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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-05-03
LIKE THE RATTLE OF RAIN
How the TriIIed ar" and the Short
"a" Have Been Employed by
Masters of the Language.

The trilled and the short after
II make a sound which is often won
derfuily suggestive of the thing de-
scribed by the word which they
initiate, or of the mood of the speaker
using such word.
You feel this in words Of very d.
verse meanings; in rapture and in
racket; in ransack and in ravage; In
rally and rampageous; even in rattle,
All these words seem to do their
work with certain JUNCTION, and they
are capable of absorbing the JUNCTION
of the speaker in remarkable degree.
When a man relates that he was very
hungry, hear how he rasps on the hrst
ssiisbts ot>TaFf eedh1sSds:
See how Burns almost compels SYM
pathy with the wastrels Of life against
the "douce folk that live by rule" in
the mere rattle of his RS and yigor
OF his as:
Ys are sac grave, nae doubt yere Wlse'
Nae ferly tho ye do despise
The hairrm-scarum, ram-stam ooys'
The rattlin' squad:
7 see you upward cast your eyes
Ye ken the road.
Good bumor, dislike, anger, scorn
pass over these words in the act OF
utterance like rain or hail over a
wheat field.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-05-03
HISTORIC TREES PASS AWAY
Historians and Antiquarians Can Only
Regret, While Entirely Unable to
Prevent Their Loss.

It is too bad that nature will not al
low trees, or some trees, at any rate'
to live forever. In many places ID
this country, in the East particularly,
the guides or the local historians once
began their holding tales with Under
that tree" The famous colonial and
revolutionary day trees are gone or
are going. Some of the present day
events which are likely to have patrl-
otic or other sentimental interest Tor
posterity might be staged purposely
under thrifty trees of long-lived spe-
cies.
The charter oak is gone, the old elm
of Boston Common is gone and the elm
at Cambridge under whose shade
Washington took command of the con-
tinental army is gone. The trees which
Alexander Hamilton planted, one for
each of the thirteen original states,
have either died Of old age or have
succumbed to the encroachment OF a
civilization which takes little heed OF
sentiment or of natural beauty. And
the treaty tree at the base OF which
the whites signed compact (Which
unquestionably they broke) with the
WeQuadequeek Indians is dead. 1t was
under this tree at Sleepy Hollow that
Washington Irving wrote of Ichabod
Crane and the Headless Horseman.
The old cottonwood at Eighteenth
street and the lake in Chicago died
many years ago. A part of 1t is pre-
served in the building of the Chicago
Historical society, but a bit of dead
timber is as nothing to the living tree.
The sequoias of California come pretty
close to living forever. They certainly
live long enough to satisfy for ages
mankind's sentiment concerning DEEDS
done in their shadow. 1t is pity that
the ancient eastern and middle west
ern elms. cottonwoods and oaks were
not all seQuoias. Trees ought to be
spared for their own sakes, but when
they mark the scenes of stirring ma
tional events they ought to be tended
with double care and solicitude.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-05-03
seIf.LIahtins smudae Pot.

BY the invention Of simple thermo-
static controlling device, a Los An
geles man has developed an ingenious
apparatus for rendering the smudge
pots used by orchardists self-operat-
ing, says Popular Mechanics. The ap-
pliance, which may be fitted to any
standard type Of pot, Is regulated by a
small copper rod. When the atmos'
pheric temperature drops to prede-
termined point the contraction of the
rod is sufficiently great to release a
cup containing an acid. The liquid is
poured into small chamber provided
in the smudge pot. This holds a
chemical substance which burns upon
the addition of the acid, producing a
flame that ignites the crude oil used
in the pot. The thermostat may be
adjusted so as to release the acid
when the temperature falls to any spe'
cific degree. With this apparatus In
use, On orchard may be protected from
frost without personal attention being
given It.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-05-03
SMALL-TOWR BOY NOT GONE
He Plays the Same Old Franks and
Has the Same Old Youthful
Exuberance.

