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VOL 25 CH?RAW, S. C., OCTOBER 6, 1921 MANY PREMICMS OFFERED AT FAIR Growers of Floe Cattle Have Chance r to Win. PRIZES FOR HOGS * Sheep, Goat and Horse Departments Also Hare Valuable Premiums ?Pn^fiectc Good. v Columbia, Oct!1 5. Many attractive premiums are offered to growers of fine hogs in the premium list of the South Carolina state fair, which will be held October 24-28. The total of the premiums, exclusive of the premium offered members of the boys' pig club department, is well aoove the $8,000 mark, and well serve to bring to the fair some of the finest swine seen at any of the fairs. The total of the premiums offered for the Essex, open competition, is 1400. For Berkshires, open competition, $800; Poland China,-open compc. tition, $1,420; Tamworth, open com. petition, $400; Duroc Jersey, $1,435; O: L C. or Chester Whites, $650; Hampshire, open competition, $1,000. In addition to these open competition prizes, the premiums in the futurity classifications, Poland China. k total $1,020; American Duroc Jersey association, state futurity show, offers $1,500 in premiums. Many Prizes for Cattle. The prizes being offered for fine cattle are also of an attractive value. Premiums are offered for Jerseys, Guernseys, Holstein-Priesian, Ayre. shire, Red <Bolled, t)evon, Short Horn, Hereford and Aberdeen-Angus. The sheep and goat department also offers some valuable prizes as does the horse department. South Carolinians are much interw eated in cattle and swine production at the present time, the inroads of the boll weevil having served to drive home to farmers the fact that cotton must be looked to merely as a side crop for a few years at least. Interest in cattle and swine production has been growing steadily over the state during the past several years, and the indications are that the displays of ? fine stock this year will be especially iuu ana cumpjeic. Good Midway Attractions* While there will be excellent displays of fine stock and farm products at the state fair, the amusement feature has not been lost sight of, and an aggregation of 30 shows will hold sway on the midw?y. * The midway attractions will be provided by the C. A. Wartham company, an dare said to be the best that * have yet held forth at the state fair. There are m?ny riding and amusement devices in the aggregation many of which are new to this section, so that there will be no lack of wholesome fun during the fair. Some real automobile racing is promised by Secretary Efird and the horse racing too will be interesting. * Auto polo will have its inning and will likely attract much attention. The admission to the fair grounds this year will be 75 cents Instead of $1 as was the case last year and the s officials are anticipating good crowds during South Carolina's gala week. K, o * Shower for Miss SherrllL (Contributed.) The Blanche Kinsey class of the Methodist sunday school met, by invi. tation, Tuesday afternoon witn Miss k *Ora Sherrill at her home at Liberty | Hill farm. The occasion proved a surprising one in more ways than one. The * Blanche Kinsey class, of which Miss Sherrill is a member, realizing that on account of her approaching marriage, were to lose her as a member, decided to turn the occasion into on * to be long remembered and extended an invitation to the Ladies Bible cl?ss of which Mrs. Sherrill, her m mother is a member, to join with them At the appointed hour the guests drove out to Miss Sherrill's home wh^re they were met by the hostess and her mother and invited into the rooms where all joined In social conversation until the hour for the class * exercises which were opened with prayer by Mrs. G. F. Kirby. After an instrumental selection by Miss Evelyn * Smith the two classes resolved themselves into a committee of one in extending best wishes to the bride-to-be. A very humorous contest, extending suggestions as to how best to manage a husband, was indulged in which caused very much amusement. , Following which the surprise of the J afternoon was sprung on the brider elect in the presentation to her of a miscellaneous shower by members o{ both classes. Refreshments were then served after I which the guests were invited to view the bride's trousseau. After a m jst pleasant afternoon the the guests departed for their homes. Rally Day Next Sunday Mbrnlng a Presbyterian Sunday School. At the church hour 11:15 o'clocl next Sunday morning, the Presbyter ian Sunday School will observe Rail, Day. A special program has beei 1 * ' 12 -????