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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-08-22
prought Causes HeavY Loss.

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 21.-Lack
OF moisture is costing fruit growers
thousands of dollars daily. The
peach crop is maturing faster than
1t can be picked and marketed. The
drought is affecting the size of the
fruits, It's flavor and appearance.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-08-22

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 21.-Gov-
ernor O'Neal yesterday issued the
following supplementary statement
regarding his appointment OF Con-
gressman Henry D. Clayton to the
United States senate, to succeed the
late Senator Johnston:
when I appointed Mr.. Clayton I
did so upon the advice of eminent
counsel that had the right and that
1T was my duty to thus fill the va
cancy occasioned by the death of
Senator Johnston. / am still firmly
OF the opinion that Mr.. Clayton's ap.
pointment is valid and I shall con-
tinue to so believe until the senate
holds otherwise. I do not antlcipa te
such holding by the senate and 1
shall not, therefore, at this time,
consider any other course"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-08-22
Harrison Named For Governor of
the PHILIPPINES,

Washington, Aug. 21.-Repre-
sentative Francis Burton Harrison
CT New York has been selected for
governor general of the Philippines
by President Wilson.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-06
Nudity Would BE Better"

Absolute nudity in women is pref
cradle to the present fashion of
dressing, according to Rev. Stephen
A. Nettles, editor of the Southern
Christian Advocate, which publica-
tion in last weeks issue strongly de-
nounced what the editor calls "sen-
suality in woman's dress" Mr.. Net
ties says:
Somehow it seems that many wo-
men love to display their forms; it
ris gone so far that in some cities
laws have been passed forbidding the
appearance of women upon the
streets in certain styles of dress.
Really, we believe it would be
morally far better for the women to
follow the custom of many African
tribes, who are robed in nothing
more than beads Of perspiration,
than to wear these suggestive dresses
that many are now adorning their
bodies with.
Let the press and the pulpit and
the city councils and the State Legis-
latures, and the truly modest women
Of our land do all in their power to
avert the destruction being called
down upon our country by these dew
ilish costumes"
Mr.. Nettles says he believes that
zone Of the chief sources Of this de-
generacy Of modesty in our women is
found in the bathing custom and cos
tunes"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-06

Here and there throughout the city
panic appeared. Horses, driven
frantic by the wind and hail, dashed
through the streets in terror until
they were stopped by collision with
some other wind-strewn object. In
some of the office buildings and the
government departments disastrous
paniCs were narrowly averted.
At the bureau of printing and en-
craving, whore hundreds OF women
are employed, the wind, sweeping
through Il high window, sent a storm
of broken plate glass hurting
through the big press room. Eight
or ten women were cut by falling
glass, and one printer suffered severe
scalp wounds.
While the excitement was at it's
height the wind caught bundle Of
1000 one-dollar bills. half finished,
and swept it through the broken win
dow. The bundle was ripped to
pieces and the bills scattered far and
" Iut. INlltNIOl lNdltIh Hui ltu OUT d
force Of scouts, and after cOmbing
Potomac Park and the grounds Of the
Washington monument for miles and
fishing in the tidal basin nearby, all
but $75 worth Of the bills were re-
covered.
Another panic was threatened at
the pension office, where the light
ming ripped a corner off the roof, and
crashed in scores Of windows. Ano-
ther lightning bolt tore a hole in the
roof Of the post office building and
ripped open one face Of the big clock
in the tower.
The wind ripped fifteen heavy
panels from the floor of the historic
Old Acqueduct bridge, and a horse
was blown into the river, though the
driver escaped.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-06
Would Prove Great Accession.

(NewS and Courier, July 31.)
Rev. M. G. G. Scherer, pastor of
st. Andrews Lutheran church here,
was yesterday elected by the board
of trustees Of the Lutheran Theolog-
ical Seminary, at COlumEil, as a
member of the faculty. DR.. Scherer
is at present on a vacation, and it
was not possible last night to ascer-
tain his attitude toward the call to
the seminary. Members OF his con-
gregation are hoping they will not
lose his services as pastor. He has
been notably successful in his work
in Charleston, and st. Andrews has
been achieving Splendidly since he
assumed charge Of the parish The
other professors of the seminary are
Rev. A. S. Voigt, ID. D., and Rev. l..
G. VI. Miller, D. D. DR.. Scherer is
considered one of the church's strong
est theOlogians and would, it is be-
lieved, make great accession for
the seminary.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-06
Chester Woman browns Self.

