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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27
P PHILlPPINES !.
AHEAD OF. U. S.

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 27.-Practical
and applied hygiene is much farther
advanced in the Philippines than in the
United States, according to DR.. Allan
J. McLoughlin, surgeon of the United
States public health service, who was
one of the speakers at today's sessions
of the Fourth International Congress
on School Hygiene.
I'm this country" said Dr. McLough-
lin, 1--WE are prone to overlook the
enormous influence of school children
upon the hygiene of the home. The
children of poor, ill-educated parents
are often the intermediary through
which the simple gospel of hygiene
and disease prevention reaches the
parents. In the Philippines, in many
instances, it is only because OF the
children that the parents carry out the
instructions of the ahealth officer.
with an epidemic of contagious
disease existing there is a tendency in
most communities to close the schools
In the Philippines, on the contrary, Ii
is the policy of the bureau to Reer
schools open because of their extraor-
binary value in teaching the principles
of disease prevention"
Open air schools and open school
rooms was the general topic of the
day and 1t was practically the unani.
nous opinion of the delegates thai
children in rooms with windows wide
open, eve nduring the winter months
are immeasurably more healthful and
make more rapid progress in theil
studies than under other conditions.
Addresses were made by several for.
| eign! delegates. DR.. Borchardt, schoo
physician, Charlottenburg, Prussia
spoke on Instruction of Children In
Hygiene. DIR. Ernest Cacace of the
Royal university, Naples, read a paper
on Anti Malarial Instruction. A paper
by Felix Martel, general inspector OF
public instruction, Paris, was read.
The delegates visited Niagara Falls
Yesterday afternoon. =
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27
Ths Aeeursed ThaW Money.

New York World: Was there. ever
greater curse than the Thaw money !?
1T has been an affliction to its possess
osrs from the. first. 1t has burdened
society with profiigacy, scandal and
crime. For several years ia has been
shamefully used to corrupt the au-
thorities of a great state.
If Harry Thaw had been born poor
he might today have been a worthy
man. Tt was not heredity that made
him what he is. 1t was money. Money
caused him to be an idler; money dis
torted his views Of right and wrong;
money enabled him to contaminate
others; money at last gave him the
vices which unhinged him and added
murder to the long list of his offenses.
Having ruined Thaw and others and
carried him into the very shadow OF
| the executioner, the ThaW money then
cursed and degraded the state of New
York at two trials that brought JUS
| tice into contempt and scandalized our
courts throughout the world. 1t was
| the ThaW money that saved him from
the death penalty; 1T was the Thaw
money that maintained protracted
contest In the courts to overthrow the
| Judgment OF insanity by which his life
| had been saved; it was the ThaW
money that schemed ceaselessly for q
release which could not be had by le-
| gal means. o
In the escape from Matteawan has
the Thaw money gained one more tri-
umph over law Is the Thaw money
4 to go hand In hand with the fugitive
/ Into remote states and countries, al
4 ways at war with decency, always III
conflict with society always tempting
buying and debauching the weak ant
il the vicious?
II The Thaw money Is a curse becauss
i 1t has produced a degenerate In whose
Il behalf 1t has been able TO degrade ever
Il the degraded, to exhibit the infirmit,
of the state, to expose the feeblenes
a OF our laws and to make the American
ltions. IT has taken the Thaw none
n some years to hunil liate New y ork ut
a terly, but it has gained the day ait ias'
a accursed though II be.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27
"A Lack Of Obstacles.

Youths Companion: A Scotsman
who had worked for many years on
the railroad among the Highlands of
Scotland went, to the United States in
his later years and settled on a sec
ton of homestead land on the plains
of the far west.
Soon after his arrival there was a,
project for a railway through the dis
trict. The Scotsman was applied to
as a man Of experience In such mat
ters.
"Hoot, mon he said to the spokes-
man of the delegation, "ye Gamma build
a railway across this country"
sfWhy not, Mr.. Ferguson"
''Why not?" repeated Ferguson, with
an air of effectually settling the whole
matter. 'fWhv not? Dinna We see the
country'sa as fiat as a floor and We hae
nae plaeegpto ), run your toenels
through?"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27
GRAIN FIELDS
A REVELATION