{?! milCTIA 1 arranged luciuumg special muoiv, i?v< tations an dexercises by the children Everybody is cordially invited. The program follows: PROGRAM. 1. Song?Obey the Great Command 2. Responsive Scripture Reading. 3. Children's Song?'Jesus, Tendei Shepherd. 4. (Prayer (followed by our Lord'i Prayer in concert.) 5. "Welcome"?Wellington Stubbs. 6. Brief words of Welcome?Supt 7. Brief words, Cradle Roll?Supt 8. Children's Song?L-O-V-E, Love 9. Song'?Taking the Name of Jeuu; Christ. 10. Exercise?"Let's All be Givers' Seven little girls. 11. Song?"Doing the Will of Mj Master?Sunday School Choir. 12. Address?Pastor. Offering. 13. Recitation?"Spread the News"? Margaret Watts. 14. Song?The One I Love. 15. Exercise by 1st year Primary. 16. Exercise by 2nd year Beginners 17. "Because He Loved Us So" bj 9 girls. 18. Song?by Choir. 19. Exercise?by four boys and Supt 20. Closing Song?Take the Worlc for Jesus. MATHESON MAY LEAVE Georgia Tech President Has Flatter ing Offer. Atlanta, Oct. 4.?The board o; trusfees of the Georgia School ol Technology adjourned here late today without having taken any definite action towards retaining Dr K. G. Matheson as president. Dr. Matheson ha3 been offered the presidency of Drexel institute, Phil, adelphia, at a salary said here to be $16,500 a year, or about twice what the local post pays. It was said tonight a decision probably would be reached tomorrow when the trus. tees reconvene and meanwhile various civic bodies have joined in urg ing him to remain. Dr. Matheson, a native of Cheraw S. C., has been head of Georgia Tech since 1906. MATHESON LEAVES TECH. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 5.?Trustees ol the Georgia School of Technology meeting here toda^v, accepted the res. ignation of President K. G. Matheson effective April 1, 1922. On that date Dr. Matheson will become head of the Drexel institute of Philadelphia. Dr Matheson has been offered a salar> of $16,500 by the Drexel school, it is said, and the Tech authorities were unable to meet the offer. o Mothers Club Organized. A Mothers Club was organized ir Cheraw on Wednesday afternoon Sept. 28th at the home of Mrs. C. L Prince. Mrs. Floyd, the organizer gave a very interesting talk on the possibilities of the Club. The chiel aim of the organization is to give mothers a better idea of how to trair their children by familiarizing the mother with the mind of the child ai different ages. A five year course ol study is provided, with lectures fron time to time, which cover child life from infancy to twelve years of age The Club also includes in its worl any of the many problems which dai I ly confront mothers and hopes by co ] operation to lighten the burden inci ; dent to the rearing of children. After the plan of organization hac been outlined by Mrs. Floyd the Clul proceeded with the election of officers ! which resulted as follows: President, Mrs. J. A. Snruill; Vice ! President, Mrs. C. K. Waddill; Secre tary, Mrs. S. G. Godfrey; Correspond ( ing Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Malloy Treasurer, Mrs. C. L. Prince; Musica Director, Mrs. H. \V\ Wannamaker. The next meeting will be held thi second Friday in October at the honn of Mrs. J. L. Anderson. Touchberrj-Irby. A marriage that was a surprise ti many friends in Cheraw took plac in Columbia on Monday, Oct. 3rd. when Miss Mamie E. Touchberry, o Columbia, became the bride of Mr Frank P. Irby of Cheraw. The cere mony took place at the home of Mi Earl Britton in Coulmbia at 2:3 ; o'clock Monday afternoon." The happ; couple came to Cheraw on the north ' bound Seaboard and are for the pres ent at the home of Mr. W. D. <Pegues Mr. Irby runs the Grist Mill on Chur! ' street near the Oil Mill. Misses Olivia ahd Emily Pcgues an i Mr. Charlie Pegues of Cheraw attend ed the marriage. /A"; . =*swv-.iaHBisa&i t GRAVES IN ST. DAWS CEMETERY I CHERAW In a nunmarked grave lies the re- I k mains of Gen. J. W. Blakeney. Tho' . unmarked the exact spot is well y known as his wife who is buried bei side him has a stone to mark her S . grave. i. Gen. Blakeney was