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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
J. B. King Given Maximum
Sentence.

At the time The Advertiser went
to press last week, the court was
engaged with the trial of ]. B.
King upon the charge of forgery
and obtaining money under false
pretenses. About six weeks ago
King deposited with the Farmers
Bank on interest bearing accounts
a check for 81, $1,000 drawn by the
assistant cashier of the Georgia
Railroad Bank of Augusta on a
bank in Atlanta, receiving there
for a certificate of deposit for that
amount. Within two or three days
after the transaction in Edgefeld
King carried the certificate to
bank in Augusta and borrowed 500
on it. About this time 1t was dis
covered that the cashiers draft
which King deposited with the
Farmers Bank was forgery. A
short time after this King went to
Baltimore and placed an order with
li:hographing house for some
blank certificates of deposit for the
Bank of Johnston. The printers
notified the bank at Johnston and
King was arrested and held until
Mr.. w. A. Byrd, the assistant cash
ier of the Farmers Bank, reached
Baltimore to identify him. He was
brought back to South Carolina by
Sheriff Swearingen and placed in
the penitentiary until brought to
Edgefeld last week for trial. King
who is believed by many to be a
professional crook conducted his
own defense and made his own ap-
peal to the jury. However, the
Jury was out only few minutes be-
fore rendering q verdict of guilty"
and he was given seven years, the
maximum sentence under the law,
by Judge'Devore.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
Rummage Sale and Chicken Din.

At the store adjoining that of
l.. T. May on Saturday next from
10 a. m. to p. NJ, there will be a
rummage sale in the auspices of the
Daughters American Revolution,
the proceeds from which will go
towards purchasing wool for the
articles being prepared for the sail
ors on the battleship South Caro-
lima.
There will be all kinds of second
hand clothing and pantry articles
contributed by the members and
heir frinds.
Besides the Rummage sale, there
will be dinner served consisting
of fried chicken and varied menu
suited to as good and scarce thing
as fried chicken. The price of din
ner will be forty cents.
Everybody who patronizes the
chicken dinner and the rummage
sale will aid in giving comfort tc
the sailors or our own battleshir
South Carolina. One hundred OF
these sets of sweater, mufiers and
mittens have very recently been
sent by the women of Kansas fol
their own battleship Kansas, and
yet this is onlv drop in the buck
ct, compared ith what must be
done. The women are glad to dc
all they can, and many are knitting
articles but the wool has to be sup
piled and is expensive.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
HARDY'S HAPPENINGS.
Drought of Month. Branches
Dried Up. Services at Har-
dy's. Sunbeams Met.
WINS. Meets Thurs.

