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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-09-22
Commends Resolutions on Sab
bath Dissertation.

Dear Advertiser:
Will you give me short space in
your paper that 1 may take off my
hat and bow my thanks to those la
dies for those resolutions on Sabbath
breaking? 1t was timely and to the
point. God bless them! 1 heard a
Methodist preacher in st. Augustine
preach to large congregation of all
denominations on the "Sins of the
Day." He called spade spade; he
drew his bow at a venture and the
arrow flew and there were lot of
them hit in the joints of the harness.
He said the women in Florida put on
clothes in the winter and dressed in
atmosphere in the summer. And he
also said that he hoped and prayed
for the day to soon come when the
mothers would teach their daughters
to build their dresses higher up and
lower down. He told them that bath
pools and automobile riding were
sending more men and women to hell
than any other two things. ] can't
say how our branches and creeks in
this state are but l know how it is
in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mex
leo. You can see women by the hun
dreds with every inch of their limbs
exposed and hardly clothes enough
on to flag a train.
wish to say through The Adver-
tiser that my reason for not writing
Nr. C. M. Williams tribute for this
weeks issue is that I was sick with
cold at the burial and went from
there home and went to bed, where
I've been for eight days, suffering
from sciatica of the brain nerve. I'm
better now and will have it ready
for next week.
It. has been the "boll weevil" all
summer and fall, now it is edo you
think the women will vote?" I ans
wer eyes," and hail the coming day.
A lot of fellows are crossing the
bridge before they get to it. Some
are foolish enough to say it will
bring on another war. If a lot of the
men who can't read or write were
disfranchised, in my opinion, we
would have a better country. Yes, 1
am gladEhe time has come when the
ladies III cast their ballot and know
who shall reign over US.
= j. RUSSELL WRIGHT.
LOST: One white and lemon spot
ted male pointer dog. Reward for re-
turn to
DR.. B. F. JONES.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-09-22
Colleges Overlooking.

The papers say nearly all the col
lege walls of the State are bulging
with students. Some have every nook
and corner filled and still have long
waiting list. This should not be so.
With bank vaults well filled and new
barns being built to receive the stead
lily increasing harvest of the past few
years, surely it should not be said
that even one ambitious boy or girl
is turned away from college in South
Carolina. Yet that is the case. Even
with such a condition existing dem
agogues and men of small vision cry
extravaganza when efforts are made
to enlarge our institutions. No money
is ever wasted that is spent on the
Education of the boys and girls of
South Carolina. They should be pro-
-svided for frst-through the public
school, high school and college-then
ylet other things follow in order of
their Importance. When will our peo-
pile learn to put first things first?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-09-22
Wednesday, September %.
Let's keep Edgefeld growing.
Think of something that can be done
to keep things movin'.

Who in Edgefeld county can beat
Aiken's champion cotton picker, who
one day last week gathered 49?
pounds of the staple?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-09-22


Published every Wednesday in
The Advertiser Building at $500
per year in advance.
Entered as second class matter at
the postofice at Edgefeld, S. G.
No communications will be pub
lished unless accompanied by the
writer's name.
Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Res
olutions and Political Notices pub
ished at advertising rates.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-09-22
Modern Martyrdom.

Unless there is Intervention in
some form within the next forty
eight hours Terence MacSwiney,
lord mayor of Cork, who is now in
, the throes of death in London pris-
on as the. climax of hunger strike,
will bexa suicide. He will take his
own life,anot through sudden or vio-
lent means, but by determined re-
I. fusal to take sustenance for his body.
It has now been forty days since food
of any kind was taken by him, which
is the longest fast yet on record.
: There are varying opinions con-
cerning the martyrdom of Macswin-
ey. Some say he should be released
while others are of the opinion that
if he stoutly refuses to eat and pre-
fers that means Of entering the val
lev of the shadow of death it is no.
body's business but his, and let him
take the consequence Of his premed-
itated act. Well, be all of that as it
NAV there is vein of sadness about
the whole affair. But if the authorl-
ties that be, those who feel that they
have acted in accordance with con-
scientious discharge of duty in plac-
ing him in prison, were to relent and
release him, because of his selt-ln-
Aicted punishment, then that would
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-09-22

