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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16

her of aiding the enemy. IT she re-
fuses Germany insists she has joined
the entente In trying TO ''starye the
Germans"
I'VE have tried said Swiss official
not long ago, ito abide strictly by The
Hague rules Of neutrality. We have
lost 20000,000 francs In customs du-
ties. We have expended probably 15.-
100000 franes@ in extra workers for
the transshipment of mail and bread
for prisoners. Yet we are kicked, ours
ed and spat upon from every frontier
The question of Swiss neutrality has
been not one Of political or national
existence, but purely a commercial
and economical matter So difficult
was the business of getting foodstuffs
soon after the war began that the
Societe Suisse de Surveillance Eco
nomique was formed as n part Of the
department of commerce.
Bal Day For Merchants.
If a merchant wishes to import bag
of rice he must make out an elaborate
QUESTIONABLE and send Ii 10 this socie-
ty. If the department regards the mat
ter as legitimate the request Is for
warded TO Paris, where Ii must be
passed upon by the French customs of
ficials and the war department. the
first for permission and the second for
transportation. The least time In
which such permission may be granted
is forty days and the permit is good
only for forty days additional Ere
quently delays In shipping. in trans
portation or at the frontier make de-
livery impossible. whereupon the poor
merchant must begin again as he did
eighty days previously.
For time Switzerland found II pos
sible TO trade rice imported through
France TO Austria for her sugar. which
was then used in Swiss condensed milk
and chocolate for sale to the allies.
1t gave thousands OF people work. but
the entente stopped that because 1t
supplied the enemy with rice II Ger
many chose she could close the shops
and stop the railways of Switzerland
in IA very short time. for she supplies
LOCO carloads OF coal daily.
Because of fear that goods sold to
Switzerland may be passed on to the
central powers the entente refuses to
allow more than a certain amount,
based upon importation before the
war; TO enter. Under these structures
Swiss customs duties have fallen 90
100000 francs since the war began,
sugar has advanced from p TO 80
francs per 100 Kilograms 10 1920
francs, and the amount of wheat for
flour within the country has decreased
by 20 per cent. Without Intention upon
the part of the entente, some of the
restrictions become hardships. For in
stance, importation of lard and fats
of divers sorts is based upon 1928
but the importation of live stock has
fallen off because of the war demand
and Switzerland is left without the
raw materials formerly brought In as
beef and then rendered into service
able shape there.
Find Swiss official after a bad meal
or after an affront by some allied GUS
tums officer and he will tell you two
tales. not as typical. but the sort that
srankle. A shipment Of oil cakes for
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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16

sophie's Adofn. the COW here pic
tafed. won't ou test at one day over
four years 81 age. and In the fol-
lowing 50 days produced A.s-.-
pounds Of milk containing $50
pounds OF butter tat. which amounts
10 LOST pounds Of butter. figured
on the 81 per cent hasiH. This rec
ord makes her worlds champion
-yeaF-old jersey. sophie's ADO
"a Is owned ard va bred n Low
ell. Mass.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16
Proud of Humane Work.

To Import similar Shipment cOuld De
received.
Proud of Humane Work.
Despite their dissatisfaction with
parts of the work imposed upon them
by the war, the Swiss are proud Of
other things which they are doing.
Special attention is given 10 letters
sent TO and by prisoners OF war. and
the parcel post bread for prisoners
amounts to 100 carloads daily. The
English, French. Italian, Russian. Aus
TRAN and German governments have
organizations n Berne, through which
bread Is forwarded to their own men
In the hands of enemies. The Russian
application for March % alone wns
$1,000 pounds. The Societe Suisse has
made inquiries constantly from ex-
change prisoners passing through and
has learned that all belligerents are
delivering parcel post bread In good
faith. Having once convinced them
selves that such things actually reach
their destination, the Swiss have re
doubled their efforts in this humani-
Without the extreme care of Societe
Suisse and the entente. smuggling
through Switzerland during this war
would probably be the most lucrative
I'm the history of the world. One sin
gle carload of rubber, once past the
Swiss border. would net the smuggler
$4,000 Small wonder that the
screws are on" 1t is not the strict
ness of entente supervision that the
Swiss find irksome, bur the hardsbips
imposed upon things not legItimately
contraband.
Placed as Switzerland is In iuxtapo-
sition TO four of the belligerent powers
Italy, Auatria. Germany and France
she has found her neutrality peculiar
~ difficult and, indeed, assailed by
both the entente and the central pow
ers. Created as she was by the great
er nations of Europe as a permanently
neutral land at the end of the Ma
poleonie wars. she always has been de-
pendent upon their good faith for her
political or national existence. Now,
dependent as she is upon them for her
economic life, she has left her only
their continued good viii. which de-
ponds upon her every action. And the
dull roar of cannon at Eerdun. sixty
miles away, to be heard at any time
by walking to the suburbs of the Swiss
capital city, Berne. only emphasizes
the cruel necessity of playing for the
favor Of all belligereat parties.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16

