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JOSHUA ASHLEY DEAD. Anderson Political Leader Passes Away.?20 Years in House. Anderson, April 2D.?Joshua Whitner Ashley, political leader of Anderson count' since 1892, and member of the house of representatives for 20 consecutive years with exception of two years when he was defeated for the State senate, died here at 5:25 o'clock this morning. ] c-arvipps will be held at r unci ai ..? . _ Mt. Bethel Baptist church, near Honea Path, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. ifv* * * He was the son of Edward Ashley and Elizabeth Abies Ashley and was born two miles east of Mt. Bethel S""- ' church, in Martin township, December 16, 1848, being 68 years of age at the time of his death. There were 12 children, two of whom, a sister and a brother, died when but two years of age. On February 18, 1875, Mr. Ashley married Miss Mahala C. Moore, who was born and reared near Keowee church in Abbeville county. She and three sons and three daughters survive him. They are as follows: Melvin Ashley, who lives, south of llonea Path, in Abbeville county, and who represented that county in the house of representatives for several terms: Mrs. Millie C. Canfield, who lives near Honea Path; Mrs. Ella Ashley, who lives near Honea Path; Joe M. H. Ashley, sheriff of Anderson county, who lives in the city of Anderson; Mrs. Savannah Pearman, wife of j|;7. James N. Pearman, clerk of court, ^ who lives just south of the city of Anderson; Orr Ashley, who lives near Honea Path. \? r Mr. Ashley spent part of his life in business but his principal occupation was farming. On becoming of age he was hired by the late James Drake, father of Jesse and John Drake, and stayed on the Drake farm a little more than a year. He then began farming on his own account on the Robinson place in the upper edge of Abbeville county. A short time later he moved into Anderson county and located three miles south of Honea Path. Later he moved to the Cobb place which he purchased and where he lived until the time of his death. This place is located three miles northwest of Honea Path and the township of that name. Twenty Years in House. In 1890 some friends announced Mr. Ashley as a candidate for the house of representatives from Andera son county but he declined to make the race that year. Two years later, y in 1892, however, he announced him4-lick Vinnca and Wflfi PlPCt.Pd. OC11 1V1 l>uo uvuau ?W He served in the lower branch of the pi } general assembly continuously fo\ 20 years, with the exception of two^ears IP;; when he offered for the senate. He was defeated for the senate but offered again for the house in the next V; primary election and was elected. Mr. Ashley was wrapped up in farming, Y- advocating and supporting * everything that worked for the farmers' interest and he was made chairman of the agricultural committee. He served as chairman of this commitjSY>. tee for many years. Quit Public Life. Mr. Ashley voluntarily retired from public life in 1914. He had suffered a stroke of facial paralysis, shortly after the 1912 primary elections. Later, in August, 1913, he suffered a severe stroke of paralysis and for many days he was in an unconscious condition. The third and last stroke came in May, 1914, and because of 6y.\ his weakened condition this stroke caused him to lose the use of all the members of his body. The paralysis woe aporrossivp. erraduallv growing ??? ? ? "j (j _ _ v over his entire body. During the latter part of November, 1915, members of his immediate family realized that Mr. Ashley's condition was critical and that he could not live much longer. In order that he could be near to medical attention Mr.*and Mrs. Ashley left their home on the farm and moved to the county jail to make their home with Sheriff mi , and Mrs. Ashley. Mr. Ashley continued to grow weaker and weaker and the end came while he was visiting his son, the sheriff. r'i. _'V ?? All Blonds Eat Cheese. Are you a cheese eater? Do you eat your noonday wedge of mince or apple with or without? If it is "with," it is a ten-to-one bet that you are a blond, for all blonds eat cheese, according to one of the Marie Antoinette counter girls in a Boston restaurant. This counter girl besides being an expert manipulator of the hot and cold coffee and master of the mazes and electric order buttons is a close i l i oDserver ana psycnoiogisi. She says that after three years of close comparison of those who patronize her counter she has reached the conclusion that cheese is the preference of blonds. A few darkskinned