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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
OUR CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR
Compares Favorably With That OF
Other Countries, Thanks to Activ-
ity of Temperance People.

Our per capita consumption OF
liquor compares favorably with that OF
other countries, thanks to the tenn
perance agitators.
When temperance people are de.
risively told that the report Of the
commissioner of internal revenue
shows an increase in the output OF
the brewers and the distillers. we
must consider the increasing number
Of immigrants who come to our coun.
try with their own ideas of liquor
drinking. The quantity of beer con-
sumed per capita in the United States
is not as great as in Belgium, the
United Kingdom, Germany or Den
mark; and our per capita consumption
of distilled liquor Is less than that OF
Denmark, Hungary, Austria France:
the Netherlands and Sweden. The
quantity of wine consumed in the
United States is less per capita than
in Portugal, Spain, Italy, France,
Switzerland, Austria and Hungary.
We should consider how much worse
conditions would be in the United
States were it not for the activity OF
the temperance people of our country.
We understand there is in the liquor
warehouses an immense amount OF
liquor which has not yet been dis.
tributed, but which is reckoned in the
Internal revenue report.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
HOW HE ACQUIRED BLACK EYE
HumiIlating Mark of Personal Con.
flict Made AutomobiIist Some
thing Of Hero.

"You, sir" he said to the man with
the black eye who sat down beside
him in the street car, "are an auto.
mobilist?"
Il apo," was the reply.
you were out on the road the 9th.
er day speeding at the rate of 40
miles an hour"
mo, was only going TO-"
"You found yourself about to run
over someone, and you steered the
machine into lamp post to prevent.
That's the way you got your black
eye"
"Oh, it came easier than that, I"
laughed the victim. II was passing
a farmhouse at 10 miles an hour
when l saw that I was about to run
over a chicken. I kept on. and the
chicken was killed. came back that
way an hour later and the farmer and
his two sons held me up and blacked
my eye
"But you didn't pay for the chick.
en?"
mo, sir. 1 took a $40 licking rath-
er than pan 80 cents of chicken"
"a differfnce of $s.7O. Sir, your
hand. You are a hero. A halo of
romance surrounds. but why the devil
don't you put beefsteak on your eye
and take the black out?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
,ALL HAULING DONE BY HAND
Draft Animals, Except the Human
Kind, Are Absolutely Unknown
In Mombasa.

There are no horses or draft ami
mails in Mombasa; the fly is too dead
jly. Therefore all hauling is done by
hand. The tiny tracks of the unique
street-car system run everywhere any
one would wish to go, branching of
even into private grounds and to the
very front doors of bungalows situated
far out of town. Each resident owna
his own street car, just as elsewhere
man has his own carriage. There
are, Of course. public cars also, each
with it's pair Of boys to push it, and
also a number Of rather decrepit rick.
shaws. AS O natural corollary to the
passenger traffic, the freighting also is
handled by the blacks on large, fiat
trucks with short guiding poles. These
men are quite naked save for small
loin cloth; are beautifully shaped and
glisten all over from the perspiration
shining in the sun. So fine is the
texture of their skins, the softness OF
their color, SO ripping the play of
muscles, that this shining perspiratiop
is like beautiful polish. They push
from behind, slowly and steadily and
patiently and unwaveringly, the most
tremendous loads of the heaviest
stuffs. When the hill becomes too
steep for them they turn their backs
against the truck and by placing one
foot behind the other, few inches at
a time, they edge their burden up the
slope.-Stewart Edward White, In
Harpers Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
What He Made.

A prosperous liquor dealer was
boasting to group of men standing
near his saloon of the amount OF
money he had made.
II have made $1,000 in the last
three months" he said.
"You have made more than that, .
quietly remarked a listener.
what is that?" was the Gfrrfssz
sponse.
You have made my two sons
drunkards. You have made their
mother a broken-hearted woman. You
have made much more than reckon
but you'll get the full account some
dayi"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Other colonlsts Than British.

