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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-10-01

Miss Myra Pearce of Augusta is
here visiting her aunt, Mrs. j. II.
Cantelou.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
aHH+a rmr&
We're ready now with the greatest :;
finest display of Hart Schaffner {
Marx Easter clothes we've. ever ha
HART Schaffner &
Marx have given
us the best of every

us the DeSC OF every
thing and everybody is pro-
vided for in these all wool
clothes. Their designers are style
creators; the best in the land;
the models are authenticity cor
rect; swell styles for the young
dressers; most conservative
models for the business and pro-
fessional man; the fine all wool
fabrics; the hand tailoring, the
careful finishing, all mean long
satisfactory service; the most
economical clothes in the long run.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18

Mike to unburden his sorrow he ex-
planned:
"A stanger came in and insulted
me. Asked me to have a drink
and"
And" echoedfhe Brigade.
And l swallowed the insult" said
Mike mournfully.
Mike VIII Try to Forget.
Mike, whose subsequent name is
keans, says he's going on a vaca-
ton.
81 need it," Is the way he put 1t.
ct want to forget Brosnan's. Maybe
/ will and perhaps l won't I'm go
ing to try, anyway. I'm going to go
away from New York to some place
where they drink buttermilk and
tea and then when l come back I'll
look you up and I'll tell some Unit
ed States senator in a white coat
up in one of the hotel bars how to
mix a Boothby cocktail"
Brosnan's was the only cafe in
New York where they never had a
cash register. Mike and Ernest and
Tim used to make their own
change from a heap of silver and
bills on a shelf behind the bar. Old
John BFosnan trusted his men. His
faith was well repaid. Brosnan died
twenty years ago. His family con-
tinued the business exactly as he
began it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
Tears of Brosnan's Brigade Mingle
With Choice Stuff AS They Drink
Their Last At Famous New York Cafe

its ranks men well known in New
York in many walks of life were on
hand, clustered five deep before the
somewhat worn mahogany, mixing
up their grief with suitable sprr-
itous additions.
The walls had been stripped OF
their prints, the shelves had been
depleted of their eobwebbed stock
and there wasn't much sawdust on
the floor as there had been in days
gone by, but General Manager Daily
was there in his~old stand behind
the cigar case, near the door, and
Ernest was at the far end of the bar
with Tim In the middle, and Mike,
mixologist extraordinary. in first
place. gauging the shaker to the
last drop.
TITS an awful thing to have hap
pened on the last evening the old
place is opened" mourned Mike.
I've been expecting it year after
year and it never happened till to-
night"
And when the Brigade had begged
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
ARSENAL DRIVE
STARTING GOOD
More Than Half of Quota for Is
land Is Subscribed Already,
Is the Report.
COMMANDANT is BUSY MAN
Colonel Fl. b. Jordan Has Writ
ers' Cramp From Signing
Honor Receipts.

Colonel Harry B. Jordan. com
mandant at Rock Island arsenal,
has writer's cramp.
The commandant is troubled
with this affliction as a result of
the enthusiasm with which Rock
Island arsenal workers are going
in for the Victory loan.
When the campaign at the arse
nal was launched, it was an
nounced that all employees who
purchased $500 bonds would be
given honor receipts. signed by the
commandant. So many were pur-
chased that Colonel Jordan has
been kept quite busy attaching his
signature to these papers
Lieutenant R. NJ. Laas, who is in
charge of the drive on the island,
said today that more than one hun
dred thousand dollars worth of
$500 bonds alone had been taken
to date and that the arsenal has
already subscribed to more than
half its quota.
Per Capita Higher.
TT is interesting to note" Lieu
tenant LAS said today, that the
per capita purchase in the last
loan was $88 while the per capita
purchase to date in the Victory
loan is SIP, s24 more. The arse
nal is going in for the loan with
whoop and a yell and the tri-cities
will have to travel some to equal
our record"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18

Brosnan's is only a memory now
"a place OF departed spirits. After
sixty-eight years of varying fortune,
unchanged except by the mellow
ing influences of time. the historic
old bar at No. Isl Fulton street.
New York, has succumbed to the
encroachments of commerce and the
onslaught of the Anti-Saloon league.
The ancient sign above the door
way, painted by some "old master"
who has been dead and dust for a
generation; the sawdust sprinkied
floor, the ancient prints on the
walls, the dust covered bottles on
the top shelf back of the bar, the
furnishings. relics
of former century-and Mike, who
used to mix his cocktailswith his
brains"-all gone.
Patrons Take Farewell Drinks.
The>Xord had gone forth that the
famouy cafe was to end its career
forever and the veterans of Bros
mans Brigade. which numbered in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
ORIOLES BEGIN
CONCERT-TOUR
Algustana Ladies' Chorus Leaves
TO Present Six Programs, Sing
ing First at Joliet.

