The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, April 19, 1917, Image 4
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, ifhert Jtema of
Mrs. W. W. Davis, of Deep Creek
section, is very ill.
Dr. S. M. Carter has accepted a
position at Baden, N. C.
Kthel Johnson, who has been quite
sick, is now able to sit up.
Mr. I. P. Mangum is successfully
raising strawberries in a barrel.
Mr. H. D. Tiller and Mrs. G. K.
Laney spent Tuesday in Cheraw.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Weathersby are
guests of their daughter, Mrs. R. L.
Gardner.
Mr. N. M. Johnson, a leading citizen
of the Middendorf section, was
here Wednesday.
Mrs. P. A. Murray, Jr., and little
Sarah Page spent part of last week 1
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w.in relatives if 1 v^iurraw.
Mr. Ashcraft, of Monroe, N. C.,
was shaking hands with his many
friends in Chesterfield yesterday.
Dr. and Mrs. D. H. Laney and children
spent Wednesday at the home
of Dr. Laney's mother near Cheraw.
Among the recent recruits from
Chesterfield to Company "1" are Messrs.
Ed Gulledge and Harry Winnate.
Mr. J. C. Smith, one of the grarvl
old men of Chesterfield county, is
seriously sick at his home in the
Vaughn community.
Miss Minis left on Tuesday morn
ing for Albemarl to attend the fune
ral of her brother-in-law, Mr. Croggins,
who died suddenly.
Mr. A. D. Oliphant, Field Secretary
of State Board of Charities, inspected
the jail, the chain gang and
the alms house Monday.
Mr. F. C. Newman, the man who
sells hundreds of bushels of corn
every year from his farm near Society
Hill, was in town Wednesday.
Mr. Eli Melton, formerly of Chesterfield,
but now one of the prominent
farmers of the Macedonia section,
was in town Wednesday.
Reference was held in C. F. Moore
estate matter on Wednesday. Moore
left a legacy to the son of his over
seer, to educate the boy at Clemson
Mrs. Peter Rayfield, mother of J.
D. Rayfield, who recently died of
pneumonia, is now verv seriouslv ill
of the same malady. She nursed her
son until his death.
The Rev. B. D. Thames will begin
a series of meetings at his church on
Monday after the fourth Sunday. He
will be assisted by the Rev. A. C
Sherwood, pastor of First Church ai
Bennettsville.
There will be a good baseball frame
on Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
when Chesterfield High School will
cross bats with McBee High School,
at the Fair Grounds. Admission 1"
'tfnd 20 vT-iJ? Ladies free.
Mr. N. B. Dial, president of the
Reedy River Power Co., of Laurens,
has offered the use of 1,500 acres of
land in Chesterfield county near McBee,
to Secretary Houston to be used
by immigrants for planting.
Patrick Graded School closes this
week. There will be appropriate exercises
on Friday night. The Hon.
W. P. Odom will address the the children
and patrons on "Education."
There will be music, and a first-class
entertainment is assured all who attend.
The State Board of Education this
week elected members of the county
boards of education. The list was
announced Tuesday by J. E. Swear
ingen, State Superintendent of Education.
The following is the board
for Chesterfield County: W. P. Pollock
and J. O. Taylor.
The Spring Term of Civil Court
came to a close Wednesday, after
having spent two days on equity matters
and hearing one civil ease. The
case tried was Wallace vs. Bank of
Ruby and Mt. Croghan, Judge Prince
presiding. Jury, it seems, could not
agree on the amount of the award
and a mistrial was granted.
Mr. J. D. Rayfield, a young farmer,
of the Thompson Creek Church
section, died on Monday and was
buried on Tuesday at Thompson
Creek church, of which he was a devoted
member. The funeral services
were conducted by the Rev. J. I).
Purvis and the Rev. A. B. Smith. Mr.
Rayfield was married a few years ago
to Miss Etta Welsh of this county.
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Tom Knight, of Cheraw, visited
his aunt, Mrs. J. E. Meehan, yesterday.
Mr. J. N. Johnson has moved into
the dwelling on Main St. adjacent to
the City Market.
Mrs. R. E. Hanna will leave next
week for Newberry, where she will
visit home folks.
The public is cordially invited to
the closing exercises of the White
Oak school, to be held Friday nigh', ,
/vpru zutn.
Mrs. G. G. Turner, of Columbia,
is expected in Chesterfield soon,
where she will spend the summer
with her daughter, Miss Turner.
