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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-07
EXCESSIVE ZEAL

Even the best cause may be IL
jured by the intemperance OF It's
advocates, and all true friends of
Prohibition will, we are sure, be
both mortified and alarmed BY the
excuses perpetrated in the name Of
law and morality by the official
agents Of the Prohibition laws in
Virginia.
At the instance Of Director Gen
eral Hines, Judge John Barton
Payne, counsel to the Railroad Ad-
minstfation, has written TO Prch;bi-
ton Commissioner Peters Of Viz
gina, calling his attention to the
"many complaints OF this charac-
ter originating IN that State. and
to Governor Davis declaring that
nothing is doing so much to injure
the good name of Virginia as the
conduct of the Prohibition officers
The singlar feature Of the situa-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-07

ton is that there seem compare
lively few complaints of this kind
from other dry states in the South,
and that the State which was for
merly celebrated for its chivalrous
treatment of women should. be the
principal offender in the disregard
Of ordinary decencies.
Other recent incidents seems to
suggest that the trouble arises
from certain ruthlessness of spirit
and a lack of sane discrimination
on the part Of the Prohibition adj
ministration in. Virginia.
Near Winchester two bootleggers
who refused to stop their automo-
bile at the command of Prohibition
constabulary were shot and killed
within the last ten days. A capital
sentence was inflicted upon them on
Spsnicion for an offense for which
the law provides much mllder
Punishment when proved.
We realize the difficulties thai sur
round the enforcement OF the FRO
hibition law, and the desperate and
extraordinary expedientc. to wheel
y:olators will resort. If the law Is
To be enforced at al, State officials
rust exercise the keerest vigilance
But that vigilance ought to be guld'
ed and tempered by sense OF c:S
elimination and by respect tol
nuhlic and private rights. ltacf'
wise great injury and wrong WI
no done to the cause Of Prohibition
It will be wounded in the house OF
| It's friends. This is Sal not in
spirit Of destructive, br. of cor
structive criticism. Those w2o be
! lieve in prohibition and want to SEE
! it triumph in fact as well as IN Law
should be the first to frown upor
! ANYTHING which may promote pop
/ ular reaction and hostility.-(Balti
| more Sun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-07
GERMANY WILL SIGN

The German Government may be
afraid to sign what Germans call :,
"bard" peace, but it has vastly more
reason to be afraid of rejecting the
treaty that will be offered to it. Fhe
case Of Hungary should be 4 warn
ing. The Provisional Government
of Hungary did not like the bound
aries which it seemed probable that
the peace conference wo.ld impose.
These boundaries were proposed, MT
for the purpose of Furnishing Hun
gary. but TO do justice to the Czecho-
Slovaks, Ruthenians, Rumanians and
Scrvians' VINO were annexed to Han
gary while it was a partner in TIE
Dual Monarchy. But karolyi thought
to -ntimidate the Allies and Amer
lea, or perhaps inspire armed re
sistance to them, by appealing to the
"pr9letariat of the world"
The result is that Budapest at
least, and apparently a good deal Of
Hungary besides, 4 are in the hands
of communists who are in league
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-07
LABoR's VISION

A 6-hour working day with a 2
hour lunch period for every industry
is labor's vision of the industrial
Eden as expressed in a demand by
the Labor Congress recently held in
Chicago says the Minneapolis Jour
nal. "a 2-hour lunch sandwlched IN
between three 3-hour slices of labor
looks good, if served out impartially
to every working mortal and guar
anteed to be permanent.
''But it cannot be made general nor
can it be guaranteed to be perma-
nent-not yet. The foundation midas
try of the world, the production Of
bread, butter and meat, cannot be
pursued on the 6-hour plan. Sun
and rain and frost determine the
work hours of one-third, the agri-
cultural third, of the labor of Amer
lea, Farming cannot be made per-
manently profitable without domes-
tic animals. Tics, animals cannot
be left alone for x. ;..urs out of the
"a.
"The model division of the day in
to eight hours for work, eight hours
for sleep and eight hours for play
may some day be realized for all la
Dor that is not at the mercy Of
weather and season. But the far
mer, by virtue of his calling, is COM
PEELED to spend at certain seasons
more than eight hours in the field
and much of the rest of his walking
time in "choring around" If he
works with horses he must feed them
two hours before they begin work,
and he must spend an hour after
they quit work in making them fit
Cor the next days labor, A lO-hour
Gay for the team in rush seasons is
necessity, and this means t.
hour day for the farmer, Less than
10 hours for the horse means rise
in the cost of standard foods.
rBefore the war farming was no.
a super-protitable industry. 1t was
rather a mode of living Much OF
the food produced on American
farms was produced at fictitiously
low cost because the soil was being
robbed. Dollar wheat is an impos-
sibility in honest farming. 1t cannot
be produced at that figure. if the fer
tility Of the soil is maintained
"The practicability of the 6-hour
day. then, depends on whether six
, hours work in every industry will
maintain human life satisfactorily"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-07

