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The Washington herald., 1915-09-04
Policemen Made Detectives.

To fill temporary vacancies caused by
the absence Of members Of the force On
annual vacation. Policemen Fleet Hugh
lett. of the Second precinct, and Stephen
F. Goggins. Of the Eighth precinct. have
been detailed to the detective bureau.
One mine in New Zealand last year
produced $13S2165
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04
HELPING THE GERM.

On the one hand we sterilize, fu-
migate, and disinfect. Our battle cry
is death to the germ"
On.the other hand we complacent-
ly allow the invisible offender to
breed undisturbed-in fact we pro-
vide him with the best of all possible
distrihAtion places - the common
towel
There is probably a reason why
there is no regulation against the
use of public towels in the District
of Columbia. If you ask the officials
of the health department they will
probably be able to explain to you
just why It is. But the fact remains
that, while in most of the large cities
in the United States there have been
enacted within the last few years
regulations prohibiting the use of
public roller towels as we'll as the
common drinking cup in public
places, in the Nations Capital there
is no such regulation. The health
department is strongly in favor of
the abolition of these breeders and
distributors of disease germs-but
here their activity ends.
1t is much to the credit of the man
agement OF certain department stores
in this city that without being forced
to supply individual paper towels for
their patrons in their public wash
rooms, they do, nevertheless, add this
expense to the innumerable small
items of cost that detract from the
profit of running a large mercantile
undertaking. 1t is not much to be
wondered at that other large and ap-
parently thriving department stores
still cling to the less expensive roller
towel system. But surely it is re-
grcttable.
Seeing is believing" used to be
the motto OF most people who OPP
posed the advance of the sanitary
crusade against germs. The purl-
ing waters OF the country stream
that was contaminated with typhoid
germs looked even purer than the
water OF the city faucet that was
known to be free from contamina-
lion. And it was not till some one !
had been made i'll through drinking
from this stream that most people |
would believe that disease turks |
there
But to realize that a public towel
is a contamination to the public
health needs no imagination. 1t is
an offence to even the most simple !
hygienic instincts. a child or a
savage would not willingly use a
towel that was public property.
In the investigation that the United
States Public Health Service has
been conducting in regard to the prev
alencc OF trachoma it has been
found that common towels probably
are the prime medium for distribu
ton of the trachoma germ. Is any
further evidence needed against the
offender?
Ought not the women of Washing
ton to be able to demand the enact
ment and the enforcemenaof a regu-
lation against this distributor of sick
ness and death?
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04
NEED MONEY TO AID BABIES.

tfnue Work of Rock Creek Camp.
Plans to continue the work done at
the baby camp" in Rock Creek Park
after the camp closes on September 10
are being made by J. W. Faust. extern
sion secretary Of the Associated Chari-
ties.
Last year. due to generous contr,5u-
tons from local merchants. the Associ-
ated Charities were enabled tos keep IN
touch with every baby which visited the
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04
Washington's Most Attractive Apartment Houses
Description

Large porch, elevator and tele-
phone service; southwest e1-
posurc. All outside rooms. Per-
feet condition.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04

satisfactorily follow the
the
while seemed quite oblous disguised
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04
$4,000 Plaza Money Paid.

The plaza commission yesterday sent
the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company a check for $4,000 in payment
for property at % B street northeast
formerly used as the company's Eastern
exchange. The site will form part Of
the plaza
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04

camp and see that It was given proper
food.
Secretary Faust aims to accomplish the
same result this fall. provided sufficient
money Is Forthcoming.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04

Copyright, 1881
The Washington herald., 1915-09-04

textile made in China from raw silk
can be buried in the earth a year with
out deteriorating.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04

We thought by this time the editor
of the York News would be able to
recognize a real newspaper row. For
his information we will state that The
editors of the Medium and Press
and Banner are quite agreed that
the minstrel man was right when he
stated that Abbeville has two of the
handsomest editors in the State.
DR.. Thomson's dog, the one that
bit Col. A. M. Stone, is dead. It is
uncertain whether he contracted the
rabies from the bite or died from
natural causes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04

have to say. Mr.. Kruttschnitt, exec
utive head Of the Southern Pacific,
has written an article dealing with
the financing Of railroads. He said
in part: !.
1.-The financing Of q railroad Is a
function which the people, through
their servants, the Railroad Commis;
sioners and the Legislators, have
never attempted, but 1t t a most i'm
portant problem, especially to sec
lions Of q State where nav railroads
are needed. The placing OF securities
has been left entirely with the pro
moter and owner Of railroads.
The immediate determination Of
Whist earnings tho railroad shall be
psSfnittSd to receive and what bur
6ens Il shall have put On - In the
bands; OF other servants Of the public
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04
POUNDING CORPORATION
Greenwood ,Jor

