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The Washington herald., 1912-06-03
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
TWO TOWNS.

Now PIunkviIle tries In its own way
To capture some renown;
So all its people proudly say
II Is a fiyless town.
But Blngviils takes another tack.
It's people do not bieat
OF being syiessi they announce
An aviation meet
The Washington herald., 1912-06-03

dives deep and the straw hat blooms
until the first summer shower. June is
indeed a month OF bliss. with plenty OF
seasoning in II. and every poet who
will work is busy during the month turn
Ing out advertising folders for the sum
mer hotels.
lCopyright. 1872 BY George Matthew AdansJ
The Washington herald., 1912-06-03

The plan OF the French government to
pension mothers has more in its favor
than a good many other pension
schemes. What they need more than
anything else over there is the con-
servation Of the stork.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-03
In the Spring.

I'm weary OF canned stun,
Tomatoes and beans
! yearn for a kettle
OF dandelion greens.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-03
UneIe Pennywiae ID.

Ny daughters school went out yestsr-
day 800 strong TO pick violsts. They
picked eleven violets
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Different from the s

Why has the average production so
little plot?"
The tired business man does not care
for intricate plays"
Sure about that? He seems 10 like
EN- in baseball"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-03

A Department store Episode.
"Mr. wombat. have been with you
a long time, but my eyesight is falling
now. have been in several departments
of the store, lRces, silks, and lost goods
through shoplifters. / guess I'd better
resign"
Not at all, my boy" said the head Of
the department store. You have been
with me for years and you shall remain
as long as you like. III put you in the
grindstone department.. don't think
you'Il lose many goods there"
June in History.
June 3, 15S3.-Henry VIII is pInched
for speeding and pays his fine like a
little man.
June 3 l61s.-Izaak Walton fishes all
day without a bite. He had such days,
the same as other fishermen.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-03

From the Florida Times-Union
By imperial decree the complexion OF
the temporary chairman at Chicago will
not be ElIhu.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21

teacher, 1O3 two teachers, 23 three
teachers. Close and accurate grad
alton, therefore, seems impossible in
76 per cent Of the white schools, diff
ficult In 13 per cent and reasonable
In II per cent. Such gradation seems
impossible in SO per cent Of the ne
gro schools, difficult in per cent,
and reasonable in 3 per cent"
The impossibility Of the rural school
with larger enrolment and employ
ing only one teacher and frequently
this teacher without previous exper-
ience, keeping accurate enrolment by
grades, by branches Of study, etc., is
pointed out. The tendency to pad the
enrolment because the size of t.,e sal
ary depends on the enrolment is con-
demned. Many other matters Of vital
importance to the public system is
touched on in the report, which will
be laid before the General Assem-
bly,.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
PELLAGRA IS SPREADING
THE UNITED STATES.

Over $4,000 Victims Have Been
Claimed in Six Years Disease Has
Been known.
Washington, Dec. 13.-Pellagra is
spreading in the United States and in
the six years 1t has been known to
medical authorities has claimed not
less than 10000 victims with q fatal
ity rate in excess Of 10 per cent, ac-
cording to a report Of the public
health service today.
1T has reached the dignity Of a
public health question Of national i'm
portance, says the report.
The report gives the figures by
States for 1sO7-'11.
Virginia-Total cases, 62s; deaths
$40; death rate per hundred cases, SIS
pc rcent.
North Carolina-Cases, 2,412;
deaths, 1867; rate, "A per cent.
South Carolina-Cases, 1880;
deaths, $50; rate, 81 per cent.
Georgia-Cases, 4.558; deaths. l.
5S2; rate, "a per cent.
Kentucky-Cases 531; deaths, 22O;
rate, 43 per cent.
Alabama-Cases, 2.3I4. deaths
$50; rate, 81 per cent
Mississippi-Cases, 2,S95; deaths
1,25O; rate, 43 per cent
Louisiana-Cases, go; deaths, 296;
rate, "a per cent.
The figures show pellagra either
prevalent or sporadic in the greater
part of the United Sttaes, but par
ticularly serious in the South.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21

Handled for Short Distance Onl,
When Properly Boxed.

