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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
The Philippines.

One of the pleasant duties Of Mr..
Wilson's administration will be to in
vestigate conditions in the Philippines.
The Philippines have cost this coun-
try S950,000,000 in money alone. That
Is a rock-bottom estimate. Their pres
ent cost per year cannot be told; but
1t is high. Twenty-Five regiments are
kept in the islands almost all the
time so that the cost for military
control alone Is enormous.
In addition to money. our adventure
in foreign empire has cost 10000
lives. 1t has put about 1000 American
soldiers in asylums, incurably insane
from disease. caught during service
in the islands. 1t has gained US the
hatred of several millions of Filipinos
who are simple minded enough to take
the declaration of independence seri-
ously, and believe the consent Of the
governed a vital factor in good gov
ernment.
Incidentally, our government of the
Philippines is costing the Filipinos
something. as well as ourselves. 1t
took the entire circulating medium IN
the islands to pay the taxes in 1911.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
GOOD SEED CORN TEST
''Rag Doll Baby" Pronounced as
Greatest of Infants.
Cheapest Tester Which Can Be Made
All! That Is Needed Is Few Yards
Of Sheeting Of Good oaulity,
Torn Into Strips.

The Rag Doll Baby, scientifically
known as the rag doll seed corn tes-
ter. has been pronounced the greatest
infant of recent years. Also the most
popular because it has been nursed
by a majority Of the school children
of the United States.
Not only did this pet in its first
year make two blades Of grass grow
for one, but it claims credit for last
years banner corn crop. 1t is said
to have added millions to the crops
value.
This is merely an inexpensive ar
rangement whereby progressive farm
ers and their children test seed corn
before planting. Half dozen ker-
nels Of corn are taken from each ear
of seed corn. the kernels are laid on
numbered squares of cloth, the cloth
dampened and rolled together and
loosely tied. A score or more of
babies" are placed in a pail or tub
of lukewarm water and left there for
about 12 to Is hours. Five to eight
days later the cloths are carefully
unrolled and the kernels examined
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carefully. In all cases in which all
the kernels are not strong in germina-
ton the ear should be thrown away,
for no farmer can afford to plant
seed that will not germinate.
For the rag doll test buy a few
yards of sheeting of good quality and
tear it into strips 8 inches wide and
from three to five feet long. II it is
planned to use the strips number
of times, mem the edges. as otherwise
the ravelings sometimes disarrange
the kernels in unrolling. There is no
cheaper, more convenient and accu-
rate method Of testing seed corn than
by the rag doll tester A few of its
advantages are:
The cheapest tester which can be
made.
Anyone can make the tester in a
moments time.
Corn may be placed in the tester
and the test read approximately as
quickly as any other tester.
If one wishes to use the water"
method. the construction Of this tester
is well adapted for this. If saturated
atmosphere with moist cloth contact
is desired. this may be secured by
leaving the rolls in the water only
long enough to become thoroughly
moistened.
Less mold develops in this tester
than any other.
May be disinfected for mold most
easily.
Very compact. and can be moved
from one place to another without
difficulty.
All parts of the kernel, roots,
shoots, etc., can be readily seen.
Gives an accurate test, as indicated
by field results.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
Take Hawaii as Object Lesson.

The little clique OF corporations
which owns and runs Hawaii does not
want Americans on the islands. 1t
wants orientals, because these, in the
picturesque phrase of the Pacific
coast, will work for nothing and
board themselves"
The Hawaiian sugar planters have
forced their way into the sugar trust
and enjoy part Of the profits of that
monopoly. They tax American homes,
instead of building them.
The territorial government of Ha-
waii keeps an immigration board at
public expense to supply the planters
with cheap labor.
The territorial legislature passed a
law to punish with fine and imprison'
ment any person who shall induce,
entice or persuade" any servant" un-
der contract to quit his work.
II the sugar trust comes crying for
the right" to continue taxing &c.,
100000 people the Wilson administers
ton may conclude to tell the truth
about Hawaii in official form, that
Americans may see the sort of home
Industry" they are asked to maincsia.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
Value of CITY Planning.

