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The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-11

Pay your Commercial club duesi
The club needs the money.
What's the use Of boosting
another fellows game if he won't
boost yours?
l am looking and longing for
your suit to clean and press.
Dixon, the tailor.
Dr.. G. E. DUNCAN returned this
week from ten days visit at var
sous points throughout the state.
Bill Edmund was up from Ston-
ington Thursday after a load Of
freight for w, A. Thompson, the
enterprising merchant of that
town.
There is limit to what man
will do for another and we claim
this limit was reached on our part
this week. We have printed stories
claiming tbat the Ford was the
largest car, the smallest car, the
tallest car and the shortest car
and have done so with but little
thought of the future. But now
Bill Heokethorn wishes us to print
that he actually honestly etc,
and all the trimmings-ran down
q coyote while driving q Ford.
We quit! It's all of, Bill, We
quit.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-11

II in need Of cleaning and presr.
ing, mail me your trouble.
Dixon, the tailor.
Have your Christmas pictures
taken now. Work guaranteed.
Studio over First National Bank.
Rice, the photographer.
All subscribers to this paper
should not forget that We are going
on a strictly cash in advance"
basis about the first Of the year.
An elegant line Of mems neck
ties. These make very accept.
able present for husband, father,
brother or anyone. Byars 4 Coffin.
The Catholic Ladies aid will
hold their annual bazaar and
supper on Thursday, Dec, 18th, in
the White building, one door south
Of Adamek's Jewelry store.
We now carry brand Of baking
powder made especially for Us, and
We guarantee same to give perfect
satisfaction or your money back.
The Cash Grocery.
All the members of the A. d.
Plank family, with the exception
Of Miss Irene, were quite i'll for
several days this week, they having
been stricken wite ptomaine poi.
soning.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-27
JANUARY WASH LINEN SALE.

Quality and reliability is our standard.
We stand and swear by it, that's why we
have prospered in Newberry while others
failed. Every article and reduction quoted
here is exactly as represented
72 inch full bleached Table Damask, hand
some designs, $3.50 value, special sale
price the yard -. -. ......Soc
70 inch bleached Table Damask worth
and sells elsewhere at $1OO, special sale
price the yard b. ...oSc
72 inch Cream Damask, $1,oO value, sale
1 lot Damask, full bleached, worth 65c
and 75c, choice ...4Se
TO OUT OF TOWN CUSTOMERS
We extend a cordial invitation to take
advantage of the savings. Come in person.
If you can we will refund your railroad fare
from any point within so miles where your
purchase amounts to $4,000 or more.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-27
PEPPERAL SHEETING 2sc YARD

Bleached Pepperal sheeting, 21-4 and
PIP yards wide, as long as so pieces last,
with a limit of 10 yards to the buyer, at
special sale price, yard -. -. ...2Sc
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-27
MILL ENDS IN TABLE LINENS

Remnants and mill ends all marked i'll
plain figures all piled on a centre bargain
table, at choice one-half price.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-27
40 INCH SEA ISLAND e1-2c

40 Inch Sea Island, smooth quality, free
from moths, full 40 inches wide, Size
quality, sale price, limited Is l'2e
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-27
SHOES SHOES

Every pair of Shoes in the house will be
sold at a big reduction We need the room
for new goods now on the way.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-27
SPECIAL BED SPREAD SALE

100 large white Bed Spreads. worth $1.75,
choice -. =. ..Sl'SS
so Bed Spreads, worth $500, $3.50 and
$500, choice at only =. .....$1.69
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-27
STANDARD PERCALEs 1Oc.

. cases Standard Sc inch Percales, 2 to
10 yard lengths, the finest goods; neat de-
signs in checks, stripes and figures. the
kind you always pay II 1-2c and 15c, sale
price .1Oc
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-27
PEPPERALL sHEETING 25e YARD

