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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
Growing Your Own Cats"

At this time prospects are favor
able for good crops in the Southwest
and fairly good prices seem certain.
Yet, no n can foretell the future
with any degree of certainty, and
in these days of unrest, not only in
Europe, but in u own land, it will
be good business policy for every
farmer to make sure that he has
stored away in his pantry, cellar and
storehouse, an abundance of food for
his own family and for his livestock.
When strikes occur and factories
shut down, the factory worker has
about one week between his last pay
day and hunger for himself and his
family. Hard times are always. more
severely felt in the city than on the
rightly conducted farm. No farmer
has any excuse for going hungry.
He may not always be able to pur-
chase the fancy trimmings of a ban
quet table, but if he farms right
if he is capable and intelligent e.
nough to be a farmer-he will have
a spring and fall garden; he will
have poultry and eggs; milk and but
ter, canned fruits and vegetables
and other things to eat. Strikes, low
prices, political disturbances and
business depression may cause him
a loss in money. He may be pressed
to meet his interest payments and
may be bothered in any other ways,
but just as long as he can stay on
the land, he should be able to supply
his own table with substantial food.
In this he is better off than the man
in town who must almost quit eating
or depend upon charity as soon as
he loses his job.
It will soon be time to put in the
fall garden. Why not make ready for
it at once? Make your garden worth
while. Insure yourself against hun
ger. Store your feedstuffs for your
livestock. Be in a position to be in
d~ependent of strikers and political
disturbers.
Grow your own "eats. "-Farm and
Ranch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
SCORE ONE MORE FOR NAVY
Damaged Replica Of Old Vessel, Il
Is Believed, Can Be Repaired
by Sailors.

Percy G. Madeira, Philadelphia coal
magpate, has Joined the ranks Of those
who have taken up the fad of collect
ing ship models. Madeira's experience
with the first model he bought, a
replica of the American clipper ship
Southern Cross, was an interesting
one, according to the New York Sun.
THIS miniature ship, 80 inches long,
the coal operator obtained recently
through an agent at Nantucket, who
considered the purchaser lucky in
getting a genuine model at a reason.
able figure.
The model, with all masts and other
gpars in place and with rigging.
blocks, boats, ETC., as they should be,
was a handsome picture when it was
packed for shipment at Nantucket.
But when the fragile model reached
Madeira's home II came out Of the
packing case nearly wrecked. 1t had
been poorly packed and roughly han
died on the trip. Madeira looked at
the mass of broken spars and wreckage
and said things about the packer and
also the agent at Nantucket. He fig.
ured the model little better than
matchwood and that it never could be
repaired.
He %reckoned, however, without the
United States navy. BE happened to
tell his troubles to a naval officer sta
toned at League island and soon
afterward the officer rang the coal
magnate up and said he thought ne
had a man who could repair the
wreck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09

honor of DR.. johnson. These songs,
sung to catchy tunes, were led by
Homer Rodeheaver, who was the au.
thor of the verses. They went some.
thing like this:
".Anybody here seen Johnson
JOHNSON?
Anybody here seen johnson, John.
son of the sunny smile?
His eyes are blue and his hair is thin
But we all want him back again,
Anybody here seen Johnson, John.
son Of the sunny smile?
"Another one was:
"sWhat's the matter with Johnson!
He's all right!
He's on his way to gay Paree
The beautiful ladies for to see,
What's the matter with Johnson?
He's all right!
He's going abroad but his wife OBJ.
jects,
So he'll have to put on his dark blue
specs,
What's the matter with Johnson?
He's all rightp
Several more of these jingles
were given, and vigorously applaud
ed, when a serious note was struck
and Mr.. Rodeheaver began 'Blest Be
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
State Facing Fuel Famine.