We have been very dry for more
than month no ", and oh, my! how
the crops are suffering.
The branches have dried up, 80
the cattle suffer for water; and the
grass has dried up, so makes 80
much less COW product. And I
think it is having it's effect on the
egg product, also, for the hens are
not doing their duty.
The minks are killing all of Mrs.
Sallie and Fannie Bunch's chick
ems, both large and small.
The gardens are failing very fast.
Tomatoes have blight and the
fruit rots from the bud, also many
of the vines are dying; peach trees
dying; fruit shrjveled and dropping
off. Corn does not revive enough
during the night to uncurl its leaves.
IT'S distressing. And to think of
corn meal selling at s2.lo per bush
eI at the mills.
We see some mosquitoes. We
suppose they come from The pools
of water left where the other parts
of the streams have dried up.
Messrs. Herbert and Harry Bunch
walked across the river to some of
the islands Saturday, it was so low.
AS we were going across the North
Augusta bridge Saturday afternoon,
the river was pretty muddy, and we
said they must have stirred up lots
of red mud while they were playing
in the water up the river
We attended services at Hardy's
Sunday, and it was shame there
were so few people present, and it
such nice day, too. Mr.. La. 4
was at his post, although he was
pretty we'll worn out from nursing
his son, Edgar Lanham, who is
quite sick with fever. We hope he
will soon rally and be himself again.
The Sunbeams held their meeting
Just after the services were over,
and had very nice little band.
They had two or three songs play
led by little Miss Estelle Cooper very
nicely, and they sang nicely. also.
Had some recitationa. l did not
learn by whom, except one by little
Mary Bunch, which Mrs. Walter
Stevens said was fine, called Shin
ing For Jesus" We are glad to
know the children are having train
ing that We failed to get in our
youth.
The w. NJ. S. will meet with
Mrs. Walter Stevens, Thursday
afternoon, July l6. Hope to have
full attendance, as that will be
the last meeting before the w. NJ,
C. Association in August.
Mrs. Julia Townes is spending
some time in Ninety Six with her
sister, Mrs. Geo. Anderson.
Mr.. George Townes spent Sun-
lay with his brother, Mr.. Frank
Townes.
Mr.. Earnest Ingram's, father,
mother, and two sisters are visiting
him. His mother is quite i'll. Hope
she will soon be up again.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Briggs are
visiting Mrs. Ellie Briggs.
Mr.. James McLaine's sister and
two children are visiting him. We
did not learn her name.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bunch went
up Sunday afternoon to visit the
latter's home folks.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-07-18
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The Washington times., 1917-11-01

erownlng achievement Of her literary
life. She was a young Old LADY of
sighty-nins when she was told of the
plan to bestow signal honors UPON
her poem.
In answer to the sugEestlon she
wrote to the editor Of the -MuBician:-
1T would crafty me, OF course. 70
have my Battle Hymn regarded a.
especially the national patrictle an
them. And I hope and believe that Il
stands for what our whole country
now believes in, via. the saersdnest o.
human liberty. Ny poem dld soule
services In the civil war. wlshstsry
much that IL may do good eeryIce IN
the peace which pray God may ner-
er be broken"
Mrs. Howe wrote the poem y
Washington in 1862 on the inspira-
ton Of q night. She was In thi1
city on . visit with her husband Who
held an important position In the de-
partment OF sanitation. At that time
John Browns Body" was being sung
all over the North, and some one -
marked to Mrs. Howe that was = pity
such . fine melody did not hays more
Appropriate words. Mrs. Hove
thought over the matter and thar
very night there came to her The
lines OF the poem which has uercr
lost its hold on the American people.
One Of the reasons for It's lasting
popularity is that It contains no sec
tionRl sentiment.
The Washington times., 1917-11-01

( his financial circumstances Che wa.
always in financial dlfficulties), It IL
said that he would have married
Countess Giulietta Guiciardi. to whom
| he dedicated the famous Moonlight
Sonata"
He was ugly in personal appearances
"a small, Insignificant, black-eyeG,
black-haired person measuring only
five feet and four inches in height.
He suffered from smallpox wher a
young man, and his face always bore
marks from II afterward His fin
gers were all the same length, and
were covered with hair to the very
nails.
This musical giant of the nine
teenth century wrote his best works
after he lost his,hearlng In 1901. For
two years he lived in seclusion, too
proud to admit that he was deaf.
Kept travelling over the country by
his father in his earlier years, Bee
thoveu had not an opportunity to
gain an education. II was years af-
terward before he began to spend
much time in reading and studying
the best books. These played an i'm
portant part In his later life.
Banished from the home OF one Of
his brothers on a cold December
night, Beethoven set out in an open
cart. overtaken by a storm. he
caught cold, which resulted in inflam-
nation of the lungs. from which he
never recovered. He died on March
26, 1927. Ignored by his friends, with
tAe exception Of Schubert. he died a
pauper. but 10000 paid him tribute by
witnessing the funeral procession.
The Washington times., 1917-11-01
TANNERY BIRTHPLACE
OF AMERICAN MUSIC

