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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-19
No lntoxicants at white
House" Mr.. Bryan Also a
Prohibitionist.
A Washington telegram says:

A Washington telegram says:
The Wilson administration will
be dry" This expression is used
entirely in sense that appeals to
the inner man of the nation and not
necessarily to those who Look for
stereotyred methods of government
1t became known that Presiden,
Wilson and his family are averse t"
the use of liquor or wine in any
form. intoxicating liquors will have
no place in the White House during
the next four years unless the presI
dents views undergo a sharp change.
Secretary Of State Bryan, As is
we'll known, has been prohibition
advocate for many years. On one
occasion Mr.. Bryan would have
made 1t a national issue ard it was
due to his efforts that the prohibi-
ton legislation in Nebraska was put
into effect.
1t is well known that Speaker
Clark is tpetotaler and has been
for many years. The fact that a
large portion Of the Democratic ma
jority in the senate and house is
from the sonth where prohibition is
general makes certain the fact thai
there will be little wine and les
wassail than has been known in
Washington for many years. There
never has been SO dry a prospect in
the White House since the days Of
President Hayes, when Mrs. Hayes
excluded wines and liquors from
the executive mansion Immediately
upon becoming its mistress.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-19
Good Book Can be Procured of
Mrs. Wates.

! am selling Hurlbuts story OF
the Rinle, and am very anxious to
put it in every home where there
are children, feel that If / could
do this, and the children would
read them, l would haye,the salts
faction of knowing | had done the
children good. | am not able to g"
To every house, but any one wishing
the book. will please drop Inc a
card. Am going to try to visit all
the homes where there are children
later on. NJ. Wat"s.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-19
Golfers Entertainment.

An entertainment will be given
at Golfers school OH the evening OF
Friday. March %, beginning at
$3.50 o'clock. The program will con-
sistof a play, drills, Rotations and
music furnished by the Golfers or
ebestrs dnlissisn fee. ats,:s1 Is. s::s
Zen IiiiE Zen s. Y rs
will be used for school imilspe-
ment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-19
Humiliation in llliteracy.

A citizen Of Ed dge6cld has had an
awakening. Here is his description
Of the incident:
To the Editor of The State:
have very much enjoyed botE
your pieces and those of John l..
McLaurin on compulsory education.
wish to say in the outset that,
like Mr.. McLaurin, l had heretofore
given the matter only casual thongbt
and like him did not take to the
idea, even though | thought | real
ized the terrible blight of illiteracy.
But the scales fell from my eyes
this morning in the court room at
Edgelield when the clerk with a
letter in hand asked if it conld be
handed a juror who was sitting on
case. and it was made plain to the
entire court room that the poor man
IA fairly intelligent, looking young
man about 27 OF 26 years of age)
could not read the letter. Give us a
school system that will make the
results shown in our white boys
and girls.
i want to commend especially the
temper and spirit exhibited by Mr.
McLaurin in your recent controversy.
but will again say, give us school
system that will show results in our
white boys and girls.
A Juror.
Trenton, March II.
Yes, by all means, give the peo-
pie Of South Carolina Il schoo! Sys.
tenn that will mean schooling"
The case "A Juror" cites was pain
full, but we have recently heard ut
one much more distressing, much
more humiliatlng. One riding along
the road in a coast county was sur
prised to nee negro seatef OH the
porch Of white mans house, sur-
rounded by the large family :
er, father nd four or five children,
some Of them nearly grown. The
passer-by impressed by the attention
being given BY the whites to the
colored man. determined to solve
the riddle. He did so. A letter hal
come To the white family, bnt the
writing therein was meaningless
hierogl lyphics to every member of
tina; family of white iIli;erales and
they called upon Il negro who could
read Lu give them the meaning of
the written words.
Yet the men opposing sending
those children to school, the men
responsible for such humiliation
brought upon white men and wu
men in South Carolina, call them
selves friends" of those poor peo
pie. What have they done for them:
What are they doing for them?--
Editorial From The State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-19
S. c. C. I. News.