Grand Forks, N. D.. Aug. 27.--
The grain fields of North Dakota and
the evidences of thrift and pre-
gress on every hand, while not unex-
pected to DR.. Gordon B. New OF the
Mayo Bros hospital staff Of sur
geons, of Rochester, Mimi, were at
the same time q revelation to the
young surgeon who was one of the D.
C. Sarles auto party who made the
trip to Grand Forks yesterday. Mr..
and Mrs. Sarles, their son, Lynn, an
uncle of Mr. Sarles, Jerome York, of
Memphis, Tenn. and DR.. New, made
up the party, and they passed
through as beautiful and prosperous
a looking country as one can see in
many miles travel on their way here.
This was the first trip to North Da-
kota made by DR.. New who is a spe-
cialist and under whom o. G. Sarles is
being treated for ear trouble Of an ag-
gravated nature, but which is i'm
proving under the care Of the special
ist.
II have of course seen wheat fields
In Minnesota and some excellent
ones" DR.. New remarked to The Her
aid, 'Fbut the expanse of, grain in
shock and the immense fields are new
| to me. 1 must say that l have en-
| ioyed one of the most beautiful and
delightful trips I ever took in my life
today The roads, the scenery and all
are perfect and the country as one
passes through spells prosperity or
every hand" .....-
"UncIe Jerome" Optimistic.
Mr.. York, known to his relatives
and friends as ''Uncle Jerome" ha:
visited North Dakota before, in fac
| pays annual visits here, but was pro
! fuse in his expressions of appreciation
of the scenery enjoyed on the aut'
trip and remarked that he saw won
derful changes and advancement
each year he visits the state. TITS :
delightful change from our countr,
down SOUTH" he remarked, "and
want to say you have the best roads
the finest crops and Of course som
Of the best people I ever saw or cam
in contact with. I am just as prou
to show greenhorn like the docto
here your state as you are"
Conditions in the south are littl
tight" financially, according to MI
) York, who is a lumber. dealer, havin
: extensive yards in Memphis, which
the distributing point for number Q
large mills in which he Is interested
He attributes this to the Juggling wit
the tariff and states that there Is
general disposition in the south i,
business circles to tighten up financi
ally, until the tariff question is settle,
and the public knows just what is t
result from the new schedules beini
carried through by a democratic con
gress.
The party left yesterday Afternoon
for Hillsboro, after a pleasant stay il
the city, the gentlemen meeting
friends and acquaintances and Mrs
Sarles visiting with local ladies.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27

Z Washington, Aug. 27.-Twenty one
new animals are on the way to the
National Geological park, in Washing
ton from Gieza, Egypt, where they
were purchased by W. H. Black
bourne, from Capt. Stanley Fowler,
director of the government geological
park.
I The shipment includes three Arabian
camels, two elephants of the form
that occurs in the Sudan region, three
hamadyas balloons, two cheetahs,
three lemurs, three Circassian goats
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27
As the Printer Made II.

Church Family Newspaper: A story
is told of printers error" that once
caused CONSERVATION in a country vii
lage. An arch in the church had be-
come dilapidated and a fund was
started for its repair. Upon one occa-
sion. so as to make the appeal more
widely known, the rector had a notice
regarding the arch fund printed in the
village, with the result that on the fol-
lowing Sunday the announcement ap-
peared in large type: "The collection
today will be for the arch fiend."
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27
Al Horrffsed Guide.

New York World: The lady visitor
from out OF town was being conducted
round a famous cathedral by a guire.
| 1Ah, yes, Gothic lis itnot? she muir
| INJURED with ecstatic admiration.
I9 The guide regarded her with pity
mixed with horror. Certainly not,
madam he replied. Fpiscopa Liam.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27
No Doubt.

Philadelphia Record: "The pen is
mightier than the sword" quoted the
Wise Guy.
"Just the same, TIL bet you a big
apple the sword swallower makes more
money than the poet" added the Sim
pie Mug. ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27
7Reconstructed Nature.

