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The Washington times., 1913-03-13

nection with the erection of a new
church building. Mr.. Magruder stated
he was willing to give s1,00o whenever
called upon and Mrs. ]. L. King stated
the Ladies' Aid Society would pledge
itself to pay $1,000 also. Harry W.
Shepherd stated he would give $500 il
the new edifice was completed within
twelve months. The matter of dispos>
ing of the present church property was
brought up and a minimum price was
placed upon the present parsonage or
Sl,20O and on the church and grounds
proper the lowest price was $500
The following were reelected: Or
ganist, Mrs. F. E. MacNeill; assistant
organist, Mrs. w. A. Shepherd choir
director. Mrs. Howard Orr, and assis-
tant choir director, william H. Shep-
held.
The congregational meeting was fol-
lowed by the annual business meeting
of the Sunday school. with Superintend-
ent X. ]. Wilsie in the chair. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
year: Superintendent. X. ]. Wilsie: as
s,stant superintendent, James L. King;
treasurer. Mrs. Charles H. Frame; Sec
retary, Clifton King: assistant secre-
tary, Frederick Magruder; organist.
Mrs. A. T. Hansen; treasurer of the Nc
Ilvane Mission Band, Mrs. James l..
King; president of the primary depart
ment, Mrs. c. E. Sipel.
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|SHAD SEASON EARLY,
AVER FISH DEALERS
Evidence Appears in Number of
Them Taken Lately BY Net
Fishers From River.

Evidence Of an early shad fishing sea-
son appear In the number of roe shad
now being taken In the river nets, deal
ers here declare The unusually mild
winter here has brought the shad In
early, II is declared.
When a number of unusually fine fish
were taken In the river early in Janu-
ary. It was pointed out by fish dealers
that this was the earliest within the
memory Of the oldest inhabitant," that
roe shad had been found in the Poto-
mac. These fish were disposed Of at
the White House.
Since then numerous shad have been
captured from time to time in the river.
and within the last few days as many
as fifty at a time have been turned out
on the fish wharves. II IL reported. A
larpe proportion of these are roe shad.
ley are taken with the regular catch
es Of rockfish. perch, catfish and other
fish which form the regular collection
of met fish,
Unless there should be a spell Of
weather." there should be a good run"
Of shad with In a week or SO. according
to dealers. and many ardent sportsmen
ere already getting busy to capture
their own supply.
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.Svab MI Surprise Hos,
stees Even WhssDeng Cesgh
0slekly. A Family So0Dly
NJ Sail C0ot.
Observation-Disclosures

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such a thing rs American litearture
provoked only smile.
To-day, in spite of the old traditions
surrounding the names Of our favorite
English authors, our people both buy
and read three times as many DOCKS
written by American authors as they
do those written by English authors.
Epoch Books.
"As epoch books Of our times were
designated by Woodward Hudson's Law
Of Psychic Phenomena. Bryce's Ameri-
can Commonwealth. Bouck White $
Call of the Carpenter, Bergson's Crea-
tive Evolution. Duncan's The New
knowledge. The Evolution Theory by
tombstone Stoney, and Prof. T. J. Sees
Capture Theory of the Solar System.
Referring to the demand of the book
buying public, Mr.. Woodward said that
1t does not care for short stories. FOR
1t Is a notable fact that those writer's
who excel in short story writing are
painfully prosy or else given to pad
ding when they attempt a novel, While
the reading pubic continues to call for
and read it's old time favorites. we must
admit, sadly. but certainly. that the
great mass Of books now published hnd
their way with unerrinS certainty to
the literary graveyard of oblivion
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NEW CONGRESSMEN
GET s. R. O. NOTICES
Overflow From House Office to
Have Their Headquarters in
MaItby Building.