and pirate-like men may use cheese, but the blonds all partake, and she suspects that a brunette who asks for the "with" when ordering pie either has a blond strain or a fair-haired sweetheart.?Boston Post. TOWNSHEND SURRENDERS. After Holding Out for Months, Ten ^ Thousand British Yield to Hunger. London, April 29.?Maj. Gen. Charles Townshend, commander of s the British forces besieged at Kut-el- I Amara, Mesopotamia, by Turkish t forces since last December, has sur- * rendered. This information was con- * tained in a British official statement issued this afternoon. The British forces numbered about 10,000 men. The following official announcement was made: "After a resistance protracted for 143 days and conducted with a gallantry and fortitude that will be forever memorable, Gen. Townshend has been compelled by the final exhaustion of his supplies to surrender. "Before doing so he destroyed his guns and munitions. "The force under him consists of 2,970 British troops of all ranks and services and some 6,000 Indian troops and their followers." Condition of the Slaves Before War. I would say the condition of the slaves before and during the war g were the best they ever had been or j ever will be again for it it is plain that they were greatly elevated and improved both morally and physically by their servitude in the South. They were well clothed and fed, 1 were taught good morals, to observe * the Sabbath, were allowed to go to white people's churches (the J churches having galleries for them). Thev were haDDv and care free, al lowed to have some pleasures, such as one dance a week, always to break up at 12 o'clock that they might get a good night's rest so as to be able to attend to their duties the following day. They were governed by simple laws, that they were all able to understand?which were read to them four times a year. All wrere expected to be on their own master's plantation by dark and to remain there over night. Each family had a house to themselves, a garden and fruit trees, and once a week they came to the house to get their rations, which was good substantial food, all were fat and healthy. As for disease, such as consumption, it was rarely, if ever, heard of. This was the condition in the Piedmont section, but on the coast the rice-growing section, they had to provide their own meat by hunting and fishing. They were given every attention when sick or disabled. There was some one of the women slaves appointed to care for the babies while the mothers went about their work. It was very rare, if ever, they had a cruel master. There are instances when ? it is said slave holders employed c Irish and German gangs for doing ^ _ _ _ / very heavy or dangerous worK, so as * to safeguard the health and lives of their slaves. With few exceptions, the relation between master and slave was one of loyalty and even j affection, and they were always jeal- E ous of their master's reputation and, t like the Scots, ready to fight for their v chieftain. And even now, the chil- j dren1 of our ancestor's slaves, grin j from ear to ear when they see us and v always make themselves known to j us. N g The fidelity of the slaves during s the war was remarkable. During the t early period of war, even the privates [ had their servants, but when food p got so scarce they were dispensed with. Those of the slaves left at r home deserve to be mentioned, refus- v ing to desert to the army of libera- f] tion, risked and often lost their lives jin protecting the property of their j. owners. I There are instances in my own j family when both men and women e proved their loyalty in time of dis- c tress. Two boys were taken off by a j Northern regiment, and just as soon r as they could escape, they returned to their master, my grandfather (Gen. Cook) and offered to be his slaves as long as they lived. Others of his slaves were asked by the Yan- * kees if they wanted freedom? They answered most emphatically, "No, we are as free as we wish to be," and when it was known that Sherman \ and his army were coming, two very r faithful women hid away some of the t silver and other valuables and tried ^ in every way to shield this mistress s and children (the master of the J home, of course, was in the army). > In another branch of the family, t when the house was surrounded by 1 the Yankees, a faithful slave got his 1 axe and came in and stood near his j mistress to protect her. Although told by a Yankee officer to go to the < well and fill his canteen with water, i he never moved till hsi mistress said, i "Steve, go and