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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18

named the Black Prince, 'by terror of his
arms" according to Froissart. Black Saturday
fell on August ., 1921 on which day the Scottish
Parliament admitted Episcopaian customs Into
the Presbyterian Church. During the passage
OF the act, n violent storm darkened the heav-
ems, seemingly as a mark OF Divine displeasurc,
the historians say.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18
CURIOSITY SHOP

The wen-known phrase, "Who struck Billy
Patterson?" Is said to have originated 40 years
ago in a medical college in the Middle West.
II Is related that a student, william Patterson.
was blindfolded while being hazed, his head
placed on a block and the block struck with an
axe. When the hazers sought TO raise Patter-
son, they found that the shock had killed him.
The students were placed under arrest and the
question Of who struck Billy Patterson?'
arose and has remained with us ever since
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18
FRANCES CALL TO ARMS

Since the French troops entered Alsace
aud Lorraine, Paris has been rejoicing in
the prospective return OF the Lost Provinces
\ picture entitled after Forty Years" and
visualzlng the reunion by showing an AL
satan demoisele dancing with French
soldier, has been scattered broadcast on post
cards London Punch has observed the occas-
Ina these verses:
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Do Not Trust Him

LAURENCE STERNE wrote "Tristram
IL shandy." He also wrote some sermons.
In one of them the eth, he said: TRUST
THAT MAN IN NOTHING WHO HAS NOT
A CONSCIENCE IN EVERYTHING.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18

Judging from the tails among the allies as
tg the terms upon which they win permit
Germany % sue for peace II Is evident that
they have overlooked the dangers attending
n pre-tucubauon enumeration Of young pouI-
r~r-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18

All the British soldiers are being vacci-
mated against typhoid and smallpox before
going to the front, It might also be good
idea to shoot each Of them with q smalI-cali-
bred rife in order to protect them from the
gums Of the enemy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18

Mrs. Partlngton and her historic mop really
existed. She lived at Sdmouth, Devonshire,
England. In November 1924. a heavy gale
drove the sea waves into her house and she
labored with mop TO wash them back into
the ocean until she was driven into the upper
story by the water
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18
The Other Way About

First Stenographer-"Ou of job, are you?
Did the boss catch you nirting?"
Second Ditto-"No, l caught the boss that
way. You must come to our wedding, dear"
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Dangers of a Great City
REV. ALLEN VISITS
BUFFALO AND FALLS
Headline in Dunkirk, n. Y. exchange
Slnnlcr RefuIed

Recent events cast shade of doubt on
Mr. Kiplings remark as to the comparative
deadliness of the male and the female of the
species-Chicago Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18
Specifications Requested

The Boston Globe asks whether a man can
really love his neighbor as himself. DO you
mean the blonde next door, dear Globe, or
the auburn-tinted Venus across the way?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18
But George Fred Resigned

One fancies that Turkish Ambassador Rus
tam Bey is the George Fred Williams of his
country-ChicagO News
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All Right, Have 1t Your Own Wa

Young hubby has an awful ache,
With pain his tummy's rent;
His wife baked bread, and by mistake
For flour she used cement.
-Wapalkoneta, o., News.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18
FnIlv Recovered Evidently

"she was completely Frustrated and made
very i'll by his perfdy."
Did she recover"
Yes, $5O0O"-Boston Transcript.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18

VOU have never heard of Newsum, for he
i resides in Nashville, but he is living ex-
ample of the hustle and enterprise of the
new South. Newsum--whose other name is
unknown to fame-deals in automobile tires.
When the war broke out and the cotton
Planters were unable to market their staple
for ready cash. Newsum graspcd opportunity
by the forelock, swung himself i%to the meta
phorical saddle and rode to financial victory.
How? by simply accepting warehouse re-
ceipts for cotton as an equivalent for cash,
And a result of his faith in human nature
he placed Sl000 600 new business on his books
in few weeks Now he is advertising for
another 100000 in the way of trade and from
indications he will get it,
All Of which may be hint to our local
manufacturers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18

Those who have been contending all along
that the influence or the East is felt over
the country will find confirmation OF their
views I'm the market reports that since the
war bread is rising everywhere.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18

