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always make 1t point to dine to-
gether and no matter how pressing my
duties OF social engagements -.
"or exigencies Of elections?" the In
terviewer queried
You forget elections are over then. !"
the Senator PARTED, although per-
haps some Of us feel thankful for such
results. too. But I was going to add
that always spend that with my
Mother and Father at their home In
Southern California. Sometimes we
can dine out of doors, but generally
the day is like a spring one-a mild
spring one-in Washington; and yet we
have the regulation New England
Thanksgiving meal, with turkey and
imince pie and all that sort of thing.
But dining Is small part Of our
We indulge in good
natured. family gossip. meet members
of the family who may not have seen
one another for months and depart.
cheered in mind as we'll Us body after
such wholesome festival"
In A Railroad Wreck.
Representative julius Kahn, whose
home all the year around when he
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does not allude to any Of the. pleasant
Thanksgiving in that perennially
balmy corner Of the earth. but most
poignantly remembers a Thanksgiving
Day spent on an east-bound train,
which was also snow-bound and
wrecked.
1T was in the days when railroad
cars were heated by old-fashioned
wood stoves" he explained. "and I was
en- route for New York, where ex-
pected to have quite an enjoyable fes-
tival. Our car turned over in the snow
like o top-heayy sleigh and spilled us
neatly out into a raging blizzard. These
stoves I have already mentioned were,
luckily, fastened into place, else what
only proved narrowing experience
would have been q tragedy: vet / am
sure none OF US paused in our shiver-
ing and toll to give thanks because OF
their establishments.
We" drily, were too well occupied
shaving in the storm and growing at
fate which condemned us to half
freeze there on Thanksgiving Eve. La
ter on we remembered to be thankful
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full harvest Of grapes.

