathered IN every late conner fully pre-
pared 10 fire the last shot that wouId
either change his mind or make il ever
iastIngiy stick TO the right candidate
But the story of the meeting would not
be complete without saying that there
was not the smallest bit of il!-feeling
There were four hundred and sixty-uine
men who were so anxious to cast votes
FOR the candidates that they stood i'm
line. some of them for one hour and fiI.a
minutes, and were very earnest in their
support of their fayorite, but il is true
mat not an unpleasant word was spoken
during the evening. This was taken as
- splendid omen for the future of the
chamber of Commerce, as the idea of a
tacuonal split was buried deeper than
ever last night.
Vice Presidents by Acclamation.
After hearing the report of President
Harper. there Vas a settling back in the
chairs, as the members realized they were
down 10 the business that had brought
them out In force. The members were
anxious to get at the election of a presi
dent. SO the two vice presidents Jap.s 1,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-13
Benefit to Navigation.

'The Anacostia river is at present navi-
gable for large vessels to this bridge. for
tugs to the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge,
and for small scows to Bladensburg. Md,
distance OF eight and three-quarter
miles. To this point il where the people
of the District should center their atten-
ton for final improvements.
1T is stated by those in authority and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
preyentine scabby Potatoes. /.

scab on potatoes can be very eff.
fectually controlled by soaking the
seed potatoes in solution Of corro-
sive sublimate, dissolving two ounces
of the powdered article in two gal
Ions of hot water, in a %coden or
earthernware vessel.
When thoroughly dissolved add it
to thirteen gallons of water in clean
barrel. allowing it to stand two or
three hours with frequent stirring in
ORDER to have the solution uniform.
Either before or after cutting up
the seed. place it in bags and dip it
in the corrosive subltmate solution
and allow it TO stand therein for an
hour and q half, when it should be
taken out anG another sack of seed
similarly treated, as long as the wat
er holds out.
If this seed IS sown on land rea-
sonably free from scab the crop will
seldom be seriously injured. How
ever, land infested with the germs Of
potato scab will produce a more or
less scabby crop, no matter how
clean or smooth the seed used, or
how free from fungus it may be.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
How to use Low-G Grade Ricc.

= = =. . Z.
1,he problem Of utilizing the con-
siderable quantities of iow-grade,
stack-burned and stained rice that are
produced every year is again receiv-
ing attention from rice millers and
growers in Louisiana and Texas. This
is quite natural, since the Southern
planter is compelled to pay q compar-
atively high price for feeding stuffs
for his stock and could effectsa decid-
ed saving by using the off-grade If 1t.
could be made available. Is
The difficulty Of using rough rice
as q stock food is on account Of the
hulls, which irritate the intestines of
stock and are liable to cause serious
injury. For the same reason the mix
ing of rice hulls with other feeding
stuffs is regarded as the worst form
Of adulteration.
OF course the low-grade rice has a
high feeding value, and it is now sug-
gested that it could be put in condi-
ton for feeding by simply removing
the hulls. One of the Louisiana mill
ing companies is advocating that this
be done, and it is stated that $4,000
bags of rough rice could readily be
used in this way for stock feeding in
the rice country.-Rice Industry.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
Care and Management.

The profits in pork making depend
as much on the care and management
Of the breeding stock and of the
young pigs as on breeding or feeding
To keep boar and not get the best
service from him is a very expensive
way of starting in. We are confident
that the most expensive way to keep
boar is to allow him to run at large
with the sows. He forms bad habits,
is difficult to control, and becomes
much more expensive to keep than If
he had been provided with we'll
fenced lot and had crops grown for
him to Craze. The sows are less like
ly to get in pig, and the time Of far
rowing being unknown. neither the
sow nor the young pigs receive the
care needed to produce best results.
There is much COMPLAINT of large
sows lying on their pigs fand the rea-
son usually given is that they are too
fat. This is rarely so. A SOW in
good fesh-what most Southern far
mers think too fat-will produce
more pigs. stronger pigs, and suckle
them better afterward. If suitable
houses were provided, with good
board floors, and fender around the
outside of the house. and only little
short material used for bedding, few
pigs would be killed by their moth
ers.
1t is frequently stated that the
"razor-back" when allowed to farrow
out in the woods never kills her pigs,
but it is not so. We have seen more
old razor-backs going around with
only three or four pigs following
them than we ever did pure bred
sows. The ruth is that when the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
PAINT BEAUTY

