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Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
GUESSING a Star,

Mira. the wonderful star in the con-
stellation Cetus the Whale), stands
foremost among those variable stars
which have produced so much guess
work. Besides the theory that its
even months variations are due to the
dickering up and down of gas, it has
been conjectured that this distant sun
is subject to particularly acute sun
spots, that it's dissertations are due to
eclipse by huge planets revolving round
it and even, according to Maupertuis,
that it is not spherical in shape, as
other heavenly bodies are, so that we
see it sometimes in sections, some
times in plane. Occasionally, as in
1899 and 1889, it has blazed up actual
ly to first magnitude, while from 1872
to 1876 it disappeared altogether.-Bos
ton Transcript.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Order Is Power.

There is power in order-material or
der, intellectual order, moral order. To
keep ones word and ones engage
ments, to have everything ready under
ones hands, to be able to dispose of all
ones forces and to have all ones
means of whatever kind under COM
mand-that is order: to discipline ones
habits, efforts and wishes, to distribute
ones time, to take the measure of ones
duties and to make ones rights re-
spected, to employ ones capital and re-
sources, ones talent and ones chances
profitably. Order is power.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Wardinu of Cancer.

Nurses, particularly those engaged in
public health work, can do much to
prevent unnecessary deaths from can.
Ger, according to bulletin of the
American Society For the Control OF
Cancer. Many patients, especially wo
men, it is pointed out, speak to nurse
about the danger signals of this dis
ease, such as Jumps, persistent sores,
ulcerations and other irregularities,
when they would hesitate to call doc,
tor. Attention to these apparently
trivial conditions, says the bulletin
often means the actual prevention Of
cancer, or at least its discovery in the
early stages, when cure is possible.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Ambition.

Ambition is splendid servant, but a
dangerous master. Have an ambition.
You are not worth much and never
will be worth much unless you have.
Make it an ambition worth while and
never forget to leaven the selfishness
in it with devotion to the human duty
of service to humanity. Possibly it is
better to have Il bad mbition-certain-
ly it is better to have poor ambition
than no ambition at all. But an ambi-
ton. like an appetite. needs watching
and cOntrolling.-Du Herald.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Baked Ham In Milk.

Place slice of smoked ham one incis
thick and weighing about a pound in a
baking pan. Cover with two cupfuls
of milk, bake slowly, basting frequent
ly and turning once or twice until the
ham is tender and has absorbed all the
milk and is browning on top. This
will take about one and one-half hours;
Serve hot with potato balls. which are
simply mashed potatoes with a little
onion grated in and nodded in fiat
cakes and fried until brown.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
PROPER BREATHING.
u Plays a Large Part In the Promo
ton of Good Health.

Proper breathing is one of the great
good health.
1t Is no great number of years since
the subject of deep breathing has en-
gagged not only the attention of physi-
clans, but trainers of athletes and the
public generally Recent authorities
deep breathing for asthmatics and for
children and young adults who are pre-
disposed to tuberculosis.
Professor Arnold Hitler in the Ber-
lin Clinical Weekly notes that it in
creases the passage Of blood through
the liver; that it increases the secre-
tion and excretion of bile; that the
stomach when filled with food may
likewise be favorably influenced be-
cause the movement of the stomach
contents through the pyloris is facili-
tated.
Deep breathing" says the New
York Medical Record, sis the most sci
entific resource for the prevention Of
uric acid disease. One must begin
with diaphragmatic breathing, which
naturally precedes rib breathing. The
inspiratory movements are now slowly
increased until all the muscles involved
In rib breathing gradually participate.
One begins with three daily periods Of
fifteen or twenty minutes each. The
position of the breather is immaterial.
He may do his forced breathing while
standing or walking
"In some individuals a very deep
breath appears to arrest the pulse be-
cause Of the compression Of the sub
clavian artery; hence inspiration
should be limited to a certain number
per minute"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
The Homeward WAY.