A lecture on 1.-THE Engineer in His
Relations to the City Plan" was given
by Nelson P. Lewis, chief engineer OF
the board Of estimate and apportion-
ment, New York, before the Engineers
club at Philadelphia. Mr.. Lewis Illus
trated his lecture with lantern slides,
showing the effect upon city growth
of proper planning. and emphasized
the necessity Of making plans while
the city is in its infancy, SO as to
avoid tearing down big buildings and
making other serious changes.
"City planning pays" he said, be
cause of the increase of population
and valuation of properties which re-
suits. The old cities Of the east are
all hampered by the bad planning OF
those who laid them out century or
more ago. but despite this handicap.
many Improvements can be made
which will make them high examples
of modern civic planning.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
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AWAKE TO THE OPPORTUNITY
People of Chicago Are Utilizing Their
Back Yards and Changing the
Aspect Of the City.

The increased cost of living is be
ginning to change the landscape or
Chicago as viewed from the elevated
lines, according to city salesman,
who puts in a great deal of his time
travelling around town these days,
says the Chicago News.
81 have noticed this spring." he ex-
plains, "that nearly every back yard
is being put out in vegetables. People
have to do it, guess. Until this year
the city man home from his desk or
his machine or whatever he worked at
had little time for gardening. The
ianitor of the fat building usually kept
a grass plot moved, if there was
janitor and a gras plot, and in the case
of homes the woman Of the house
sometimes planted morning glories or
petunias along the fence and let 1t go
at that, while in the poorer districts
the tin can and the worn-out mattress
held sway.
GAIL is changed these days, which
shows how nature sometimes does
things backward, according TO our way
of reasoning. 1t would seem that the
more money we had to spend the more
neatly we would keep our surround
ings. But with money going out at
the rate of $6 barrel for potatoes and
% cents pound for butter, the house
keeper has begun to dig up his back
yard and set out neat rows OF onions,
lettuce beets and turnips and put in
his evenings wedding and hoeing,
where formerly he read and smoked
and allowed grass and weeds to -four
ish and cats to prowl. 1t is surprising
too. to see what an improvement it
makes and how pleasing to the eye
these back yards are"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
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NKRFRtlIk10r;EES

When the small weeds are killed
there will be no big ones.
Give the team many breathing spells
during the first weeks Of spring work.
Whenever a farmer gets the auto
fever he at once becomes good-road
preacher.
That producer is most successful
who keeps himself best In the line Of
the works.
The ground for sweet clover seed
shCald be prepared the same as for
alfalfa or clover.
Go slow with the first few days
blowing; the horses are soft, and must
be worked in carefully.
In :: corn-growing territory cowpeas
are mostly grown with corn, sowing
broadcast or otherwise.
The clover seed crop depends very
largely upon the condition Of the
ground ind the weather.
To Xii Canadian thistle in a field
put the !:eld in some cultivated crop
and keeG the weeds down.
Many growers say that weeds are
as valua&e as fertilizers as clover
and cowpeas if they are turned under
every year.
Soil taknn from well-established
alfalfa fiei;i and spread on land to
be sown to alfalfa is very good way
to inoculatc it.
Rotation OF crops is one Of the sim
ple practical methods Of increasing
t q productivity of the farm and dis
ributing labor.
The farmer often makes q mistake
by trying to do too much. Till less
ground and cultivate 1t better and
there will be more profit In t.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
ECONOMIC VALUE OF TREES
Roads Always in Better Condition
Where they Have Been Planted
and Properly Cared For.