a member of th h prominent Blakeney family of this a county and practiced; law in Cheraw e as a young man., In 1885 he organiz- n I. ed a military company here and took a them to Florida in the Seminole war. n r This company served throughout the v war. We find in the Cheraw Gazette 3 of 1836 an account of a banquet given y "Captain Blakeney and his men who C have been in Florida in the Indian h . War." c After his return from Florida he d i. practiced law in Cheraw. Col. E. B. p s C. Cash was once his law partner. p General Blakeney represented this ' county in the state Senate for many R years and was a senator when he died. V r He lived in the house now occupied B by Mr. W. D. James. ti f< THEY ABE WEARING ir ' t< Indian summer Weather has re- n tarded'the wearing of fail clothes for p the past few days, and the various w horse shows being "held at Greenr wich, Mineola and BTyn Mawr are p therefore of little significance from ii a fashion standpoint?summer clothes nc many of the sports persuasion being b [ worn. li Pheasant trimmed felts, in bright ei colors are very popular. A black tl velvet, ofl-the-face hat embroidered with tiny pearl sea shells was noted on the Avenue yesterday. T Knickerbockers make a daily ap- f( pearance on lower Fifth- avenue, sev. is " eral Greenwich Villagers seemingly si I taking to the fad. si Eggplant and dahlia shades are pJ being worn. A black crepe frock with loose b< sleeves was worn, bordered to the b; > depth of about five inches with small di - bows made of cire ribbon, a similar c< ( border edging the skirt. The dress - was on draped Princess lines and on tl I the left hip was held with a filigree 8< I silver buckle. . A fad of the moment is to match ui up the hat trimmings pr entire hat w with one's hosiery?a very startling '? effect when such bright colors as si - sapphire blue and cerise are chasen. si ' A red flannel Bports coat with tl Tuxedo collar of krimmer was worn tc on the Avenue yesterday. H xvea is me coior must, uueu seen these days at smart hotels. Ret1 a.i feathers trim dark bats and red tr ' suits and dresses are worn, some o' w them, inspite of the earliness of the g' ' season being fur trimmed. * ol Lacquered quills, a rage in Parh, tl are just beginning to be worn her. 8t in conspiclous numbers. tl Taupe caracul is used to collar capes and suits being worn now. Many evening wraps worn this 8< week at the theatre have had drapei'. H collars of brocade. A bright red Spanish comb wa: 81 thrust in the coiffure of a smar P' 1 woman seated in a box at a recen ^ ' opening night. One effective three piece costume tc worn by a miss had its knee lengti *c ! cape finished with a battlement hem h: ~l to match the frock and the ermine is ? blossom wreath placed low on th 1 narrow brim of a tall crowned blac! ^ 1 velvet hat. P Often earnings matching the girdle ^ t timIi v. ? iv. 1 J?tr ma uc nuiu, iue very lung penuaiu ? 1 type noted more than any other. a' while some hoops of pearls are also c< worn. P MONTBOSE NEWS. C( : fc Mr. and Mrs. Bob Burch spent Sun- P1 day afternoon with Mr. ir.d Mrs. Wil' ton Sel'crs al } Messrs. Alfred Hudson, Clyde Kim. c< 3 ery, spent Sunday in Hartsville. Mr. Battle Morgan leaves Tuesday d' " for Greenville. b' Mr. Walter Hudson went to Hamlet, L - N. C., Tuesday on business. A > Mr. Charlie Lide went to Society 1 Hill Tuesday on business for Mon- E trose Company. N 8 Montrose school will e-ive an Ice 1* 2 Cream supper Friday night, Oct. 14th. R Everybody come. C Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Edgeworth spent Saturday and Sunday in Ruby. Misses Sallie and Viola Kimery spent o Saturday afternoon in Cheraw. e Mr. Ebbie Morgan left Sunday for C ,, Charlotte, N. C. n f Mr. J. J. Lide, of Cheraw, spent Sun- S . day at home. b r The N. Y. American League ball 0 team won on both Wednesday and s y Thursday, in the World's Series of $ - games, being played in New York $ i. with the N. Y. National League team, o 1.1 The score on both days wa3 the sam n h 3 to 0 in favor of the Yankees. r o n d Now is the time to plant Narcissus, L Hyacinths an$i Tulip bulbs. Get them at CherAw Drug Co. b 'LAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST WEEVIL 'rges Formers, to Plow Under Stalks as Soon as Cotton fs Gathered. r - ' 1 * itate, Sept. 28th. At