cattle was refused at Marseilles be
cause Switzerland gave no guarantee
that IL would not be exported. The
price would have been - francs per
unit II was then sent to England, to
Holland and afterward into Germany,
where 1t sold for 80 marks. Ii does not
seem TO be the fact that the stun got
into Germany. but II is the easy COM
mission gained In Holland that hurts.
as the thrifty Swiss tell this story.
The other one Is of some carloads of
lard held-unduly. according to the
Swiss-in the port Of cette, exposed to
the sun. When 1t arrived in Berne
two-thirds had melted away and had
to be refused. Then, of course. began
long correspondence about the blame
and the loss, after which another forty
days must pass before even permission
TO import a similar shipment could be
received.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16

"HERE have been frequent re-
ports recently of uneasiness in
Switzerland regarding possible
violation OF the country's neu-
frality. President Schulthess of Switzer-
land said recently that the Swiss peo-
pie would never allow foreign army
to invade their soil. On account OF the
reiteration of these reports the French
and German governments renewed
their assurances to Switzerland that
they would respect her neutrality.
Difficult to Invade Switzerland.
Switzerland. forming a gap between
the German-French battle front on the
northwest and the Austro-Italian bat
tie front on The southeast, would form
a field for outflanking either of these
lines, as the map shows, were 1t an
orben and undefended country. Being
actually one of the most mountainous
countries In the world and able to
mobilize an army of close 10 100000
men. IL can offer difficulties to an in.
yader from either side.
Although the Swiss army is relative
~ small and is organized ON a purely
militia basis, it IS generally given cred
1t by military experts for a high de-
gree of efficiency. The physical stand
ard is extremely high. and the indi-
vidual soldier Is considered an excep-
tonal marksman. The extent of from
tier, owing TO the many mountains and
lakes, which needs artificial defense is
also relatively small.
The only direct and near route by
which the Austro-ltalian front could
be outfianked in either direction is
through the Engadine valley, in some
of the widest mountain country in the
world. The Italians, just south of
this, have been pecking away at the
Austrian lines In no worse country for
nearly two years without pushing more
than few miles beyond the frontier.
On the German-French front the line
OF attack through Switzerland would
be either from Muelhausen or from
Besancon, through the upper Rhine
valley and the Jura mountains, which,
would offer many obstacles TO any con-
siderable invading army.
Works Hard to Keep Neutral.
Neutrality in nutshell, with the
shell perilously near destruction, is the
rendition Of Switzerland With large
percentage of her population in sym.
pathy with Germany. a similar num-
Der with French inclinations and the
rest either Austrian or Italian. she is
in constant turmoil, although all fac
fions seem resolved ON neutrality-in.
terpreted according TO their sympa.
thies.
While Germans are being arrested
for espionage in the hotels of Berne
or Lucernes and Swiss colonies have
been court martialed for giving secret
information TO the German authorities
the French hold propaganda meetings
under the guise of lectures in aid OF
blinded soldiers. II Switzerland sells
goods to Germany the entente accuses
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16

The heart gets weary. but never gets
DID, Shenstonca
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16

She Is In Center of the Warning
Forces and Has Held Her SOL
diers Always In Readiness to
Repel Invasion by Either Group
of BeIIiuerents-Population Is
About Equally Divided In Its
Sympathies.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12

WANTED: White man 10 work
on farm, married man preferred.
Write care of ?. O. Box ia, Edge
field, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
Given Honorable Discharge.

