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The Washington times., 1913-01-09
BOY SCOUTS PLAN
|. TO RAISE FUNDS
BY NEW MEMBERS
Management Expects to Get
Citizens to Contribute
$4,000 for Movement.

The management of the Boy Scouts in
Washington Will begin campaign this
week 20 raise S50aO by membership in
the organization. for the maintenance
of the scouts in iSlS
Letters describing the work of the
scouts and what IL means to the COM
munity in which the Boy Scouts operate
have been sent TO thousands of citizens.
and it is believed that no difficulty will
be experienced in raising the amount
The plan of membership in the scou;
movement is in four divisions. The
life member OF the organization pays
one initiation fee OF 500 and no more,
the patrons lay annual dues of SIS, the
sustaining members pay annual dues
of S, and the contributing members
pay annual dues of 81. 1t is proposed
to have the sustaining members join
the movement for a period of three
years in order that the organization
may count on the returns for two years
in advance.
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
WIVES BY CARLOAD
SENT ON REQUEST!
JUST TAKE CHOICE
Bachelors, Don't Be So
Glum! Here's Chance to
Have a Happy Home!

BOSTON, Mass, Jan. 9.-Wlves in
carload lots, short or tall; blonde or
brunette: fat or thin; coquettjsh or de-
mure, will be furnished on request by
Mrs. Charlotte Smith, Massachusetts
nemesis of bachelors. who for several
years has urged imposition of a bach
elor tax in the Bay State.
Having read of Mrs. Smiths fight
against bachelors. and believing 1t was
a result of superfuity of wife ma
terial In Massachusetts, three Swedish
farmers from Minnesota called upon
Mrs. Smith and asked her to supply
them with wives.
They said more Minnesota bachelors
would be along presently with similar
demands. AS a result Mrs. Smith an
nounced today that she will take upon
herself the responsibility OF furnishing
Westerners any number of wives. with
special attention paid to Minnesota.
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
NORWAY WOMEN
LEADING CRUSADE
FOR SUNDAY REST
Demand Closing of Shops
Mills, and Saloons
on Sabbath.

CHRISTIANIA, Jan. 9.-The women of
Norway are taking a prominent part In
the nationwide movement for COM
plete rest day on Sundays. The crusade
has become especially vigorous since the
recent election that returned to pariia-
ment radical majority, with big in
crease in the Socialist vote.
At huge demonstration today in the
capitol 1t was resolved to ask Sunday
rosters" in all the municipalities to ar
range for mass-meetings and to send
petitions to parliament, requesting i'm
mediate consideration Of the desired
legislation.
They demand the Sunday closing OF
saloons. stores and factories. They
would permit the sale of milk and bread
only during the morning hours.
Hunting and fishing would be permit
ted only after p. m, and they would
prohibit the delivery of mail and ur-
loading Of ships.
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
YOUR UNCLE JOE" IS
QUITE A BEAU IN
! DANCING HUG AND
Trot, Though Standpatter
in Politics, in Ballroom
He Is Not.

In politics, dear Uncle Joe" you're
sure a grand standpatter. You rant
about "progressivcness'' and deem it
blatant chatter. But when in role of
dancing beau, o sage of Illinois, it's
said You waA progressive, and the lat
est steps enjoy. They say instead of
two-step or grand quadrille of yore, You
indulge the cuddling shuttle of frowned-
on steps galore. That you Bunny
Hug" and Bear and 'Trot-" All,
are you standing pat? Conservatives
who see you now, say. what d they
think o that? 1t pleases debutantes-
some matrons, too, perchance. Though
party man" in politics, you're pro-
gressive at the dance.
See him? There he is. Isn't he a
bear" (the latter question implying, in
the parlance of the dance hall, that the
he in question is a good dancer). A
glimpse into the 'thickest of the fray
Of many a society dance where, chap
pies" use the bear" question will bring
the eye to the graceful figure of Uncle
Joe" Cannon, former Speaker of the
House of Representatives and Congress
man from Illinois, going through the
terpsichorean figures as lithely as the
youngest beau present.
Uncle Joe" is truly as remarkable a
dancer as a politician. He is as grace
full and tireless as the youth usually
seen at social functions OF course, he
doesn't go into the ball room with his
program in his hand. like he used to,
and fill it up as soon as possible, but
he's just sort of GEAR there, too.
He manages to get a dance whenever he
feels like IL, and whenever he asks for
one the dance is usually broken with
some younger man. The girls who dance
with him like him as partner because
of his agility, his humor and then. OF
course, the honor of dancing with such
a figure in American politics enters
into the compact, too.
Uncle joe is not only accused of
dancing ardently, but he is also ac-
claimed a devotee OF the latest innova-
lions of the dance. He can do any of
the novel steps, and seems 10 enjoy
every moment he spends on the dance
floor. Then. after the orchestra ceases.
that characteristic cigar is stuck in its
place and the former Speaker spends a
quiet intermission putting rings of
smoke ceilingward, and talking &c.
o. P"
The Washington times., 1913-01-09