The organ. as well as all other mu.
sical instruments. were looked upor
as devices OF Satan in days Of yore
and were not admitted into the
church until the l700's. To a New
England tanner of pre-Revolutionary
days we owe the element of music in
church services today.
William Billings, father OF Ameri-
can church music. worked away at
tanning shoe leather, but his occupa-
ton did not dAmpen his creative abil.
ity. HIS head was full of a medley OF
tunes that wanted to get out, one by
one. and live an individual existence.
So he began writing his themes on
strips of leather, and even chalking
them on the rough boards OF the tan
merry walls.
Billings himself was a queer mix
ture. Half blind, lame. and paralytic,
The Washington times., 1917-11-01

his poetic and musical talent remain
ed intact and unhampered. Demos
themes, though a stammerer, became
one OF the worlds greatest orators
and so with Billings. who. not over
kindly treated by nature, won for
himself the title Of Father OF Ameri-
can Church Music" by sheer enthusi-
asm for music and characteristic Yam
kee persistence and nerve.
His creative ability soon altered the
regulation Sunday at church. He pub
lished a small volume OF his songs.
introduced cello playing into church
choirs, taught congregations how to
start singing to the note OF his primi-
tive pitch pipe'-in short veritably
educated the churchgoers up to his
rough, pioneer standard OF musical
appreciation.
The Washington times., 1917-11-01
JULIA WARD HOWE
INSPIRED WHENSHE
WROTE HER HYMN

Not many years ago, in 1905 to be
exact . movement was started to
make the Battle Hymn Of the Re.
public" the American national an
them. Theodore Roosevelt favored
the idea and numerous leaders In the
musical world sponsored It.
In this splendid battle hymn we
have that combination OF majestic
music and poem not only on a. high
4 plane a. the music, but fitting is
swell ana rhythm to perfection. Ever
since the civil war the anthem be-
ginning Mine eyes have seen the
glory OF the coming Of the Lord" has
thrilled American hearts all over this
great land.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. who wrote
the poem. always considered II the
The Washington times., 1917-11-01

BEETHOVEN!
That name alone stands in all II.
rugged simplicity and appropriate
ness on the pedestal OF n memorial
monument, in the city OF Bonn, Ger.
many. His full name was Ludwig
Van Beethoven.
Bonn was Beethoven's birthplace
He "frst saw the light" on December
II, ITO, in a miserable little attic
room over a cheap restaurant. Both
his father and mother were victims
OF the drink habit and many a time
later Beethoven had to rescue his
drunken father from the police.
At the age OF four years Beethoven
was able to pick out tunes on the
clRvier and his father was quick to
take advantage OF the youthful
prodigy, and in order to exploit him
took him through the country adyer-
tising him as a second Mozart. The
father represented him as two years
younger than he really was, with the
result that Beethoven did not know
his correct age until he was forty.
Given an opportunity for study
Beethoven Showed promise, and AT
the age sof eleven was deputy court
orkanists The great Mozart heard
the boy perform and. leaving the
room while Beethoven was playing,
"Tske notice OF him In
there: he will make a noise in the
world"
From his earliest childhood Beeth-
oven lived an unhappy life. He was
subject to fts Of melancholia. and al
though constantly quarrelin6 with
his best friends, would become rueful
and cont-,te as soon as the storm Of
passion had passed.
He was deeply pious and declared
that he received his inspiration from
God and nature. His intimate friends
said that he remained "virginly pure"
his entire life.
While he had several affairs"
never married. But for
The Washington times., 1917-11-01

/ The remains were borne by eight com
posers.
The painting, Beethoven and His
Friends" Is said to depict one of the
last gatherings of Beethoven's friends
TO hear "the colossus Of composition"
play one Of his sonatas. At the time
the composer was in one Of his mel
ancholic moods. As he played his
friends are said to have become
strangely affected. and experienced a
peculiar ft OF depression.
In spite Of his faults, Beethoven
was regarded by those who knew
him best as a man whom one cannot
help plying, respecting. admiring,
and loving.
The Washington times., 1917-11-01