Unbleached Pepperal sheeting, full 80
inches wide, as long as the lot lasts, with
limit of 10 yards to the buyer, at special
sale price, the yard -. a.. ......2oc
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
SAYS RICH CHILDREN NEED MORE LIBERTY

nearly nine. mo, no one ever thinks
that they are mine,," she admits, but
you see my eyes and hair are dark
and they are all fair. They think Of
me more as a sister than a mother,
anyway, I'm afraid. But don't mind
climbing fire ladders and being cap:
tured by Indians II 1t makes them
happy. ~ ..H
Il didn't know. how to play boys
games at first, but William, the Sec
ond boy, was very delicate for time
and had to have a trained nurse.
George. the oldest one, had an English
governess, and the first thing l knew
both children were afraid to speak
aloud.
Il was perfectly desperate, 80
packed of all the servants at once
and we all learned to play. Mr.. Hearst
had the hardest time, because he had
had no brothers and had never really
learned himself. But he studied up
parlor magic and l believe the chill
dren consider him quite entertaining
now. And Momsie as they call me. ID
almost as good as real playmate"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19

each other; first, the old regime IL
Porflrio Diax, then the administration
of Madero. and finally the regime Of
Huerta.
O'Shaughnessy, was nrst appointed
BY. Roosevelt in:.1904 as secretary to
Copenhagen at the age OF twenty-sev-
en-. He was one of those rich young
fellows In New York city who ran to
clothes, tennis and money.
His family was anxious for him to
get into the diplomatic service. The
appointment was contrary to the judy
ment Of the Republican senators from
New York. but Roosevelt pushed 1t
through anyway.
In 1905 he was transferred to Berlin
as third secretary and played tennis
with the crown prince. Two years
later he went to Vienna, where he
stayed four years.
He was offered the appointment as
Minister to Bucharest, but his friends
were displeased with this and held the
appointment up. For discipline he
was given the second -secretaryship to
Mexico, a distinct step downward. so
1t was then thought.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
REDFIELD IS A CRITIC OF "STRENUoUS uFE''

have advocates of peace who are fluent
in speech regarding the horrors Of
strife he continued. yet. while one
must sympathize with those who have
lost dear ones in battle, are we as elo-
quent and active as respects the many
that are slain In industry? We mourn
the dead Of Vera Cruz. but in the first
three months OF this year there were
slain several times that number In
the industries of Massachusetts, with
out great public grief, while the grisly
list Of dead from automobiles makes
our occupation Of Vera Cruz look rel
atively like a pleasure excursion.
Il doubt II either state or, nation
is as yet sufficiently effective In
thought ION these matters to provide
at once, let us say, as many millions
for public health as we would provide
for q railway in Alaska, or for addi-
lions to our navy. approve both the
railway and naval additions, but 1t
seems to me effective thinking would
place at least as great weight upon
the value of our men and women ~,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
ACCEPTS WHAT IS GOOD IN AMERICAN STYLES

where both my father and my husband
were connected with the consular
service but We were in Picking during
the revolution which overthrow the an
cient empire and from my windows I
could hear the cannon booming over
the capital. I could even see the
smoke and hear the awful din which
accompanies war.
II must confess that have been al
ways curious about the mysteries Of
the American womans toilet, the con-
fusing number of garments, the end
less accessories. In New York. Of
course, wore our national dress, and
l must admit that I still cling to my
old way whenever am DESTROYS Of
being really comfortable.
you see, we have learned the phi
losophy Of being always at our ease
and our soft, flowing robes make for
it more than the curious fashions
which are now in vogue. Even cere-
monial dressing with us is a brief
labor compared with the ordinary
dressing in the western garb."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19

provides for the moving OF certain
portions OF the merchantable stand.
It 10 already provided. however. that
this removal shall be In accordance
with the best forestry prActises, %
that there il not only no danger OF
forest destruction but provision 10
made for q natural restocking which
should be an Improvement on the
present stand. The area contains I'M
provements In the form of buildings'
roads, and trails. which will greatly
help in the administration OF the for.
est by the government. - :.
Members Of the commission look
upon this 40 the best purchase which
has yet been authorized. because the
forest is In the finest possible condi'
ton and less than three-tenths OF ono
per cent can be classed ~ burned
over land. The price too II lower
than the average paid for all iands
which have bee1 acquired heretoiofe.
With this purchase, and with others
just approved. the total area approved
for purchase under the Weeks law IN
the eastern mountains Is 1,0o7'ooo
acres. The officers Of the commas
sion are the secretaries Of war; agn'
culture. and the interior. Senators
Gallinger Of New Hampshire ana
Smith Of Maryland. and Congressman
Lee of Georgia and Hawley Of Oregon.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19