]. B. Huggins presided over a
splendid meeting of the Y. M. G. A..
Sunday night. The service begun
with a song and prayer by Capt.
Taylor. After that Maj. Lyon gave
us one of the best addresses the as
sociation ever heard. His subject
was THE creation and mans place
in It," Maj, Lyon attributed the
splendid conduct of the cadets as
a whole to this association. Capt.
Cain closed this greatly enjoyed
meeting with a prayer.
Mrs. F. N. K. Bailey returned
from her home in Kentucky where
her father has been, and still Is,
lying sick.
Rev. E. G. Bailey favored us
Wednesday morning with a fine
talk before the chapel exercises.
We are always glad to welcome the
ministers of the town to our lnstl-
tnte and we hope more business
men will follow the example set by
the, pastors.
Last week the Regulators beat
the Scrubs" in a hard contested
game of baseball. In this connection
we might say that it is said that
Aiken has offered to play US in the
near future. We hope she will as
this year we believe we will see the
triumph of the S. G. G. i.
We:are glad that at last definite
plans have been made for the pub
lie meeting of the Curry oratorical
class. The seventh of April has been
set assthe day. Capt. Curry has or
dered ten carat gold medal for the
successfui winner. This medal will
cost; as much az any three medals
given III the school for oratory or
defamation. The Contestants will
be cadets Hueit, Dunbar, Herndon
W., Patrick j., Burress, Burnett,
Kennedy, Edens, G. Edwards, r.
Snuggs, Applewhite and Snuggs Il.
The IS. G.. c. l. lninstrels will
give their public entertainment at
.:he his Il. month. Capt i,aYlers
- y Il iIIss,ls.
1s1''Torkmen are now repairing a
leaky section of the roof. This has
been needed ever since the last heavy
rains.
The Pierian Literary Society had
a good meeting Monday. The debate
won by the negative was re-
solved That inventions have bet
tered the laboring class" Unfortu-
nately several men on the program
were unprepared.
The Fidelian Literary Society
also had a splendid meeting Mon
day afternoon. The debate resolved
that Philip Ray had stronger
character than Enoch Arden" was
most hotly discussed and fought
over but finally won by the mega
tive. Several excellent piano So los
were rendered.
The Y. ". Z. A. was led Sunday
night by Miss Edith Martin. Miss
Tisdale entertained the occasion
with a splendid solo, fitted for the
occasion.
Misses Corrie Warn and Mae
West were away last week on Wis
it to the laLter's home.
Misses Myra Morris and Clara
Sauls left last Saturday for Langley
but have since returned
II. II. Snuggs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-19
JOHNSTON LETTER.
County Medical Association
Held Session. Rev. MIR. PEN
dleton to Preach. Little
Boy Loses Eye.

Mesdames Susie J. Latimer and
w. S. Mobley and Miss Marion
Mobley, speut a few days of the
past week in Augusta with relatives.
Miss Sue DeLosch, of Saluda,
has been the guest of her sister,
Mrs. v. E Edwards.
Mrs. J. G. Edwards, of Edgefeld,
spent Tuesday here with her friend,
Mrs. W. M. F. Scott.
The medical association of Edge
field county, met here last Tuesday
in an sll day session. After the ad-
journment of the first session din
ner was enjoyed at the Dunbar no.
tel. Those present were Drs. J. 6.
Edwards, r. A. Marsh and J. g.,
Tompkins, Edgefeld; DR.. w. D.
QUITS, Meeting Street; DR.. D. B.
Fronts, Ridge; DR.. Samuel Morrall
and N. T. Hunter. of Trenton, and
Drs. B. L. Allen. S. 6. Mobley, G.
D. Walker, G. f. Strotber and
Chas. P. Corn, of Johnston.
The Rev. Mr.. Pendleton, of Pen
sacola, Fla, will preach here in the
Baptist church on Sunday morning
and evening, March %.
On last Wednesday evening in
Augusta, there was a called convo-
cation of the Webb Masonic lodge,
at which time Ex-president William
81. Taft was the guest Of honor.
The Masonic lodge of this place
was we'll represented. several auto
mobiles going over in the afternoon.
The party was composed of Messrs.
w. ID. Wright w. P. Hoyt, H. S.
Toney, Avery Bland, John Wright,
T. G. and E. = Edwards, Howard
Payne, J. A. Lott, L. a. Langston,
T. P. Milford, t. S. Stimens. w.
R. Edison, j. NJ. Berry and Dr.. 2.
y. -Keesee. -.~--,.s-s--ss~-s-v7,-
ing Street, were here during the
week. They were accomp panied by
Mrs. Catherine Moore, of Green
wood, sister of the latter.
Mrs. H. w. Crouch and Miss
Elise Crouch spent Thursday
and Friday in Augusta.
Miss Emmie Black, of Abbeville,
is spending awhile in the home of
her brother, Mr.. o. D. Black.
Tie little son of Mr.Steve Holmes,
who resides near here, met with
painful accident last week. While
running with stick in his hand: he
fell, and the sharp point pierced his
eye. He was brought here imme-
diately, but the wound had render
ed the eye sightless.
Mr.. John w. Payne visited his
nephew Mr.. William Watkins at
Cross Hill this week, and while
there had the pleasure of being
with war comrade, Mr.. Watkins,
whom be had not seen since they
shouldered arms" together.
Misses Elise Crouch, Orlena Cart
ledge and Pet LaGrone will go to
Georgetown at an early date to be
among the members that will enjoy
house party in the home of DIR.
Olin SAWYER.
Mrs. J. F. Brown, of Spartan
burg, has been the guest of her sis
ter. Mrs. Anna Strother.
Rev. Robert r. Spear, pastor
of the Presbyterian church, Angus
ia, will deliver the address before
the Daughters of the Confederary
on memorial day, May 10.
Mr.. J. K. Allen of Meeting
Street, was in town during the week,
having made two visits to the Co
lumbia hopita! to be with his broth
er-in-law, DR.. ]. E. Brunson, of
Ninety Six, who had double opera.
tion performed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-19

