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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
A Love Tip.

A Glendale young man, whenever
out Of the city, instead of writing to
his best girl, sends her every few days
a box Of candy. She is delighted with
his plan and boasts Of it to her girl
friends, who strightway hint to their
admirers to do the same.
One of the admirers went to the
flrst-named young man on his return
from one of these trips and made
complaint of this habit Of his. "The
other girls are expecting US fellows
to do it, too," he said. 1--WE can't see
why you do 1t. It's expensive and
"Yes," admitted the candy sender
SIT is expensive, but IFS mighty safe
Candy could never tell tales in a
breach of promise suit.'"-Los An.
geles Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
Disciple of Sir Boyle.

An Englishman has informed the
writer that Sir Edward Carson is nota-
bly, addicted to the Taurus Hiber-
nicus. Quite a few little stories are
told of Sir Edwards "bulls." On one
occasion, for example,. he referred to
"the gentleman I see behind me-"
but perhaps the best Carsonian speci-
men is found in his remark that Mr..
Asquith was like drunken man walk
Ing sloxs straight line-the further
he went the sooner he fell.-Boston
Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
Water as a Diuretic.

A powerful diuretic is water-its
action in this respect, drank by a
healthy man, being very marked, and
it appears impossible to explain its
limitation by a mere increase in blood
pressure, whether local or general /;
it has the power Of increasing tissue
change, and thus multiplying the prod
ucts as fast as they are formed-and
thus, by giving rise to increased ap-
petite. provides fresh nutriment for
the tissues, and acts as true tonic.
In persons who are accustomed to
take too little water the products Of
tissue waste may be formed faster
than they are removed, and, thus ac-
cumulating, may give rise to disease.
Many gouty people are accustomed to
take too little water, except in the
form of small cup Of tea or coffee
daily; large tumbler Of water drank
every morning, and especially with
the addition of some nitrate or car
Donate Of potassium, will prevent a
gouty paroxysm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
Ceilings Made of Newspapers.

The demand in Manchuria, China,
for old newspapers is very great.
These are used principally for the first
layer of paper on interior walls and
ceilings Of houses. Chinese houses in
In Manchuria invariably include no cell
ings when completed, the ceilings be-
ing installed by the tenants or own
ers after the masons and carpenters
have completed their part of the con-
tract. The ceilings. are made Of a
framework of millet stalks, which are,
as a rule, first covered with old news
papers and then. with layer of Chi
nese white paper. Partitions made in
the same manner axe also largely
used in both shops and dwelling
houses. Previous to the war old pa
pers from abroad sold at AZ cents
a pound, while the prevailing price
for Chinese and japanese paper is
now 31s cents pound.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
Productive Guam.

Incident to his 1920 census, Uncle
Sam has found that our island pos
session, Guam, produces from its 225
square miles, with it's population Of
1925 native, 1,14O,924 pounds Of
copra for export to the United States
and S51, $50 pounds to Japan.
! The live stock on the island in
cludes 6,149 water buffalo, 4,357
horses, 1,160 goats, 543 hogs and 70
cattle. Corn, sweet potatoes, taro,
,yams, tobacco, cassava, rice, arrowroot
and sugar, are included among the
field crops. Coconuts, bananas, pine
apples, papaya, cacao, lines, rnangoes,
grapefruit and even alligator pears
constitute the food-producing trees
and plants.
Whereas, there are 1862 males to
100 females in the United States, there
are 95.7 males to 100 females in
Guam. Some 41.7 per cent of the men
are single.
The climate is said to be tropical,
but healthful and pleasant, remarks
the Portland Journal. The island Of
Guam is almost a neighbor, being only
about $500 miles from our coast.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
TAUGHT USE OF PLowsIlARE.
How Legendary Chinese Emperor Is
Said to Have Encouraged Agri-
culture in That Country.