You old people, Syrup of Figs is par
ticularly for you. You who don't ex-
ercise as much as you need to; who
like the easy chair. You, whose steps
are slow and whose muscles are less
elastic. You must realize that your
liver and ten yards of bowels have
also become less active.
Don't regard Syrup of Figs as phys
ic. 1t stimulates the liver and bowels
Just as zexercise would do fyoH etooR
enough of II. It is not hsrsh like
salts or cathartics. The help which
Syrup of Figs gives to torpid liver
and weak, sluggish bowels is HARM
less. natural, and gentle.
when eyes grow dim you help them.
Do the same with your liver and
bowels when age makes them less
active. There is nothing more I'M
pCrtant Costive. clogged-up bowels
mean that decaying. fermentinE food
Is clogged there. and the pores or
ducts in these thirty feet Of bowels
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
ELDERLY FOLKS! CAL0MFL, SALTS
AND CATnARTICS AREN'T FOR YOU
Harmless gentle Syrup of Figs" is best to cleanse your
stomach liver, and SO feet of bowels of sour bile,
decaying food, gases, and cogged-up waste.

suck this decaying waste and poisons
into the blood. You will never get
feeling right until this is, corrected.
but do 1t gently. Don't have bowel
washday; don't use a bowl irritant.
For your sake. please use only gen.
tie, effective Syrup OF Figs. Then
you are not dragging yourself, for
Syrup of Figs is composed OF only
luscious figs. SIENNA, and aromatics.
which cannot injure.
A teaspoonful tonight will gently.
but thoroughly, move on and out OF
your system by morning all the SUR
bile, poisonous fermenting food ard
clogged-up. waste matter without
grippe, nausea, or weakness.
But get the genuine. Ask your drug :
gist for the full name. syrup OF
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA" Refuse,
with contempt. any other Fig Syrup
Unless IL bears the name-preparei
by the California Fig Syrup Company.
Read the label.
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
ORTIS SUFFERING
FROM ALCOHOLISM
Man Found Unconscious in Hotel
Room Not in Serious
Condition.

Physicians of Emergency Hospital
said today that NJ. Joseph Ortis. thirty
five years old. who was found uncon-
scious about o'clock this morning in
a room at the National Hotel, SUP
posedly from the effects Of some poison
was suffering from alcoholism. His con-
dItion is not regarded as serious.
Two women who had been with Ortis
last evening, were detained by the po-
lice, but were later released. Detec-
tive Cornwell with police OF the Sixth
precinct. made a thorough investiga-
ton of the case. and found that there
was no ground for placing any charge
against the women.
Ortis' home Is in Canada, but he had
been working for some time on a rail-
road in Cuba. sHe came to Washington
yesterday morning
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
FIREMAN'S CHILD
RUNS OFF TO WED
Miss Hattie ChiIdS Detained By
Police of Baltimore Until
Mother Arrives.

Eioping 10 Baltimore last evening,
Miss Hattie ChiIds eighteen wears old.
Of 1910 Y street southeast, and Charles
Reynolds, aged twenty-six, were taken
in custody as they got off the train and
were detained until today when the
girls mother went 10 Baltimore and ac-
compa MED her daughter home. Miss
ChiIds is the daughter of a member of
The District Fire Department. About
10 o'clock last night her brother rush
cd into Police Headquarters and inform
ed Lieutenant Hartley that his sister
had eloped to Baltimore with Reynolds
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
BELIEVED TO BE DEAD
ON RESCUE TRAIL
Men Looking for German Ex-
plorers Thought to Have
Persisted. 49,.