Augustana's ladies chorus, the
Oriole club, left this noon at 1915
over the Rock Island road for Jo-
liet, where they will sing the FIRST
concert of their 1919 tour. The
tour consists OF six concerts. They
will sing at st. Charles Saturday
night and in Chicago Sunday and
Monday. Tuesday nights concert
will take place at Aurora and the
trip will end with a concert a.
Galesburg Wednesday night. Ar
vid Samuelson, head of the Angus
tana conservatory, leads the chorus
LIE Roy Carlson. former student and
graduate of the Augustana conseFvI
atory, is the accompanist of the
club. Mrs. J. A. Martin IL soprano
Scloist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18

The old saloon is rich in histor-
ical events concerning public men
who figured in the war of 1872 and
the Civil war. The leaders of the
Know Nothing Party used to meet
regularly in Brosnan's. Garabaldi,
the liberator of Italy, went there in
the days when he lived on Stanten
Island and ran a candle factory.
Brosnan's was the geographical
center of journalism in those days,
and the elder Bennett, Hudson,
Raymond. Brooks and other famous
editors used to foregather there in
the late afternoons.
or recent years Brosnan's has
catered TO the thirsty business men
OF downtown Manhattan. And when
the prohibition wave hit the country
the heir of-the founder decided to
take advantage of an offer for their
lease from the National Park Bank,
Broadway and Fulton street, which
is to enlarge its premises.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18

and cooperating state agencies are
conducting extensive experiments
in seed improvement Trials are
being made in Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Iowa, Oregon, Washington,
Maine, Louisiana, Texas, Okla
homa and Arkansas. Several
strains of the leading commercial
varieties now grown in the north
are under test, the purpose being
to study them carefully Under ac-
tual growing and harvest cOndi-
tons in the field and to select the
best strain of seed of each COM
merciaI variety. The following
year each strain will be grown on
a larger scale. AS the supply of
seed stock permits. the seed is to
be distributed among growers and
seedsmen and in this way is to be
gradually populariZed ana dissem-
mated. This investigation will be
of countrywide significance in
improving the future stocks of
seed potatoes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
POSLAM FINE
FOR SORE, TIRED
ITCHING FEET

To freshen. cool and comfort tired. ten
der cAShng feet, Just spread Poslsm-
soothing and antiseptic-over them. Here
is intense, grateful relief such as Poslsm
brings to any disordered condition of the
skin.
When eczema breaks out. dishguring
pimples, rash any eruptional troubles.
Poslam should be used to drive them
awaY>and furnish the safe, efficient treat
mert. Poslam does so much and goes so
far.
Sold everywhere. For free sample write
to Emergency Laboratories, 243 West 47th
St. New York City.
Urge your skin to become clearer.
brighter, better. through the daily use of
Poslam Soap, medicated with Poslam.
AL the news all the time-rhe
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
FOUR PAY FINES
IN POLICE COURT

Three men landed in police court
last night and today on the COM
plant of two other men and wom-
an.
George johnson paid a fine of IS
on a charge of disorderly conduct,
preferred by William Greene.
Carl S. Miller paid $40 on a
charge of disorderly conduct, pre-
ferred by his wife, Anna V. Miller.
Albert Burnam paid So on a
charge of drunkenness, preferred by
L. N. Pedigo.
w H. Cooper was assessed SIS for
a violation of the motor vehicle
laws.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18

National political leaders of both
plans to capture the woman vote in
the election for president OF the
United States next year The WON
An vote, it is expected, will be cast
throughout some organized effort,
and may be the deciding factor in
the contest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18

Some the winds with which fers
winds will influence
other details OF their trips
The direction and velocity Of the winds diff
the Europe made plain by the
ern part he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18

SELECTING SUPERIOR SPUDS.
To select strains of potatoes
which are best adapted for COM
mercial production, the United
States department of agriculture
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
MONTHS of prepar-
AZ alton for your
Spring and Easter
Simon q Landauer

Clothes needs eliminate to-
morrow in this remarkable
showing. Never before has any
buying power been revealed to
better advantage. You see it in
the tremendous variety of fab
RIGS, colOrs, patterns and models;
you see it in the very superior
quality Of the goods, and the
remarkable values offered at
every price clothes you'll find
hard to duplicate at the money
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-17
CONGRESSMAN LEVER
OPPOSES CLARK AS
NEXT HOUSE LEADER
Declares Nan Is Required Who
Is in Sympathy With
President.
IBy Associated press.l