Washington. Dec. 13.-AccordinR
to regulations governing the parcel
post system, promulgated by Post
master General Hitchcock, perishable
articles may be sent through the
mails only under specific conditions
as to their containers and the distance
they are to be sent.
Butter, lard, fish, fresh meats,
dressed fowls. vegetables, fruits, ber-
ries and similar articles likely quick
ly to decay, may be sent for short
distances. when securely packed.
Eggs will be accepted for local de-
livery when packed properly in -
container and for any distance when
each egg is separately packed in a
secure manner.
Fragile articles. including millinery,
toys, musical Instruments and articles
OF glass, in whole or in part, must be
securely packed and marked fragile" :"
Articles that may not be sent by
parcel post including intoxicating H.
quors of all kinds; poisons, poisonous
animals, insects or reptiles, explosives
Of every kind: infammable articles
including matches. Internal machines;
pistols or revolvers; disease germs;
any obscene, dcfamatory rscurrilous
matter now prohibited by law, live or
dead animals, birds or live poultry:
raw hides or pelts, or anything hav-
ing a bad odor.
Books and printed matter may not
be forwarded at parcel post rates; but
only at pound rates OF third class
matter.
A committee Of railroad officials to-
day petitioned the House postoffice
committee for n Encouragement OF
weighing and pay for transporting
mails. The railroad men set out that
they did not contemplate carrying
the parcel posts when their present
contracts were made, and declared as
matter of contract they were not
Obliged to accept packages weigh ing
more than four pounds.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
HUNDREDS FREED N ONE DAY.
GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS SET
UP PARDON RECORD.
DOnaghcy. I'm Explaining Wholesale
Exercise Of Clemency, Attacks Con-
ditions In Convict Camp.

Little Rock. Ark. Dec. 16.-Gov.
Donaghey. who will retire from Of
flee January 1. issued pardons today
to 316 State and "a county convicts as
protest against the convict lease
system In vogue in this State. AS a
result three State convict camps will
be abolished. Several camps where
convicts are engaged in the building
Of good roads. however. will be con-
tinued in operation. The convicts par
doned were serving sentences Of from
one to Is years.
The governor In a statement ex-
planning his action in issuing the par
dons. scored the convict lease system
and magistrates who imposed lengthy
sentences for trivial offenses.
The governor In his statement de-
clares reports made to him by special
agents OF conditions existing on State
and county farms could scarcely be
accepted as truth among a civilized
people but for the records In the
case"
The statement does not give the in :
formation secured in detail.
In answer to his critics, whom the
governor quotes as having said that a
State penitentiary could not he de-
signed as a Sunday school," he says
Nor was 1t designed as a revengeful
hell, and In a measure that Is what
1t has resolved itself into"
OF the minor courts Gov. Donaghey
says:
THE abuse Of power shown by a
few individuals acting as Justices Of
the peace Is enough to stagger into
amazement those who have given the
matter no attention"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
HELD FOR KILLING,
MOTORISTS IN JAIL ON CHARGE
OF CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS.
Action I'm Holding AutomObilists Re-
spOnsiblc For Death of Boy Not
Expected.

Greenville, Dec. 16.-Following the
hearing Of. testimony this afternoon
at the corOner's inquest into the death
or irwin Wrenn, who was run down
and killed Saturday afternoon by the
automobile Of David B. Jenkins, the
jury returned a verdict attributing
the boys death to criminal careless
ness on the part Of Jenkins and his
son, Clyde. Coroner Batson issued
a warrant and turned it over to the
sheriff, who placed father and son
under arrest.
Attorneys for the man and his son
will appear before Judge Prince at
Anderson tomorrow and make appli-
cation for bail.
The verdict Of the coroner's jury
came as distinct surprise to prac-
tically everybody connected with the
investigation. There was a general
feeling that the jury, like the ordi-
nary coroner's panel, would hear a
bit of testimony here and there and
return a verdict that would not hold
any one criminally responsible for
the death Of the child. But the twelve.
most of them laboring men, who left
their respective tasks and in over
alls came to serve on the jury, re-
tired after hearing the testimony, and
for over an hour held one Of the
stormiest sessions q coroner's jury
mas been known to hold in Green
vile county Having finished their
deliberations they filed out Of the
room and went back to their labors.
leaving with the coroner the verdict
that they had reached. News Of the
1urys finding soon spread through
the streets, and there was a general
feeling of satisfaction over he fact
that for once coroner's jury had
made thorough inquiry and taken
notable action.
No new facts were brought out at
| the investigation. Jenkins was rep.
resented by one of the leading law
| firms Of the city, while another prom.
inent firm represented the State. r.
| A. Cooper, solicitor of the Eighth
circuit, who Is a brother Of the dead
| child's mother. took an active inter.
est In the investigation.
The incident has created no lit.
tie feeling throughout the county
and while the public seems to realize
that the killing Of the child was &C.
cidental, there is condemnation OF
the manner in which the occupants
OF the car acted after running down
the child.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
BAIL GRANTED TO JENKINS.
Judge Prince Admits GreenviIIe
County AutOmObilists to Bond In
Sum OF 1900 Each.