So many roads that wind away,
That hint at some far, favored spot,
And lure us on from day to day
Past palace door and peasants cot.
so many roads there are that go
To places that are fair as dreams;
To solitudes where one may know
The wondrous music of the streams.
So many roads that one may take
And feel the thrill that in them lies:
May see the moon mist Ger some lake
Or cloud ships sail across the skies.
So many roads that twist and turn,
That lure us far and far to roam;
But still my eyes will always yearn
To see the road that leads me home.
Farm Journal.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Murphy Is Johns Hopkins New Coach

Ben Murphy of Pennsylvania has
been appointed football coach and gen.
eral athletic director at Johns Hop
k1ns. Murphy goes to Hopkins from
the Gilman Country school of Balti-
more, to which he transferred from
clemson college. Murphy was best
known in Penn as basketball player,
but has enjoyed considerable coaching
success in football and other branches
or sport since he left Philadelphia.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Celery SOUP,

Wash and chop into small pieces
enough celery stock to make two cup
fuls and cook until tender in boiling.
water. Heat in a double boiler one.
and one-half pints of sweet milk, ada
the cooked celery and water in which
1t Is boiled. Salt and pepper to taste
and thicken with tablespoonful OF
butter and a tablespoonful of -four
blended together. When very hot add
a cupful of sweet cream and serve as
soon as hot
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Home Cookery
Tea Rolls.

Two quarts of -four, pint sweet
milk, tablespoonful lard. a table
spoonful salt and one of sugar, cake.
of compressed yeast. Heat milk with
lard, but not to boiling point. Put
flour in crock, make hole in center, put
in milk and lard. Stir in enough -four
to make thin batter and add the yeast
cake. Set at 8 o'clock in the morning
and let rise until II o'clock. Mix up
stiff, knead well, put back in crock un-
til O'Clock. Roll out, cut with cutter
and butter, turn over half, let rise until
light and bake in moderate oven.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Varsity Race Shortened.

The varsity eight cared shell race at
Poughkeepsie will in the future be
over a three mile instead of a four
mile course. This was decided by the
board of stewards Of the Intercollegi-
ate Rowing association, which governs
the Poughkeepsie regatta. The action
Of the Poughkeepsie stewards has no
bearing on the annual Yale-Harvard
regatta on the Thames. The varsity
race there is over four mile course.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Delicate Stew.

Grease baking dish or casserole anT
spread in layer of lean meat, which
may be either raw or cooked, cut i'm
small pieces, then add layer Of thinly
sliced raw potatoes. Sprinkle with
flour and salt and add bits of butter.
Continue with the layers until the dish
is full. Almost cover with boiling wax
ter and bake an hour and a half in H.
moderate oven in the dish, covered
Onions may be included if desired.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
WARMING a Serpent.

Down in Bermuda Mark Twain
made speech about snakes to a group
Of little girls. The speech was great.
The only trouble was that the little
girls could not appreciate it. 1t flew
over their heads. This was the hu-
morist's conclusion:
Never warm a serpent in your bos-
ON. 1t is far easier to warm It by
placing it under the pillow of an init
mate friend.''
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Deserved to Get II.

Il want to ask you for bit Of ad
vice. said the insinuating man.
what is it?"
Il want you to put yourself in my
place and me in yours and tell MT
how you would go about it if you
wanted to borrow $40 from me."-Ex
change
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
REAL. SUCCESS.

My boy, seek not the easy path
To get to wealth or fame,
But earn your way in work or play,
Be worthy of your name.
He cannot keep his honors long
Who wins them by deceit,
And soon or late the demon fate
Dethrones the cunning cheat.
The road is long and hard and .
rough
That leads to lasting joy. .
Time quickly stains what cunning
gains.
Remembor that, my boy.
And you must earn by honest toll .
Whatever you'd possess.
'Tis from the heart that you must .
start .
To be a real success. .
Edgar A. Guest in Detroit Free .
Press .
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
His Ear For Music,

HAS your daughter finished her mu-
sical education?"
Il suppose So" answered Mr.. Twob-
bic, "but sometimes when she is play
ing one of those classical pieces ii
seems to me that she is starting to
learn all over again" - Birmingham
Age Herald.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Not In tho Inventory.

did Jobson's purchase include ais,
the good Will of the business?"
There wasn't any good will. 1t was
a coal dealer that Jobson bought ont g
Boston Transcript.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
IrttleArena
Of Sports
Lamy, Speed Skater.