In Europe the most significant Of
the gifts of the soil are wheat and
fax; in China they are silk and rice.
Old Chinese myths name Shen-nung
or Siennung the "diyine laborer," a
legendary emperor who is said to have
reigned, in the first half Of the third
millennium before Christ, as the IA
ther of agriculture It was he who
first made a wooden plowshare and
taught the people how to use it. Shen.
nung was one of the three emperors
whom legend reveres as founders Of
the Chinese social system. 1t was
Shen-tsan, or Sien-tsan, the wife Of
Huang-ti, another of the three, who
taught the people the rearing Of silk
worms and the treatment of cocoons
and threads and the weaving Of silken
garments, so that her subjects might
no longer suffer from "chapped and
frost-bitten skin" !. z:
q. q The sanctuary Of Shen-nung is still
standing, south Of Pekin, R. Meyer
Riefstahl writes in Asia Magazine.
Here the last emperor Of China used
to come every year to bring a sacrifice
to the presiding divinity and to open
a furrow in the soil with his own
hands. The ceremony is very ancient.
Even in the sixth century there was
an imperial field that formed sane
tuary fourteen II south of the capital.
There, in the first months Of spring,
on day Of good augury, sacrifices of
q steer, sheep and q pig were made
to Shen-nung and to Hou-tsi. The en-
peror, clad in his state robes and the
ritual bonnet, entered the golden char
lot Of state and performed thrice the
ritual Of sacrifice. After this the cere-
mony of plowing took place.
To the north of the city, in olden
times. Shen-tsan had an altar. Later
the shrine was transferred to the pre-
cinct of the palace, where the en-
press presided over the rearing of
silkworms and the production of silk.
OLD records mention the mulberry
grove of the empress and her pavilion
for the rearing of silkworms. Toward
the middle of spring, in ancient times,
the chief Of the court would sum-
mon the empress to the grounds north
Of the city to begin the rearing of
sllkworms. The ladies Of the palace
and the wives Of high dignitaries aid
ed her in the task. After fasting and
sacrificing to Shen-tsan, the empress
and the. concnbines of the emperor
themselves gathered the mulberry
leaves. The silk obtained was used
for the sacrifcial robe Of the emperor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
Confederate Money.

Old and new issues of Confederate
currency are being passed throughout
the Baltic states as current American
dollars, according to the Red Cross
Bulletin Of Riga. Many natives have
bought these yalueless issues from for
eigners recently returned from the
United States.
Many Russians have come into the
American Red Cross offices in Esthon-
la, Latvia and Lithuania with stage
money, cigar and cigarette coupons
which they had bought as American
greenbacks.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
BELLS or BUDDHA
Their Tones Vary With the
tastes of the People.
Continuous Symphony of TinkIins In
Raneoon and MandaIay-Japan.
csc More Stern in Tone. ~

The bell is almost as characteristic
symbol of Buddhism as is the seated
figure of Buddha himself. 1t varies,
in the different Buddhist countries.
with the temperament and tastes of
the people. In Burma, where even
Buddhism turns to sunshine and to
prettiness and the towers of the tenn
pies evaporate in lace work and jewel
ry, the bells, glittering with precious
stones, hang in clusters from the um-
brellalike top Of the pagoda spIre and
ring at their own sweet will. In the
temple courts of Rangoon and Manda-
lay there IS continuous symphony
of tinkling and Ginning things.
dainty, casual wayward.
But the bells of China and Korea
and those of Japan are more gram
diose and sober. Like the stained
glass windows of European cathedrals,
Japanese bells are storied records Of
their temples and their times. They
bear inscriptions by famous poets and
scholars; they are nodded into a
wealth of symbolism. And around
them cling, like the moss and flow
ers that have overgrown the woodland
Buddhas of Nikko, legends and tales
and history that live on the lips of gem
eratlons who have dwelt in the
shadow of some great bell and whose
lives have been unconsciously attured
to it's grave and somber harmony.
Yet, though the Imagination of the
people clings around it, the temple
bell seems to speak most eloquently
from lonely places, from the heart OF
monastic woods, from heights to which
the contemplatiye may withdraw for
meditation. 1t has none of the fa-
miliar and sociable character Of the
occidental church belL Though Chris
tianity, like Buddhism, has under
stood the value Of the bell, the differ
ence between the bells of East and
West is typical of a difference in the
genius of the two faiths. In the cities
of England and northern Europe the
bell is the first to speak out on any
occasion of special significance to the
people. 1t announces funerals, we'd
dings, fires and wars. 1t is ct its best
in the expression Of communal joy.
The very method Of ringing-in caril-
Ions, chimes and joyous changes.
makes it seem a representation OF
many voices raised In chorus OF
gladness.
The Buddhist bell has none of these
social characteristics. 1t could hard
ly quicken its deep tone to speak Of
Joy. 1t seems voice apart from tem5
poral things, cognizant only of eternity
and Nirvana. Yet on any occasIp
of general sorrow its accent-tranqun,
remote, unhurried-may be immeas-
urably consoling. An American who
lived in Kobe while the epidemic of
Influenza was at It's worst often speaks
of the comfort he felt in the sound Of
the temple bell from the hill. All day
he saw the procession Of the dead
pass his house and smoke of the Gre
matories dimming the sky; but every
night at nine o'clock the great bell
spoke out-serene and gracious on
the evening air-and its grave voice
seemed to be saying: "Fret not; for
ali this passes. 1t is well."-Marjorie
Latta Barstow in Asia Magazine,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
Governor Cooper Has Accept
ed Summer Home Near
Greenville.