If military music can in
Spire men to go into action
If great n1illiondIes like
Frick and Carnegie engage
organiStS by the year to
play for them, then music
has a far bigger purpose in
life than NE think.
The Washington times., 1917-11-01
CLICK Of SHEARS
IN BARBER SHOP
INSPIRED HANDEL

When next you visit the shop oi
the striped pole. bear, I pray you
with the idosyncrasIes OF its owner
Though IL mean the listening to q sad
and soulful banjo. though It mean the
nursing OF weeks beard while your
wife is making a wild attempt to fol
low in the footSteps of the virtuou,
JOB" though It mean the testing oi
temper that could not by any
stretch Of Imagination. be called
angelic" yet In the name OF all that
you consider holy. bide your time,
control your tongue and keep a stony
silence. You never can tell what the
man IL UP to. For be It known, re-
cent research has discovered that the
barber-all honor to him-has taken
q prominent part in the neld OF music:
that without him the world would
have been as silent as the desert and
the movies as unattractive as the
tombs.
Barber Invented Organ.
1t began as far back as 2s4 B. C.
when Ctesibius-even then their
names challenged the enunciatory
powers OF the best-at any rate,
CIesibius, q barber OF Alexandria,
while waiting for some curly headed
merchant to be done" discovered
that the counterweiEht OF his mirror,
working In q tube, displaced the air
In the cylindrical passage in such a
way as to produce q musical sound.
At least, he thought IL musical. Busi-
ness was slow that day and this
scented son OF the swivel soon dis
covered that different lengths OF tubes
gave different sounds and. before
long, he had invented a device which
was afterwards developed into the
Hydraulus or water organ, the hrst
Of its kind in existence
History doesn't say whether this
famous wielder OF the comb and
brush gave up his trade for that OF
the more lucrative one of blowing
into pipes. But history does en-
phasize the fact that Louis Francis
Drouet, who. In his time was
known as The Paganini of the Flute"
was the son OF a barber. What's !
more, he learned the mastery OF his
while listening to the |
slick click of his fathers shears as
hey moved their way through heads |
IF artistic hair.
Handel Was Haireutter.
The bottled odors OF the woods and
lowers brought strength and inspira-
Ion to his art. Later Le became
'oyal hutist to Napoleon, and that
ioble monarch believing that the flute
n the case OF Drouet, was mightier
han the sword. granted the musician
from conscription into the
.rmy. And therein there is q word
hat might well be digested by the
wise.
Further daun--ess research discov-
rs the startling fact that Handel was
iso the son OF n barber. Biography.
/ 10 true, calls the old gentleman an
apothecary," but in those days
were equally adept In
Tipping heads as In rolling pills.
Flanked by this array OF facts there
J little wonder then, that Rossini
nd Mozart composed some OF their
est music around the enchanting
e-sonality Of the Barber OF Seville"
II of which Is q warning to those
iembers of the human species who
corn the humble calling OF the OBJ
equious tonsorial artist
The Washington times., 1917-11-01
CAPITAL. WOMAN ELECTED.

DETROIT, Mich. Nov. 1.-Mrs.
William F. Mcdowell, of Washington.
D. C, was last night reelected pres-
ident OF the Methodist Episcopal
Women's Foreign Mission Society.
The Washington times., 1917-11-01
HIGHEST PRICED
TENOR IN WORLD
BEGAN CHOIR BOY

