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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-03
Paid a War Bet.

War bets are now being paid by the
people who were wont to say, "You
can't beat Germany" Morgan j.
O'Brien, former judge Of the Supreme
court of New York, recently gave "the
best dinner that money could buy" to
Gen. Coleman Dupont and % Of the
latter's friends, because of a difference
of opinion as to German proves. THE
justice thought the allies could not get
into scissors last year by certain
date; the general was sure they could
They did; and the outcome for which
Judge O'Brien paid a heavy bill, was
called the "Soissons dinner. The
Outlook.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-03
FAMED NEW ENGLAND FAMILY
Many Distinguished Citizens Among
the Hanks Of the Town of
Mansfield, Conn.

At the recent celebration at Mans.
field, Conn, Of the golden wedding Of
MFR. and Mrs. Henry w. Hanks, the
fact was brought out that the Hanks
family has long been known for its
ingenuity. The first towa clock known
in this country Was made on Hanks
hill by Benjamin Hanks and was
placed in the Old Dutch church in
New York city in 17S0. The first
brass cannon and first bell in America
were also cast on Hanks hill.
Not only this, but the first silk mill
erected in the United States, in 1910,
stfn remains On the old hill. The
grandfather Of Henry W. Hanks, who
was Rodney Hanks. was the first silk
manufacturer in America The lat
ter's son, George R., father of Henry,
continued in the business All about
the old town are evidences Of famous
experiment. In raising cocoons for the
Industry, in the shape of stray null
berry trees which nave survived tine
severe New England winters.
Another interesting fact brought out
at the celebration was that, although
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hanks have five
children and four grandchildren, dur
Ing the fifty years Of their married
nfe there has never been death IN
the family. When a boy, Henry Hanks
went with his parents to Illinois.
There they ran ranch and conducted
q grocery store in the years between
1858 and 1867, moving back to the an
cestral acres during the latter year.
New York World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-03
YcyMs Heroes AT OXFORD
Many Customs and Traditions Of the
University Are likely to Seem
Tame to Them.

The returning. hero, fresh from battle
fields, will DO longer rush to the
cricket fields End the river at Oxford
with the zest Of young barbariaDs at
their play, observes writer in he
Nation (London). To one who may
wear the ribbon of the Military Cross
or the d. S. O., the position Of his co@
lege boat in the eights can no longer
seem the one matter of life and death,
and even the halo Of goal shines
with diminished glory.
So, too, in lesser pursuits. How
shall he dwell upon the squabb'es OF
compartments in ancient Greece, when
he himself has mctored from Saloniki
to Athens in a day. and on to Sparta
in the next? Or what will he feel
when questioned on his fading MEM
cries of the irregular verbs? Probably
most public school boys are haunted
to old age by a drean-a terrible
nightmare-of being Hput on by the
old headmaster when they have not
taken the trouble to prepare a line or
the passage, 1t makes DO difference
that they are more than so and the
headmaster has hong been dead. The
horror of the situation remains ap-
palling, and the dream is far more
frequent than any Of Freuds imag-
mary perversions.
The feeling Of the soldier returning
to the class and lecture room will be
much the same, with sense of fntil-
ity added. For, indeed, it is impossi-
bic to 60 back in life and second child
hood IS not like the first. Little vic
tins play regardless of their doom,
but not men who have known what
doom can do. !.
.r.SS.-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-03
MiIIionaires and NickeIs.

Mr.. Tompkins meant well, but he
was not as happy as usual, when he
lauded the returned soldiers by say
ing they cared no more for their lives
when they went into battle than mil
lionaire cares for nickel. This meta
phor does not measure the heroism of
our men. Once we knew a millionaire
whose favorite expression was: "Flve
cents is the interest on dollar for a
whole year." We know others who feel
the same way.-Baltimor Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-03
Chicauo's Oldest Saloon.