Dr. Holmes, president of the North
Carolina Methodist Protestant Con- I
fcrence, will preach at Bethesda !
church next Sunday, at 11 o'clock. |
Next Sunday the Sunday school J
classes of the Baptist church will be
[ conducted for the first time in the
new rooms. There are four of these
lew rooms, which added to the regular
space, makes six Sunday school
rooms for the Baptist church.
The Shiloh choir, under the leadership
of Prof. Green, held singing exercises
at the Baptist church last
Sunday afternoon. A great many
from Shiloh accompanied the singers
o Chesterfield and an excellent program
of religious music was rendered.
Major W. J. Tiller will have
charge of the services at Friendship
next Sunday at 11 a.m. and at Ebenezer
at 11 :d(). The pastor, the Rev.
Paul T. Wood, will be absent on account
of the educational campaign,
.dr. Tiller has a message of grave importance
for these communities.
The noted evangelist, Charles D.
i'illman, of Atlanta, Ga., is coming
co Chesterfield, to conduct a revival
meeting. The first service will be
neld next Wednesday evening at h
p.m. Mr. Tillman is not only a very
attractive speaker, but a singer of
.vide reputation. He will be accompanied
by his daughter and anothei
young lady, who will assist in the
.?ork of the choir. The tent under
vhich the services will be held will
iKely be erected either on the Fair
vjround, or near the school building,
this community is fortunate in that
.lie Rev. J. L. Tyler was able to secure
Mr. Tillman for this meeting.
One of the most pleasing events
tiappening recently in Chesterfielu
county was the birthday anniversary
celebration of Mrs. Mary Douglass,
.vhich occurred at her home yesterlay.
Mrs. Dougiass is now in her
nth year. She enjoys good health
md a very active mind. She is the
grand-mother of Sherilf D. i\ Douguub
uhmi Other. i m 'tiie
county far too numerous to mention
a a paper the size of The Chester ield
Advertiser. There were fully
.wo hundred people at the birthday
.iinner of this excellent lady. There
was said to be twice as much food in
evidence as was eaten by the merry
picnicers. This paper joins her great
iiost of friends in wishing her many
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.etuios ui mt uay.
NOTICE TO JURYMEN
All jurymen summoned to attend
jourt for the second week need not
attend as court has adjourned sine
die. I. P. MANGUM,
Clerk of Court.
April 18, 1917.
MRS. D. W. RIVERS
Mrs. I). W. Rivers, of the Zoar section
of this eounty died on Sunday
..ijtht. Mrs. Rivers was apparently
n trood health and died very suddenly
at ten o'clock. On Monday afternoon
the body was tenderly laid to
est in the beautiful cemetery at
Zoar church. The funeral services
were conducted by her pastor, the
Rev. J. L. Tyler. Mrs. Rivers was a
daughter of the late Michael Davis,
.".ml while quite young was married
to Dock W. Rivers. Besides her husI
and and one sister, Mrs. James
Ross. Mrs. Rivers is survived l>y 12
' children, all of whom live in tlvs
1 county and an* among the best citizens
of the State.
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RUBY
Mrs. Albert Swinnie and children
of Chesterfield, are visiting at the
home of her sister, Mrs. T. G. Griggs.
Mr. Van Burch has accepted a position
in Bennettsville. We wish
him success.
Messrs. Arthur Crawley and Maxie
Rivers have returned to their military
duties us members of Co. "I."
Mr. John Rivers, a recent recruit,
who volunteered for service from our
town, has been accepted.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Harrall and
children attended the marriage of
Mr. IlarralPs sister, Miss Charlotte,
in Cheraw, Thursday evening.
Misses Ada Mylie, Marie Smith,
Eloise Wright and Mr. Duncun McGregor
were among the Rubyites who
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uiivii'iv.i iin- nurraii-vvaiKor wi'tlding.
Misses Stubs and Funderburk and
Messrs. Blakney and Griggs, of Cheraw,
were Sunday visitors at the home
of Mrs. M. A. Pinkston.
Mr. J. Calvin Lindsay, of St.
Pauls, N. C., is visiting at the home
of Mr. L>. II. McGregor.
Mr. Duncan McGregor was a recent
visitor at Clio.
Several Ruby boys have volunteered
and it isn't their fault if they
I won't get to fight for their country.
I Clean-up day was a success, if good
i weather and hard work could make
, it so. From the number of wagon
loads of trash the scouts hauled off
I Ruby ought to be cleaner now.