a campaign of business men eld In Columbia a few weeks ago t. which there were persent bank. rt3, merchants and farmers, a comljttee was appointed to draft an gricultural program which would lfeet the conditions caused by the inasion of the toll weevil. This committee met in Columbia e8terday and after electing D. R. dker, chairman, and R. B. Cunningam, secretary, the committee dis-, ussed the boll weevil situation in ifferent parts of the state and the roper agricultural methods to be irrsued by the farmers. A subcommittee, consisting of D. .. Coker, chairman, W. W. Long, J. /: Gaston, R. B. Cunningham and W. Seegars, was appointed to draft le agreed on agricultural program >r the state, and to call a mass leeting not lpter than October 10. >; which the program is to be sub. lifted. At this mass meeting all roblems connected ..with the boll devil invasion may be discussedIt is intended that the agricultural rjogram adopted by the mass meetlg shall be presented to every farler in the etate at the earliest possile moment, and it is de3ired to enst the earnest cooperation of the ntire people in the state in putting lis program into effect, it was said. . I'lew Cnde* Stalks. One matcei the committee did not he entire committee agreed that it ?el could wait' for' future action, i imperative for thte fanners of the :ate to plow under every cotton alk just as soon as the cotton .is Icked. v' Experiments as the government oil weefil station at Tallulah, La., V the department of agriculture have ^finitely proven that the earlier the jtton stalks are plowed under in the ill the less boll yreevil Infestation le following year. Many times as jvere damage wa3 done in the slds where the stalks were plowed ader in November as in those that ere plowed under before October 1. Every banker, merchant, protes. ou >' man and fan i the state tould use all his influence lo see lat this work of ploNving under cot>n stalks is undertaken at the earest possible moment' and carried an nuomr fnmvi #ai? onma #o n iw uu net; ui, tut owmt iai uio re plowed and others are not, the einendous crop of boll weevils hlch will hatch out on the young rowth. jon the unplowed farms will, t course, do more or less damage to le neighboring farms where the alks have been plowed under," says le committee. Want CoTer Crops.In the upper section of'.the state >me cotton may not be gathered un1 after frost.- it is, recommended lat cover crops be put into all ich cotton at once. It has been roven that a green cover crop growig between the rows of cotton prosets from the weevils, they attmpt s hibernate in this crop, and all die >r the weevil can only exi3t when ibernating in a dry place where he , fairly well protected against cold. It developed in the discussions at ie committee meeting that where ersistent and intelligent efforts a.ve this year been used in combat, ig the boll weevil, good crops have [most imvariably been secured, exipt on the lower edge of the coa3tal lain. "The purpose of the work of this ammittee is to start a movement >r the education of the masses of eople of Scuth Carolina as to the est methods of carrying on profitble agriculture under boll weevil >nditions." it was announced. The committee which met yesteray consisted of the following mem. ers: R. C. Hamer, Columbia; W. W. ong, Clemson College; Wade Drake, nderson; J. Ross Hanahan, Char. ?. ttr r> txr jolull ; j. >> . vjuoiuu, i_juiil.au, u. n. uvall, Cheraw; Dr. W. C. Browr ewberry; R. B. Cunningham, Alsndale; B. W. Seegars, Oswego; :ichard I. Manning, Columbia; D. R. oker, Hartsville. ' o Rural Carrier Examination. . The United States Civil Eervice ommission has announced an exami. ation for the County of Chesterfield, . C., to be held at Cheraw on Octoer 22, 1921 to fill the position of rual carrier at Mt. Croghan. The salary of a rural carrier on a tandard wagon route of 24 miles is 1>800 per annum, with an additional 30 per mile per annum for each mile r fraction thereof in. sxc^ss of 24 liles. The salary qp motor routes anges from $2,450 t $2,600 per anurp-jaccording to le igth. ^ ?o , ?uy Narcissus, Hyacinth and Tulip ulbs^at Cheraw Dru? Co. ^ 8. C. PEACH GROWERS CONVENTIOX IX CHERAW, OCT 18 Knowing that the -sand hills of S. C. could grow as fine peaches as are now being raised in other