Columbia, Aug. 3,-South Caro-
lima faces a fuel famine, with hardly
enough coal on hand to meet the de-
mands of industry for mor than ten
days or two weeks. So stated Frank
w. Shealy, chairman of the South
Carolina Railroad commission today.
"We are being flooded with appli-
cations for permit to receive COAL"
Mr.. Shealy stated, "and we are doing
the best we can by all consumers,
but it looks like a shut down for
many of the industries of the state
within the next two weeks"
Mr.. Shealy stated that the brick
manufacturers seem to be in most
need now, and the railroad commits
sion is endeavoring to supply at least
rs per cent. of the demand, espe-
cially for those who are supplying
bricks for hospitals and other pub
lie buildings which serve the public.
One large mandatory in Column
bia, using cotton in it's production,
has arranged to cut its consumption
of coal to one car load a week, Mr.
Shealy stated, and it is possible that
this will assist it in meeting the sit
~uation.
MI. Shealy stated that he regards
the situation as serious. The next
few days will see it acute and the
next two weeks will see many plants
shut down throughout the state, he
says.
The cotton mills Of the state are
not seriously effected by the situa-
ton, Mr.. Shealy stated, and they
will hardly have to close down. Most
Of them operate on h~ydro-slectric
power.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
NEGROES Move to tho Cities.

The negro urban population OF the
United States Is now, in round mum
bers, about 3,5OO.OOO, and even more
when towns and villages Of less than
$500 inhabitants are included; that
Is. one-thlrd Of the negroes Of the
United States are nov living in vii
lagos, towns and cities. The larger
part of the Increase In negro urbar
population has been due to migration
In the last five years some 100000 ne
groes have moved from rural districts
into the towns and cities. A large pro
portion, therefore, Of the negro popula
ton. is new to city conditlons.-Soutn
'ern Workmen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
Bootlegging Business is Fast
Fading Away.

Washington, Aug. 3,-The boot
Ilegging industry is sinking by the
[head.
That may surprise you but it is
the statement of Prohibition Direct
or Haynes.
"Without a market bootleggers
must STOP" Haynes says. "Their
market already has been largely cur
tailed by cutting off sources Of real
whiskey. The only good whiskey now
coming into the United States is
through smugglers. But we have
clipped the wings of the leading
smuggling rings. By our methods we
have made it unattractive for others
to start the game"
Red liquor has been well controll-
ed by the governments restrictive
program, Haynes asserted. He claim
ed that very little of the whiskey
now Withdrawn on legal permits is
being diverted to illegitimate uses.
Commissioner Haynes knows that
liquor still v e the smuggling
routes, but he holds that the volume
is negligible and asserts that on that
score it can not be contended that
the liquor thirst is being quenched
in any considerable degree.
The smuggling source has supplied
practically all the high grade liquor
(which has been offered by bootleg
gers" the Commissioner said:
Will Check Smuggling.
eve hope to work out a plan of
cc-operation with foreign govern
ments to check this influx Of for
eign liquor. The problem has been
particularly troublesome. We are
how overcoming some of the earlier
obstacles to this phase of enforce
ment.
"We have successfully met the
problem Of illicit Withdrawals of
real whiskey from American ware
houses and the illicit diversions of
alcohol through commercial chan
nels. We are confident that snug
Cling within a short period will cease
to be one of our problems"
Prohibition officials have made a
careful study of the smugglers' own
charts. They know their sailing
routes. They are acquainted with
some of the leading smugglers thru
their sunder cover men," They are
wise to plans tostart cargoes on
their way to thirsty America, and at
once take steps to receive the ship
pers when they land or even before
they have had a chance to reach
shore with their precious load.
The government keeps a staff of
men busy at certain ports abroad,
in Canada and the BAHIA
mas and Mexico, watching vessels
that are destined to the United
States. At many foreign ports they
have established close working a.
greements with officials Of other
government. Closer tab is also kept
now at American ports and upon
land routes leading into the country.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
One-tenth Developed.