Washington Star: $50 that Is q
cubist picture?" said the matter of-fact
man. < ssss h &
Eyes. What do you think of it."
TITS horrible example of how, ma
ture would look If some people had
their way about it"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27
Auain on the Job

New YORK Tribune: Hon. w. D.
Bryan has resumed his lectures, which
were unfortunately interrupted for 81
day or 80 by business is Washington
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27

washington. Aug. Leaders of
The house of representatives are now
considering their action IN regard to
James II. MeDermott, member from
chicago who has been openIy " accused
by E I. Mem ichaei eis, fe1fsstsrl " chief
dcA ichaels, called to tll q stand before
the house lobby inquiry coinmitte tee. be-
cause he had been named in the testir
nnony of Col. Martin N. . Muihall, lob
Ibyist for the National Association Of
manufacturers, corroborated much the
colonel had said, and announced that
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27

rs II 5.s received $500 from the,
money lenders or Washington when
the bill against loan sharks was. before
corg gress.
.lcI9errnott. he also said, was q con 4
slant recipient OF money from Mulhall
ias lobbyist of the Manufact turers. as
soeiation 1T was fcDerrnott. he said,
.p3s1 got Mulhall the use Of a room In
tile apitol
Since the house of representatives
is, under the constitution, the judge OF
he qualifications Of It's own members.
| it has power, regardless of statute, to
Aunseat the Chicago representative.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27

This is deputy Sheriff Kelsey Of
New Hampshire, and Mr.. Coleman,
his assistant, who trailed Harry X.
Thaw, the escaped lunatic from Mat
tewan asylum in New York. AS the
train bearing Thaw in New Hampshire
was moving along to the Canadian
border Thaw asked Kelsey the name
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-02-28
GREAT FARMS UNDER WATER.
Oyster Wonderfully Prolific Product of
the Bays.

An oyster Is wonderfully prolific,
producing 30,000,000 young in one
year. II they and their offspring all
survive they would within a few
years multiply so greatly as to fill up
our great bays and sounds, like Long
Island Sound, Pamlico Sound, Pc
comic, GARDENERS, Narragansett, Great
South and Chesapeake Bays, so that
navigation would be prevented, says
Leslie's.
In recent years vast industry has
been established for the artificial prop
agation and cultivation Of oysters
and now hundreds Of thousands OF
acres are employed in oyster farming
for this purpose in the great bays and
sounds, on an enormous scale. This
oyster farming, under from 30 to so
feet Of water, Is conducted upon an
enormous scale, with great expense
and labor. While the natural oyster
formerly grew In creeks and estuaries,
where they were somewhat In danger
from the water being impure, the
present oyster production extends
many miles from land in these great
bodies Of salt water, where there is no
chance Of contamination, aid the
product Is always pure and whole
some. Many Of our leading health
authorities pronounce them one OF
the most wholesome and f. desirable
foods.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-02-28
Not to Please ANYBODY Else
In buying Life Insurance Il

In buying Life Insurance the
first thing that should be considered
Is the age and financial strength Of the
institution which you will make the
trustee for those whom you are seek
ing to protect. You should know ex-
actly how long 1t has been in business
and whether or not during its entire
career 1t has ever been guilty Of any
act that was contrary to either the
written or moral law, or whether 1t
has ever or does now issue contracts
that cannot be as easily understood
when read or explained by the lay
man as the expert, and whether or not
its average cost Is high or low, as COM
pared with other companies on similar
contracts, and Remember:
The time to investigate Is BEFORE
you buy; not afterward. Also rcmem-
Der that you are buying Life Insurance
to protect your family or estate-NOT
to please anybody else. You can't at
ford to- experiment with life insurance,
for you won't be on hand when your
policy matures-not unless you have
an endowment. AS you know, rep
resent the Mutual Benefit Life Insur-
ance Company Of Newark, N. j., and
have for fourteen years. It has been
in business 6S years You can inves-
tigate 1t without cost or incurring any
obligation. There are over 5000 pol
icy holders in South Carolina, and
over 500 in York County.
SAM NJ. GRIST, Special Agent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-02-28