LNROM Ostend comes letter detailing
L bit Of war history which makes interesting
reading though utterly devoid of gore. An
American and his wife We're visiting the
famed resort when the war broke out.
Checks letters of credit, even Belgian bank
notes were refused in payment of debt The
American had just eight francs in gold, and
hunger was staring him and his mate in the
face-as well as the onrushing Germans.
Down the beach they wandered disconsolate-
ly. Soon they came face to face with the
brightly lighted Kursaal, where roulette and
rouge ct noir were in vogue. So they de-
cided to risk their all in one desperate tus-
sic with luck.
But the sign Admission five francs" faced
them. The wife dug deep down in her
pocketbook and ished out a five-franc piece,
placed there for eventualities. They went in
and placed their eight francs on No. 2S
They received So to one for their money
and lived on the gambled fortune until they
could get out of the war zone.
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It is reported that the Russian General
Reuneukamph wants TO make name for
himself i'm this war. But the one ne has
would seem enough for ordinary circum-
stances
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18

Reports from Berlin are 70 the effect that
the German outlook is still favorable. Moth
ing like being able 10 see the clouds silver
1iring
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18

Fritz KreisIer the vioIinist, is ON duty
guarding a bridge in VIENNA regular
bridge not a violin bridge,
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The war tax revenue bin is loaded with
dynamite. New taxes seldom pay politically,
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THERE is every likelihood that Robert
1 Strawbridge, well known as a member of
the Radnor Hunt Club and as a polo player
of -eminence, will be reelected master Of
hounds of the Hare and Hounds Club in
England. although he has still part Of his
second year to serve in this capacity.
To be master of hounds of Il British
hunt club is an honor not understood in this
country. Any American can be president,
for the constitution says so, but feiv Ameri-
cans are called to be master of hounds. And
yet Mr.. Strawbridge accomplished this with
a few years of transmigratoFy residence of
the British Isles by gentlentanly courtesy,
pood-fellowship and, perchance, his American
air of independence
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18

= is not surprising that the cutting into
the pork barrel should elicit loud squeals.
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N1INIE was when Americans were not well
i come in England. Ralph D. Blumenfeld,
editor and owner Of the London Daily Ex-
press, born in this country, had that
perience when he went to London to become
editor of the London edition of the New York
Herald. He fought the good fight and won,
and now he is a power in British politics and
journalism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18

(WHICH recalls that American idioms
w We're not known in Britain, either. An
American newspaperman wrote item
alleging that a certain Briton had "swelled
head" Within six hours the office was del
uged with learned epistles, quoting Lindley
Murray and all the other grammarians, to
the effect that it should have been "swollen
head
Since then England has made satisfactory
progress in the gentle art OF using slang.
HIHEY sat in a roof garden atop one of our
L hotels discussing and cussing the war
and its effects on trade. The German waiter,
Louis, brought the check for the luncheon.
Louis" said one Of the party, you must
have gathered enough gossip during your
many years Of waiting to write an interest
ing book"
II know enuf to wride book" responded
Louis, bud know also too much to wride
one" BRADFORD.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-26

ter of whom, with the Khedive's Sir
dar in 1898, destroyed the Mahdi fa.
natics of the Sudan, thereby render
ing Upper Egypt safe for civilization
and the tourist.
When the European war began the
present Khedive, Abbas Hilrni. was
celebrating his fortieth birthday in
Constantinople. He had been Khe-
dive since 1892 and was alwavs re.
garded as an encouraging patron of
British enterprise in Egypt, although
under the administration Of Sir Eldon
Gorst, Lord Kitchener's predecessor
as British agent, he became some.
what domineering and refractory.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-26
ABOUT SEVEN MILLS.
Comptroller Generals Talks OF Next
Levy of Taxes.