Not long ago writer in a western
exchange bewailed the passing of the
true boy, the boy of natural impulses
with streak of old Adam, and fine
contempt for the minor ordinances,
the Cleveland Plain Dealer remarks.
He was the boy who plotted and exc
cnted mischief of the boyish type, who
made himself nuisance, perhaps, to
the community in which he ran wild,
yet never mixed meanness with mis-
chief. In short, he was the old-fash-
icned boy, the embodiment Of life and
spirit and impishness. In his place, as
the writer points out, we have the
hulking street corner boy, who travels
in gangs and becomes the bane of the
police guardians.
No doubt the author Of this disser-
tation had IN mind the boy of the rural
community, not the city boy, but the
small-town boy. That type OF boy isn't
found in the cities. They are too
hampering for his soaring soul. He
needs room, he requires tolerant
community, he wants congenial at
mosphere. 1t may be imagined that
the author of the lamenting screed,
having looked out through his urban
window and noted no boy Of the old
fashioned type, believes he end his JOY
Gus type have passed.
The smalltown boy still exists, how.
ever. Every little while his boyish
pranks provide material for the coun-
try correspondent. He plays the same
old tricks; he exhibits the same old
brand Of boyish eXuberance. The 9TH
er day he slipped into Delaware
church where a revival service was in
progress, and left half frozen hor-
nets nest beside the stove. When the
hornets thawed out they organized an
exploring expedition and the congrega-
tion promptly endeavored to leave the
edifice in body.
There Is no use Of worrying over the
decline Of the small-town boy. He
hasn't declined.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-05-03
Earliest School Books.

Among the recent discoveries In the
archaeological excavations in ancient
Babylonia are some stone tablets be.
iieved to have been used as school
books in the first regular school ever
held in the world. They have been
added to the collection Of the Uni.
versty of Pennsylvania.
F; TIE prehistoric textbooks have
mar.es proving that they were used In
q SC ael conducted in a temple in Nip
Dur re than 23O0 years B. c. This
SCH is known to have bees in e1-
istt at least one thousand years
ant records have yet been found
to cate the existence of any pre-
Ger it. The tablets contain notes
VI. ,veral sciences, evidently made
uJ :e stone surface by stylus.
Sc of them contain two forms OF
ch rs, indicating that the pupils
at ed to copy the work of the
te.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-05-03

Bay Prince Albert every
rphere tobacco is sold in
toppy red bags, Sc; tidyred
tins, 10c; handsome pound
and half.pound tin hun1i-
dors-and-that corking fine
pound crystal-glass humi-
dor sDith sponge-moistener
top that keeps the tobacco
in such clever trim-always!
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
FINANCIAL PLAN
Of MEXICO DARK
No Revelation of What 1t is
To Be; Denials of All
Reported Plans.

Mexico is WORKING upon pldl9 AOA
establishing its financial system, Dul
what those plans are remain secrets OF
state. and all limitations as to the
form they will take or how they VIII
he applied are strenuously denied and
repudiated by Gen. Nenustiano Car
rama. the first chief, and minister OF
finance Luis Cabrera. Two kilograms
were received Thursday by the Mexican
consulate in FL Paso denying the au-
thenticity OF statements made upon the
border purportlng 10 be official or
serni-official in character.
The first message was from LUIS Ca
brera, minister OF finance, and was sent
from Mazatlan, dated February 20;
You NAV deny emphatlcally the news
report in New York and border papers
that the Carranza government has been
refused loans asked of bankers in New
York City. Neither 1, nor anyone else
has been authorized 20 negotiate with
New York bankers, or any other bank
ing houses, relative TO a national loan
for financing Mexico"
The second message is from Gen. Gar :
rama direct and is a denial Of recent
ACCOMPLISHMENTS made by an alleged
representative OF the constitutional
treasury department, in which a new
issue OF paper is to be made and all
metal money called in by the National
bank The telegram reads: You may
deny information about proposed plan
for a national bank, as nothing has
been decided
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
Citizens Walk the Streets
With Rifles on Shoulders;
Bought at "Old HOss" Sale

Considerable Of the flavor OF Next
can revolutions was suggested in the
semi-snnual sale conducted by the
FEDERAL authorities in the court adJoln-
ing the postoffice building THURSDAY
morning. The sale was or seizures
under $500, which may be sold OUTSIDE
Of court proceedings providins 10
protest as to seizure is filed
Between % and 30 saddles, ranging
from the big horn kind with silver or
namonts that the Mexican cattieIneil
like so we'll to the more simple but
well built leather saddles OF the A .llll-
can TYNE, were placed on sale. There
we're also many guns and pistols, a few
swords considerable ammunition IN
belts and boxes, a number Of baskets
OF varied wines and liquors, some
fancy work, dry goods, and misoel-
laneous collection OF odds and ENDS
that persons thought they could get
across without paying duty. o.,
Eugene Harris purchased small
saddle which he explained was Tor ms
small SON" A. Harris bought q goou
many Of the saddles as did also ION
HAYES. representative OF the Hearsl
ranch in Mexico Another large buyer
OF guns, saddles and implements was
Charles Levy Of the Lion grocery,
The rifles and guns were sold 10
sporadic buyers rather than to firms
and the dinner hour witnessed many
homeward bound, appearing much as
IL they had entered into some federal
plan for creating an army among the
citizens. The sale was held under the
direction OF W. ". Carpenter OF the
custom house.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
CEN. GUTIERREZ
ORDERED NORTH
Coming to Help in the Cam
paign Which Seeks to
Capture Villa.

