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Evening star., 1919-03-02
Attempts to Dissuade Him.

Senator William E. Chandler and I
were friends. We kept him on the
rational committee, of which he was
a most efficient secretary. He was at
Washington and did not believe it
possible to carry New Hampshire.
When he learned that L had accepted
the nomination he at once sent for
me to meet him at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel the next morning.
Both made night trips and our In
that to attempt to carry the district
would ruin me financially and break
down my apparently improving
health. He said all he could and I
couldn't help being affected by this
interview. But l knew what the war
and the results of the war meant,
and / told him that I must make the
fight and do the best I could. He said
I could make few speeches for forms
sake since I had taken the nomfna-
ton. but that the thing to do was to
save the check lists for another year.
That he would not permit the waste OF
the national funds in his own state
was very emphatic. So we parted,
l never made or knew another such
campaign Both sides then conscien-
tiously used money corruptly, so in
tense were the hates of the war then
still existing, but now all so happily
uiei Sou IA new aiiu III Sici pa II AoN
ism. / would not do this. But begged
and borrowed all I could and paid
the absent voters their expenses,
which was considered both right and
lawful. / paid the expenses of about
fifty voters in a single town Of 1000
people. and am in debt for some of it
now and have been ever since 1 was
all the time, except Sundays. on the
stump, plowing through great drifts
of snow. beaten by storms, and often
shaking from chills, from which / suf-
fered.
Evening star., 1919-03-02

Rotten was the reply. It's the
devil to get any labor to work on
the land. The doorkeeper's glance
took in the strangers accompanying
the member from West Virginia. They
were tall men, looked like workers
and as though they might handle
plow or pitchfork.
Say" continued the doorkeeper.
with an eye to business, would you
two men like job at good wages
and plenty of good food and fresh
eir?'
Before the strangers could answer
the West Virginia member stammer-
ed out:
why. man. these gentlemen are
members of the House elect from
West Virginia and are up her TO at
tend the republican caucus"
IF that's the case" said the door
keeper solemnly, neither of them
will do for me"
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Is AWARDED WAR HONOR.
Mai. Paul C. Paschal Gets Dlstln-
o,1ished Service Cross.

Mai. Paul C. Paschal, whose wife
resides at 1920 Lamont street north
west, has been awarded the distin-
guished service cross for extraordi-
nary heroism In action. The citation
follows:
For extraordinary heroisn in ac-
ton in the Bois D'Aigrement, France,
July IS, 1918. During the intense ar
tillery bombardment preceding the
German drive of July Is, when the
wounded were so numerous that it was
impossible to care for them in the
dressing station. Maj. Paschal volun-
tari1y gave up his dugout for the use
of the wounded and exposed himself
to the heavy fire for ten hours.
After crossing the Marine, this off,
Ger placed himself in the front lines,
in spite of the severe artillery bar
rage, in order to direct the attack,
capturing two strongly fortified farm
houses and advancing his line for
distance of four kilometers.
After gaining the position, he re-
rnained. on dutysfor two days without
food, despite the fact that he had been
wounded and gassed.'
Mai Paschal is from North Caro-
lima He graduated from Annapolis
in 1914 and went across in April, 1918.
Restaurants exclusively for women
are a recent innovation in Toxic,
Evening star., 1919-03-02

hardly too much to say that all had
practically failed. not even excepting
the Maine law itself. Something new
had to be done. There was the old
Congressional Temperance Society.
Rev Dr. Chickering had the book.
Daniel Webster, / thinE, and many of
the great temperance leaders of that
day belonged to it. and so did ]. l
have Father Mathews silver banner
presented to him by the ladies OF
Cork, blessed by the Pope and borne
at the head of temperance professions
in our own country.
But all this is trifiing now. An
armistice is a great victory for the
foe Let US "go over the top" with
the needed prohibitory amendments
covering all harmful drugs and sub
stances, and perfect the constitutions
of the whole world. Now is the ac-
cepted time,
HENRY W. BLAIR.
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Comes to Him as a Vision.