Compulsory education is what
should have been embodied in the
original draft of the Constitution of
this great Union. Wouldn't America
be head and shoulders above all
other nations had compulsory educa'
tion been the law of the land all
down through the generations?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-09-22

Edgefeld's finances may be just a
little muddled but the Old county is
not "busted." We venture the state
ment that there is more wealth in
Edgefeld county now than at any
previous time in it's history. Just be
patient and everything will work out
all right.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-09-22

LOST: One white and lemon spot
ted male pointer dog. Reward for re-
turn to
DR.. B. F. JONES.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05
FRENCH WILL ASSIST
us. GRAVE VISITORS

PARIS March 5.--Arrangements
are being rapidly perfected in Paris
Tor assisting Americans who will come
to France this year to visit the graves
OF their soldier dead in the battlefield
cemeteries. For six months. the Am
erican Red Cross has been conducting
n central information bureau here
where are handled all inquiries from
war grave visitors, and these are as
sisted in arranging their itineraries to
the cemeteries in the devastated re-
gion.
The success of the information bu-
reau has been such that the French
government proposes to supplement it
by the establishment of a central Of
flee which will provide hotel rooms
and railway tickets. The central Of
flee will have n branch in every rail-
road station, and English-speaking
clerks will be on duty to inform stran-
gers arriving in the city as to where !
they can find the rooms and accom-
they require.
Several schemes are on foot in Paris |
for the erection of large new hotels, |
and at least one of these will be oper- |
ated on American plans, with an AM |
erican staff. a British syndicate is al
so arranging to erect an ill-British |
hotel of 1000 rooms, the largest hotel /
In France.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05
nY cARL D. GRoAT.

Omitted Press staff Correspondent
BERLIN, March 5.---"What is sen
timcnt in America toward Germany >
IL America ever going TO be friendly
toward US again."
These are the most frequent ques-
tions an American meets in travelling
about Germany. The writer has Just
returned from a journey on which he
had an opportunity to question--and
be questioned. And he found that the
two above constituted the leading
terested.
Some of them asked in the manner
of people who didn't or wouldn't un-
derstand why America came into the
war. Others asked hopefully: they
were for the most part persons with
relatives in America. and they hoped
that relations would again be friendly
in the near future.
Sec Money Bags.
Self-interest plays the largest role
in the questions Germans realize
America is the land with the money
bags at this time. And they are in
terested in friendly relations mainly
because they feel that such relations
would mean added food and added
raw materials from the American
storehouse.
1t was interesting to check up on
German attitude as to the kaiser. on
a train between Hamburg and Kiel.
there was middle aged German of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05

and that is to tip the scales less pom
derously.
She has tried Eat and grow thin,
electric treatments. rubber garments
and Swedish massage, Turkish baths,
violet rays and nauseating Java herb
nostrums. And just now she is a de-
vout and portly devotee at the shrine
of a reduction specialist who reduces
speedily, painlessly and without the
aid of a net, diet or calisthenics. No
wonder the waiting room of this mod
ern miracle man is filled to overflow
ing with overflowing females. Bux-
ON beauties hustle up his doorsteps in
putting throngs and pass down again
less ponderously as week by week they
shed their little two or three pounds
per. By taking a magic little capsule
three times daily their fat melts off
merrily despite unrestricted orgies
amongst the fleshpots and pastries,
the bonbons and the mayonnaise. The
strength of this magic little capsule
is increased weekly by the simple ex-
pedient of the doctor telephoning the
prescription to a nearby pharmacy.
There's never a scrap of paper,
written word, to spoil the delicious
and intriguing mystery of the dose.
That's probably the reason that the
plump patients don't understand why
with every five pounds loss they gain
a year of age, why with every ounce
off there's a wrinkle on. For the fa-
vorite motto of the reducing doctor
is "a little thyroid makes the whole
world thin" only he goes it one better
and adds land n lot of thyroid makes
'em thin quick" SO the answer to
this get-thin-quick method is spelled
thyroid with a capital T and when the
patients have reduced sufficiently {"
fit the spring styles they are also re-
duced to fit state for a sanitarium.
Alas it is n hopeless and sad verify
that there is no easy short cut to slen-
der lines. Only by Spartan forego-
ing of all gastronomic delights and a
dogged persistence at exercise may
you jostle off a superfluous pound or
two.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05
GERMANS ANXIOUS ABOUT FR|ENDSHIPOF
AMERICA AND OPPOSE KAISER S RETURN

