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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-06
New York Cafe, Augusta
Doubles i'm Size.

The New York Cafe has bought
the lease on the property next door,
224 Jackson street, now occupied by
one of Busbia G. Denns' barber shops,
and plans to make this popular cafe
one of the most modern and up-to-
date in the South. They will take pos
session August /. New equipment is
arriving daily and will be installed
promptly.
The renovated cafe will be in po-
sition to furnish service to $50 pa
irons at one time. Especial attention
is being paid to the culinary depart
ment. The kitchen will be enlarged to
double its present size, and will be
as sanitary as experts know how to
make it. The floor will be of cement
and the walls of tile.
The New York Cafe, established
in 1909 and has gained an enviable
reputation for itself as restaurant
for ladies and gentlemen. The pro-
prietor, Mr.. James B. Skarmoutsos,
manages the establishment himself,
giving his personal attention to all
the details of the dining room as well
as the kitchen.-Augusta Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-06
War on Tobacco Laid to the
w. C.. I. u.

New. York, Aug. AFTER a two
months inquiry conducted in this
city, Chicago, San Francisco and else
where to determine whether there
was a concerted campaign to bar the
use of tobacco, now that the liquor
has gone by the board, the Associa-
ton Opposed to National Prohibition
issued statement here to-day charg-
ing that the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union was backing move
ment to have anti-nicotine laws en-
acted in every state in the union.
The w. C. T. U. will celebrate its
fiftieth anniversary five years hence
and that organization is hopeful of
having Congress submit a constitu-
tional amendment before March 20,
1924, it's semi-centennial, forbidding
the cultivation, sale, use or export of
the weed for smoking or chewing pur-
poses, the statement charged.
The s1,O0O,ooO "drive" begun last
March by the white ribboners, it is
alleged, has for it's object the crush
ing of the demon nicotine, and to this
end anti-prohibitionists say S3O0,O00
will be expended ostensibly on "child
welfare" "health and morality" "ed-
ucation and information" and other
propaganda methods by means of the
churches and public schools.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-06
THE
CONFEDERATE COLLEGE
81 Broad Street
CHARLESTON G e

CHARLESTON, 5. c.
A BOARDING and DAY School
for Girls.
Begins its session October 1, 1919.
Historic Institution situated in a
healthy location.
Advantages of city life with large
college yard for outdoor sports. A
WELL PLANNED COURSE of stud
les in home-like atmosphere. A
BUSINESS COURSE open to seniors
and elective courses to Juniors and
seniors. TWO DOMESTIC SCIENCE
courses, giving practical and theoret-
ic knowledge of cooking. A well equip
ped LIBRARY.
For catalog and furthur informa-
tion apply to the College.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
,enteAex,4 Celebration
r 1-ortbo4xe Choir

internationally recognized composer
OF Pilgrims Progress" and the New
England Symphony, who occupies
the chair Of musical composition n
the Western College for Women.
has signified his approval of this obi
musical unit by preparing several
compositions for it. as we'll as ar
ranging an all-trombone orchestra
tion of his version Of America"
The trombone choir is OILY one
feature of the Centenary Eeiehra.
tion's musical program which IN
cludes q $4,000 pipe organ especial
iy constructed for the exposition, a
Zulu band Of African natives. and a
pageant orchestra Of seventy-tive
pieces to furnish the incidental
music Of the pageant THE Way
farer." which has an off-stage Choir
NJ Of 1000 voices. All preparations
indicate 4 plentitude and diversity
Of music at the Centenary Celebra-
ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
HIGH COST Of DYING
IS ADDED BURDEN

To keen peace with the rapidly
mounting high COS, of living. there is
going to be a high cost of dying in
Richmond soon. If the measure to in-
crease burial rates now before the
ordinance committee of the council
is passed This provides for an in
crease of from IS to so per cent In
the cost of sections in the city cene-
teries.
Humphrey Calder, superintendent
of parks. Fairgrounds and ceme-
ter'es proposed to the ordinance
committee AT it's meeting last night a
raise in the burial rates in lakewood.
Maury, Riyervisw and Mt. Olovet
cemeteries. He explained that the
new rate would give the city $4,000
more revenue annually. Last year,
he said. there was a large deficit IN
the cemeteries fund The cost of
labor and materials of every kind
had gone up. while the prices for
burials had remained the same for
many for many years.
There was considerable difference
of oponion among the committee as
10 the feasibility of raising the
cemetery rates Mr.. Ladd felt that
the heavy increase would work a.
hardship on many poor people.
On motion of Mr.. Gunst, the ques-
ton was tabled until the next meet
ing Mr. Calder was requested 10
secure more information about the
rates aud revenues derived from tho
cemeteries. and citizens will he in
vited 10 make known their views on
the matter
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
WoNE<'S CONGRESS VOTES
AGAINST PEACE TREATY