When the dry law went into effect
and Chicago's 5000 saloons went out
Of business, 1t ended the career OF
Chicago's Oldest saloon which was es'
tablished in 1887, the same year Chi
cago was incorporated as city. Since
that time the business has passed
through the hands of a family of four
generations. Indian camps were q
common sight in Chicago in those
days. The city had about 5000 inhab'
itants; to-day there are nearly 3,OOO..
600 persons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-03

All persons holding claims against
the estate of Miss Martha Corley, de-
ceased, will present the same duly
probated, to the undersigned at the
Judge of Probate's office, Edgefeld,
S. c., on or before August 26, 1919,
or be forever thereafter barred.
W. H. NICHOLSON,
Administrator C. T. A.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-03
Matter of Real Importance.

Fortune Teller-Do you want to
know what your future husband will
be Hke2
Fashionable Little Party-Good gra-
cious, mol What / want TO know is
what the new hats will be likel-
London Opinion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-03
Preparedness.

"By the way, Mary, did you put my
cooking outfit in that basket? I'll want
to fry some fish for lunch"
Eyes, dear, and you'll find a tin OF
sarGines in there, too."-Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-03
Saws Uncle Eben.

"Dat kaiser man." said Uncle Eben,
"wculd Lave been tried an sentenced
long ago for shootin' craps or flourish.
In q razor"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-03
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We insure your property against
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Remember, we are prepared TO
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Our Association is now licensed
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The officers are: Gen. j. Erase,
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DIRECTORS.
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J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. G.
j. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. c.
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February 1st, 1919.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04
BOOST GOOD ROADS PROGRAM
Automobile Association VIII
Seek to Help Development
Of Highways.

National, state and county highway
lines will be emphasized in a greater
degree than ever before by the Amer
lean Automobile association, an
nounces George G. Diehl, chairman Of
its good roads board.
J. r. Pennybacker, chief Of manage
ment of the federal bureau of public
roads, and generally recognized as the
foremost authority on good road man
agement, has resigned his post to be-
come director of roads for the associa-
ton. Mr.. Pennybacker originated and
edited the "Good Roads Year Book"
and was adviser to the Joint commit
tee on federal aid in post roads of the
senate and house of representatives
before taking charge of the manage
ment branch of the federal road bu.
reau.
"The federal aid road act is mile
stone on the way, but only mile
stone" declared Mr.. Diehl. ultimate
ly there will come a national system
Of highways correlated with state sys-
TENS and these In turn with country
systems. There will be difficult prob
lens of finance. OF administration, and
Of traffic regulations to be solved. In
these questions the six million motor
vehicle owners should take an active
part, for these are questions that must
be settled right and in accordance with
intelligent public opinion. The A. A.
A. good roads board will actively seek
to sound the best sentiment on these
subjects and to bring to light the best
thought In their working out"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04

tion is designed to prevent automo-
biles used in mountain touring from
running backwards down steep roads
should anything go wrong with the
regular brakes.
1t Is the invention of George Stick
ney of Oregon. 1t consists of har-
row-like frame suspended from a
crosswise shaft pivoted to the chassis
frame directly back of the engine and
lowered into contact with the road by
means of system of levers controlled
by hand lever and notched quad
rant in the drivers cab. The sharp,
tooth-like points Of the harrow dig in
to the ground and hold the car In
place until the engine can be started
again and the clutch thrown in. They
also serve to hold the car until 1t gets
under way. This eliminates the dan
ger Of starting under the same condi-
tion without the device, In which case
the conventional brakes must be re-
leased before the clutch is thrown In.
This might allow the car to gain sufii-
cient backward momentum to prevent
the engine from starting and permit
the car to drop Off the road IL the
brakes cannot hold it.-Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04
DISTRIBUTION NOT UNIFORM
Average Of rs Motorcars for Every
Mile Of Public Road In the
United States.