Chester. July 31.-Mrs. Mary Rob-
ertson, OF Lando. committed suicide
Monday afternoon by jumping in the
mill race, after having carefully tied
rock weighing 7h pounds in her
apron and having fastened this
apron around her neck. Some boys
short distance below where the
woman leaped in heard the slash
and rushing up the stream found her
shoes on the bank, which caused
them to sound the alarm. After 40
minutes OF diving tthe body was
brought up by Fred Heffner, who
lays claim to having either recovered
or rescued eleven persons.
Mrs. Robertson was 26 years Of
age and was native Of Waxhaw, n.
c. She was apparently in the best
OF health, and the cause that led her
to commit suicide Is not known.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-06

accepted by Mr.. Graves as reflec-
ton upon himself, making him a
party to the offense against a men,
ber acting under his constitutional
rights. He felt called upon to take
up the quarrel, and challenged Cilly
to fight with him. The challenge
was accepted, the duel was fought on
February "a, 1888, and Cilly was
killed. After a long investigation
and heated debate, in which the duel
became an excuse as well as a cause,
the whole matter was laid on the
table. 1t vas contended that dueling
by members had been frequent and
ignored by the House. 1t was fur
ther contended that Mr.. Graves had
not challenged Mr.. Cilly for words
spoken in debate, but because he had
been innocently the messenger Of Mr..
Webb, and by the code he was COM
PEELED to take up the quarrel of his
principal when Cilly refused to fight
with that gentleman.
A Fight with Quill Pens.
The troubles Of the floor were not
always between members Of the
House. In the summer Of 1886 the
fight was between two newspaper
men who had been admitted to the
floor to report the proceedings. They
had disagreement, which became a
fight with quill pens, and then with
canes, and they fought all around the
hall, among the members, until the
sergeant-at-arms took them into GUS
tody. They were censured by the
Speaker.
The anti-slavery agitation preced-
Ing the Civil War produced MANY
personal encounters. In 1851 Rep
resentative Brown, of Mississippi,
made a speech defending States
rights, and Representative Wilcox,
Of the same State, took issue with
him, charging false statement by his
colleague. Brown slapped the face
OF Wilcox, and they had a fight then
and there, but both afterward apollo
the matter.
In 1856 Representative Galusha
Grow, Of Pennsylvania, and Repre-
sentative Keith, of South Carolina,
had a bitter controversy, in which
the latter called Grow Republican
puppy" and Grow retorteo with "ne-
gro driver" There was a free fight on
the floor, and among those who be-
came involved were Elihu B. Wash
burn, Of Illinois; his brother, Cad
| Wallader Washburn, and Representa-
| tive Potter, Of Wisconsin; Represen-
| tatiye Barksdale, Of Mississippi, and
several others. In this instance pas
sion gave way to ridicule when Cad
wallader Washburn seized Barksdafe
/ by the hair and lifted the whole poll
from perfectly bald head. Waving
the wig in the air as a wild Indian
might wave a scalp, Washburn dane
ed about the floor until the whole
House was ccnyulsed with laughter,
and the fight was forgotten. Potter
was afterwards challenged to mortal
combat b. one OF the Southern men,
and he named Boston Common as the
place for the duel, with clapboards
for weapons. This sense of the RI
dtcuious again spoiled the serious
ness of the quarrel.
There have bsan few personal on
counters in the House during the
sessions in recent years, although
there have been many sharp ex-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-06

