The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, February 01, 1919, Image 4
From the Manufacturers Record biggest, and broadest that can claim
When this country called some mil its attention at the present time. •
lions of its young men, and, for that) With probably more tha^ one third
matter, some almost of middle life, ■ o of the world accumulated wealth, with
give up business^ to give up home our wealth increasing, at a rate that
hnd to give up all prospects of the fu we can scarcely comprehend, with
ture and offer their lives on the battle resources for continued development
field to save the rest of us from being beyond anything known elsewhere,
overrua by German barbarism, no we can alford to assume burdens in
man who was called to the colors the maintenance of the maimed soi-
stuppeu to consider his future when diers and ct the families of these who
•died, and we can' afford to co-operate
the war was o'Ver, Nevertheless, the
country placed itself undef a moral w Itb. the soldiers in getting them
Obligation to these men and their fam .started in life again on a -ecale which
ilies to see that tWy should not-swf no other nation in the world could
fer financially by reason of their sa
crifice. . ;
We owe ft now to the men who
were called to. this great work to see
that they have every consideration
which the nation can offer in overcom
Ing the loss, of business or the loss
of health. An<|; the families of those
who died in cbmp or on the battlefield
should suer by reason of
the loss of their support. The nation
is too rich to be nigardly. Our accu
taulation of wealth should prove a
curse to us if we dp not deal with
the utmost liberality with the me>.
who were called into the army, and
with ^he families of those who died
or were permanently invalided.
The Government is proposing to
train the maimed to be self support
Ing. It. is taking the men who have
been blinded and educating them to
do certain manual labor. But among
these blinded and maimed men were
many who had never done manual la
bor. They were men of education
and -business affairs. To put them
down to the dull drudgery of making
baskets or kindred work as a mean,
of support would be a serious reflec
tion upon the honor of the American
people. The Government should give
them every opportunty for education
and for training for some work which
would keep them from idleness, no!
so much for the money which they
would make out of it, but for a cei
tain degree of independence to tha‘
kind of work «hould be made depen
dent upon it throii'*!’ failure oi
the Government to abundantly care
for him.
Every maimed soldier should be
\nade independent for life throngr
'the action of the Government. v; tho-*
•regard to how great may be the cos*
It should be given such eductions’
opportunity as he desires to fit hint
for any employment or any worl
which appeals to Mm. He should b<
taiade independent of the grind of po -
erty and enabled to live, in co nfort
The families that were' denencen
upon these permanently, invalided n
maimed men or upon those who die-'
in camp or on the battlefield shouh'
likewise be made independent by ar
income for life wluch. would at leas'
Wahle them to live in comfort. c
pension of $20 to $30 a month to a
mother or a wife of a soldier whr
died for bis. country and upon whom
he wga dependent is picayunish and
beneath the honor of the people o*
Hhis (country..
The Ineurance plan devised by th<
Treasury Department was a wise
'move, but it should not be regarded
hs in any respect whatever the fur
dutv of the Government. The may:
mum insurance of $10,000 on a so’
dier’s life will give to the benefician
ip the. way in which the Govermnen’
pays it about $u7 a month for twent*
yesrs. That helps, . but it is a ven
small sum compared with the value
of that man’s life even from the finae
cial standpoint to those dependent cp
on him. In a well ordered family
whim one member becomes permc
pently invalided the other memberr
regard if as their privilege and duty
make the sick one comfortable
Ihrocgh life. The American people
should regard themselves as a part
Of one great family, and every invar
soldier should be treated in the sat)'
way. i
The nation is very wisely plur
ning the building of highways and
the drainage of land anil seekine
turn thousands of soldiers to farm
i}fe. None of this work should he
done or even for a ’^orient consider
fld from (he standpoint being doni
by the soldiers as soldiers. If any
eft he army men want to take ur
|he outdoor life of road building and
peelanuitiqn work, they should he giv
pn the opportunity ot doing so, bu*
to consider the employment of ther-'
ass oldiers in work of this kind—:>
suggestion that has been made—
would .be absurd. ... !
* If any of these men want to en
gage in farming, whether cn declaim
ed land or on land - already in culti
vation the Government should carry
qut some great scheme for helpiu?
to finance them in the purchase of
Ipnd now under cultivation or of the
land to be- reclaimed, on a basis
where the cost from yea4 to year
would bo triflingly small. They
should be provided with comfortable
f ;r:n homes, with the necessary tools
a-d lives lock and given instruction
by expects as to how to farm to the
largest Exofit. ,. . ...
