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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
FIRST WHITE BOY
Youth Accompanied Columbus
Expedition in 1892.
Detailed at Helm While superlors
Slept, Youngster Was Blamed
for Wreck of Santa Maria.

Many phases of the life of Column
bus offer mysteries that the hlstori-
ans have never been able TO clear
away, and one student Of the life OF
the great explorer has come across
an incidental mystery that has an ap-
peallng interest II relates to a boy
who accompanied the expedition Of
| l492-the only boy among its mem
bers, and consequently the first white
boy to set foot in America.
The contemporary accounts OF the
first expedition Of Columbus mention
the boy in question only once and
that briefly. They indicate that he
was the only boy in the expedition
ana they place on his young Shout
ders the blame for the great catas-
trophe that befell when the Santa
Maria was wrecked on the coast of
Hayti. To be sure the story of the
wreck shows that the boy was less
to blame than his elders, but it was
easy enough to make him the scape-
goat. II was the night before Christ
mas, 1892, ten weeks after the dis
covery Of the land, and Columbus was
pushing his search for gold among the
West Indies. The flagship, the Santa
Maria, was skirting the coast of Hay
Il, and late at night, as the wind was
light and the ship barely moving, Col
umbus went to his cabin for rest. He
passed the helm over TO the captain.
He too, soon felt the need of sleep
and went below. His successor at the
tlller was sailor and he shortly fol-
lowed the example of the admiral and
the master. Before he went he awak-
ened the lad in question and told him
to mind the helm
The boy did not go to sleep. He
was doubtless n live lad and he felt |
the Importance of being trusted to |
steer the ship. But he was in strange |
waters and the currents We're treach- J
erouS near that coast, says an ex-
change. The ship struck reef. The
admiral and crew rushed on deck in
terror. OF course they blamed the
boy That was the way of the world
before 1892 and the fashion has never
changed.
That was the end Of the Santa
Maria. The crew reached the shore
IN safety and made a fort from the
-imbers of the wreck. In that fort.
which they called La Navidad in
honor Of the day, about forty of the
rev remained while their companions
vent home to Spain on the Pinta and
he Nina. One historian mentions a
tradition that the boy remained with
his number, but it is only a tradition.
Che fate of the forty is a mystery. for
When the second expedition of Column
'us reached that island a year later
here were only few charred timbers
nd bones to be found. Perhaps the
10Y perished there. His name has not
ven come down to us, but the brief
limpse that we have of him is a fas-
mating one. There is something to
timuate the Imagination in that
Getting picture of the boy who stuck
, his post while his superiors slept.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Need of Haste.

a man whose duties keep him up o.
Nights, entered n downtown restaurant
Rt a late hcur one evening, relates an
exchange. He glanced at the clock,
then at the calendar, then Mt the menu
from which he ordered q frugal repast
Then he waited, Eervously.
At the end OF ten minutes, he sue.
seeded in catching his walters eye.
Look here, how long am I going
90 have to walt for that grub 1 or
deredT he inquired.
"Oh, I guess it won't be long now,"
yawned the walter 'In a hurry?"
III hurry? Say, ordered a meal
without meat because 1t is meatless
aay. And II have TO walt five min.
utes longer IT will be a wheatless day,
and I won't get a thingw
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Word Picture of Jerusalem.

The best word-picture of the ancient
city Of Jerusalem is Pierre Lofts. he
went thither on a pilgrimage from
Egypt across the desert, along the
same line which has been followed by
the English forces. 'The sun rises
pale, ominously yellow, a sun OF
storm, amid threatening Clouds" he
writes. Beyond, large city is grad.
ually revealed, on stony and mourn.
full mountains; through the dust and
lashing rain it is not easy to dstin.
Euish it. Jerusalem. recog
nizable from oil other towns, with its
formidable walls and it's little cupola.
covered roofs Of stone; Jerusalem,
gloomy and high, inclosed within Its
battlements, under a dark sky. =
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Strategy.