full harvest of grapes.
At Vevay the winegrowers of the
Swiss fraternity hold festival includ-
Ing prayers in the churches and a
grand parade. Several thousand peo-
pie frequently take part and three days
are spent in rest from labor by the
employees of the winegrowers. This
thanksgiving in way is survival
from the cerealia of pagan times.
Usually a pretty blonde girl s selected
to represent Ceres, the goddess Of
corn, and drives through the streets
in n chariot drawn by oxen. Her at
PENDANTS are reapers. binders. .nresh-
ers and cleaners, and bringing up the
rear the millers with miniature mill.
Bacchus and his followers occupy a
prominent place surrounded by the
grape gatherers, tun makers and wine
makers. The whole affair is delight
full. especially as rowdyism is entirely
absent. {
France celebrates her harvest
thanksgiving in somewhat the same
style only on a much smaller scale.
Germany, with It's thousands, OF
workers in the rrapa districts holds
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in the middle OF the Caribbean Sea on
the way to South America. Being from
Vermont, where we usually have some
rather cool weather just about tina,
festive time of the year, / could scarce
iy feel 1t right and proper for Thanks
giving to happen In midsummer heat.
However, the chef aboard rose SUI
perior to geographic conditions, II !
did not, and served the regulation
turkey and trimmings dinner appro-
pirate to the United States up and
down and crosswise.
"of course" Mr.. Greene remarked
with an absurd twinkle in his wide
awake eyes, there is turkey AND itur-
key and may suggest that one touch
of cold storage makes all turkeys kin;
but we ate 1t and the accessories and
enjoyed them as much as possible
when ones digestive organs would In
finitely have preferred salads and such
light food. The sea was very calm
and beautiful that day and the sun
shone as IL 1t would never leave of
and everyone felt optimistic and lazy
in accordance with the smiling tropics
A Home-C Coming Festival.
"To me. haiiing from Vermont, i,
was sufficiently out-of the ordinary tc
remain my especially distinctive
Thanksgiving Day. In our State
THANKSGIVING is made a 'home-com-
ing festival. We have always con.
tsidered 1t more OF q celebration. than
Christmas. From every section. of the
country. from all the cities and, ranches
and wooded countries of the Far Yves,
and Northwest the loyal sons of Yer.
mont come on to eat their .punkin
pie with the family.
mot only the one day, but whole
week is given over to the sleigh rides
visiting and "Reminiscences. Naturally
fashion has somewhat moulded the en-
Entertainments Of the day, and where
the noble bird formerly came in whole
It is now brought In by the slice; bu,
the spirit remains unchanged and
after all, that is what really makes OF
mars the great family day."
And then, on the heels of his CHEEKY
speech. came the pathetic Ntterance OF
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of pagan Thanksgiving was celebrated
when songs Of praise were sung to the
gods for giving the people a plenteous
harvest. 1t was observed with the
greatest ceremony of feasting and
singing OF chants.
Russia's Thanksgiving.
In Russia Thanksgiving Days are
set apart for any happening which is
regarded as an epoch-making event,
such as the escape Of the Car from
assassination, the birth of an, heir to
the throne, the birthday of ruler of
a province. and in some sections of
Russia of the marriage of the daugh-
ter of a high official. During the reign
of the present Gar several Thanksgiv-
ing Days have been celebrated when
the people gave thanks for the pres
ervation of the life of their ruler who
had escaped some plot against his life.
When the little Czarovitch was born
the thanksgiving services in the
churches lasted several dayseand hun
dreds of people were given holiday
in order that they might participate
both in church and civic festivals. on
this occasion the poor were given din
hCAo AZ NdAAO0o CAtANS 1Su3-
sia. Even the prisoners were remem-
bered, and special meal was set
before them as thank Offering for
the great event. Family reunions, too.
were the order of the day-in fact, all
Russia rejoiced and gave thanks to
God for the birth of the delicate little
boy who may some day rule over Rus
sia's millions. sS
In Japan there Is Thanksgiving
Day set apart when all Japan joins in
praise to their god for having allowed
them a successful harvest"
Chinese Queer Celebration,
Yue-Ping, or "Mooncake Day." is the
Thanksgiving OF the Chinese, ana oc-
ours each year at the time of the fun
moon in the eighth month of their
calendar. 1t Is festival which dates
back for centuries, and Is a day set
apart for praise to the gods for oil the
good things the Chinese nation has at
Its command for feeding man. The
Chinese believe that .tl1e proof of the
pudding Is in the eating" SO they load
their table on this day with every
variety of food and hold genuine
feast. Roast pig is the principal dish.
With this the famous moon cakes are
served. In point of completely and
number of Ingredients they rival our
Thanksgiving mince pies. They are
made OF dough cut circular and stuffed
with a hash Of minced pork. water
melon seeds. nuts. ginger and spices.
They arc supposed to represent the full
moon. but the resemblance Is merely
conventional Chinese convention at
that.
France, Switzerland and Germany.
France, Germany and Switzerland
have their wine growers feast--a day
set apart to give thanks for the bounti-
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that we were permitted to escape UNI.
harmed that Is human nature.
I don't think ever was so absolutely
and frantically hungry in all my life!
There was nothing to eat on the train,
and no way to get anything. It was
certainly "a long wayt Tipperary.'
ut took seven days from the time I
left home to reach New York, but /
carried my appetite: straight along
with me and 1t developed to such tree
mendcus proportions during that en-
forced stay in the blizzard and SUISSE
quent hungry Journey that once there
/ ate like harvest hand.
Never did food taste so perfectly
satisfying and splendid! / don't know
now what ] ate, but do recall that !
was the first OF the party to begin
eating and the last to leave Off and
that 1 gave very little time. except be-
tween courses. to table talk"
A School Celebration.
"Ny most unusual Thanksgiving
Day happened only last year. said
Representative Helm, of Anu-Woman
Suffrage fame. .'As. general thing,
everybody shuns school entertainments
ana representative audience genef-
ally consists OF, reluctant pupils and
unwilling parents. And admit that
I did not expect any thrills when I
agreed to attend such celebration
down home last Thanksglving"-do
home, meaning Alabama, which State
Mr.. Helm representa-.
'It is always the unexpected that
proves most enjoyable, however, and 1
was surely due for a. big surprise. To
begin with. every boy who came looked
as II he was there because he wanted
to be and not-as was the procedure
when I was pupil-guest at school
affairs because of a lickin.- previous
iy administered.
The walls OF the school were orpa-
mented with designs! Of leaves and
autumn flowers, which spelled GOOD
CHEER. and all the other appropriate
Thanksgiving messages. The program
was well balanced and varied and
really, I had gone so expecting to be
wearied and found myself so Intensely
Interested throughout that 1 count
that my most novel. If uneventful,
Thanksgiving,
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ACoWboy Treat In the
Caribbean Gossip and
Good Cheer : A Dime
Dinner-InaSnowdrift-
The Old Schoolhouse.
HHANKsGIVING DAY being es-
sentlally an American holiday,
1t naturally follows that the