Forty cub" Congressman, newly
elected, today received mailed notices
that the standing Room Only" sign Is
hung up in the House ONCE Building
The two-score neophytes are compelled
to take Office room in an annex. an
eighth Of a mile from the House cham
Der.
Because Of the increased membership.
due to reapportionment, there are not
offices enough for the 430 Congressmep.
Veteran members were given the pref
erence in selecting offices now occupied
or vacated by retiring members.
The overflow will be housed in the
Maltby building. an ancient brick struc-
ture used by Senators before the marble
ONCE building was constructed.
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FREE TOLLS FIGHT
WILL Be RENEWED
Adamson, Sims, and Root to
Seek Repeal Of Clause Early
in the Extra Session.

Early in the extra session Chairman
Adamson. of the House Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce. and
Congressman Sims, a member OF the
committee, will renew their fight to re-
peal the free tolls provision Of the
Panama Canal act. Mr.. Sims said to-
day that Senator Root probably would
introduce in the Senate a bill to repeal
the provision.
II will reintroduce my BILL" said Mr..
Sims. 1.-The passage of this repeal
legislation will not only prevent giving
subsidies to highly protected trust in
the coastwise shipping trade, but It will
obviate enforced or voluntary arbitra-
ton with Great Britain and other ma
tons"
Congressman Sims says that while
the Democratic platform declares for
free tolls. 1T is not a subsidy platform
and is against special privileges. I be-
lieve the broader view Of the party
declaration will be taken"
The master voice Of President Wilson
and Secretary Of State Bryan will be
awaited, however. before committee or
other action is taken upon the Sims or
Root repeal measures, prominent Demo-
Gratis stated today. So far. no hint has
their attitude on the Panama dispute
with Great Britain. The British note,
recently received from Ambassador
Bryce, still awaits Secretary Bryan's at
tention, 1t is declared at the State De-
partment.
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NEED READERS, SAYS
FRED {. WOODWARD
More Persons to Peruse and
Fewer to Produce Books,
Necessary, He Ayers.

That more persons to read books and
to dust books. rather than more to
write them, are the urgent need Of the
world, was the keynote of an address
by Fred E. Woodward, of Woodward
& Lothrop, on Recent Tendencies in
Books" at the meeting of the District
Of Columbia Library Association last
evening.
He said the mighty increase of popu-
lation in the United States Is equaled
only by the increase of the number OF
books published from year to year. The
output of human thought b. means OF
the printed volume today Is almost
staggering in its immensity, he said, as
no less than $1,000 books were issued
from the presses of the world every
twelve months.
Fiction, so far from dominating the
book market. said Mr.. Woodward. is a
comparatively small factor in the total
number published. In 1912 the number
Of books published In the United States
was 10,s03. with 1,010 works of fiction,
or fraction more than per cent.
Total of ao6,6so.
Since 1885 the whole number of books
issued in the United States has been
2o6. $50. of which number 35, 72O have been
fiction. or only 17.3 per cent.
'The most hardened sceptic, who
thinks We are on the verge Of ruin
because of our liking for trashy read
ing" he continued, may now take
courage and sit calmly by and observe
what seems to be steady and whole
some gain In the production of meri-
torious books.
"There has been a decided improve
ment in the quality as well as the guam
tity Of novels which are distinctly
American in sentiment and location,
written by American authors. So de-
cided has this change become that we
now see the English public reading in
large numbers the best Of our Amer.-
can novels.
Time was, and not so long ago,
when nearly everything in desirable
fiction came to us from England anc
the question as to whether there was
The Washington times., 1913-03-13
WILSON'S FAMILY
PORTRAITS ARRIVE
"First Lady, and Daughters
Work Hard to Decorate the
White House Walls.

The arrival early today at the White
House of a truck load Of personal et-
fects of the Wilson family marked the
beginning of strenuous activity on the
part of the women folk of the Execu-
tive Mansion. Mrs. Wilson and her
three daughters had waited eagerly for
days for a delayed shipment of family
portraits, brio brac and other per-
sonal belongings with which to decorate
bare walls left by the departure OF
the Tafts.
Eager eyes watched the uapacking
and as each article came to light II
was borne off TO be Immediately in
stalled In q place long before selected.
The Wilson furniture arrived several
days ago and today's installment COM
pleted the list,
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"A supper was served last night to the
families of the congregation of the First
Presbyterian Church by the Ladies Aid
Society.
After the supper the midweek prayer
service was held in the church and was
led by the Rev. Mr.. Reed, of the River
dale Presbyterian Church. This service
was followed by a meeting of the
church at which K ]. Wilsie was re-
elected elder. This meeting was follow
ed by a congregational meeting pre-
sided over by William P. Magruder
The first action of this meeting was the
election of a board of five trustees to
serve one year and the gentlemen
chosen were, V. X. Chestnut, William
H Shepherd, William P. Magruder,
Vernon Ffske and William A. Brooks.
A general discussion was held in con-
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Lincoln to Honor Bryan.