Mccall patterns carried in stock
by Rives Bros. Mccall Magazine
for one year for SOC and a l5c pat
tern thrown in.-Adv.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-19

A citizen Of Edgeield has had an
awakening. Here is his description
of the incident:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
BIG STAKES ARE UP
BLOWS HIMSELF TO PIECES
Despondent Lover Uses Dynamite
Cap in an Attempt to End His
Life.

Colville, Wash.-John Bechler, a
tai Falls, was found dying on a lonely
trail near the home of David Steel, a
farmer, living in White Lake, six
miles east of Colville. An examina-
ton disclosed the fact he had appar-
emily exploded a dynamite cap with
suicidal intent.
Last fall he went to Pennsylvania to
visit his sweetheart, whom he discov-
cred through correspondence agen-
cy. He said he had received assur-
ance as soon as he accumulated
enough money they would be married.
He has been sending her money, it is
said. at the rate of $25 a month, and
more as his means would permit, from
his earnings as blacksmith, but for
several weeks he has not heard from
her and the silence worried him. APP
parently he lay down, placed the dyna-
mite cap attached to q fuse under his
head, applied the match and awaited
results.
Almost the whole side of his head
was blown off. He was unconscious
when found.
He has no relatives here, but came
from the east about six years ago and
took up homestead. He was taken
to the Colville sanatorium.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
\ CURIOUS places and EVENTS


In England every day there is an
output of over 54,0O0,000 pins. Biz
mingham, the greatest center of the
industry, alone produces 100000
pins per day. The output of other pin
manufacturers in England is only
about half that of Birmingham In
France the daily production is 100000
900, while Germany and Holland pro-
duce 100000 per day. The total out
put for Europe each day is, therefore,
! 84,000,000.
1t is seldom that pin gets broken
or worn, and the question is, there
fore, Where do all the pins go to? 2"
The greater number of them get lost,
and there is no other domestic article
where there is so much waste by loss.
If every person in Europe lost pin
on every third day the daily loss would
represent over $4,000.
In former days the number of men
required to make pin was one of the
marvels of the manufacturing world,
but as with most other manufacturing
products, machinery has taken the
PAS"SO VI AiO1i, anu pms S"AN N~" PAN
duced very much faster.
The machines are SO perfect that
they cut the wire of which the pins
are made into pieces of the right
length, head, point, polish and sort
them. They are then put into another
machine, which aff1xes them to paper
at the rate of $4,000 to 100000 per
hour.
In the fourteenth century pins were
pins! They were not carelessly lost
as nowadays, or given as substitute
for farthing change. The law per
mitted that they should only be sold
on the first two days of January each
year, in order that they might not be-
come too common. 1t therefore became
the custom for ladies of all classes
to buy their years stock of pins on
these days, and the money given them
for this purpose by their husbands or
fathers was known as pin money
phrase that has survived to the pres
ent day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
RULES OF WAR ARE STRICT

The game of war is hedged round
by as many restrictions as a boxing
contest under Queensberry rules.
These. regulations, which are under
the sanction of all the civilized coun-
tries of the world, are designed to in
sure fair play for the combatants.
When it is intended to lombard a
place. due notice should be given, so
that all women and children may be
removed to a place of safety and
every care must be taken 70 spare
churches and hospitals, as well as all
charitable or educational buildings.
All chaplains, doctors. and nurses
are protected in every possible way,
and are not to be taken prisoners or
in any way injured.
Any soldier robbing or mutilating
an enemy is liable to be shot without
trial; and death is the penalty for
wounding or killing disabled man.
The bodies of the enemy are to be
carefully searched before burial, and
any articles found on them which
might lead to their Identification are
to be sent to the proper quarters.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
SHAFTS OF FRANCE COSTLY
Government Completes inventory and
Valuation of Many of Its Fa-
nous Monuments.