AhbuIAIly NlOIOW6 lH6
- Thanksgiving "reminiscences OF
representative men OF the nation
should be appropriate OF this time.
Senator Ashurst, of Automatic Poo
Bah of the Senate as regards variety
of jobs-insisted that there was moth
Ing, absolutely nothing, in his life DIFF
ferent from the Thanksgiving of other
folks. but after muslng awhile he re-
called the one most vivid in his mind
and-like SO many public men who
REIMBURSEMENT back to his early
youth for the souvenir.
A Hard Luck Story.
II was only eighteen years old when
] had the Thanksgiving experience
which makes that day the best remem-
bered." he said. cit Is n hard luck
story of cattle strayed and weather
that ragged and cowboys who had to
go dinnerless in order to bring order
out of chaos. The fury and heat Of
the presidential campaign was over
and I had gone to the little town of
Flagstaff to spend Thanksgiving Eve
and see what was to be seen. W.
1--WE were going to have regular
Thanksgiving Day dinner with real
turkey aHu ate II III anticipation De-
fore the bird had even been bought.
But early Thanksgiving morning word
came from the owner of tho ranch
that his Kansas City people, to whom
he shipped cattle, needed. more beef
at a much earlier date than he had
expected and that by hustling and for
warding them in time to supply the
demand he would make considerably
more money than later on.
Now, contrary to the general East
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Thanksgiving to the Lord were
known to the Israelites and are
mentioned throughout the Bible
They were not uncommon in England
before the Reformation and among the
Protestants afterwards, and have con-
tinued until the present day, being cell
ebrated in. all parts Of the world.
While they are somewhat different
from the Thanksgiving Day of the
United States they are days set apart
10 give thanks for some particular
blessing, either national or personal.
I Although these events in some lands
have not as yet attained the dignity of
national holiday they are none the
less real Thanksgiving Days.
AS far back as 1905 England set
apart a day of thanks for the dis
covery of the Gunpowder Plot, and up
TO the present time, November fifth, Is
still celebrated by Great Britain and
/ her Colonies. A diabolical scheme had
been formed to blow up the Parlia-
inent House the first day of the session
of the year 1906. Vast quantities of
gunpowder were found concealed in
the vaults underneath ready for firing
The conspirators were arrested, tried
and executed. In consequence of this
deliverance the day was ordered to be
kept as public thanksgiving" to AL
mighty God every year that unfeigned
thankfulness never to be forgotten,
and that ages to come may yield
praises to Gods divine majesty for the
same" The same prayers nre still re-
peated in the Church of England on
November fifth of each year.
New York's Thanksgiving
Masqueraders.
The custom of boys dressing them
selves in grotesque costumes and go
ing about the streets singing and beg
cling was part Of the Gunpowder plot
thanksgiving ceremony UP to the year
1889. when 1t fell into disuse. 1t still
has its prototype In New York where
on our Thanksgiving Day boys prom
enade the streets CARRIED in fantastic
costumes. Broadway Is their special
beat and they go about collecting pen
snies presumably for their own personal
use. New York is the only place
where this peculiar custom is in vogue.
and happily 1t seems to be dying out
there as each year the masqueraders
Z become fewer in numbers
E On October 3rd. 1875. Legion, Hol-
land. held Thanksgiving for the de-
liyerance of the city from a siege. A
day was set apart for the purpose just
as the grateful Puritans on the shores
: Of the new world did when they cele-
brated their release from distress and
peril In 1921.
Thirty-three years before Governor
Bradford's famous first Thanksgiving
Day. England enjoyed a special day
OF prayer and praise over the defeat
s Of the Spanish Armada. Even away
hack in the time Of the pruids. a sort.
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know what the wagon had brought we
were too familiar with the accomplish
ments Of our. cook not to feel positive
he would make us a feast"
and did he?" the interviewer asked
namely.
He did. Perhaps may give some
idea of how I ate when tell you that
II should duplicate that meal today
the Senate would have to adjourn, out
Of respect. One dish which particu-
larly recall was Usage bread: and our
cook was one Of the few in the COW
country who could make 1t properly.
OF Indian origin, it consisted of bread
baked in Dutch oven with the fat of
a newly killed COW spread over 1t. And
we had. besides. the regulation roast
turkey cranberry sauce and plum
pudding"
In The Tropics.
Feeling rather chilly with the winds
that blew over the desert, the inter-
viewer hoped for THANKSGIVING
"Reminiscences which would tell Of
balmy airs and the tropics and found
such a one in the recollections OF Rep
resentative Greene, of Vermont
Perhaps the most unique Thanks
giving ever spent" said Mr.. Greene,
was about two years ago aboard ship
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giving Day is observed. the meal for
the bread to be used on this occasion
being ground from corn and beans ON
the aboriginal stone. There is also
plenty of fish for the dinner as the
day before the feast agave Juice Il
poured into nearby stream. This
stupefies the fish without injuring
them, and Of course, they are easily
A general dance follows.
Canada. our neighbor. has genuine
Thanksgiving Day the latter part OF
October. celebrated very much after
the fashion OF our own by religious
services. football games ana family
dinners. :
Wherever American Fling Flies. y
Wherever the American Dag fiies the
day set apart by the President as
NOTWITHSTANDING Is holiday In the
Philippines the American colony hon.
ors7 the day with basebaiIs and othet
sncrfH In the evening they repair TO
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of pagan Thanksgiving was celebrated
when songs Of praise were sung to the
gods for giving the people a plenteous
harvest. 1t was observed with the
greatest ceremony of feasting and
singing OF chants.
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dances on platform decorated with
vines and flowers CASUALLY pieces Of
hop vines) before hundreds OF people.
Thanksgiving OF The AIohammedan.
In Turkey the Mohammedans on
recovering from severe sickness
often make the occasion one Of a
thanksgiving ceremony and feast. AT
such times the company meets in the
courtyard of the dwelling and dancing
IN circle about the convalescent they
first play lively instrumental music
and afterward sitting on the ground.
sing a chant in thanksgiving for his
recovery. Then they each take tho
patient by the hand and offer congrat-
ulations and good wishes. This is fol-
lowed by a feast when tender roast
kid or fatted calf Is eaten with thin
slices OF bread used as spoons. Tho
Observance ends with parting prayer.
~. ma.
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How Different Nations
Give Thanks for Bless
ings Which Have Been
Showered Upon Them.