Finally, one day. while gazing up
the Pemigewassett valley to the
mountains, the whole thing flashed
into my mind like a vision. I soon
made a record of it almost word for
word as originally impressed upon
my mind. I concealed it from every
one until I arrived in New York,
whers. / showed it confldentially to
George n. Stearns, secretary Of the
National Temperance Society. and his
able assistant.
To them the idea of placing the
traffic under the national power SEEM
ed new and puzzling, and my pro-
posed amendment entirely new and
strange to them both. They neither
approved nor opposed; they would
think it over. / insisted on secrecy
until I actually introduced it.
Mr.. Stearns published the amend
ment and the speech accompanying
and always stood by it after he had
full opportunity to examine it; and
SO of his able assistant.
The original amendment and COM
pre- hensive speech will be found in
tives, December, 1S76-its second Sec
tion greatly enlarged the power of
the states to prohibit also.
! never heard of any claim to the
suggestion of prohibition by the ma
tion until recently. In fact found
IL " NC lci
many years. The Good Templars were
a powerful and secret organization,
and individuals may have discussed
all conceivable methods of state or
national action and the right of petit
tion Is universal Certainly nothing
tangible was ever done, il thought of.
The Norsemen discovered America
before Columbus did, but America
didn't stay discovered. SO that 1t has
turned out that Columbus discovered,
as an incident to his discovery of
America, the Eorsemen themselves: !:
and but for Columbus Cor some other
real discoverer) the Norsemen would
not suspect that there was now or
ever had been any such place as
America. at all.
Evening star., 1919-03-02
SAY OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
Montgomery County Republicans
Hopeful of Success at Polls.

ROCKVILLE, Md, March Not
withstanding that Mont ntgomery coun-
ty is normally democratic by a large
ma iority, the republicans of the
county profess to believe that, as
result of various conditions charge
able to the democrats, they will make
Evening star., 1919-03-02
When He Feared Defeat.

Wen, along in the campaign feared
was beaten sure We elected state
officers by majority over all and had
to get the legislature and governor
to turn out the democrats who had
possession of our state. The United
states senators were inactive.
We had a little temperance party OF
a thousand or two which often held
the balance of power. They were real
~ GODS elect. but generally helped
the democrats, because the republic
leans We're a few hundred the most
Evening star., 1919-03-02
A New, Harmless Way
to Danish Hairy Growths
(Beauty Topics)

BY following this suggestion any
woman can, in the privacy OF her
own home. remove every trace Of
hans or fuzz from her face: with
powdered delatone and water mix
enough paste to cover the not
wanted hairs; apply and In or
minutes rub off and wash the skin.
This method is unfailing. harmless
and quick in results. but care
should be employed to get the gem
uine delatone.-Advertis
Evening star., 1919-03-02

a much better showing this year than
usual 1t Is understood that the
party leaders favor putting . full
ticket In the field and wagfng Q Wig
orous fight all along tho line.
For the nomination for state een-
ator. Willis Il. Burdette, who repre-
seutei the county in the last house
of delegates. and Judson c. Weuiver,
the newspaper and magazine writer,
have been suggested -
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Points to Practical Failures.

AS you will say there was the Wash
ingtonian movement and much agita-
ton upon the subject of temperance
before the national prohibitory move
neut was begun by me, but it is
Evening star., 1919-03-02

Mrs. John c. Brown, widow OF for
mer Gov. John c. Brown Of Tennes-
see. and one of the best known women
of the state. died this morning At her
home. in Nashville.
Evening star., 1919-03-02

