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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18

duty to the people, il time above
all others, when duty to the peopie
means the protection, not only o-
property rights, but of the lives ana
liberties Of men, women and chill
dren.
81 think we ought to write the
records straight. l have no program
in mind. l have stated why l have
called you gentlemen together. Ine
matter is before you for such action
as you may deem wise"
Other Addresses.
Addresses were made by c. T..
Graydon, Dr.. Olin Sawyer, Solicitor
George Bell Zimmerman, DR.. t. j..
Strait, James P. Cary, Jr., Lowndes j..
Browning, DR.. Thomas Mclaughlin,
George A. Browning, Eugene -.
BucHgham, John P. Grace, D. W.
McLaurin, Sheriff Joe NJ. H. Ashley
and others. The statement quoteu
from the war department that When
in Washington, Governor Manning
told the department that if county
officials mentioned conducted the reg
iStration, that 'slackers' might nave
their day, and that politics woa d
control the work in South Carolina
was scathingly denounced as a false
reflection upon the reform party, Id
that it was in effect charge that Il
county officials of the reform faction
including sheriffs, were given places
on the consumption board that
"slackers" would have their day De-
cause of the alleged attitude OF the
reform faction.
Congressman Dominick.
The following letter from Congress-
man Fred H. Dominick, addressed 70
Former Gov. Blease, was read:
Il received your letter of the 18th
this morning in reference to the
meeting on Monday afternoon and I
hate awfully that I can not be with
you, but just at this time it is almost
a matter of impossibility for me to
be away. The revesue bill Is now
up. and, besides, the army conscrlp-
ton bill is not yet passed, We hav-
Ing Oh S0Stcl udS sotOu w
the bill to the conferees with in
structions to agree to the senate
Roosevelt section This, Of course,
as you know, throws the whole biz
back into conference, and it is pos
sible for the committee to make
other changes. On account of my
position on this bill, / think that 1t
is very important that I miss not a
single vote that ! can cast against
conscription.
81 would like so much to be with
you and my other friends at your
meeting, and I hope that you Will
convey to them my sincerest regrets
at not being able to be present, and
my heartiest greetings and well
wishes for a most pleasant, profitable
and successful meeting. Tell them
that although have been licked On
several occasions am still in the
ring and will continue to do and
vote for what believe to be right
and for the best interests of our
people, whatever the consequences
may be, political or otherwise"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-18
France fortunate in Sub Warfare.

Paris, May 14.-The first three
months of unrestricted u-boat war
fare cost France only II merchant
men. The admiralty announced to-
night that this is the number sent to
the bottom in February. March ana
April.
Not a single armed French mer-
chantman was sunk in that period,
Mine French vessels escaped after De-
ing attacked by u-boats.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
NO LULL IN
of State to Work Each
Week as il Election Were Near

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Feb. 49,
Organization work which began in
the last campaign will be perpetual
ed by the Democratic State Commit
tee and Democratic rallies are plann-
ed to be continuous between now and
the election in 1913.
A card index system of every DEM
ocratic and independent voter in Mis-
souri, is to be kept at the permanent
headquarters of the committee.
Finances are to be raised for the
next campaign, and Democrats
throughout the State are to be ask
ed to make quarterly donations to the
fund.
This program was adopted here yes
terday afternoon by a subcommittee
of the Democratic State Committee.
James Cowgirl, chairman of the
State Committee, presided. He Sc
leeted the following subcommittee:
Finance - W. J.. Fleming, Monet;
C. H. Burdett, Ava, and Drake Wat
son, New London.
Organization = Ben M. Neale, of
Greenfield; ]. E. Boggs, Columbia,
and Senator Michael Kenney, of st.
Louis.
Publicity Emmett O'Malley,
Kansas City; Senator John M. Nor
ton, Richmond, and W. E. Spratt, st.
Joseph.
Emmett O'Malley, chairman of the
Publicity Committee, said last night
hat the committee intended to con-
duct organization work as if tthe
State were on the eve of a general
election. "We are going to keep in
close touch with every township in
Missouri" said o'Malley, "and we
will be ready to enter the campaigns
of 1918-1920 better organized than
ever before"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
TEACHING THE r