CHRISTIANIA, Jan. a.-Further wire
less reports today from the Norwegian
station at Spitzbergen. as to the los;
German explorers, stated that the COM
mander of the expedition, Lieutenant
Stranz and two companions were be-
lieved to have persisted while attempt
ing 10 reach the supply depot at Advent
Bay. According TO first reports Captain
Ritscnel, of the explorers ship. Herzog
Earst, reached Advent Bay December
q, almost dead from hunger and ex-
posture. He reported that the ship.
which started northward last August
was frozen in the ice in Treurenburg
Bay
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
Child on Skates.
Is Badly Bruised

Ten-year-old Regina Malone, of l3i1
Clifton street northwest, was the VIC
tim of an unusual accident last evening.
The girl was on roller skates and was
holding on the rear Of a motor truck
which was going up Fourteenth street.
Just before the machine reached Cliff.
ton street, the motor was stalled" and
before the operator, Arthur ID. Biggs,
could apply the brakes, the machine
started backing down the hill. The
child was knocked down and her right
arm badly bruised.
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
John A. Gallagher
To Head Veterans

Richard ]. Harden Camp. OF the
United Spanish War Veterans. enters
upon the new year with a membership
of more than 200. fourteen new members
having been mustered in last night.
At the meeting in Eagles Hall the fol-
lowing officers were installed: Com
mander. John A. Gallagher: senior vice
commander. Henry C. Wilson: junior
vice commander. Fred Kaske; officer
of the day. Aloyslus J. Correll; officer
of the guard. Eugene F. Clements;
trustee, Harry B. Coulter; chaplain.
Wallace II. Carragan: adjutant. Harry
B. Coulter: quartermaster. Benjamin
l.. Tubman: quarternfaster sergeant,
William A Bowling.
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
CYCLISTS TO TAKE
PROTESTS TO COURT
Club Will Fight Latest Traffic
Regulations of District
Commissioners.

Having taken the Commissioners or
der prohibiting the carrying of pas
senger on motorcycles to the courts.
the motoTcyclists OF Washington are
preparing protest against the new
traffic regulations. especially that re-
1uirins the operator TO bring his ma
chine TO a full stop within fifteen feet
Of standing street car.
Resolutions Of protest were adopted
at meeting Of the National Nor
cycle Club last night. r. y. Mcneil,
attorney for the club. told of the pro-
gress of the legal fight against the
passenger-carrying regulation in the
District Supreme Court
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
WIGGLE DANCE BANE
FOR HEAVY WOMEN

DENVER, Jan. s.-Wiggle dances are
not. only improper. but they're terrible
for fat women. according to Nine. Semi
brich. grand opera star. Nine. Sem
brich was in a mood for discussing
things today. She said that young girls
don't know hiw to love-no, not at all.
Then. too, as a diversion. she tore to
shreds the suffragette cause.
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
Mothers Plan Attack
On Shoots Eligibility

The executive board OF the National
Congress OF Mothers, in session in New
York, has decided TO ask the Senate to
reopen the Investigation of the right OF
Senator Reed Smoot TO a seat in that
body. This organization, with the w
g. 7. L., was largely instrumental IN
bringing about the Smoot inquiry in Leo.
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
Church Entertainment.

The next number of the Iyccum
course of the Ingram Memorial Consrr-
gational Church will be given FRIDAY
night, January 10. beginning at Sis
o'clock. 1t will consist of a cartoon
and song program given by Will II.
Chandlee and George OConner.
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
BaptiSts i'm Revival.

The service a; the revival meeting at
the Second Baptist Church was led last
night By Albany Smith. who took as
his subject: BE Ye Followers of Me"
The revival meetings will continue
throughout the week.
The Washington times., 1913-01-09
Cut By Horseshoe.

SOMERyILLE. N. J., Jan. s.-Ten
years old Edward Rooney had a four
inch cash cut In his head when horse
reared and cast a shoe several feet
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-18
BIDS ARE INVITED.

Sealed bids for the construction eA
approximately 10000 yards of pavfaR
10000 lineal feet Of curling and for
excavating approximately 5000 cubic
feet of dirt grading in the City Of
HendersonVilIe, N. CIVIL be received
and opened by the undersigned at =
meeting of the Board of Aldermen OF
the City of Hendersonville, at 8 o'clock
P. NJ, of December 18th, 1913, at the
City Hall. Bids will be received ON
Bithulithic paving and asphaltic con-
crete. Specifications will be furnished
on application, by the Business Man
ager at the city hall. Bidders must
enclose 9 certified check for $1,00e
as a guarantee of good faith should the
bid so submitted be accepted. The
right to reject any or all bids is re-
seserVed. This December 3rd, 1913
Address G. w. JUSTICE,
Business Manager
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-18
FOUNDER OF WOODCRAFT TO
VISIT HENDERSONVILLE
J. c. Root and E. B. Lewis, Promi.
nent WOodmen to Come for Dis
trict Meeting.