good appearance who had been in big
business all his life. lie admitted he
was monarchistically inclined, but said
lemphatically he and his circle of
friends were quite opposed to the re-
turn OF Wilhelm. A fepublc for a
time would suit them; then il quiet
and order We're restored they would
like a limited monarchy. A woman
of perhaps forty-evidently a buver
wasn't interested in Wnhelm's re-
turn. Others indicated their feelings
variously. but whether they wanted a
monarchy again or not. they weren't
favorable TO having the former kaiser
return. A wounded officer complain
ed of present day conditions. He could
get no work because he is crippled and
yet the government. was cutting off
his support.
That is the thanks of the Father
land" he said bitterly.
Dodge War Guilt.
If one, talks war guilt-and it's a
useless subject for a foreigner to at
never gets a confession
that Germany started the war. Some
body else did or else Germany had
only partial guilt saws the Toutons.
Everywhere too the Germans are
interested in the American 'Alkohol-
verbot'-their word for prohibition.
why is it that was put into force
in America. they ask.
One does his best to explain it so
a Teuton mind shall comprehend
but the Teuton mind isn't construct I
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05
CHARGE PALMER'S ACTION
BOOSTED SUGAR PRICE

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Investi-
CATION of Attorney General Palmer's
handling of the Louisiana sugar situa-
ton, which is alleged to have resulted
in increasing the pricce, from about
II to I cents, was authorized by the
house rules committee. In asking the
investigation Representative Tinkham
charged that Palmer's action regard
ing the Louisiana crop increased the
price throughout the country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05
HUNGER CAUSES RUSH
IN JUVENILE COURTS

VIENNA, Mar. 5.--One hundred
thousand school children in Vienna
are underfed and diseased as a result
Of food shortage, lack of fuel and in
adequate hospital facilities. according
to a survey recently made here by the
American Red Cross.
Crime among the child population IL
ON the increase, hunger sometimes
driving little boys to CHASTITY attempts
at murder. The juvenile court is be-
ing overwhelmed with the daily addi-
ton Of fresh cases OF child criminality.
Nine cars of milk have been set
aside for the feeding Of hungry chill
dren and the distribution has already
begun.
Business activity in Vienna has al
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05
TREATY SITUATION NOW
FORECASTS WITHDRAWAL
OF u. S. REPRESENTATION

PARIS March Withdrawal of
American representation in all COM
missions established by the peace con-
ference is the forecast here Dispatch
es from the United States, admitting
that hope for ratification of the trea-
" as IL now stands has practically
died, led the French to believe that
complete American withdrawal from
peace making and its enforcement is
imminent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05

NEW YORK, March Sits really
no use if you are one of those three
hundred-on-the-hoof ffgres to hope to
carry off with any degree of chic one
of those girlish little Eton jacket suits.
AS for the happy, hippy flounced and
panniered taffeta frock model or the
pleated skirt and separate slip on
blouse effect the saleslady who per-
suades one on your plump personality
should be shot at sunrise.
Yet 'the fat female MUST wear
something and when she is painting
to be smart as well as painting with
embonpoint, it is a cruel fate that
fashion should design exclusively for
willow wand figures this spring. There
is simply only one way Fatima may
hope to scale the heights satorrially
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05

ihost ceased. During the shopping
nours the great Ring streets near the
Cpefa are deserted. as compared with
thelF appearance during the war or
even during the early months after the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05
BUX0M LASS NEEDS MUST
REDUCE FOR 1920 FROCKS
BY MARGARET ROHE.
(Written for the United Press.)
The Spring styles all for slim folks

