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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5,1912. Established 1891.
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS 4
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the J(
? County and Elsewhere. tt
Ehrhardt Etchings. sc
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Ehrhardt, Dec. 2.?Had about a is
3-inch snow last week, Thursday ce
morning, but the sun's rays soon
melted same. gi
Court in Walterboro took some of in
, our men from town as witnesses. to
The carnival has arrived in town in
and its a big apparatus for a small hi
place like this. They will take off nt
some of our needed cash.
Raining to-day, expect more cold
1 after this rain.
Some remnants of cotton being
baled this morning, not an abund- su
ance of these. da
Mrs. F. H. Copeland. who has been of
in the Columbia hospital, returned to E<
* K her home on yesterday. Hope the ov
will or? AVnDPf- ntr
U <3. H U11 will UCU^IH. utl CWJ V- >- V 0>y
ed. of
Mr. Walter Kinard has commenced fie
his residence. Frame is up and work
going on. Lumber ready or prepar- tii
ing for others to be erected in the is
* near future. JEE. in
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Ehrhardt News.
* * The Progressive American Carni- 92
val has struck town, and now woe be
unto us for the next week. Bi
Mrs. E. H. Robertson, of Charles- na
ton, and little son, Edward, are visit- 92
ing the former's mother and brother,
Mrs. Henderson and A. F. Header- 3^
t son. Also Mr. C. G. Henderson, of gj
Columbia, Tenn., brother of Mr. A. 91
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.p. nsDacrsuu, u<ts uccu un a,
visit to the same home. H
Dr. N. B. Ketron, of Cornelia, Ga.,
who has been doing some special Ki
work at Bellevue Hospital, spent sev- T1
eral days last week in town, where
he came to visit his wife, who is one Ki
of the teachers in the graded school ei
of this place. Dr. Ketron is now on
f a visit to Vicksburg, Miss., where he h
has gone to consider a proposition to
locate in that city. H
This is the season when around
Ehrhardt "the horn of the hunter is ]e
heard on the hills." Returning from h
an exciting chase of about three ii?
hours, followed by a large pack of r
weary dogs, Messrs. George B.
v Kearse and Merric Kinard passed
through town last Saturday morning. j
They had captured a large wildcat
whose limp body dangled from one w;
of their saddles. Since August 17th, 0f
Mr. Kearse and his friends have x
caught 24 foxes and three wildcats. p<
Mr. J. C. Hiers, Jr., of the firm of
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Hiers Bros., and one of our most pop- to
ular young business men, leaves this
afternoon for Norfolk. Va., where at
the home of the bride's sister, Mrs.
Richard Fisher, at 73 York Place, he
will be united in marriage to Miss
Lillie Combs, at 5 o'clock next
Wednesday afternoon. The bride-to- be
be has many friends in Ehrhardt, er
where she once spent a protracted tr
visit to her sister, Mrs. Leary, and ar
they will unite in extending a very
warm welcome to her in her return ra
? to Ehrhardt to make it her home. ar
Mr. and Mrs. Hiers will be at home at
to their friends at Ehrhardt after st
December 7th. ai
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Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, Dec. 3.?Messrs. Dunning,
Tom Wilson, and Roy Moody <p]
1 took an auto trip to Orangeburg re- w,
cently. re
Miss Irene Williams and Mr. John ye
Hoover were married by Rev. Wm. it
Simpson on Sunday evening. fn
Mr. Hallie Platts was a recent ri;
guest of Mrs. Julia Harter. st
^ The Franz Lizt club met at Mrs. ar
, Lily Preachers's Friday afternoon. jn
Great composers and nice viands U]
were discussed with zest. th
Mrs. Geneva Barber is visiting in j
* Williston. ci
Mrs. Josie Mixon has returned
from a pleasant trip to Bamberg.
Prof. Munro spent several days
here recently.
Mrs. Fannie Loadholt and the sc
teachers expect to take an auto trip tt
to Barnwell to hear "The Rosary." Cc
V Mrs. Wm. McDaniel, of Hazen, Ga., tr
is visiting Mrs. H. M. Harveley. M
Mrs. Fannie Loadholt and Mrs.