numerous in the state The older ones
bossed things. But several of the
young ministers and friends led by
them rebelled, and voted for me
without asking any pleges whatever
they just trusted me man fashion
and l was elected by 162 votes.
OF course these men wanted no
money nor reward of any kind. But
1 knew who elected me. Aunt Fannie
was worried almost to distraction
lest I be defeated, but when she met
me the last Saturday night before the
home grapple at the polls the next
Tuesday she was singing like a lark,
so to speak. Aunt Fannie had direct
intercourse all her life with some
Being on high, and knew what was
election any more. But we worked
right on and kept the district red hot
under the snow.
1t is only fair to say that the
enthusiasm in E%rny district helped
greatly to arouse the two other
districts. although We lost them, but
we gained in the Legislature and
elected Gov. Cheney by it. and
that gave US, by preventing the con-
templated democratic fatal jerry
mander of the state senatorial
districts, our necessary legislation,
and the five presidential electors who
elected Hayes over Tilden via the
electoral commission in 1876 If I
had not carried my district Tilden
would have been elected over Hayes
by four undisputed votes in the
electoral college probably many
more.
Vital Part of History.
This vital part of our political
istory has never been half told. 1t
is high time to do it. The records
h
Our national leaders wen knew that
the state was lost in 1876 ST l failed
to carry my district in 1879.
/ said that Aunt Fannie knew the
result before the rest of US. But Col
Kent and I went over the returns
with William Butterfield. democratic
secretary of state and found out that
her information was correct. I'm a
little superstitious.
The young ministers didn't say
word to me-kept on praying, L
suppose.
Well. thought it over for months
I knew that something done for tenn
perance would suit them. best of any
thing. and perhaps the Almighty Coo
also. but what to do and how to DO IT,
without hurting the party, was
poser, and I could not discuss 1t with
party friends, for it would get out ana
| would be in hot water and perhaps
iol hdNS pioNh -. ~ T
thing at all, and If 1 found out that
was coward l couldn't live long
with myself
Then I would think how manly
those young ministers had been and
I thought I ought to be as much OF
a man as a minister is anyway Be
sides l was of a temperance race
rather, myself / had been county
prosecuting officer before the war
and knew what a farce mere state
prohibition is, even of the Neal Dow
order, and I never had thought or
heard of any national connection with
the traffic any more than in the trans
portation of other goods, war"G and
,narcbandise IT was the bU of
the states, the demand "
where, and any single s
tory or the District OF
could supply the whole for H.. 80
sumption and expectation.
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Power of States Not Assailed

George n. Stearns was its great
secratary, and Mr.. Dodge, merchant
prince of New York, it's patron and
president. They never assailed the
power of the states to absolutely con-
troll the traffic to my knowledge They
filed a petition for an Investigation.
1 helped it all l could. Nothing re-
suited. But the main question was
not one of degree, whether of distill-
ed only or of all intoxicating drogs,
but shall the constitution be so
amended as to give the nation con-
troll. and, if successful against distill-
ed liquors, subsequent and more IN
elusive amendments might logically
follow. In this form it continued un-
til 1884, when Miss Willard, Mr.
Steafns and myself agreed upon the
form, including fermented liquors, in
which it is now ratified-that is, sub
stantiaIy the form introduced and
championed by Senator Sheppard, now
made the national law by the bless
ing of Almighty God inspiring the
marvellous work of great men and
women zculminating in this genera
tion.
T. And there are still serving some of
those who started out and have per-
severed on this weary pilgrimage
from the city of destruction through
the valley of the shadow of death to
the delectable mountains more than
forty years ago. But two generations
of working life are already passed
over the river.
This amendment win lead directly
to higher civilization for our states.
our country and our world. I intro
duced and pushed the amendment for
eighteen years-my whole congress
sional Iife-and every year ever since.
so that in a feeble way still pursue
the triumph and partake the gale with
the rest.
Evening star., 1919-03-02
How the Amendment Originated.

The amendment originated thus.
It will always be a matter of historic
interest.
New Hampshire then had her
political conventions the first of each
year, campaigned all winter in the
Tuesday of March, including members
of Congress. She was called the
Finger state" forecasting the result
of the fall elections throughout the
country. The very ablest men of both
parties fought there for votes as for
New Hampshire was democratic IN
the year 1874, with the people, the
Legislature, state judiciary, governor
and three democratic members of
Congress and seemed absolutely sure
to cast five votes in the electoral
be the democratic candidate in 1875.
The south could no longer be relied
upon for republican majorities. as
the result proved. My old third dis
trict was not only democratic, but
badly split besides.
There was no other chance but to
carry my district, for the rest of the
state and the two other districts were
still more hopeless, and we should
certainly lose the fruits Of the war"
if we did not carry my district, which
seemed impossible.
and so forth and, thank God, lots of
friends So had Col. Kent, my rival.
leader of the split and a former re-
publican, all but the actual wounds.
We had stumped together as repub-
licans. He was a gentleman and had
1 had stumped the district for others
at least for nine successive years.
felt forced to take the nomination,
and did.
Evening star., 1919-03-02

Restaurants exclusively for women
are a recent innovation in Toxic,
JapaE
Evening star., 1919-03-02
NATIONAL PROHIBITION IDEA
CONCEIVED BY HENRY W. BLAIR
Former Senator From New Hampshire
Gives History of First Legislation Of
Kind Introduced In Congress.