WASHINGTON. March 16.-Repre-
sentative Lever. of South Carolina, in
n statement made public today through
tho Democratic reorganization COM
mittec, announced his opposition to the
selection of Champ Clark as Demo-
cratic leader in the next House.
Il Will support no man who will say
that conscriDt is synonymous with
a convict" declared Mr.. Levers state
ment.
1T is OF utmost importance" he con-
tinued, ito the future success OF the
Democratic party that the minority
leadership in the next Congress shall
be strong. aggressive and in the full
est sympathy, not an enforced SYM
pathy, with the plans and purposes
of the President of the United States,
who for six years has been the elected
spokesman and leader OF his party"
Public sentiment, MS we'll as that OF
returning soldiers. favors n league OF
nations, said Mr.. Lever, adding that
mo man can he selected to lead the
Democrats in the next House who
does not in full measure believe in this
doctrine
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-17
AVIATOR PETERSEN
MEETS DEATH IN FALL
AT SEABREEZE, FLA.
Plane DropsNosc ForiUdrdA fter
Reaching Height Of Scrcnty-
Fire Feet.
| Rv Associaied Press

SEABREEZE, FLA. March l6.-Ma-
Jor David Nick. Petersen, one of Amer
ica's officially recognized 'aces," was
Killed to-day in fall of his airplaRe
at Daytona Beach. Major Petersen's
address is Honesdale, Pa.
The airplanc piloted by Major Pc
tersen, and in which Lieutenant +. Y.
Pafersick was a passenger, dropped.
nose forward, after reaching n height
or about Seventy-fire feet while as
cending from the beach. Major Pc
tcrsen was killed Instantly and Lieu
tenant Paversick was injured seri-
ouSly.
Previous to his enlistment with the
American air forces. Major Petersen
was member OF the Lafayette esca-
drille. While connected with the
French aerial service he was unofi-
eighteen German machines. The ofii :
cial report of the WAR Department,
giving the siXty-two recognized Amer
lean aces, showed that Major Petersen
brought down five German machines
while serving in the American air SER
vice.
Petersen returned to this country
about six months ago. after serving
overseas for two and half years. He
went to France soon after his Eradua-
tion from Lafayette University TO drive
an ambulance and later became a mem
Der Of the famous Lafayette escadrilie,
where he served until the United
with other members of that unit, he
was transferred to the United States
forces with the rank of lieutenant
Later he was promoted to captaincy
and soon afterwards to q major, COM
manding the squadron of which Quen-
one of the American aces, and wore
the CroiX de Gucrrc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-17
FIFTEEN MILLION KOREANS
PLANNING FOR REVOLUTION
Demand League of Nations AInndatory
and National flights From
Peace Conference.

WASIINGTON. March I6-Fifteen
million Koreans are prepared TO un-
dcrtakc revolution against their
lIupancsc rulers, if the right Of self
ictcrininatio and a satisfactory man
datory under the league of nations is
not granted Korea by the peace con-
ference at Paris. according, to facts
lydiscloscd by private adviccs received
here today. The people of Korea who
have been under tho sway of the Japa-
ncsc people since the Russo il panese
War have been organized from one
end Of the country to the other. and
believe they have strength to bring
an uphcayal as unanimous rs that of
the Russians. and one which will force
the world to recognize their right to
independence.
In IA statement placed before United
states government, through the State
department. made public today, the Ko-
rcan National Association, through
Singman Rhee, Of Wa ashinEton, and
Henry Chung. of New York City, have
SIX ed tho United States TO prevent op-
preston of the Koreans by the Japa-
nesc.
The statement recites that Korea is
suffering the treatment accorded AL
ace-Lorrainc by the Germans. that
they are denied cultural rights, that
the teaching of Christianity is forbid
den and that instruction in geography.
history or the Korean language is not
permitted In the schools.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-17
WILL PRUNE BILLS
| FILED IN CONGRESS
ASKING FOR MONEY
New Chairman of Commit
tee OH Appropriations
Makes Statement.
ECONOMY is DEMANDED
BY NATION, SAYS GOOD
Waste and Extravaganza Every
where Must Be Eliminated,
He Declares.
WILL NOT STINT ACTIVITY
Any Plan Formulated Must Be Au.
ttorizcd by Law and Must Give
Promise OF Return.
ECONOMY is DEMANDED
BY NATION, SAYS GOOD
WILL NOT STINT ACTIVITY
tllorizcd by Law and Must Give
Promise OF Return.
ny wINDEn II. uAnnIs