L. W. Youmans are delegates to the w
U. D. C. convention in Charleston. w
There was a Thanksgiving celebra- ai
tion of the school Wednesday even- m
ing. The young children recited
* well, then members of the Sanders's v(
* Literary Society gave a very credit- "]
able exhibition. Brooker and Ethel ki
Simpson presided with dignity as m
president and secretary, and the musical
numbers rendered by Sadie sc
Harter and Ruth Wilson were very
fine. Prof. Coker has the school in fc
fine running order. a
CANNIBAL" BI RNKI) TO 1)KATH.!
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eal Tragedy Attends Making of j
'African Jungle" Moving Picture. ,
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Tampa. Fla.. November 29.?Will j
>nes, a negro, died here to-day from j
le effect of burns received in a mob
ene put on by moving picture maks.
Henry Makers, another negro,
expected to die from injuries re ived
at the same time.
Flimsy clothing worn by the ne oes,
who were depicting cannibals
. the wilds of Africa, caught from
rches, which they were using in dog
their torch dance. Makers saved
mself by jumping into a stream
jar by.
Work of Ehrhardt School.
The Ehrhardt school closed a very
cceGsful month's work on the 22nd
ly of November. A very high class
work is being done in our school,
ach month finds an improvement
er the past month. Despite a strict
stem of grading a goodly number
our pupils have again made suf:ient
grades to justify their being
it on the honor roll. For this disiction
a general average of ninety
required on every subject. This
eludes deportment and attendance,
le honor roll follows by grades:
1st Grade?Hildegard Dannelly
!, M. E. Hutson 91, Sallie Morris 92.
Advanced 1st Grade?Cornelius
abham, 90, Alfred Hudson, 94, Edi
Kirkland, 93, Dorothy McDowell,
2nd Grade?Lyles Ehrhardt, 93,
arguerite Copeland, 92, Louise
mmons, 94, Wilhelmina McKenzie.
, Furman Roberts, 91.
3rd Grade?Bernice Williams, 96,
arvie Williams. 94.
4th Grade?Wilma Clayton, Ruby
inard, Zeita Planer, James Roberts,
lelma Priester.
5th Grade?Eleanor Pate, Bettie
inard, Alice Pate, Helen McDowell,
Jie Ramsey, Allie Morris.
6th Grade?Inez Hutson, Henry
utson, Ada Smith.
7th Grade?Leroy Hudson, Estelle
iers, Grace Moore.
9th Grade?Alma Fender 96, Caroe
Hiers, 91, Harry Hiers, 94, Clyde
erndon, 98, Allie Kinard, 97, Lil>
Kinard, 93, Edward McDowell, 96,
oberts Peters, 96, Lander Whit:er,
95,
10th Grade?Clara Copeland, 96,
;sse Rentz, 96, Ethel Smith, 94.
Among those in the several grades
ho made between S8 and 90 on all
their work are: Louise Copeland
ell Hudson, Vera Planer, Flossie
3nder, Genie.-Ramsey, Glen Smith,
'illie Bickle, Vertal Wingate. Alsn
Hutson, Ryan Clayton.
J. WENDELL BARBER.
Principal.
Discredited Billboards.
When circus men go back on billiards,
it marks the beginning of the
id of that form of advertising. The
aveling circus initiated billboards,
id in turning from them to newspa?rs
the circus advertiser inauguted
a departure from a tradition
id custom which have unquestion>ly
built up many a fortune. While
ill a novelty, billboards told a story,
id were effective. But in their
pia multiplication they no longer
ake the impression they once did.
swspapers give immediate results,
lev reach the class of people you
ant to interest. Where one person
ad newspapers and magazines 3U
jars ago, hundreds read them now.
is to the papers every one goes to
id the record of births, deaths, marages,
weather predictions, Wall
reet reports, sermons, prize fights,
id everything else that is going on
the world. The circus man fig-es
correctly that 99 per cent, of
ie people will look in the same
ace to see about the coming of the
reus.?Leslie's.
Infant Snobbery.
Too often the idea of service is as>ciated
solely with paid servants, allough
seldom so amusingly as in the
ise of a little girl of whom a conibutor
to the English Illustrated
agazine tells.
She had visited a little friend
hose family did their own nouseork.
She had a very good time,
id on coming home was telling her
other all about it.
"But, mother dear, they do one
iry dreadful thing." she concluded.