We have sroken often for good pub
lie roads as me best investment eV'
erything considered, that the country
can make, but we are indebted to the
Maryland Sta,e Grange for the sound
suggestion that there are no really
good country roads without shade
trees along them. The practical, eco
uomic value of trees along the roadside
is beyond dispute. They actually pro-
-tcct the road, and lessen the cost OF
upkeep. How much they add to the
money value of abutting farms, 1T
would be difficult to estimate; but If,
of two farms otherwise exactly equal
In value and offered at the same price,
one is fringed by shade trees and the
other is bare, there is little doubt
which nine buyers out OF ten would
prefer. In no other way can the at
fractions of bit of country road be so
much enhanced. Who that drives In
the country doesn't feel grateful to the
farmer whose trees beautify the
scene?
Planting shade trees where none e1-
list is not really expensive, and in the
long run it pays quite as well, at least,
as planting wheat. There are, OF
course, certain practical problems,
such as avoiding too dense shade
upon grain land and selecting the right
stock: but a treeless read anywhere
outside the desert is reproach to
those who live upon it.-Saturday Eve
ming Post,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
TEDDY, WITHOUT COVER
OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOCRATS
TO SEE HIM AS HE Is.
Thunder Against Unrishteous Judges
Purely PersonaI-Pertinent Cues
ton Asked-Hawaii as an OBJ
ject Lesson in "Protection.'

With appropriate dental lightnlngs
and throaty thunders, Mr. Roosevelt
declares that the anarchist who mur-
ders half score of innocent persons
with dynamite is respectable per
son" compared to the Idaho judge
who sent men to Jail for quoting MT.
Roosevelt
Of course. Human life is thing
with which Mr.. Roosevelt has little
concern; while the words Of Theodore
are sacred in his sight. The man VINO
commits mere murder should De
labored with, and perhaps restrained
in his depopulating enthusiasm But
the man who despises the speechlfy-
ings of Roosevelt, and ignores the
threats of Theodore, should De
hanged, drawn, quar:ered and boiled
in oil.
The judge whom Mr.. Roosevelt de-
nounces is a very cheap and very petty
tyrant. He used arbitrary power in
an arbitrary way; and both he and
the law under which he acted should
be retired from public life at the hrst
opportunity.
BIT the Journal wonders whether
Mr.. Roosevelt would cling to his faitn
in the comparative innocence of dyna-
miters if some one Of the exploding
fraternity took a notion to set on
bomb in the near neighborhood OF MT.
Roosevelt.-Chicago Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
Praise for Cedar Rapids.

An illustration OF what may be done
for a comparatively small city is fur
nished by Cedar Rapids, Ia. A river
runs through the town, not large
stream, and in the center is an island
of good size It was decided to make
that island a civic center, placing the
municipal buildings thereon and erect
ing numerous street bridges to it. The
banks of the river are bordered with
undesirable buildings. These build
ings are to be torn down, streets
widened and the banks of the river
beautified with really attractive build
tngs, such as would form natural
screen or border to fine civic center.
New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
Business Methods Needed.

Few owners Of the smaller poultry
plant know what percentage of profits
their f1ocks do yield. Many Of these
may know how much they spend for
feed during the year, and how many
eggs the hens laid within the twelve
months, but further than that they
cannot give any figures Of the cost of
production or the actual profits from
the sales Adopt business methods in
your poultry plant.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
Worth Investigation.

Our Philippine venture has been
profitable to army contractors, states
men out of a job at home, to the ship
ping trust and the sugar trust. a
good, searching government investiga-
ton would show which of these bene-
dciaries has profited most from Amer
lean imperialism; and thereby prevent
jealousy. Also, it would help in de-
vising some plan for relieving the
islands Of a hated overlordship, and
thu United States of heavy burden.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
Income Tax Workings.

The income tax will very likely
equalize the burdens of government
1t will tend to tax men according to
what they have rather than upon what
they want. That will be an improve
ment, but If to this benefit we are to
have economy, then the country will
be doubly blessed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28

MIR. Taft lauds Attorney General
Wickersham in ornate language. While
our admiration Is more tempered, we
nevertheless concede that Mr.. Wick
ersham Is the greatest attorney gen.
eral this nation has had In four long
years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28

Representative Mann thinks the
money spent in the money trust in
quiry was wasted. Other Republicans
think likewise. That's why they are
Republicans, and that is largely why
the Republican party has reached the
trreducible minimum.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28
Trees Bring Income to City.

