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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
Hugh Kenney Uthizes Remnants
of Costly EmbIems.
For Forty-flve Years Brooklyn Man
Has Removed Discarded Wire
Frames From Cemeteries In
Gotham and Elsewhere.

New York.-More than $1,500,000 is
spent every year in Greater New York
city for floral emblems for funerals,
and 1t is said that 100000 designs are
annually sent to the cemeteries. What
becomes of them? The flowers fade
and wither; the wind and rain help to
scatter broadcast the leaves and
petals, but the wire framework, the
nos and the tinfoil remain to litter
up the most carefully kept cemetery
unless they are disposed Of after serv-
ing their purpose.
New York city is reputed to have
the most beautiful and best kept
cemeteries in the world, and II is be-
cause they are cleaned out frequently
and their aspect not married by OBJ
1ectionable dumps of discarded floral
emblems.
For forty-flve years a Brooklyn man
has removed from the cemeteries the
discarded wire frames and their ac-
cumlated debris and today, with the
assistance of his seven sens, he claims
not only all Of those of South Orange
In New Jersey and Kenisco and Wood
lawn above New York city.
This man, Hugh Kenney, receives
no pay from the cemeteries for this
work. His teams or auto trucks call
at the cemeteries at regular intervals;
at the larger and better grades az
often as every three weeks, but at
the smaller cemeteries only once in
six months. From each cemetery he
removes from one to six wagon loads
OF the discarded floral emblems and
takes them to his plant In Brooklyn.
Here so men are employed, who
handle the refuse as 1t arrives. As
wagon load after wagon load comes
from the cemeteries their contents are
dumped into the large vacant lot
which forms a part Of the plant, and
the crew Of men. armed with sharp
knives. pincers and wire cutters.
tackles the weatherbeaten, faded
pieces, and one by one they are strip
ped. The tinfoii and moss are rip
ped away and the stems. natural and
artificial, are pulled from the moss
backing, until the wire framework is
cleared.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
BULLDOG STOPS TRAM LINE
Canine Mounts Drivers Platform of
London Car and Forces Him
to Leave.

London.-An amusing story OF how
a bulldog held up a train, along with
the driver, conductor and passengers
in Newcastle. is told by the Daily
Sketch.
The tram was going from desmond
to the Central railway station when
the bulldog, a large specimen Of its
kind, mounted the drivers platform
and defied all efforts at d~islodgment,
1t growled and showed its teeth. and
though the driver held his post for
some time the dog at last became 50
threatening that he beat a retreat to
the rear platform.
The passengers also retired in the
face Of such a formidable foe, leaving
the bulldog in undisputed possession,
Finally the tram was manipulated
from the rear platform into the sheds.
where a few buckets Of water suficed
to coax" the intruder from its strong.
hold
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
AHEAD TWO TO ONE
London ShoPkeepers Give suffragettes
Window Smashing Score-Women
Are Still at II.

London.-The window smashing
campaign inaugurated by the suffra-
gettes continues merrily. Although
it is a serious matter to the shop
keepers, some Of them manage to
keep up their spirits during the ordeal.
A we'll known cigarette shop in
Bond street which has had the mis-
fortune to suffer window breaking by
burglars as we'll as by suffragettes,
shows the following sporting notice
in its window:
Our window has again been broken
by burglars. The score now is
Burglars Q, Suffragettes 1. Burglars
are leading by one point" ..
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
yuLETIDE.

The wind across the snowclad hills,
A restless spirit, roves.
The murmur of the frozen rills
Still echoes In the groves.
The stripped trees, bending to the earth.
Their tale OF sorrow tell;
flushed are the sounds Of recent mirth
That peeled in every dell,
Old winter breathes along the plain
Its chilling breath OF snow;
The pillows bounding DER the main
An added fury know;
The sky Is frowning, gray and cold,
The earth is brown and sere.
Yet ON each barren waste and void
The Yuletide bells ring clear.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
FOR GRAVES