Assured of durability the next
thought in painting is beauty - the
complete aim being durable beauty,
or beautiful durability.
National Lead Company here again
.cher you the cooperation Of their
paint e1perts-this time in the line
OF color schemes. artistic, harmonious
and appropriate. You have only to
write National Lead Company, 1902
Trinity Building, New York City, for
@Houseowners' Painting Outfit No.
49, and you will promptly receive
what is really complete guide to
painting, including book of color-'
schemes for either exterior or interior
painting (as you may request), a
book OF specifications, and also an in
strument for detecting adulteration
III paint materials. This outfit is sent
free and to say the least, is well
worth writing for.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
Derfense Of the End-seat Hog.

There has been considerable of the
blindness that takes up and continues
senseless cry in the repetition of the
anathe.nas hurled at the end-seat
hogn as the illustration and embodi-
ment Of all senlfshness. 1t would be
as logical to accuse the man who en-
ters a car that is empty and chooses
the shady side on hot day Of being
"a hog and requiring him to give up
his seal; to any one, coming after him,
who might fancy it. The hoggish-
ness of the individual who points out
the, "end-seat hog" and wants to
possess what that individual has come
LEGALLY by, does not seem to be MOTTO
ed, it is only the man who gets the
end seat first and prefering the title:
The Norwich Bulletin puts this case
very fairly and conclusively as fol-
lows: 4
ssThose who use the trolley con-
stantly do not. find their fellow-trav-
elers wholly devoid of manners. After
all THAI has been said about the end
seat hcg and all other kinds of trav-
cling hogs, the people with fellow
feeling and Difference and politeness
are always in the crowd. 1t is trav-
cling hatit among the regulars to
give the end of the seat to the person
who leaves the car first and to so seat
themselves that they do not have to
crowd past one another in leaving the
car. The having choice of seats is
human, and why the passenger on
time should be deprived of the pleas
ure of riding in a preferred seat OBJ
tanned by promptness, by late
conner, never has been and never will
be explained. although the late-com-
ers often act as if it were the duty
of every one to make room for them.
Bridgeport Standard.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
Care of Little Chicks.

Quite an argument has been going
the rounds as to the length Of time
that should elapse before giving food
to newly Matched chicks, some regard
ing twenty-four hours as time enough
before feeding, others that to feed
when two and half days old was
soon enough.
No doubt but that more chicks are
killed, or stunted from feeding too
soon, than are hurt by longer fast.
Note the healthiness Of chicks when
hen steals her nest, and is not dis
covered until the chicks are several
days old.
Strong, healthy chicks, hatched in
dry, warm weather, will require food
sooner than puny ones hatched in a
damp, cool time, because the first
chicks will grow much faster. Make
this an iron clad rule: Never feed
sooner than twenty-four hours after
Matching, and let the first feed by dry
bread crumbs or oat meal sprinkled
in sharp sand. Also let the bulk of
the first few meals be of sharp sand.
Give water that has the chill taken
of, for several days after Matching.
This Is not necessary in midday OF
the summer, but is good rule for
little chicks, of morning, no matter
what the month.
Have water vessels clean, and so
arranged that the little chicks cannot
get into them.
3 A teacup filled with water, then
inverted in a saucer, makes fine
fountain, that is easily kept clean,
where there is a small flock of chicks.
"A quart can is almost as good. If
the water does not run out fast
enough, place a nail under the edge
of cup or can.
House the chicks in weather
proof coop, with enough clean dry
litter and a good mother. Do not put
more than two dozen chicks with one
hen.
II bowel trouble appears, dissolve
lime in water, pour the water off
carefully, and stir corn meal in the
lime water until it crumbles. The
lime water should be strong enough
to make the mass to look as If lye
had been poured on it. They will not
relish this, but if given no other feed
will eat it. Do not allow other food
until they are recovered. Rice cooked
tender and fed dry is good for bowel
trouble in fowls of any age.
If chicks are not allowed to get
chilled or wet from rain or dew, fed
food, kept little hungry
all the time, never allowed to have
any but wholesome water and milk
to drink, have sizable grit, and are
kept free from lice, there will be no
bowel trouble, if they are healthy
when hatched.-E. c., Vermilion Co.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
This and That.