IF there is one tenet in which
British self.complacency has cluns
with more desperate energy than an.
other" says an English author, Mr.
Charles Thomas-Stanford, in recent
ly published book About Algeria" ut
is that our people are the only sue,
cessful colonists. A motor
drive through the rich plain which en-
circles Algiers will send our long
cherished beliefs a-packing to the linn
bo of dead British prejudices." The
author describes with special enthusi'
asm a visit to a farm whose equip.
ment included two motor cars and an
aeroplane.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
DIRE WASTE OF HUMAN LIFE
lndicsmen. of American Railroad Man.
agement Called for by Annual
Slaughter.

It is q serious indictment which the
Interstate commerce commission
bringst American railroad manage
ment. During the year now drawing
to close there were s,215 cases OF
herailment, and Of these 1877 were
caused by defects In roadway and
2,S47 by defective equipment. This
Is a total increase Of 1,675 over the de-
railments of the preceding year. In
pns serious case of derailment the
commission found 906 rotten ties with
In a distance of lat rail lengths. Some
pf these were so badly decayed as to
be unfit for use, and in many cases
the spikes fastening the rails to the
ties were so loose as to be easily dis
engaged by the hand. Notwithstand-
ing such conditions, there is no les
sening of speed on American railroads
and thousands are yearly sent to hos
pitfalls or the grave because Of this
mismanagement and contentious in
difference.
The total number of casualties on
steam roads during the year ended
June 80 was 1923, Of which 10,585
were persons killed and 1888 in
jured. These figures indicate an in
crease over the previous year of 1S9
killed and 1879 injured.
Not until the heads Of railroads are
held to accountability other than mon
etary for this awful slaughter, due to
poor equipment and bad management,
will the death toll be reduced. A few
convictions on criminal charges would
lead to greater safety-Utica Globe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
constantinople,s Ill Luck.
-factory..

Herbert Vivian the other night al
auded to an extraordinary superstition
connected with the famous wild dogs
of Ccnstantinople. These dogs were
supposed by many to bring good luck
TO the city, and though dog is
deemed unclean by all good Moslems,
they were well treated by the popu-
3ace.
But the powers that be one day
removed the dogs to an island where
they were allowed to die in awful tor
zNre by starvation, and with their dis
appearance has departed the good
auck OF Constantinople. Certainly the
Turks have fallen upon evil times,
but whether the wild dogs have any.
thing to do with the fact is quite
another Observation-Disclosures Ga
gette.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Novelist and Professor.

The kfns has been pleased to ap-
prove the appointment Of Sir Arthur
RuiIler-Couch to be King Edward VII.
professor of English literature in the
university of Cambridge.
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch becomes,
therefore, the second occupant Of a
,chair formed in 1909 for the promotion
7of the study Of English literature ION
literary and critical rather than on
pathological and linguistic lines"
The appointment, while giving great
pleasure to the novelist's numerous
admirers, comes somewhat az sur
prise. Sir Arthur 10 an Oxford man,
who graduated from Trinity college in
1885 to become lecturer in classics at
the same college.-London Standard
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Courtesy Of the Street.

An incident seen on city street,
the other day, indicates that the an
rtagonism between drivers Of horse
drawn vehicles and chauffeurs of mo-
.sor trucks is giving way to an entente
4cordiale. A heavily loaded wagon was
stuck between two car tracks, and
the horses were vainly endeavoring
to pull out their load. A huge ten
tom motor truck passed, then turn
eb. backed up, and with a mighty push
.siislodged the wagon. The driver beam
ed his thanks, and an atmosphere of
general good feeling took the place
of one Of gloom and hard words.-The
Outlook.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Word Has Larger Meaning.

A reader questions the use of the
word replica" in the phrase "a replica
Of Hudson's ship" A replica, properly
speaking. is duplicate copy, by the
artist himself, of work of art. But
the term is acquiring a larger use, as
Is evidenced by the fact that the Ok
ford English Dictionary includes q
secondary definition of the word as
"a copy, reproduction, facsimile" and
quotes Kipling and other authors as
using the word in this wider sense
The Outlook.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
pav of Turks, GLORY Gone.