The wire frames are then scraped
with wire brushes, bent and twisted
back into their original shapes and
dipped into an immense tank OF ben
zine to cleanse them. AS they emerge
from the benzine bath, bright and
clean, they receive their final treat
ment, a dip into a tank of green paint,
and then are once more ready for the
market and are resold to the for
lists.
All of the refuse that comes from
the frames is cremated. A crematory
Of the Colorex type, burning liquid oil,
is maintained on the premises for this
purpose. Some of the wire frames are
so badly bent and twisted that they
are beyond repair, and these are
thrown into a dump heap In the rear
of the lot. Four tons of the wire
refuse accumulates monthly and the
material is carted to one of the big
iron foundries in Kings county and
there transformed into sash weights
for windows.
or the 100000 floral designs that
are used at funerals In New York
every year, there are about 1900 diff
ferent styles and sizes, ranging all
the way from the simple wreath, or
cross. for probably one dollar com
plete, to d miniature locomotive and
tender, AZ inches long.
The working materials that are used
extensively In the manufacture Of the
funeral emblems, besides the wire
frames, are moss. toothpicks, butch
ers' skewers. tinfoil and white
pigeons.
In addition to the millions of flowers
used every year on funeral designs
there is a large demand for white
doves" emblematic Of purity. For
these doves" pure white pigeons are
substituted. Sometimes the market
goes shy, for the pigeons feathers
must be pure white, without a trace
of color. The hotels, clubs and res.
~taurants get the meat for SQUADS, and
sometimes quail orders and the tax.
idermist gets the skin and the feath-
ers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13

Then" she said, you force me to
ord : your arrest for contempt of
court. You have shown the bench I'M
mis- akable contempt in open court,
and as a sentence you must pay $50
or lamain one day in jail. Which do
you choose?"
The marshal scowled until his black
eyebrows met. But he answered in
a voice hoarse with passion:
PAY $50! Well, l guess not. See
YOU"
That is why the marshal OF DAILY
City came to be arrested and that is
why things have gone more smooth
ly in the courtroom of the first wom-
an justice.
Six months ago Judge Jess was a
stenographer in the office of a promi-
nent San Francisco attorney. She
lived in Daily City.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
WOMAN ON BENCH
Justice, DAILY City, CAL, Teaches
Marshal a Lesson.
Had officer Jailed for Contempt Of
court-six Months She Was a
stenographer for a Prominent
San Francisco Attorney.

DAILY City, CAL-"Arrest him fol
contempt of court" The order cam,
from a slender young woman, some
what excited, 1t is true, who had JUS
arisen from her seat on the bench. The
"hIn" in question represented si1
feet Of indignant official manhood
glowering at her.
Arrest him" she commanded again.
Il can't" stammered a deputy con
stable to whom the words were ad.
dressed as he looked c~oyertly al the
bulk of his prisoner to be. You see
I've just resigned"
Then I'll take him to Jail myself"
announced the girl. And she would
have done it In all probability if she
had had to, but it wasn't necessary.
At any rate, Miss Jess won that
fight as she has won others in the
courtroom and elsewhere, and has be-
come a figure in the affairs of her
home community and in the state. 1t
happened this way: There is no long.
- " Wal W OlAlC nSAhkuh In III
California, and In due time Miss Jess
was appointed city recorder Of DAILY
City, across the San Mateo county
line. Now the office carries with it the
duties and powers Of a justice and
Miss Jess found herself suddenly the
arbiter Of the minor legal and Grim
tnal difficulties of the place.
There were men in DAILY City, how
ever, who felt that 1t was not Just the
thing to be bossed by a woman, and
among them was the marshal.
With the lawyers it soon became an
other story. To one she remarked
c~andidly: IF you don't know the law
you had better learn something about
1t before you appear in a courtroom
sacred to its usages." After that they
let her alone.
With the marshal and certain other
officials it was different. He had been
ordered to act promptly in q case in
which a Civil war veteran had been
swindled out of his savings. The mar
shall had been given the warrant, but
he loitered and the culprit remained
free. Then Judge Jess summoned him
before her.
Why haven't you served the war
rant on this man Simpkins? I" coldly
interrogated the girlish judge.
Cant find him around here" the
marshal muttered angrily.
You haven't been making any very
effort that | can see," re-
sponded Judge Jess acutely. why
cont you go to San Francisco and ap-
him there?"
The marshal stood at bay. I'm not
to San Francisco to find him."
he uttered finally, the veins in his
forehead working with volcanic wrath.
If you want him you can send the
Of San Mateo county for him.
haven't time to go on such chases,
anyhow"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13

Of France in the world will sooner or
later be the inevitable consequences
OF the sterility of u nation"
The number OF births last year, nc.
cording to M. Klotz, was only 742,114
In the whole of France, against $751;
IA q decade ago. In 1907 and 1911.
ne said, the deaths exceeded the
births, This was, he continued. a dan.
ger n the country. placing France in
a situation OF inferiority in COMPARE
son with the other great nations.
The lower birth rate, while a per.
picking phenomenon among all cIyi.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
GIRLS LIKE YANKEE HUSBANDS
FrauIeln MohIau the Latest to Show
Appreciation Of Their Superior
Qualities.