Anderson, Dec. 17.-At chambers
today Judge Prince named bail in
amounts Of $1,000 each for David b.
Jenkins and his son, Clyde Jenkins
who In their automobile ran over and
killed young Wrenn in Greenville Sat-
urday afternoon. The coroner's Jury
returned a verdict Of criminal care.
lCssness. which is equivalent to man
slaughter. Coulter Cothran repre-
sented the defendants, while Gen. M
l.. Bonham represented the State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21

The following statement by Asso-
ciate Justice G. a. Woods, Of Marion.
in the course Of an address at Dillon
should make every thoughtful man
and woman in South Carolina deter
mine to lend all OF the strength of
his or her influence to the cause Of
compulsory education: For every
one hundred people in South Caro-
lima there are ten above the age of
ten years who cannot read or write ;
in Louisiana, there are fourteen; and
in North Carolina there are IL per
cent illiterate. by these figures il will
be seen that South Carolina stands
third from the bottom in illiteracy
The average of illiteracy for the Uni
ted States is per cent OF the popu-
lation; thus it will be seen that South
Carolina has two to one when COM
pared with the general average. The
demand for education begins with the
child when six or seven years old and
continues TO the grave; and just to
the extent that education is discon-
tinued Will that man be peril to the
community in which he lives" -
Chester Reporter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21

prominent New York physician
says ''lf 1t were not for .he thin
stockings and thin soled shoes worn
by women the doctors would prob
ably be bankrupt" When you CON
tract a cold do not walt for it to de
vclop into pneumonia but treat it at
once Chambcrlain's Cough Remedy
is intended especially for coughs and
colds and has won wide reputation
by its cures Of these diseases. 1t IS
most effeciual and is pleasant and
safe to take. For sale by all dealers.
--Adyt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21

Sumter needs a creamery TO pro-
duce sufficient butter for home con-
sumption worse than anything else
except a canning factory. But before
either Is established there must come
revolution in farming methods.
Farmers will have to keep many more
dairy COWS 10 supply the cream for a
creamery and must grow truck for
the cannery. There exists a need
for both enterprises and local mar
ket FOR the output. but the raw ma
terial is lacking.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21

The Christmas holiday OF the city
schools Will begin Friday afternoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
DEMOCRATS FOR PEACE.
Hopeful Of Averting Friction Over
senate Committees and Floor Lead

Hopeful Of Averting Friction Over
senate Commuters and floor Lead
ership.
Washington. Dec. 13.--The shadow
which has hovered over the Democrats
Of the Senate, threatening dissension
and perhaps disorganization after
March 4. seems to have lifted.
Instead Of factional fights between
the progressives and the conservatives
over the floor leadership or the chair
manship Of this committee or that \
get-together spirit has come over tho
Democrats and q determination reach
ed to work In harmony for a legis-
lative program that will be creditable
to the party as q whole.
1t is yet possible. Of course, that
one or two instances Of bad feeling
may arise among members who do not
get what they think they are entitled
to In committee assignments, but the
movement to oppose the election Of
Senator Martin. for instance. as floor
leader and Senator simmons as Fin
ance Committee chairman has been
abandoned.
The progressive Democrats have
not given up without return, and
this return will come in the form of
important committee work. The con-
servatives who happen to be now at
the top OF q number Of committees
by reason of seniority will give up
some Of their important committee
seats In favor OF the new members
and the younger Senators.
AS the matter now stands. follow
ing innumerable cloak-room confer
encea the older Senators are pre-
pared to content themselves with one
important chairmanship apiece. They
will also take a few second or third
rate committee appointments and not
| seek reelection to all the importan
committees upon which they happen
to bo at this time.
The self-effacement on the part IF
the elders will give the younger Sem
ators chance to get seats on the big
committees and to have an active
part in shaping the important legisla-
tion that is to signalize the Wilson
administration.
This compromise will it is now te-
lieved, result In the reelection Of
Senator Martin. Of Virginia. as caucus
| chairman and therefore as Democratic
floor loader. 1t will give Senator
Simmons the craftsmanship Of the
Finance Committee. but no seat on
any other big committee. 1t will give
Senator Tillman the craftsmanship of
the Commerce or the Naval Affairs
Committee. and II he takes the for
mer 1t will give Senator Smith, OF
| Maryland. the Naval Affairs ,na,r-
manship.
The plan has been worked out In
the interest az party harmony and to
prevent factlonal fights at the outset
1 OF the new administration. AS far as
could be learned today. it has the ap-
proval OF practically all the Demo
Gratis now In Washington who will sit
in the new Senate. To make II effec-
tive II is only necessary therefore, to
gain the assent of the new Senators
March T.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21