Columbia. Dec. 21.-'It will, take
around mills to meet the expenses
and tho DEFICIENCIES Of the State gov
ernment," said A. w. Jones. comp
troller general. yesterday in discuss
ing the finances Of the State. 81
can't tell just exactly the amount as
yet that will be required for the
government next year."
The claims committee several days
ago approved claims amounting to
more than 100000. The report by
this committee is to be filed with the
ways and means committee of the
house. Included in this amount was
a claim for 100000 presented by the
sinking fund commission.
The comptroller general will not
recommend sweeping change in the
tax laws. He will ask that tax COM
mission be created to study the South
Carolina tax system and make recon-
mendations for changes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-26
ENGLAND INTERESTED IN
CHARGES.
Addresses Note OF Inquiry In Regard
% Gocthals' Course In Canal Zone.

washington. Dec. 21.-Great Brit
am has addressed a note Of INQUIRY
TO the State department in regard to
Charges which that government al
isses Col Goethals had admitted were
haseiess against the conduct of GER
tain British collicrs In the waters of
the canal zone. The communication
implied that the British ship captains
wcre sharply treated.
So far Secretary Daniels has not
learned just what led to tho recent
dismantlement OF the radio apparatus
on . British collier at Panama. even
tho name Of the ship being unknown.
He has ordered n full report, which
will be laid before the State depart
ment.
Naval experts suggested today that
radio messages sent by British war
ships In the caribbean directly across
the isthmus TO other British naval ves-
sells In the Pacific might have been
attributed by the operators In the
naval wireless tower on the isthmus
to British colliers lying In canal
waters.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-26
INVENTS NEW MISSILE.
fOung Hammond Has Projectile That
Will Discharge Molten Steel When
1t Strikes.

Gloucester, Mass, Dec. PA new
type Of projectile, which would scat
ter a white-hot mixture Of molten
steel over the object OF attack, and
at the same time permeate the at
mosphere with deadly gas which
would make it impossible for fire
fighters to approach, has been invent
ed by John Hays Hammond, Jr, ac-
cording to a statement made by the
inventor tonight.
The new missile may soon appear in
the European war, as some Of the
belligerent nations are now negotiat-
ing for it's purchase, he said. The
is conducting experiments with the
new projectile at Sandy Hook, he add
ed
The missile is designed for use in
siege guns as an aid in destroying
towns and dirigible balloons.
Mr.. Hammond explained that the
missile carries an alumino-
thermic mixture which, five seconds
after the projectile is discharged.
turns the steel inside TO a white hot
mixture at temperature of $500 de-
grees Fair.
When the projectile hits the target,
the inventor said, it explodes. its
white-hot contents setting fire to
whatever inflammable material it
strikes. To avoid the possibility of
anyone in the locality quenching the
flames, Mr.. Hammond said, ke had
equipped the projectile with a cham
ber filled with hydrocyanic acid, the
fumes Of which are deadly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-26
TALKS WITH GREGORY.
President COnfcrs OH Contested Ap.
pOintmcnts.

Washington, Dec. 21.-Efforts to
straighten out differences between
President Wilson and Democratic
members of the senate over federal
appointments continued tonight at a
conference between the president and
Attorney General Gregory. Contested
appointment came under Mr. Greg
ory's jurisdiction and he was consult
ed by the president as to the legal
standing of men given recess appoint
ments and later rejected by the sem
ate. Mr.. Gregory declined to say
what conclusion had been reached at
the conference.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-26
TO AI0 CHARLESTON,
HOW TILLMAN SECURED CLOTTI.
ING FACTORY EXTEN.
SION,
Secretary of Navy Has Looked With
Favor Upon Factory ut Navy Yard
From Start.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Till.
man, who is greatly interested in the
success of the clothing factory at the
Charleston Navy Yard expresses par.
ticular personal satisfaction over the
fact that the whole Of Building No. 13
will be devoted to that work in the
future, as announced in The News
and Courier recently.
Back Of the brief announcement
involving the expenditure Of $4,000
for shed to give the general store
keeper space to Offset that which has
heretofore been allotted to him in
Building No. 13, there is an interest
ing little drama whose actors include
several Of the most distinguished Of.
ficials of the federal government.
When Senator Tillman wants a
thing done. he wants it done quickly.
If it can be done today, he does not
like to wait until tomorrow; and to
suggest waiting a year makes him
Acdiiy 1uTlOuS.
The plan proposed by Admiral Ed
wards for the extension Of the cloth
ing factory would have required the
construction of a new spur Of rail-
road track, and the $1,000 which this
would have cost would have required
a new appropriation by congress, Sen
ator Tillman said. That would have
meant n delay Of more than six
months. at tho least.
Senator Tillman preferred a plan
suggested by Rear Admiral Stanford,
chief of the bureau of yards and
docks. whereby practically the same
results could be secured by the con-
struction Of a shed to be paid for
out Of funds already on hand, If the
secretary Of the navy approved. So
the senator called in Paymaster Gen.
eral MCGOWAN, under whose bureau
of supplies and accounts the factory
is conducted, and Secretary Daniels
found himself visited at one time in
behalf Of tho Short cut" by the chair
man Of the senate committee on ma
val affairs. the .paymaster general of
the navy, and the chief Of the bureau
of yards and docks. When this
phalanx explained the situation to
him. Mr.. Daniels took the same
view and promptly signed the order
necessary to clinch the decision. The
secretary has from tho start looked
with favOring eye on the clothing
factory at Charleston and has always
been glad to help it along in any
way in his power.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-26
EXECUTED IN MEXICO CITY.
Member of Peace Convention Meets
Death,