One-tenth Developed.
In an address before the North
Carolina Press Association last week,
David Clark Of Charlotte cited these
facts:
"There are in the world today APP
proximately 150,ooo,oOo cotton spin
dies and Of that number only 49,
OOO, 900 or slightly over 10 per cent
are located in the South.
"We are entitled to a larger per
cent of the spindles Of the world and
have advantages that can not be de-
MED.
"The New England cotton mills
have their backs to the wall in a
fight for their existence but they
can not overcome the difference in
the cost of living of the mill opera
tives or get away from the fact that
wages bear a relation to the cost of
living.
"New England operatives pay
rents of SIS to 81 per week al COM
pared to s1.0O and s1.25 per week
in the South and their annual
fuel cost is $4,000 per year as COM
pared with $3.50 for Southern op-
eratives. New England operatives
have to buy more and heavier cloth
ing and to buy the vegetables which
the southern operative gets from his
garden.
"I estimate the southern operative
has an advantage of $3.50 per week
which means that if the southern OPP
~erative gets $500 per week he can
live as well as the New England op-
erative who gets $3.50 per week.
eff the New England mills estab-
lish the same wage scale their oper-
atives will not receive enough to
cover their living cost whereas if
they pay the operatives enough to
allow them to live upon the same
scale as southern operatives, they
cannot compete with southern made
goods"
This is an Illuminating explana-
ton of the reason why textile man.
ufacturing is forecasted to center
in the South. Besides the advantages
in the cost of living to operatives
there are numerous other savings eff
fected to the manufacturers in such
items as transportation, fuel and wa
terpower. But the comparison Mr..
Clark makes, of the number of spin
dies we have as compared to the
number in the world emphasizes that
we have not yet realized the posi-
bilities before us. Situated in the lar
|gest cotton growing region in the
world there is no cas- why a ma
jority of all cotton goods should not
be manufactured here in the South.
Only a lack of vision or poor manip-
ulation will fail us of realizing such
a goal.
1t becomes evident upon digesting
a situation of this kind that we must
take care not to makelegislation
such that manufacturing plants will
fail to locate in the South. This the
only factor that may keep them "a
way for every other condition is dis
tinctly favorable. Hostile laws may
do positive danger to the textile de-
velopment in the South Carolina and
other states. If we do not they will
go somewhere else and thrive in
spite of an untoward climate and un-
satisfactory labor Greenvil1e
News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
Ono Place Il WouIdnr Go.

"Dlshere talk about cancellation Of
debts" said Uncle Eben, may be all
righs N>f the big transactions, but
wouldn't like 20 see anybody try b
start II in q crap game"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
on,v Ole "BRoMo oUlNlNE"

m oct the genuine, call for full name. LAxA.
five BROMO QUININE. Look for signature OF
6. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold In One Day. Stops
cough and headache. aud works Oh cold. IS
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09

-.
ton, and each one was liberal with
promises Of better government. Even
though some of the promises made
might be deemed extravaganza, would
it not be reasonable to expect our,
newly nominated candidates who are
sure Of election, to make an earnest;
effort to not only remember some of
the things they said during the cam
paign, but to carry out their pre-
election good intentions to the best
of their ability.
If it were possible to secure even
SO per cent as good a government
as has been promised the people dur
ing the past few months, our new
office holders will be deserving Of a
life tenure.-Farm and Ranch.
I'm xuNEsx MiEna, .snse rnHocsnv
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09

the Tie That Binds in which ali
joined. And then it was time to bid
DR.. johnson bon voyage after a
most delightful afternoon.
"Carrie MIC. Patrick.
winthrop College, July 49,"
New Britain herald., 1922-12-29

T loaned them to q man last week." said Battles.
 Up 10 this time the negro had not been searched. but now the detectives seized him and turned his pockets 'in- side out.
 And in one pocket they found the gloves. with one fastener gone. Then Burns drew from hts pocket the fast encr that had been found in the ccl- lar. He fitted 1t Into the glove found on Battles.
 T did it! killed her. killed her and put her body into the coset!" the negro said instantly.
 The negro said he began to quarrel with Mrs Brigham because when a money order had vanished while he was in the house she insinuated he was dishonest. He struck her. he ad ' mitted. and forced her to her knees. choking her as she went down. Af- ter Mrs. Brigham stopped struggling he tied a clothesline around her neck and dragged her body across the cell lar floor and propped 1t against the wall. Then he started up the stairs, but noticed that the body looked very prominent sitting where he had left
New Britain herald., 1922-12-29
Waterbury Reservoir Landmark for
 Rum-C Carrying Planes From Canada

held him up. With laugh, the two men asked him If he wanted to look into the body of the plane. and gazed upon one of the richest cargoes of whiskey that he hns ever seen.
 The Waterbury Reservoir
 The aviators. becoming loquacious told him that they had come from Canada and were headed for Pitts burgh. Pa, with load of liquid cheer. They said that the Waterbur, reservoir was one of the points mark. ed on the route charts for the guid. ance Af all aviators passing over the land. They said that they were ir a hurry to get off. and enjoining the man to secrecy. they climbed into the plane and with a parting wave, were away and soon lost to sight
 Many Planes Seen
 Of late, there have been a number of aeroplanes seen sailing over tht town in the direction of the Water bury reservoir, and the townsfoll have come to the conclusion now tha a fleet of rum carrying machines arr making daily journeys overhead from Canada to points south and west
New Britain herald., 1922-12-29
NEGRO, l9, ADMITS
 STRANGL|NG WOMAN
Played With Victims Children
 After Murder