Greenwood Journal.
"The tax commission is quite de-
termined to go ahead, mo matter
what protests + made as Chair
mar Jones puts it, with the process
of 'equalizing and assessing the
property of corporations of all
classes, while, at the same time, CIV
ing only casual attention to the I'M
LIBERALIZATION of farming lands for
taxation. 1t is, on the face of it, an
easy method for the corporation has
been pilloried as the enemy of man.
kind for a long time and is consid-
cred more than fair game. The cor
porations should pay their full
share of the expenses of the govern
ment, and there can be no word said
against a fair assessment of them
for taxation, and, by all means, they
ought to be equalized on the tax
books; but they should be equalized
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04
CHARLESTON AND HER TIGERS.

Some weeks ago several indict-
ments for the unlawful sale of liquor
were handed the grand Jury of Char
lesion county for investigation. The
grand jury later refused to indict
any of the parties, the foreman stat
ing to the court that it was not a
question of law or evidence which
prevented the indictment Of these
alleged law-breakers, and leaving the
inference that the grand jury of
that county refuses to indict men
for selling liquor regardless of the
law and the evidence.
1t may be of interest to some of
our readers to have the names of
some Of the gentlemen of a~ristocra-
tic Charleston, who are so well
thought of by that cultured city
that the members of the grand jury
r willing to disregard their oath of
Office in order to favor them. We,
therefore, present the names as ia
ken from the columns of the News
and Courier. Here they are:
H. O. Haselmeyer, o. H. Weiters,
Antonio Rosa, James Manos, N. J.
Johnson, Mike O'Connell, G.. w.
Behlmers, Geo. Magnonly, Nick Ham,
orsopoulo, C. F. Klenker, M. Quinn,
c. H. Ch~fistopoulo, E. E. HARRISON,
E. H. Rockies, H. w. Bierfscher, W.
c. Strauss, Tim Stauson, Marion So
cial Club, Goth Century Restaurant,
A. Paunshopoulo, A. G. Moraceas,
Denes Tufaris, G.. NJ. Murphy, Jack
son Club, H. H. RADON, S. P. Schi-
adaressi, The Annex, E. H. Reehler,
P. J. Conway, I. L. Baker, j. I. and
H. c. Nolte, E. Marchink, Antonio
Cilento, G J. Heinsohn, G. A. Papa
george, The Keller, A. H. Gorse, Nick
Peters, Mike O'Connell, Jim Basha,
A. Poisoner.
But what is perjury if it saves Ii
quor for Charleston? We hope that
Mess. Pappageorge, Paunshopoulo
and Bierfscher will duly appreciate
the favors shown them. Charleston
was once the home of Christopher
Gadsden, VIM. Henry Drayton. Char
les Pinckney and others of like note;
now it is content to be the City of
Refuge for blind tigers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
IH.--JuIius kruttschnitt
On Financing Railroads

the Legislators and the Commits
sioners.
Managing a railroad is quite differ.
emit from managing a government
where the money is raised by taxa.
ton. When the expenditures, for
good aso or otherwise, increase,
taxes can be equally increased. The
railroads, while servants of. the pub
lie, cannot raise money with such
ease and facility. The railroads must
keep their expenditures within their
incomes because while they have
some control over their expenditures
they have almost no control over their
incomes, their rates being fixed by
public authorities.
There is not a railway manager In
the country today who is not fearful
that under the press Of increasing de-
mands the transportation systems OF
the country will, In q few years, break
down, unless the railroads r allowed
to earn larger funds wherewith to
build 1t up. There are vast sections
Of the country, especially in the West.
where more railroads are needed and
they cannot be built unless the rail.
ways raise new capital.
People invest money In order to
make money, and they are skertical
as to. whether they can make money
by inyesting;in concerns that:are dealt
with stringe4tly and unfairly. Rail
road securities must be made more
attractive to invite Investments, and
in order. thai. they may b: mnde:mess
attractive the roads Pust ee allowed
earnings that VII &able them 70
meet The Increased capital chAftaats
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04
LAWS GOVERNING THE
FIGHT AGAINST WHISKEY
SUPT. HARLEY. GIVES ALL IN
FORMATION REPLIES TO
CHARGES MADE BY THE
LIQUOR PRESS.
Greenwood Journal.)