Lincoln. Neb., will honor Secretary Of
State william Jennings Bryan, her
favorite son." with his annual birthday
dinner on March 19. Mr.. Bryan expects
to leave for Lincoln, Sunday. to be gone
for ten days. In his absence Assistant
Secretary OF State Huntington Wilson
will be acting Secretary of State.
The Washington times., 1913-03-13

A dance will be held at the Modern
Woodmen Hall at MitcbellsviIle on
Master Monday. The proceeds Will be
fvoted to charity.
The Washington times., 1913-03-13

Edward Record, of Cockeysville, who
has been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
owen Mulligan, has returned to his
home.
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In [. Pinch. use ALIENS F00T.EASE

Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller
after using Aliens Foot-Ease. the antiseptic
powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or new
shoes feel easy; gives instant relief to corns
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery Of the age. Relieves swollen feet
blisters. callous and sore spots. 1t is Q GER
tain relief for sweating. tired. tender. aching
feet Always use II to Break In New Shoes
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stitute. For FREE trial package address
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To Give Address on
''Greek Confederacy''

DIR. John B. Swanton will address the
Anthropological Society Of the city on
1.-THE Greek Confederacy" Tuesday az
ternoon at 4:3o o'clock in the New Ma.
tional Museum. A board meeting Will
&c held a half hour before the lecture.
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IS Mary Kohler, who has been
ling several weeks with Mrs. &. E.
Sibley avenue, has returned to
Yhome in Harrisburg, Pa.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-07
"RUM CANES" ARE THE RAGE
They Are Hollow and Hold Liquor
for Dry Sundays in Washington
Under New Excise Law.

A Washington letter to the New
York World says that the new excise
board appointed by President Wilson
for the District of Columbia has two
problems to settle: What is a meal
for a woman?" and ''Is rum stick
full of liquor for Sunday use in a dry
town an evasion of the Jones-Works
excise act?".
The excise law provides that mo
licensee shall sell, give, furnish or
distribute any Intoxicating liquors to
any female; provided that bona fide
guests of hotels, restaurants and
clubs may be served with liquor at
meals"
Since the excise law went into eff
feet Sunday has been perfectly dry
until last week, when something like
100 "jags' were arrested. 1t was
testified by q number Of policemen
that most of the jags carried walking
canes. On investigation it was
found that the canes had hollow
tubes. and from the tubes came the
odor of whiskey.
Samples of canes exhibited hold
anywhere from a drink to a drunk
a gill to a quart. The rum can
has become very popular in Wash
ington, some of the barrooms having
added a special spigOt for canes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-07

convenient milkproducing tree, which
the natives take advantage of for the
feeding of their children. By boring
hole in its trunk a clear sweet
stream of milk emerges, which is
both healthful and delicious.
In the same class with this practi-
cal tree is one in Africa which pro-
duces an excellent butter and anoth-
er in Ceylon which gives forth bread.
This bread is in the form of a fruit,
which when it is baked is cut and
eaten like our own bread. 1t has a
somewhat similar taste.
A little different in variety OF
product but just as useful is one in
the West Indies, the bark of which
resembles an exquisite filmy lace. 1t
can be stretched out and is worn by
the native women Of fashion and po-
sition.
Perhaps the most productive of all
trees is the carnamba tree, similar
to the palm, which flourishes along
the Rio Grande. When it is young
it produces vinegar, while the roots
have a taste similar to sarsaparilla.
The trunk gives out fiber and also
flower. The branches give forth
nuts, which when roasted can be used
as coffee. The trees wood is service
able to make musical instruments.
Lastly there is a wax extracted from
it that is used to make candies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-07