20 for an hour of Suleiman the Mag
nifioent," the beaten Turks might well
exclaim in this day of their extinc-
ton as a great military power. On
thirteen different occasions Sulei-
mans armies marched forth from Con-
stantinople through it's Adrianople
gate, and as many times returned in
triumph through that portal of VIC
tory. The equally famous golden gate
was walled up by Mohammed II. after
his capture of the city in 1853, as a
superstition arose that by 1t the Chris
tians would re-enter Constantinople,
victorious.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Play, Popping the Question

that the license system is not reve.
nue. producer; 1t is not even what 1t
pretends to be. In cities where the
prohibitory law has been enforced and
the revenue licenses or license fines
shut off, the incidents Of the liquor
business - court costs, paupers, de.
pendent and neglected children, and
kindred public expenses, shrink also.
30 that the loss of the license revenue
does not affect the ordinary taxpayer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Gods Great levers.

There are the same difficulties in
enforcing the restrictions of license as
those of prohibition. We have also
learned that If prohibition does not al.
ways prohibit, neither does civiliSa.
ton always civilize, nor education ed
ucate, nor Christianity Christianize.
But they are Gods great levers by
which we can lift; his blessed tools
with which We can work; his leaven
in the lump of humanity obedient to
the slow, sure law Of growth.-Fran.
ces e. Willard.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
NOT A PRODUCER OF REVENUE
intoxicating Liquor 10 Not Necessity
Nor Luxury-Fountain of Vice
Should Be Suppressed.

CBy ATTORNEY GENERAL DAWSON
Of Kansas.)
Our ideas Of equity acquiesce read.
lily in the doctrine that luxuries should
bear a heavier rate Of taxation than
necessities. But intoxicating liquor is
neither luxury nor necessity. 1t
Is vice and the fountain of vice. and
we have no moral right to depend
upon vice as source Of revenue.
Luxuries are to be taxed; vice is to
be suppressed. Furthermore, 1t can
be shown from q myriad Of proofs
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Short and Inclslve,

Talleyrand could write a short let
ter When woman wrote to inform
him of the death of her husband, he
simply replied: "Chere marquise, he
las" And among official dispatches
there is that of Sir George Walton
who, after an engagement with the
Spanish feet, wrote: "Sir: l have
taken or destroyed all the Spanish
ships as per margin. Yours, etc." And
a later instance was the complaint ot
Cecil Rhodes that DR.. Jim had upset
the apple cart.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Had Been Tried.

The police court magistrate of 8
southern town was talking to his
friend, distiller. Judge" he asked
have you ever tried my number one
brand of old Markham" mo, John
admitted the magistrate, but tried
three men in court today who had
tried It,"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Misdirected Enerqy.

MRS. Waggsou is always working
for some charitable object or other" "
"very commendahle. What is she
engaged in now?"
She's making fancy pin cushions
for some poor factory children who
don't get enough to eat"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
How Willie Knew.

'.T'fl bet you didn't know I was
90 be here today to dinner?"
II didn't know you were; but
ANEW some one was"
~How did you know"
cause when ma set the table she
Dut clean napkins around"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Their Popularity.

Fine speaker, eh?"
"Splendid!"
"And yet his wife says she has
never heard him make speech"
"Wiyes are rarely listeners
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Its Place,

It's Place.
1--WE don't find much Of the fresh
bloom of youth among the girls now
adays."
why, what's the matter with theh
vanity bags?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-26
Better Late Than Never.

"Our American girls are game, any
now"
How now"
when one Of them decided that
Bhs is going to marry poor man, shs
starts to learn how to cook"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
GOLF TOURNAMENT
At ROEBUCK CLUB
Plans Being Made for Most
Elaborate Affair Ever
Held in the South