A Practical Suggestion to the Wo-
mans Auxiliary OF. the County
Farm Bureau to Introduce Domes-
tic Science.
National Crop Improvement service.l
At Holly, Colorado, the teaching
of Domestic Science has been ac-
complished in a very economical
manner. Tie women of that COM
munity have opened up their homes
for the girls to be taught there,
which gives them the most natural
condition under which to work. A
teacher has been employed to give
part of her time to domestic science
work, a course of study has been
made, and they nov have thirty girls
enrolled. This number is divided
into three classes Of ten each, and
on the day appointed for the work
the teacher and ten girls go to a
home that has been offered for the
day where cooking, serving and gem
eral housekeeping are done. On
special occasions the classes arc
taken to the groceries on inspection
and buying trips, and to the
butchers where killing, cutting, cur
ing and care of meat are explained,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
RESOLUTIONS FOR EAMILY


DENVER, Feb, 10. = Novel reso-
buttons are suggested by the Rev.
Hugh L. McMenamin, pastor of the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Concep-
ton.
For young men he proposes they
resolve:
81 will a an honest living; l will
practice liberality and charity and
ave a portion of my income.
81 will at all times reverence wom-
anhood and treat every woman with
the respect that l would demand for
my sister or mother"
For the young women:
81 will die a spinster rather than
marry a man whose conduct and re-
ligion do not command my respect.
81 will introduce my every COM
panion to the members of my fam
ily."
For husbands:
81 will never let my wife guess
that / notice that she is not as young
and pretty as she used to be.
"My wife and children shall see
more of me-"
For wives:
~ will reform my husband, if he
needs it, by kindness, patience and
resignation, rather than by nagging.
81 will make his home more attrac-
tive than his club"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

forged and sent to Aguinaldo, appar-
emily from General Lacuna, in which
the latter was made to say that he was
sending some fine troops for the per-
sonal use of the Philippine president.
To all outward appearances all along
the March, Funston and the other
Americans were prisoners. They
were exhibited as members Of a sur
veying party that had been captured
by the Macabebes, who pretended to
be rank insurgents. Provisions were
scarce on the march and when the ex-
petition was eight miles from Pala-
nan, where Aguinaldo had his head
quarters, A~guinaldo actually was re-
quested to send supplies, which he
gladly did, at the same time telling
the Macabebes to treat the white pris-
oners kindly. The next morning the
march was taken up again and the
expedition was greeted by Aguinal-
dos household troops with pomp and
ceremony. Funston's men marched.
around the headquarters and paraded
in front of Aguinaldo's troops.
But just at this moment the trouble
began A Spaniard with the Funston
expedition-in fact, an officer
thought he detected suspicion in the
eyes of Aguinaldo's aid and he
shouted:
Now Macabebes, go for them"
In an instant the firing was brisk.
Aguinaldo, who had gone into the
house, thought the firing was a sign
of festiVity and ~deploring the waste
of powder, rushed to a window and
shouted:
"Stop that foolishnessl Don't
waste ammunition"
Then an e-insurgent officer with
the expedition threw his arms around
the rebel leader, who was speedily
surrounded. At the first fire Cen
eral Funston had assumed command.
He helped secure the little native
chief who had made so much trou-
BILE for the Americans.
Aguinaldo was then rushed to the
coast and taken to Manila.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
GOOD SEEDS
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Michigan and Other
States Forming Seed As
sociations with County
Seed Centers.
SEED BREEDING IN SWEDEN.
Pedfgreed Selection Undertaken By
Members of the Association.
By Chas. Loechner.