Roadside fruit trees line one Of the
turnpihes in Fairfield county, Ohio, for
a distance of Is niles. 1t is planned
to use the income from the sale Of
the fruit for repair and maintenance
of the road.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-28

Not Wanted In the Party.
Representative Ferguson says that
T. r. Is a Democrat, but won't admit
It. Neither will the Democrats.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26
GIRL CHAINED AND CRUELTY
WHIPPED

Augusta, Ca, June 24,-Charges
that he fastened a chain around the
neck of his fifteen-year-old daughter,
suspended her by the chain from a
meat hook in his butcher shop, and
then beat her with the butt end of
buggy whip until the blood flowed
freely from wounds on her shoulders
and body, were made against J. j.
Johnson, in the recorders court this
morning.
There are three specific charges
against Johnson-disorderly con-
duct. cruelty to a child, and assault
with intent to murder. On motion
of the defendants attorney, the hear
ing was continued until Friday.
Moore arrested johnson, who was
refused bail by the authorities and
locked in the Jail Johnson told the
authorities he had whipped his
daughter because he could not con-
troll her.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26

HIGH POINT DEFEATED

High Point was defeated by a
score of 4 to 2 on the local diamond
here Saturday'in a game with Cool
eemee. Tuesday afternoon they
played Spencer on the latters grounds
and were again defeated by a score
OF to 3. Although the High Point
boys have lost several games this
season, it is mostly due to the fact
that they have been up against the
strongest amateur teams in the
state. However High Point fans
should not be discouraged because
the High Point team is now pre-
pairing to strengthen their team so
thot they can cooperate with other
teams of the state.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26
ANNUAL MEETING OF THOMAS.
: VILE ORPHANAGE.

Quite number of High Point
people went over to Thomasville
yesterday to attend the annual meet
ing and picnic of the Baptist Or
phanage. Hon. T. W. Beckett de-
livered a most interesting and in
struCtive address in the morning,
and in the evening a game of ball
was played between Thomasville
and High Point. The meeting was
largely attended, and a most enjoy
able day was spent.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26
DEATH OF MRS T.. c.. BARBEE

DEATH OF MRS L. c. BARBEE
Mr.. Louisa G.. Barbee died Tues
day night, at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. John S. Welborn, on Wash
ington Street. Death was due to
heart disease, She having been i'll
with heart trouble for over two years.
Deceased was the daughter of
Allen and Nellie Frazier, and wife
of the late Wm.s G. Barbee. She
was born at Trinity, N. c., Decem-
Der 5th, 1910, being IS years of age
at the time of her death: She is
survived by seven children, six soDs
and one daughter.
Deceased was a good Christian
woman, and lived long life of USE
fulness, and her many friends will
mourn to hear of her death.
The funeral services will be held
this afternoon, at 4o'clock, at Wash.
ington Street NJ. E. Church.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26
Another Robbery at Spencer

Spencer, June 24.-The fourth
store robbery within week in Spen-
Ger and East Spencer was the one
at the store of J. M. Surratt, on
Salisbury avenue Monday night. An
entrance was effected by breaking
open a rear window. Shoes. canned
goods and other merchandise to a
value of $50 is thought to have been
taken. While there is no clue for
the officers to work upon Mr.. Surratt
is Of the opinion the robbery was
committed by local parties.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26
FINE MILK.

Mr.. R. W. Gray has decided to
sell milk in the city from his fine
herd of cattle and will make two
deliveries daily, supplying milk that
is even far ahead of the govern
ment test. He has in charge a pl ac-
tical man from the "A. & M. College
who with his assistants is able to
deliver the most wholesome milk,
produced under the most sanitary
surroundings, also cream in any per
cent desired.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26
GOLDSBORO LADIES INJURED
WHEN AUTO TURNS TURTLE.