Little Miss Lindsay is the late.rt
I arrival in our town. She is staying
for a while with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. McGregor.
MIDDENDORF
Public school at this place closed
last Friday evening with a very interesting
program rendered by the
school children.
The large auditorium was filled to
overflowing and the people seemed
to appreciate the faithful work of the
teachers. Special mention should be
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iiiuuv iii-re 01 auss Alma ti. Perry,
who has done sueh faithful work in
the upbuilding of the school and community.
We hope to have her with
us ap:ain next year. The school
closed one of the most successful
years in its history.
Miss Nolle Howe spent the F.astei
holidays at her home.
Messrs. Otis Shns and Hichartl
Brown, of Columbia, visited at thi
home ofcthe former's parents Satur
day night and Sunday.
Misses Pegucs and Wagoner lef
for their homes Saturday morning.
Mrs. W. K. Stricklin spent a fev
days here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Howe am
Ernest Sims accompanied Miss NelU
Howe to Hartsvillc Monday after
noon.
The Misses Outlaw and Corrjjji
Watkins visited at the Jicaft of Mrs
I K . 'WiWteTih re??nfly.
Middendorf gave up five of he
boys last week. Paul Johnson, Clax
once Catoe and John Gunther enlist
ed in the navy and Dewey Shehan
and Harvey Johnson in the armj
While the boys will be missed, we ar
glad that they are willing to serv
our country.
Mr. W. P. Coker, principal of Che.s
terfield High School, filled Mr. Bag
got's place Sunday morning at thi
Baptist church.
Mrs. Perry's house caught on fir
Monday noon. The roof of the kit
chen and dining room were entire!;
destroyed. Luckily men were work
ing the road nearby, and with thi
help of a few other men passing, sue
eoeded in putting the fire out. Other
wise me nouse would have beei
burned down.
SNOW HILL
Mr. and Mrs. J. I'. Parker and sot
Paul, spent Wednesday in \Vadesbor<
visiting and shopping.
Mr. E. J. Morris was in Wades
born last week visiting friends.
The Junior Order will raise a fla;
at Snow Hill School House April th
'2<>th.
Miss Edna Gardner spent Saturda
and Sunday in the (1 rant's Mill sec
tion visiting friends and relatives.
Mr. Henry Davis was visiting ovc
in Rockingham a few days ago.
We are sorry to learn of the deat
of Mr. J. I). Kaytield. He had man
i friends in this community and som
| relatives.
Mrs. Mary CrofTord and her daugh
iter, Mrs. Little, of Georgia, spen
Sunday here with Miss Oliva Casor
Farrr
n Chesterfield
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It is noticed that her features resemble
strongly those of her father.
'MODEL MAID' WINS BACK PAY
Euphroslna Weigert of Brooklyn
Worked and Waited Twelve
Years for $2,066.71.
New York.?Trial of an notion before
Justiee Cropsey in the supreme
court in Brooklyn, through which Miss
Euplirosina Weigert won a verdict of
$2,000.71, revealed her as the "model
servant" so much tajked of and so conspicuous
by contiifued absence.
The testimony showed that Miss
I Weigert was content to wait 12 years
; for her wages and was delighted with
- the interest displayed by her employer,
vim ioiik ner "occasionally on cxcurL
slons to tho cemetery unci on these
trips bought lunch for her.
In 11)02 she ontereil the employ of
Mrs. Josephine Prentice of 1 I." Ilnncock
street, who (lied Oelnher 22. 101.r>.
A year after she hiul entered this em
ploy her wages were increased from
- .$18 a month to $22. She >jaid that ir
12 years she ceaMswY hut $171.00.
H SAFETY PIN IN ENSILAGE
r Not Discovered Until Autopsy Wai
Held on Dead Cow in
California.
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r Marysville, Cal.?Owing to tho fac
that a valuable cow, owned by Knier.i
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; Coe of Allen township died under pe
? ! culiar cijs'Utnstances, which balllod vet
j erlnary surgeons, an autopsy was hel<
' j which disclosed (he fact that tin* deatl
j was caused by a safety pin, which was
c ' open, being imbedded in her heart. Ai
eight-inch niece of No. 11 wire was nlsc
e; removed from Iter stomach. It is ho
lieved thai the animal swallowed thi
safety pin while eating ensilage.
ONIONS FOR PROFIT
L> The onion is an important true!