Governor Cooper will spend his ar
nual vacation in Greenville, leaving
Columbia about June Is to spend his
two months of rest on Paris Noun
tain.
This, however, Governor Cooper
stated last night, does not in any way
involve the transference. of the state
capital to Greenville, the work be-
ing transacted as usual during his va
cation from the governors office in
the State House. 81 would have to
go somewhere" Governor Cooper
said, "and am, therefore, especially
grateful to the Greenvillle folk for
the offer of summer home for my
vacation days." The State House,
the governor added jestingly, would
be left in Columbia, the work of the
state being transacted here as usual.
Mrs. Cooper will accompany Gov
ernor Cooper during his vacation at
Greenville.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
Seed distribution by Congress.

{. Tulips, narcissus and hyacinth bulbs,
to the number Of 325.000, sent out by
the congressional seed distribution
this year, were grown at home. Work
of the United States Department Of
Agriculture in it's Puget. sound gardens
has shown that that region is adapted
to tha cultivation Of the so-called
Dutch bulbs, which, in the past, have
been almost entirely imported.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoe
Remedy.

Every family should keep this prep
ration at hand ready for instant use
when needed. Severe attacks of collie
and cholera morbus often prove fatal
before medicine can be procuder or
physician summoned. The uniform
success that has attended the use of
this remedy and the prompt cures
which it has effected have made it a
staple article of trade.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
MILLINERY.

A large shipment of shapes arrived
today.
RUBENSTEIN.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Greenville, May 15.-In a long
distance telephone conversation with
Greenville citizens today, Governor
Cooper accepted the invitation to
come to Greenville about June Is and
spend the greater portion of the
warm months on Paris Mountain
here.
The summer home of Allen ]. Gra-
ham, local cotton mill executive, has
been offered the governor by several
organizations and citizens and this
home he has accepted. One of the
Greeville banks has offered him space
for his executive Offices, and it is
believed that he will accept this Of
fer.-The State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-18
Notice.

AS the Federal Land Bank will re-
sumo the making of loans to farmers,
I will receive and file applications for
loans for farmers.
S. MEG. s1MKINs.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08

expressing the hope that the session
will be short, but it is recognized
that the amendments approved at
the constitutional election last Sep
tember means a great deal of addi-
tional work.
The senate selective committee
continued its sessions all day Fri
day.
II advance indications are reliable
there will not be a flood of proposed
laws in the upper branch Of the legis-
lature. Quite number Of the men,
bers have indicated that they have
no bills prepared for introduction
and will not introduce any unless a
situation arises calling for legisla-
tiop, .,.
The blue sky law is practically GER
tain of amendment Senator Walter
Anderson has drafted bill already,
Tightening up on the issuance of Sc
curitieSeand making it an offense to
fraudulently dispose Of stock. Sena-
tor c. B. Anderson of Lincoln has
drafted bill completely replacing
the present blue sky law. aimed to
correct the defects of the present law,
1t is also certain that agricultural
measures and some ipinor changes
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08