Sault was not on a member, but on
the Presidents secretary. A resolu-
ton was finally adopted, declaring
that "the act was violation of
privilege and merited eensure, but
that no further proceedings be
taken"
Again, in 1882, Samuel Houston,
the turbulent patriot whose name
adorns Statuary Hall. waylaid Repre-
sentative Stanberry, of Ohio, and
punished him for some remark in
debate few days before. Hous-
ton had sent a challenge to Stan
berry. which was ignored. He then
met Stlnberry on the street and
struck him with a cane. Stanberry
reported the assault to the House
and an investigation was ordered.
This raised the constitutional point
as to whether a member of Congress
should not be protected under the
guarantee Of the Constitution that he
could not be held to account any
where for words spoken in debate.
Houston was called to the bar of the
House and put on trial. He admit
ted the assault and sought to justify
1t, but he was censured by the House.
He had been a member of Congress
from Tennessee, but had resigned,
afterwards went to Arkansas, then to
Texas, became commander-in-chief
OF the Texas army, was elected first
President Of the Texas Republic, and
first Senator from the Lone Star
State. HoustOn's attorney in the
contempt proceedings before the
House complained that one of the Of
fcers of the House controlling the
press had prejudiced the case. He
said: "While the accused is held in
silent and submissive durance by one
of the officers of the House, another
OF its officers is daily pouring upon
him all the overlooking of his wrath
and doing everything to excite a de-
gree of indignation against him
| which would make fair hearing OF
his case impossible"
Houston's assault on Stanberry
grew out Of the feud between the
friends and opponents of Gen. Jack
son, and such assaults were common
in that period. Sometimes the quar-
| rels were between members Of the
House, and sometimes between men,
bers and outsiders, who did not hesi-
tate to call men to account for words
used in debate on the floor. Gene
| rally resentment took the form of a
| challenge to duel, and If the mem
| Der did not choose to fight he was
liable to attack and punishment as
a coward. One Of the most serious
| results Of quarrel over words spo-
ken in debate was the death of Rep
| resentative CilIy, Of Maine, in a duel
| with a personal friend, Representa-
tive Graves, of Kentucky. The two
men had no quarrel, and no other ex-
cuse for duel than the niceties OF
the code. A New York newspaper
had made charges Of corrup tlon
against certain members OF Congress
and in moving a resolution Of in.
quiry Mr.. Cilly made statements re.
fecting on the character of the edi.
tor, James Watson Webb, who came
to Washington and challenged him,
The challenge was carried by Rep.
resentative Graves, but Cilly refused
to receive challenge from Mr.. Webt
or anyone else who undertook to cal
him to account for language used In
debate on the floor lofttbe House. The
refusal to- accept the challenge was
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-06

Love may make the world go
round, but sometimes it takes mar
riage to square it,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-06
The Best Hot Weather Tooic

GRovE'S TAsTEI, ,tssS chill + coNIc euriebea IN.
blood. builds up the whole system and viii Svon:
derfuiiy strengthen and fortiiy you TO vithstand
the depressing eject of the hot svmsper. : Soc, :
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-06

L(continued lon seyen.h RageD
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05
Farming Notes

BY A. w. PALM, superintendent
Summer pasture all winter long
wouldn't be SO bad would it? silage
makes a mighty good substitute.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05
State Marksmen in
Annual State Meet

Sisseton, June 3.-Amateur marks
men of eastern and northern South
Dakota are gathering In Sisseton to
attend the annual amateur tourna-
ment Of the State Sportsmen's asso-
citation, which will open Tuesday
morning and continue through Wei
nesday. The tournament will be held
under the auspices Of the Sisseton
gun club. The chief trophies to be
shot for are the G. H. ArIand cup, the
Sfsseton gun club handicap and the
Amateur High Run cup. The Inter
state association contributed 500 20
the premium fund which means s5
additional in. each regular event. On
the opening day there will be a 10
event shoot of fifteen targets each, to
which the entrance fee is $1.00. The
Sisseton gun clubs handicap cup
shoot includes fifty targets with a SIS
entrance fee, rules to govern. On
Wednesday there also viii be a no.
event shoot Of fifteen targets each,
the same as Of Tuesday. The Arland
trophy event will be one Of twenty
five targets and the entrance fee is
$3.50. There will be a special event
of twenty-five targets with $40 added
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05
The Farmers Hold
Enthusiastic Meeting

