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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-10
A Wood Fire.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Among the aphorisms uttered by Thomas
r. Marshall, vice president of a most
glorious country. may be found this price
less jewel: 81 have no desire to sit before
desolate fireplace gazing at the dead
embers Of an unfortunate past"
Quite true. But what OF man who still
knows what a fireplace is and the ruddy
glow of embers that were! Let the hand
OF reverie stroke the stubbly beard OF
memory, as the gentle Saadi might have
said-he who dwelt In the rose gardens
Of Persia ere an American taught his ma.
ton finance, or the contending armies OF
Europe divided the land of his nativity
before the war Of today had been fought
to hnishi ..-
lies the fact that the vice president Is a
product OF the middle west and that he
drew his illustration from its brightest
day, before natural gas was known and
beech-log fire fiared its bright flame into
the eyes of many more than himself that
Jared forth to find fame and honor.
How wide the world was In that day!
How lmitless the possibilities! The cry
" ancient Pistol was pure bravado COM
pared to the unquestioned future that lay
before the one who gazed into the clear
glow of the Goals. His was the tallsmanic
word that could open any door Old
Egypt had no secrets for his kind. The
riddle of the sphinx was as an open book.
any distinguishable color, the blue jeans
trousers, the hickory shirt, the irresolrte
combination Of bone and muscle that had
not yet found itself-who would place the
barriers to the high enprise that resided
therein? Finally the boy yawned. Night
drew down. The flames ceased to leap.
The cat crept out. The boot heel crushed
the embers together. the hand grasped
skinny coverlet Of the attic room covered
the high beating heart. All was still.
Since then evil days have come. Fell
knights have been met upon life's road
Sir Greed, Sir Envy. Sir Lus, have taken
their toll and left the dreamer bruised and
manned other avenues have been opened
that Il were not well to have trodden
vet his footsteps have gone down these
forbidden paths. But the memories OF
wood fires that his heels have kicked
imagine any one kicking O gas log and
being morally arrested by the actI-have
saved him from the worst. There have
been rare victories as WELL In the ruck
of existence the small hero OF the wood
fire Gays has experienced a few trium phs,
and not a little on account of those days.
AS with the sweet Sir Nigel, 1t has at
times been the good fortune Of such to
win bit Of advancement, and, perchance,
some small share II glory. And as did
also the brave leader of the White COM
pany, he can still sit beside the Lady
Tiphane of the coal CLEANS, and listen as
the shadows deepen, while she speaks Of
valor and virtue, o. loyalty honor and
fame drinking in her words while the fire
burns down and the red ash turns to
gray! IN
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aMassaohusetts. Behold Herl"
From the New York World.

from the New YORK world. #l .
at know no method" said Presidenl
Grant in his first inaugural address, ito
secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious
laws SO effectual as their strict construc-
ton" s 40 @a y se
The same is true Of fool laws, and the
socialists Of Massachusetts, have been
quick to apply the method in the case OF
a recent Massachusetts, enactment which
prohibits the parade of red and black
flags. They chose their time with ready
wit. They awaited the big Harvard
Princeton football game OF Saturday and
then invoked the statute against the
thousands Of joyous and cheering parti-
sans waving the crimson coiors OF Har-
ward and the orange and black of Prince
ton. The result was that the game, as q
color scheme at least. became a gro
tesque failure.
As an exhibition of legislative super
ficiality this law stands ont conspicu-
ously In its thought of hitting the thing
fanc.ed to be signified by striking at the
sign. As q statute certain to prove more
destructive at the breech than at the
muzzle II Is pre-eminent.
As Webster said, Massachusetts,,
there she Is, behold herr She needs no
certificate from US OF having won first
prize in the recent production OF fool
legislation. That will be universally con-
coded. ..-...
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NOTHING to Report"

