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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27
Where Handicraft Still Reigns
BY FREDERIC J. HAskIN

EAST AURORA, N. Y. Sept. 81
What is East Aurora doing since Ell
bert Hubbard and his wife went down
on the Lusitania? People come here
wondering if they will find slackness
or decay in the home of the Roy
crofters. Instead, there is trim neat
ness about the plant, the same busy
craftsmen at work in the shops, the
same unusual atmosphere of tranquil
ity which somehow has always per-
vaded the place.
The Roycroft plant. you doubtless
remember, is the project started by
Ebert Hubbard 25 years ago. Hub
bard had lived in the village of East
Aurora for 80 years without giving
any signs of one day making it fam
Gus. He was in the soap business
then, and had be kept on mixing soap
would in time have been a millionaire,
as his partner, Larkin, became.
But the life of soap merchant pail
ed on the artistically inclined Hub
bard. At 80 he took the first step to-
ward retaining his individuality. He
sold out and went to Harvard
Then he started a little printing
shop in East Aurora, and with his
philosophy, his writings and his per-
sonality, he gathered about him The
Roycroft community and gradually
built what is now the Roycroft plant
with $50 workers.
East Aurora was on the map in a
quiet way as a New York village be
fore Hubbard's personality began to
flower. Hubbard made it popular, and
gradually East Aurora became synony
nous with Roycroft and Ebert Hub
bard. You cannot write or talk about
one without implying the others. The
homes of the village are mainly the
craftsmen's homes. The whole com
munity seems to center on the shady
street where the low UNCOVERED shops
of the Hubbard plant stand.
Hubbard took it for granted that
the world would recognize that he anC
his Roycrofterss made East Aurora
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27

what it has become. When East Au-
rora got new railroad station, Hub
bard wrote to the railroad company
and asked permission to make the
station sign and put the cabalistic
Roycroft trademark on it beside the
name East Aurora. The railroad CON-
pany was astounded at the suggestion.
Never had any advertising marks been
allowed on a station sign, and they
promptly informed Mr.. Hubbard of
the high and long-standing traditions
of the road. But Hubbard was not
vanquished. He persisted in his argu-
ments until he convinced the officials
that the booming business in railroad
tickets between East Aurora and points
in all directions was due to the Roy
crofters and that they were East Au-
rora. Today the East Aurora station
is probably the only one in the coun-
try that has a sign decorated with a
trademark.
The story of the new railroad sta
ton is another Hubbard story The
town had disreputable-looking shack
in which to buy its tickets and pass
the time of day. But four years ago
Hubbard turned his attention to the
depot. Every month his magazine car
ried an intense editorial about the
awful depot situation at East Aurora.
One month he printed picture of the
ramshackle station and beside it his
new palatial concrete hog pen. That
was too much for the railroad. 1t
surrendered and even sent the plans
for the new station to Hubbard for his
approval.
Today, the guiding spirit of the Roy
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27
Can't Keep Good Beaver
In, Zoo Keepers DISCOVER

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-You can.
keep good man down or a good bea-
yer in.
This was the conclusion reached by
attendants at the Bronx Zoo after six
of the flat-tailed animals dug their
way out of the reservation into the
Bronx river under a concrete wall
built to stop their adventuring.
Engineers, however, have not given
up hope of restraining the runaways
which were recovered upstream and
brought back to the zoo in washboilers
and any other conveyance at hand
They are building an even deeper wall
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27
Starlings Show Dislike
For War Preparations
(RV Associated Pressl

GARDEN CITY, n. Y, Sept 81
Starlings ought to attend the coming
armament limitation conference en-
masse, for they have demonstrated to
the people of Garden City that they
dislike war.
When in 1917, the soldiers came
tramping down to Camp Mills and the
flying fields around Mineola, the birds,
imported from England 20 years be
fore, fled. They stayed away until
Mills was abandoned and the flying
fields became less active.
Now they are back. nesting in the
spire of the Garden City cathedral
and making Hampstead Plains echo
with their chatter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27

to take care of visitors. A bank was
started to encourage the Roycrofters
to save their money.
Ebert Hubbard II. is, he himself
says, more of business man than
a literary genius or pioneer. He finds
enough to do simply carrying on. He
does not indulge in interesting ex-
periments, as his father delighted to
do. In the first Huhbard's day, Roy
croft was cumulative project, always
broadening and branching out Now
1t seems to be advancing straight
ahead
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27
Circuit Court