. ‘ It would be folly to put on farms
men who know nothing about agri
cultural pun/uits merely becan.&e
they want to get into country life, un
less the Government stands behind
them and through experts gives them
-the cooperation necessary to insure
success.i," ...v
Wp, tgke ft. however that a very
large proportion of these men will, de
sire to enter upon farm life. They
have seen, broad world opportunities;
their -mhals^ttve been quickened;
they been uiJ,o jgreat-
m. metyijlklaeiivitr; fncV horizon fins
been broadened, and many of these
Repple'Vftl.vent.tq do bigger things
than iBby had eyer expected to do
before they caught thia pew vision
of Irfe-gwhkh came to them amid war
ttclivuiea. ,
The. nation should regard the liana
Uhg this whole gropwiUoQ u the
Consider. These men have given from
one to two years of the vcmrlbes: of
their lives to savingu s. have
given up business, they tost op
portunitles which would hadi^ome to
them, while the rest of people
stayed at home and made money by
filling the very : places of the men
called to the war.
Is it at .ap conceivable that we
should for one moment hesitate tc
recognize our supreme duty to the re
turning soldiers and to the families
■of the soldiers who made the supre
me sacrifice and laid down their lives
for others.
Evanston, 111., Feb. 1.—Plans for
he drive by the National Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union to raise
$1,000,000 and to enlist amillionnew
members in America and Alaska
were announced today by Mrs. Freder
ck B. Perkins of Michigan, at the na
tional headquarters of the organizat
ion here.
The (’rive will open March 20 an«
mntinue until May 31. the money to
be paid by March 20, 1920. The cam
laign will mark the opening of a five
‘ear Jubilee program, at the eonclo
sion of which will be a big celebration
! n honor of the fiftieth year of the or
anizalion’s existence.
Ti e country has been divided into
en districts, eaeli of which will have
• national field representative. Eacn
state will have a financial director
vith assistants in each city and town.
“The budget will provide money for
vork always emphasized by ti e organ
nation and c^necially needed now in
he reconstruction and stabilizing per
od,” said Mrs. Perkins, who is exec •
'vc secretary of the Jubilee commit
ee and director of publicity.
The f ind will be apportioned gs to’
ows: child welfare. $150,000: healt’ 1
nd morality, $100,000; Americaniza-
i »on. *200,000; women in industry
*30,000; education and information
'50,000; world prohibition '300,000;
’ eadquarters Evanston and Washing-
‘on. $50,000; equipment and repairs
*•>0.000: oeld service' $30,000, adm nis
tration $70,000.
Miss Anna Gordon, Illinois naMor.al
•-uii’fi:*. chairman rf L3e ,h hMee
mmmittee. Mrs Ella . Boole, New
York, is vice chairman, Mrs. Frances
>arks, Illinois, director of member-
hip, and Mrs. Margaret Mnnns, Illi
nois director of the Jubilee fund. Ot.”
ir committee members are Mrs. Eliza
beth P. Anderson, North Dakota, Mrs.
Sara H. Hoge, Virginia, and. Mrs. De
borah Knox Livingston, Rhode Island
SEE-COT’S HAND IN
Native* of Rhnotan Ascribe Theli' Es- ]
• sap* From Death to Mlracuioua |
t Interposition.
By;
BAKER.
"Saved by the hand of God,” Is the
way the nine natives composing the.
crew of the 80-ton schooner Oromana j
characterize their escape from death, |
after having drifted helplessly 50 days
on one of the loneliest bits of ocean
in the seven seas. j
When the wreck of the Oromana
was towed Into Papeete harbor, Tahiti, I
one of the most remarkable voyages
knows In these waters was completed.
The vessfl, a two-masted schooner,!
owned by natives of Rimatara, an
island about 300 miles southwest of;
Tahiti, left her home port, without
egrgo, bound for the fslahd of Rurutu,
ta the same group, where she was to
undergo repairs and take cargo of
copra, fer Tahiti. ,
Two days out, she was struck by. a
storm, which carried away both her
masts and later her rudder, leaving
her a helpless derelict.
With never a glimpse of land or sail
to give a ray of hope, the Oromana
drifted for 50 days. After 15 days the
supply of food was gone. The natives
managed to catch a shark with hook
and line. This lasted them five days.
The rest of the time they had no food.
An occasional shower prevented death
from thirst.
Then the “mlraqle” happened. The
mountains of Tahiti rose slowly over
the horizon. The shifting sea current
brought them nearer and nearer until
they were finally sighted from shore
and a powerboat sent to tow them in.
They were too weak to rise to their
feet, but, after a few days ashore all
appeared to be rapidly recovering from
their experience.