Hon J. c. Root of Omaha, Neb., the
founder of all w~oodcraft, will be a
visitor in Hendersonville during this
month, according to a telegram re-
eeived by the local Woodmen Sunday:
The big campaign for neY members
was waged two months ago as a re-
suit of which Woodmen from various
sections of North and South Carolina
will be in H~endersonville December
Is when about 200 candidates will
be initiated, the degree work to be
conferred by the White Pine Camp of
Hen%dersonville.
The district comprises fifteen coun-
ties in Western North Carolina and
the local camp is the largest in the
territory embraced.
Mr.. Root is regarded as one of the
greatest fraternity men of the coun-
try and in view of his prominence the
local camp is confident that there will
be several thousand Woodmen from
the two Carolinas who will avail
themselves of the rare opportunity of
seeing and hearing the founder OF
this popular order.
In addition to Mr.. Root, E. B. Lewis,
sovereign manager, will be here from
Kinston. -4ar1z
The campaign for new members has
been waged throughout the district
and some idea of it's effectiveness can
he gained from the fact that there
will be about seventy candidates in
the city to join the fresh meat parade
OF nearly two hundred from other
parts of Western North Carolina. The
candidates will be paraded up and
Gown the thoroughfares of Hender-
sonviIle during the afternoon of De
cember Is to their modification. The
degree work will be conferred at
night, the local Woodmen being IN
excellent shape for this responsible
work.
Fortress Monroe, Va, Dec. 5, 1913.
Hotel Chamberlain,
The following letter has been re-
ceived from Mr.. Root:
Jno. T. Wilkins, c. c..
Hendersonville, N. c.
Esteemed Sovereign:
1 hope to be able to attend the Class
Introduction, 18th December, in your
city unless some unforeseen and un-
avoidable circumstances prevent
which I have no present reason r.
a%pprehend.
Thanking you for your. courteous
invitation, l have the honor to re
main,
Sincerely,
J. C. ROOT.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-18
TRAINING GIRLS FOR MARRIAGE
Sovereign Commander.

In the November Woman's Home
Companion a woman contributor
tells how, with the assistance of her
servant Maggie, she trained her
daughter Helen for marriage to Rob-
ert. Following is an extract:
For a time her most serious
t,ouble seemed to lie in buying meats.
Our bill increased alarmingly. One
morning l heard Maggie remark:
well Miss Helen, if you say ID
the butcher, Il don't know a thing
about meat. Send a nice steak for
SIX" he sure will cheat you. And it
amt any use for you to poke your
fingers into a piece. of meat and look
wise. He'll see through you. You
got TO know meat =
"This appealed to me as sound
reasoning ! Every morning during
the next fortnight l went with Helen
to the meat. Send a nice steak for
SIX" he to explain cuts to US if we
came in early Thanks to this plan
| Helen now knows how to buy meat.
Before she learned values IN
household linen, we added to our
supply some most undesirable bar
| gains. She will never waste Roberts
money on the same sleazy, merceriz-
ed towels or sheeting.
UAn6 diroctIv che coIf1d snare time
from her practical course of training
as a purchasing and disbursing
agent, Maggie, the faithful, began to
instruct her in plain cooking,
81 "All this has not been easy for
Helen nor her mother. But it will
| make things much easier for Helen
and her husband. Doubtless she, will
make mistakes. The best and most
experienced of US older women do
hat. But she will know how to cover
hose mistakes with a brave smile
Her husband will never gaze at her
n helpless dismay while she implores
i'm to take her home to Mother I'M
Ill a new servant is installed in her
1tchen. Above all things n viii
now the purchasing value OF her
husbands salary, because she has
earned it, as she should-at her
lother's expense.
Last night, when she over
: the bank and account books, n SAID
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-18
BRONCHITIS CONQUERED
Royersford, Pa, Man Tells How

At this season of year with such
sudden changes, it is so easy to take
cold, and almost before one is aware
there is Inflammation in the bronchial
tubes-a hard cough and unless
checked In time chronic pulmonary
troubles may result.
Townsend Young of Royersford,
Pa, says: "a severe bronchial trou-
BILE contracted caused me much diff
Guilty about breathing. My chest felt
clogged up and there was consider
able soreness. I tried different rem
edies without help; but I am glad to
say that Vinol cured my bronchial
trouble which had lasted for three
months. My breathing is all right
and the soreness entirely gone from
my chest"
Vinol contains the curative, healing
PRINCIPLES of fresh Gods livers with
out oiD and tonic iron. We guaran-
tee it to be delicious in taste ard to
satisfy you with its medicinal effects.
p. S. If you have any skin trouble
try Saxo Sa1ve. We guarantee it.
JUSTUS PHARMACY
HendersOnVilIe, n. C.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-18