A petition for adoption of James
Dodson was filed by James and Emma
Blythe in circuit court Tuesday morn
ing.
Suit for divorce, alleging infidelity,
was filed Tuesday by Ollie Viola
Schwab against John Cyrus Schwab
She asks absolute divorce and the Gus
tody of the three minor children, Har-
ry Verne and Louis.
Evidence for the plaintiff in the
case of Cornthwaite VS. Miller estate
took up the greater part of the morn
ing session of the circuit court Tues
day
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27

Soft corns, tired, tender and sweaty
feet have found their relief. Use
Kingley's treatments Foot Remedy.
1t is guaranteed soc at all drug stores.
Advertisement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27
Funeral Arrangements

Common-The funeral services of
Joseph Common, 70 years old, were
held Monday afternoon at three
o'clock from the East Main street
Friends church. Burial was in Earl
ham cemetery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27

Want a fine dog? Read the Want
Ads.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27
Called by Death

HAGERSTOWN. Ind, Sept. 81
The funeral services of Mrs. Sarah
Hartman, Sc years old, of Hagers-
town, were held at two o'clock Tues
day afternoon at her home
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27

Typewriters, too, find their way
into the Want Ads.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-27
Put into the Bank the Money
you have put in the Fire

winter one-third of what you are
now putting into the fire.
You can with ARCOLA.
ARCOLA is the wonderful new
heating invention for small homes,
with or without Easements, that
takes the place of a furnace or
stoves. BY its one fire, con-
nected with American Radiators,
it fills every room with health
full hot-water warmth and
provides an abundance of hot
water for washing and bathing
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
From Specialists Correspondence
With Farmers

With Farmers
I am sending you a few diseased
leaves from my palm tree. Will you
kindly tell me what the trouble is
and what I can do to save it? w. H.
McB. S., Winnsboro.
The leaves are affected with true
rust. I know of no treatment which
you can give that would be worth the
trouble of giving. However, l nave
seen other trees OF this kind as Sc
verely infected, or even more severely
infected than this one, without ap-
preciable affecting their vigor.
think you need have no~fear OF los
ingsthe tree.
Please advise about chicken eating
hogs,-W. D. NJ, Walhalla.
Chicken eating in hogs is often
caused by lack Of having balanced
ration for hogs. After they once ac-
ouire the habit it is almost impossi-
BILE to break them. 1t is much bet
ter to prevent this by feeding a pro-
per ration and by keeping a good
mineral mixture before them.
Please tell me the trouble with the
accompanying stalk Of tobacco.-W.
o. D., Conway. ~
The stalk of tobacco which you
sent is infested with the eel-worm, or
nematode, which produces knots on
the roots, interferes with the growing
of the plant and paves the way for
other and often more serious diseases.
The only way to combat it on a field
Scale is to rotate crops in such way
as to keep susceptible crops off the
land long enough to starve the para
site. Detailed information can be
secured from u. S. Department of
Agriculture Farmers Bulletin No.
Gas. entitled 1.-The Control Of Root
Knot" which will be, sent free OF
charge upon application to the Sec
retary of Agriculture.
What is your advice on planting ap-
pies here?-W. w. S., Pelzer.
Apples will grow we'll, and, I be-
lieve, prove profitable in your section,
provided the right varieties are plant
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24
THE IRON NERVE OF SAM
HOUSTON, THE VIRGINIAN