The natives say the hand of God
guided their craft, for the prevailing
winds In these latitudes are from the
northwest, a" direction which would
never have brought them to Tahiti.
jumtrttftmttfiHiiiiiimiiiiiu? &
(Copyright, 1918. by McClur* Newspaper j
Syndicate.)
He was, without doubt, a very lone
some and very homesick young sol
dier; but why, he asked himself, had
he stepped forward so eagerly when
the captain had read the carefully
worded invitation to dinner “for the
lonesomest and. most homesick soldier
boy in your CtfAlfr?” Already he felt
Auction
x
depressed and irritable at the thought
strfl
One Car-load
of dining with
.SHE KNEW THE GREAT STORY
IT IS A HARD WORLD
A voMig lady presented her card at
ho hex pifice and reques ed two
»asscs for "('bin Chin.” Tm entitlec.
o them,” she explained, “because I
an a walking advertisement for (he
;how. i am wearing Chin Chin hats,
'bin Chin collars and cuffs, a Chin
IP'in suit and Chin Chin boots and
gloves.
••.-rfury, madam,” declared (he hard
'iried tic-kc. seller from the pro
tection of his cage, hul there are s|x
v walking advertisement for Chin
thin with the company. O’Dowd
Theatre, Thursday, Feb. 13.
Girl Lacked Gift of Narrative, but
Waa Able to Tell All About
Chateau Thierry.
As we crawled up a railroad track
In the vicinity of Chateau Thierry
(this was in October)—a railroad
track which seemed the only new and
complete object In sight—the Y. M. C.
A. girl, who had been sitting in the
corner of the compartment resisting
all advances at conversation, volun
teered a remark.
"Our division took It,” she said.
It turned out that she had gone In
with her canteen just behind the divi
sion, during that fight wherein Amer
ica made good. She lacked the narra
tive talent, that girl, but she came out
at intervals with flashes like this:
“When our boys came up the strag
glers said to them: ‘You can’t stay In
there!* Ahd our boys said: ‘We’ll
pot only stay there, but we’re going
forward.' When the stragglers saw
that, they formed, too, and went back
with them.”
Or this, as we drew Into sight of a
road bordered by blackened ruins:
“There’s where our divisions came
Into sight, singing, ‘The Yanks Are Com
ing,”’—Will Irwin In the Saturday
Evening Post
With '^frangprs. The party j
would probaolyconsist of giggling J
girts, he told himself bitterly. How- ,
ever, here he was, and evidently near
ing his de^tinatlotl.
“Will you let me off at Van Dyke
street, please?” he said to the con-
dnctor.. ' ,
"Get off at Arbuckle. Van Dyke’s
at the top of thq hill,” replied the con
ductor.
“Top of the hill,” thought the boy.
"Good heavens, and It Is beginning to
snow, too! Back to camp for me be
fore It Is too late!”
“Arbuckle! Arbuckle!” roared the
ronductor, and Stanley G , like a
HORSES
No Longer in Evidence.
Two Jews wejre on a journey on p
hot summer day. “Have you anything
with you, Matthias?” asked one.
“Yes,, a bottle of wine. AVhat have
you, Moses?”
"A dry tongue.”
“Good! Well! divide our provisions.’
‘ 'Maftiiias produced his wine and It
was divided. Then he asked his fellow
traveler to bring out his provisions.
“I?” said Moses.,
“Why, yes, the dry tongue you said
you had.”
‘T haven’t got one now,” was the
cool reply.—Boston Evening Tran
script.
Pretty Polly.
Tolly, want a cracker?”
,, “Why, yes,” answered Poll ns she
plumed her plumage and neatly
brushed out her cage with her port-
side wing. “Now that the war is won
and the necessity for food conserva
tion has been reduced to a certain de
gree, I feel that I may indulge In my
favorite dtsh without serious damage
to my conscience.”
Arid the wealthy munitions worker
who overheard the remark bought her
on the apot for $1,000 cash, saying
that she should be surrounded with
luxuries for the rest of her days, yea
though she lived to be as old as the
mother-in-law Joke.
Note—Gentle readers who look for
a moral to this particular piece of
patriotic persiflage will please try to
bear up under the disappointment.
There ain’t none.—Indianapolis Star.
Cleared the Floor.
.One of the inspecting days, as the
officer was going his rounds, inspect
ing the barracks, he discovered, against
the rules, a number of suitcases on the
floor in various places. He told the
boys that on Ids next rouuils he didn’t
want to see a single one on the floor.
S* when he came again he was much
pleased to see the room in order, but
as he was about to leave he glanced up
at the celling and. there were the suit
cases tied to the rafters. He thought
It pretty good and called a passing
officer to see It. As he was in good
humor It passed as a joke.
Matter of Patches.