But this was OShaug hnessy's great
opportunity. A month after his ar
rival In Mexico City things began to
warm up. It was Just at that time
that Diaz fed and the Mexican post
became the most delicate in the diplo-
matte service. 81.
During Madero's rule O'Shaughnessy
became extremely friendly with him.
but when Huerta achieved the presi-
dency, the American charge quickly
cultivated 4 personal relationship with
him. %S..' .-s95'
O'Shaughnessys view seemed to be
that while 10000 or 10000 Americans
lived in Mexico. most Of them directly
extending American trade with this
country, they always should have in
him friend at court. In other words,
he was forever trying to establish an
influence with the Mexican govern.
ment whatever that was.
After the removal Of Henry Lane
Wilson as ambassador last July, no
one was appointed TO succeed him.
and O'shaughnessy became charge
d'afaires.
1t is believed he made no represen-,
tations as to the policy Of recognizing
the Huerta government. Certainly II
he did they were never known outside
the state department and cabinet.
But all during this trying period
his personal relations with Huerta re-
NAMED friendly. though, OF course.
political relations frequently came
near the breaking point.
John Lind was sent to Mexico as
the presidents personal representa-
tive, but except for ten days In the
capital he remained at Vera Cruz, 800
miles away, and negotiations with
Huerta we're carried on directly
through O'Shaughnessy.
There we're dozens of times when
an open break meaning war with the
explosive alcoholic old Indian dictator
might have been precipitated. but
'Shaughnessy realized this was what
the home government did not then
want and STAYED 1t of.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
Beef and Lamb croquettes.

One cupful cold meat, three-quarters
cupful boiled potato, one small onion.
two sprays of parsley; put all through
chopper; then melt two tablespoonfuls
butter and mix we'll with it two table
spoonfuls -four; add when well blend
ed one cupful Of, milk, little at q
time until sauce is good and thick;
add to sauce other ingredients, salt
and pepper to tacte, and a pinch Of
sage or poultry dressing. Mix all to-
gether and set aside to cool. Shape
into small cones or balls; be sure
not to have them too large. Then
roll in bread crumbs; then into the
white Of an egg, which should have
one tablespoonful Of water beaten into
1t slightly; then into crumbs again,
and then set aside until meal time.
Fry in deep fat until well Drowned,
turning over all the time. Try fat
with small piece of bread, and If it
will brown while you count As, it 10
ready. Cook four croquettes at
time.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
An lmprovised Steamer.

II you have not steamer very
good make-shift is to rut your pudding
mixture in small round tin pan.
Tie a string around this just below
the rim and fasten two long loops to
it, one on each SIDE
Put this pan in an ordinary sauce.
pan, big enough to hold it, and pour in
boiling water enough to come about
half way up the inner pan.
Pull up the loops of string, let them
hang down outside the saucepan and
put on the cover
The strings are to be used for han
dies to take the pan out Of the boiling
water when the pudding is done.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
"JoHNNY o'BRiEN."

A Washington mother recently no
ticed a quiet, plainly dressed little lad
who came in occasionally to play with
her two small sons Johnny O'Brien,"
as she understood his name to be, had
asked his two little friends to come
to his house, but their mother always
forbade it, taking 1t for granted that
his home was in some poor neighbor'
hood-even poorer, perhaps, than her
own.
One day, however, she came upon
her seven-year-old strolling in forbid
den territory.
What are you doing here?" she
asked, "and what are you eating?"
Cookies" he confessed. "You see,
it's reception day at Johnny's, and we
had to go in the back way. The cook
gave US these.
Reception day at Johnny's" she re.
peated, why. who receives at John
ny's house?"
His grandmother" nonchalantly,
land today his grandfather is there
Mother, they've got rooms you could
put our whole house in, and the gas
fixtures all sparkle like diamonds.
and"
But who is his grandfather"
"Only a big fat old man with a bald
head and a hooked nose. but Johnny
says he's sec"
"O'Brien, O'Brien,' she muttered,
trying in true southern fashion to
place the family.
mo, mother" rather YEARLY. you
always get it wrong. His name is
Bryan, not O'Brien, and Johnny says
his grandfather is secretary of state!'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
NEW NET WEIGHT LAW.