National Crop improvement service.l
sweden at the beginning of the last
century was one of the principal
countries in Europe to supply the
grain market, but a long period of
raising the same sorts without selec-
ton began to show its bad effects
towards the last quarter of the
century. The grain raisers realized
that something had to be done to
change their system. The soil was
worked out and the old standard
varieties had deteriorated.
Local associations were formed to
encourage the cultivation of a better
class OF seed grain, and hundreds of
varieties were imported from all over
to be tried out. These associations,
although they achieved some good,
had only a, short life. Certain i'm
provements which were made were
only known in small districts. The
Swedish farming interests as a whole
did not profit by them.
1t was left to one man, Burger
Wilender, a keen, far-seeing farmer
of independent means, operating a
large farm rear the village of Svaloef,
who conceived the idea that great
and lasting improvements could only
be achieved by cooperation of the
different interests. His idea was
readily and quite widely accepted. A
national association was formed in
1886 called the Swedish Seed I'm
provement Association" Large land
owners Joined and the results of this
Association were such that the
Swedish Parliament voted a yearly
subsidy of $4,000 Kroners in 1891,
which was raised to 10000 Kroners
in 1895.
This Association worked on one
particular line, seed selection from
single plants pedigree selection) and
within a few years they showed sur
prising results. Entirely new stand
ard varieties of Wheat, Barley and
Oats now can be distributed all over
the country and the crops were
doubled compared with what they had
been 20 years ago. From this pedi-
greed grain every year the best is
taken u again to continue the i'm
provement.
Sweden is nov again in a position
of supplying the European market
with superior grain. which, notwith-
standing the higher price, is readily
bought from the General Swedish
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
FARMS ON DRESS PARADE.

National Crop Improvement seryice.l
The Scott County Farm Improve
ment Bureau has inaugurated a series
of farm contests for the purpose of
securing better and larger yields, and
getting facts which will advertise
Scott county. The four contests are
as follows:
/. Best acre of corn.
2. Best acre of barley.
3. Best acre Of potatoes.
4. Best kept farm home.
An automobile trip has been ar
ranged by the members who will go
around and look at the farms of the
contestants and the awards will be
made in November by three disinter-
ested judges.
The contest started out with thirty
FIVE entries which has been largely
increased.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

" Lot 2, Block 1, Rawlings Add to
Mexico.
Margaret V Thomas to Henry Kun
KEEL. Warranty. Consid 5000. Sc
ISW of .17-50-S.
Homer E. Slonaker to w w Har-
per. Warranty. Consid 81. SW
Sc & S 2 A of NV Sc of 26 & NV
NE of 35-51-10.
Elizabeth Valentine to S M Locke.
Warranty. Consid 81 and other.
2 A in SW NE of 23-51-9.
Ruth T Arnold to Ralph R Buck
ner. Warranty. Consid 81 and 9TH
er. Sc of 10 & w " SW of IL
500.
Ralph R Buckner to Robert R Ar
mold. Warranty. Consid 81 and
other. Sc Of 10 & W Y Of 1869.
: Theo J Williams to w A Sharp.
Quit Claim. Consid 81. Y int in
Lot 3, Block 8, Muldrows Sub-div to
Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS


W L Miller to J H DUNCAN. War
ranty. Consid $4,000. N Y of NE
G. SW NE 15-51-6.
CIV Wayne to w A Wayne. Quit
Claim. Consid ST.. w " Of SW &
S " of SW NV of 29-50-9.
John H Hinton to Charles W Pease.
Warranty. Consid $4,000. s u of
N " & M of Sh of 29-52-1O.
Chas W G. Rossie Pease to John
II Hinton. Warranty. Consid $751;
800. PIT of NE of 29-51-6, N of R R.
] M Price to James Clark. War
ranty. Consid $4,000. LOG A in
NE Sc & in w Y NE Is of R RI in
~|22-51--0.
0 D Gray to A L Bruton. War
ranty. Consid SGT. so. Lot 81, Blk
8, Fairview Place, Mexico.
Blanch W Walker ct al to John H
lane. Warranty. Consid 81 and
other. E 55 # of Lot A., Block &C."
Davis Add to Mexico.
Alice Harris to Rachel Cook & Mil
lie E Brandon. Warranty. Consid
5000. S " of Block 10, Orig Far
Der.
w H Houf to Melvin Beamer ct al.
Warranty, Consid 81 & other. $50
by 200 # in Sc SW Of 82-53-10.
J M Boyle to Fred Ewens. War
ranty. Consid $4,000. s " of Sc
of 1920.
Matte C Sears to Kenneth G
Sears. Warranty. Consid 81 and
other. Part of Lot s, Block IL, Orig
Mexico.
Maggie J Azdell to A G Azdell.
Warranty. Consid 81. Part of Lot
80, Survey 1882, in Mexico.
Isaac Roberts to Magnolia Roberts.
Warranty. Consid 81. Lot 3 & W
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