WASHINGTON. March I5-nep-cse
tstivc James w. Good. OF Iowa new
chairman OF the House Appropriations
i.ommittee, is whcttinE his pruning
knife In response TO the country's de-
mand for economy in postwar gov
ernincnlal expenditures. with the
heavy tax burdens now resting upon
The people as IA result Of the war,
waste and cAtravagancc everywhere
must be eliminated he declared today
The closest possible scrutiny OF all
Estimates and recommendations for
approximations VIII be made by tho
Appropriaiions Committee, the new
NH DC given funds unless lac can SNOW
Spo the complete satisfaction Of the
committee that there rs a pressing need
II viii not be the policy Of the Re
nuolic;lns, in control Of the next Con-
sresH 10 stint amy legitimate
Mr Good explained. but any plan for
mu!atcd must Gc authorized bY law
nd give promise Of fun return in
benefit to the public for The sum In
DECLARES THAT EXTRA
SESSION Is NECESSARY
Mr. Good reiterated tha, All extra
session OF Congress should be called
imm,ediately The Presidents failure
tive nlibuster in his opinion.
Under the law said MIR. Good.
there cannot be any new departures
II the handling OF appropriation bills.
make any lump sum appropria tions,
which in muny cases were necessarily
made IN the Congress just ended The
war Is over and the people want Con-
sress 20 appropriate all the money
necessary TO continue the. government
actlvities provided for by law and
Tor which there is q public need But
money for anything not authorized by
Jaw. however worthy IL may seem.
\ There certainly VIII be strong
)inclination to eliminate waste and ex-
lother hand. | am inclined to think all
members of the committee want TO
istve the executive department all the
money they may need to carry on ali
1.-The authorized and necessary work
Tor which there, Is the usual and sub
LARGE AMOUNT FAILED
! OF PASSAGE IN CONGRESS
The aggregate carried In the APP
preparation bills which failed OF pas
Usage in the last Congress- Mr.. Good
ytated, is $500 ooc. ooO. This amount
fhing July !. and in order 10 permit
1.-THE departments asking tho nppropria-
it!ons properly to function after that
tdaie. those bills must bc passed. Sew
Ierai OF the department heads. Mr.
lGood said. had recently informed him
tthat increases would be necessary in
1.-The appropriations for the remainder
,of the current year.
The next Congress will have at
iienst sevcnty-nve new members" the
5cha!rman continued. Those nemb bers
fare entitled TO know the reason for
lsppropriating every dollar Of that
)vcned very shortly there is no way in
which they can be informed Oh these
intricate matters"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-17
SHERIFF THINKS MOTIVE
FOR CRIME ESTABLISHED
Search Of Andrew Mckenney's Homo
Said TO Have Disclosed
Letters.
DENIAL MADE BY PRISONER
Declares He Had No knowledge or
Any Connection With the Dcatt,
OF Herman Hoffman Near Pc
tcrsburg.
DENIAL MADE BY PRISONER
[Special 10 INC Times. .pispatch. I