fill the canteen" and as he went, he was knocked down and killed. Although they outnumbered the white people, the women 1 and children were unmolested. All 1 this goes to show how greatly they 1 had been uplifted in this country of : civilization and Christianity, for they were nothing more than savages when brought from their native country.?Robt. H. "Wallace. Subscribe for The Herald, $1.50 year. FUTURE MATERIALS. Products Necessary to Our Industrial Development. The United States consumes about uxteen pounds of copper per capita )er annum; Africa and Asia a frac;ion of a pound, says D. M. Liddell, n the Engineering Magazine. Can hese people rise to our standard of lse? Obviously not. Or shall we lescend to theirs? But what can we vaguely see for the future of our inlustrial development? A substitu ii'Vlomifor ,iUII U1 UCIttllUU piUUUV/lO rr 11U1 ^ ? Vi netals can be replaced. A marvelous growth of the aluminum industry. Vn age of steel succeeding the few centuries of many metals, as of old, he age of iron followed the age of )ronze. A closer attention to preventable metal wastes. A certain lignifying of the junk man. Wars or the possession of newly discovered or not yet exhausted mineral de)osits to which only the present conlict will be comparable. Indeed nay not the present war be to conirm title to the iron ores of Lor aine and to secure at least a preemption on the iron and coal re;ources of Belgium, Luxemburg and France? Dad, Here's to You! We happened in a house the other light, and over the parlor door saw he legend worked in letters of red, 'What is Home Without a Mother?" Across the room was another brief 'God Bless Our Home!" Now, what's the matter with "God Bless Our Dad?" He gets up early, ights the fire, boils an egg, and vipes off the dew of the lawn with lis boots while many a mother is ileeping. He makes the weekly lana-out ior tne Dutcner, cne grocer, he milk-man and the baker, and his ittle pile is badly worn before he las been at home an hour. If there is a noise in the house luring the night Dad is kicked in the >ack and goes downstairs to find the )urglar and kill him. Mother darns he socks, but Dad bought the socks n the first place, and the needles ind the yarn afterwards. Mother loes up the fruit; well, Dad bought t all, and jars and sugar cost like he mischief. Dad buys chickens for the Sunday linner, carves them himself, and Iraws the neck from the ruins after everyone else is served. "What is -lome Without a Mother?" Yes, that s all right, but what is home with>ut a father? Ten chances to one t is a boarding house. Father is mder the slab and the landlady is a vidow. Dad, here's to you; you've rot your faults?you may have lots >f them?but you're all right, and ve'll miss you when you're gone.? Author Unknown. As to the Kilt. The exact origin of that interestncr wrmont the kilt, is lost in the ' uO QVW v-w -7 aist of antiquity, although its hisory goes back to the time when it pas a part of the national dress of reland and Wales, as well as of Scotand. In the middle ages the kilt pas a kind of a shirt, called a "lenn." t was worn with a jacket and a sin;le piece of cloth thrown over the houlders. In those days, although he "lenn" was colored it had nothng like the variety of colors of the iresent-day plaids. The Scot found that this garment, eaching below the knees, interfered pith his freedom of movement in a ight or an athletic game, and so he ucked or kilted it just above his ;nees. , In 174 7 a special act?the highand Gard, act?was passed in the ffort to abolish the costume of the Icottish Highlanders, but fortunately ts only effect was to make the kilt nore popular than ever.?Pearson's Veekly. WILL APPOINT HUNT. i I Governor Receives Notice of Recommendation. I. H. Hunt, of the Newberry bar, vill be recommended to Gov. Manning for appointment as a member of he State board of conciliation. He vas selected as the third member at i conference in Columbia Friday by fohn A. Law and John L. Davis, who vere recently appointed by the governor under an act of the last legisature. Saturday Mr. Hunt notified \lr. Davis and Mr. Law that he would iccept the place. "I will appoint Mr. Hunt to the conciliation board," said Gov. Manling last night when informed of the "ecommendation. Seventeen Warrior Presidents. It is interesting at this time, when the whole world is talking about the greatest of all wars, and our president goes out to tall* about preparedness, to mention the fact that 17 of the 36 presidents were soldiers? 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