The browning achievement Of General
Funston in the Philippines and the
exploit which gave him the greatest
fame was the capture Of Aguinaldo,
March %, 1901. That General Fun
ston ever swan the Bag-Bag, as he
was credited, has been vigorously de-
MED by his enemies. But no one has
ever charged that he did not capture
A~guinaldo. The most his enemies
could do in this respect was to de-
nounce the manner in which he
caught the insurgent leader, and this
they did literally. In telling of the
capture at a banquet after he had been
repeatedly requested to do SO, General
Funston himself admitted humorous
ly that it was "a dirty Irish trick"
'I'd give a farm to capture that
yellow boy" Funston said a short
time after hostilities in the Phillip
pines had begun. "And I'll do it yet"
When he took Aguinaldo into Ma
Mia, his prisoner, he made good his
promise. Two weeks before his cap
ture, the country knew that Funston
was after him and also knew that the
War Department officials were not
very enthusiastic about the tactics
that the little Kansan was pursuing.
They did not believe he would be sue
cessful. Otherwise the plans were
all right. But members of the TWEEN
tieth, then returned to Kansas, watch
ed eagerly for the news that would
tell of the capture of Aguinaldo for
the thought never entered their heads
that Aguinaldo had one chance in a
million to escape with Funston out
after him.
With four officers and seventy
eight native scouts from the Maca-
bebe battalion and two or three Span
iards, all Of whom spoke the Tagalog
dialect fluently, Funston started from
Manila to get the rebel leader. Fun
ston and his American officers, ac-
cording to the plan, were to be taken
to Aguinaldo's headquarters in the
interior of Luzon as prisoners. Fun
ston had caused two letters to be
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
Seed Cerfl0eafea,

ottu ScENAHcbteA.
Simple form to be used for pupils to
be returned to their farmer partners.
A list Of these tests to be furnished
also to the county newspapers.
1t is important to test all of the
seeds every year, because, for many
reasons, there are times when the
termination of the seeds is very low,
and many a poor crop, as, for in
stance, the oat crop of 1918, is largely
due, not only to the weather, but to
the fact that a great deal of the seed
was not in proper condition to plant.
Note to Teachers.
Have each pupil select a farmer
from whom to obtain seeds. 1t would
be well to privately test this method
before showing to the children, being
sure that you. have every detail of it
correct. The Crop Improvement
Committee of the Council of Grain
Exchanges, Chicago, will be glad to
mail a complete tester with full
directions free, or in any quantity at
lie each. Everybody invited to. Join
the seed-testing campaign. Volun-
teers wanted in every county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
PERSONAL MENTION.