* crop. It. thrives best on a very ferti <
" soil. On clay soil they will grow fair
1 ly well* but are much more diffucui
to cultivate and the yield is never as
great. In selecting land for onions
1 rare should be? taken not. to select ;
, j field previously grown in grain, a:
the jrrain will volunteer and eausi
. trouble, coming uj> at about tin
same time as the onion seeds j?ermi
, nate. The best varieties to grow fo
e coinmereia 1 purposes are White
Pearl and Prize Taker. These ar
% onions of large size, attractive ap
pearanee and very mild flavor. A
soon as the onoins are threeor fou
inelus hiirh they should be cultivated
using ordinary wheel hoe. It is neees
h sary to eontinue this cultivation, espe
y 'cially after every rain, until the onio
p begins to sprout. If the onion field i
nllowd to become infested with gras
i. or weeds, it will he expensive to erad
^ icate them. It pays to destroy allgras
, and weeds as soon as they appear.
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' FATIGUE OF WAR }
FELT IN GERMANY;
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Wage-Earning Class Becomes 1
Sullen and Almost Rebellious,
Says Consul. jl
WANT PEACE AT ANY PRICE
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Russian Revolution Finds Echoes In ;
Riots in German Industrial Cen. !
ters-*l8tandard of Living
{ Lowered Fearfully. '
f New York.?Rumors from various 1
sources that the Russian revolution
has found echoes In riots in German t
industrial centers hud an interesting I
sidelight here when A. Curtis ltoth, ;
American vice oonsul at IMauen, Sax- i
ony, described the awful conditions'
existing among the working classes of 1
the central powers. Mr. ltoth has just
spent seven years in the Saxon Indus- j
trial district, lie said :
"Wage-earning Germnuy's nerves '
have been worn raw by the increasing |
weight of suffering that the war has
brought it. This class of Germans bus '
become sullen, dissatisfied with the
government, ulniost rebellious. While
the middle class remains intensely
patriotic, parading before the casual
observer a unified and determined
Germany, fatigue of war is making
alurming strides among the working
people. A great many of these humble i
people want peace at any price?ut the
price of their colonies, of Alsaee-Lorrnlne,
even of their country's prestige
and position.
"The working people, nt least, in
Suvnnv ?w, rr>lw,?
have hungered and grieved and overworked
for many months, with conditions
steadily growing worse ami with
each promise of peace fading Into an
indefinite prospect of endurance. All
foods but the very coarsest ure beyond
their means. The ration of these
coarse foods is lnsufllcient. The poor
have been subsisting throughout the
last year upon breud, potatoes, turnips
and salt.
Second Peasants' War Possible.
"Pushed much further by the galling
stress of starvation, overwork and
loss of dear ones, a second peasants'
war may well be added to the miseries
of central Europe.
"The standard of living among the
working people has beeu lowered
fearfully. It is now on a par with the
, coolie standard of overcrowded Asia.
Their work has increased; their share
in comforts has diminished, and their
amusements have entirely fallen away.
i The urban poor have become desperately
poor, and they are beginning to
realize that each added month of the
war means that their plight must be
come more and more hopeless.
"In the beginning all was wild enthusiasm
for the war. The people
9 crowded around the railway stations
to see the troop trains hurling past
every iio minutes. Then came the
f Hoods of wounded, the diflicult reud,
just meats made necessary by the absence
of the wage earners, aud then
the numbing pinch of hunger. Worst
I of all was the atmosphere that settled
( down upon the land, an atmosphere of
want- of four. of siitTerine of hlnok
j depression, which seemed to seep
j through and through one and chill the
consciousness.
> "An eternal New England Sunday
gripped the formerly bustling manui
factoring towns In my district. The
' streets were bare of tralllc. People
; passed about their errands silently.
, There was no laughing, whistling,
loud talking or Jovial greeting. The
business streets were dotted everywhere
by stores closed up by war.
(Imss grew between the cobbles In
* the roadway. Now and again oxen
* dragging primitive carts of farm pro*
ilhce lumbered through the streets.
Restaurants and cafes were deserted,
u It cost money- to frequent them, and,
. moreover, they hud nothing to sell.
r Sufferers on Every Hand.
"It Is hard to describe life under
15 these conditions. The best I can do
i- is to say that it was suffocating.
s When not going to and fro about their
work, the less well-to-do bid their unbappiness
in their rooms. As it was,
one was forever meeting on the street
hollow-cheeked, emaciated, dry-eyed
sufferers. I felt as though I bad es"
raped from a dark prison when 1 got
s hack ro this country and saw happy,
healthy, well-fed people again.