Berlin.-Alliances between German
men OF title and American girls dow.
cred by Millionaire fathers have been
steadily increasing for forty years or
more. The supply Of American heir.
esses has, however, never been large
enough to meet the demand among the
poVerty-stricken a%ristocracy Of the
fatherland, so that of late years the
daughters Of the wealthy b~ourgeoisie
have been accepted. But in the mar
riage recently at Dusseldorf Of Roy IS.
McElwee, formerly Of indianapolis,
Ind, but now of Berlin, with Fraulein
Ellen Mohlau the world sees another
OF the rapidly multiplying illustrations
OF the modern tendency Of the Ger.
man heiress to throw herself and her
fortune at the feet OF an American
husband.
The par value of the American hus.
band may keep on ~depreciating among
American girls who live in Europe,
but 1t Is a fact that the wealthy girls
among the middle classes Of Germany
infinitely prefer an American man
even to a scion of the most ancient
German nobility. And 1t is interesting
to note that parental approval follows
their preference. The American has
the reputation of making the best hus'
band, He Is more conslderate ana
more faithful to his marriage VOWS
He does not isolate his middle-class
wife from her family and relatives as
the German aristocrat does.
F~raulein Mohlau's father, Adolpn
Mohlau, is a wealthy manufacturer Of
Dusseldorf, a royal councillor Of com.
merce and president OF the Dusseldorf
chamber Of commerce. His daughter
Is pretty and accomplished, being az
excellent musician and an expere
horsewoman. She is credited WIZ
had numerous opportunities 70
marry German men Of title.
Mr. McElwee is the son Of a Metno
dist minister Of Indiana.
Mr.. McElwee returned to Amer1cs
for a course at Columbia university
but Is now permanently established 10
Berlin. He acted fer a while as PIT
vate secretary to Andrew D. White
when Mr.. White was ambassador v
Germany.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
Insane Woman Leaps to Death

Boston.--Mrs. Lizzie Fee, a wealthy
woman, while suffering from the
halluclnation that she was being pur.
sued by burglars, desperately attacked
and seriously wounded three women
attendants In her house. An over.
turned lamp fred the building and
Mrs. Fee jumped to death from a win
dow on the top floor. c~lutchlng her
boarded wealth In her hands.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
PECULIAR MARK OF REGRET

and the Tokyo branch OF the Red
cross society joInId together In the
ceremony of freeing three large tor.
Coises as a mark Of regret at the death
OF emperor Melt. The she'll Of She
largest specimen was three feet ave
lncnes long, and upon the she'll were
euBrsVed the characters: w hnmbly
oos 'eaye to show our deepest regret
at the death of our Meiji Tenno. Let
tree IN the sea OF ogasawara island
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13

on the day of the state funeral, Sep
TENDER 10. 1919. Hiroshi Abe. gov.
ernor OF Tokyo.
On the back of another tortoise was
signed the name OF the president OF
the Tokyo branch OF the Red Cross
society. AT frat II was planned to In
lay the characters on the back OF the
tortoises In gold. but, fearing that they
might be captured again for the sake
Of the gold, the characters were done
in black lacquer. On the evening Of
September Is, Just rs the gun gave
the signal for the starting Of the i'm
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
John D. Is Busy at Golf.

Tarrytown, N. Y.-John D. Rookie.
Teller is making the most Of his spare
time, playing golf every morning and
taking long automobile rides every at.
.ternoon. Week days he drives his
car around to the North T~arrytown
high school each afternoon and in.
vites four or five of the teachers for
a ride. He takes them up through his
estate and tells them some of his
plans for identifying the place. The
drives generally last about two hours.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
FRENCH BIRTH RATE LOWER
Minister Of Finance Sees Great Peril
TO Nation In Decline In Number
OF Children.