There is no question of Edmund
Lamy's ability as a speed skater, but
he seems to hang fire in testing his
skill Norval Baptie, who claims the
worlds professional speed skating
championship, issued a challenge to
Lamy, Morris Wood and Oscar Mathie.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Translation.

what on earth did that fellow mean
when he said he was peregrinating
pedestrian, castigating his itinerary
from the classic Athens of American
He meant he was a tramp beating
his way from Boston" = Baltimore
American.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
CEDARVILLE,
CHRONICLES

Cedarville, Feb. 26.-Addison Sever
has returned from a few days spent
in Trenton
Mrs. Addison Sever and her two
children, George and Mabel, have re-
turned from visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Porter, at Pauls-
boro.
Miss Elizabeth Blizzard, of Perth
Amboy, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Hiram Blizzard.
John Moore spent Sunday in New
port with Mr.. and Mrs. Bolton Shull.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Miller and
daughter Thelma, of Bridgeton, were
guests of Mrs. Lena Quadling over
the week end,
Mrs. Louis Simpkins, Of Roadstown,
spent Saturday with her sister, Mrs.
Linwood Davis.
Barton Sharp, of Bridgeton, was in
town on Saturday.
Among the Bridgeton visitors on
Saturday were Mrs. Horatio Emerson,
Mrs. L. Colvin, Edgar Mead, Linwood
Johnson, Harry Mulford, Addison
Smith, Clarence Wisham, Capt. U. B.
Hall, c. Swartout, John Moore and
Wm Earl.
Rev. L. S. Moore and son Edmund
spent Saturday out of town.
Frank Lore, of AfillvilIe, recently
visited her sister, Mrs. H. A. Mooore.
who has been seriously i'll, at her
home on the north side.
Mrs. ]. Lewis Danzenbaker spent
a day with relatives in Bridgeton.
Mrs, Clara T. milford spent Satur-
day with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Fox, at Port Norris.
Miss Matilda Bateman entertained
guests from out of town over the
week end.
Rev. BENJAMIN Thomas has re-
turned from business trip to
western State.
The pupils of the High School are
preparing for play which will be
given some time in March.
The young people of the town are
invited to attend Christian Endeav-
District Superintendent George H.
Neal occupied the pulpit of the Meth
odist Church on Sunday morning.
George Porter, of Paulsporo, spent
Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Addi-
son Seaver
Francis A. Stanger, Jr, addressed
the meeing of the Mems Club on Sun
day afternoon.
Cedarville, Feb 27.-On Wednesday
evening, February 2S, at 7.30 O'Clock,
at the Cedarville Baptist Church, will
be held a rally of the South Branch
Union of Christian Endeavorers. A
special program has been arranged,
in which each society is represented.
County President Roscoe Tullis, of
Bridgeton, and Rev. Erlo Sutton. of
Shiloh, will be the principal speakers.
The South Branch Union includes
Cedarville and the towns south of it.
All interested in the work are in
vited to enjoy the treat with us.
Mrs. Lydia Rainear has been quite
ill.
Keturah, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Mulford Starkey, has been
seriously ill.
Mrs. Everett Hollinger is spending
a few days at Port Norris with her
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Fox.
Carpenters have begun work Oh the
house recently purchased by John
Brineshults, converting it from a dou-
Bile to single house
Trembeth Walker, of Camden, has
been visiting Stanley Brown for a
few days.
Mrs. Joseph Riley was called to
Bridgeton by the death Of her mother,
Mrs. Joslin.
Forest Campbell and Harold Dare.
of Paulsboro, spent Sunday with their
parents here.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
To Be Accurate.

Cholly-Do YOU think it would be
foolish for me to marry girl who
was my intellectual inferior? Dolly
More than foolish--impossible.
land Leader.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
WEALTH..

Excess of wealth is ease of
eovetousncss. -Marlowe.
What riches give us let us then in
quire:
Meat, fire and clothes What more?
Meat, clothes and fire.
Is this too little?
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01

Men who are so afraid of doing fool
fsh things that they lack the courage to
attempt wise ones will never do much.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
EDMUND LAMY.

sen to race at Saranac Lake, N. Y.
Conditions at Saranac would seem to
favor Lamy, as it is his home. They
would be unfavorable to Norval Bap-
tie, who is now man of middle age
and who shows to the best advantage
indoors on small track at short dis
tances. Yet Baptie is willing to stake
his reputation and race at Saranac.
Lamy holds the amateur record for five
miles.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01
Tomato Toast,

Warm the contents of a can of toma.
toes and add a little butter and salt.
Pour over slices of fresh buttered
toast and serve hot.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-03-01