New York. Dec. ss.--It was the patent fastener of n gray kid glove, and the story told by little girl, that drew from William E. Battles, n nineteen -year-od negro, confes- sion that he had strangled Mrs. Charles r. Brigham Wednesday after noon and hidden her body In closet In the cellar of her home at 26b Fuller terrace. Orange. N. J. He de- nied. however, that he had attacked her.
 John o. Bigelow, county prosecutor of Essex county. had already ar- ranged with Judge Fred G. Stickel to present the case to the grand jury as soon as the case had been completed against the negro. One hour after the confession had been signed in the headquarters of the Orange police the grand jurors had the case, and after eleven minutes handed down an in. dictment charging the negro with firs degree murder. Judge Stickel an nounced that Battles would be ar raigned in Newark this morning at 1( o'clock to plead, and next Thursda! has been set for the trial.
 Father Also Held. | Battles' father. James H. Battles who lived with his son at 500 Madi son street, Orange, is still under ar rest as a material witness, ,althougl 1t is believed the police have no evi
New Britain herald., 1922-12-29
Machine Comes to Earth on Southington Farm and Airmen Explain How They Lay Course.
Especial to The Hsraid) |.


 southington. Dec. %. - Evidence that tho Waterbury reservoir near this town Is one of the important points being used on the route charts furnished to drumming aviators from Canada, has como to light. S Word has been received here that m airplane after manouvering around for time recently. finally landed on farm in Flanders.
 Faces Drawn Guns
 The proprietor of the farm. never having had close view of plane and thinking that an accident might { have happened. hurried out from the house. When he had approached to within so feet of the plane, he was startled almost out of his senses to have two men confront him with lev eled pistols and demand to know what he wanted.
 Sees Cargo of Liquor
 After assurances had been giver that he was not sheriff, revenue man or constable. the aviators asked him where the Waterbury reservoi, lay He obligingly pointed out the way, but his curiosity getting the bet. ter of him, he asked why they had
New Britain herald., 1922-12-29
ADVERTISING OYSTERS

London, Dec. 29.-England this fall had an exceptionally large harvest of oysters. so much so that there was fear the public would not consume . all. So the oystermongers of Col chester started national advertising campaign which in three weeks cleared their shelves and left the pub lie still clamoring for more.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-29

dence against him or hls case would have also been presented to the grand jury. Both the father and the son have criminal records, according to the New Jersey authorities, the elder negro having been arrested in Morris town in 1907 for beating and trying 10 attack n woman. He was sent to prison for twenty years. but was par- doncd about a year ago. Ills victim was insane for a long time. but event. ually recovered. The son has been arrested three times since 1918 for robbery and attempted robbery
 The police arrested the younger Battles because Virginia the seven year-old daughter. told them that he had been working about the house, T missed my mother and l asked the man where she was" said Virginia. "He told me she had gone to Store to buy some bread, but. when sbe did not come back for long time, tele- phoned my papa and told him my mother was gone and that me ana Robert and Margaret wanted her to come home"
 ' The body of the little girls mother lay damned in the closet during the timc she was talking to the young negro And she not only talked to him: she sat on the floor and showed him her Christmas presents, and had him light one of the Christmas trees that each of the three children, il with measles. had by his and hei bed.
 Gross Questioned.
 The fastener on the gray gloves wa. found by the detectives not far from the body of the dead woman. abou the same time that they found hnge' prints on the door of the closet Fo hour after hour Captain Godfrey ant Detectives Burns and Cronen ques toned the young negro and flnall'
 Burns casually asked:
 "what became of those gray glove
 you had?" M
New Britain herald., 1922-12-29
pEEKsKn4L GETS isc GAS CUr