MI. Pierce Byrd who was sent to
Camp Jackson with the first incre-
ment of 10 failed to pass the physi-
cal examination at the camp and
was given an honorable discharge
from the army. All of his expenses
were paid and he was given check
for the time he was at the camp.
Mr.. Byrd was greatly pleased with
camp life for the few days he was
there. He says all of the men in
the camp are fine fellows. The To-
cal board has not yet been ordered
to fill Mr.. Byrd's place.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
Union Meeting.

The Union meeting of the second di-
vision, Edgefeld Baptist Association,
will be held at Horns creek church on
Saturday and Sunday, September 10Th
and Goth. A program has been arrang-
ed, as follows:
Saturday morning, 10 o'clock, devo-
tional service, led by the moderator.
Queries.
1st, How may the churches more
truly obey our Lords command in Mat
thew, 9:37-5S? Rev. P. B. Lanham, C.
C. Jones.
End, Are not we at present enjoying
unusual material prosperity, and does
not this call for larger giving on our
part for the work of the Masters
Kingdom? Rev. j. E. Jackson, and
w. j. Gaines.
Recess for dinner.
Saturday Afternoon.
3rd, How may the laymen in our
churches be led out into larger fields
of service? H. E. Quarles and T. M.
Adams.
4th, How may we secure better at
tendance upon, and derive greater ben
efits from our union meetings? j. D.
Hughey and S. B. Mays.
9Th, How may our churches exercise
closer and more helpful and friendly
watchcare over their members than
they now do? Rev.sJ. A. Gaines, and
R. A. Wash.
Sunday morning, 10 O'Clock, Sunday
school mass meeting, address on the
lesson for the missionary sermon, Rev.
J. A. Gaines.
Recess for dinner.
Sunday afternoon, sermon, by Rev.
P. B. Lanham.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
For Sale

One Lombard No. 2 Saw Mill,
cable drive. Will put in frst-class
condition to interested parties. My
reason for selling: I have sold my
engine and will sell this mill at
bargain, and will guarantee it to do
good work if handled properly.
Apply to
II. w. MCKEE,
Golfers, S. c.,
9-12-3t. Il. +. u. l.
Mr.. J. P. QUITS, after spending
several weeks in the Mountains has
returned home.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
IRON FINE FOR
BLEEDING GUMS
If Troubled With Bleeding Gums
Use This Mouth Wash
the Dentist Uses.
GOOD FOR CUTS AND OLD
SORES.

Any person troubled with sore,
bleeding. gums, which oftimes are
almost too sensitive to touch, will
De elated after rinsing the mouth
with a half-and-half solution of wa
ter and natural iron, known as Acid
Iron Mineral" which may be Sc
cured at most every drug store.
Dentists use it to stop bleeding
and as mouth wash when extract
ing teeth, and tits perfectly harm
less. Its acts as a germacide and
antiseptic as well as a splendid
healing agent.
For cuts, this same natural iron
is fine. Pouring little on the spot
stops bleeding and prevents soreness
and fostering. Thousands of peo-
pie troubled with old sores never
healing have found the solution in
Acid Iron Mineral, which being a
highly concentrated form of natural
iron makes a superb external rem
edy.
Go to the nearest drug store and
ask for bottle of Acid Iron Min
eral. If druggist hasn't it, send
s1.oO to the Ferrodine Chemical
Corp, Roanoke, Va, for large
bottle.
NOTE: For piles, ulcers, sores
and skin affections, the Ferrodine
Chemical Corp, has perfected an
ointment consisting of this highly
concentrated natural iron and sooth-
ing Medicinal elements, which COM
bined makes this ointment unex.
celled.
Ask your druggist for ffty-cent
lar of AIM Ointment or send di-
rect.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
A Ouartette of Pretty Girls.

From Red Oak Grove-Red Hill
section Misses Kathleen Kenrick Ma
mie Holmes, Miss Bertha McClen-
don and Miss Mamie Bussey, will
leave for Limestone college in a few
days. The leaving of these Chris
tian young women will make wide
inroads in the ranks of Sunday
school and church workers of their
respective communities. However
compensation will come by way of
their being better equipped for their
work after spending a session or
more in Christian college, such as
Limestone deserves to be called.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12

/ shall be out of my Office from
the 1lth to the l4th of the present
month; also, from the 18th to the
2lst, and from the 25th to the 2Sth.
This is necessary in order for me to
fulfill my duties on the Board of
Examiners in optometry, of which I
am member. I regret the neces-
sity of being out so much during
the month, but as it is absolutely
unavoidable I shall ask my friends
to kindly bear with me, as I shall do
my best to attend to matters on my
return as quickly as possible.
Geo. F. Minis.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
Second Increment.