n.
PETERSBURG, VA. March i6.-Fol-
lowing the arrest Saturday afternoon
OF Andrew Jackson McKenney on "a
warrant charging him with the murder
OF Herman Hoffman. his former part
ncr in business in this city the home
OF the prisoner WAS searched under
warrant for ally possible incriminat
ing evidence. The arrest OF McKenncy
was made at his home on the boundary
line Of the city and Prince George
county and in the presence of his wife
statement, except TO deny positively
tina, he killed Hoffman or had anything
to do with his death.
The search Of the house resulted IN
the nndlng OF number OF letters
written by sirs. Hoffman TO Mckinney,
which. officers say. establish the mo-
tixe for the alleged crime. The@, are
this letter. The letters, it is stated
by onicials, were all taken to Nc
man. y note. written on u scrap or
paper. reads: Dear Jack.-Bo care
1ul, as detectives are watching you
does not care TO disclose be-
iore nir,ss, ths trial; which Will take place in
and where the murder is believed to
have been committed.
Late Saturday afternoon Sheriff
Galansha. who had taken out the war
rants against McKcnncy. sworc out
a warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Hon
man, Charging her with being an ac-
cessory to the murder Of her husband.
sincc the. disappearance of her; iIus:
band Mrs. Hoffman has been Twin z
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Walker.
at 500 North Twenty ninth street.
Richmond. This warrant was not use
as Mrs. Hoffman readily consented TO
come TO Petersburg and tell all she
knows about the case. She came over
this morning, and after rigid and
exhaustive examination by Common
wealths Attorney Goode. OF Dinwiddic
Il was decided to use her as Com
monwealth's witness. She was recoE-
niZcd to appear as such. and was al
lowed to return to her home. The ex-
animation took place in the office OF
Chief of Police Brockwell and for two
hours Mrs. Hoffman submitted to the
questions.
When shown the letters TO McKcn-
ney she is said to have admitted
them, claiming that the time they
were written she did not fully real
iZe what she was doing; that Nc
kenney. by his, kindness and atten-
tions, had gained her confidence. When
confronted by Mckenney. who was
and, facing him. dramatically ex.
claimed: You killed my husband
after breaking UP his home" Nc
kenney. replied: Il did not xii! your
husband" Mrs. Hoffman then said:
III you did no, kill him, you know
who did. Who was it,, McKenney
replied almost inaudibly: II Will go
to my death declaring that / did NOT
Kill your husband"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-17
.CLA|M AMERICANS
|. SEEK AMENDMENT
OF LEAGUE PLANS
Declared Monroe Doctrine
Will Be Safeguarded Be-
fore Idea Is Approved.
COVENANT TO BE PART
OF THE FINAL TREATY
Foreign Minister Pichon Says
War Will End With
Preliminaries.
PROVIDE PARTIAL BLOCKADE
Prepare Regulations Which Will
Protect Poland, Which Is Now
in Dangerous Position.
COVENANT TO BE PART
OF THE FINAL TREATY
PROVIDE PARTIAL BLOCKADE
Prepare Regulations Which Will
Protect Poland, Which Is Now
in Dangerous Position.
IRy Associa ted Press. J

PARIS. March 1G.-Enor.s are being
directed today TO shaping the league
of nations covenant so as to insure
Its acceptance by the supreme council
and win the approval of those Amcri-
cans who are demanding its amend
ment.
Colonel House conferred with Lord
Robert Cecil, Leon Bourgeois and the
American delegates, and reported to
President Wilson. 1t is conceded that
some OF the suggested amendments
can safely be adopted. for instance,
those safeguarding the Monroe Doc
permit of tho adherence OF the late
enemy powers
One Of the powers has hesitated to
accept a distinct expression Of the right
Of secession from the league. The
Americans are proceeding on the sup
position that the covenant may be in
GUIDED in the peace treaty.
Foreign Minister Pichon said today
mat he felt 1t was practically i'm
possible 10 include the covenant in
the first treaty. The views of neutral
amendments, could not be disposed or
he added, before the probable carly
signing Of the ,preliminaries.
y - Ehe iI1i 4tssaet the minister suggested
treaty Of the principles underlying the
league. leaving the details in abcy-
ance. The war would be ended when
pointed out, bur the Germans would
not regain their re-war status with
liberty of movement until the signing
OF the final treaty, pending which the
blockade would be lifted only par
TALLY.
Regarding Posen, NJ. Pichon said that
if the Germans persisted in their re-
lection of the terms of the allied com
missloncrs, the entente would have TO
intervene. Poland could not be left in
its present dangerous situation \
French general would be sent 10 Poland
with the first Polish division which
had fought in France as soon as pos
siblc.
Nj. Pichon denied the report that the
French government had accorded rec
oEnition to the Russian Bolshcvists,
saying that the supreme council would
consider the Russian question this
week
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-17
TORNAD0ES IN SOUTHWEST
CAUSE DEATHS AND HAVOC
Definite Figures on Victims Not
Learned ms High Waters
Threaten Cities.
By Assooiatcd Press. /

= KANSAS CITY. MO, March 1s,-
Definite figures as to the damaec
caused by tornadocs and cioudbursts.
which struck widely. separated points
in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma
late yesterday and last night. still
were unavailable tonight, owing to
the interrupted wire communication
All Information received here how
ever. indicate number OF persons had
been killed, and that property damage
would run into large figures.
AtchiSon. kanS.. reported a loss of
approximately S1,o00,0OO from high
water in its warehouse district
The situation in Kansas was bccom-
ing more serious tonight. reports
here. said. Flood warnings were be-
ing issued, and in many localities per
sons living in the lowlands were pre-
pairing to leave their homes The Kaw
and Big and Little Arkansas Rivers
as well as many smaller streams, were
sa id to be overfoWing.
Heavy damage was caused in the
kaw River watershed, extending from
Lawrence to lGalina, by cloudbursts
Yesterday and last night. it is
reported.
Reported fatalities i'm Oklahoma in
Guided two at Porter, which was
wrecked by tornado late yesterday,
three in King Fisher County and one
at Hinton, where eight or nine other
persons were injured.