] We believe the Ebert Government
Understands this, and while it will
bluff the peace conference if it can
it will sign the treaty. Of course,
it will be attacked for that, but
peace will be powerful factor on its
side. It is between the devil and
the deep sea. In the latter case it
would have some chance of swim
ming ashore. We do not believe it
will choose the devil.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-07
THE STORY, OF DAEDALUs

=
In our early days while studying
Greek and Roman mythology our
eyes have glistened while porting
over the thrilling adventure of Daed-
alus and his son Icarus. The story
of the wooden horse which the East
Indiamen used for aerial naviga-
ton was still more thrilling when
we began to analyze "The Arabian
Nights Entertainments"
Berkeley Minor, of Richmond,
sends the following to Baltimore
paper, which is reading in season
now that the world IS witnessing
the conquest Of the air:
The aviation feats of our time
have been dreamed Of by poets and
other dreamers from earliest times,
and ridiculed by more practical men,
as Voltaire derided Newton as in
his dotage, when Newton foretold
the rapid transit that the locomotive
was destined to give. Even in the
old mythology we read of Daedalus
making wings for self and son, lear
us, to escape from the tyrant Of
! Crete. and of Icarus' sad fate,
drowned in the Icarian Sea because
ne flew too high and too near the
! sun. his hat melted off his wings,
and levers of Tennyson recall his
| prophetic vision when she dipt into
!, the future far as human eye ed see,
Saw the vision of the world and all
the wonders that would be- Jenny
son wrote this about 1912. Cowper
also dreamed, in the century be-
fore, of such triumphs, not IN verse,
but in his sweet and pleasing prose.
He writes thus to Rev. John New
ton (Nov. II, My dear friend,
! dreamt night or two ago that |
! drove myself thro' the upper regions
in balloon and pair, with greatest
case and security. Having finished
the tour l intended, | made a short
turn, and with one flourish of my
whip. descended, my horses prancing
and coryetting, (''loop-the the loop"
we might say), with an infinite show
of spirit, but without the least dan
ger either to ne or my vehicle. The
time, we may suppose, is at hand,
and seems prognosticated by my
dream, when these airy excursions
will be universal, when judges %!il
fly the circuit and bishops their Wis
itaticns, when the tour Of Europe
will be performed with much greater
speed and with equal advantage by
all who travel, merely for the sake
of having it to say that they have
made it.
Tennyson's vision was more true.
alas! For he fcrsses aircraft used
for war as well as for peace, ard SO
far aviation has been useful mainly
] for war. Cowper's dream is entirely
peaceful. Let us hope ard pray that
by league Of nations or any way
that He may guide. Sc only when
hereafter it may be useful.
And the battle flags are furled
'SThe war drums throb no. LONGER
In the Parliament Of man and the
Federation of the world
1 ------------.--E------,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-07
For Bursssssg EezeEaa

Greasy salves and ointnents should
not be applied if good clear skin IS
wanted. From any druggist for 35c, or
Sl00forlarge size, getabottle OF Lemo.
When applied as directed It et1ecIvely
removes eczema, quickly stops itching,
and heals skin troubles, also sores,
burns, wounds and chafing. It pene
trates. cleanses and soothes. Zemo IS
a clean. dependable and Inexpensive,
antiseptic liquid. Tryit, aswe believe
nothing you have ever used IS as eiiec-
tive and satisfying.
-ae ". Ro1c Co., Cleveland. O.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-07
EVOLUTION OF THE BICYCLE.