1t isn't at all necessary to have a
fine and fancy poultry house. Com
fort is all a laying hen cares for.
The best fowls are none too good.
The medium fowls are only tolerable.
The inferior fowls are snare and d
delusion.
Poultry should have access to green
food ifspossible, and when they can
not, should be furnished with cabbage
leaves or vegetable of some kind.
Keep the fowls away from the
barns, stables and carriage houses.
In such places they are nuisances.
Besides, they are more comfortable
In place by themselves.
Carelessness and laziness go hand
in hand, and together are fruitful
source Of failure.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
Napoleon's Farewell.

It was at Fontainbleau that Napo
leon received the Pope in 1904. 1
was at Fontainbleau that he i'm
prisoned the Pope-thel apartment
which served as his prison is still
shown--in 1872 and 1913. Finally,
for Nemesis would have it so, it was
at Fontainbleau that Napoleon sign
ed his addiction and said farewell to
his army in 1914, coming down the
horseshoe staircase at the head of the
Cour du ,Cheval Blanc, and placing
himself at the head of the guard, as if
for review:
"For twenty years." he said, 81
have been well content with you, and
you have always been with me on the
path OF glory. With your help and
that of all the brave men who are still
loyal, could nave carried on the war
for three years longer, but France
would have suffered, and | did not
wish that to happen.
II might have died-that would
have been easy, but I would not. l
prefer to follow the path Of honor,
and to write the history of our ex-
ploits.
st cannot embrace You all, but 1
will embrace your general. Come,
Gen. Petit. Bring me the eagle! Dear
eagle! May these kisses find their
echo in every brave mans heart!
"Farewell my children!''
That surely is the most pathetic
as it is also the most dramatic. scene
in the whole history of Fountain,
hleau.-From r. P.'s Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
self.Adinsting Flood Gate.

A flood-gate that is self sustaining
is pretty handy upon the farm where
large creeks pass through and much
stock is kept in proximity to them.
Take a good-sized sound oak log, and
fashion it at each end like windlass,
having the Cog long enough to reach
across the gap in the creek. At each
side Of the creek bank set good
heavy post deep enough into the
ground that it will NOT wash away.
At the bottom of each of these posts
fasten just at the surface of the
creek bed the windlass-headded log,
by using two clips made Of heavy
tire-iron. Into this log bore num-
ber of holes and place upright into
each hole good stout oak stake and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
Tow to Grow Asparagus.

When one wants to grow aspara-
gus for market he needs to know the
kind demanded by the markets to
which he will ship, for the planting
varies according as the grower wants
to make white shoots or green ones.
AS earliness is an important matter
with asparagus, the best soil for the
crop is light and warm one.
But the most important matter is
the enriching of the soil, for the quail
ity and size of the shoots depend
more on the fertility of the land than
on anything else. One' variety is
about as good as another If the soil
is rich. Seed from the wild aspara-
gus that grows everywhere along the
salt waters of the Chesapeake Bay
and on the beach seldom grows to a
stout size, but whea cultivated in rich
soil, it makes shoots as large and fine
as any of the named varieties.
Hence, It is more a matter of feed
than of breed.
Most people when they want to
plant asparagus send off and get a
lot of roots. which is all needless. for
with proper treatment can get as
paragus from the seed year sooner
than by planting the roots. / have
not planted roots for thirty years.
The preparation Of the soil previ-
Gus to sowing the seed is the most
importaL. matter. Get all the ma
nure into it you can hide with the
plow, and good rotten manure, too;
not merely stalled straw. Then run
out burrows four feet apart, going
twice in the furrow. Fill the furrow
half full of manure on which apply
500 pounds of acid phosphate and
100 pounds Of kainit. Cover this
lightly and drill the seed.
The sowing can be done in early
spring or late autumn. AS soon as
the plants are a few inches high,
thin to two feet apart. The young
plants thinned out can be trans
planted easily to other wellmanured
burrows. Cultivate we'll during the
summer and apply 100 pounds per
acre of nitrate of soda alongside the
rows. The next spring you will be
able to cut a little asparagus, but it
should be but little, as you want to
get the roots strong for the full crop.
In the fall apply 500 pounds of
kainit per acre. which will furnish
some potash and also as much salt as
the plant needs, and the old practice
of applying salt can be avoided. In
the spring apply 1000 pounds per
acre of any high-grade commercial
fertilizer over the rows before growth
starts.
This is for asparagus that is to be
cut near the surface of the soil, and
mainly green. If you want to grow
white shoots, you must make the fur
rows much deeper, foot or more
deep, put in the manure and fer
tilizer and SOW in the same way and
thin out, and then fill in the burrows
as the plants grow till level. Then
in the fall. after applying the kainit,
plow burrows over the rows. making
good ridge over them. Manure in
the spring again, and as the shoots
show Just at the ground pull the
earth away and cut down near the
base the proper length. But most of
the markets are demanding green
asparagus. and the roots being nearer
the surface, it is earlier than that
deep in the beds. But the annual fer
tilization must be kept up, as the
soil cannot be made too rich for as
paragus.-W. F. Massey.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
THREE REASONS
Each With Two Legs and Ten Fin.
gers.