Paris, May 15.-The hitterest indiy-
ration was express in allied and Amer
lean peace circles here tonight over the
victory Of the German and Austrian
delegates at the first session of the in-
ternational women's congress at Zurich
in putting the congress on record as
violently denouncing the peace treaty.
and especially the blockade. as nhu-
man and as sowing the seeds of future
wars.
A resolution to thar effect was moved
by Philip Snowden. the English radical
labor leader, and seconded by Jeanette
Rank n. former concresswoman. who is
en- American delegate II calls the
peace terms violation of the prin-
ciple of justice and continuation 81
the rule of force" a@
Jane Adams and Ida Tarbeli are
among the twenty-three American dele
gates. Three Irish. twenty seven Ger.
man. four Austrian and twentyeshreA
British delegates are In attendance
France sept only one woman delegate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
cA1Ro-scENE OF STREET FIGHTING.

faces yelled to their eyes. eye IasheT
and lids. fingers and exposed toeN
darkened with henna. and bedcckedss
with earrings, anklets, heads ana
bracelets. Poorer women go afoot.
also yelled. CARRIED in plain robes
highly suggestive of Mother Hnb-s
bards.'
I'm the street crowds, too, are the
beggars whose balloons serve the
purpose OF the monkeys of our organ
grinders. snake charmers- vendors Of
the ubiquitous scarabs and tiny gray<u
images. and the Berberine bead boys.
Sometimes the streets are so mar,
row that the latticed upper balconies
of the houses almost touch. and their
fat terrace roofs form a surface un-
der which the thoroughfares seem but
tunnels TO avert the dread evil eye
Ia Koran text is inscribed on the doors
of the orthodox, likewise teeth are
wedged into joints to ward off the
toothache.
AT the dawn of history city il
known to have existed near the site
of modern Cairo called khere-ohe-
place of combat because Horus and
Seth. of NEUROLOGICAL fame, fought
there Seth found the body of HIS
brother Osiris. cut it into fourteen
parts. and sea tered the pieces: where =
upon Isis wife OF osiris, hunted the
frag1n ents so that she might erect
monument for each. That is why so
many tom bs of Osiris are encountered
in Greek history.
Not until n century before the
Norman conquest, modern period OF
Egyptian history. was the present
Cairo founded by Gohar, leader of the
troops of the Fataimite Caliph Mu'izx.
following the Egyptian conquest
In the year that Columbus ~
covered America plague swept Cairo
which is said 10 have killed 10000
citizens in a day. 1t was a century
before that when Cairo, may be said
to have attained its zenith After
the plague a period of violence.
rapine and murder set in, and sultans
were enthroncd and assassinated with
| dizZying speed and inforriaiity. As
early as the thirteenth century Christ
/ ian prosecutions took place Since
then the city has been Islam Only
Height years ago an excuse of the Grand
! Mufti for declining to approve execu-
/ ton OF a murderer was that the crime
! was committed with a revolver. n
/ weapon not mentioned in the Koran.
| "Napoleon's headquarters were at
Cairo in 1898, following the Battle
of the Pyramids The comma nder
Bonaparte left behind was murdered
! In 1911 the French finally were dis
lodged and Csiro's independence was
re-esta blished"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
LOOK FOR DECISION N
PHONE RATE CASE SOON

Decision is expected shortly in the
test case brought in the tinted States
supreme court at Washington with re-
gard to the Burleson telephone rate
increase. ii was stated at the Office of
the city attorney yesterday. No local
steps will be taken pending this de-
cision, it was added, as the Kansas
case offers the best opportunity to
obtain a quick and hnal adjudica-
ton OF the essential point-the right
of the postmaster general to ignore
local franchise and contracturAl obit-
cations In making purely intrastate
rate increases
Rates were increased In Richmond
May / from fifteen to fifty per cent
and. by a recIassification. some who
were paying So a month now are pay
ing as high as 81 for telephone ser
vice. Both city and state were COM
pletely ignored in this raise, and tho
company has not nled with the city
clerk "A copy of the new rates ~ re-
CURED by its local franchise.
Patrons have been advised TO pay
current bills under protest and. in the
event that decision OF the supreme
court is against the increases. re-
funds will be made.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
THE ARMY'S BURDEN