Peekskill. Dec. 2s.--A reduction Of IS cents per 1000 feet of gas has been ordered for gas consumers here by the public service commission. The new rate is Sl.5o. The service chAree of so cents month for the use Of 2 meter remains. making the cost Qf the first 1000 feet of gas In Peek- skill and its suburbs s2.1o.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-29

Iit. so he went back and showed 1t
 into the preserve closet. Then he lock-
 ed the door and went up the stairs and into the room where Virginia sat playing with her presents. The police learned from MT. Brig ham that both Battles and his father had been employed at the Brigham house. the elder as furnace man and the son as general laborer. They had been working there for several months and the Brighams trusted them. None of the Brighams knew that he was on probation for robbery and they did not know that the elder negro had been arrested and convict ed of crime similar to the one Of Wednesday.
 The Brighams came to Orange about six months ago from oil City.
 Pa. MT. Brigham is general sales manager of the Charles R. Debevoise Brassiere Manufacturing company of New York.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-29
[;S%zslZJ
 BAKING

who "kicked' on weight. Al theoe women think am cheating them ln weight" said Horn. who added hee he did not remember having kick4d Mrs. Augusta Whcaian. He was nnea $20 and costs.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-29

KICKS WOMEN PACKERS"
 Chicago. Dec. 29,-James Horn. a butcher, has been fined twice within a week for kicking women customers
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-09-08
HAzAZTxX EAYE. caulrylg eMhor4/AH 5erucc

Yosemite valley, higH waterfalls, three groves of
big trees. {
Gen Grant, California, four square
miles; big trees.
lS99-Mount Rainier, Washington, 324 square
miles; Mount Rainier with forty-eight square miles
Of glaciers.
19O2-Crater Lake, Oregon, 90 square miles;
lake in crater of extinct volcano, with sides 1000
feet high.
10O3-Wind Cave, South Dakota, seventeen
square miles; cavern with many miles of galleries
and chambers.
1904-Platt, Oklahoma, SIS acres; medicinal
springs.
19O4-Sullys Hill, North Dakota, $50 acres; wild
animal preserve.
19OG-Mes Verde, Colorado, II square miles,
prehistoric cliff dwellings.
Montana, 1884 square miles;
mountains, lakes and glaciers.
1915-Rocky Mountain, Colorado, 397 square
miles, heart Of the Rockies, Continental Divide.
peaks up to 14,255 feet.
191G-Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, 11S square
miles, three famous volcanoes on two islands, trop-
zeal scenery.
~1916-Lassen Volcanic, California, 124 square
miles; only active volcano in United States proper,
other volcanic exhibits.
1917-NIount Mckinley, Alaska, 900 square
miles; highest mountain in North America co. 300
feet), great wild animal preserve; not yet acces-
sible.
lclt-bIdllu ,dHybu, ATIZOlld, JOO square miles
gorge Of the Colorado river.
1919-Lafayette Maine, 5000 acres; croup OF
mountains on Isle of Mount Desert.
1919-Zion, Utah, 120 square miles; gorge of the
Rio Virgin.
Many volumes could be filled with photocronhs
of first-class scenery in these national parks. The
photographs reproduced herewith were selected
for these reasons: Yellowstone is the oldest. larp.
est and best known Of our national parks. Rocky;
Mountain is the most popular. Grand Canyon Isl
the greatest natural wonder in the world. Lafay-s
cite is the only national park east of the Missis-
sippi. Zion is the newest of our nineteen. The
remaining picture, a scene on the way to Rocky
Mountain, is typical Of the American people at
play in the national parks.
The visitors TO the national parks in 1921 mum.
bered 1907 $50 the private automobiles numbered
175,S25. Rocky Mountain led with 273, 1877 visi.
tors and 81, 43S automobiles. Hot Springs was sec.
ond with 3 O,96S visitors. Yosemite was third with
with 91.513 visitors and 1891 cars. Yellowstone
had S1,651 visitors and 10, 1876 cars.
Appropriations in 1921 were $1,031 ,549 and reye-
nues We're SCOOPS. Eventually the national parks
will be practically self-supporting.
The act of 1916 creating the national park serv-
ice, q bureau of the Interior department. sets forth
that The fundamental purpose OF the national
pari1 is 'to conserve the scenery and the natural
and historic objects and the wild life therein and