Courage and daring: were qualities
characteristic of all yhe scouts who
won then right to fame ini frontier
history, but for iron nerve and pure
grit Sam Houston was the peer Of
them all. Perhaps he inherited his
fortitude from his father, who was a
soldier in the Revolution; perhaps,
during his long stay among the
Cherokee Indians he learned that a
warrior bears pain without finch
ing.
Houston was Virginian VINO had
entered the army and risen to the
rank Of ensign at the outbreak of the
Creek war in 1913. Gen. Andrew
jackson, "Old Hickory" had taken
the field against the Creeks and, after
a series of battles in which. the In
dians were DEBATED, they made a last
stand at their fortified encampment,
Tohopeka, in the Great Horseshoe
bend of the Tallapoosa river, Ala.
During the assault on this fort, a
barbed arrow struck Houston in the
thigh. He tried to pull it out, but
failed. The agony was frightful.
Calling to a soldier, Houston COM
mianded him to extract the shaft.
Twice the man tried and failed, then
begged to be relievd of the task when
he saw the unspeakable torture he
was causing.
TRY again. commanded Houston.
"And if you fail, I'll rim you through
with my sword"
The third attempt was successful,
and as the barbed shaft was torn
from the flesh, it was followed by a
gush Of blood. General Jackson, see
ing Houston's wound, ordered him to
the rear. The young ensign waited
until Jackson had passed on, had a
surgeon bind up the wound, and in
few minutes he was back in the
thick Of the fighting.
The high peak in Houston's adven-
turous life came in 1886 when, at
the head of a little army of 500 Tex
ans, with the battle cry Of "Remem-
ber the Alamo!" on their lips, he de-
feated the hordes Of Santa Anna, the
Mexican dictator, at San Jacinto, and
won fredeom. for Texas. He was elect
ed first president of the Lone Star
republic.
At the outbreak of the CIVIL War,
Houston. who was governor of Texas,
was bitterly opposed to the secession
of that State from the Union. The
Confederates forced him to resign.
They required all men over sixteen to
reoster and to carry pass while
travelling. Houston refused to do
either. Once they stopped him and
demanded his pass. "San Jacinto is
my pass through Texas!" thundered
the brave old man as he rode on.
Houston died at his home in Hunts
Vile July 26, 1863, with the name of
Texas on his lips.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24
A Dark Deed.

A Dark Deed.
AlySse-I told him he mustn't se'
me any more.
Edythe-What did he do then?
''Switched off the lights
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24
NOTICE OF SALE.

State of South Carolina, County of
Lexington. In the Court of Com
mon Pleas.
Marsh Furniture Company, Plaintiff,
We B. E. Wessinger, N. L. Wessin-
ger, A. A. Wessinger, H. B. Wessin-
ger. P E. Wessinger and c. S. Wes-
singer, as co-partners doing busi-
ness under the name and style Of
Leesville Furniture Company, De-
fendants.
BY virtue Of an execution to me
directed in the above entitled cause,
said Judgment Being dated the 2sth
day Of April, 1921 and enrolled in the
Clerk of Courts Office for Lexington
County in Judgment Roll No. 1868
for the sum of two hundred and
seven and noI1oo dollars (s207.oO
and costs, will sell at public auction
during the legal hours Of sale to the
highest bidder for cash before the
court house door in the County Of
Lexington town Of Lexington, State
Of South Carolina, on Tuesday, Sep
tember 9Th, 1921, (Monday, septem-
ber 5th, being a legal holiday the
following described property:
''The entire stock Of merchandise
and furniture in the store formerly
occupied by B. E. Wessinger, N. l..
Wessinger, A. A. Wessinger, H. B.
wessinger, P. E. Wessinger and c..
Is Wessinger, as co-partners doing
business under the name and style of
Leesville Furniture Company, in the
town Of Leesville, County and State
aforesaid, consisting Of iron and wood
bedsteads, chairs, stoves, crockery
ware, tin ware, wooden ware, water
coolers, room sets, bureaus, tables,
linoleum, rugs, brooms, buckets, pitch
ers, picture frames, hat racks, ward
robes, side-boards, household and
kitchen furniture"
The above described property being
sold as the property of B. E. Wessin-
ger, N. L. Wessinger, A. A. Wessin-
ger, H. B. Wessinger, P. E. Wessin-
ger and G.. S. Wessinger, as co-part-
ners doing business under the name
and style of Leesville Furniture Com
pany, in the town Of Leesville, County
and State aforesaid, to satisfy judg-
ment and costs in the above entitled
action.~
E. A. ROOF,
Sheriff Lexington County.
Dated at Lexington, S. c.
This 18th day Of August, 1921.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24
THE SUPERIORITY OF THE
WE'LL BRED ANIMAL