From the Indianapolis news
Singularly alike in some respects, are
wars and reports of wars. That laconic
statement There is nothing to report,
issuing with monotonous regularity from
the headquarters of the belligerents, Is
reminiscent of one Of our own daily re-
ports Of 80 years ago; Then the phrase aSS
quiet 1t was, just as today, 80 Paris
and Berlin and London inform US, on the
center, on the right, on the left. there Is
nothing to NO torw stor mS"s ana u
taken and held, no attack In force met and
repJlsed: no great victories, no sweeping
lefeats; no decisive confict-"nothing to
But along the battle front the artillery
plays, shell and shrapnel burst and fall,
Infantry engages In detachment, cavalry
clashes In reconnaissance: Men are killed
makes to these whether, when the day is
done. the fight In which they fell Is called
a battle or a "skrmish." Bullets bite
as deep In the one as In the other; known
there. The solitary vidette riding lonely
vigil at his outpost feels no less keenly
the missiles hurt than the trooper gallop-
ing forward knee to knee, with his COM
rades in the laundering charge OF the gen
erai engagement. But---'there Is nothing
to report" Half century ago they put
"An quiet along the Potomac" they say,
Except now and then a stray picket
Is shot as he walks on his beat, to and fro
by a rifieman hid In the thicket
IT'S nothing: private or two now and
win not count IN the news of the battle; .
Not an officer lost-only one of the men, =,
Moaning out, all alone, the deatn-rattle'
War has changed since then. 1t Is
deadlier. It's casualties are greater; It's
victims more numerous. But II still re-
CARDS the individual as nothing. That Is
It's necessity. .",
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Children Like Dirt.

In the Woman's Home Companion
Mary Heaton worse, writing a story
entitled, 1.-THE Distressing Doubt"
tells how Tom and Alice Marcy have
an adventure in childhood In which
they find the good child insufferable
and the bad child adorable. On little
children's preference for dirt, Mrs.
worse comments as follows:
early childhood knows no good Or
bad, nor does 1t know clean or dirty.
Or IL 1t knows, II infinitely prefers
dirty. Sweet pink and white childhood
loves squashing rose bugs, cleaning
fish and padding in mud; 1t delights In
all things squashy and sticky"
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THE HOUSEWIVES UNIFORM
Copyright, 1914, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)

Copyright, 1914, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The first vexing question that pre-
sents itself to the housewife every
morning is the question Of dressing for
her work.
Like many other problems, this one
would be solved If the situation were
once worked out systematically. rs
The working housewife, like the
nurse or the soldier, should have a uni
form. Cd
In these days of one-piece farks, the
housewives uniform Is easily chosen
In other days, when 1t was no unusual
thing to see a young woman working
In the kitchen In an old shirt waist and
the skirt to her street suit, q cotton
one-pIece frock for homework was
more or less unusual. But today the
shops are full Of them and the pattern
bookE have patterns for them by the
dozen. X.
So let the housewife choose a service
able color, fabric and pattern, and then
let her set about making or buying
uniforms for herself. In a year she will
more than save their price In the wear
and tear on other clothes, and her
daily question of morning dress will be
forever solved.
Light blue and pink chambray ging-
ham can be chosen for the housewives
uniform, with white null kerchiefs,
and white lawn cuffs, This, with a
white apron. is q lovely uniform, and
a big white cap to wear to keep cook
ing odors from the hair adds to 1t. A
stiff turnback linen collar can be worn
instead Of the kerchief, or a flaring col
lar Of lawn slightly starched. The color
can be dark blue and white kinder
garten or other heavy cloth, more dur
able than the light, or IL can be brown
linen suiting. r...
AS to sleeves, perhaps are more
convenient. If long ones are worn,
they can be buttoned almost to the
elbow, and unbuttoned and rolled back
when necessary. And over them can be
worn long white cuffs.
Those In a very good quality can be
bought for IL cents q pair, machine
hemstitched, made OF lawn. They pull
on over the hand, and can be held
neatly In place with small clasp pin.
A cap should be part of the house,
wife's working uniform. A big one, OF
wash material, and as becoming as one
desires, should be worn for sweeping
and cooking, to keep dust and the odor
of cooking from the hair. 1.-THE CAP
should be thin and easy to wear.
AS for the apron, that, too, is a mat
ter of taste. A big Bingham apron, in
the same color OF the frock. can be
worn. There are some all-enveioping
ones. with long sleeves, made in the
manner of students aprons, that are
good. Some women prefer q small
apron, O. white, and they find this
really quite serviceable.
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Unheard Of Destruction.
From the Indianapolis News.