a premium, but Holcombe refused all
offers to get him to deal. The old
timers shook their heads and said,
Religion has done took with Steve. "
Weary, footsore and penniless he re-
turned once more to Louisville.
About this time there was an un-
usual awakening in the Methodist
church in Louisville. Holcombe was
asked by the ministers to take a
hand in the work. Out of this grew
the HOlcombe mission, first estab-
lished in a gambling house. But out
of this grew Louisville's first free
kindergarten, fostered by Holcombe.
Out of this grew the Wayfarers'
Rest, for men, now administered by
the Associated Charities, and out of
this has grown perhaps better un-
Outstanding of the social problem in
Louisville.
Holcombe, at rs, is Planning to
raise a fund of 100000 in order
= that the widows and orphans of Lou
isville needing immediate assistance
may have it. He is not and never
has been a spectacular evangelist
He never has conducted campaigns OF
soul saving where he was showered
with thousands of dollars. He is the
principal incorporation of two con-
! Germs that bid fair more than to real
| ize his hopes.
And on his bureau is a fading
photograph of Mary Evins, who died
but little more than year ago and
left him very lonely.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-07
HIS A GREAT CHANGE OF HEART
CONVERSION OF OLD GAMBLER
INTO A SAVER OF SOULS.
Famous For His Reckless Violence
His Career Was a Series of
Stirring Adventures.

Il expect to live until l have &C
cumulated 100000"
This from a man formerly in atf1u-
ence through wickedness and now
practically penniless because of his
benevolence, man at one time
known as one of the most reckless
and dangerous of the famous ante
bellum gamblers. He is Rev. Steve
P. Holcombe of Louisville, KY.
There are plenty of men still alive
who remember his triumphal days on
the Mississippi and the Ohio rivers at
poker, his career through the West
at faro, his meteoric passage through
Canada and the East, down into Gu
ba and Mexico, back to New Orleans
and up the Mississippi and the Ohio.
He played and played successfully
with all the greatest gamblers of the
old days and was accounted the wild
est and most fearless of the lot.
He was born in Shippingport, a
suburb of Louisville, August 25th,
1885. He learned to play cards for
money before he was years old,
and almost at the same time fell in
love with brown-eyed, brown-haired
Mary Evins. The beginning of his
romance was during his schooling of
all told less than six months. This
love has lasted all his life.
When he was II Steve ran away
from home as cabin boy on an Ohio
and Mississippi river steamboat. He
followed the river for some years,
always gambling, frequently quarrel
ing, always on the trail of adventure,
his quick temper and love of rows
oddly enough crossed with an equal
" quick and ready sympathy and
generosity for those in trouble and
adversely.
All this time he had not forgotten
his childhood sweetheart From time
to time he had seen her, strongly
against the wishes of her father and
mother. and he felt that she still car
| ed for him. When he was 20 and
she s they eloped and were married.
Determined to be good Steve joined
| the church and ran a fish market,
| but after two years he drifted back to
/ the river and gambling. He follow
ed the union army for a while in
the civil war, but the life did not suit
him and he soon learned that there
we're easier ways to make a living
than by toting a heavy gun and a
knapsack. So once more he returned
| to Louisville.
The change of heart came to him
| in 1877. His eldest son joined the
Baptist church and became strong
advocate of temperance. Steve told
his wife casually that he would never
gamble again and cinched his resolu-
ton by closing up his two dens.
Waning fortunes caused by his
generosity toward unfortunates of all
kinds caused Holcombe to join the
prospectors of 1878. He wandered
through Colorado, Wyoming, Mon
tana and back down to Nevada in
search of a mining claim, usually
hungry, often without shelter. He
met many former associates and had
many an opportunity to drift back
to the old life. Faro dealers were at
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-07
MOST REMARKABLE TREES
VARIETIES THAT KILL, RAIN
AND PRODUCE MILK.
An Eminent Naturalist Gives Inter-
esting Facts Concerning Eccen-
triCities Found in Forests.