[ hate to tell you about it, for it is
ind of cruel and you mightn't let
e go again."
"Tell me," urged her mother in
>me??larm.
"They use their own grandmother
>r a cook!" the little girl replied in
shocked whisper.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Qnick
Reading?Paragraphs About
.Men and Happenings.
J. \V. Beckham, of St. Matthews,
charged with the murder of his stepfather,
Henry Frank, was adjudged (
by the jury not guilty on Friday.
Among the recommendations of
the Spartanburg grand jury last
week was one fcr compulsory education.
JoseDh M. Thomas, a well known i
jewelry dealer of Charleston, disappeared
on Saturday and has not i
been heard from since. It is thought :
he committed suicide by drowning.
The amount of fines collected by
the police recorder of Columbia during
the month of October was $3,- '
412.50, from 487 offenders. Drunks
led all the rest, and disorderly conduct
came next.
Fire Thursday night burned down
a half dozen business houses in the
city of Aiken, causing a loss of $30,000,
about one-third covered by insurance.
The fire originated in a '
bakery.
EXPLOSIVE PILLS.
Nitroglycerin for Seasickness?Cordite
for Insomnia.
Violent explosives?such as nitro
glycerin and cordite?are npw recommended
to be swallowed like pills
of Turkish rhubarb for their medicinal
value!
"I must have a sedative," we shall .
shortly hear in the clubs. And a
man may be seen calmly chewing a
piece of cordite?a sufficient quantity
to blow a hole in a two-foot wall!
Dr. Burnwinkel, a famous professor
of Nauheim, is responsible for
these startling ideas. He bodly recommends
nitroglycerin as a cure for
seasickness.
The German professor advises
that the explosive be taken in soup
?twenty drops of the stick nitroglycerin
in a quarter of a pint of
thick soup or water.
' At what particular times the explosive
mixture is to be taken is not
known.
Some further interesting details
of the i se of explosives as medicines
were given to the London Daily Mirror
by a well known scientific expert.
"Nitroglycerin is a quite colorless
jelly with a sweet aromatic taste.
"It is given in small doses as a
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Iiecirt Slllll Uld.ni. Ul . ?>iu n iui\ci iicio
no doubt discovered that it is an excellent
cure for seascikness, too.
"Cordite, the fibrous, cotton-like
explosive largely used in modern i
warfare and in blasting, is, I have
been informed, a splendid remedy for
insomnia.
"British soldiers are said to have
discovered the strong sedative effect
of cordite. It is claimed that an English
Tommy suffering from sleeplessness
tore off a piece of cordite,
and chewed and swallowed the fiber.
"In a few minutes he was asleep
just as if he had taken opium.
"Cordite is undoubtedly a good
sedative, either simply swallowed in
its raw. state or mixed with some
food. But?I don't recommend the
general public to try the experiment
without the consent of a doctor.
"One would also be ill-advised to
try Dr. Burwinkel's recipe for seasickness
without the advice of a doctor.
"The explosiveness of nitroglycerin
may be tested by placing a thin
layer of the substance on a hard surface
and striking it with a hammer.
A tremendous explosion will ensue.
"At the present time the public
would have great difficulty in buying
these explosives.
"In the future, however, if their
medicinal value is found to be exceptionally
good, it may be possible
to obtain doses of the explosives in
the form of cachous or pills.
"A patient suffering from seasickness
would after a week's diet of
nitroglycerin have sufficient explosives
in him to blow up a modern sized
house.
"But I think that once mixed with
water the nitroglycerin inside the
body would be as harmless as treacle
so far as explosives are concerned.
"The only danger'would be in safely
consuming the substance. Acting
as a violent irritant poison to the
stomach, the nitroglycerin, as Dr.
"Rnnvinkel has found, would proba
bly counteract the pains of seasickness."
Over 70,000 persons in Great Britain
are employed as fishermen.
vol XG THIKF GIVEN TWO YEARS.
Pensacola Bank Clerk Pleads Guilty
to Stealing $55,000 in Currency.
Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 29.?William
Bell, until a few weeks ago a trusted
young clerk in the First National
bank of Pensacola. to-day pleaded
guilty in the United States court to
the theft of $55,000 from the bank
Septmber S. Judge Sheppard sentenced
him to two years in the federal
reformatory school at Washington.