territories, Dr. W. W. Long, Director of Extension work in S. C. has called a Peach Grower's Convention to be held in Cheraw, Oct. 18th in this wonderful industry. A program has been arranged which will acquaint those who attend with every phase of the Pleach growing business and anyone thinking of planting peaches or any who have lands that might be suitable for this pur. pose should not fail to come to Cheraw on October 18th. Dr. W. W. Long, Director of Extension Work in S. C., for Clemson College, cooperating with the Federal Department of Agriculture, will talk on "Why This Convention." Every farmer in the state is interested in some-crop which will take the place of cotton to some extent and Dr. Long will tell of the necessity of planting other crops. Mr. R. C. Berkman, of Macon, Ga., President of the Ga. Horticultural Society, President of Ga. Fruit Ex. change, and owner of 9000 acres of bearing peach trees In Georgia, Ten. nessee and Michigan, will tell what he knows of Commercial Peach Growing. . Mr. Burkman's father was the pioneer neach grower of Georgia having planted the first Commercial Peach Orchard in Georgia back in 1847, and so Mr. Burkm?n has been practically reared in an atmosphere of Commercial Peach Growing. He has had a long and varied experience in the business and can answer any question on the subject. Mr. J. M. McBride, Development Agent of the S. A. L. R. R., will talk on "Handling and Marketing Perishable Fruits." Mr. A. E. Shilleter, Extension Horticulturist for S. C., will speak on the "Possibility of Commercial Peach Growing in the Sand Hills." Local men will tell of what's being done in this vicinity with Peach Grow, ing on a commercial basis. There will be others here high up in the Peach Industry and Cheraw is expecting a large crowd from all over11 South Carolina. o DESTROY COTTON STALKS NOW Clemson College, Oct.3rd?THE EARLY FALL DESTRUCTION OF COTTON STALKS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SINGLE STEP IN ANY FIGHT AGAINST THE COTTON BOLL WEEVIL. So says Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist, who adds that it has been shown time and again in practice and by experiments that the most favorable conditions for the boll weevil to pass the winter sucoessfully are found in those fields in which the cotton <stalk3, together with grass weedj, fallen leaves' and other refuse are left undisturbed until nearly time to plant the following season. On such fields the greatest number of weevils will survive, and every farmer should ask himself the question, "Will I permit mv farm to be a winter hotel for the pest?" In other words, will the farmer choose to destroy the weevil this fall or have the weevil destroy his cotton riarf coacnn9 Tho oorlior tVio ctnlV^ are destroyed the fewer weevils will survive the winter. In fested fields it is common to find weevils at the rate of five thousand to twenty-five thousand per acre at the time of first frost. It is a well known fact that the weevils developing late in the fall are the one3 most likely to survive the winter, as they are not worn out by long flights and the rearing of the young as are the older weevil3. For this reason, development of weevils in late fall must be prevented as the first step in making the next cotton crop. Therefore, we should start now a cleaning campaign such as South j Carolina has never before witnessed. The boll weevil is a pest with a: -terrible amount of fight, and to meet; this situation our farmers must | develop the best fighting spirit of which they are capable. Early stalk destruction and clean farming with cover crop3, constitute the most powerful gun that can be ; used against the pest at this time, j Whatever method of cleaning is employed, dne thing is certain: THE! WEEVILS' WINTER HOTELS MUST BE DESTROYED. In the words of General Neville before Verdun, "THEY SHALL NOT PASS." Miss Evelyn Smith arrived Sunday | . from Fountainebleau, France, where she has been attending the American school of music for the past summer. Miss Smith leaves on Monday for Salem College, Winston Salem, N. C., where i > will teach music the com. ing season. It win be remembered that Miss Smith graduated at Salem | college in June. \ * .. Thev Chronicle $1.50 a year. V A FORMER CAROLINIAN CLAIMED BY DEATH Hugh H. Wilson of New York