The idea of controlling the liquor
traffic. which up to that time had been
a state matter, by national amend
ment was conceived by ex-senator
Henry W. Blair in 1876 an a means
whereby he could conscientiously ac-
knowledge political assistance render
ed him by group of young clergy
men, without offending the proprieties,
and at the same time he could possibly
"please the Almighty God also" A
historically interesting letter, telling
the story of this movement, follows:
Mr.. B1air's Letter.
To the Editor of The Star.
In The Star recently, referring to
the prohibitory amendment, its
authorship as the first measure of its
kind introduced in Congress is prop
erly attributed to me.
But there is this further statement:
Prohibition as a national issue was
known during the session of the
Grand Lodge of Good Templars in
the state of New York in the year
1869. I never saw or knew of the
proceedings of that lodge, or of any
conception of removing the liquor
traffic or any part of it from the con-
troll of the states and placing it in
the hands of the nation, which is the
gist and object of the national pro
hibitory amendment, in the mind o
any person whatever but my ow2
which was framed in the years 1875
T6, and introduced by me in the
House of Representatives December
81, 1876. Then, for the first time.
prohibition in any true sense be-
came national issue. The Ma
tional Temperance Society of New
York may have been an outgrowth
of the proceedings of the grand
lodge referred to, but its ork has
been mainly the creation of a tenn
perance literature, which they have
uagnificently performed.
Evening star., 1919-03-02

The exquisiteness Of this patent
colonial beaded buckle pump, Nth
fuu leather covered Louis XIV heels,
long panp, and hand turned soles,
is self erident-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22
COMFORT BAGS PLEASE ALL
Nothing Given Out by the Red Cross
Is More Appreciated by the
Soldiers on Service.

The following is an extract from a
letter of a Red Cross hospital repre-
sentative:
"The men like the comfort kits bet
ter than anything the Red Cross gives
them. We have asked dozens Of them
what they like best of all that is given
them-tobaccO, magazines, amuse-
ments, etc.-and they all say at once
the comfort kits and toilet articles.
They come in from the front without
even a toothbrush, and when 1 send
the bags around by the other patients,
they come back and say: Say, you
oughter see how pleased those guys
were-they said it was just like Christ
mas. They were all sitting up in bed
looking at the things in their bags.
"The other day one man who had
lost his right hand. called me over to
him and said: Here, I'll donate my
sewing-kit. My wife has got to do
mine after this. I'm out of it. YoV
can give this to some other fellow who
needs it, He had heard the others
asking for sewing-kits all down the
ward. They are in great demand and
very hard to get"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22
Horsemen Knew Their Business.

The value of having practical horse.
men in charge of remount camps is
shown in provisions made for shelter.
When 1t came to building the great
depots required at each of the camps
they ordered open sheds instead OF
barns-or for the severe northern eli
mate, sheds closed on one side. TIC
the city-bred humanitarian who saw
thousands of Uncle Sans horses and
mules standing out in the cold, this
seemed cruel, and complaint was en-
tered. But by practical test it was
shown that the horsemcn were right
Those animals which were housed ur
did not thrive as well as the ones
which were kept in the open. When
talking with the head of the remOunl
division the thing he was most prOuC
Of was the fact that our horses were
kept in better condition with fewer
losses, than the horses Of England OF
France, and that we did this with e
much smaller man force, largely be
cause we give them open-air treat
ment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22
I ookouts Develop New Disease.

"Eye work is perhaps the bigges
part of submarine hunting" write
William G. Shepherd, in Everybo9y's
"and it has its evils and penalties
Woe to the man on destroyer who il
gifted with that strange, uneXplain
able talent of being able to see b,
night. There be such. His is almOs
q 24-hour-a-day task. And he finall.
gets the 'periscope eye and is sen
ashore to get well, if he can. Hi
eyes weep tears of pus by day and
after sleep, his lids are glued togethe
with granulation. 1t is new diseasi
of this mad century.
"'You keep looking through thos'
high-powcred binoculars like an OH
lady reading through her spectacles
one o1 thc boys explained TO me, unit
finally they seem to be pulling you
eyes out of their sockets"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22
HERRING FISHERS FISHERS BE Be 'A5E441 tFEEE
Splendid Catches and High Prices
Have Been the Rule Among Them
for Many Years Now.