San Antonio. Tex, Dec. 21.-Gen.
Guilcrmo Aragon, a member Of the
Aguas Calicntes Convention, and Col.
David Berlanga. secretary Of the mill
itary Chiefs Convention, were execut-
ed in Mexico City December 8. ac-
cording to advices reaching here to-
day.
1t was reported that Berlanga had
assailcd the actions Of Gutierrez, Viii
la and other leaders at meeting of
the convention
Gen. ArgOn. it is said, was accused
or completely I'm plot to destroy tele-
graph and railroad lines in North
Mexico to hamper the movements of
Villa troops.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-26

Blight Problem Solved by Rember:
Farmers-Sunday School Christmas
Tree.

Rembert, Dec. 23.-Possibly with
reduction in cotton acreage, with di-
versified farming, which is thrust up
on us, will come the correction Of
blight.
Speaking about that, there il little
doubt in my mind that it may be cor
rected by a judicious use Of surf
wods litter with the rotten mould.
Right here in Sumter county on
the outskirts Of Dinkins peninsula,
where so many good things happen or
are discovered, a citizen, who never
saw q college in his life, solved the
blight problem to my satisfaction in
the way I have indicated. Isaac Cato.
Rembert, S. c., Route 3, is the man.
He pretends to no great learning,
and wears no frills or f1ounces, but
is a plain, hard working, big hearted
man, as honest as the days are long.
Mr.. Williams, our demonstration man,
will do we'll to visit Mr.. Cato, and
make particular inquiry into his ac-
complishment
Vermelle Logan, daughter of Frank
Logan. colored, was bitten by a mad
cat the other day. 1t would not
have happened had the family allow
ed Frnak to shoot the cat when it
began to act strangely.
Miss Courtenay Atkinson, teaching
at CASTOR, S. c., is home for the holi-
days
Hoopee! the season for big dinners
on the peninsula is at hand, and for
the next two weeks 1 will be on q
strut. My how it taxes me! But can't
face Colonel jackson, because he
outclasses me, as an eater. 1 think he
is father to the expression that the
nearest way to a mans heart is down
his throat.
Theer is lot Of stealing going on
here, potatoes, chickens, etc. And do
you know certain long black and short
'yaller" rascals are spotted for it.
Some bright day when they are not
thinking Julian Scale or another will
drop down on them. And then what?
Just let the law take it's course Folks
are still planting small grain where
able to buy. A lot of moving among
tenants another year.
That Christmas tree with exercises.
of which has been made i'm
your columns, comes off Wednesday
night. 23rd at 7.3O p. NJ. at Bethesda
Methodist church. The public is in
vited.
"Hagood"
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REPORT MANY EXECUTIONS
Political Offenders arc Being Thinncl
Out in Mexico,

Ell Paso, Dec. 21.-Additional re-
ports of executions of political Offend
ers in the interior Of Mexico reached
the border today. Persons arriving
from Mexico said that sixteen men
had been killed at the national capital
in the last week. Reliable reports
from Chihuahua City said that 14O
persons had been killed there in tho
last month.
Several days ago Gen. Villas troops,
1t is said, took several prominent
prisoners to Chihuahua City from
Mexico City. 1t is not known If they
are numbered among the killed.
Among them were Gen. Miguel Del
gadO, a former federal commander,
and several other federal generals,
GuillermO TerraZas, Of the rich Chi
huahua family of that name, and
CastulO Baca, a rich resident Of Par
raj. Baca Is reported as held for
ransom. together with Luis Terrazas
Jr., who has been detained at Chihua-
hua City several months.
II. ID. Edwards, American consul
at Juarez, was asked today to in
vestigate the detention at Juarez Of
Albert Gonzales, said to be an Amer
lean citizen. Gonzales was arrested
on charge Of being a. spy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-26
OLYMPIA SAILS FEBRUARY Is.
Dcwcy's Former Flagship to Pacific
Exposition by Panama Canal.