Five and four -tenths of the men
drafted int, the army with the second
million men had n veneral disease. &C
cording to figures Just compiled by the
surgeon general OF the United States
army for the Crited States public
health service. This is an increase OF
"a per cent over the average OF the
first million draftees.
The increase is due to the fact that
examining officers were able to make
more careful examinations and accu-
rate reports NJ the second million men
than with the first. but even with the
second million only the obvious cases
were recorded. II was rot practical
to give Wasscrmann tests.
Vermont had the distinction Of send
ing the cleanest body of men into the
army. with 100 per cent. Florida
placed the greatest burden on the
cent OF her drafted men with venereal
diseases. with accompanying loss In
efYiciency and hospital expenses.
Georgia was close second with 1903
per cent. Tennessee, whose governor
recently vetoed a bin for control OF
the diseases, sent 6.26 per cent OF her
dfaftees venereaily diseased. six times
the number from Vermont.
Generally speaking tn" north mid
die west AMI west had the lowest av-
erages. while the southern states had
the highest.
Following IL A record ny states with
the number OF vcncreaily diseased for
each one hundred men:
Vermont, ! 80. South Dakota. 1873;
Porto Rico. is7: Wisconsin, 2o1;
Alaska. ala: oregon. 2,l9: Idaho.
All Wyoming Massachusetts,.
2.3i: Minnesota. 2.3l: Maine, 2.35:
Colorado. 2'ss: Connecticut, 2.5s:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16

big F bass trombone. q majestic At
fair. The alto trombones also repre-
sent little known instruments.
These REVEALS Of long forgotten
types Of trombones were necessitated
by the makeup of the Centenary
Celebration Trombone Choir which
contains the following instruments:
Twelve sopranos. eighteen altos,
forty tenors. eighteen baritones and
twelve basses.
These one hundred trombones are
arranged to form six sepefate
choirs, each . musical unit in itself.
At the extseme right Of each bank
o. choir IRE two soprano trombones.
no larger than comets. Next come
three altos. then two first tsnors. two
second tsnors. In the center Of each
row are the third and fourth tenors.
Next come the hrst, second and third
bar,tonss. each with . part Of ats
on, then The biz B Fiat bass and on
the end 0f each choir ths r bass
tromboue.
u. Edgas stIlnaa Kelley. IL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
MANY JEWS KILLED AND
WOUNDED IN LITHUANTN

New York. May l5,-More than 2n0
Jews were Killed ard -Inanx-Ga.lndad-
in a program arranged by the Poles in
Lithuania. This information was corr
tanned in a cable from kova by ".
Bizauskas Lithuanian commissioner
10 England today. x3 ~
The poles were rilIaging and de-
stroying the residences of Wilma while
the Rolshetists were concentrating
strong forces against the city and
hombsrding with their artillery II is
declared
At Grodono the Poles have beaten
a Lithuanian general to death AMI
are compelling the non-Potish sreat-
ing population in invaded districts 10
speak only Polish.
The Liuthanians proposed common
action against the Bolshevist but the
Poles refused.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16

storekeeper and banker. The new
method Is to SO conduct southern az
riculture that farmers will be fre6
from debt and add to the prosperity
Of their section by depositing their
money In the bank and becoming free
and independent citizens
"The feeling 10 becoming very in.
tense. and any farmer who thinks that
he can make a pledge to reduce his
acreage and then increase it on the
sly Will be summarily dealt with by
his more loyal neighbors.
I'm those counties having county
agents and boards Of agriculture the
movement has had smooth sailing, but
where there Is no organizati ton 1t has
been uphill work.
Cheap labor. both white and black,
and that poorly housed. poorly fed.
poorly clothed and poorly educated
has produced the most abundant and
least expensive supply Of clothing that
the world has ever known. On the
other hand. IL We would exact a better
living from the world In return for
cotton produced. what must We do:
The answer Is simple. Produce all the
corn. oats. hay, wheat. strip, Irish and
sweet potatoes, vegetables. pork. milk
butter. fruit and other products need
ed to properly nourish every person
living on the farm for 365 days In the
year.
Each farmer should produce a
small surplus Of some Of these things
for the city people in the South. There
is no other course possible. This done.
grow cotton"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
POLICE COURT