"Githerty keeps bundle of his
wife's love letters tied up with a pink
ibbOn."
And he's been married for years A
sentimental chap, isn't heI"
mot particularly, but he's crafty. BY
digging that bundle of letters out Of
his trunk at the psychological moment
he has stopped many TRADE"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

Californians say there is no sea
coast sand binder that surpasses in
effectiveness Ammophila arenaria sen
Dent grass. 1t has done more to hold
the shifting dunes or Golden Gate
PARK, San Francisco, than any other
agency.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Should Eat Mushrooms

Wild mushrooms are a food that
should be more largely utilized in this
country now that food is scarce. ac-
cording to William A. Murrill, assist
ant director of the New York botan-
ical gardens, who thinks the peonle
should be taught how to distinguish
the poisonous from the wholesome va
rieties. Wild mushrooms are eaten
in this country almost exclusively bv
the foreign-bon population.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

literally by the million for
their wounds. Il means
splints and wound pads and
pillows and all manner OF
surgical dressings without
stint. II means pajamas and
bed shirts and surgical shirts
the kind that surgeons can
open and reach wounds with
out handling buttons. It
means bed socks and bath
robes and convalescent robes
and all the things that In
vallds need.
IL means drugs and medi-
clnes and operating instru-
ments and all the appliances
with which modern surgeons
are daily performing miracles
In saving lives and restoring
to usefulness legs and arms
which under other methods
would have been cut off at
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21


years from now, so far as anyone car
see, 1t may be nearer 5,000000. Fol
America has taken oath that not unit
kalserism has been blotted from the
earth will the war end.
Those boys of ours who are over
there, and the others who are going
need all the help and encouragement
ana aid the folks at home can possi-
bly give them. That is why the Red
Cross, instead of confining itself to Civ
ing them hospital treatment after they
nave been hurt or are sick, Is giving
them Christmas trees and comfort kits
and doing everything possible to make
Christmas enjoyable for them. Not a
man in all "Black Jack" Pershing's
army, will be without some reminder
or the people at home for whom he is
hghting. Not man in any one of all
the army and navy cantonments scat
tered all over the United States will
be without genuine Christmas-even
to Christmas tree. The Red Cross
has gone into the Santa Claus business
Wholesale, as it goes into everything
1t undertakes.
And that is why every man, every
woman, every child owes 1t to him
self and to the soldiers and sailors to
become member of the Red Cross. A
campaign is being carried on to enlist
100000 new members of the Amer
lean Red Cross, which will make it five
times as large and ten times as rich
and powerful as any other Red Cross
in the world.
1t is because of the millions and mil
lions of American boys who are going
over to France that the whole Amer
lean people has got to join the Red
Cross in helping care for them. A few
hundred thousand can be looked after
by the present membership; but multi |
ply them by ten or twenty or twenty.
hVe, and it takes a nation to back them
properly.
1t has been great sport this year to
fix up the Christmas packets, and write
the little personal note that goes with
each one, and picture to ones self the
pleasure with which the unknown SOL
dier in France will hail the gift from
the home land. For there has been no
real fiGhting-Only trench raid or so.
In which only few lives were lost
fewer, in all likelihood, than would
have occurred in the natural course of
events if they had remained in civil
life. So, while there was sorrow for
the brave fellows who went down fight
ng, and for those others who were
slain in the submarine brushes with
he Germans, there was not the over.
grief that comes after everv
,reat battle. I
Next year 1t will be different-so !
lltferent. In the spring-and earlier !
I the French line should break at anv i
will hurl his boys into q
he gap, and everybody knows what =
nat means There will be fighting n
# the kind that made whole world "
dmire the men of Bull Run, and An s
Ieram, and Charlottesville. and ii
and Gettysburg, and
'herever Americans have fought. II
hey will be pitted against foe who. g
'hatever we may say of his arrogance i.
nd cruelty, his disregard of the laws ir
humanity and the ordinary decen- fl
es of civilized life, is hard fighter A
Ihat means that the hospital will be r
Ill of American boys whose lives de- Io
end on the work the Red Cross must m
J. for there is no other agency that m
IN wait on them. 1t means bandages m
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Looking Ahead.

Junior, with his playmate. had been
given some candy by an old gentle
man, and on being asked how they
liked it replied: "Just fine! viii you
get us some more when this is done?
We're big eaters"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Decidedly Unusual

A Wisconsin mans defense against
his wife's divorce suit was on tho
ground that she refused to speak to
MIN and compelled him to buy phono.
graph for company.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

Italian steam and street railroads
are experimenting with a concrete tie
that rocks slightly, affording uniform
elasticity and more perfect align
ment of track than wooden ties.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Idoiatry on the Decline.