prepared by the United etates Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The total road mileage of the
United States outside incorporated
towns and cities Is about 2,456,000
miles. With total registration OF
6,146,617 motor vehicles there was,
therefore, an average of 2.5 motor
cars for every mile Of public road in
the United States. The distribution
Of cars among the several states, how.
ever, is far from uniform. Thus, Ne
vada has but two cars to every three
miles of road, while Rhode Island has
10 cars to each mile Of rural road.
Furthermore, while there was an aver
age of one motorcar registration for
every 16 persons in the United States,
IN the states Of California and Ne
braska there was one car for every
seven persons, and one car for every
eight persons In Iowa and South Da-
kots, but only one car for every 81
persons In Alabama, every 46 in Louis
lana. or every AZ persons in Arkansas
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04
DADDY,5 EVENING
uFARY TALE H
THE HIPPoPoTAMUs.
WnARY GA1AM Boz! BONNER
90 Ne <urHoS

'There are lots of us In the ZOOS,
lots Of u.s." said the hippopotamus,
"but that does not make us any the
less interesting"
"Of course not" said Mrs. Hippopot-
anus, "for we will always be inter-
est.ng. We are queer looking, very
queer looking. and children like queer
looking objects.
"They don't like everyone to be
alike. There was a time when
didn't like to be thought queer look
Ing" continued Mr.. Hippopotamus.
81 wanted to say to the children
who looked at us:
"'See here, young creatures, we may
seem queer looking to you, but don't
you see how queer looking you are
to us1
"'You have two silly legs and two
silly feet apiece. and you go walking
around In such hurry instead Of
splsshing and resting.
"'You have funny short hair. boys,
and you girls have most peculiar long
hair which you tie with ribbons.
whoever saw hippopotnmus with
hair ribbons or with long dangling
hair, braided, or any way at allf
"Braids seem silly, curis seem silly,
straight hair seems a. little bit more
sensible.
"'Oh, boys and girls, when you look
at us and think our big heads and
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04

I. is made OF black satin and the
top of the crown Is soft. Narrow,
i6oped silk fringe, very brilliantly
black, makes wide irregular ban(
about the crown and there is a narrow
brim with lines that flow In easy
curves about the head.
The hat at the left, for girl OF ten
or more, makes picture on the head
that boasts soft curls. Its crown Is
of felt In sections Joined in seams that
are outlined with stitches of wool yarn
and the rolling brim is also Of yarn,
apparently crocheted into shape. At
the base of each seam in the crown
pair of pert little leaves support a
diminutive apple. Almost any little
girl will look well in this picturesque
hat.
The hat at the bottom of the picture,
made for a young woman, is dressy
affair of silver tissue with an odd trim
ming twining about the crown. The
trimming is likely to be made Of twist
ed ribbon with fancy edge, but might
be Of silver tissue or georgette. The
maker of trimmings is no respecter OF
fabrics, taking anything that is with
in reach and fashioning 1t into some
thing new and strange and nearly al
ways beautiful.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04

Recently American manufacturers
Of underwear have thought so well of
their achievements that they have pro-
claimed themselves as the designers
Of the styles now favored in lingerie.
They certainly are justified in tnking
pride In the daintiness and attractive
ness of the garments they make In
such quantities and they find 1t easy
to cultivate taste for fine undermus-
Inns. American women are appreci-
ntive, but they are also practical and
they demand pretty but not too fragile
garments. Few Of them run to the
extreme of wearing chiffon or georg-
ette In undies, or care for bizarre de-
signing. In the main they like fine
weaves in cotton or crepe de chine for
materials, not too much trimmed with
fine and durable laces, hand embroid-
cry and other needlework. Hand
crochet In laces holds Its own with
them, and has everything to recon-
mend 1t.
or course not much handwork is to
be found on manufactured undermus-
Inns, but machinery has been made to
do wonderful work and sometimes so
effectively that comparisons with hand
work are not by any means odious to
the machine-made garment. Some
times the plain sewing on undermus-
lias is done by machinery and the
decoration by hand. But however
they may be put together and finished.
the styles are about the same In under
garments.
Three popular pieces are shown In
tha QrouD ahove N comhIEa tIon N
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04