The herring fisher works always on
the night shift, not because the tish
feed at night-herring take no known
bait-but because they can be seen at
night.
Taking their cue from the whale or
seagull as to the location of the her.
ring, the boats go Off two by two for
they work always in couples) late in
the evening to the fishing ground. Ar
rived there, they stop their motors,
and gliding silently over the dark wa
ters they look for the fish.
One of the men bumps the anchor
two or three times on the bow Of the
boat, and instantly patch of water
lights up with a bright phosphorescent
CLEAN. 1t is the herring, and the ring
net (now more generally used in the
west of Scotland than the drlftneD is
lowered. 1t is held up by corks and
has a small light at one end. This
the partner boat picks up they circle
around the herring until the two boats
come together, when most of the men
climb into one boat. where they draw
the net, with the herring, on board.
In this little Highland village the
men of the last two generations have
done well with the fishing. Their
boats, complete with nets and motor,
cost between f300 and f400, but only
the other night couple of boats, own
ed by brothers, divided fT50 between
them for one nights catch.-London
Moi1
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22

rafS;I thougl..
How is Mr.. Hall an IN
getting along? Has he moved? Don't
ghess he has.
There are sure lots of soldiers
over here, all wanting to come home.
l saw eighty trucks full in one row, it
was "some" show. l will have lots to
tell you when l get home. Sure have
seen lot since / have been over in
France. All the buildings are made of
stone. 1 saw some buildings that da-
ted back as far as 1850.
Mamma, there is one boy that has
been with me ever since l have been
in the army. He is from Rock Hill, S.
c. He certainly is fine boy, says he
is going to visit me when we get
home
haven't seen George Logue since
October. He was in the hospital when
was transferred and l haven't
heard from him, hope he is all right.
saw Will Bryant though, and he is
fine
hope to be home soon.. Will close
for this time. With love to all.
From your son,
William J. Parkman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22

FOR SALE: Four hogs ready for
each weighing about 275
pounds. Apply to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22
Private w. J. Parkman Writes
His Mother from France.
Ambly, France.
December 9Th, 1918.

Dear Mother:
l will write to let you know | am
faring we'll, and hope this will find
all we'll.
Mother, l hope you all will have a
good Christmas. Wish l could be with
you, but guess l will be there soon,
as ! think it wont be long before we
sail for home. They are going to let
us bring our gas masks and steel he'll
NETS home with us for souvenirs. l
will surely bring mine for l know you
would like to see them.
I hope you are getting along with
everything all right. Send Raymond
and Joe to school every day you can,
and keep Wilbur with you until l get
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22

For Sale: A six-room house, large
lot, servants house, good well, large
garden, etc. Apply to o. Sheppard.
l2-1S-tf.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22
Gift From French Republic.

Three phrases from President VIII
sons war messages will be woven in
a costly Gobelin tapestry France is
having made as gift to the city Of
Philadelphia. The tapestry is to be
hung in the museum in the Quaker city
and is about to be placed in the hands
of the workers at the famous GObelin
factory for completion, according to
an exchange.
The tapestry will be 81 Get by 10
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22
Don't You Forget 1t.

Bear in mind that Chamberlain's
Tablets not only move the bowels but
the appetite and strengthen
he digestion. They contain no pep
lin or other digestive ferment but
strengthen the stomach and enable
t to perform its functions naturally.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22
Nitrate Soda to Farmers.

Farmers should at once apply for
the government soda. Blanks can be
found at the banks over the county,
or with Mr.. Sam Nicholson, who will
be the County Distributor this year
The time for applying expires Jan
uary %, so attend this matter at
once.
Addison 3. Carwile,
County Agent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22

r. n. BROADWATER,
Supervisor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-22
Notice

During the session of the Legisla-
,tu,s, my clients may see me at my
Office on Monday and Saturday of
each week. In the meantime they may
write me at either Edgefield or Co.
lumbia and all matters will receive
prompt attention.
r. F.. Nicholson.