Paris.--The birth rate of France
was lower by more than 100.O 900 In
1911 in 1901. Louis Klotz, minister
OF finance, announcing this fact to the
commission IN d~epopulation at its
first session, said:
Military inferiority. economic inferi-
Mity. and the eiminution OF the power
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13

YRIAD are the myths and
legends that cluster around
the Christmas tree. Its origin
takes US far back into pre-
historic times when our skin.
clad savage ancestors were
tree worshippers and beIiey-
ed that a god or goddess
dwelt IN the evergreen Long
prior to the Christian era, the
FIR tree was used In Rome In
the December holiday festivi-
ties OF the S%aturnalla and It's
branches were decked with
little yellow ieweled images
Of pagan d~ivinttles, especially
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13

periai funeral, officials who had been
waiting in a boat on ogasawara is
land gave the tortoises their free
dom.
'All three OF the creatures appear
ed to be delighted to be~once more
ut large In the ocean. and put their
heads out OF the water as much as to
say thank you. and then disappeared
from sight"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
TortoIses, Appropriately Marked, Lib
Grated at Death Of the Emperor
Of Japan.

In connection with the funeral OF
the late emperor Of Japan, a strange
ceremony was performed. A Japanese
correspondent writes: Following the
custom Of carrying birds In large
cages at Buddhist funerals, to be lib
grated over the graves. the Tokyo city
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13

lized people, was, the minister sale. :
greater problem In France than else
where. The births exceeded tns
deaths Of 1910 in Germany by sIsdio'
in Austria.H Hungary by 573,72o.
Great Britain by 413,77s and in its,s
by 461,771, but in France BY only
AIS.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
Man. %. Takes Long Rlde.

Hot Springs. Wa horseback rae
possibly the longest on record for
man OF his years, was taken by fTeu,
erick Aver, of Boston, aged nine.y,
two. The distance covered was Y
miles.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13

Birth and ancestry, and that which
we have not ourselves achieved, We
can scarcely cali our own.-ovid
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
wor, cor,ets 5000 Years AGO.

W1 WUTb NUFsttb ufuuu IIH"
Philadelphia.-Dr. 2. n. HAL, an ~
~tiquarian. In an address here sara tna,
corsets and hobble skirts were v0''
In Crete FIVE thousand years 49,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22

union upon bringing it forward and
securing its enactment, and commends
the legislature for taking this ad-
vanced step toward emancipating the
producers Of the wealth Of the state
from the domination of predatory in
terests that fatten alike on produc-
ers and consumers.
second: That we commend the
Farmers union for its activities in
trying to establish in our institutions
of learning departments for the study
of farm, finance and markets and
FOR its efforts 10 improve the rural
schools of the State. We would urge
all farmers to join this great organi-
zation and make Of it still more
potent force in building up all the
interests OF our State.
Third: Representing as we do all
the great industries of the State, We
deem 1t not only appropriate but of
great importance that We Iecede for
few months from the business that
has brought us together to give ex-
preston to our hearty approval Of
these measures, that mean more to
the industrial development of the State
than even the most sanguine imagi-
nation can picture"
The portion of the resolution in
dorsing the warehouse act was
amended to make the inGorsemen;
dependent upon it being declared
constitutional
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22

1t is understood that the boy scouts
ana board of health are thinking of
forming combination in restraint of
the liberties Of the municipal mosoui
toes. war Of determination will be
waged on the mosquitoes as a result
of the combination. Tt is not known
whether the mosquitoes will call this
monopoly for the restraint of their
business, or simply class it as an un-
reasonable trust.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22
In The Police Court.

The following cases were tried by
the recorder Friday morning:
Norman Chandler, riding bicycle
without a light, 81 or days.
Alex Grimsley, riding bicycle on for
hidden sidewalk, $1.00 or days.
Emmorline Barraneau and Bessie
Davis, creating a disturbance and
clrsing. $40 or 20 days on the first
charge and SIS or 80 days on the
second charge, for Emmerline. while
Bessie was dismissed.
Cassie Cabbagestalk. petit larceny.
so or 80 days.
Robt. Coulter, riding bicycle on for.
hidden sidewalk, SO or days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22

Mrs. X. Brant. HE Paden Street
Parkersburg, W. Va, had an attack
or 'agrippe which left her bad kid
ney trouble. and she suffered much
severe pain and backache. Then she
heard of Foley Kidney Pills and says:
After taking them a short time the
pain left my back and am again able
10 do my own housework. Foley Kid
ney pills helped me wonderfully"
Siber's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22
d. James Winn