George Washington advised against
"entangling alliances" but couples
continue To go right on forming mat
rim0nial alliances. Wilmington star
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21

The work on the new turntable and
cinder pir is proceeding steadily. The
piles have been driven down and the
concrete for the foundation for the
turntahle is now being put in.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-09-27
ST. kILDA's INHABITANTS.

Islanders of st. Kilda, in the At
lantic, off the coast of Scotland.
we're saved from privation last
spring by the arrival of the British
cruiser with stores. They we're more
fortunate than the colony of fisher
folk on the arctic island of Nova
zembla in 1911. For ten months il
had been impossible to open up COM
m%unication with the island, and
when at last q steamer arrived with
provisions every one Of the inhabi-
tants was dead of starvation. The
last man to die had left a penciled
message telling how the wool from
the clothing had been eaten, and that
two men who ate of the flesh of their
dead companions died. All the chill
dren were dead and only two women
and three men besides himself left
alive. A tragic postscript added /:
Il, Chenoff, am now the only person
living. Ny hands shake, by eyes are
growing dim, and I feel the end Is
near" And after that the impene-
trable veil.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-09-27
PUNCH MIXED IN FOUNTAIN
Modern Extravaganza Was outdone by
Edward Russell, British Com
mander, In 1891.

Soapbox orators prate persistent
ly of modern lavishness and splen-
dor and tell listeners that at is
growing worse all the time" What
would they say if they heard of a
punch that required:
-Four hogsheads of brandy, a
pipe Of Malaga, eight hogsheads of
water, five pounds of grated nut
megs, three hundred toasted biscuits
and thirteen hundred-weight of fine
white sugar."
These ingredients are quoted from
a publication called the Caterer.
This punch, the Caterer tells us, was
mixed in a fountain basin at Ali
cante for six thousand guests Of the
Rt. Hon. Edward Russell when that
soldier in 1891 commanded the
British forces in the Mediterranean.
This punch should knock out
some of the soapbox charges that the
world CONTINUALLY is growing more
ex%travagqnt.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-09-27
PAINTING UNDER THE SEA
Artist Discovers a Way Of Making
Pictures Down In Depths Of
Old Ocean.

An artist has lately found a way
Of painting under the sea. He goes
down in a divers suit, to which air
is supplied through q tube and other
apparatus and there with heavy oil
ed paper and paints he makes quick
sketches of what he sees. He has
painted a picture Of fishes hat have
fins so large that they are like the
wings Of butterflies and make the
queer creatures appear to be flying
through the strange green gloom Of
the water. Sometimes it seems as
If many of the fairy stories are actu-
ally coming true in every day life.
When the Frenchman, Jules Verne,
wrote his fanciful story called
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea" no one supposed that any
thing like hal could ever really
come to pass, and yet the divers and
submarine boats nowadays have
made such a voyage almost as or
binary occurrence, though, perhaps,
no boat has yet descended quite Sc
deep as Verne fancied nor has trav-
L
eled quite so far.-Christian Science
Monitor.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-09-27
Constable Lexington Township
JAMES N. PRICE

1.-THE Bosses are in control, -
and we might add, will CON
tinue to be if T. r., is by some
mischance elected President.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-09-27

Blue Grass Seed in bulk at
Wilcoxon's Feed Store.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-09-27
Letter List.

The following mail remained
uncalled for at the Lexington
Postoffice, Friday, September
81, 1912.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-09-27
An honest man does not de-
nounce dishonesty and continue
to associate with thieves.
Dover Notes.