The 18-year-old bank clerk engineered
one of the shredwest robberies
in recent bank history and was not
under suspicion when, conscience
stricken, he returned the money. In
broad daylight, in the presence of a
score of other employes in the bank,
young Bell succeeded in exchanging
a bogus package for a package containing
$55,000 which had been pre
pared for shipment by express. He
succeeded in secreting the valuable
package in the bank until that night
when he just as adroitly removed it
to his home, where it again found
a hiding place.
Scores of detectives were employed
on the case and had found no definite
clew when, on the morning of
September 23, almost oi^e week after
the robbery, the old negro janitor of
the bank found the $55,000 wrapped
up in a newspaper lying against the
iron grating of the rear door of the
bank, where Bell had placed it. His
confession followed the next day.
Because of his youth and his previous
good conduct, Judge Sheppard
imposed the lightest sentence possible.
CENTENARY OF THE TROCSER.
It Was Napoleon's Legions Who
Brought Garment Into Fashion.
As nearly as can be ascertained it
Is a hundred years since Napoleon
Rnnflnartp's snldipra introduced the
old-new style of leg wear which
spedilv secured recognition as the
distinctively masculine garment of
civilians throughout two continents.
In 1814?the year before Waterloo?it
was related as a current
news item of some importance that
the great duke of Wellington had!
been refused admittance to Almack's
in London, because he presented himself
wearing trousers instead of the
conventional breeches which the
dress regulations then in vogue demanded,
says the American Tailor
and Cutter.
As a matter of historical fact
trousers have been worn by various
races and by both sexes in all the
ages of which any authentic records
exist. Generally speaking, trousers
were regarded in ancient times as (
symbolical of inferiority of effem- j
inacy. In the triumphal processions
of the Caesars, for example, prisoners
of war wore them as a sign of defeat,
while the sturdy legs of Rome's
victorius legions were bare below the
bottom of the skirted or kilted coat
of mail.
For the last hundred years or
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thereabout trousers have been widely
recognized as the garments of auxx
on/1 vieihln ClCfl
LIIOIILV, lilt? UULWaiU auu u>:iun, UIO"
of the stronger sex. But that position
has not been won or maintained
without a struggle. Many attempts
have been made to trample down the
tyranny of trousers, as their rule has
been called; many times has their superiority
been challenged. But so
far their position remains secure.
Keeping Warm With Ice.
This seems turning ordinary usage
upside down, but the process is
simple enough. It consists in the
furnishing of a double-lined car with
four galvanized iron cylinders reaching
from the floor almost to the top.
In summer these cylinders are kept
filled with ice and salt in order that
the car may be maintained at a cool
temperature; in winter they are filled
with ice in order to keep the contents
of the car from freezing.
Ice is nominally at a temperature
of 32 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is a
substance that changes its temperature
reluctantly, being a bad conductor
of heat or cold. Consequently,
when zero weather prevails without,
the cylinders of relatively warm
ice prevent the escape of heat; in
other words, so it is claimed, they
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maiiiiain tnc ?hihu
car.
Still another device whereby ice is
employed for protection against cold
consists in throwing upon the car,
when the weather is near the zero
point, a plentiful stream of water,
which, freezing at once, forms a
complete coat over the car. The action
of the ice is said to be the same
aa in the other case.
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THE METHODIST MINISTERS
APPOINTMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR
BY BISHOP KILGO.
Rev. Hodges Returned to Bamberg.
New Men for Ehrhardt and
I>enniark?Other Changes.
The following assignments of ministers
for 1913 were read before the
Methodist Conference at Anderson
last Monday:
Anderson District.
Anderson District?C. B. Smith,
presiding elder.
St. John's?J. W. Speake.
Orrville?J. P. Simpson.
Bethel?J. W. Neely.
Antreville?P. K. Rhoad.
Calhoun Falls .
Clemson?P. A. Murray.
Central?A. V. Harbin.
Honea Path?S. T. Blackman.
Lowndesville?J. C. Chandler.
McCormick?P. B. Ingraham.
Pelzer?A. Sassard.
Pendleton?D. G. Ballenger.
Starr?J. L. Singleton.
Townville?W. S. Myers.
Walhalla?J. P. Inabinet.
Walhalla Circuit?J. M. Lawson.