Ed Turner. colored charged with
,assing a worthless check for $l74o
n NJ r. Florsheim, was sentenced TO
our months on the roads.
An attachment was issued for James
4. Broaddus. charged with passing
worthless CHECKS on local merchants.
IL was missing when his name was
allied.
six alleged transporters of whiskcy
we're sent on to the grand jury.
hose were Mary Bowers. Marie
ackson. Ruth Jackson. Elizabeth
Williams, Lizzie Saunders and X. w.
,arter. all colored. Prohibition In
ypector Sweet testified they were try
ne TO carry the liquor seventy-five
,uarts between the Main-Street and
sroad Street stations.
Luther West was fined $40 and put
ndcr 500 bond for six months for
threatening II. r. Bowers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16

Washington y. c., April 24-Cairo,
where mob attacks upon British sol
diers have brought about critical
situation. Is described in a bulletin
from the National Geographic society.
which follows;
Cairo, Queen of the Nile Valley
the Paris of the Lev;.nt,' or the dia-
mond stud on the handle OF the ian
of the Delta as your Imagination
prefers has about the population OF
Boston. a record of disorders that
makes Bolshevism a nouveau anarchy,
and a picturesqueness all its own.
From the citadel ramparts the
visitor receives the best introduction
TO Cairo, that unforgettable view
the ancient city at his feet. vast
panorama OF houses and palaces and
novels. fiecked with cupolas NINA
rets and towers; the ISLAND dotted
river and the verdant Nile Valley
ever widening toward the north. yell
low cliffs to the east. and beyond them
the desert. The sea of sand suggests
illimitable space until the faint out
lines of the pyramids against the
horizon turn ones thoughts from
space to time.
Descend TO the streets Of Cairo
and encounter bedam. City Of the
Ara ian Nights perhaps, but Ger
tainly the days loose a thousand and
one noises, There are the rattle OF
carts, cries of the water bearers,
moaning of cameis, brayinC of DON
keys, whirring of taxicabs, jangling OF
CONS in the open bazaars continual
shouts from pilots OF this traffic
medley, such as thy foot, sir or TO thy
left, oh chief all in the native ton
que, of course.
Gorgeous colors of every hue and
shade assaH The eye-va post
pressionistic fanfare Of re-historic
tlan the more ragged the more rags
the more colors Then again the
Arabs denote their families and dy-
nast!es by turbans of distinctive colors.
To tell prophets scion from a
priest of today, or one dervish order
from another, or any OF the count
less dyuasties and sects apart requires
a study of turban lore as complicated
as the numerous insignia worn by
American soldiers returning from
France.
"One thing is certain. If a turhan
trails the ground II means that the
wearer has followed the orthodox
custom of having II seven heads
long, so that it may serve to shroud
him when he dies and keep him mind /
full of that certain end while he lives.
The richer women. attended by
eunuchs.- may be seen IN carriages
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
Mrs Olivia a Perkins.

Mrs. Olivia A. Perkins, widow of
Robert Perkins, of this city died yes
terday morning at $3.50 o'clock at the
home of her sister. Mrs. Robert A.
Wells. at Santa Rosa Court. Chester
field county. Mrs. Perkins was fifty
eight years of age and had been in i'll
health several months. She was a
native of Dinwiddie county but spent
the most of her life in this city. She
Is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Robert
A. Wells. OF Chesterfield county. and
Mrs. John Goodwin, of this city also
a number of neices and nephews.
The funeral will take place Friday
afternoon at $50 o'clock from Old
Blandford church. Rev. w. Oliver
Gordon, the pastor of Memorial M f,
church. of which she was a member,
will officiate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
POSTMASTERS REFLECT
SUTHERLAND PRESIDENT

A. J. Sutherland. of Sutherlands,
was reelected president of the Nir-
GINA league of postmasters, which
convened Yesterday morning in Muir
phys hotel. +. a. Landlord. OF Glow
erdale. was named as secretary, and
also as a delegate to the national
league in Detroit The following del
egates were named TO attend the meet =
ing OF the Virginia association in Roa-
noke, June Is and II:
A, j. Sutherland. ~ D. Rousseau
Ford. Va. Bcnjamine w. Council
Holland: 3. =. Spiers, Frederick Hall;
I. H. Alternately, Cochran. j. c. Cary
Lunenburg. and Mrs. NJ. r. Italia ferro
Ordinary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16