a reader asks if well bred ami
NAL will make more pounds of growth
on given amount of feed than a
scrub" He says that a neighbor
contends that scrub steer will make
as many pounds of gain on 1000
pounds Of feed as we'll .bfed beef
steer" ..
Given a scrub of good health and
vigor and a we'll bred animal of the
same good health and vigor it is
doubtful il the we'll bred animal will
make any more growth on a given
amount Of feed than a scrub, provid
ed they are of the same size to begin
with and the period of feeding is not
carried beyond the stage of maturity.
The scrub will stop putting on weight
at smaller size than the we'll bred
animal and the two animals might be
selected, the scrub of which would
make little or no gain while the we'll
bred animal would continue to make
growth. In such case, the feed
necessary to maintain the scrub at
standing weight would be mucfl
larger per cent. of the whole feed
consumed than would the mainte-
nance ration of the we'll bred animal,
to the total feed consumed. In other
words razor-back might stop grow
ing entirely at given weight, while
a we'll bred hog at the same weight
would contiue to grow heavier. In
such case the feed necessary to
maintain the weight of the razor-ba
would be lost there would be no gain
at all to show for the feed consumed.
To maintain the we'll bred pig with
out loss of weight would probably re-
quire no more feed than to maintain
the scrub at the same weight; but
for any additional feed consumed
there would be a gain in weight to
show for it, in the case of the we'll
bred pig.
The well berd animal is, therefore,
superior to the scrub, but that is not
the only point of superiority of the
we'll berd animal. He eats more and
grows more rapidly and reaches a
heavier weight in the same length of
time. In many animals he is also
superior, because he furnishes a su-
perior carcass, one in which the bone
and other waste portions are smaller
in proportion to the total weight.
In cattle, for instance,. the dairy
bred steer is in one sense scrub for
beef making, and yet the dairy bred
steer will often make as many pounds
Of growth up to near maturity on a
given amount Of feed as will the beef
bred steer. But the .beef-bred steer
will dress a larger per cent. of his
live weight and there will be less
bone, tallow or inedible material on
the carcass. There will also usually
be a larger proprtion of his dressed
carcass in the choice or higher
priced cuts. For these reasons the
we'll bred steer will sell for more
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24

ed and the proper attention given the
trees. 1 would recommend the de-
licious, Staymen's winesap and red
winesap. The delicious ripens in
September and early October; Stay
mems winesap the last of October.
and the red winesap about ten days
to two. weeks after Staymen's. All OF
these varieties keep we'll when placed
in storage.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24
THE DISPLACEMENT
money per pound live weight.

money per pound live weight.
The we'll bred animal has better
feeding qualities, reaches a heavier
weight, natures earlier, and sells for
a better price. He may or may not
make more growth on a given amount
of feed, depending on the conditions,
but he will nearly always pay a bet
ter price for the feed consumed
Progressive Farmer.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24
Dodson's Liver Tone
Killing Calomel Sale

DON'T sicken or salivate yourself or
paralyze your sensitive liver by taking
calomel which is quicksilveh Your
dealer sells each bottle of pleasant,
harmless "Dodson's Liver Tone" under
an ironclad, money-back guarantee
that it regulates the liver, stomach and
bowels better than calomel without MAX
ing you sick-l5 million bottles sold.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24
HoW'S This?

HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE VIM
do what we claim for it-cure Catarrh or
Deafness caused by Catarrh. We do not
claim to cure any other disease
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is a
liquid, taken internally, and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces Of
the system, thus reducing the ihflamma-
ton and restoring normal conditions.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24
Stacker

What was Mr.. Wadleigh's attitude
during the war?"
He cheered the soldiers and al
ways stood up when the Star Spang-
led Banner was played"
How about his check book"
That went into retirement
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24
NOTICE TO PATRONS OF
LEXINGTON SCHOOL

J. All parents Of children without
Lexington school district No. /, who
desire to send their children to the
Lexington school the coming session
must make application for admission
ito the Secretary Of the Board of Trus-
tees, Mr.. Karl F. Oswald. Over
crowded conditions make this neces-
7ary. Unless this application is made
it may not be possible to care for all
the children from out of the district.
H. y. HAMMER,
KARL F. OSWALD,
@. z. CAUGHMAN,
Poard lof Trustees.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-08-24
Muscular Music

'"Thank goodness, now the Hun has
shown himself in his true colors, our
ears are no longer shattered with the
noisy music of Richard Strauss
The speaker was Handel Booth,
secretary Of the Denver Philharmonic
Society.
II know a chap who said to his
music teacher:
Professor, I'd like to take up the
study of Strauss with you. What Will
it cost?'
Dot, mein friendt,' said the old
professor, will depend on how many
times der piano will have to be re-
built "
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
Stretching Span Of LIE.

The publication Of a monumental
work by Viscount Bryce at the ripe
age Of eighty-three should persuade
many Of US who want to feel what 1t
is like to be an octogenarian that old
age can be attained without the aid
Of thyroid glands borrowed from the
monkey, says a writer In the London
Chronicle.
One Of the secrets Of old age would
seem to be a lifetime OF intellectual
activity. and a Lions share of public
service. 1t is quite astonishing the
number Of public men living at the
present day who have passed their
eightieth birthday. Lord Claiming is
in his e~ighty-frst year; Viscount Nor
ley is eighty-three; MI. Frederic Har-
rison Is close on ninety; Sir Henry
Poland is still a vigorous letter writer,
ninety-one, while the earl Of Halsbuxy
is ninety-seven, and possibly there are
others.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
DURING VACATION DAYS

You will doubtless have an oppor-
tunity during vacation days to scat
ter seeds of kindness while on your
vacation by showing your interest in
all animal life. Interest others in this
cause of mercy. justice and kindness
to every living creature.
Protect dogs and cats from ill
treatment; give them food and water
and a comfortable place to sleep. Do
not shut out your cat at night. Cats
are apt to disturb light sleepers or
persons who are i'll.
Do not allow your dog to follow a
bicycle Or car. Many dogs are killed,
many lost and others have been made
very sick by following bicycles or cars
for long distances.
Fish should be killed as son as
taken out of the water by a sharp
blow. on. the back Of the head Such
fish eePAattarxaRds are,betser to.eat,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
MAGNOLIA CITY
(RiO Grande Bridge

Lila Stratton spent the weekend
with her mother.
Miss Jennie Wendell is down for the
summer.
Little Jack O'Neill, who was struck
by an auto last week has entirely re-
covered. The O'Neills have returned
home for a few days, after spending
an enjoyable two weeks in Wildwood.
Mr.. Stechner is visiting his father
for awhile.
Frank Ryan entertained his sister
and a friend owe the past weekend.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hahn has returned
from Pittsburgh, where she visited her
daughter, Mrs. John Rache.
Wilmont Dick spent a few days this
week and a few days of the week be-
fore in Philadelphia on business.
There has been a lot of trouble re-
Gently with the bridge. The bridge is
now undergoing repairs, and when it
is closed is has to be lacked up to
make it safe for motorists, and when
it is open to let a boat through, it has
to be let down again from the jacks.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
n RAY

H. E. Derbyshire, a retired Phila-
delphia manufacturer, who two weeks
ago had a battle with a shark while
fishing off Cape May, had the battle
of his fishing career recently with a
ray.
The ray after being hooked started
up the bay and Derbyshire, who was
fishing from his seagoing cruiser,
Cycle, had we an hours battle before
the fish, weighing over 400 pounds,
was brought alongside the cruiser.
1t took the combined efforts of the
crew to get the fish up on deck.
Walker Hand, an authority on fish
and game of all kinds, said that the
ray is seldom seen in these waters.
but they abound off the Florida coast.