Westminster?M. M. Brooks.
Williamston and Belton?J. L.
Stokes.
Williamston circut?J. D. Burnett.
Charleston District.
Charleston District?J. W. Daniel,
presiding elder.
Allendale?J. W. Wolling.
Appleton?E. Z. James.
Beaufort and Port Royal?J. H.
Noland.
Bethel Circut?R. C. Boulware.
Black Swamp?J. H. Brown.
Charleston: Bethel?P. B. Wells;
Trinity?R. S. Truesdale; Spring
Street?M. Auld; Hampden Square
?J. T. Peeler.
Youngs Island?B. R. Ulmer.
Cottageville?W. V. Dibble.
Cypress?M. M. McLendon.
Ehrhardt?J. C. Hutchinson.
Estill?J. L. Ingraham.
Hampton?L. W. Johnson.
Hendersonville?W. A. Kirby.
Lodge?W. P. Meadors, Jr.
Ridgeland?J. W. Elkins.
Ridgeville?J. E. Carter.
South Hampton?D. N. Busbee.
Summerville?J. W. Lewis.
Waltorhnrn?W A Fairy.
Cokesbury District.
Cokesbury District?W. P. Meadors,
presiding elder.
Abbeville?G. C. Leonard.
Abbeville Circuit?W. H. Murray.
Butler?F. G. Whitlock.
Greenwood: Main Street?J. W.
Kilgo; Greenwood Mills?J. B. Connelly;
Greenwood Circuit?M. T.
Wharton.
Cokesbury?G. F. Clarkson.
Kinards?W. R. Bouknight.
Newberry: Central?J. E. Carlisle:
O'Neal Street?A. M. Gardner;
Newberry Circuit?0. A. Jeft'coat.
Ninety-Six?F. E. Dibble.
Parksville?B. P. Covington.
Phoenix?J. H. Manly.
Prosperity?S. C. Morris.
Princeton?R. F. Morris.
Saluda?E. P. Taylor.
Walterloo?J. T. Miller.
Whitmire?J. M. Friday.
Lander Coliege?president, J. O
Wilson; professor?R. 0. Lawton;
agent?R. A. Child.
Florence District.
Florence District?W. A. Massebeau,
presiding eider.
Bennettsville?Peter Stokes-.
Bennettsville Circuit?M. W.
Hook.
Brightsville?M. F. Dukes.
Bethlehem?G. J. Farr.
Cheraw?G. T. Harmon, Jr.
Chesterfield?L. L. Bedenbaugh.
Darlington: Trinity?B. R. Turnipseed;
Epworth?A. A. Merritt;
Darlington Circuit?R. W. Humph
ries.
East Chesterfield?T. B. Owen.
Florence?R. E. Turnipseed.
Hartsville?B. G. Murphy.
Jefferson?Foster Speer.
Lamar?B. M. Robertson.
Liberty?Paul Wood.
Marlboro?J. B. Weldon.
McBee?J. L. Tyler.
McCall?J. T. Fowler.
Middendorf?W. C. Bowden.
Pageland?J. A. McGraw.
Timmonsville?G. W. Davis.
Timmonsville Circuit ? G. T
Rhoad.
Assistant Sunday-School editor?
L. F. Beaty.
Conference secretary of missions
?Peter Stokes.
Greenville District.
Greenville District?P. F. Kilgo
presiding elder.
Clinton?S. O. Cantey.
Easley circuit?J. D. Holler.
Fountain Inn?W. E. Wiggins.
Gray Colirt?T. W. Munnerlyn.
Greenville: Buncombe Street?M.
L. Carlisle; St. Paul?E. S. Jones;
Hampden Avenue?W. M. Owings;
West Greenville?J. T. McFarland;
West Greenville?L. L. Inabinet;
Bethel and Poe?W. B. Garrett and
M. L. Mullikin; Greenville Circuit?
J. G. Huggin.
Greers?E. R. Mason.
Laurens?L. P. McGee.
Laurens Circuit?W. H. Lewis.
Liberty?R. G. Vaughn.
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North ricKens?n. i^upu.
Norris Circuit?E. L. Thomasson.
Pickens?G. F. Kirby.
Piedmont?O. M. Abnev.
South Easley Circuit ? D. D.
Jones.