The time will soon be here for those
exciting and fascinating excursions to
he millinery shop in search Of new
millinery, of which much is expected.
The old millinery axiom that a hat Is
becoming when one looks better with
I on than without 1t, is good thing
% bear in mind. At the very least we
expect hats, like mirrors, to "be to
,ur faults little blind, and to our vir-
ues not unklnd." Just how much the
light shape and the right colors can
10 to transform n face, is measured
,ften by the long price which a small
Dit of millinery commands. II Is the
intangible In millinery that is worth
more than anything else-the color
harmony, the beautifully balanced
ines, the poise of the hat on the
head and Its appropriateness, that are
worth more than mere material.
No one understands this quite so
well as the woman who has reached
middle life. or passed 1t. She expects
ler hats to do much for her in the
way of enhancing her good points, and
designers who specialize successfully
N headwear for matrons turn fabrics
into gold. One of their promising
new models Is shown at the right of
the group Of three hats pictured above.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04

the pavement, leaving a true, even,
gritty, dense surface. When sufficient
ly hardened to prevent pitting or
marking. the surface is sprinkled with
water, then covered with inches or
more of moist sand or earth, which
is kept wet by sprinkling for from ten
days to two weeks to prevent the con-
crete from drying out too rapidly. Un-
der no circumstances should con-
crete road be put in use until 1t Is IA
days old and In cool weather longer
time is necessary. This is brief sum-
mary OF the essentials Of the construc-
ton Of a concrete road.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04
"pont You See We Think You Are
Funny7"

bodies are funny, don't you see that
we think you are funny with your lit
tie bodies, your little faces and your
small headsf
Don't you see that, boys and girlsf
] am sure you will see what mean
II you stop to think.
"You aren't used to us, SO you
think we're funny and we're not used
to you, so we think you're funny"
"Just the way / used to think" said
Mr.. Hippopotamus.
"But like children so much that
I don't mind It II they do think I'm
queer" said Mr.. Hippopotamus. II
like to have them look at me aud en-
Joy me-"
"Yes," agreed Mrs. Hippopotamus, II
too, like to he In the zoo where am
sometimes worth seeing. It's like be-
Ing beautiful picture In a picture
gallery to be an animal In zoo. but
It's even more interesting. for an ami
NAL is alive, and does things, and pic
ture can only stay the same way (un-
less some one else moves it). And
picture has to always look Just the
same way.
"I feel sure children will always
want to look at u.s." said Mr.. Hippo
potamus.
"Yes," said Mrs. Hippopotamus.
"and I like the zoo so well that like
to have beautiful hippopotamus chill
dren come TO the ZOO.
my handsome son, over yonder, was
seven years old the other day. He
weighs a good deal. not too much, but
about the right amount. He's good.
healthy hlppopotamus lad"
"About how much does he weight"
asked Mr., Hippopotamus.
"Oh. about four thousand pounds. I
think" said Mrs. Hipppotamus.
"Yes, he's healthy lad" said Mr..
Hlppopotamus.
"There are number Of the family
still living In Africa, aren't thereT
asked Mrs. Hippopotamus.
"Yes," replied Mr. HIppopotamus,
there are. In fact think the world.
the zoo. Africa, all places where there
are any of the hippopotamus family,
are most fortunate"
II think the same" said Mrs. Hip
popotamus.
"Pm lazy sort of creature" said
Mr.. Hlppopotamus, 'and I'm nice and
pleasant as rhle-that is don't
bother to be cross. like to be quiet
and not do too much. But II / am
made angry I can bite hard. and can
do great deal Of harm.
"But seldom get angry, seldom.
only once or twice perhaps in life
time. An, the hippopotamus is fine
beast. a fine beast" he ended.
And Mrs. Hippopotamus splashed
and said:
| "I agree"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04
CONSTRUCTION OF GOOD ROAD
Concrete Highway 10 Composed Of
Mixture Of Sand, Stone, Portland
Cement and Water.