The local board has not received
final orders as to who will compose
the second increment which will be
sent to Camp Jackson on Septem-
ber 90. However, it appears that
the second increment, like the first,
will be composed entirely Of white
men. We learn from unofficial
sources that the white men are call
ed into camp earlier than the color
ed men in order to train them for
non-commissioned officers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
Gard of Thanks.

We take this means of thanking
our friends and neighbors for the
many kindnesses extended during
the illness and death of my wife,
and our mother. We shall eyer hold
in grateful remembrance those who
showered upon us SO many kind
attentions, and should the opportu-
nifty present itself, we hope to be
able to reciprocate in some way.
J. Rich Hammond and children.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
Additional Men Accepted by
Local Board and Certified
to District Board.

to District Board.
1. Raiford Dobey, Johnston.
35. Abram Whitfield Lanham, Clark s
Hill.
IS. William Black, Johnston.
It's. Edward Blount, Trenton.
1876. Whaley Dobey Gin State asy-
luml, Edgefeld.
245. Johnnie Mills, Trenton.
1923. Henry Harris, Edgefeld.
366. Sam Kimball, Edgefeld.
4l8. Chester Arthur Davis, John
ston.
429. Thomas Rainsford, Edgefeld.
430. Willie Wesley Thurmond, North
Augusta.
438. John Walker, Edgefeld.
439. James Alexander Byrd, Edge
field.
447. Willie Dukes, Edgefeld.
449. Butler Settles, Plum Branch.
AGO. Warren Smith, Trenton.
47O. Robert Shaw, Trenton.
4S6. John H. Brooks, Edgefeld.
5O6. Willie Mccain, Golfers.
5l9. George Mitchell, Trenton.
524. Joe Robertson, Clark's Hill.
531. Berry Dent, Johnston.
566. Albert Hightower, Johnston.
572. Elliot Burton, Edgefeld.
5S3. Mat Smith, Saluda.
593. Arthur Hampton, Johnston.
59S. Snowfall Bailey, Thompson.
607. Will Medlock, Cleora.
63O. John Thomas, North Augusta.
634. John Simkins, Trenton.
GAL. William Boles Morgan, Cleora.
CAT. Robert Curry, Edgefeld.
693. William w. Hammond, Golfers.
705. Talbert H. Holmes, Modoc
7O6. George w. Walker, North Au-
gusta.
1872. Warren Glover, Edgefeld.
734. Albert Adams, Edgeield.
735. John Rainsford, Edgefeld.
737. Eldred Williams, Modoc.
743. Asbury Abney, Meeting Street.
ISL. Shedrick Bodie, North Augusta.
787. Frank Murrell, Johnston.
1913. Frank L. Rearden, Edgefeld.
799. Clarence D. Watson, Johnston.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
Notice Of Final Dis
charge.
To All Whom These Presents May

To All Whom These Presents May
Concern:
Whereas, Mrs, Matte w. Denny
has made application unto this
Court for Final Discharge of .Ad,
ministratrix in re the Estate of T..
R. Denny deceased, on this the 10th
day of September, 10.
These Are Therefore, to cite any
and all kindred, creditors, or parties
interested, to show cause before me
at my office at Edgefeld Court
House, South Carolina, on the sth
day of October 1917 at IL o'clock
a. m, why said order of Discharge
should not be granted.
W. T. KINNAIRD,
J. P, E. G.
Sept. 10, 1917.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
Meeting at Red Oak Grove.

A public meeting to which every.
body is invited will be held at Red
Oak church Saturday afternoon,
September %, at three o'clock un-
der the auspices of the Council of
Defense. Several appropriate ad-
dresses will be delivered. The oc-
casion will be profitable to all who
attend.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
D. A. r. Meeting.