Mrs Rose A. Freeman. Clifford. Va.
says they have long used Foley's rem
edies and want to say good word for
them. She writes: Foley Kidney
pills cured my husband Of 2 long
standing kidney trouble. after he had
taken other medicines without relief.
We would not be without Foley and
Company's medicines in our house for
many times their cost" Siherts Drug
Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22
Helps a Judge in BAD FiN

Justice Ei cherry If GrGs aiiHs.
Tenn was plainly worried, \ tad
S"r" on his lex had ha1lod So,cral
doctors and long resisted an rene
dfeS. ~ though, it Was a cancer"
h" wrote. AT last I used Rrcklen's :
Arnica Salv". and was completely
cured. Cures burns. hollis. ulcers.
bruises and plies. - cents at Sibert's
Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22
WINTHROP COLLEGE
Scholarship and Entrance Examina-
ton,

The examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col
lege and for the admission Of new
students will be held at the County
Court House on Friday, July ), at 9
a. m Applicants must be not less
than hfteen years of age. When
scholarships are vacant after July :
they will be awarded to those making
the highest average at this cXamina-
ton. provided they meet the condi-
uons governing the award. Appli-
cants for scholarships should write TO
President Johnson before the oxami-
nation for scholarship examination
blanks.
Scholarships arc worth S1oo ana
Tree tuition. The next session will
open September Is. 1912. For further
Information ana catalogue. address
Pres. -. l.. Johnson, Rock Hin. :. G.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22

IN many things
we offend all. If
any man offend
lot In word. the
same Is a perfect
man, and able
G.SO to bride the
W h O ] e b o d Y"
s n mt J a m e $
seems to say that.
while all Chris
tians need to bri-
die their tongues.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22

came IN and reported the enemy ap-
preaching, there were very few men
TO fall into line Of battle, not think
ing the enemy so near. Some one
SAID as there were 50 few. il was USE
less to attempt 10 hold the position.
Then Lieut.. Pompera stepped in front
Of the thin grey line and said: Men,
your homes are in Sumter my home
Is in Louisiana. and propose 10
night my gun if any one viii helm
me. That settled it, and the pre-.
paration for the fight went on.
There died John Thompson. a
Scotchman ~ birth, hut citizen
Of Sumter. There died ]. II. Long.
a native Of Massachusetts,. rrt an
old citizen Of Sumter. He with Wm
a. Harrell, Of Charleston. had e;opped
to assist VIM. Reeder Co. A. 6. c.
serge train) who was wounded
and while doing so the enemy came
upon them and after they had sur
rendered they were fired on. Mr..
Long was killed. Mr.. Harren shot
through the arm, and poor Reeder
received a second wound and died in
sumter. They gave as a reason for
hrlng on these men that one scout.
Charles Jones. had killed in Manning
one of their men after he had sur
rendered to him. Jones denied this.
but said the Yankee officers rode up
TO him and said hand me your gun:
he did so, but pulled the trigger and
shot him and made his escape
amidst a shower Of bullets.
In addition to these killed, the fol-
lowing We're wounded:
A. Davis, William Wingare. Chas.
Mccoy. c. y. Harbin, Co. II. End. s.
{. Reserves died from his wound:
VIM. Baker q. c. Tohin. leg ampu-
tated; II. d. Lincoln and Wooten cap
tured. Now it seems to me that the
time has come to erect a permanent
memorial TO the memory Of these
men who died in our midst and were
Killed and wounded at Dingle's Mill.
and | can think of nothing more fit
ting than monument placed in front
OF the boys school building on CAL
houn Street. 1915 will be the 50th
anniversary Of this fight and every
citizen of Sumter and the county. the
boys and girls who now enjoy the
blessings of peace should join in in
raising funds to erect this memorial
to the memory Of men who answered
their country's call and died and suf-
fered in her defence.
Seems to me that the Daughters of
the Confederacy can engage in no
nobler work than to push this work
to completion. so that on the day of
April the 9th, 1915. at about > o'clock.
when the firing began they can unveil
a monument to those heroes that
VIII be an ornament TO the city and
an incentive to the boys who march
around it each school day, TO be al
ways ready to answer the call of duty
with their all, even life itself
d. James Winn.