Lyon Vaughan was in Mar
shall Tuesday.
Charlie Holman of Corder was
here this week.
Ed VAIL had business in Lex
ington Tuesday.
Ii. T. Campbell of Higgins
vile was here several days
this week.
F. !. Cox left Monday on a
pros ectins trip through Color
ado.
Chas, Lewis of Corder and his
brother, Ora ton Lewis, of Kan
sas Cty spen. Tuesday here.
j, NJ. Redd had business in
Kansas City this week.
Charlie Ncer SHIPPED hogs to
Kansas City Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Cox
spent last Thursday in licking
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. V. Dysart Of
Monette ale visiting with rela-
tivcs here tins week.
Miss Jenh.c Vaughan went
to Eigginsvi,le Sunday after
noon where she will spend the
winter.
Mrs. Frank Evans spent sew
eral days last week in Marshall
with her sister Mrs. NJ. L..
Montague
DR. w. q. IIarwood went to
Lexington last Thursday to
spend the day with his sister.
Mrs. Paris Bartlett, who was On
Ger way llnm her home at
Helena, Montana. to visit her
mother, Mrs. Bette Harwood. at
Oklahoma City
Lyon Vaughan was in Uio-
ginsville Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Anna Shoemaker aud
two children went to Odessa
Saturday afternoon for a few
days visit with relatives.
Mrs. Beaudie Limric of Kan
sas City is visiting her sister,
Mrs. David Slusher.
Jeffy Wilson, wife and infant
son spent Sunday with his
mother, MIS-. Dave Eagan.
Mrs. Geo. Zeyzing, Mrs. Oh
Martin and Mrs. Will Hag-
gard spent Wednesday with Mrs.
Vaughan.
Charlie Phelps fell from a
wagon Monday and broke his
bone.
j. L. Groves, Geo. Zeyzing
and 0. G. Congdon attended the
road celebration at Fulton
Thursday.
Ed. Morrison will preach at
The Christian church Sunday,
September 20.
Mrs. Connolly Ragland and
small daughter, Mildred, left
for her home at Tex
lrkana, Texas, after spending the
summer with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Redd.
Mrs. R. L. Fox and Miss EN-
ma Miers entertained Wednes-
Mr.. and Mrs. j. V. Dy-
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sart, Mrs. Jane Wyles, Mrs. j..
NJ. Vim, Mrs. Frank Evans
and two children, Mrs. Eliza
Cox and Mrs. John Cooper.
A WONDERFUL
EXPOSITION

The Missouri State Fair of 1912,
Will Break All Previous Elk
hibition Reoords-Each De-
partment is Complete-An ov-
erflow of Entries-Many New
Features,
The aim Of the directors of the
Missouri State Fair has been to
create a better fair each year
than any previous one, and af-
ter twelve months of well di-
rected and continuous labor,
they have succeeded in reaching
the goal Of their ambition, and
the exposition of 1912 will be
superior in every respect to any
state fair ever held in this
Country.
So far as entries are concern
ed, the biggest state fair in the.
history of Missouri is assured,
and the arrangement of the
attractive displays of the various
kinds of products will complete
all preparations for this years
state fair.
The displays Of agricultural
and horticultural products will
be surprisingly large, and on ac-
count of the increased number of
county displays, there will be
an overflow from the large Ag-
ricultural building into shelter
tents in the immediate vicinity.
The exhibition of all kinds of
machinery will be wonderfully
large and OF necessity will oc-
cupy a large area of territory.
The Poultry show will be the
largest and best ever seen on
the fair grounds. All of the
coops in the Poultry building
have been assigned to exhibitors.
and additional coops have been
ordered to meet the continuous
demand.
The Art department this year
will furnish a surprise. The Zol-
ney collection Of his best work of.
sculpture will be placed on ex-
hibition in the Art building. Prof
John Pickard of the State Uni
.versity Will have charge of the
Art department, and he has
secured for exhibition the mas
ter-pleces Of the most prominent
artists of the Middle West.
The light horse show will be
the hest ever given. One hun
dred and ninety saddlers and
roadSters have been. entered, and
many of these high school horses
Nh be seen at the three night
mrse shows. All of the stalls
m tne several cattle barns have
assigned, and with the heavy
horses, some of them direct i'm
.portations from Europe to the
fair grounds, the stock show
will be the best in recent years.
The fair opens September 2S
and closes October 4.