Gen. Luis Gutierrez, one of the abiest
generals of the Constitutionalist cause
has been ordered north to Chihuahua
CITY to relieve Gen. Luis Herrera as
commander of that garrison, according
TO a dispatch received Thursday morn
ing Inv Gen. Gabriel Gavira OF the
Juarez garrison. ,.,
CSn. Herrera, it is understood, has
been ordered with troops to western
Chihuahua to prosecute northern
advance upon Villas forces VINO are
said to be still assembled at st Anna.
THE strength Of the army which Gen.
Gutierrez will bring 70 the north IL
said to be not less than 1OOO men,
further military movements are
scheduled in the bulletin that Gen.
Bertani is at Pearson In the cases
C9rande country on his way to MADEIRA
and that he has under his command
500 mounted men.
Communication with Torreon. re
Gently upset by the cutting OF wires
between .Jiminez and rorreon' just
south of Escalon. by Villistas mas Deeh
restored and the Juarez and Chihuahua
garrisons are said to lie In direct com
munication with the military conditions
in southern Chihuahua and northern
Durango.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC
Is INFECTED WITH BANDITS

That marauding bands OF robbers
and bandits are terrorizing and loot
ing the farming communities OF the
isthmus of Tehuantepec. was lntorma-
ton brought to FL Paso on Nednes-
day by an American who has properly
in that remote section Of Mexico. 1t
is very difficult" the informant said,
ito say whether or not many Of the
peopIe themselves are not implicated
in these raids Certainly they are
assuming alarming proportions ana
the country is on the brink Of savagery.
The offenses are so general that little
authority can be brought TO bear IN
either melting out punishmet or caus-
ig prevention"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
COOK BOOKS TO BE SENT
OUT DURING BABY WEEK

Ia connection with the sale OF the
baby garments and cakes during Save
the Babies week, the FL PasO Equal
Franchise league has prepared a series
of cook books that are very attractive
little affairs. The German cook book
contains a variety of recipes for cakes.
In the American book are salads anu
chafinR dish recipes. The French book
contains sauces and entire recipes.
The Scotch book is made up Of recipes
for broths, porriGses and cakes. Typi-
cal Spanish dishes form the Mexican
cook book The books viii be attrac-
lively bound in covers designed and
painted bv the pupils of the drawing
classes of ie public schools.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
COUNTY URGED
To ECONOMIC
Elevator Committee Says
Too Many Bond Issues
and Too High Tax Rate.
caAszznef M mr. Naek PAX

The need for economy in the admin
istration OF the affairs or the county
was limited at I'm the report OF the COM
mittee appointed 10 Investigate the
relative merits OF the Otis and Warner
elevators. The committee was COM
posed of J. L. Campbell and county en-
gineer Charles 5. Hennins. who select
ed Hugh Braunton, an architect as
third member.
After discussing the relative merits
Of the two elevators. the report says:
The committee Is not satisfied that
the excess overhead charge against OTIS
gearless elevators in the courthouse
would be liquidated by a higher eff
ficiency. II any Of such elevators in
comparison 10 the Warner elevators. It
is Of the opinion that the Warner eIe-
yators at S20000 should be selected and
that the expenditure of an excess OF
S11.300 for Otis elevators IS unneces-
sary and would be injudicious and II so
recommends.
Need for Economy.
The committee asks leave 10 refer 10
a growing need for economy and re-
striction of expenditure of public funds
wherever unnecessary or doubtful ex-
penditure may be avoided on account
of numerous and large bond issues. the
tax rate has recently increased materi-
ally and the county still has large in
dispensable and costly improvements to
make With the most rigid economy
and wise management the cost OF the
courthouse will largely exceed the bond
issue intended to cover it.
THE committee is particularly i'm
pressed by the need for more COMPETE
ton in FL PasO in proposals to furnish
elevator equipment for this growing
city. 1t is satisfied that FL Paso has
been paying too much for its elevator
facilities"
The court requested the committee to
take more time in which to investigate
the mechanical efficiency Of the two
makes Of elevator. and rejected all bids.
A dollar saved by buying goods pro-
duced elsewhere is a dollar thrown at
Nnnr neinhhnr,a hlrda-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
water Conditions, Rio Grande Proieet.
COLLIER'S FIGURES IN
BRANDEIs INVEsTIG ATION-