Economists in this country are finding
rich material for speculation. The three
factors In our economic existence-land,
labor and capital-are coming In for much
discussion but the most interesting OF
these Is capital. Land is, Of course, the
base. Add to 1t labor. and what remains
after natural consumption may be termed
capital In the broad sense; just now Eu,
manner. Great areas OF productive land
will lie fallow next year, and this year
harvests have been neglected in many re-
gions. Labor, the essential element In
production, is taken from the land and set
above all other imaginable tasks-to the
destruction OF capital. For this is exactly
what war amounts to. Capital Is being
destroyed at a frightful rate In Europe.
Buildings. factories homes, are being de-
molished or burned. Labor power Is not
only being diverted--it is being reduced
by slaughter. And for this the nations
have contracted debts extraordinary to
the value-bv this time-of $4,000, 000, 900 or
5000, 100000. This war makes Insignificant
the doings of Attila, the Huns or other
ancient destroyers OF wealth.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-10

In 1898, as everyone knows, all men
who enlisted in the service automati-
cally became heroes right off the bat,
and every man OF the regiments that
went hurting to the front was treated
like a crown prince in every town he
passed through. And in each commu-
nifty from which a command was re-
cruited II was mighty unpatriotic girl
who wouldn't. when the command said
farewell at the depot, enthusiastically
kiss every soldier In the bunch who
wanted to be kissed. 1t might be re-
marked that every soldier wanted to
be kissed. and that those were happy.
haOpy days.
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churohills Ready Wit.
From the London Chronicle

FTOm the LOnuOn CnTOnlcIe.
The ready wit of Winston Churchill has
greatly enhanced his popularity on the
public platform. And his ability is shown
In his dealing with interrupters, rude and
otherwise. On one occasion, when adj
dressing a large public meeting, he was
frequently disturbed by a man shouting
Liar! Liarw ....
Mr.. Churchill bore with him for a time,
but eventually broke off his speech to re-
mark In the gentlest accents:
"If the gentleman at the back OF the hall
who Is so anxious that this audience
should know his name will write II down
on a slip of paper and hand II to the
chairman, instead of bawling II at the
top of his voice. he will save himself q
lot OF trouble p"
lnterrupter, who made a hasty exit.
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The Nav wav.

~ From the Dayton News.
Judge Petit. of Chicago, charged with
burglary. He was a young fellow, and
the evidence indicated that he had been
mother looked up, found that she was q
good woman and had done all In her
power TO keep the boy straight, and that
he was her pride and Joy
The old way would have been to send
the boy TO the penitentiary or to the
reformatory. He was guilty, the law
must take its course That is what the
old time judge would have felt was his
stern duty to say
Instead, Judge Petit continued the case
until the next term of court, telling him
tirely on his own conduct your future
n by no means wrecked" he said. 'if
YOU will Just turn to the straight and
narrow path from now on
Here Is small BILL" said the Judge.
handing him IS. Hunt up your mother
and sister Immediately and let me know
how they are doing and report to me in
the morning. Get your mother some SUBJ
stantial food. and say your prayers when
you 90 to bed tonight. Goodby, and be-
Tbs sounds like wisdom and sound
Judgment. give the boy chance" IA
the foundation OF reform, and the key to
the problems OF criminology. This young
soes to Prison, as prisons are p Generals hs
conducted, the chances for shipwreck q
little later on are greatly improved Even
the prison is modern and administered
as IL should be, the od.um OF having been
Q convict still sclings to the man who has
been behind its walls.
What an Improvement over the old
conception of IN outraged law. Society
sitting In pittiless Judgment demanding
that he who has offended be punished,
without regard to public necessity or to
the victims future. The world Is Begin
ming to act on an age-old axiom that Il
has always venerated but never much
heeded-that justice must be tempered
with mercy. Punishment Is not the first
thing to be considered in dealing with
the offender
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-10
CENTER IN I'll.
4 BOSTON CHURCH SUCCESS
It's Fine Business For the Boys and Girls and SemWeeky
Spooning Bees Are Largely Attended BY Enthusiastic
Young People of Both Sexes