Traveller's Rest?D. R. Roof.
Editor Southern Christian Advocate?S.
A. Nettles.
Kingstree District.
Kingstree District?R. L. Holrovd,
presiding elder.
Andrews?W. 0. Henderson.
Cades?J. L. Mullinix.
Cordesville?J. B. Prosser.
(Continued on page 5)
MOTHER TO KEEP CHILDREN'
Until Case of B. R. Tillman, Jr., Now
in Supreme Court, is Decided.
Columbia, Dec. 2.?The return of
B. R. Tillman, Jr., to the allegations
of his former wife that he had
been seen in a drunken condition
during the past month, during a
visit he made to Augusta, was made
this morning before the Supreme
court, jfe offered in rebuttal to this
testimony affidavits from numbers of
persons wno were witn mm, Dom ou
the train and in Augusta on the day
in question, which they all testified
to his being sober and not having
taken a drop of liquor. Senator and
Mrs. Tillman and his sister, Mrs.
Lona Moore, who was at that time
visiting her parents, all made affidavits
that he was sober at that time,
and that he was a reformed man and
had not been addicted to drink for
four years.
The chief justice, at the conclusion
of the case, announced that the
children would be left in the custody
of the mother pending the filing
of the decision by the court.
IS THE GREATEST PUBLICAN.
The Czar of Russia Owns 30,000 Saloons
and 4,000 Distilleries.
It will come as a surprise to most
people to learn that the greatest publican
of ancient or modern times is
none other than the devoutly orthodox
czar of Russia.
Vodka, the national drink of the
Russian people, has been a crown
monopoly continuously since the sixteenth
century. To-day the crown
owns 30,000 kabaks, or public
houses, and 4,000 distilleries. The
annual income from this source is
approximately 100,000,000 pounds.
Public houses are open by imperial
command in that country. Every
hamlet, no matter how small, must
have at least one. When a new town
is started it is said the first two
structures to rise are the orthodox
church and the cozy "pub." In order
that the latter may enjoy some semblance
of nobility and otherwise be<
distinguishable from the ordinary
run of pure plebianism, a picture of
the czar is appropriately hung over
the bar, as if to extend a royal welcome
to all who enter.
Some time ago a movement was
launched in several communes to
close half the public houses and devote
the money thus saved to schools
for the children. The idea seemed
to be eminently proper, seeing the
people themselves were threatened , \
with destruction by the million-hand*
e - - ~ ? v*/1 trn/ll/O
eel scourge 01 ignorance auu \yjyj.n.a.
Word came down like a crack of
thunder from the lofty heights of St.
Petersburg that interference with a
crown monopoly would not be tolerated
a single moment. And before
the reverberation had died away in
the distance, soldiers of the czar
swooped down upon the scene, closed
the schools, re-opened the "pubs," r
fined the presumptious communes
and served notice on all and sundry
that further offenses might mean an
indefinite sojourn in Siberia.
Prominent physicians from all over
the empire met at Moscow some
months ago to discuss measures by
which the intolerable ravages of this
monstrous bat-winged vampire of intemperance
might be stayed. They
met in the name of both science and
humanity, but the soldiers and police
of the little famous czar harassed
them until the congress was broken
up in disorder.
Before they disbanded, however,
some seeds were sown that may some
l jo,, i-man in+n a h.irvpst of reform.
VICIJ 1 l]^u 1UVV tv JUW* ? w? V ~
They showed that 80 per cent, of
5 the male population of Russian
cities becomes addicted to the\ use of
, vodka before they are 30 years old;
that 45 per cent, of all girls in the
empire form a like habit before they
are 18; that 98 per cent, of all the
crimes in both army and navy are by
men whose reason has been dethroned
by his majesty's special monopoly;
and that while the government is
spending less than 2d per head for
public education, the public brings an
annual blood toil offering of from
2s to 30s per head into the all-pervading
drink shops of the government.
The liquor business officially fostered
by the Russian government
constitutes a chapter in contemporary
history, which, in its grim significance
is prgbably without a parallel
in either ancient or modern
times. On the other hand, the czar
is the recognized head of the great
orthodox church and the spiritual
leader of millions of people; while
on the other he bears the distinction
of being the greatest public house
, owner the world has ever known?
Tit Bits.