Seven-year-old James and his moth
er" were visiting the latter’s spinster
aunts. As was their custom these
maiden ladies showed their visitors
their vast supply ot home-pieced
quilts. “This is the first four-patch
Jane ever made,” announced one
proudly, displaying a quilt whose
blocks were made up of four square
pieces.
“And this Is Mary’s nine-patch,” ex
plained Jane. “She made it when she
was only seven years old.”
The third quilt was an embroidered
silk one, made of myriads of tiny ir
regular pieces—the gifts of friends
and the remnants from ancient wed
ding and reception clothes. James
stared at it a few minutes and then
he turned to his mother. “Is this one
an all-patch?” be asked.
Model Boy.
Little. Edgar had been posing for
some students at an art school. When
evening camg, .and the portrait was
not yet finished, the instructor cau
tioned hi ip, not to, change bis clothing
lest he ruin the etyor scheme of the
picture, Two ^eeks of updtsturbed
ralt Was
state,
when the Ipststfetor received from the'
little model’s mother the following let
ter: “Piease, aft, eftn’t you hurry up
that there picture yop’re making? Ed
gar’s underwear needs changlng.”
Oartoons
picture, «*•
palntlpg pna*fl£ antt the port r
at nearfck ft*., perfected sti
the Ipstrtfetor received from
Round Trip.
Aunt Mary Wells Is one of the few
“befo‘ de wah” darkles left In a little
Kfatuifity town. Becently she was dis-
cu sing with her employer the merry-
go-round that was runnhig up on the
corner.
“Nawsuh, Mr. Malcolm,” she srfld,
ftunwsuh', I don’ ride on none o’ dem
■ things. Why, Mr. Malcolm, I’ve seen
rtune o’ these here fool niggers git on
that thing and ride as much as a dol
lar's worth, and git off at the very
same place they gits on at; an’ I sez
to ’em, ^fow yon spent yo’ money, nig
ger, wbah yo’ been?”—Saturday Eve
ning Post
beaten animal, slunk from the warm
car Into the driving snow.
“Ah, my boy," called a cordial voice,
*T was afraid you weren’t coming,” I
and to Stanley’s amazement, a luxur- \
lous limousine rolled to his side, the
door snapped open, and he found his | t
hand being vigorously shaken by a | V
very portly and very likable gentle- <*►
man. “Drive like mad, James," called ^
the gentleman, “or that roast won’t, $
be fit to eat.” I V
“Glory be,” wondered Stanley, “am I,
Cinderella?” j A
He became firmly convinced that his | X
fairy godmother had at last reriiem-1
bered his existence, for all through the 1 ^
wonderful evening that followed gifts A
from Paradise seemed to be shower-1 i
ing upon him. The dinner was not to ! ♦
be passed by lightly, but he was never j
quite sure what he’d eaten, for di-1 X
rectly opposite him a vision in pink ! X
dimpled and smiled, and he caught J 4
fleeting glimpses of wonderful dark J
eyes, eyes which he had never be-: «£♦
lieved existed outside of books. I X
After dinner the vision, Miss Mar-' £
jorie by name, played wonderful, j ^
dreamy music. Stanley was quite sure
that lie saw the portly gentleman kiss X
his slim little wife when Marjorie J
played an old love song. He had a ' V
very pleasant feeling of belonging in <£♦
this happy, intimate little family clr- X
de, and Wonderful visions unfolded 1
themselves before him. The voice of ♦
his host recalled him from the build-1
ing of his air castles. ! X
“Our boy is in France, you know,” X
the older man was saying, “and we ^
would like to think that over there an-V
other family Is taking a lonely lad into .
their home tonight.” ! X
“I hope so, sir,” replied Stanley,!
earnestly, “and I assure you that my !
own mother nud father will thank you j
from the bottom of their hearts for j
your kind hospitality to me. I hnd a
pretty gpe case of the blues this after
noon,” he, laughed. It was easy to
laugh when the most beautiful girl in
the world was smiling at one In such
a friendly foshi&p.
All too soon the clock struck 10 and
Stanley rose to depart. “At least Cin
derella had until midnight,” thought
the hoy, enviously. But it was time
for him to say good night to the kind
people who had taken him, a stranger,
into their home and treated him like
a son and brother. Brother? Well,
not If he knew,It! '
He could hardly be blamed if, when
he said good night to Marjorie, he
held her hand a hit more closely and
a bit longer than convention de
manded. ,
“I do hopo that you will come
again,” said the girl, shyly, and Stan
ley, drawing a long breath, exclaimed:
“You just bet I will, and beginning to
night my fairy godmother has a place
in my prayers.”