Goldsboro, N. c., June 24.-Fright-
ened by bolt of lightning, a negro
chauffeur lost control of a touring
car he was driving late yesterday
afternoon, the result being that six
of Goldsboros leading society people
are suffering from serious injuries
received when the car turned turtle
plnning them beneath the machine.
Those injured were Mesdames John
Borden, Robert Kornegay, Robert
Miller, Misses Elizabeth. Mary and
Roena Borden. ...
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
-(By F. J. Dyer)

Washington, June 26.-Omcial
Washington, will have something to
do besides going to the ball games
after the glorious fourth is past and
gone. Congress will by that time
have got down to a hard grind again,
with the Senate ding-donging away
at the tariff bill and probably the
House very much engrossed with
the banking and currency legisla ton.
There is little attempt to conceal
the fact that Congress does not
relish the task of revising the cur
rency laws this summer. Washing
ton is not famed for the salubrity Of
its summer climate. A temperature
of 100 degrees is not uncommon
here, and the Congressman are not
keen about remaining here during
the big days. But if the country
expresses an anxiety that the finan-
cial system of the country be reform
ed at this session, Congress will
DOW to the verdict and buckle down
to work.
1t is interesting tC see the White
House giving inspiration to the
workers in the field of. humanity.
Both the President and Mrs. Wilson
are interested not only in making
Washington a model city from an
artistic standpoint and in it's system
of government, but in making it the
best place in the country for the
people who ordinarily enjoy but few
of the advantages that come almost
una>ked to the rich By personal
investigation, Mrs. Wilson has be-
come acquainted with the distressing
conditions prevailing among the
many alley homes in Washington,
and it is directly through her bene-
fcent interest Nat congressman are
asking what they can do to improve
the slum and wipe out canditions
which make for disease ana crime.
While Washington is studying
this question, it may be well TO sub
init that at the San Diego Exposition
there will be a practical Illustration
in 1915 of what a model civ should
be. The buildings now going up
there will be permanent, flreproOf
sanitary structures embodying thu
latest ideas and the most recent inn
proVements.
The exposition itself will constitute
a model municipality, 50 far as tbs
physical features of itare concerned
with perfect water and serag plant,
complete, lighting arrangements,
elaborate arrangements for sanitation
an emergency hospital which has
for months past been at tine service
of those building the exposition. a
nursery for children, rest room fol
visitors, restaurant and tea rooms,
anusements and Fairgrounds, ir
short everything that can be devised
for the welfare, Comtort and-amuse
ment of the public. The whole will
be set in great garden with gooc
roads, smooth paths, and a surpris
ing profusion of flowers and orna
mental shrubs and trees bordering
velvety lawns. AS a model city ex
hibit the San Diego Exposition will
be we'll worth the consideration 0
all who are interested in city plan
ming and in the elimination of sum
from cities.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26
THE ART OF KEEPING. COOL

III AM w. NLIi IlNNlF oooL
:. Keeping cool in hot weather is no
easy job. Iii fact, few people Can
hold that job down to their satisfac-
ton. But 1t is a proposition that
We, s|lal! all be up against for the
next three or tour months, SO We
may as well try to Hake the best OF
it. Here are some valuable sug-
gestions which have helped others.
They may help you.
First of all, don't worry about
the hot weather. 1t is going to
come, and all the worrying you can
do will not make it any cooler. Re-
ConCile yourself to hot weother and
nearly halt The battle is WoE.
The next thing to do is to dress
for hot weather. Wear light coIored
light weight, porous clothing. Rem
ember that tight clothing and tight
shoes, particularly in summer, are
for few women only. All men
and wise women will leave such
things strictly alone.
Plenty of water is really the best
thing known for hot weather, Drink
lots of it. Battle yourself in it in.
side and out. Drink until your per-
! pire freely. 1t is not a disgrace tC
+ perspire. 1t is an aid to health and
comfort. Perspiration On your skin
is natures own way of keeping your
cool.
Regulate your diet to fit the sea-
son. In hot weather leave off meats
fats, gravles, butter. and other heal
producers, and eat fruits and vege
tables in abundance. By drinking
an abundance of water you can keeE
your sewer system flushed out
Remember, you never will be com
Portable, particularly in hot weather
it you are constipated.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26

Mrs. A. E. TomlinsOn has returned
home after an extended trip through
the west.
Miss Mamie Aldridge and Buck
Sechrest were married last October
in Winston, the marriage having
been kept a secret until now.
The new extension to the North
Main Street car line is rapidly being
completed, and it is expected will be
opened the latter part of the, week,
This extension, running through
Mechanicsville will be great ad-
vantage to the factory men of that
place.