TIC Robert:
You'll eve know, dear, what
Mumsey has saved you. No. not Just
in money, but in temper and tears. I
have water many of her coat collars
that ours might be dry
Il smiled at them both, but said
nothing. Why should 1 tell Robert
the truthAthat I had been trying to
make good as a mother-in-1aw for
him, in order that my precious
daughter might be happy with him.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-18

bobsled, drawn by a big, iron-gray
horse, gay with sleigh-bells, glided up
before the schoolhouse door. Mr..
Teacher, looking as pleasant as any OF
us, jumped out and said:
Here you are! l am going to leave
you to yourselves to enjoy your treat,
he explained, as he hastily fastened
the window shutters and shut up the
stove. He then locked the door and
put the key in his pocket. By that
time the boys had unloaded the boxes,
and Mr.. C. at ace resumed his
seat on the sled.
Merry Christmas to ALL he
shouted.
1.-The same to you'll We chorused.
1--WE Immediately assailed the
boxes. The lid came OF the boz
marked oranges first, and n was
grabbed and the tissue wrapping re.
moved. Then there was q wild yell
Potatoes! Nothing but old potatoes!'
I'VE glanced sheepishly at the big
girls who were holding their breath
In a tremor of dread we took the TOP
off the box labeled candy. Oh, utterly
shattered hopes! The box was full OF
nice white candles!"
the ample shoulders and girth Of
the coIoneTs friend shook freely.
'Um," he said. He was some
teacher"
You bet" agreed the colonel. "Ii
we boys had had money enough
think ws'd have come pretty near tc
buying him a gold wRtch."-Detroii
Free Press.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-18

0O"A' nc CO1OAS1 1San6Q IaFLQ0r
back in the developing leather and
q volley OF expanding rings poured
from beneath the carefully trimmed
white mustache.
That" he said, with a wave of his
hand toward the throngs, ''set me to
thinking Of how in my country school
days we big, bad boys sometimes
locked the teacher out to make him
give US a Christmas treat. At the
precise moment you soaked me on the
shoulder / was thinking of the time
we locked out our teacher. We noti-
he'd him a week beforehand that we
expected him to give us a nice, sub
stantial treat when school let out
as we said, on Christmas eve. He had
been a good-natured fellow and had
succeeded in keeping on good terms
with US scamps in spite of US, 80 as
we wanted, for the reason, to let him
of as easily as possible we specified
only a box Of oranges and a box of
candy.
"'Ill think about it, he said, laugh
ing, and we supposed it was as good
as agreed to.
so when on the morning of Christ
mas Eve day Mr.. Teacher arrived
without anything that possibly could
contain a treat, we were hurt-doubly
hurt to think that a supposed friend
would treat us so. We silently waited
till the noon hour, and when lunch
cons had been hurriedly gulped, two
Of TIC Wnr0 6nfoi1nd &a nof him q MO "
from the school house on some pre-
text or other. They succeeded, but
he didn't stay long, as it was a cold
day and there was snow. When he
found the door locked he ratified the
knob and called:
"'Open the door, please! It is ], Mr..
c.
Sorry one of the boys replied
, through the keyhole, but you'll have
to give us a Christmas treat before
; we let you in
"'Come, boys, come he said stern.
ly. It is too cold for joking. Let
me in at once!'
Were not joking; we yelled back
We want a treat. Go to the store
anu 60t q D1S DOA VI dAO 9
big box of candy and have them here
for us this afternoon, and we'll oper
the door. Or, if you'll promise or
your word of honor, weIl let you in.
For answer he pounded on the
door and Numbered:
boys, 1 order you to open THU
door! Will you obey me?
"'Treat!' was our ultimatum.
Followed several minutes Of silence
and suspense, then he called to US
well boys, l suppose the be
sieger instead of the besieged will
have to surrender. You may open thu
: door. l will treat
THE door was opened slowly, eau
tiously, for we we're doubtful, almos
distrustful, but he was milling.
1T is all right, boys he assured
us. I have promised. We might Al
we'll close now till after the New
Years holiday. While l am going TO
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-18

the treat / want
you all to get
your books ready
so l can lock the
school house. I
hope to be back
with your treat
within an hour
Then he start
ed in a brisk
walk toward a lit
tie country town
about three miles
away.
1T was a few
minutes after two
o'clock when a
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-18

A years subscription TO the Hustler
Democrat would make a most appro~
pirate Christmas gift.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-18

A MEMORABLE TREAT

colonel sat
comfortably in his
chair and gazed
dreamffy through a
hazy cloud of Hav-
ana at the Christ
mas crowd.
''Ha-ha! colonel.
At last I've found
you looking sad!''
And a friend who
had come up from
behind and slapped
him fectionately
>on the shoulder
pulled a big chair
=.