Among the items clipped from
the lies of a Richmond par2r OF
Gity years ago and :en'h'!shed
mis- week was the following
"Richmcnd- supports Two veloci-
i; pede schools now, and tn" mania 5
increasing every day."
The above will bring 10 the minds
of many Alexandrians the introduce
ton of what was then known as
the velocipede half century ago.
Like Richmond, Alexandria had its
riding school 1t was in the fourth
story of the Alexandria National
Bank building, northeast corner Of
! King and Royal streets. The pro
prietor of the place brought fifteen
or twenty Of the machines here
=, and rented them at fifty cents an
hour. They were crude contrlvan-
ces compared with bicycles of our
day. They were composed almost
entirely of wood. with wheels on the
order of those Of old-fashined baby
carriages. Pneumatic tires were
then undreanted Of, the wheels hav-
ING iron-rimmed tires. There was
but little danger OF falling from
these machines, as they were not as
high as they are at present. When
rider found he was about to fall
he merely placed his foot upon the
floor and caught himself before cap
sizing.
The riders followed ar oval course
in the hall, riding to and fro around
the room, steering clear CT the pill
lars. Ii was difficult, at first, to
master the velocipeda. as the art
seemed to be in properly balancing
the body, and bending gradually in
making turns. Once acquired, how
ever. the modus opcrandi became
simple.
The velocipede was the conccp-
ton CT a resident of New Orleans,
who took the hint from similar ma.
chimes used in France nearly one
hundred before. The first made and
used in the French capital were
walked the man astraGdle keep
ing his feet upon the ground and
moving them with it. They were
mostly used by the aristocracy, who
socn tired Of them In the latter
part Of the sixties Of the last CEN
tury the man in New Orleans
brought to the birth the pedals
which AZ first were affixed to the
hub of the front wheel. The veloci-
pede subsequently gave way TO the
bicycle and later the motorcycle was
evolved.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-06
A Heart-To-Heart Talk
Olanta, S. G..

Olanta, ). =.
Mr.. Editor:
By your generous courtesy / wish
to have a heart-to-heart talk with
my Methodist brethren and sisters of
the laity among your readers.
The education of my children ap-
peals strongly to me. fully share
the worthy sentiment of the Rev.
James T. Kilgo, of blessed memory,
who proclaimed the fact that he could
not willingly throw his children upon
society uneducated, and sooner would
eat corn bread and wear patched
clothing the rest of his life.
AS a superannuate member of the
South Carolina Conference, with
eight children ranging from four to
twenty years of age, the three eldest
of whom are daughters, much desire
residence in some locality where
there is a college for women.
If only some large-hearted man or
woman, OF a group of such, might
donate the use of a house for several
years Tor lease it at low rentaD, we
would be grateful indeed for such
considerate kindness.
To make sure Of securing one,
however, hereby request that friends
reading this, who can do so without
diminishing their offerings elsewhere,
shall write me quite soon a letter or
postal card, saying: Brother Belts,
you may each year call on me for
.S----toward paying the rent of a
home in any college town, till | give
you notice to the contrary" Any
sum from a dollar up promised this
way to assist US will be much appre
ciated. The discipline allows US to re-
side anywhere.
Respectfully,
w. A. Belts.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-06

bought silk shirts and twelve dollar
shoes and found High Cost of Living
faithful friend when in need of de-
fence.
Where is the able-bodied man who
couldn't do what Mr.. Kirven's tenant
has done if he would but go and do
it?
Had this negro any distinguished
talents that made him superior-that
lifted him in single year into the
capitaliStc class
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-06
Negro Farmer Becomes Capitalist