The Daily Journal has received
the following statement as to the
laws governing the prohibition cleo
ton from Supt. J. L. Harley:
This election will be held on Tues
day, September 14th. There will be
two ballots, as provided by the Stat
ute-one: "For the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic liquors and bever-
ages in South Carolina" the other
against the manufacture and sale
of alcoholic liquors and beverages in
South Carolina"
There will be but one ballot box.
If the result of the election is
against the manufacture and sale,
of alcoholic liquors and beverages
within the State will be unlawful af-
ter that time.
This law has nothing to do with
the one-gallon-a-month law, regulat-
ing the importation of liquors from
outside the State.
All persons who r eligible and
desire to vote in this election must
have a registration certificate and a
receipt showing the payment of all
his taxes for the year 1914.
To vote in this election a person
must have registered more than thir-
ty days before the election, unless he
becomes of age within thirty days.
The only remaining opportunity to
register for this election will be in
August. The books will be open for
at least three days in August, in
every county and at such places in
the county as the Board of Registra-
ton may designate by two weeks
public notice. In those counties hav-
ing $4,000 people or more, the books
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04
LOUIS ]. BRISTOW.

The people of the community, and
especially the people of this city, will
learn with great regret that the be-
loved pastor of the Baptist church,
Rev. Louis J. Bristow, has resigned
his charge here in order to take the
management of the Baptist Hospital
in Columbia, though we r persuad-
ed that the trustees of the Baptist
Hospital have made a most wise Sc
lection.
Mr.. Bristow came here some five
or six years ago. The Baptist de-
nomination was then small. They
owned an old and dilapidated church
at the corner of Church and Pinck-
ney streets, and for some fifteen
years had made no progress. The
church had been in charge of several
pastors of force, good preachers and
good men; but the congregation had
not grown.
Mr.. Bristow came to us with the
reputation of an organizer n
builder. He has lived up to his re-
putation. Taking a mans grip on
the situation, he startled the city by
building a twenty-five thousand dol
lar church, on the most central lot
of the city, he then erected a par
sonage, and caused the membership
of his church to multiply. From a
collection of individuals he fashioned
a machine for work, and every mem
Der of his church is a working part
of the machine.
Mr.. Bristow is a thoughtful and
graceful speaker; his manner is
pleasing; and his energy inexhausti-
BILE. Moreover, he is 9 good man,
devoted to the great work which he
is doing, and consecrated to the
cause to which he has given. his life.
We regret to see him GO; we regret
to see Abbeville lose a man like him;
we regret, too, that Mrs. Bristow WIN
leave us, as Will Their: two bright and
interesting children.
But if there Is work to be done in
the Baptist denomination in the way
of managing a hospital, or any other
institution, the church has found the
right man. He will not await sue
cess; he commands success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04

If the fervid insistence of Editor
Horton that the City Council give
US a new sidewalk on Greenville
street is having anything to do with
this hot weather, we insist that he
"cut it out"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04

as to. value with other classes of
property, and that means all forms
of real estate, but more especially
farming lands, which are VIGOROUSLY
undervalued for taxation.
"The fiscal policy of the State is
undergoing a very drastic revision in
a very u~nscientific way if the value
of real estate is to be left at present
estimates, and there is enough; in the
situation to engage the close atten-
ton Of the governor, before it is too
late to avoid the impression that the
present administration is enlisted in
a'great corporation batting cam
paign. If the farming lands of the
State were on a basis of assessment
comparable with that upon which
city real estate is held for taxation,
there would be more justice and less
occasion for proceeding to inquisition
of the corporations"
The above most excellent presen-
Of this very important ques-
ton is from The Charleston Post. No
doubt about it, there seems to be a
determination upon the part of the
tax commission to lay it on to the
corporations just as heavily as it can.
1t is bad enough, when corporations
have to endure all the prejudice of
individuals, but when added to this,
they must have to contend with the
State which should stand for abso-
lutte justice and the protection of all
men both as to person and property
in the peaceful pursuit Of their eff
forts to conduct business. the thing
becomes intolerable. The fact that
men put their money together in or
der to conduct their business should
not and it does not alter the situa-
ton in the least. +
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04
INJUSTICE TO CORPORATIONS
The Easley Progress.

The Easley Progress.
A few years ago the South was
struggling for existence. The end Of
the war between the States found
fiat, financially. The millions of
dollars of Confederate money abso-
worthless, with slaves all free,
lands as a basis of credit, no good,
and no laws to guide or protect her
people in the accumulation of wealth,
on the other hand, all the laws were
made by carpet baggers and scala
:wags with a view to e~nriching the
North and further h%umiliating the
South. After several years Of this
kind of tyranny, the white people
managed to get possession Of the
State government and began having
laws enacted that would benefit and
protect the people. Banking laws
were made so the people could Dor
row money at 8 or 10 per cent. to use
in purchasing supplies instead Of hay
ing to pay SO and 100 per cent. to
the lien merchants. Other laws were
made giving the people the right to
join their capital together in, corpor-
atoms and thus be enabled to trans
sact business on a more extensive
scale than an individual was able
to do.
In order to induce the people to
form these corporations, frequently
the legislatures would pass special
acts relieving them from taxation for
a number of years. Frequently coun-
tiesHand townships would vote bonds
to railroads, cotton mills, banks and
other corporations to induce them to
be established within their borders.
They were considered goods things
for a community and were thus en-
%couraged. But the people are rest
less and in their anxiety to make
Roadway are too liable to forget the
debt of gratitude they owe to these
institutions for past benefits. And
like the man who killed the goose
that layed the golden egg, they pro-
coed to hamper, prosecute and de-
stroy these institutions by SANDER,
abuse and taxation. We have been
told, and we do not doubt it, that cor
porations are now paying 80 per cent
of the taxes in Pickens county. Yet
the State Tax Commission is pre-
pairing to raise the assessments. 1t
this fair? Is it a wise policy? We
do not think so. Run the corpora
tons out of the State and she will be
put back SO years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04
HOSS RACIN'.