The meeting called by the local
grange to consider the a~dvisability of
establishing a cooperative Touring
and cold storage plant, was held Tues.
day at the Commercial club rooms in
this city. A goodly number of dele
gates and farmers who are interested
in farmers elevators were present
and the meeting was considered very
successful. The mater Of the Water
town grange presided at part Of the
session and H. L. Loucks also occupied
the chair a part of the time.
Addresses were made by John T.
Belk of Henry, J.. B. Hanten, W. H.
Stokes, P. L. Belts, and H. L. Loucks,
all of which were well received.
Committees were then appointed to
proceed along the idea suggested by
the call for the meeting, these COM
mittees to report at a subsequent
meeting to be called by the chairman.
The following We're named rs a com
mittee on the cooperative Touring
mill: John T. Belk Of Henry, George
Carson of Bradley, Mr.. Gray of Clark,
Porter Dawson of Altamont and Will
liam Seipp, Nick Kirsch, and ]. B.
Hanten of Watertown.
The committee on the creamery
and cold storage proposition wa not
named, but will be selected later by
the chairman Of the meeting.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05

OF course, after you have bred your
corn carefully for a few years you will
get rid Of these uneven kernels be.
cause good seed ears will not produce
poor corn. The uneven kernels are
good enough for feed, but they are
Objectionable for seed because they
will not feed evenly through a planter.
II you have a large acreage to plant,
a corn grader is a good Investment.
This will help you to get out the UNI
even kernels. The object is to get
a good stand and the yield depends
upon how good the stand 1t. This be-
ing the case we should do everything
possible to get a good stand.
There are two kinds of planters, the
fall hill drop and the edge drop.
Most of the modern planters are made
with the edge drop and with even corr
they are more accurate than the full
hill drop. The planter plate turns ex-
actly three notches for each hill, and
if the corn is even, it will plant ex,
actly three kernels. The superiority
of the edge drop planter is due to Its
accuracy, but If some condition such
as eve seed interferes with Its ac.
curacy it would be better to use a full
hill drop.
There are three methods Of plant.
ing; listing, drilling and checking. We
have not very much experimental data
on the subject, but the indications are
that best results can be obtained by
checking corn unless 1t is wanted for
some special purpose, such rs silage,
or in case of trouble with blowing
soils of conservation Of moisture in
light sandy soils, then listing is ad.
visable.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05
Peace is in Danger
Continued from Page ]

f
matter can be found than that we are
suggesting-the sale of the islands to
the Japanese at cost.
Japan would give the Filipinos "a
splendid government-better, I be-
lieve, than would any other nation
under the sun except our W gov
eminent. No one can visit the Phil
ippines without feeling pride for what
America has done for that people
and done in so unselish and noble a
manner, as an elder brother amongst
them. If the move I am suggesting
Under no circumstances would l favor
turning the Philippines over to the
domination of a barbaric people. The
Japanese are not barbarious, but hign-
ly civilized.
My discourse in Washington on the
25th, "Peace Desirable, War a Neces-
aity,t was evidently misunderstood
by some of my peace friends. While
| claimed that nations have never
been able to avoid war, and that they
never will be able to wholly avoid it
until the Inauguration of Messiah's
Kingdom, nevertheless / believe that
all lovers of peace should unite their
hearts and voices and pens and every
energy in removing all unnecessary
friction between nations, by doing III
advance those things which would
make for peace, and by promoting
them, if the move I am suggesting
were delayed until the Japanese had
made an attack upon the Philippines
it would be too late. American pride
would never consent to an overture oi
sale under stress; nor would the Jap
anese probably be willing to purchase
then. Now seems to be the psyche
logical moment, and, as stated al
first, il seems best chat these suges.
ions should come from an ambassador
of Christ, rather than from a polite
ian of any party, SO that partisan feel
ing may not interfere, but our nation
as a whole approve and uphold anG
carry speedily forward this peace-pro
noting measure. 1 call for its en-
dorsement by peace societies and I'll
who believe that war should be only 8
last resort.
Faithfully yours,
A servant of the Lord Jesus Christ
&C. T. Russell.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05
PELICAN

Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Holmes and
Fred and Mable Ferris spent Sunday
with their brother, Albert McComb,
at Broekside Farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Elfring visited at
the Thiede home Sunday.
Mrs. Blanche Graves and Grace I'd
wards OF Waterfowl, were in the
n~eighborhood Sunday.
Mrs. Ernest Boyd spent Wednesday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Ferris.
The Misses Mildred and Margaret
Kogle, were the guests OF Mable Fer.
ris Monday and Tuesday. The young
ladies were former pupils OF Miss
Ferris and came down to attend the
closing exercises of her school.
The Misses Hazel Mclaughlin, Hell
en- Zimmerman, Alice, Catherine and
Julia Loesch spent Sunday with Miss
Mable Thiede.
Fritz Elfrlng and Jack Mccormick
visited at the Jensen home Sunday.
The Misses Pearle and Leona
Clough Of Minneapolis, arrived In
the neighborhood one day last week
to visit their mother, who has leased
n of Mrs. zamow's houses for the
summer.
pupils to Lake Pelican for an outing.
term of school Tuesday and took tho
successful. The master Of the water.
The party took dinner and supper
with them and spent the entire day.
Mrs. Ford Wait and Mrs. John Nit.
chell were shopping in Watertown
Saturday.
Mable Ferris enrolled Thursday Tor
a course at the WATERFOWL Business
College.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05

to go ahead and make UP a new set
OF roots to be cut off again the next
time through. If the first cultivation
is the deepest and the subsequent
civilizations a little shalIower each.
time through the corn roots will be
quite safe.
One of our friends from the west
end of the county said in a letter the
other DAY, What looks nicer than a
big field of well kept, clean corn?.
We have to admit that it is an in.
spring sight to behold. The more
weeds that are killed right on the
start will only mean that many less
later In the season. IA cultivated
crop in the rotation will help a long
ways towards cleaning the farm from
weeds.
Somebody In the county is going to
win the $500 cash prize for the larg-
est and best field Of alfalfa sown In
Codington county during the season of
1913. $500 will pay for at least 100
pounds of good alfalfa seed which
would be enough seed to SOW about
13 acres. Are you going to SOW any
this season? Then there is the $500
cash prize for the best stand on any
patch of at least an acre in extent.
And besides these cash prizes the
Better Farming Association will have
at its disposal ten thousand Grimm al
ffalfa plants and SO pounds Of Grimm
alfalfa seed to be distributed among
those who are really interested in al.
falfa and of course preference will be
given those who have had some ex
perience in handling the crop. Grimm
alfalfa seed has been selling at from
SOC to a dollar q pound this spring.
and w know OF instances where a
man refused a dollar a pound for his
Grimm alfalfa seed.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05
Best Method Of
Planting Corn Crop

The following article on the art Of
planting corn is furnished by the s.
D. experiment station, and is written
by Manley Champlin of that institu'
ton, and is well worth the reading OF
any person who is interested in the
growing Of corn:
Shell off the butts and tips and II
there are uneven kernels in the ear,
shell them off into the feed box, then
shell the remainder of the a into
the seed box. All seed corn should
be shelled by hand because in that
way you can get rid Of the uneven
kernels better than any other way.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05

ester, Minnesota. where Mf.NHagaerI
Will be examined by the hospital doc.
tors at that place. The mayor has
been having stomach trouble for saais
time, but for several weeks past he
has been suffering considerable and
he thought il was about time to lind
out what was the matter with his
stomach. His many friends in this
city and county hope that it will prove
nothing serious.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05
Jim is there and Over
with Coffee Making

James WEIGH, who formerly con-
Quoted the lunch at the Outlet,
has leased the little restaurant on
Midway and Is 0 ready for business
jim is a good restaurant nan and he
will have no trouble in getting his
share Of people to feed. He remark
ed to the Saturday News man the
other day: MY place is not very
large but am going to put up the
best cup Of coffee with real cream
that was ever put up III the city 81
Watertown. am there and over
when it comes to the coffee PROPOSE
ton
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05

money, with an entrance fee Of So
under the jackrabbit system. The
sisseton gun club offers fifteen mon
eys Of SIS each for fifteen highest ay-
erages in all events except the Arland
trophy.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05

Mrs. E. M. Barker went to st. Paul
Sunday, where she will meet her
daughter, Hazel Barker, who grad
uated from the College of ST. Cath
crime on May 18th. They will spend
a couple of weeks visiting friends at
Cannon Falls, MINI, before returning
home.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-06-05
LAWS. 4afa

The new session laws, passed al the
last legislative session. Bound Id
one volume. s1.50 each. Every eli.
zen should have q copy. For sale ID
this office.