One of the greatest invitation golf tour
naments ever held in the south is being
arranged and will take place in the
early spring at the golf links of the Roe
buck club said to be one of the best laid
off and most complete courses south
OF the Ohio river II. II. Barker, golf
architect and expert, has planned and
laid off the links, and by carly spring all
the holes will be finished and bunkered.
and the grounds and all-necessary condi-
tions will be ready for the play To the
many golf enthusiasts, who love to play
the real and ancient game as it should
be played a great treat is in store.
1t might be of interest to the local
golfers to learn that Harry Warden, the
great English golfer, said> on his de-
parture from this country that the best
courses which he and his partner. Ed
ward Ray, played over during their re-
cent American tour were those of the
Detroit Country club. the Mayfield club
of Cleveland o.. and the Toronto club.
Canada. The Mayfield courses and the
bunkering Of the Detroit club were both
planned and laid Off by Mr.. Barker of the
Roebuck club. and the commendation of
the noted player is considered a decided
compliment to the local golf architect,
and places him in a pre-eminent place
as golf course maker and architect
Mr.. Barker will leave shortly on a
trip, having extensive work in planning
and remodeling golf courses. one of the
projects being an undertaking in which
over $1O0,000,C00 expenditure is involved.
The details of the golf tournament will
Dc announced at an early date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Catholics Are Incredulous

Catholics in America doubt the repors
from Rome that Pope Plus X has ex-
pressed a purpose formally to disavow
further pretensions to temporal power,
and acknowledge himself a subject of
the King of Italy For political COM
plications he cannot become subject of
any other civil ruler, and for religious
reasons it Is not believed in America
he Will become a subject of an Italian
one. little more than so years ago,
when Italian troops interfered by In
vesting Rome itself the Catholic
church was preparing to promulgate
the doctrine of papal temporal power as
an article of faith, to be accepted by
Catholics throughout the world. Plus Y
is conservative, he is nearly 80 years
of age, he has constantly put forward
in the Curia men of the conservative
type like Cardinals De Lai and Merry
del VAL and he has scrupulously OBJ
served the tradition that he is pris-
oner in the Vatican and cannot step
outside of it. even to return to his be-
loved Venice.
That at his age, and without agita-
tion in the Curia. he should now dis
avow what is almost an article of faith
of the church is not regarded as like
ly here. either by Plus X or even by his
successor, unless it happen that present
point. Progressives like Cardinal Maifi
of Pisa and Cardinal Ferrata of Milan.
and possibly like the late Cardinal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
MISS FANCY TO GIVE
RECEPTION TODAY
Fair Weather Promises to
Take Many Children to the
Zoo This Afternoon

When seen at the zoo yesterday Miss
Fancy was delighted at the weather
conditions. She said that it was begin
ming to appear that it would be too cold
for her to hold a reception Sunday but
the weather man has been kind and the
reception will be held from 2:30 to 8
o'clock this afternoon.
Yesterday was Saturday and school was
not in session. A large number of the
kiddies, however, answered present at
the zoo. where they had gone to pay a
visit to her elephantship. She was
pleased to see them and played the hos
tess most graciously.
Miss Fancy is having her home
placed In order for the reception this
afternoon. A real housecleaning is talk
ing place for she does not want to get
the reputation of not being a good
housekeeper. Everything will be spicI
and span when the Riddles call this aft
ernoon and they are assured of royal
welcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14

viii be no attempt made TO supersede any
of the regular men, and Chief Bodeker is
not going to be eliminated without cause
That is, have the assurance of the other
commissioners that is not meant, and 1t
won't be done anyway without strong
fight from me, | think Mr.. Bodeker the
best chief we could get.
"His force is far too small at present.
and we are unable to give him the num-
Der of men we would like to. -Four men
have been detailed, by resolution passed
by the commission Friday. to work on
yagraney cases from the detective depart
ment will introduce resolution at
the next meeting asking for more men for
the police department. as Il is my inten-
t'on to keep Chief Bodeker supplied with
lis patrolmen at all times. With the re-
cent transfers there are now only about
100 patrolmen, 102 Is the exact figure, l
think
Developments of rather interesting char
aster are at present scheduled for Monday
morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Vacation Bible Schools Increase