Marjorie lookecl slightly puzzled, hut
the arrival of the motor prevented far
ther conversation. As she turned
away from the door, a dark object ly
ing on the floor caught her attention.
It was a glove, a man’s glove, and she
picked if up. “I will send It to him
tomorrow,” she thought, calmly; then
tosfed It upon the table and ran up
stairs, furious to find that her cheeks
were burning and her heart thumping
strangely.
The morning’s mail brought the fol
lowing letter:
“My Dear Fairy Princess—Cinderell
(Is that the masculine form of Cin
derella?) has lost his glove. His fairy
godmother informs him that it may be
found at the palace of a certain prin
cess. Reversing the old tradition, may
Cinderell come in search of his lost
hand—not foot—covering?”
It Is almost needless to add that the
Answer of the Princess Marjorie was)
“yes,” to the letter, and also to the
question that not long after was asked
In the fragrant dimness of the con
servatory.
“And shall we ride off on our honey
moon In a pumpkin, ray princess?” ;
askejl Stanley with a Simile.
“Iq, a shoe box. if you like,” said
Marjiorie. “In anything, dearest, so,
long as we go together.’’
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MULES
ALL SOUND SIGH GfilUEII INSPECTED
These horses and mules are dimatized and ready for work.
Sale will be held on old Methodist Church lot, corner Dargan and
Cheves Streets
'February
AT 12 O’CLOCK
Can be seen at Pee Dee Fair Grounds Friday p. m. or Saturday morn-
1 A few good saddle horse included in this lot.
mg.
TEB: W-HttF fit |«E 18 31, i 10 90 DtYS
Robert R. Greene
Florence Lodge
Loyal Order of
MOOSE
Protects the
Whole Family
The I>oyal Order Moose founded ai
Louisville, Ky., April 12th, 188S, has
nearly two thousand subordinate
lodges, nine hundred thousand mem
bers and is the fastest growing bene-
ciary order in the world today.
Eac lodge pays weekly sick and ac
cident also death benefits; privileges
of Moose Clubs, cildren of deceased
members educated and cared for at
our children’s home and school at
Moooeheart, 111., given and dedicated
to the order by Hon Thomas II. Mar
shall, Vice resident.
Dues $1.00 per mont. No assess
ments, non sectarian, non partisan.
Ages 21 to 50.
By special dispensation, the mem
bership fee for a short time longer,
is only $6.00. Af’er charter doses
$25.00. Send in your application now
and save $19.00.
Meetings every Tuesday night in
Masonic Hall. Drop in my office and
let talk it, over,
G. H. Hopkins, Deputy,
Rooms 6 and 8 Williamson Building.
M. R. Vickers
, District. Supervisor
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Garden Seed
Now is the time
This is the place.
Shipment just received
BUISTS Prize Medal Seed
in bulk.
I). M. FERRY’S Seeds in
packages. Get them at
ZEIGLER’S
t HISTORY OF THE BAKING INDUSTRY %
From the Ronr.n age down through the Dark and Middle Ages
and on through the colonial period there were many improvements
11 at are worthy of inonltoning, but noiwiihstandir.S, all that was
done the principle of hand production remained the same until
the advent of steem newer machinery in i!
to
p«:
jO V, Mitt r •: r
nineteenth cen‘or;-,
tem, compelling th;
in large centrull.
ish landlord of t' :U
milling from V.’k'.a 1 :
baker
rems
early part of the
old Landlord Oven Sys
was cor
About 900 A. 1). the
peasants to m l! his grain at home and bake
ated ovens, owned and controlled by the se'f-
day. bt ought about tec first separation f
From that time on the business of the
ku.d in that of kneading and baking and became
-b
Balkan Settlement.
The first barbarians to settle per
ronnently In the Balkan peninsula
werfc tbe Bfulgars, a Finnish pshple, ‘
whose hnn\e was the middle Volga dls-,
trJctH. The Slavs are said to have be- Mg* « i. ' ■’•««•'
gun to pour into tills region as early KilttfMgTOfr}!! J |?W|S ,
as the third century, but they were
not established until some time NeSmith-PoWCll Co., IllC
Bu ' 8 — 1 30-38 Front St
industrial, whil" the milling, or grinding of grain, became more
allied with agriculture. The Guild System, which in some conn
tries as early as the eleventh century, is the first mention of or-
ganization in convwtion with the bread baking industry. While
tiie Guile! System wan used in all trades, yet the Bakers’ Guild be
came a very important trade organization and served to helo the
halting industry for nearly four hundred years, until its political
activities caused it to fall of its own weight about the middle of
the seventeenth century.
V THE BOYD RUSS BAKERY