And sd to get more thin,
The fatties, dieting and stunts,
Do desperately begin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05

ed SO as to understand American rea-
sons or methods in handling the Ii
quor question.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05

armistice.
Advertising in the newspapers by
business houses has dw!ndled down TO
lnsisnificant proportions. To take
one instance: Vienna's leading paper
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05

days. Prominent officers of the Le-
gion were among the workers. One
of them was Mrs. George Alexander
Wheelock, commander of Barbara
F'ritchie Post No. 43, who pays the
city SIS, 900 a year in taxes. She is
seen here at work on a street in
Greenwich Village.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-05

rccetly carried only % advertisements.
II of which were offers to buy
jcwelry. seven of skin disease special
lists. one offer to buy old bottles. and
two offering face powders for sale.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
focH AND TIE AnvIsr1cr

The story that Mprsnsl Foch consent .d 10 the armistice yin the greatest 'eiHctance, that he ta1 another Sedan mind, and that ie wished no,h:nS p much as the formal surrcnaer cf ] T2st German army vii all its tran n:1es, is again going the rounds i, Europe. AS n;'i+4-y man Foe. EcCid no doubt have er,oy.1 tho s, oc. ;acie of 3 humiliating Cer;nl1 surT-,,d- =; as 2 Frenchman he wor!1 ecriaj,l~ 'aFs enjoyed com3eTny the former rz-:ei to hand over his sword and con, >'Frd to an allied army UT Iar Trcncn es-de1ship but, acco ding to 2 w-i;e~ in he Manchester Gua"dia1, the arn;fs wee tired and their lcsses in final
 a-npzign of pursuit and capture wculi nave been enormous
 Fcrh himself has rt,z tteil,v dcn:,d she story that he wis1c,4 no armisfi ic4 n the fall of 1918 Slhsequu7z c,c.i. SOch as the failure of the Germans <, ne up to the terms of tEe prac, and ,heii repeated attempts to stir up trouble T Europe, have led s5E.e comment ators 70 revive the Focb story as means Of Slowing that the military was ca:;sd off loo soon and that the peace was an er- TOT of statesmansfip at tll. .x3ense of the men who shed blood It is averred that Germany remains unwnippe1, ard the retention of about 1000, DO in scr vioe in France adds weight to the opin- lon that the French believe the whipping must eventually be administered
 If the allied powers have to unite in war against Russia, allied with Ger many for 2 sinister purpose, the arnais rice will almost certainly go down in history as a political blunder. If not, Poch's word that it was the best way out of a precarious situation will have 70 De accepted. The American army WAS at the time oE the armistice, the only body of fresh troops in Euro1e It was equal to at least three years of hard warfare. Foch must have known, as General Sir Frederick Maurice has shown, that even the magnificent spirit and vigor of the American army was not enough to carry jaded French and British troops through 9 campaign of revenge. Foch believed his arirnes vic to<ious, but it may take tirne to show that they were.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
PoNzI BUBBLE BURSTS

Hope springs eternal in the human breast, it is said, so that it may not be strange that there is class among the irI1 estors in Ponzi's get rich quick scheme who still cling to their certii- cates in the belief that they will get their principal and 50 percent interest when the notes mature. It is the same kind of blind faith that the vct,:ns of "52o percent" Miller showed q number of years ago even after his syndicate had been closed and it was plain that he was merely paying old deposito:s with the money poured into his eoffers by new dupes.
 The Boston financial wizard surely had a courage that was mo1umental in launching a banking scheme in which there was every probability that his previous record would be investigated and that his two previols prison records would be uncovered. His naive plea that he had paid the penalty for his former offenses against the law and that he felt he deserved anc:ner chance will be little consolation to those who find money gone Ponzi was promising to perform miracle and ne fonad re- sponse in a trait that seems to be in herient in human naturs. Financial quacks and medical quAck3 both find their money gone. Ponzi was promising D one of the surest and easie5t forms of swindling, which at the same time is one of the hardest to stop py law. Tie old-fashioned greengoods man may not be so much in the public eye as forr7- erly but in every financial center his kin still maintains elaborate offices and continues to do a profitable hsiness il defiance of common sense an1 the law.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
GoErHALs AND WOODEN sn,rs.