advancement Of Bible study in board
ing schools its conduct by masters Of
the subject, the systematic daily read
ing Of the Bible at morning and even
ing and prayers, and voluntary Bible
study in small student groups under
the informal leadership Of masters or
mature boys" That is good enough
as far as 1t goes, but 1t does not reach
the great mass Of children that are
taught in the public schools. Instant
ly, however, the slightest sign Is made
that a little religion in the schools
would not hurt, the air is filled with
apostolic blows and knocks and, as
Henry Watterson would say, There is
HI to pay among the saints"
Before there can be any agreement
among the people as to religious teach
ing in the public schools. there must
be agreement among the teachers-nol
the teachers of this, that or the other
doctrinal view of any church or de-
nomination Of the Jewish or Christian
faith-but agreement among the teach
ers as to generally admitted funda-
mentals; that there Is great First
Cause and that the Bible contains the
nearest possible revelation Of the char
acter, the purposes and the power OF
the Almighty. The Jehovah Of the He
brews is the Jesus. Of the Christians.
Whatever the boarding schools might
determine as their proper course In
Bible study, 1t would seem to be en-
tirely practicable for the disputations
to agree upon some definite and accep-
table plan Of religious exercises in the
public schools. In explaining the pur-
pose Of Bible study in a school, the
commission says very truly: "The Bi-
BILE contains some of the most interest
ing things in history and literature.
No history Is more important than the
history Of the Hebrew race or the
founding of the Christian church by
Jesus and His followers. No literature
has a more permanent appeal to the
emotions than the beautiful love story
Of Isaac and Rebekah. the dramatic
story of Joseph, the splendid narrative
of Elijah's triumph over the prophets
Of Baal-which one can never read
without a thrill Of admiration for Its
literary. power-the lovely pastoral of
the prodigal son, the majestic parable
Of the wheat and the tares, the fasci-
mating account Of Paul at Athens, the
graphic tale Of the mob at Ephesus,
the sermon. on the Mount, Paups essay
on love such psalms as He that dwell
eth In the secret place Of the Most
High shall abide uEder the shadow OF
the Almighty and Bless the Lord o
my soul, and all that is within me,
bless His Holy name The Bible pre-
sents to us the worlds most significant
personalities and its most effective
witness to the truth"
OF course, there will be objection,
there always Is; but there Is really no
reason why there should be, and there
would not be II right thinking men
would strip themselves Of their prejr-
dices and passions and try earnestly
to unite upon a modus vivendi.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-02-28
FOR SALE

The Jim Bell house for sale, 81, $50.
185 Acres-Near George r. Wal
lace, joining Avery and Smith lands,
4 miles from Yorkville; 2-story g.
room house; 3-horse farm open; 70
acres in timber; springs, streams.
Big, new barn; 2 tenant houses; half
mile Of Beth-Shiloh church; 10 acres
of bottom land. $500 per Acre.
sS11.2 Acres-Joining F. e. Smith,
Ed Roddey and others; 2 good dwell
ings, 40 acres In cultivation; good out
buildings. Property Of ]. M. Camp
bell. > z tlEiEt fiityf
1O1 Acres-Joining Harvey Hamel
and Mr.. Youngblood; good dwelling
and outbuildings: half mile Of good
school. Price S25.00 per acre. =. =
SO Acres40 acres under cultiva-
ton, good barn: 2 miles Of Yorkville.
I, 1O8 Acres-Joining the Kizers land.
near Kings Mountain, battle, ground:
known as the Love Est. lands. $1,000
Acre for quick sale. - Offers wanted
on 1t. 5t.tl 70 5Itt%5 I5@ltp
The Worthy Farm--At Sharon. con-
sisting Of 81 Acres, nicely located on a
public. highway, Ii miles from depot.
Very cheap for quick sale. ~
]. c.. WILL B % r m
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-02-28
A Blow From q Lions Paw.-A M

- olO" ETOHl u IioU Fd"s-<a liidii
entered a London theater in the early
morning and found to his horror that
four lions, which were housed there,
had broken from their cage. One gave
him blow with its paw, then took him
in its mouth. The blow from a lions
paw is said to be, after the stroke Of
a whales tail and the kick Of a giraffe
the strongest thing in nature, so that
the victim was dead when the keeper
went to the rescue. Only one lion had
concerned itself with the man and was
now sitting over him as dog sits over
a bone. Two of the lions were playing
on the stage with property" garland
and the fourth was seated in the royal
box, placidly surveying the gambols on
the stage and the terrible banquet in
the auditorium. The murderer re-
linquished its prey Immediately its
master appeared, and all four bolted
for their den like children detected in
some misconduct.-St. James Gazette.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-02-28
PAID TWO CENTS AN HOUR.