Charleston. Dec. 22.--Instructions
were received today at the Charleston
navy yard to the effect that the cruis-
er Olympia. formerly the flagship Of
Admiral Dewey. Is ready to- sail for
the Panama Pacific exposition via
the Panama canal. on February Is.
The Olympia goes back into fun
commission OIL January 2 next. She
has been at the Charleston nav; yard
since 1912. during the last year Of
which period she has been IN ordi-
nary.
The Olympia will take her turn In
the local dry dock. as soon as the de-
stroyer worden. and the naval tug
waban. which are at present In the
basin. are unlocked. The destroyer
and tug will be taken out this week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-26
PLANS FOR PROHIBITION FIGHT
UNION OF FORCES FORMED AT
SPARTANBURG.
III Headquarters Committee and Anti
saloon League Consider Ways and
Means for Actiois-To Work To-
gcthcr.

Spartanburg. Dec. 21.--There was
union Of forces of the advocates Of
the Statewide prohibition here to-
night and the result Is a solid Z, ut
with harmony throughout. according
to q statement given out after a
lengthy conference between members
OF the headquarters committee Of the
Anti-saloon lague and a delegation
Of the league. The conference brought
agreement among the prohibitionists
where unit, today there had been diff
ferenccs a. disagreement as to the
best method Of procedure. There
were those who held that the ap-
preaching session OF the legislature
should be urged to pass a Statewide
bill without referring IL to the people,
while others advocated submitting the
question to the people of the stae.
For weeks two wings Of the league
have been working with a common
end In view but with different ideas
a to how II should be realized. This
state OF affairs brought many Of the
leaders In the cause on a hurry trip
to spartanburg this afternoon to con-
Ter with Rev. ]. L. Harley, superin-
tendsnt OF tho league. and members
Of the headquarters committee.
As result OF this meeting a mo-
ton was made by the Rev. ]. L. Har-
Icy that a committee Of ten be ap-
pointed. composed Of Ave members
from the headquarters committee of
the Anti-saloon league and FIVE others
10 meet In Columbia coincident with
the assembly Of tn legislature to
pres the passage OF Statewide pro-
hibition law to be ratified In q State
election. the election to be held dur
Ing the year 1915. and that the head
quarters committee Of the Anti-sa-
loon league be requested to have the
bill drafted and In readiness to be
presented to the legislature. in the
meantime petitions be circulated
throughout the State.
AZ Was agreed Dy the conference
that the Rev. J. L. Harley and DR..
c. Z. Burts serve as ex-oficio men,
bsrs. In addition to the ten. The
Ave members from the Anti-saloon
league. II was agreed. were to be ap-
pointed by Mr.. Harley. the other, five
~ DR.. purts. Mr.. Harley named the
following: G. p. Hammond. A. M.
DuPre. the Rev. c. c. Herbert. w. III.
Crews. DR.. J. 8. Watkins, all OF Spar
tanburg. DR.. Burts named the fol-
lowing: ID. w. Robinson. Columbia:
J. Fraser Lyon. Columbia; j. l.. Minis,
Edgeneld; DR.. e. q. Quattlebaum
Columbia; r. III. Hyatt. Columbia. All
the members Of this committee were
present.
On motion Of DR.. Burts Prof. A.
~. DuPre. who Is chairman Of the
headquarters committee of the Anti
saloon league. was chosen chairman
OF this committee Of ten.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-26
senator West DCad-Junior Senator,

Naldosta. Ga, Dec. 22.-Unitcd
states Senator West died suddenly Of
heart disease at o'clock this morn
ihg' lie was apparently i'm usual
heaIth last night. He was filing the
unexpired term Of the late Senator
Bacon by appointment of Gov. Slaton
Ills term expires March dth, next.