Thirty-four cities had vacation Bible
schools for children this past year tin-
der direction of the National Vacation
Bible School association. The new ones
this year We're Montreal, Kansas City
Lowell, Lynn. New Bewford, Utica, De-
'troit, Charleston, S. c., Louisville, Pitts
tons and Independence, Mo. The num-
Der of teachers, chiefly from colleges,
has now passed the one hundred mark,
while the scholars totalled $4,000, an in
crease of $4,000 over the previous sea-
son. Six weeks training is given, and
the expense this year was less than 81
per scholar, which sum included cost of
administration and promotion.
At the association annual meet, ng
Just held plan to provide social serv-
ice scholarships through income fro1n
endowment was started. In 1918 GO
friends gave scholarships but an en-
dowment will put them on a more perm
anent basis. These scholarships are for
college students, who now often go out
TO sell books and peddle other articles
to pay their way Thus the scholar
ships will help the vacation schools and
the college students. An exhibit Of
work done by boys and girls was made
this year at the annual meeting, in
charge of the women of the association
auxiliary.
These vacation schools fill three
economic inches. They take children off
hot streets in summer. give them at
tractive places In which to study and to
play, and instruct them in some meas
ures in the Bible and in useful handi-
work. They put to use church and
school buildings that would otherwise
be idle. They give employment at
teaching to students who seek both ex-
perience and money Their cost per
scholar is exceedingly small Robe1 t
e. Speer, the Presbyterian mission Sec
~. .fn.a Il. ! IL
National association. but many schools
are springing up not under direction of
this association. The movement is
growing rapidly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
CIVIC AUDITORIUM
TO BE BUILT IN PARK
If IT CAN BE DONE
ACCORDING TO LAW
CONTINUED from Page FIve)


stantial construction, even though the in
terror be not at present fitted up COM
plete or properly ornamented
In writing the architects each of them
was asked what was the fee for design
and supervision of the auditorium referred
to and whether he would enter COM
petition for the design of the auditorium
In number of cases the architects OBJ
1ected to entering a competition, stating
that 1t would be unsatisfactory both to
themselves and to the city. The city engi-
neer believes that a better plan would be
to employ an architect by his reputation
and known ability, rather than select one
from hastily drawn plans submitted. In
the beginning, the city probably will not
Know just what Is wanted in the design
III the architect is conscientious, he can
develop the matter better to the salts
factlon of the commission, than would
be the case If the commissioners must
select from number of designs sub
mitted. The fee named in correspondence
In each case is percent of the cost, for
plans and supervision If any competi-
tion is to be invited, schedule of condi-
tons should be drawn up in such a way
that the competition will be fair and
ethical and also as to insure the COM
petitors making designs along the same
general lines.
BY reading the correspondence over a
lot or valuable information can be OBJ
tained. when the matter Is to be taken
up. Respectfully submitted
WALTER G. KIRKPATRICK.
"City Engineer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Vacancies in College of Cardinals

The College of Cardinals, the supreme
administrative and spiritual body of the
Catholic church. is now reduced to 53
members. If the college had its full
mum ber--wh it never does-it would
have 70 members, after the number OF
Chrlsts disciples as chronicled at Que
period in His ministry. The venerable
Cardinal Oreglia, just deceased was the
camerlengo and as such had twice acted
as Pope, viz, between the deaths of
Plus TX and the election of Leo XIII.
and that Pope and the election of Plus X.
OF the SO, the Italians number 81 and
the others %. An early consistory wilt,
It is said increase the membership 10
63 or 65. There are German, Austrian
and Spanish interests. as well as two
great religious orders. demanding rep
resentation in the college.
While Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore
is we'll in the senior rank of college :
membership, both in age and date OF
elevation, yet he is by no means oldest
of all, nor does he stand the slightest
chance of being made dean of the col
lege and camerlengo. Cardinal Agli-
ardi is two years his senior in age. ana
Cardinal Netto two years in elevation
to the college. The dean must be a
member of the curia, or central admin
istrative body of the church, and as
such resident in Rome. AS camerlenso
he Immediately becomes acting Pope
upon the death of the pontiff. More
over. from time immem orial, he has been
an Italian. For all of these reasons it
is easily seen non resident and an
American cannot become dean. The
probable new dean and camerlengo is
Cardinal De Lai himself possible next
Pope-if present policies of the Vatican
have Endorsement by action of the next
conclave.