Washington, D. C., Feb. 24.-Mark
Sullivan, editor Of Golfers Weekly.
testified today before the senate com
mittee, Investigating the nomination OF
Louis d. Brandeis to the supreme court
that Mr.. Brandeis was employed bv Col
lier's as attorney in the Ballinger-Pin-
chot investigation Ito protect its inter
ests and those Of tire public"
Austen G. Fox, attorney for those on
posing Mr.. Brandeis asked the commit
tee to subpoena Charles F. Kelley, a New
York attorney. Fox said he would show
that Mr.. Brandeis stated to Kelley he
did not wish the fact Of his emnlov-
ment BY Golfers TO be disclosed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
ALBUQUERQUE'S
FINE Elk HOME
Is Best in Southwest and the
Duke City Lodge Biggest
in the Southwest.

"Albuoueroue now has the finest
rllss' home in the southwest and also
has the largest membership Of any
lodge OF Elks in the southwest. FL Paso
not excepted" said II. 3. Hening, edi-
tor OF the Albuquerque Herald and
prominent member of the order IN the
De ..onT new dubious is worth s1e5.-
900 and is the largest ana pest
eauipped in the entire section he con-
finued. I'VE took our old home, which
Included an opera house, ana ieDu,ll
IL at a cost OF $4,000, into one OF tne
most modern homes in the county :; =
We converted the old opera house au-
ditorium into a dancing hall and gym,
nariuu. The basement was turned
into shower baths, barber shop ana
wash rooms. On the first Iloor we
have restaurant, buffet, loungihe
rooms and billiard rooms. IN the sec
ond and third stories we nave ANihs
rooms for members, 56 Of them. EacIi
room Is EQUIPPED with private Dath-
An rooms are heated by steam IN WIN
ter and cooled by &r in summer.
The club serves breaktast anu i iul,-
cheons and at luncheons the Leading
business men of the city daily gather
10 discuss their social and business
affairs. 1t is the big club of the city
and we are all very proud OF IL
When we declQeu upon ~ puiu,ll -,
our property was paid for ana we nag
sfA 600 in the treasury. We borrowed
$4,000 TO make the alterations ana we
are paying this off rapidly.
Mr.. Henning IL returning from az
tending the New Mexico Cattiemen'
convention Al Deming. and announces
that DeminE, Silver City and all that
section will Join Ell Paso here IN goin6
TO the Albuquerque meeting OF me
panhandle and Southwestern associa-
ton on the eighth. He says a line
program Of entertainment has been
prepared by Albuquerque for the dele
rates
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
Why Tolerate Catafh?

You have noticed, no doubt, that any
cold aggravates nasal catarrh, and the
flow of mucous amazes you that such
Objectionable matter could find lodg-
ment in your head. To ignore this
catarrh when the cold subsidies is
wrong because it continues to slowly
injure the delicate Innings of the nasal
passages and clog them up.
To correct catarrh, cleanse the nos
trils frequently with solution Of warm
water and salt, insert vasehne on re-
firing, and take spoonful of SCOTS
Emulsion after meals for one month.
SCOTS acts through the blood to feed
the tissues, and contains soothing
glycerine to check the inflammation
and heal the sensitive membranes.
Scott's is pleasant TO take.
Scott 8 Bovine Bloomfield. MI. 1SR
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
REBEL CHIEF SURRENDERS
NEAR T0RRE0N, REPORT

Unconfirmed reports from Torreon,
Mex. said Wednesday that Htlario
Rodriguez. an insurgent chief, had sur
recn, with 80 men. The report came
direct from Torreon, showing that the
Carranza authorities had finally sue
ceeded in restoring wire communiea-
tion. which has been interrupted fire.
quently during the past two weeks
Train service. It was also declared,
would be resumed tomorrow.
The reports, which came from car
rama sources, also stated that CaliXto
CIftreras and other recalcitrant lead
ors were suing for peace. Statements
that these men were about to sur
render have been circulated often, but
here tofore have been invariably fol-
lowed by renewed activity on their
part ,,
Canuto REYES, who raided Tlahuilo
soy-e DAVIS ago. is said to have been
eliminated as q menace IN that ols-
trict.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
WOMAN THROWN FROM
BICYCLES SUES FOR s2O.OOO