Paris.-All Americans who know
Paris will be interested in the result
of a curious inventory just taken by
the French government. The obJectS
inventoried were the national monu-
ments of France. The actual cash
value of each has been figured out, SO,
now, for the first time, it is possible
for the visitor to this country to real
ize, when he stands before the Louvre,
the Pantheon or the Elysee palace
exactly what sum of money it repre-
sents.
Many of these figures are stupen-
dous. Huge as they are they repre-
sent merely the brick and mortar
value of each building and monument,
"as it," to quote the official report
there were a question of construcS
ing them at the present day, without
taking into account the value of the
site" Nor, it might be added, of the
priceless value of the contents of the
buildings.
AS q result of this inventory, the
whole value of the national monu-
ments-from the Louvre itself to the
least valuable one in the list-the me-
mortal to Marshal Ney-is 1,795,245,-
498 francs, or roughly $3.50, O49,3OO.
The most valuable item in the list is
not. the Louvre, but the famous for
mer royal palace at Versailles, which,
as building alone, is worth over
$144,000,000.
The Louvre and what is left of the
Tuileries represents $56,S74,4OO and
the famous Paris opera house, $1O,-
100000. One could, it seems, rebuild
! the Pantheon for practically the same
figure, while the Luxembourg Is worth
ST. 900, and the Elysee palace, the
residence of the president of Paris, q
paltry $947 900.
Not so long ago Frenchwoman
millionaire desired to buy the Arc de
Triomphe, which Napoleon built to
celebrate his victories, and under
which the Prussians marched into
Paris, and to remove it on the ground
that it interfered with the view from
her bedroom window. She was in
formed that the arch was not for sale.l
Now it appears that the monument
would have cost her, as 1t stands, $4,1
100000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07

The human face is found in many
natural rock carvings in different parts
of the world, and almost every west
ern state has one or more of these ma:
tural statues, carved so perfectly by
the action of the elements as to be
startling in their expressions.
Perhaps none is more striking than
the Monks Head" in Coony Canyon,
New Mexico, a freak of nature that
brings out in clear profile a mans
face with the head appearing to be
hooded.
The figure is of giant proportions
and at little distance, sharply out
lined against the sky, it seems impos-
sible that it is not the work of some
ancient people who may have wrought
upon it with crude tools, yet obtaining
singularly strong and virile express
sion of countenance.
Fantastic tales are told by the New
Mexico Indians concerning the origin
of this rock head, and at one time it
was believed to have been worshiped
by the natives of the southwest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
HERS THE IDEAL HUSBAND
Home Five Nights Week, and Car
ries Wfe's Photograph Wherever
He Goes.

Grand Junction, Colo.-The ideal
husband and the ideal wife, as they
should be, have been discovered by
the Rev. Mr.. Marshall Pennesfield Par
ter an evangelist Of Chicago. The
Rev. Mr.. Parter says he spent the
last three months visiting with more
than 100 families in different parts Of
the country in an endeavor to find the
ideal husband and wife.
TIE ideal husband, according to the
Rev. Mr.. Parter, thinks of his wife
twice an hour when at work. He
spends five out of seven nights each
week in his wifes company.
He carries her picture in his watch
case.
He kisses his wife when he leaves
for his Office in the morning and at
noon and again when he returns from
work.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
ONE FISH FEEDS THE POOR

The valuable contents of a pixies
stomach furnished the means for a
festive supper to more than 400 poor
persons at Fuenfkirchen recently The
fish, contemporaries, was purchas-
ed in the fish market by Josef Aba
zoff, the manager OF the municipal
charity kitchen, and in the stomach
was found leather purse containing
gold, silver and nickel coins. The
mayor directed that part of the money
should be expended on a meal to the
poor, and a generous supper was
served, in which the voracious but
luck-bringing fish formed the leading
course
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
SLOT MACHINE. IS ANCIENT