Small Pay Earned by Women Work
ers in English Towns.
A London cable to the New York
Tribune has the following:
Extraordinary revelations concern
ing the earnings of women workers IN
the great Industrial centre around Biz
mingham have been made by the gov
ernment inquiry held in connection
with the special order for the inclusion
of married women within the compul-
sorry provisions of the insurance act.
Employers themselves testified that
women engaged at home In hook and
eve carding and similar work often
earned only two cents an hour, while
many Of them, even by working 81
hours a week, could not earn more
than 81 a week. A representative OF
the Birmingham Chamber OF Com
merce said that carder Of hooks and
eyes might reasonably expect to earn
1925 a week If she worked the whole
week, while larger sums might be earn
ed at carding miscellaneous goods.
These, he added, were entirely unskill-
ed workers and child could do the
work. Indeed, many children, he sald'
did assist their mothers.
This testimony, which met with a
hostile reception from the trade union
lists at the inquiry, was hardly sub
stantiated by a director Of a limited
company, who said that Of the 27o wo-
men cutworkers employed by his firm,
20 per cent earned under 25 cents a
week, IS per cent earned under 5O
cents, 81 per cent under rs cents, 13
per cent under $3.50 and 2 per cent un-
der s1.75. The highest price they paid
for carding was 20 cents per great
gross and the lowest 10 cents per great
gross.
Mrs. Emma Harrington, contractor
for carding, said that the most indus
trious Of the carders did not earn more
than 81 weekly even If they worked 81
hours a week, and Mrs. Scott, another
employer, said an average worker
could not earn more than two cents an
hour.
Other witnesses pointed out that tn"
majority of the women engaged in this
class of work entered into 1t with the
object Of augmenting their husbands
earning, but the general tenor Of the
revelations has created quite a sensa-
ton in England, where there is ever
tendency to cry shame when the sub
ject Of sweated labor is under notice,
but precious little is even done to rem
edy the evil.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-02-28
George Washington.

George Washington was born in
Westmoreland county, Virginia, Feb.
22, 1882. Among his school mates
washington was a leader both in his
studies and upon the playground. He
left school in his sixteenth year and
became a surveyor. In 1853 the
French and Indian war broke out. The
English government sent General
Eraddock with troops to help the
Americans. General Braddock, not
being familiar with the Indian mode
of warfare, was slain and his army
being thrown into confusion, would
have been totally destroyed had IT
not been for Washington. Before
congress met in May, 1775, the people
of. Massachusetts, had fought the first
battle Of the Revolution at Concord
and Lexington. Washington was made
commander-in-chief, and though his
wish was to decline, he felt that his
country was to be considered more
than any personal desire, so he ac-
cepted the command Of the American
forces.
In the year 1777-7S Washington
stationed his army at Valley Forge
near Philadelphia This winter was
terrible winter for the soldiers. They
IA very little clothing and scarcely
any food. Many bad things were said
about Washington, but he bore them
all with q clear conscience, knowing
that God would protect the innocent.
After the war he ably and faithfully
served his country as president for
two terms.
We are indebted to him more than
to any other man for the liberties we
oy today. After his death 1t was
said of him that he was First In war.
first In peace, and first in the hearts
of his countrymen."
...... .-.. Iva Sherrer.
Seventh Grade, Blairsyille School.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-02-28
Humorous department.

The Talking Dos.-The following
story is told of ventriloquist, now
famous, but at the time of this Incl
dent he was so poor that he used to
walk between the places where he was
to appear On one Of these tours he
picked UP a miserable little dog, be-
cause 1t looked so much like he felt.
The story will explain what became OF
the dog.
The first house he came to was an
inn, and, of course, he wanted a drink.
He had no money, but went in anyhow,
to see what he could do.
The proprietor said: We'll, what
will you take?' He said, I'll take a
little whisky" And then, turning to
the dog, he asked, What will you
have?" The answer came very prompt
ly, III take ham sandwich"
The publican was so surprised he al
most tainted. He looked at the dog for
a moment and then asked, What did
you say?" The dog replied, Il said I'd
take a ham sandwich"
Mine host thought 1t wonderful that
a dog should be able to talk, and asked
who had trained him, now long IL mao
taken and wound up with, How much
will you take for him?" "Oh, replied
Mr.. Ventriloquist, II wouldn't sell him
at any price, but am a little hard up
and If you will lend me ten pounds
will leave him with you until / bring
back the money" "All right" was the
reply. y just want him for little
while, so can show him to some peo-
nile I know around here"
So everything was settled, the mon
ey paid, the dog left with the proprie-
tor, and as the ventriloquist went out
he turned and waved his hand to the
dog and said, well, goodbye, Jack.
I'll come back soon."
The dog looked at him and said
you mean, despicable man, to sell me
for ten pounds, after all I've done for
you! So help me Moses, I'll never
speak another word as long as / live
And he didn't-London Opinion.