An interesting editorial headed
"The capitalistic class" in the Colum
bia State a few days ago reads:
In this year Of grace, 1919, negro
tenant of J. n. Kirven, president Of
the state fair association, beginning
the year with nothing supported by
advances from his landlord, has pur-
chased wagon and team of mules.
paid all his debts, has corn and pro-
vender for the coming year and will
have, when his cotton shall be sold,
$4,000 in cash. This man and his
family, with the assistance Of pair
of mules provided by Mr.Kiven, pro-
duced, in Darlington county, 40 bales
of cotton, ten of them being long
staple, and so much cotton with the
seed at current prices is worth about
$4,000
So this propertyless tenant of last
March is, at the end of the year, a
capitalist-and would no more relish
the notion of being robbed of his
gains by communists OF l. W. ". or
Bolsheviki than would Mr.. Rockefel-
ler. The misfortune of the "Reds" is
that some people will work and will
save, thus recruiting every year the
ranks of the capitalists. 1t is practi-
cally impossible to convince a man,
black or white, if he has pair of
S4OO mules, brand new wagon and
$4,000, that communism is lovely and
that all capitalists should be hanged.
The sole hope of the communists to
convert this fellow is based on the
chance of his becoming lazy and
spending his savings of the year 1919,
or of showing bad judgment in the
investment of them, in either of
which events he would cease to be a
capitalist, becoming again a "prole-
tartan"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-06

Nevertheless, the unhappy truth re-
mains that most men who have got
ten ahead of the world, who have be-
come capitalists, have at one time or
other toiled as steadily and painfully
and lived as humbly as the Darling
ton negro in this year of 36 cents cot
ton. In the United States, where land
is abundant, where population is not
crowded Except in districts where it
need not be), where opportunities are
countless in number and variety, be-
ing a capitalist or a proletarian is
for the most part matter of choice.
The American who chooses to work
diligently, whose mind is not so much
on the American standard of lring"
and getting "a living wage" as upon
getting and staying "ahead of the
game" cannot be stoped-unlsss he
suffers some calamity or other. The
rules of the game are very simple
Carnegie played by them when he
was a telegraph messenger, Rookie
feller when he was a clerk in store,
Jim Hill when ne was railroad
brakeman and the negro tenant on
Mr. Kirven's place in Darlington. To
be sure, a number of men are ex-
empt from them for time-the men
who inherit property-but most Of the
families of this class in the course
of a generation or two lose or spend
their property and have to face the
world as the poorest faces it.
Whether man shall be a capitalist
or proletarian is mostly a matter
of choice. Of course, the decision
must be made in nearly cases
early in life.
1t will seem bitter saying to many
people and yet it is true-there are
but two excuses for poverty in the
United States. They are physical or
mental infmity and ignorance. lgnor-
ance is of the two the commoner eX-
PLANTATION of misfortune and failure.
Tens of thousands of men in South
Carolina have in the last three years
earned enough to establish themselves
and their families in homes of their
+o oe+ start as small capital
lists, but they have not known what to
do with their money, and so they have
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-06
Member of Greely Expedition Dies

Charlottesville, Va, Nov. 2.-Wil-
liam Dixon Weaver, electrical engin-
eer and memebr of the Greeley re-
lief expedition, died suddenly today
at his home here. He was born at
Greensburg, Pa, in 1857, was a
graduate of the Naval Academy and
served number of years as editor of
Electrical World.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-06

666 has proven it will cure
Malaria, Chills and Fever, Bill
ious Fever, Colds and Lagrippe.
1t kills the parasite that cause
the fever. 1t is a splendid laXa-
tive and general Tonic.-adv.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-06

Phone l67 and have the latest
Model Singer sent to your house at
once. KINGSTREE FURNITURE
COMPANY.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-06

Rub-My-Tism is a great pain
killer. It relieves pain and sore
ness caused by Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Sprains, etc.-Adv. ?
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-06