JrEltleS ROUND III FOfPSJSs
Prof Stevens, an Australian nat
uralist, recently gave some interest
ing facts concerning the really MAJ.
velous eccentricities of different trees
in distant lands, in the West Indies,
the Canary Islands, in Arabia and in
the Island of Madagascar.
On one of the Canary Islands there
is tree that dispels from its branch
es actual rain to such an extent that
a cistern placed at its base is never
untitled. This tree grows in one of
the driest islands, through which no
water ever flows.
In Arabia there is the insane or
hysterical tree, so named from the
fact that all who eat of its seeds are
affected as if they had taken an over
dose of laughing gas. 1t is not a
large tree, seldom growing over five
or six feet high. The seeds have a
sweet, sickish taste and decidedly
unpleasant odor As soon, however,
as they have been pounded up and
swallowed the user shows an extreme
hilarity along with wild dancing,
singing and utter extravaganza OF
language and motion.
In contrast with this silly tree is
the ferocious man-eating tree of Mad
agascar 1t is from seven to ten feet
high and something like a grape fruit
in shape, with rough, ugly tendrils
stretching out in all directions. The
trunk is black and as hard as a
stone. At the top of the tree are six
palpi, six feet high, that rear straight
up and Irvine and whirl about inces-
sanity. There is a cup also at the
top which contains clear, appetiz-
ing looking fluid. But alas for him
who drinks it. He becomes peculiarly
crazed and unable to get down. Then
it is that the whirling palpi Irvine
themselves slowly but surely about
the helpless man until all life is gone
In South America there is a most
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-07
A Gentle and Effective LAXATIVE.

A mild, gentle and effective laxa-
tive is what people demand when
suffering from constipation. Thous-
ands swear by DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. Hugh Tallman of San Anto-
MO, Texas, writes: "They are beyond
question the best pills my wife and
have ever taken" The never cause
pain. Price 25 cents at druggists OF
by mail. H. E. Bucklen & Co, Phil
adelphia or st. Louis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-07
SECOND DISTRICT ELECTION
Governor SIatOn Has Ordered 1t for
November 9Th. Four Candi-
dates in the Race.

The election to fill the vancancy
in the Second district caused by the
1eath of Congressman S. A. Rodden-
berry will be held on Wednesday, No
vember 9th.
Governor Slaton issued an order
to that effect on Saturday. It would
appear that no primary is to be held.
but that everybody will take their
chance in the general election on
November 5th.
The announced candidates are Ros-
coe Luke of Thomasyille, w. A. Gov
| tngton of Moultrie, E. E. Cox of Ca
milla and Frank Park of Sylvester
There may be others, now that the
date has been definitely fixed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-07
POTATOES IN PIANOS.

The humble potato is put to some
surprising uses. Under one process
the outer skin is removed, the white
flesh is treated with sulphuric acid
and other chemicals, pressed by pow
erful hydraulic machinery into
blocks, which are carved and cut into
various shapes and sizes and sold as
ivory" The keyboards of cheap pi-
amos and organs are often made from
this ivory"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-07
Case of Mrs. Tully.

Chicago, Ill take pleasure in
writing to thank you for what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. / suffered with such aw-
full periodic pains, and had displace-
ment, and received no benefit from the
doctors. / was advised to take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
am now as well as ever. Mrs. VIII
LIAM FULLY, 2O52 Ogden Avenue,
Chicago, Ill.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help yOu,write
to Lydia observation-disclosures
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by woman.
and held in strict confidence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-07
WOMAN A
GREAT SUFFERER
Tells How She Was Restored
To Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound.

GRANVILLE, Ill.-"I was great suf-
ferer of female complaints for q year
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-07

and l got noInlng
that helped me I'M
til l began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e G e t a Bile Com
pound. I was irreg-
ular and had cramps
so bad that / had to
go to bed. Now l
have better health
than | have had for
years and / cannot
speak too highly of