When the United States during the war was called upon to buili ships and still more ships to offset the tonnage that fell prey to Germ'n submarines, the wooden ship programme flat was included in the government plans was so much at variance with the views of General George ". Goelaa's that he refused to sponsor it and promptly pre- sented his resignation as chairman of the shipping board. The foresight of General Goethals seems to be fully jus tifed by the present plight of this cost ly feet of about 25O v4ssa,s fer which it is reported the orignql cosS was about s250, ,OOo,O 900.
 Admiral Benson who js now chair man of the board is having all this wooden ship fleet assembled in the James river in order to effect a tre- mendous saving in their upkecp, which he says will be from $50 tc s100 apiece per month there, wherAaS theY lave been costing from $2,oO0 . sS.6G0 apiece when dispersed in vario Is ports. Most of them were constructed by ship ou.ld- CTS of the south, where timber was available and it is ch7~Gel that their designs were changed three times in order that the lumber ,he,e might be used As Admiral Benson looks ui,on them now he considers t.i, fleet T lia- bility rather than an asst.
 There is not much of | deman1 for ships of their type, sine they were only suitable for certain puf 'ses, according to the admiral, whose cpiEioa goes a long way towards showing wha- waste of time and money tncir construction was. One of the uses U which they can be adapted is conversion into barges, whine has been dnEe in some instances, as their hulls have a carrying capacity of $500 to 4.0t0 tons, liut they are not of the type wllica could be used for the extension Of cur merchant marine and their unsuitab.ii,v ten1s b emphasize one of the costly mistakes of the war programme.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
CIRCULATION WEED ENDING AUG. 7th, 1s2o
 1O,919
THE POLISH CRISIS

pn the eve Of the con:er3 l:e q, &:rs1. between the leaders of sov.at Russia anl Fois- q, the recognition by Frarca oi Gen eral Wrangel as the head of the south ern Russia government may we'll be con- sidered of momenotus importance, invoIv- ins. t may be the wnol2 question of tie peace Of Europe. It marks a sharp line of divergence between France and Eng land in their treatment of the Russo PD';sh crisis for Premier Lloyd Geo. ce has been advising that the Poles should go into conference with the soviet lead CTS and at no time has he considered the recognition of Gneral WrangeL. No. does this action by Fr!a"a fall In Ire with the policy of the United States. One thing was clear in the attitud, uf the United States as expressed in the note to Italy upon the Russian situation and that was a firm stand agai7sG :4.er- Vention in Russia. Left to themselves and free from intervention, t1e ccnvic- ton was expressed that the Russian peo- pie would overthrow the bois l.v.ki.
 The agreement of soviet Russia 10 20 into 9 conference was contingent ur,on tne withdrawal of allied support from II !, But this action by France changes the situation and may we'll rak., it imt:os- sible for Great Britain to test the aI- formative of making peace with the lol- shevists after they have c2nalulei ne- gotiations with Poland.
 One aspect of the United States rote is causing much speculation and has brought out from Poland the request for defSite interpretation of it's meaning. This is the pledge to supoort Poland with -an available means This obviously does not mean we are to rush trooas and munitions to Poland in a1 effort 10 save warsaw. There is notniag to be done zntiI it is known wEet terms the Rus sians intend to impose ;Ipon Poland. If the conditions violate the legitimate ter s'or% or attempt to ;,es,r5y the s,jv- .reignty of the Polish sta.e, a situation will then be created whi.h will call for specific measures of h.lo to PolanI.
 Il is because of this fact that tife ne- gotiations between the Po!as and Ras- gIans must decide VI a-:isr there is 4o D peace or more war oys- Poland They SIi' have every oppo 'tuniy to prove tncir good faith and rl4Ae good their many promises that Pc . II $ 10 ~errain free and independent state and is not 10 be despoiEed of ter,i-t:y This Miask Conference is so inJo --t-a that any de- 7e.cpment calculated 10 iniiIence either ,iie and render an ag:..L'ert acccptaL le 0 cfe rest of the wo-.d impossible is :revely nomentous. The recognition c: SereraI Wrangel by Frtl.e is such lcIeiopment. It would b., | terrible and .tsgic thing if it .hc Il shift the re-
 TcrEibility for war pr pcace from Kuz. dsh shoulders to tnoss of France