Succumbs at Baptist Hospital. Funeral Today. Hugh H. Wilson of New York, a former South Carolinian and a frequent visitor in Columbia, died at tfce Baptist hospital early yesterday morning, following an fllness of several weeks. Mr. Wilson was brought to the hospital from New York last Friday. Mr. Wilson, the second son of the late Hugh and Mary McNalr Wilson, r a .,an.n . witb uuiu ui ugu uii v^cuai Grove plantation in Lee county. His boyhood days were spent in South Carolina where his family are widely and prominently connected, being identified with the first settles in this section. He later moved to Cheraw and entering the electrical power business, married Miss Mabel Hancock, of Denver, Col., moving then to Niagara Falls, N. Y., where he was for several years the superintendent of the Ontaria Power Company. After the death of his wife four years ago, he moved to New York, becoming engaged in the machinery business there. Surviving him are his son, Hugh H. Wilsofi, Jr., of New York, his daughter, Miss Jane Wilson of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, his sister, Miss Minnie WUson* of Richmond, Va., and the following brothers; E. M. Wihon and Jerome B. Wilson, of Columbia, Ernest W. Wilson, of Ashville, E. G. Wilson of Charleston and A. P. Wilson of Brookhaven, Mass. Mr. Wilson also leaves a large number of friends both in Nfew York aud through out ^outh Carolina'' who mourn his death. Funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock this morning at Mt. Zion church, Lee county. Old Cheraw's Chapter D. A. K. Holds Meeting ? : . The Old Cheriv. 9 Chapter, T>/ A iV opened Its new season with a very delightful meeting at the home of Miss 1 Fannie Duvall on Friday P. M. Sept!13^T*' Mrs. C. L. Prince, the ne$ 'Jtegent, after graciousLv extending approp.ciita greetings, quickly disposed-of (ro?iiine business. Resolutions on^ the death of Miss Eleanor Godfrey, one of our most beloved and highly valued nfeinbers. were read and adopted by tb^'Chapter. The iiew ye^r beok3 were then presented by H^iss Fannie Duvall, chairman of the program committee. The sflbject of study for the year is "Woman Facing Forward." along the lines of citizenship and the program gives promise of being bbth interesting and instructive. During a pleasant social hour delicious refreshments in three courses were served, after which the meeting adjourned. Choral Society to Sing. Cheraw's Choral Society will sing in public for the first time on Friday night, October the 14th at the Lyric Theater. The Society has been rehearsing faithfully for the past month and is prepared to give some good singing. About thirty five of Cheraw's best singers compose the organization and those who can should hear them next week. Several good pictures will be shown and the songs will be interspersed between pictures. The Society's part of the proceeds of the show will go toward the purchase of the Chritsmas Cantata books. o Our First Women Voters. (From the Greenville Piedmont.) South Carolina women voted 150 years ago. T7> ? 1 ? M'illU in T<V, ? ftio i.lntlnn V^Tl-o mulct >? 11110 111 l uc v^iiai ivou/n and Courier cites Gregg's "History of, the Old Cheraws" as authority for the statement that four women, Rebecca Lide, Catherine Little, Sarah Booth and Elizabeth Counsel, in 1796 voted in the election for assemblyman. The member of the assembly chosen from St. David's at this election was , Col. George Gabriel Powell. ' "Does any one know of earlier women's vote than those, or does South Carolina lead in this particular as in so many other historical actions?" asks Miss Willis. This may have been the first instance of the exercise of the ballot by women in tlii3 history of South Carolina. It is probable that the four women i were permitted to vote, not because of their sex, but because they owned real proprty in their own names, as freeholders were then the only persons who could vote. o Now is the time to plant Narcissus. Hyacinths and Tulip bulbs. Get them , at Cheraw Drug Co. - IM>VT By Owen Wei^^^fi9gHMSR|^H| In Philadelphia, on OctoberzMflSH^B 1920, ^ceremony occurred which food for thought. On that day, Roose-' velt, had he bben living, would have been sixty-two. In order*not only to keep, but fittingly to.mark Roosevelt's birthday, some wise and patriotic