G.. c.. Madison, of Independence,
is here.
Mrs. Agnes Badaracco is suffering
with grippe.
Cleve Smith went to Middletown,
Mo-, today on a visit.
Mrs. j. d. Miller, who has been
quite i'll, is much better.
Mrs. G. S. Holman, Of Fulton, is
visiting Mexico relatives.
A. P. Green is expected home from
Florida about March g..
Mrs. T. T. Morris is in Fulton,
where Mr.. Morris is having his eyes
treated.
Miss Evelyn Bates is home from
Synodical College, Fulton, for the
weekend.
Mrs. Bell Moore, who has been i'll
in st. Louis, is improving slowly.
Oscar Kent, of st. Louis, was in
this city Monday.
A. W. Durham, of Columbia, was
i Mexico Sunday.
DR.. J. G. Pasqueth is going to
California on a six weeks visit to
his brother, Gus.
Miss Julia Tucker, who has been
quite i'll with tonsilitis, is able to be
out.
Mrs. T. j. Kelso is able to be out.
T. T. Morris is slowly improving.
Mrs. J.. T. johnson is the guest of
Mrs. S. B. Cook in jefferson City.
The many friends of T. 7. Morris
will regret to learn his condition re-
mains about the same.
Tony Weinand has moved to Glas-
gov, where he will make his home in
the future .
Miss Edna Armstrong, who has
been ill, is much better.
E. M. Ferguson, of Jonesburg, was
in Mexico OF business Friday.
Elzea Painter, formerly of this city,
is with the Goodyear Rubber Co., of
Akron, Ohio. 9
Mark Pitcher, who has been suffer-
ing with the grippe, is able to be out.
Mrs. Loren Smith is home from a
pleasant visit in Fulton.
E. c.. Gamble, who has been quite
i'll, remains about the same.
Or. R. C. Strobe is home from st.
Louis.
Chas. Pigg is here for several days.
Ovens Adams is suffering with the
grippe.
Mrs. M. H. Stalcup, of the Washing
ton, st. Louis, is visiting Mrs. E. A.
Lawrence at the Ringo.
st. Louis Progressives are urging
Jackson Johnson to become a can
didate for Mayor.
The Central College basket ball
team lost to Central Wesleyan in
Fayette Tuesday, 81 to 26.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
HERE'S THE
PERFECT GIRL
REQUIREMENTS
Sale Win Start at 1880 O'Clock

-O-
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Feb. II.
The following are the attri-
butes of the perfect girl as seen
through Harvard eyes, some
fifty bachelor graduates hav-
ing recently, and after consid-
cradle discussion, agreed on
them for the "girl that's worth
while"
She Is attractive, graceful
q and healthy, but not necessa-
rily pretty.
She can dress tastefully and
entertain anyone and make him
feel at ease.
She can make bread as well as
fudge, and cake as well as a
"rarebit."
Her dancing is not necessarily
latest, her tennis is not neces-
sarily up to the standard, but
she is appreciative of the dance
and of the sports.
She is broad-minded, sympa-
thetic, tactful, unselfish, opti-
mistic, thrifty, of good dispo-
sition and moderate in all
things.
She can stand reverses with
out worry.
She is gentle to children and
kind to older people, especially
to her parents.
She has a broad education, but
not necessarily a college one.
She is modest and true and
home loving.
She has a good social stand
ing, is Of a religious nature and
is not "too proud to pray"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
M. M. NOTES
BY Cadet Epstein.

Our next game Of the season will be
with Wentworth Saturday night at
Hardin Gym. Wentworth has gain
ed strength since we last met them
and from their list of victories we
will have a hard battle to fight. If
we succeed in defeating Wentworth,
who have defeated Kemper, we will
have the Military School Champion
ship of the State. We need your sup
port; come out and help us win.
Mrs. Cow spent several days the
guest of her son at the Academy this
week; her son and daughter, from
Hardin, will accompany her back to
Kansas City for a few days.
where va goin' is the popular
question at the Academy now. We
have been granted a furlough ex-
tending from after class time We'd
nesday afternoon until time for work
Friday morning. Most of the cadets
will spend the time in st. Louis, Kan
a City or Columbia or remain at the
Academy.
Our base ball batteries are out ev-
cry evening for practice.
Track work is progressing rapidly,
now we are ure of being able to send
a track team to the track meet in
Kansas City.
Mr.. James Bledsoe is progressing
with his dancing class.
Cadet j. Jones has left the Acad-
envy.
b. Lieut.. Payne has returned from
where he was called by the ill
of his sister.
Distinction List
The following have made an aver
age of 80 or more for the past two
weeks; Ally, Coughlin, Grimm, c..
Groves, Kranz, Shields,
Sutphen, Wanstreet, Kiskoo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
! ELoPERs FINALLY ARE WED