NAYS set apart for a special
Thanksgiving to the Lord were
known to the Israelites and are
y mentioned throughout the Bible.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-06-18
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

At a meeting of the town
council last night it was decided
to extend the street paving and
the street committee was author
lied to begin at the corner of
White street and pave the side
walk along Depot street to the
corner of Spratt street, a dis
tance of about 75O feet. At the
conclusion Of this work, the
council will consider extensions
along Confederate, Booth and
White streets, all of which are
partly paved.
About a dozen members of the
Winnsboro troop of Boy Scouts
arrived here Tuesday morning
under the leadership of assistant
Scoutmaster, Will Fewell, and
made camp at the club house on
the Catawba river. Other men,
bers of the troop are expected to
join them and they will probably
remain in camp here for a week
or 10 days.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-06-18
Trull Convicted Of Murder.

After having the case all night
a Charlotte jury Saturday morn
ing reported finding Chas. Trull.
a young white man, guilty of
numbering Sidney Swain, a we'll
to-do merchant. Swain was way
laid and killed with heavy iron
pipe late on the night of May 16,
while going from his store to his
home. He was robbed of over
$4OO. Such a sum of money was
,ater found on Trull's person. A
strong chain of circumstantial
evidence connected Trull with
the crime. On the stand young
Frull told an amazing story of
past crimes, admitting that he
had grated from employers.
wronged his father and deserted
his wife. Trull was formerly a
resident of Columbia.
A sensation marked the last
stages of the trial when Judge
Adams suddenly ordered Trull
searched for drugs. declaring he
would severely prosecute the
party who supplied them. Trull
had slept frequently while his
rial progressed. and went to
sleep during the judges charge.
Trull. was sentenced to die by
electrocution on August IA.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-06-18
Mr.. Jno. Archy Dead.