hold foodstptfs until they spoil or
destroy foodstuffs or purchase crops
and hold them until they spoil, with
intent to control prices.
1t would authorize the state food
and drug bureau/Q the mayor of
any municipalitylto to inspect and in
vestigatc any foodstuffs held 10
storage and il they deemed it nee
essary to sell the foodstuffs and re-
tarn to the owner the proceeds
minus the necessary selling cost.
The penalty for violation OF this
bill is proposed at $1,000 fine or SIN
months in Jail. maximum.
Yeiser, also introduced bill which
would make it impossible for a city
TO plead negligence as defense IN a
law suit except in case of FIRE.
Another bill by Yeiser would pro-
vide that city may be sued for neg
ligence.
Frazier of Sarpy county offered a
bill Which would give annexed terri
tory, like Benson or Florence, the
right to participate in the election OF
the directors of the Omaha Metro
politan Water and Light district.
Hoffmeister, one of the four demo-
Gratis in the house. Offered a measure
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08
Omaha Woman Popular at :
Mex Kelyie Inaugural Ball

Lincoln, Ncb., Jan. 2-(Special)
Mrs. George Dyball of Omaha
probably was the best known out-ot.
town woman at the inaugural ball
at the executive mansion last night
Two years ago Dyball was i'll the
lower house and didn't have a wife
While he was attending the session
he took i'll and was Obliged to go
home. The nurse who took care OF
him became his bride after his re-
covery.
Dyball was married at Omaha dur.
ing the session and took Mrs. Dybah
to Lincoln with him for the remain
der of the session. She became. ac-
ouainted with all the old members
then and at the inaugural ball spent
busy evening renewing acquain5-
ances
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08
Aurora Minstrel Body
Will Organize Charity

Aurora, Neb, Jan. 7-tSpccial.l-
The ministerial association OF Aurora
has called a meeting of all lodges,
churches, clubs and other organiza-
tions for the purpose OF organizing
the charity work of the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08

the sake of their country, Vance OF
Adams was preparing bill for in
PRODUCTION in the lower house to
raise pay OF election judges and
clerks.
Vance provides in his bill that
judyes and clerks shall receive 81
cents an hour in place OF the present
S. a day stipend paid them.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08
in the banking laws will be proposed
in the upper branch.
Omaha Target Of Bills
Introduced at Lincoln

Turn tn Page Five. Calumn Three)
braska as an incentive to building
and raising of crops.
This bill would provide an immi-
grafton board composed OF the
governor, secretary of state, and
treasurer.
Any capitalist from another state
than Nebraska who might enter Ne
braska, establish residence of Is
days and deposit his money in the
bank, would automatically become a
secretary of this immigration board
which would be created INTO an in
tercst paying board to pay the taxes
on the deposited money. .
Thus. Ydser argues, outside.capital
would be attracted to the state and
added taXeS secured.
Shoots at Profiteers.
Another bill introduced by
Yeiser would make it unlawful to
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08
.Senat tors Quit
/. Sessions for
Short Recess
No Flood of Proposed Laws
Expected in Upper Branch
Blue Sky Law Sure to
Be Changed. 4

. Lincoln, Neb., Jan.--z.-(Spe:ial.)
The Nebraska senate knocked off
work today to permit members to
return home before beginning the
hard grind of the winter.
After listening to the governors
message, adjournment was taken
until Monday afternoon, when it is
expected that the first bills will be
introduced and the senate will get
down to work. Leaders in the up
per branch of the legislature are
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08

calling for joint resolution of the
house and senate memoralizing the
federal congress for an amendment
to the constitution requiring refer
endum vote before a declaration OF
war
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08
Governors Recommendation
Fails 10 Take With Vance

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 7.-(Special)
Less than "a hours after Governor
McKelvie in his message advocated
drafting election CLERKS and giving
them nothing excepting thanks and
sense of doing a days work tor
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08

Every garment included. All our reg
ular high-grade stock to be closed out al
half-price. NOTHING RESERVED. Figure
your own prices. Take the price on the tag
and divide it by two.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08
COATS

Genuine Parisian coats and wraps-no job
lots added-each bearing the Partisan label.
Which means that the finest collection in the
country is to be sacrificed tomorrow at great
reductions. !. The assortments are large and
Notwithstanding every correct style, ma
terial and fur trimming. Each and every gar
ment prize of Beauty and Value!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-30
STARTED BACK TO HEALTH