It is astonishing, but nevertheless
true, that more than 1000 years ago
Egyptian priests were using a penny
in-the-slot machine, the mechanism of
which was practically identical with
that of the machines to be found ev-
erywhere today. The ancient ma
chine, the inventor of which was
Hero, was used for supplying sacred
water at the doors Of the temples. A
coin was dropped from the top, fell
on one end of a balanced horizontal
lever, which, being depressed, opened
valve suspended from a chain on
the other end, and the water thus be-
gan to flow. When the lever had been
depressed to certain angle the coin
fell off, and the lever, being weighted,
returned to its seat, and thus cut off
the supply.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
MUSIC CALLS DOG TO MEALS

Gideon B. Welsh, of Torrington,
Conn, judge of che court of common
pleas for LitcI.field county, has a
musical prodigy in Jack, an English
bulldog, which is called to it's meals
by selection played on the graph
ophone.
The dog will no longer heed its
masters whistle, but whenever the
graphophone plays the opera, "The
Poet and Peasant" Jack win respond
if within hearing distance.
Jack pays no attention to any Sc
lection except "The Poet and Peas
ant"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
RETIREMENT OF ANCIENT JON
Cavalry Horse Who Has Served 25
Years In Four Regiments Gets
Life Vacation.

Leavenworth, Kas.-Old Jon. the
favorite cavalry horse at Fort Leaven-
worth, after serving 20 years, has
been retired to the forts reservation.
to the regret of all officers. The ami
NAL has served in the Fourth, Sixth,
Ninth and Fourteenth cavalry. Capt.
w. T. Johnston of the Fifteenth cav
airy issued orders prohibiting anyone
from riding, driving or in any way
molesting old Jon in his well-earned
retirement from active service.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07

husband. On their return to the cot
tage Mr.. Murphy took seat at the
dining table.
There is no bread here" he said.
There must be-" she replied; Il
put it on the table before going to
meet YOU"
Looking outdoors they saw three
squirrels carrying the missing loaf of
bread up hillside in back of the cot
tage. The squirrels have been known
to remove the cover from the boil
err in which edibles are kept and get
away with two dozen doughnuts In a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
PECULIAR JUDICIAL DECISION

Judicial plumbers concerning insan-
ity in the impuisive paroxysmal dis
play with intervals of apparent san
ity under restraint come to light daily
through the press reports.
A man, Hans by name. IN Vienna,
Austria, about the fourth @t last Au-
gust shot his consumptive wife, imme-
diately thereafter attempting his own,
saying he could not see her suffer.
He was let off by the Judge with "a
fine of 50, not for the crime, the crime
was pardoned, but for unlicensed car
rying of firearms.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
MUCH TROUBLE IN WINSTED
Gang of Robber Squirrels Lift Boiler
Cover and Gorge Themselves on
Doughnuts.

Ninsted, Conn.-Rockfern, the sum-
mar home at Highland Lake of Louis
B. Murphy, jewelry merchant, is over
run with red squirrels, and dozen or
more box traps are to be set to catch
them. One evening Mrs. Murphy,
after placing edibles on the table,
started out on the lake to meet her
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
TIRED OF EATING CHICKEN

Henry Cartonberry, the curfew OFF,
Ger in Milbourne, w. Va, has quit his
job. In addition to keeping the chill
dren off the streets at night, Mr.. Car
tonberry was ordered by the town
council to kill all the chickens he
found roaming through the town in
the daytime. He was told to eat all
he killed. Mr.. Cartonberry tried kill
ing and eating chickens for thirty
days. Then he resigned, saying:
Conditions attached to the job are
too hard"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
FRENCH ARMY HANDKERCHIEF

The cotton handkerchiefs provided
for French soldiers have printed upon
them a number of sanitary precepts to
be observed on the march and during
a campaign, and are further decorated
with pictures Of officers of all grades,
so that French private can tell at a
glance to what grade any officer be-
longs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07

single night The family's meat bill
has almost doubled since they ar
rived at the resort because Of thefts
committed by the squirrels. Last sea-
son the cottage owner had the same
trouble, and got a cat to keep the
squirrels away, but one night a rae
coon came along and dined on the
cat
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-07
wills Body to Science.

Philadelphia, Pa.-The will of Miss
Lucy Hunter Bird, the wealthy Wash
ington society woman, filed for pro-
bate here, instructed that her body
be given to the medical profession for
the use of science. =