The September meeting of the D.
A. R. will be held, with Miss Lillian
Smith as hostess, Tuesdayafternoon,
at four o'clock.
Each member is requested to
bring her knitting.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12
NOTICE.
NOTICE.
United States Of America,
State of South Carolina,
County of Edgefeld.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Pursuant to instructions from the
District Board, notice is hereby
given that all persons who have any
criticisms or objections to make in
regard to the selection of the Local
Board for EdgeGeld County in grant
ing discharges or exemptions from
military service, are requested to
submit afidavits in duplicate to the
undersigned, setting forth the facts
upon which their criticisms or OBJ
iections to the actions of the Local
Board are based.
S. McG. SIMKINS,
Government Agent.
Sent. :. 1917.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-12

New goods arriving daily, every
express and freight bringing us new
merchandise. We are better pre-
pared to serve you this season than
ever before.
Rubenstein.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-03

and in 81 cases there was a dehc
tency OF pigment.
In the majority Of cases the visual
field for blue was considerably mar
rowed. especially in subdued light;
33 times for white and blue, even in
ordinary daylight, and % times there
was a reduction of more than 80 per
cent. Blue spots on a gray back
ground remained invisible to the
nyctalopes after half an hour Of rest in
the dark longer than to the normal eye.
A fve-point adaptometer, devised
by Prof. Birch-Hirschfeld, proved to
be Of great value in the examination
Of these soldiers. 1t was found that
in the nyctalopes the irritation
Threshold frequently is higher than
in the normal eye, in many cases fol.
lowing slight disturbance Of adapta.
ton, and that the adaptation may be
diminished with normal irritation
Threshold. In 80 cases both types
of disturbance were present. They
occurred particularly in the older
patients with fundus changes and a
reduction of central vision.
Forty-nine patients were under OBJ
servation for several weeks; in only
eight cases was there any marked
Improvement. and six Of these were
recent cases. Prof. Birch Hirsch-
field emphasizes that it Is i'm
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-03
SEARCHING for SUMS Source of HEAT

far too high to permit the formation
of most chemical compounds, with
out which the production of heat by
combustion is impossible. Such a
temperature decomposes nearly all
compounds into their elements and
prevents their reuniting and the con-
sequent production of heat.
Astronomers are by no means
certain how the suns heat is pro-
duced. One theory Is that it is due
to radio-actiHty, another that the
energy to keep up the radiation
could be supplied by relatively mi
croscopic contraction of its volume.
The latter suggestion is not wholly
satisfactory, as it implies that the
age of the sun is only about 17,O0O,-
600 years, or less than that Of the
earth.
AS to the structure of the sun
there is also doubt; but the inner
portion may be spoken of as the
nucleus and the outer portion as the
atmosphere. When the outer layers
OF the atmosphere get relatively
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-03
How the ALL-SEEING
EYE of the ''MOVIE"
Camera REVEALS the
Beginnings of LIFE

Long show that higher and more IA.
milfar plants reproduce others like
themselves, either from cuttings or
seeds. Accordingly the growth of the
geranium from a slip is shown. and
the growth of pea vine from the seed
With the same detail which charac-
ter1zes their treatment of the plant,
Profs. Stone and Long show the
methods by which all the higher AMI
mails develop. First is considered the
sea urchin, and here is shown the
interesting process bywh1ch the eggs
are fortified in sea water as a pre-
liminary to development Then fol-
lows the life history Of the beautiful
swallow-tail butterfly, from the lay
ing Of the eggs to the emerging of
the new butterfly from the chrysalis.
Next is treated in great detail the
life of the frog from egg to adult
Equally complete Is the story of
the chick from the time the eggs are
placed in the nest until the chick
picks its way out OF the shell.
The rat is shown as being typical
OF all mammals, and these two Cali
fornia Investigators make 1t clear
that 1t is by a similar process OF
growth and development that the hui
man being comes into life.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-03

water" says the Record. "The SELF
publication is complete within from
a few hours to two days. The modus
operandi Is evident when one real
ICES that the passage Of water
through the oyster is very large and
very rapid. AS much as 20 to so
gallons of water pass through In a
day. The passage Of food-particles
through the intestinal tract is quite
as rapid. In France, basins Of filtered
water have long been used to effect
this publication. but the cost OF this
process compared with the sale
price of the oyster renders the meth
cd quite impracticable. And indeed.
If it is fairly clean, unfltered sea
water Is better for publication pur-
poses because the food-particles in
unfiltered water stimulate passage
through the intestinal tract and help
to carry through and to discharge the
contained colon bacilli.
Instead of filtered water, there
fore, the usual methods Of the chemi-
cal publication of water were uti-