Caruso began his career as a singer
when he became a choir boy in his ma
tive town, Naples. not very many years
after his birth. February 25. 1873
He was little inclined to follow the
bent OF his father who was an engineer.
although he did work for several years
In chemical factory. Without a les
son in music. the boy already possessed
that golden quality OF voice that was
later destined 10 bring him fame and
fortune. He attracted the notice OF a
noted baritone who encouraged him to
study music seriously. A little :a.e-,
Caruso entered military service, but
spent only eighteen months in this duty.
His fathers second wife urged him to
continue his studies. and I'm 1894. Caruso
made his debut I'm Naples in opera. He
was at once hailed as a tenor with a
marvellous voice. and for several years
after continued his successes in Italy
and in South America.
First Sang In The Duke
1t was not until after his New York
debut in November, 1908. as The Duke"
in "Risoletto" that Caruso began 10 be
considered the greatest tenor OF his
day. His remarkable rise since that time
70 AllC plNSSut 10 unique IN musical an
mails. For fourteen consecutive seas
sons he has been the leading attraction
OF the Metropolitan Opera Company. and
at each performance in which he ap-
pears the house is invariably sold cur
and many applicants for admission axe
turned away. His name is invariably
associated with the tenor roles in
Aida" ''Pagliacci." ''Tosca," la Bo-
heme." Marta" "Rigoletto." "L'Ellsir
d. Amore." la Gioconda," "Manon
Lescaut" Lucia ''Cavalieria Rusti-
cana" "Trovatore." Pearl Fishers" Il
Africaine." Carmen" Julien" Faust"
"Armide," and Samson
Highest salarIed Tenor.
Besides being the highest salaried |
operatic tenor, Caruso has made fer /
tune from the sale Of his phonograph
records. His income as singer alone 1
has been sufficiently great to enable him /
TO join the ranks Of the millionaires. but /
Caruso considers himself equally for I
tunate as a business man.
II is not generally known that Ca
russo has a magnificent villa in Italy,
called "Bellosquardo." and owns vast
estates that yiald him an enormous .
yearly income. His fruit-growing alone
would snabls him 10 live in comfort
The Washington times., 1917-11-01

/. Music, like all fine ar,
demands an active exercise
of the nil, as well as a
sensitipeness to physical
elements and a pdgue re-
sponse to suggestion.
Edward Dickinson
The Washington times., 1917-11-01
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The Washington times., 1917-11-01

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-19
MRS VIM. P. STURGEON DEAD
Musician and D. A. r. Member Had
Been IN Three Weeks.

Mrs. William P. Spurgeon, wife OF
William P. Spurgeon, of the Wash
ington Post, died at 2:15 o'clock this
morning following an illness of about
three weeks.
Mrs. Spurgeon was well known as 8
musician in Washington. She was g
member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution and of the
Episcopal Church. By her person
atty Mrs. Sturgeon had endeared
herself to an unusually large circle
of friends.
She was born in South Carolina
but at an early age moved to Con
neQticut where she received her edu
cation.
The funeral will be held from the
residence, 1886 Irving street north
west, Monday afternoon. Interment
will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-19
LEAVES NUMEROUS PROGENY,

Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie
Johnson, one OF the oldest colored
women in the city. will be held at the
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church. Ninth
and n streets northwest. Sunday at
o'clock. The Rev. S. p. W. Drew will
officiate. Mrs. johnson died at the
home OF her daughter. Mrs. Louisa
Warren, 2lOO Eleventh street north
west, on Tuesday. She is survived
by three children, thirteen grand
children, fifteen great-grandchiIdren
and thirty great-great-grandch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-19
BROKERS INCORPORATED

Articles of Incorporation for Walker
q Tarver, Inc, were filed with the Re-
corder of Deeds yesterday. The con
Germ will conduct a general brokerage
business in the Woodward building
The capital stock is $4,000. with 1000
shares of stock. valued at SO each.
The trustees are Samuel P. Walker,
William o. Tarver, and F. p. Har-
mon, jr.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-19
LEAVES ESTATE TO FAMILY.

by his will dated August Z. 1916.
leaves $500 TO a son, F. w. Over: 500
to a daughter, Mabel Thomas, and the
residue OF his estate 10 his wife, Sal
lie C. Over. William II. Lewis, jr.. is
named as executor.