Contentment gives a crown where
fortune hath denied it.-Ford.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-05-02

not brought together in one place,
making the law difficult to admins
ter as well as confusing in enacting
amendments.
Under these laws there were too
many road officials in independent
authority. They rendered no COM
prehensive report or accounting to
the public. This condition encour-
aged carelessness and inefficiency,
invited dishonesty and made law
violation common practice through
out the state in road work. We had
over 1000 state, county and district
officials who acted more or less in
dependently of each other in the
matter of road expenditure. There
was likewise too much shifting about
of these officials. It has been impos-
sible to adopt and enforce any con-
sistent policy extending over series
# years. By the time one of these
road officials had learned through
bitter and expensive experience how
to build or maintain particular
type of road, he was replaced by
someone else who made the same
mistakes, only to be replaced again
by the time he became efficient.
Lack of continuity of effort and
service is believed to be responsible
for the greatest waste of public
funds. To give accurate figures as
to the extent of this loss would be
impossible, but few instances will
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-05-02
SAGE AND SULPHUR
DARKENS GRAY HAIR
Irs Grandmther's Recipe to Restore
Color, Gloss and Attractiveness.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly com,
pounded, brings back the natural
color and lustre to the hair when
faded, streaked or gray. Years ago
the only way to get this mixture was
to make it at home, which is mussy
and troublesome. Nowadays, by
asking at any drug store for "Wy.
eth's Sage and Sulphur Compound" !"
you will get a large bottle of this
famous old recipe, improved by the
addition of other ingredients, for
about so cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does it SO naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge
or soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair taking one small
strand at a time; by morning the
gray hair disappears, and after an
other application or two, your hair
becomes beautifully dark, glossy and
attractive.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire dark hair and
youthful appearance. It is not in
tended for the cure, mitigation or
prevention of disease.-Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-05-02
HOW MONEY is
WASTED ON ROADS
The Reasons that Led Oregon to En-.
act New Road Laws.

(By John 81. Lewis, State Engineer)
Law is the necessary foundation
for all road expenditures. If exist
ing laws are bad, ineficiency and
waste are inevitable. The laws under
which from $4,000, 900 to $4,000, 900
have been expended annually for
roads in Oregon were utterly un-
suited to present day requirements.
Of this total only $233,o00 was ex-
pended by the state, and there was
no well defined method of correlat-
ing state and county road work. We
had no complete and consistent road
code, but rather a great mass of
more or less unrelated sections of
law, enacted at different times dur
ing the past 65 years through grad
ual process of enactment, repeal and
amendment. There were something
over 500 sections of law on our
statute books dealing with roads.
Some of these were in direct con-
flict with each other. Others were
exact duplicates. Still others were
duplicates as to intent although the
wording was different, which was
particularly confusing. All sections
relating to the same subject were
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-05-02
DOG ORDINANCES!

An Ordinance to prohibit dogs
from running at large in the City OF
Abbeville in order to protect the
health of the citizens of the City OF
Abbeville: -.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City
Council of the City of Abbeville and
by the authority of the same:
1st. That each year, from the date
of the passage hereof, between May
1st and October the 18th, it shall
be unlawful for any dog to run at
large within the city Of Abbeville:
End. Any dog caught running at
large will be confined for forty
eight (4s) hours and then killed, un-
less the owner, in the meantime, pay
a fine of from 81 to $10O, the
amount to be fixed by the Mayor OF
the City of Abbeville and redeem
the said dog. -.
Done and ratified in Council this
11th day of May 1915.
C. C. GAMBRELL, Mayor.
T. G. PERRIN, Clerk City Council.
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JAPs STRONG FOR =.
PEACE SAYS GARY