The regulations for the carrying out
of the so-called net weight law. which
compels manufacturers to make
clear statement of the weight, volume
or contents of their packages OF food'
we're signed May II by the secreta-
ries Of the treasury, agriculture ana
commerce. These regulations apply 10
foods shipped in interstate commerce
or sold in the District of Columbia or
the territories. The regulations as
signed become effective at once, al
though the law, passed March 3, 1919.
as an amendment to the food ana
drugs act, defers the eEacting OF penal
ties for violations until September O.
1914.
The regulations, in general, require
that the manufacturer Of foods shall
plainly mark all packages. bottles or
other containers holding more than
two ounces avoirdupois. or more than
one fluid ounce, to show the net
weight or volume OF the contents. The
measure must be stated:1n avoirdupois
pounds and ounces, United States gal
Ions, quarts, pints or fluid ounces
United States standard bushels, half
bushels, pecks, quarts. pints or half.
pints. The contents by like method
may be expressed in terms Of metric
weight or measure. The volume OF
liquids must be computed at 6S de-
grees Fahrenheit.
The quantity stated on the contaaner
must represent the actual quantity
of food exclusive of wrappings and
container.
In general, solids must be stated IN
terms of weight and liquids In terms
of volume, except that where there Is
a definite trade custom otherwise any
marking OF the package in terms that
are generally understood to express
definite quantities will be permitted.
The quantity of viscous or semi.solid
food or OF mixtures Of solids and
LIQUIDS may be stated either by weight
or measure, but the statement must
clearly indicate whether the quantity
is expressed in terms Of weight or
measure.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
Rooster Commits Suicide.

This is the story Of the pathetic
finish OF q rooster who refused to oh
serve the Wisconsin eugenic statutes
He was an imported brown fellow
a gamecock owned by Harvey Some.
man, and he now lies in grave. This
is the reason: $3.50 a.
Mr.. Gamecock was head OF q focA
of hens, but in the brood from which
the hens were Matched we're couple
OF ducks, and the gamecock and the
ducks became boon companions.
All winter they fed together, but In
the spring the hens asserted their
rights. In their jealousy. they pecked
at the ducks, and the latter were SO
severely injured that 1t was necessary
to kill them. r.. 8
Then the rooster ended his life by
wilful Observation-Disclosures Senti
mel. =, ...':5-. ..'~..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
SOME REAL LABOR SAVERS
Methods by Which Efficient Work
May Be Done In Comparatively
short Time.

Il 10 q trying task to cut gowns or
skirts Of crepe de chine, silk muslin.
soft silks or any material which has
tendency to draw or slip on the table,
and II you would greatly obviate the
difnculty OF cutting such goods. hrst
cover the table with . felt or heavy
cloth. H.. .s...~.-.=r ~, s... ,u..y... b..
In renovatiug feather pillows. frst
open one corner Of the ticking and
pour boiling water In. This renders
the feathers kind of pulpy, wet mass.
which can be easily handled. Have
ready some soapy water and take tho
feathers out and thoroughly wash
them In this, using more soap II nee
essary. Then thoroughly rinse them
in several waters and put back into
the washed cover and hang 1t out In
the hot sun.
With q long, clean stick you can
turn them occasionally through the
opened corner. As the suns heat
dries the feathers they will swell to
fill the cover and be wonderfully light
and fluffy and perfectly clean without
being scattered at all. which inva-
riably happens when they are handled
dry.
A neat and very satisfactory way to
keep patterns Is to file them away In
. ascent letter file. Kept this way
(flat, they are not found rolled or
torn when the housewife needs them.
and they are very easily found II the
patterns of one class are fled away
together.
Some housekeepers aver that II
room Is filed with smoke it can be
easily cleared by waving above ones
head a towel that has been wrung out.
Used in a tanning fashion, 1t is said
to accomplish the work in few min
utes. Only little vinegar in a small
quantity Of water is required for the
wetting Of the towel.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
Modern Fashions.