A Boston woman who is a fond
mother writes an amusing article
about her experience feeding her
boys.
Among other things she says:
1Three chubby, rosy-cheeked boys.
Bob, Jack and Dick, aged 6, and 2
years respectively, are three of our
reasons for using and recommending
the food, Grapc-Nuts, for these
youngsters have been fed on Grape
Nuts since infancy, and often be-
tween meals when other children
would have been given candy.
gave a package OF Grape-Nuts to
a neighbor whose 3-year-old child
was 8 'Reazened little thing, i'll half
the time. The little tot ate the
Grape-Nuts and cream grecdily, and
the mother continued the good work.
and it was not long before truly
wonderful change manifested itself
in the cnild's face and body, The re-
suits were remarkable, even for
Grape-Nuts.
Both husband and use Grape
Nuts every day and keep strong and
well and have three of the finest,
healthiest boys you can find in days
march.
Many mothers instead of destroy
ing the children's stomachs with can
dy and cake give the youngsters
handful Of Grape-Nuts when they are
begging for something in the way Of
sweets. The result is soon shown in
greatly Increased health, strength
and, mental activity.
"There's a Reason"
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, 37'he Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and fun Of human
interest f,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
:Graniteyille, vt.
khrauph The Change

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
TO me that for the sake of other suffer
ing women I am willing to make my
trouble public so you may publish
Shis etter.n-MRS. CRAs. BARCLAY,
R.F.D., ,Graniteville, vt.
No other medicine for woman's Ills
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know of has such record
Of cures Of female ills as has Lydia E..
P;nkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years it has been
curing female complaints such as
inflammation. liberation, local weak
nesses, fibroid tun1ors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, Indigestion
and. nervous prostration, and it is
1nequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change of life.
It costs but little to try Lydia E..
,Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
as Mrs Barclay it is ''worth noun
tains of gold ITO suffering women.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
Natures Most Valuable catharsic.


Heretofore castor oil, the most val='
nable cathartic known, has been ex-
3eluded from universal use by its nau-
seons odor, disagreeable flavor and
siekening after taste, so that inferior
medicines have been in demand. Now,
however, childhood's bugbear has
been banished by the benefactor who
compounded .Palatal, purgative
specific, in which all the virtues Of
this oil are retained, from which all
its vices are eliminated. It is not a
substitute for castor oil, but it is that
remedy without unpleasant taste and
stomach irritants.
1t is palatable, harmless and diges-
itible, because the ninety-three per
cent Of chemically pure cold pressed
cream Of castor oil is combined with
seven per cent of wholesome flavor
ings anise, coriander and caraway.
This is why children lick the spoon.
As a laxative or purgative for ba-
oies and pregnant women Palatal can
be taken with comfort and without
danger of any sort. It is easily ad-
ministered and agrees with the most
sensitive stomach. An overdose is
impossible, as the excess simply passes
through the bowels unchanged and
ilubrieates the intestines, producing
easy movements, without the uncomz
Portable straining .Htgripes' noticed
when other cathartics are used.