There is no need of serious trou-
BILE, or of any trouble that cannot
be removed by amicable adjustment,
states Judge Elbert 81. Gary, recent
" returned to America after an ex-
tended visit to Japan. We cannot,
we ought never to try to, blink at
these facts. Every patriot is under
obligation to resist with all his in
fuence any, effort to participate in
or stir up trouble between these two
nations. There have been pending
there still may be undetermined
questions of dispute between Japan
and the United States. If so, it be-
hooves every loyal citizen to inquire
and ascertain what are the merits
and to urge with all his strength
that every question be settled on its
merits. No important difference
can be finally and forever settled
unless it is settled right. If otherwise
disposed of it will come up again to
plague the one who is in the wrong.
As I have said, there can be no
irreconcilable difference between
Japan and the United States. Both
are equally dllAluS w ofoAu 49, 4SS.A
desire peace and tranquility, friend
ship and fraternity. Both are in
telligent, rich, powerful, progressive
and prosperous. They may be and
should be leaders in the reconstruc-
ton and rejuvenation of the worlds
battered and almost ruined social
structure. Together they may be in
fuential in a movement to establish
and maintain an impartial and salts
factory forum for the final settle
ment of all international controver-
sizes, which is the most desirable
thing to be considered at this time
and finally accomplished.
so far as I could see, Japan is
paying little attention to the war in
Europe except by the sale and dellv,,
cry of the things she produces and
which the foreign armies can use.
Still, there would seem to be little
doubt that she is endeavoring to be
prepared for all eventualitles. l
think, however, the people are con-
sidering more carefully the future
economic situation, and I also believe
they entertain about the same feel
ings toward their interests that we
have concerning OURS Hearsts
Magazine for May.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-05-02
BISHOP CITIZENS
LOUD IN PRAISE OF
JACkSON'S CORDIAL
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Gordon Tell How
This Wonderful Medicine Saved
Their Child's Life. Raised Seven
Children on 1t. Advise Everyone
to Try 1t.

eve want to add our testimonial
to the good done by Jackson's Cor
dial," writes Mr.. and Mrs. Sam K.
Gordon, of Bishop, Ga. "Forty years
ago our first child became awful sick
and nothing seemed to relieve him.
Each minute it seemed as if he was
going to die. At the time we were
living in Morgan county and Mrs.
Gordon was visiting in Oconee coun-
ty. We expected every minute for
the child to die and we did not know
what to do for him. A mother Of
one of the prominent physicians
came. to see the child and fixed up
some Jackson's Cordial (that time
sold in powder ferm.) We gave it to
the child and the result was a mira
Gle. He got well at once, began to
eat and sleep and each day he took
on more weight. We cannot speak
too highly of DR.. Jackson's Cordial,
for there is no doubt that it saved
our child's life. We used Jackson's
Cordial in raising all Of our seven
children, and we know for fact
there Is no better medicine on earth
for Indigestion and bowel troubles
and for teething babies" :
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon belong to
one Of the most prominent families
in this part of the state. They are
but two among the many thousands
who have been benefited by this
great medicine. +.
In placing Jackson's Cordial on
the market we offer to the public q
remedy which il endorsed by thous-
ands of the most prominent people
in this part of the state. It has not
cured some unknown person, but
people right here in our midst. Men
and women whose honesty and word
cannot be doubted. I
For over forty-five years Jackson's
Cordial has been curing chronic cases
of Indigestion, constipation, dysen-
terry, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, sick
headache, smothering spells, bilious
ness, and all kinds Of stomach, blood
liver and kidney troubles. ).
IF your blood is out of order, it
you cannot eat or sleep, if you are
losing flesh and your system is run
down, if you suffer from any kind
of stomach, blood, liver or kidney
troubles, get bottle today and be-
come cured. For sale by all leading
druggists in Abbeville and vicinity.
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Rosenberg Mercantile Go.
Department Stores.
INTENSIVE CULTIVATION.

"Not how much land can cult
vate, but how much can I get out
of the land I cultivate" should be
the motto of the South in all of it's
agricultural activities. Intensive cul-
tivation should this year be given, IA
never before, on every farm, large
and small, and on every garden plot
in the South" =,
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fore them to urge other projects.
They invariably surrender. Where
a road master is appointed to take
charge of county road work, it sim
ply adds one more officer Of limited
authority, and unless he is an excel
lent diplomat or possessed Of a per-
sonality strong enough to dominate
the court, it is not probable that his
appointment will improve matters.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-05-02
Fire,
Windstornn
or
Lightning

and do it cheaper than any
insurance company in exist
ence.
Remember we are prepared
to prove to you that ours is
the safest and cheapest plan
of insurance known.
Our Association is now IL
censed to write Insurance in
the counties Of Abbeville,
Greenwood, Mccormick, Larl-
rens and Edgefeld.
The officers are: Gen. j,
Fraser Lyon, President, Col,
umbia, S. c., J. R. Blake, Gel,
Agent, Sec. and Treas, Green.
wood, S. G.