One of the rules of the game is,
that when a gentleman is about to
enter a. spawned" steed he should
begin at once to find fault with the
well groomed entry which looks a
winner.
Will the Greenwood Index, Honea
Path Chronicle and Bolton Journal
please copy?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04

The farmers OF
this nation need
to become better
acquainted with
the railroad men
and their prob
lens 1t Is only
those who know
that can give US
information and
the farmers Of
America should
listen a~ttentively
to what the men
who manage rail-
road property
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04

u .l..- J x .: ~. &c
will be open for the first fifteen days
of August.
It is earnestly desired by those
favoring prohibition that the cleo
ton shall be a full expression of the
sentiment Of the people, both for and
against prohibition. And for that
reason, all persons who are eligible
to do so are urged to register and
vote. - ~ =.
Accompanying the above state
mentsMr.SHarfey enclosed the follow
ing, entitled Criminal Bugbear," in
reply to charges made BY newspapers
representing the liquor interests:
Dealing with the criminal propo-
%sition, the liquor sheets are trying to
make it appear that IA 'as, the Pro-
hibition State, does not compare fav-
orably with the liquor States; that
Kansas has more prisoners than her
sister State o. Nebraska, where they.
have open bar rooms. This is true,
and yet it is a terrible falsehood.
When a writer records something for
the purpose OF deceiving, of course,
he does not exptlana he facts. They
falsely claim TN their figures do
not include United States prisoners
in the federal prison at Leaven-
worth; but their figures are taken
from the federal reports, and every
one knows that all prisoners within
the State of Kansas are included in
these reports. But there is yet an
other reason why Kansas has so
many ore prisoners than her hister
State. Kansas does not inlict capt.
tai punishment for any crime what
soever. All convicts are sent to the
penitentiary. Ayman convicted of
stealing a chicken is sent to the pen
Fitentiary, and if convicted of selling
whiskey the second time he is sent
to the ~penitentiary. 1t is no Won
der that Kansas has more prisoners
than other States, and yet in the face
of all this she shows up very favor
ably when compared with some other
liquor States. Another fact which
should be mentioned is this: The Ii
quor people are taking their figures
from the United States Federal Re-
ports of 1904. At that time Okla
homa Territory was wet, and all her
prisoners were sent to the prisons of
Kansas. 1t is no wonder that Kan
sas was overrun with prisoners at
that time. But when we come to the
latest report, 1910, we find that Pro-
hibition Kansas sent to prison PIP
people for each 100000 inhabitants,
a rate lower than any other State in
the Union, except North Dakota and
Mississippi, and both of these are
Prohibition States; but wet Nebras-
ka sent 493 people to prison for ev-
cry 100000 the same year.
The liquor people are also having
something to say about the number
of divorces in Prohibition Kansas.
Just a brief comparison here will
suffice on this question:
Number of divorces per 100000 in
the report of the States.
Kansas (Prohibition) 1890 100
Nevada (Wet) III
Wyoming (Wet) ----- 113
Arizona (Wet) ---- 100
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04

Jack and Hugh Bradley have re-
turned from the country, restoring
the equilibrium of Greenville street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04
Editorial Brevities.

For information of Col. Kerr, DR..
Burke desires us to state that when
he said we should eat meat but once
each day, he referred to red meats,
and not to sliced bacon and the
white meat of the turkey.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04

We dislike very much to see the
Rev. Louis J. Bristow give up his
charge as pastor of the Baptist
church in Abbeville. But speaking
now with reference only to the well
fare of the Baptist Hospital in Col
umbia, we predict that if he does
leave Abbeville, the Hospital will
have a large increase in the number
of patients Immediately after the
next installment falls due succeed
ing his departure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04

It is plain to be seen from the
above, that while the liquor people
are shooting in the dark that when
their figures are brought to the light
they deceive no one.
]. L. HARLEY,
Supt. S. c. Anti-Saloon League.