The concrete road Is composed Of
carefully proportioned mixture Of
clean. hard. well-graded sand, peb-
bles or broken stone, portland cement
and water. This mixture Is laid upon
the subgrade to depth Of inches
or more for the entire width OF tbs
road, and soon hardens into mass
rs hard as rock. The materials are
bonded together by the cement so firm
ly that 1t is impossible for traffic to
loosen or separate the particles. For
this reason no expensive maintenance
is required.
The foundation or subgrade Is COM
pacted where the concrete Is to be
laid and the roadbed Is drained so
that no water will remain under the
slab, writes A. l.. Pettibone In Dakota
Farmer. Upon the foundation con-
crete is laid in one or two courses.
A one-course concrete road coi.sists of
a relatively rich concrete mixture
throughout. A two-course road con-
sists of somewhat leaner mixture for
base with richer top or wearing
course, applied before the concrete In
the base has begun to harden. FIRE.
quently reinforcement in the form Of
wire fabric or steel rods is embedded
In the concrete. This assists to pre-
vent cracks in the. slab and aids In
keeping cracks which may form from
opening to any appreciable extent.
The high wearing quality Of the con-
crete road results from using properly
graded, clean, hard sand and pebbles
or crushed rock. These must be com
bined with portland cement In care
fully measured proportions, mixed with
power-operated batch mixer to pro
duce stiff plastic consistency, ther
placed upon the foundation and STRUCK
of with a template or strike board
SO shaped that the surface Of the pave
ment will have the desired crown. AT
ter rolling with light metal rOllel
to compact the concrete and remov'
excess water used In mixing. the con
crete is finished by seesawlng n sec
tion Of rubber or canvas betting alon
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04
Engine Going Dead on Mountain
Side Permits Automobile to
Slide Backwards.
INVENTION OF OREGON man
Sharp, Tooth-Like Points Dig Into
Ground and Hold Car In Place Un-
I'll Engine Can Be Started
Apaln-Danoer Eliminated.

Many deaths have occurred IN noun
tain touring due to the engine going
dead while on steep grade because
Of the drivers attempt to go up in a
higher gear than he should. When
the engine stops. the car slides back
wards and In many cases goes over
the edge Of the road II the brakes are
not in the best possible condition and
the driver does not apply them with
out losing his head.
Built along lines very similar to the
harrow used by farmers and drawn
over plowed land to level it and break
the clods, the novel brake device
shown in the accompanying illustra-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

A magnetic brush may be made by
rolling a piece of fine-mesh copper or
brass wire gauze into cylinder corre-
spending In size to the magnetic brush
and carbon brush may be cut In two
to do double duty.
After you have ruined few spark
plugs by removing them with a monkey
wrench you will get socket wrench
that just fits around the plug and pro
tects the core from accident.
Go over the leather on the car occa.
sionally with special leather dressing
and the difference in the appearance
Of the upholstery will repay you o
thousand times.
Watch your wheel spokes, especially
II your car be an old one. If the
spokes can be shaken, tighten the bolts
on the fianges of the hub.
II Is hard to restors blemished
aluminium to Its pristine luster, es-
pecially is It difficult to get the frosted
finish back again.
In making a temporary battery con-
nection the strands should be twisted
up tightly. forming a loop by bending
over 60 the right.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04
Finding Trouble.

A great many car owners In search
ing for trouble create more than they
find. BY that is meant that indiscrim-
mate changing of adjustments usual
ly gets the operator further away
from the real cause Of the trouble
The best piece of advice that can be
offered the owner is first to be sure
what the trouble is and then start to
rectify 1t.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04
GOOD ROADS ARE PROFITABLE
Authorities Should Act to Meet Grow
inp Demands Before Trade
Goes Other Ways.

Good roads are paying investment.
Local authorities In cities. towns and
counties should act withoutade to
meet the growing national and local
demands before trade goes In other
directions. 1t is almost impossible to
get back the lost advantage after 9TH
er districts have won II.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04
MOTORTRUCKS ON HIGHWAYS
Prospective Operator Should commu-
nieate With Service Commission
as to Restrictions.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.>
The prospective motortruck opera
tor should communicate with the pub
lie service commission or such other
body as may have jurisdiction over
the operation Of trucks In his terri
tory and inform himself in advance as
to legal restrictions covering the OPP
Grafton of trucks on the highways.