4 suit for $4,000 damages was filed
Thursday morning in the 41st district
court by Ola NAY Berry. against the
FL Paso Electric Railway company. for
alleged injuries sustained in a collision
with a street car at Campbell and Bou-
levard on Nov. %.
She alleges that she was riding a hi
| cycle operated by Eduardo Villeeos and
car. Villegos lost his life in the acct
dent.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
MEXICAN C0NSULATES WILL
SHOW COUNTRY'S RESOURCES

The secretary OF foreign atfalrs loI
tho Coostitutional government Of
Mexico has notified the various consul
lates in America and Europe that plans
are now in course OF development ZOE
Installing exhibits in connection WIN
ali consuIates showing raw products
in Mexico and some of the opportuih,l-
lies for investment Of capital in the
republic. 800
In the same connection, il was stated
that none Of the consulates in the
southwest had been abolished, as was
rumored in a program Of retrenchment
and that the consulates al AlouqueIque,
Naco. Douglas. Del Rio and Eagle Pass
are all operating well and efficiently
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
INJUNCTION SUIT AGAINST
CEMENT co. TO START FRIDAY

The -election Of a jury for the final
hearing in the injunction suit brought
by Latta & Happier and other minority
stockholders against the southwestern
Portland Cement company to restrain
the company from building cement
plant 1t Victorville, Cal, Will prooao ~
begin In the 41st district court Friday
morning.
Arguments as to procedure in the
trial # the case were made before
Judge p r. Price Thursday morning
and this afternoon. -,
Inc me-, uriai y UI lie or r. ten DAYS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
Prisoner Had Sling Shot,
Billy" Knife and Badge

George Butten was arrested in q
house at s07 East Rio Grande street
Thursday morning by mounted officers
following the receipt of number OF
complaints from residents Of that vi
cinity.
Butten, when searched by the officers
was found to have a large knife, a
billy" club and a sling shot concealed
on his person, the police say
He also had r large aluminium badge
with the words captain, police, Ell
Paso." engraved on IT, He is being held
in the city Jail pending an investiga-
ton
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
WEATHER BULLETIN.
L. :. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WEATHER BUREAU.

Observation taken
at s a. m. 18th me-
ridan time &c q. N.
FL Paso time.l Feb.
q, 1916.
Forecasts.
FL PasO and ricin-
fty-FaiT tonight and
Friday.
New MsNicO-Part-
" cloudy tonight
and Friday: y o t
much change I'm tenn
perature.
Arizona - Partly
cloudy tonight and
Friday; not much
change in tempera-
tuTe,
West TeNas-TO-
night. fair; freezing
in the Panhandle.
Friday fair.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
HABEAs CORPUS FOR W. JOHNSON.

IN haDeas corpus proceedings insti-
tuted before judge Ballard Coldwell
Thursday morning Willis Johnson ar
rested by the sherifrs office Wednes-
day, was remanded to the custody of
the sheriff Officers at Waco have been
advised that he is being held Tor them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
GRANT COUNTY POsTOFFTCE -
ROBBED OF 500 IN CASH

silver CITY. n. NJ, Feb. 24-The post--
office authorities have been notified
of the robbery of the postoffice az
Jackson, Grant county. which was
robbed only about two months ago
of 500.
In the present robbery the burglars
made a haul of 32e0 in cash.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24

A dollar saved by buying goods pro-
duced elsewhere is a dollar thrown at
your neighbours birds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24

SulzberEer's Majestic Hams are DE
liciously Different. Phone your dealer
to send YOU Cne.-AdV.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24

Precipitation in last 20 hours Cn inches) I.
Weather at a. m......--.......l
Lowest temp. last night, -..-i
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
Alameda Car Line.

An ordinance amending an ordinance
passed December %, 1915, and requir-
ing the Electric Railway company TO
move its tracks 10 the center of Ala
media avenue, requiring the constrUc-
hon OF curbs along the tracks and eX-
empting from paving within the curbs.
was placed on first reading.
An ordinance was placed on first
reading granting G. T. Putnam a fran
chise for spur track on Lee street
block So Cotton addition.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24
Steel RIIIhOnrda.

Council as a whole-The Page COM
pany, 10 erect billbOards on steel frames
on Mesa avenue at the z. P. & S. W.
crossing; property owners, TO pave al
ley IN block 4, Mills map.
Streets and grades-Baciiio Rodri-
guez, for bootblack stands at Second
and FL Paso streets ana Fourth and FL
PasO streets