1t is becoming a custom among non
christian Chinese of Borneo to 90 to
the Methodist chapel for their mar
rage ceremony. Because of the influ-
ence OF the mission, idolatry among
them has practically ceased.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
State of Ohio. City OF Toledo, Luca,

County-ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of f. J. Cheney
Il CO., doing business in the City of To.
ledo, County and State aforesaid. and that
said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN.
DRED DOLLARS for any case OF CatarrD
that cannot be cured by the use oi
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE,
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence. this 9Th day Of December.
A. D. 1888.
(SeaD A. W. Gleason. Notary Public.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is TAX
en- internally and acts through the Blooo
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Druggists, 75c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney G. Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Minister a Linouist.

-Four languages were used last year
in the preaching of Rev. Paul Burgess,
Presbyterian missionary in the Que
zaltenango field of Guatemala, accord
Ing to the Guatemala News. He spoke
In Spanish, English, German and Cak.
chiquel.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
peeoIorlzlnn carhnna

English experimenters have at least
partially discovered the secret proc.
esses used in the manufacture of
German and Dutch decolorizlng car
hons for the sugar industry.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

THAT fellow prided himself OF be-
ing thorough. Wherever he goes, he
gets to the bottom Of things"
"Then please don't invite him on our
yachting trip"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Injuries and InsuLts

Injuries may be atoned for and for
given; but insults admit of no compen-
sation. They degrade the mind in its
own esteem and force it to recover it's
level by revenge.-Junius.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Rode Riuht THROUGH.

whats the matter, general?"
mo glory in entering a village of
that size. No sooner had I made my
triumphant entry than 1 was out of
town."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

Sometimes 1t is hard to see the sill.
yer side Of a cloud, but 1t is there
Put on the right glasses.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

He who thinks only of himself hasn't
any too much to think about.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

DIR. Pterce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. Ad.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
BY WlLLounHRY LEE

BY wILLoUeH8Y LEE.
f\iE heart of America at this
Christmas time is yearning
toward the hills and val
leys and mud flats of
y France, for thousands and
81 tens of thousands and, for
N all we know, hundreds of
~ thousands of our finest boys
N are over there with Perish
ing. And by another
Christmas there may be q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-06

Fruit for canning should be ripe but
firm. Do not use overripe specimens.
Vegetables for canning should be
young and tender.
Fruit and vegetables are better for
canning if gathered in the early morn
ing and kept in a cool place until
ready for use.
Fruits and vegetables must be
thoroughly cleaned before being put
in jars Or cans.
Do not attempt to a decayed or
dirty fruits or vegetables.
Write the Horticultural Division,
Clemson College, S. c., for circular
No. 81, Home Canning Of Fruits and
Vegetables" also Home Gardening
bulletin,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-06
CANNING
PRECAUTIONS

Cleanliness is one of t. important
secrets to success in CAM ing. Be alb
solutely clean in every operation and
keep all the surroundings the same.
Carefully ~sterilize with boiling water
every utensil before it is used. Also
the Jars, rubbers. and cans.
In buying glass jars, secure the best.
One of the most satisfactory types of
Jars is the lightning Patent" with a
glass top held in place by a simple
wire spring.
Use the best grade Of tin cans even
though they cost a little more than
the cheaper grades.
With glass jars always use new rub
bers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-06
BE A FARMER
PATRIOT

With the packing house assured for
the State this fall all farmers should
recruit at once in the army Of meat
producers which will pu: South Caro-
lima on a self supporting basis, as
we'll as help feed the millions of peo-
pie who are now dependent on the
United States for food supplies. This
Is the time for the farmer to exert
himself more than ever to grow
plenty Of food stuffs on the farm.
The possibilities of a good wheat and
oat crop Ire very poor, and this
makes 1t all the more necessary to
prepare to grow more feed stuffs and
to grow more meat than aver before.
Be q farmer patriot.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-06
PEN PICTURE OF
CLEMSON COLLEGE
Works for Welfare In Many
Ways.