The State tuberculosis association is
putting up great fight against tuber-
culosis thru its travelling clinics. These
buy the little tuberculosis stamps they
sell every Christmas for a penny each.
The clinic doctors and nurses go from
place to place and all their work is
free of charge. In the last six months
of 1920. they held thirty-one clinics,
examined 1852 people who thought they
might have tuberculosis and found 429
who did have it. They started a great
many of these on the well known and
highly popular Road to MELVILLE.
The first six months of 1921 beat
their previous record. total of forty
nine clinics were held: 1897 Kansas
people who feared tuberculosis were
examined and $40 found infected.
The $40 whose fears were well
grounded now know what is the mat
ter with them and their own doctors
are helping them to get started back
TO health.
1t is n great work and shows how
far a penny stamp will go when prop
erly stuck on.
Dr. Seth L. Cox, medical director
of the clinics. says very positively that
early tuberculosis can be cured. Re
Gently in southern Kansas, a girl came
to us with a well marked case" he
said. "She has just returned for ex-
animation after following our rules for
three months. She has gained twenty
eight pounds in weight and is feeling
strong and we'll"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-30
ODE no THE Tees.


Dear old trees. almost you seem human,
with your friendly shade and silent
when Ger / sit meath your leafy boughs,
And oft rs l silently listen.
Methinks hear you whispering low
my roots are deeply grounded in the earth,
And I stand firm against the winds that
blow.
$50 must you. dear child. in this world of
Plant YOUR faith on the Rock Of Ages
And firmly stand 'gainst temptations
While isO, your deeds are written on Times
pages.
'.And' as birds take refuge in my branches,
To find shelter from the storms that beat;
So must you when fear and doubt assail
Meath the Cross of Christ find safe re-
treat.
"And as draw substance from the soil,
New rings Of growth add year by year !;
So may you find mama to your soul,
In the Book humanity holds so dear.
Sand as I absorb the rain and sunshine,
And the oxygen from out the air:
So will your spiritual life grow strong.
Thru the channel and power OF prayer"
Thanks. dear trees. for your comforting
And 't the lessons of truth you impart;
Perchancs IT'S Gods voice speaking thru
So FIJI treasure them deep down in my
heart.
And since this power to you is given.
To III my soul with messages like
I'll give thanks for the infinite love.
That gave the world the grand old trees.
Mrs. Huldah E. Forsdick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-30

Ex-soldiers eligible to vocational
training under the vocational reEabili-
tation act, who have not made appli-
cation, should do so at once. The
this year, contains the following pro-
vision: That any person entitled,
under the provisions of the vocational
rehabilitation act, as amended, to take
vocational training must make appH-
cation therefor within eighteen
months from the date of the approval
of this act"
This means that no applications for
vocational training can be considered
unless such applications are submitted
before December Is, 1922. 1t is i'm
portant therefore that all persons
who have been disabled in any degree
in the service should apply for train
ing, if they have not already done so,
in the period prior to the above date.
The Federal Board for Vocational
Education in Topeka is making every
effort to see that the ex-soidiers in
this district are aware of this new act
and is urging that they take the first
opportunity to put in their applica-
tons. There are over 700 ex-service
men in the Topeka district who are
in training or will soon enter. There
are a great number, however, who, no
doubt, are satisfied with their present
jobs and have not taken advantage OF
the opportunity that they have.
1t is pointed out that there is no
need of giving up a good job in order
to take advantage of the chance to
improve oneself for a better one by
means of the governments aid. II
the man has a job that 1t does not
seem well to give up, he does not have
to give all his time to the training. He
can go to night school at the govern
rnent's expense and in that way in
crease his power to earn.
Many men in the business world to-
day credit their success to courses
which they have pursued in the Alex
ander Hamilton Institute or the In
ternational Correspondence School
More specific help can be had thru
the assistance of the local federal
board of vocational education. The
men eligible are urged not to pass up
the chance. The need for It may
come when 1t is too late to get It. To
be on the safe side, all ex-service men
are urged to make application now. ,
The application as expressed in this
act is to be taken to mean any written
application from such person express
ing a desire for vocational training
under the provisions of the vocational
rehabilitation act. or the receipt of any
federal board forms which are in use
or have been in use to record such fact
providing such forms bear the sigma
ture of the applicant and are mailed
before December 16. 1922.