and the genial, homelike atmosphere
that pervades the meetings, while
their elders are glad to have them
associate with the class of young per-
sons vouched for by the pastor and
his wife. So everybody is happy.
over 100 young men, including Q
large number Of Tech and Harvard
boys and more than 100 girls, num-
bering among them many from the
Emerson College of Oratory and the
New England Conservatory Of Music
are attending.
Mrs. Jenness's motto is GIVE the
young people q chance"
Il believe in bringing them to-
oether and then in letting proprin-
guilty do the rest" she says. Cupid
in the church is well placed. Where
could there be a more fitting place
for young persons to carry on their
love affairs?"
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Why Men Fall Down.

FFUIn CUIHeI 3. - =
It is .Afways easier to trip UP q walking
man than some one at sIandstill.
Trusted Long Enough.
From the National Monthly.
Tom Pence of the democratic ma
tional committee tells of good sister
in one of the southern states who was
late for the service and explained IL by
saying that the horse she was driving
had run away.
You shouldn't let such little things
detain you," reproved the pastor. You
should trust In the Lord"
II did" she replied. "till the belly
band broke and then jumped"
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words he penned the message, stating
that he was enclosing a pair of shoes
for their 3-year-old baby, with the
money he had earned as a scout In
of the letter and the mute pathos OF
the little shoes have moved everyone
in the hospital to employ every known
agency of skill, science and hard work
to restore the brave soldier. If possible,
to his little family.
The incident Is, probably, the most
touching one yet met with by the hos
pital attendants
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TWO COURSES FOR
BUSINESS MAN
From the Boston Advertiser.

There are two courses open to the
: average business man. He can wait
; for the Influence Of prosperity 10
; force his own business into greater
; activity, and he can sit with fold.
; ed hands, until that happens. That
> Is the best way to handicap the on
; ward march of better times.
; Or, the business man can plan 70
; anticipate the revival of business by
doing what he can, Ia his own line :
Of trade, to help TO bring IL about
He can plan to increase his busi- :
; ness, little by little, each day. he
can do what he can to encourage :
his customers to talk business; TO !
; show his own confidence In the re-
; newal OF business, by advertising
on a broader scale; by coaxing :
: trade into whatever channels may
be open.
1t may be said that this Is mere
ly matter OF sentiment. But the :
; older q man grows. in active bust
ness, the more clearly he realizes
what a powerful influence senti- :
ment exerts, I'm times like this,
: There are always plenty OF t'mid
; and cautious men, I'm any line OF
: trade. There are always plenty OF :
; weak sisters who, after period
: OF depression, hesitate to take the
plunge into active business. again:
II takes a man of some courage and :
: the men OF less ability; and 1t
; usually happens that the men who :
set the pace in any trade. on the
return OF prosperity usually get the
cream OF the businessman UNI
; doubtedly deserve such good for :
; tune.
: Il a A A A A a a A n
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-10

Boston Special: Boston's church
love center Is a success.
The younger members Of the Ire
mont Street Methodist church con-
gregation are eagerly taking advant-
age OF the novel idea sponsored by
Mrs. Rumsey Jenness, the wife Of the
pastor. It's object is to provide place
for simon pure, true blue courtship,
where the young men and women OF
marriageable age can gather and be-
come acquainted with a view to matri-
mony.
So far the courtship meetings, held
every Wednesday and Sunday eve
nings In the church at West Concord
and fremont streets, have been
crowded. They are made interesting
by chocolate pots"--chocolate is
served to the young folks and also
q light repast. The guests enjoy
meeting others OF their age and tastes
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-10

Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, wife OF
the veil known artist. is an active
worker for the Big Sisters. an organ
ization that cares for the welfare and
protection of young women.
Mrs. Robert III. Pierson. wife of the
captain Of the medical corps of the
United States army. has just returned
to New York city after spending two
years at an army post 900 miles up the
Yukon river In Alaska.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-10

Worthing, Eng, Is ~ 90 woman
mayor next year in the person of Mrs.
Elizabeth Chapman, q cousin of the
late Joseph Chamberlain.
Both men and women clerks in q
New Haven department store have
been forbidden to come into the store
with the odnr of oniUas or garlic on
their breaths.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-10

Paris Special: Two little shoes,
found in the pockets of a mortally
wounded Belgian soldier. have touched
the heartstrings of the nurses, attend
ants and physicians in the French
hospital, where he lies at the point of
death. The story of the shoes is a
heart stirring one. With letter they
were found in this Belgian cyclist' 8
pocket. The letter was addressed to
his wife. from whom he had been sep
arated since the destruction OF their
little home in Ternonde. In tender
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LISTEN TO OUR EXPERT.
From Collier's.

No opinion about the war Is COM
biste without an explanation by mill
tary expert. The newest type OF ex-
part In warfare, and one OF the most
thorough. Is the gunman. A New York
gunman, therefore, who, like other
military experts, shall remain anony-
NOUS, has prepared the following ex-
PLANTATION which Is SO clear that even
TIA man or average intelligence can
understand It: E.H
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YOUR OWN TRousLEs ARE
LEAST.
From Harner.a weeklr

FTufn ffHrper IT WEEKLY.
Perhaps IL one were browsing
hit upon the most consoling BIT of
philosophy ever written, this of
Socrates would not be easy to sur
pass:
II all our misfortunes were laid
In one heap. when every one
must take an equal portion,
most people would be content to
take their own and depart. KS
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-10

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billhoards and highway advertising
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-04

County Board of Education for New
berry County, S. c.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-04

the Hanover National bank and
Francis l.. Hine, president of the
First National bank would leave for
Washington late tonight to confer
with Secretary of the Treasury Nc
Adoo, regarding the practical opera
ton OF the Aldrich-Veerland act au-
thorizing the issue of S500,000,000 cf
emergency currency. The two bank
ers go on a mission from the Ma
tional Currency association of New
York whose executive committee de-
cided upon the step at meeting to-
day at the clearing house.
The close contact maintained by
the federal treasury department with
the New York banking situation was
evidenced by the announced presence
OF high treasury official at the meet
ing of leading bankers at J. P Nor
gan & Co.'S, Offices and at a later
meeting at the Recess club.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-04
NOTICE OF ELECTION IN BUSH
RIVER DISTRICT NO 4s.

Whereas, one-third of the resident
electors and a like proportion Of the
resident freeholders Of the age of 21
years, of Bush River school district
No. 43, Of the county of New
berry, State of South Carolina, have
filed petition with the county board
OF education of Newberry county,
South Carolina, petitioning and re-
Questing that an election be held in
said school distric: on the question Of
levying special annual tax of two
mile to be collected on the property
located in the said school district.
Now, therefore, the undersigned,
composing the county board of edu-
cation for Newberry county, South
Carolina, do hereby order the board
of trustees of the Bush River school
district No. 43, to hold an elec-
ton on the said question of leVying a
two mill tax to be collected on the
property located in the said school
district which said election shall be
held at Bush River school house, in
said school district No. 43, on satur-
day, August s, 1914, at which said
election the polls shall be opened at
7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. m. The
members of the board of trustees OF
said school district shall act as man
ayers of said election. Only such
electors as reside in said school dis
trict and return real or personal
property for taxation, and who exhibit
their tax receipts and registration GER
tifcates as required in general elec-
tions shall be allowed to vote. Elec-
tors favoring the levying of sucn tax
shall cast ballot containing the
word eyes" written or printed there
on. and each elector opposed to levy
IN. such tax shall cast q ballot con-