Picture a country estate Of
1900 acres, with stately
buildings placed at elevated
points to form a great irreg-
ular circle of half a mile in
diameter. Inclose in this
circle a beautiful grove Of
native oaks, threaded by
smooth drive-walks. Turn
to the north and for a back
ground outline against the
sky at a distance Of 20 miles,
range after range Of noun
tains, the home Of the High
lands, Of Caesars Head,
Whitesides and other lofty
peaks Of the Blue Ridge.
Think Of these mountains as
in summer clothed with ver-
dure, standing out black
against the horizon, and in
winter often white with
snow. Take for the southern
boundary a river Of Indian
lineage and follow in its
sweeping crookedness the
swift and turbulent Seneca
as it twists this way and that
to mark the confines Of the
estate. And to this setting
add broad expanses of river
bottom lands green with
corn, steep hillsides sinuous
with level grassy terraces
and cool pastures with
winding brooks and graceful
shade trees and you have a
picture Of Clemson College,
not colored to suit the can
vas of an artist. but as seen
every year by nearly q thou
sand young South CAROLYN
ians, who seek, amid these
surroundings, an education
that will prepare them for
self-respecting, self-support-
ing citizenship.
A Large Plant.
The college tract contains
over 1900 acres. On the
property there are % prin-
cipal public buildings, 70
dwellings and 81 minor
buildings. The college has
in its employ 116 teachers
and officers. Its inventoried
property is $1,327,72S.57.
The officers Of the college
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-06
HOG CHOLERA
Every Farmer Should Know How to
Inject Cholera Serum.

Write to DR.. R. o. Feeley, Clemson
College, 8. c., and request a free bull
letin on hog cholera symptoms, and
post yourself. When your hogs show
these symptoms phone or wire your
county demonstration agent at once
for aid, unless you have already had
his services, in which case you ought
to know how to proceed without his
help. 1t is impossible for him to see
every mans hogs, so it will be neces-
sary for you to learn to treat them
yourself after one demonstration.
prevention Is worth more than
cure" Is an old a.dage which applies
especially to this malady.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-06
HOME CANNING

Every farmer should have
a small canning outfit for
use in preserving fruit and
vegetables for winter. An
abundance Of canned pro-
ducts Of this sort adds COM
fort and health to the family,
and often there is enough
surplus to give a nice little
income. It is seldom that
canned fruits and vegetables
Of fine quality fail to COM
mand a good price. With a
good fall garden one does not
so much feel the need OF
canned vegetables, but there
are a great many Of the ten
der sorts that will not grow
at this season and must be
preserved in cans. Think also
Of the number of fruits that
may be canned. Even where
one has neglected to nave q
good orchard there are In
most localities an abundance
of blackberries, blue berries,
huckleberries, grapes and
cherries growing wild. In
case enough vegetables have
not yet been planted to fur
nlsh a surplus to can, it Is a
good time now to make up
the deficiency. Tomatoes,
snap beans, lima beans,
sweet potatoes, and other
vegetables may yet be plant
ed for canning during the
late summer. Any one in
terested in canning sESald
write the Horticultural Di-
vision Of Gleason College for
Circular No. 81, Home Can
ming Of Fruits and Vegeta-
bles."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-06
BASEBALL GAME OF RIGGS FIELD
YIN C. A. Building AnMnlB Building Textile Bunhng Administration Building and mms@ in the Background

send out yearly over $4,000
letters and over 435,00O
other pieces Of mail matter,
most Of which gives agricu-
tural information.
In addition to the parent
station, the college maintains
two branch experiments sta
tions-one near Summerville
and the other at Florence.
One more is to be situated
In the sand hill sections Of
the State, just as soon as
funds will permit, will COM
plete a system representing
the principal soil types Of the
State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-06
Award Of Scholarships and
Free Tuition

The State Board of Charities and Corrections is charged
with investigating the financial standing of all applicants for
~fouryear scholarships and free tuition, and reporting their
findings to the Board of Trustees of the College. This Board
passes finally upon the matter, accepting as correct the
information gathered by the State Board. Appeal from the
Education.
The College will furnish blanks to all applicants for
scholarships and free tuition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-06
THE STUDENT BODY