Mr.. Jno. Archy, d we'll known
resident of this city. died sud-
denly late Wednesday afternoon
at his home in the village of the
Millfort mill. Mr.. Archy had
been in i'll health for several
months. He was sitting on his
porch Wednesday afternoon
when his wife noticed that he
mad fallen backwards into his
chair. He was removed into the
mouse. where death followed in
a few minutes.
Mr.. Archy was 53 years of age
and is survived by a wife and
several grown children. The
remains were taken to Davidson
College, N. c., this morning for
burial.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-06-18

towns are made by about fifty
large manufacturers. The other
1,250 are small concerns who
make private branded" shoes.
The largest concerns making
shoes, clothing, hosiery, under
wear, or any other line, are
advertising their goods under
their own name and trademark.
They have become leaders be-
cause they give better values
and they make these values
known by advertising.
AS the output increases, the
making cost goes down. The
saving is put into extra quality.
AS sales increase the selling cost
goes down. This saving on
selling goes into advertising.
Advertising has kept prices
stationary and in many cases has
lowered them, besides increasing
quality, even in the face of in
creasing cost of raw materials
and labor.
Naturally, we want to buy
where we can get the best prices.
Therefore. always ask for and
insist upon having advertised
goods bearing the makers name
and trademark. Many of them
are found in this paper.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-06-18
Advertising He ps.

If there was no advertising the
cost of living would be higher
than it is. Advertising concen-
trates the demand for certain
articles on few well-known
trademarked lines instead of
many different lines as formerly
and keeps factories busy. The
greater the output the less the
cost. If we are raising 40
bushels of corn per acre the cost
per bushel is just about half
that of neighbor who pro-
duces 20 bushels. Six loaves of
bread can be baked with the
same heat that bakes one loaf.
The same principle applies to
manufacturing. Take shoes for
example: Twenty years ago
there were 5000 shoe manu-
facturers. Today there are
l,300. The bulk of the shoes
sold to the fifty million people
living On farms and in small
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-06-18
MIR. Brice's Communication.

The Times is pleased to give
space this week to a communica-
ton from Senator j. S. Brice,
chairman of the county court
house commission, in reply to an
article which appeared in the
York News ten days ago. The
article in The News was written
by a former editor of this paper
and in it attention was called to
the failure of the persons who
selected the articles deposited in
the cornerstone of the new
court house to include a copy of
The Times. The explanation of
Senator Brice relieves the COM
mission of any responsibility for
what seemed to be an act of
favoritism in placing en- v two
of the county's newspapers in
the cornerstone. The Times, so
far as the county papers are
concerned. began the agitation
for the new court house and it
does seem that the service it
undertook to render the under
taking should not have been
overlooked.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-06-18
Our Gold Hill Letter.
Times Correspondence.

Times Correspondence.
We feel moved to say some
thing about the excellent SER
vices that are being conducted
at the Fort Mill Baptist church
by Rev. w. d. Wakefield, of Co
lumbia. The writer has had the
pleasure of hearing him several
times, and wishes that more OF
the Flint Hill congregation NAV
be enabled to hear him before
the meeting closes.
Four deacons were elected at
Flint Hill Sunday. being James
F. Boyd and S. Q. Garrison. re-
elected w. S. Crawford and Gary
T. Windell.
Our crops are looking refreshed
as the result of a much needed
rain which fell Saturday after
noon. Some of our farmers had
begun to look pretty blue during
the dry spell. and someone was
heard to remark that it was so
dry that a fish swimming up
stream would kick up a dust.
Mr.. B. G. Blankenship re-
turned to his home in this sec
ton the last week from Clemson
college. We understand that
Mr.. Blankenship is to return to
the college after q brief stay to
take position with the workers
over there.
Miss Theo. Garrison, who has
been attending school at Rock
Hill. is at home now. We be-
lieve that Miss Garrison is the
last of the sweet girl graduates"
to return to this section.
G.. Il. w.
Gold Hill, June rs.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-06-18
Ogilvie Nicely.

Announcements reading as fol-
lows were received in Fort Mill
Wednesday:
Mrs. William Mathew Ogilvie
announces the marriage of her
daughter, Margaret Walker, to
DR.. Augustus Theodore Nicely,
June the sixteenth, 1914, Char
lesion, S. c."
Cards: AT home after July
first, Fort Mill, South Carolina. "