One hundred Misunderstanding
nut trombones-make up the unique
musical organization Of the year
the Methodist Centenary Celebration
Trombone Choir Of the Celebration
at Columbus. O., June 20 to July IL.
Where most orehestras or bands are
content with one trombone or pos
sibly two. this ono has one hundred
Of the slip instrumsnts-and nothing
elsel Impossible? Eminent musici-
ons. have prcnouncsd 4 entirely sac
cessful after hearing rehsarsala for
the hiG exposition.
Obeolsts musical instrunnents had
10 Be revived 70 balances the ehotr
when ths Centenary Cslehration
management decided 20 have such IN
organisation for the blk Methodist
gathering. Ths very small trombone
held By the second weman player In
The ffoot row. ~ shown IN the pic
turn. II the soprano tfumbone which
had not been used for ons hundred
ysars. Il had 70 y manufactured
especially - this eAsir, - ID ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
RICHMOND SUNDAY SCHOOLS
PLEDGE TO RAISE $35 900

The twenty-five Methodist
sunday schools in the Richmond
district OF the Methodist con-
'erence have gone over the top
n the matter Of obligating them
selves 10 raise $4,000 in the
forthcoming Methodist Centenary
rive which opens Sunday, ac-
,ording to announcement made
ast night by J. II. Montgomery,
.nperintendent OF the virginia
conference
The Sunday schools Of the Viz
.inia conference have obligated
themselves to raise $25a.ooo as
rheir quota OF the s2.5oo,ooo to
he raised by the conference.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
LUMBER MEN KICK AND
RATES ARE REDUCED

Rates for insurance carried by lum-
Der manufacturers and others en-
gagged In the business have been
materially reduced within the last few
days by the inspection board. which
met In the Office of Colonel Joseph
Button, insurance commissioners.
Firms engaged in the lumber buM-
ness complained several months ago
that rates charged by the insurance
companies. as fixed under provisions
OF workmen's compensation act. were
much higher than in other states
and a demand for reduction was
made. Rates have been reduced from
ten to fifteen per cent. It was said yes
tcrday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16

The unwrittne law. II b said. Will be
the defense OF Thomas Finesee, coll
ored. who Wa arrested yesterday
morning on the charge Of shooting
Richard johnson. also colored. while
the latter was At Finesssfs home. 1905
Hickory street.
Johnson was removed to Virginia
stomach. His condition = said %
BE- serious. statutory chareeo were
prefesred aGainae Johneoa enA ylae-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
NEW SUMMER CLOSING
PLAN Is PROPOSED

A plan whereby retail grocers. fish.
game and meat dealers will close
their places of business at O'Clock
on Wednesdays during the months of
June, July and August, instead OF on
Saturdays. will be proposed at the
next meeting CT the Retail Grocers'
association by Clerk Howard S. Hes
lep. Of the second market. Mr.. Heslep
says the new summer closing plan
will be of greater benefit to the merch-
ants who will receive a larger rev.
enue by keeping open on Saturday
afternoons
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
College Elects Officers.

In a holly contested contest, the
following officers of the student coun-
ell have been elected for the ensuing
YEAR at Richmond college:
ri, r. Holland. president: G. H.
Phippens vice president: X. f. Burke.
secretary, and e. T. Warner, treas
urer. Delegates at large: Frank Bent
lev. Bernard Mahon, r. B. Willing
ham, and &. Keith Taylor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
DIFFERENTIATION" TAKEN
INTO CAMP BY "UNDER FIRE

louisville. KY, May l5~-w. II.
kilmer's DETERMINATION" winner OF
last years Kentucky derby and victor
in his last six starts, was taken into
camp today by Under Fire." . three
year -old from the stable Of G. Dunno.
The finish was a. spectacular one. with
Under Fire outgaming the Kilmer
representative In the last few strides
to win by a nose.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OF MECHANICS INSTITUTE

The annual commencement exer-
cises Of the night school of the Viz
ginia Mechanics institute will be
held in the school auditorium at SIS
O'Clock on the evening of Thursday
May %.
The school committee is composed
OF j. p. Crump. chairman; r. w.
Farley. II. c. Elicit, c. H Radcliffe
and Granville G.. Valentine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
DIR. LOVING TO TALK ON. e,-.-,-
@-@ ADVANCES IN PHYSICS

The final meeting of the Virginia
section OF the American Chemical
society before the summer recess
will be held this evening at sis
o'clock in HE University club,
The address of the evening will be
delivered by Professor r. E. Loving,
OF Richmond college who will take
as his subject Recent Advances in
Physics.
f. c. L. Miller is secretary OF the
Virginia section.