Every year the number Of applications to enter Clemson College exceeds
the capacity Of the institution. EARLY N August it is necessary to begin a
waiting list" as all available rooms in the barracks have been taken.
This session the enrolment (not considering the 14 enrolled in the
summer schooD was S1. 49,
The following data o n 83 students enrolled In. College this session Will
be Of interest:
(5 Average height 5 feet 8 inches.
Isl Types-bondea 391, brunettes 1855, OF 57 Der cent
a. Living in country IN small towns, 900 O. II per cent
Isl Living in cities and towns over $500 population, 246 O. 29 per cent.
() Born in the country, $50 o. 654 per cent.
() Averaging IA ears OF the farm, 610 or 72 per cent
Isl Sons Of parents who are now, o have been, farmers, 76 n 1875
per cent.
() 245 students now in College have had SS brothers to attend, Of whom
121 graduated.
The distribution Of students by courses is as follows: .
Agricultural courses. or SOL per cent
In III other courses. O. 4S9 per m
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-06
ClemSOn's Finances

The public has a right to the fullest information in regard
to the fiscal affairs of a State institution.
1t would not be possible to make a fuller or more detailed
report than does Clemson College.
Not only does the Treasurer's annual report to the Legis-
lature contain the usual summary Of receipts and expendi-
lures, but this report Of $50 pages lists each individual bill
paid out Of College funds is shown.
Since the support of an educational institution is of interest
and Importance to its patrons, the following brief summary
for the last fiscal year should be Of interest:
Balance brought forward from June 80. '1s..:...s s,7o1.o4
Income
E Rs5 y E S Esisoh Fu 1s1 tu: S.: 'ss 5:s1s:ss
interest interest e e on on I eIsms5a Beauest: s,5ia:sss
Tuition from Cadets.............. a690.O0
Sales, i1D Interests, Rents, Refunds. '~7,6s4.ss s27s,sss.s4
sssss99.ss
Total available resources, 1915 s26s,179.4
The above total represents what was available Isd for i. the Pnb use
81 5ss j. TSs' 80 Ssaf fE,,{ ssr0 s.sf.l Hf Ssna9{%snt station at xrr 5ssSIvss
ar ' be- used by af the College ssseMIifs Likewise e. the e FUNDS ron The
and extension worn, under Federal supervision.
l,g Sse and msns Sat gsid m in By s sstsntien for and So insiaa 1aaasfy Is h Rsid
in trust BY the College for the use Of the cadets, and is not
Il The f following Uaia Is a CT condensed summary Of expenditures:
Expenditures.
1. For operating expenses Of College Salaries o.
teachers laborers, insurance, coal, shop
and laboratory maerials, etc. )........... .$l45,69f.Z4
2. For buildings, permanent improvements and
additions to shop and laboratory equipment. 6,3o9.oo
3. For public work fertilizer inspection and
analysis, veterinary inspection, scholar
ships, branch stations. etc. etc)......... s0'1zo.1o
Total .s2ss727.N
Balance carried forward July !, 1s1B........... 31,452.40
Total $685.. 17s. IA
t---
Unpaid balance on loan carried forward. ....... .,z4o,sss.5 Sc
The Washington times., 1917-01-31
GIVES GRADUATES ADVICE
Principal Daniels Speaks at Class
Night Exercises.

Advice on the ideals and methods
to follow in life were given to mem
bers of the graduating class of Nc
Kinley Manual Training School by
Principal Frank c. Daniel at the
class night exercises last night.
He urged the necessity of having
an ideal. Walter S. Coop, represent
ing the student body, gave the ad-
dress of welcome. The class history
was given by Stanley W. Bell. A well
delivered, speech to the undergrad
yates, was given by Allan w. Lohr,
who was replied to by Tyler B. Kie-
ner, of the next February class.
The class poem was given by John
NJ. Ward, followed by the prophecy
by Miss Pauline R. Johnston and A.
Herman Wilson. Louis Grossberg,
who had the highest average in his
class, delivered the valedictory. The
Mckinley Orchestra, under the direc-
ton of Dore Walten, gave several
selections. Miss Christine L. Morgen-
week received considerable applause
for a well-presented solo, as did Jos
eph S. Leyitan with a piano solo.