This negro tenant of Mr. kirven
should not, however, be praised indis-
crimately-it may be that he has not
been guiltless of offenSe. One strong
ly suspects that throughout this year
he has done nothing to raise the
American standard of living. Like
ly enough he and his family have
consumed fatbacks and corn bread,
have seldom if ever had grapefruit
for breakfast, have Worn no silk
shirts, have been without the keen
enjoyment of a Ford machine and
have not spared the time, though they
may have had the money, to see the
cheapest kind Of motion picture. Nor
do we imagine that they observed the
eight hour day; doubtless many a day
they toiled twelve or fourteen hours
though it is quite possible that they
had many more holidays than other
working peoplc. The working hours
in day are long on farm, but the
working hours in year are possibly
not so rlany as they are in bank
or a mill. Anyway, we suppose that
most workingmen OF business men
whose wages or salaries are $500 a
year and who have no property would
almost as lief spend year in Jail as
to work and live as this colored ten
ant on Mr.. Kirven'S plantation in
Darlington did---thiS man who has,
after paying his living expenses,
$4,000 in cash and mules and wagons
worth $1,000 besides.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-06

We are proud Of the confidence
doctors, druggists and the pub
lie have in 666 Chill and Fever
Tonic.-adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-30
Today's Anniversaries.

fS59-M. Blondin crossed the Niagara Riv-
er, just below the falls, for the first
time on a tight-rope
lS79-The completion of the Sutro Tun-
mel, four miles long, was celebrated
in the Carson Valley, Nevada.
l89l-The triple alliance of Germany Aus
tria and Italy was renewed for six
years
l904-Dr Silas c. Swallow, Of Pennsyl-
vania, was nominated by the Ma
tional Prohibition convention at In
dianapolis for President of the Uni
ted States.
l905-John d. Rockefeller gave Sl0,000,-
COO to the General Education board
for the endowment OF small colleges.
l909-The statewide prohibition law went
into effect in Tennessee
Russians began the retreat from the
Nistula river in Poland.
l9l6-Roger Easement condemned to death
in London for high treason.
l9l7-Eighty seven German vessels in
termed IN American ports were
turned over to the shipping board
for operation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-30
[ oday' S Events

Last farewell appearance of John Bar
leycorn on the American stage
Centenary of the birth Of William A
Wheeler 18th vicepresident of the Uni
ted States.
Cardinal Gibbons Of Baltimore today
completes 50 years as priest and 80 years
as a cardinal
Rear Admiral William b. Caperton, L
). y, until recently in command of the
Pacific fleet, will be retired today for
age
The fourth annual conference of the
Federation Of College Catholic clubs will
begin its sessions today at Cliff Haven,
\. Y.
\ statue Of the late Thomas J. Stewart,
for many years adjutant general Of Penn
sylvania, is TO be unveiled today in the
rotunda of the capitol at Harrisburg
Several hundred delegates from all parts
Of Canada are expected in Vancouver to-
day for the opening of the Dominion con-
vention Of the Great War Veterans asso-
citation.
DR.. Talcott Williams, who has been di-
rector of the School OF Journalism OF
Columbia university since its foundation
in 1912, will retire as active head of the
school today.
The annual convention of the National
Education association, which will get un
der way in Milwaukee today, is expected
to be the most important as we'll as the
largest convention ever held by the as
ISOLATION.
Following several months Of prepare,
ton, Northeast Peace Jubilee and Car
nival IS to be opened at Tacoma today
Tor the purpose Of raising funds for the
erection OF some suitable memorial to
the men of Tacoma and vicinity who
fought in the great war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-30
In the DAYS News.

Rear Admiral William B. Caperton. who
viii be placed on the retired list today
on account Of age, was until recently in
command of the Pacific fleet Of the T..
). navy. Admiral Caperton is a native
Of Tennessee and a graduate of the An
napolis academy in the class of 1875. Dur
ing his long career in the navy he has
seen service in European and Asiatic wat
ers and performed important profession
al duties on land, such as supervision in
the Geodetic Survey, Inspector of ord
nance, inspector of lighthouses, and com
mander of the Newport naval station.
Upon attaining the rank of rear admiral
in 1913 he was put in charge of the At
lantic reserve fleet. and in 1914, following
the outbreak of the war, he was assigned
to a special cruiser squadron that did
duty in Mexican and Haitian waters
While on duty with the Pacific fleet, after
the United States entered the war, Adj
miral Caperton co-operated with the Brit
ish and French naval forces in clearing
the South Atlantic of German raiders
and in maintaining naval patrol of the
east coast of South America.