The st. Louis Republic of Saturday
announced the wedding of Ruth
Holmes, of Alton, ILL.,, and L. G. os-
tertog, of Springfield, III. These
young people were here Wednesday
for a license, but Mrs. Stephens sus-
pected they were clippers and FOO
young, and refused to grant their re-
quest. The parents of the girl made
an Intellectual attempt to halt the
wedding.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
DIR. j. w. MILLION TO
CONDUCT CLASS IN
PARLIAMENTARY LAW
Glass For the Study of Parliamentary
Procedure to Meet at Lib
rary Each Week.

DIR. ]. w. Million, Of Hardin College,
will conduct a class in parliamentary
law which will meet once each week
at the Library. Everyone who is in
terested is invited to attend this class,
to which DR.. Million will give his
services free of charge. The first
meeting of the class will be at A
o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
The club women all over the state
have become interested in the study of
parliamentary procedure, and the
Mexico club women, not to be outdone,
have organized this class. Probably
Mrs. Lorgan's Rules of Order will be
the text, which will be supplemented
by suggestions from DR.. Million.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
RAM AND HER
Splendid WORK

rs RANz. the visiting nurse, I'M
le auspices q the Social Service
iation 81 Mexico, is to be con-
lated on tho splendid work she
ing: and we are glad to know
she has the cordial and hearty
IT Of q host Of the people in this
and feel confident the more you
stand what she d doing, the bet
u will Ike It.
are glad TO know that Miss
is arranging 70 perfect a social
. organization among the color
lpIe Of Mexico, with which the
alton already organized will CO.
u. It takes oseanized effort to
ficiens results.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
no HAVE sTATE AND.

National Crop improvement service.l
State aid for Iowa Corn and Small
Grain Growers Association, the Iowa
State Dairy Association and the Iowa
Beef Cattle Breeders Association was
provided by bills that passed the
house. The appropriation for the
corr growers is $1,000 and for the
other two associations $500 each.
The work of the societies is to be
done under the direction of state Off
q ) and in connection with the state
college at Ames.-The COOPERATIVE
Manager and Farmer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
FARMER LIVING NEAR
LADD0NIA FOUND HANGED
IN BARN TUESDAY MORNING.
Mr.. V~anvacter. Living Five Miles
North of of Laddonia, Thought
to Have Killed Self in Night

Coroner R. W, Berry left shortly
afternoon Tuesday in answer to a tel
ephone call, to hold an inquest over
the body Of a farmer named Vanvac-
ter, who was found hanged in the
barn at his home, five miles north of
Laddonia, Tuesday morning.
DR.. Berrey said he understood the
body was found early Tuesday MORN
ing and it was thought the man hang
ed himself during the night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
.OES IN THIS CITY
INTERESTED IN SOCIAL
iRyIcE WORK WITH RACE
RANK. Visiting Nurse, Has Or
izati0n Started Among the
CoIcrsd Churches

4 CordeIia RAM. visiting nurse
Mexico Social Service Assn
Interested the negroes Of this
n the work among their own
\, and already each colored
has chosen a ccmmittee of one
IN conjunction with It's pastor
d battering cpnditions among
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
More Right-of-Wax Settlements

NUIt NIBIII-UI- Wdy DtIIIeIHtHI5
Yates Ransdall, northwest of Paris,
was allowed $3.50 on the basis of
Az acres for the Burlington right-of-
way. Jim Ransdall is to get $1,000
and a cattle passway under the tracks
for 9 acres. John Woods will get
$500 and a cattle passway for A acres.
Ed Sanders will get 5000 for AZ
acres.