Philadelphians made it the occasion of formally changing/the name of an important new highway. The mayor of Pbiladephia was pres- V ent. Other leading citizens were on hand. Some of them spoke. A group of school children sang^muslc befitting the occasion.' Best of all, the widow and the son of the greatest v American our generation has known1, stood there while the new highway . was renamed. Hitherto it had been called the s Northeast I Boulevard. Henceforth It will be the Roosevelt ''Boulevard. Those sfchool children who rang will remember the day In their older years But that Is by no tneans the end Of it, and this single Instance can be made the forerunner of a i widely extended national fustom, which, we practice now in but a very narrow ..... V_. I... I..... ' ?V Vlat.nf no/. nut luug ucutt, as iuqiui/ measures time, everybody who attended the'wnaming of the boUlevayd will be gone, and other school children will walk there. Only then will the new name attain' its, full value. The new name hoards some of tho strength of our past a? a tonic, for generations to come.. If we do not keep the precious drops of our hl3- x tory, our national blood will be too thin to live any future worth living. Save as a convenient label, whar value <h^s Northeast Boulevard? Roqteevelt is qttfte another matter. RooseVelt rlrigs with history. Like Washington, or Lincoln, it sets our patriotism vibrating. Not that every time a school hbild of the future walks in the Roosevelt Boulevard he will invariably thrill with American pride and feel like shouting "The Star Spangled Bapner," or "My Country, :'tlnv$f Thee,** at the top of his lungs; /."-Not- at afl! Such frequent tptrfeting into the national anthem Is not desirable; indeed, it would be most annoying. .. Bqrsibly it will be remembered by Sbqjfe of ns whq ate meals at restaurants during, .the receiit war, how tttajnkful tre wfere When' the reatau. ~'y ra'ht had ho orchestra; how glad we V were to be able to go from soun to baked appLcs without having to jump up every five or ten minutes and stand while they finished some national tune and the .food grew tepid on our plates. I happen to be writing these sentences in Boston, where the principal v shops are.to be found in Washington Street. The patriotism of probably not many who shop in that street is nourished by its immortal name; but would any of these people like to see . * the name changed from Washington , . Street to, let us say, Tenth Street or Eleventh Street, or Avenue A, or Avenue B? Would not most of them, would not all who are-genuine American^ object strongly to'this- effacing of a monument to the Father of their Country? Monuments are* of many sorts' Certain varieties of them?such as national holidays, tall columns, statuds, public buildings?shquld be-kept, and generally are kept, for .the greatest men. Next follow public parks and squares, and in this cl&'ss may be placed also highways. Highways offer an especially adaptable means to commenorate any citizen of distinction, because they are of so many dif- . ferent degrees of importance. We have given to,our greatest nigaway the name, of Lincoln. Other streets and other monuments'there are A to him, just as there are to Washington, became both men rendered services to our country so very great. It is beginning to be thus with Roosevelt. ;He neither created nor saved his country; he had no chance to perform either of these services; but ^ he lifted her very high, because by bis daily life he taught young men the full meaning of their country and the full measure of their duty to her. Thus we hoard Washington, Lincoln. Roosevelt, for the generations to come. Thus we hoard Grant, thrs Sherman, Sheridan, Webster, Marshall, Hamilton, Jefferson, Frankiin, and many others, paying them, by the varying importance of our monuments to them, the honor which we feel, more by instinct than through thinking, is due to them for their varying degrees of public service. Never let us lose sight of the two. fold reason for any monument to a distinguished fellow countryman. Its lack-ward-looking use is quite another. Looking backward, it honors the dead; loo/ng forward it hoards him for the j.ature. Be it an obelisk, % a temple, a park, or a street?whatever it be that we dedicate to the - 'H/ J Continued on Page 0 Jk