Mme Joire, the American represent
alive of Pacquin, said to New 1ofh
reporter:
I'm sorry to confess II, but INC
bodice which makes the most lioefn
revelations and the skirt which MAKE
the most liberal revelations, are eo'ns
to continue popular for long ume
among girls and women who are beau
tiful.
"A beautiful girl asked me yester
day: -
How are skirts worn now, ms'
ame? ....,. -.
"'Round the shoulders said IS
"And bodices? she asked
Round the knees I answered
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
FofIed by First Slayer.

William Berry, aged sixty. admitted
he had come here from his home IN
Georgia to kill William Harrell, who,
he said, had caused him to be sent to
the penitentiary by false testimony In
q perjury suit in Oklahoma City five
years ago.
Berry, Who said he was a Civil war
veteran, declared he was recently re.
leased from the Kansas penitentia' J.
He came here only to find that Hart
rell had been killed several years ago
In Ell Paso by an editor with whom he
had quarreled.-El tPaso, Tex, dit
match to the New York World.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
Prune Jelly.

Prunes are frequently ordered by
physicians, and If the patient rebels
at the plain stewed dish, try prune
jelly. Wash half a pound Of prunes
and soak them overnight In cold wa.
ter Next morning set them over the
stove in an agate pan, cover with half
q cup of water and bring to the boiling
point. During this process soak a
quarter of a box of gelatin in half
cup Of cold water. When it is dis
solved add it, with a quarter Of cup
Of sugar, to the prunes. Now press
the mixture through a colander into a
mold and stand aside for three or four
hours to harden Serve with cream II
the diet list permits.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19

Why, when my sister and were little
we used to get out with our doll car.
riages and really play with the other
children ON the block. We had q
nurse, but she wasn't always leading
US about by the hand, though we lived
right here In New York.
Eyes, / really can remember" and
Mrs. Hearst laughs infectiously over
the fact that she Is astonishingly
young and girlish looking to be a
mother of three sons, one Of whom Is
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
Reasons for Funeral.

A Birmingham man, arm IN -
with an old friend, revisiting nls =.
tive place, after an absence OF man.
vears WAS discussing old times, Nne.
the returned one began a series =
questions az to the friends OF o1ns'
days. amt
"Teil me-" said he, about your 49, :,
old Mrs. Blank. She must be r~e'
feeble now" =. "a
I'VE buried her last year. 'A''
other. ?. .ha old
lady dead7" od her..
Eyes; that's why we our'e' ia
was the response. ,.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
coaI.Rlack Tulip Soon.

A London item reads: A black tulip,
which has been dream Of horticul-
turists ever since Dumas wrote Of
such a mythical flower, has been very
nearly realized. At the flower show
in Horticultural hall a specimen Of
tulip has been shown which has such
a dark plum color that it might at first
slance be mistaken for black flower.
Its growers declare they will be able
to exhibit specimen almost coal
black next year.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
1usklsh Baths.

The proper way to take Turkish
bath 10 to devote plenty Of time to the
process. On entering stay In the first
room, the moderately hot one, Until
al feeling OF oppression has passed OF
Then move on into the second. the hot
room. as II ID called. The third one,
called the oven, should seldom be
used, as the hest Is too intense to be
safe. 1t Is best to be content with q
mild perspiration at first and to stay
III too short a time rather than too
long. People are apt to think that the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19

more they perspire the better they
will be, but that Is not the. case. and
what is more, there Is an element Of
danger in prolonging the pSocess. Ia
ken quietly and with discrimination.
Turkish baths are one Of the greatest
boons to suffering humanity New
York Telegram.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19
Coeoanut Rice Mc,id.

Boil one pint of milk; stir in three
tablespoonfuls Of well-washed rice; al
low to cook till the rice is quite soft;
add three tablespoonful Of sugar, two
heaping tablespoonful finely chopped
cocoanut and one-half tablespoonful Of
gelatin which has been dissolved. with
one-quarter pint of hot milk; allow to
cool. Stir in one-half pint Of whipped
cream and pour into wet molds. When
firm turn out on a dish. Serve with
cold stewed fruit
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-19

liam G.. Redheld,
secretary Of CON-
merce, told the
Brown university
students the other
day, in an address
on effectiveness"
1T is an infan->
tile view of indus
try which meas
ures its results by
either the dura-
ton or the extent
of the effort" he
said. Both, the
hustler and the
apostle of strenu-
BUSINESS have be.
come back num-
bers in their meth
DDS. They are to-