!- "The strain is beginning to tell. I |
h have heard the emperor soundly herated
by his famished subjects In the
shops that the poor frequent. I have
often during the last months of iny
stay listened to strangely seditious
. talk among the workers, men and
women, which grew In violence after
1 the check at Verdun. The working
f women have threatened a number of
times to get out of hand and rough
things. In Saxony, at least, war Is
successfully throttling, one by one, nil
the people's impulses for llvlug.
"The Saxon casualty list has been j
very heuvy. The I'lauen regiment has
been wiped out six times. All the
young, dashing, professional officers
who led the first onslaught Irnve been
wiped out. The troops ure now officered
by men of nil classes, who have
made good In the field, and in some
cases that#l know of the derivation of
the officer testifies to the startling
democratizing effects of wnr. The call
for more men Is always Insistent. The
high school boys go out once a week
for drill. IJoy Scmits drill from twelve
to sixteen. The lund has been denuded
of Its physically fit men.
8axony Hit Hard.
"Saxony has borne an overlarge
share of the war suffering. It Is primarily
a mnnufncturlng country and,
so, has suffered most keenly from the
effects of food shortuge. At one time
last year the Saxons were eating a
bread eked out with chopped straw.
Then Saxony did an enormous export
business. The war swept this business
rftvay and closed hundreds of factories.
I knew many men In my die
^ggBSr
wiped, <mt by war, saw themselves
paupers lb 1915.
"A revolution, an economic revolution,
has already been worked in Saxony,
a revolution of destruction whose
effects will outlive this generation.
The Saxon poor realize this better
thun their more fortunate countrymen,
and they are bitterly, very bitterly,
war-weary."
PISTOL THREAT HOLDS MAID
Bhe Decides She Will Not Leave
Evanston Mistress for Place
Offering More Money.
Evanston, 111.?The practice of old
feudal Kentucky of shooting those who
Invade your home in search of something
you own will be staged in staid
old Evanston uuless other women
cense enticing away the maids of one
society leader, late from "down South."
Annie, maid extraordinary, is the
IllltlP ftf PftntonHnn
"I am leaving Saturday night," snld
Annie, after a tnlk with one of her
mistress' friends. "Mrs. Jones will
pay me higher wages."
"Down where I come from," drawled
the mistress, "they shoot people for
taking thiugs of a whole lot less value
than servants. You can go with Mrs.
Jones if you want to. But some day
I am going to call on Mrs. Jones.
Either she or you is going to answer
the door. I am going to shoot the first
one of you I see. Thnt's all."
Annie is holding down the old job
and Mrs. Jones is not nearly so anxious
to hire her as she believed she
was.
SPECIALIST WINS SUCCESS
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Miss Helen Hammond improves each
fleet Inn moment, and when she is not
entertaining or participating In various
works in which she is interested,
she Is busy devising new designs and
decorations, for she is one of New
York's most gifted and exclusive decorators,
her prize exhibition and glory
being the incomparably beautiful tea
garden on the roof of one of the leading
New York hotels.
The talented lady touches with her
magic mind everything?grand halls,
reception rooms, galleries, rooms and
most of ull most distinctive furniture.
SELL BUTTER CARDS; JAILED
Two German Waiters in Berlin Are
Sentenced to Three Years In
Prison Each.
noriin.?ttocause tne.v tried to sell
10,000 butter cards which they lind
found, Fritz I..incel and Robert Tress,
two waiters, have been sentenced tc
three years in prison each.
A bundle of butter cards fell from
a delivery wagon on the way from
the printer to the offices of the bread
commission of the Thirty-eighth dls
trlct here and was picked up by Tress
The waiter, with the aid of his friend
Rnacel, started to sell the cards. Foi
several days the two men did a rush
Ing business. When they finally wert
arrested they had over $-100 In their
pockets and still possessed about G.OOt
of the cards. The law makes the salt
of food cards a serious crime.
: FINDS "13" IS HIS
: LUCKY NUMBER
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t Chicago.?Twelve persons had J
J refused automobile license No. 4
t 1300 when Hardy II. Cleveland, J
J 'Insurance agent, made applies- t
* Hon for a tag. Ills eyes lighted J
\ eagerly when they ofTered him t
* 1300. \
J "Sure! Olve It to me!" he i
* said. "I was born on Friday, J
t the 13th. I bought my first car *
* August 13, 1013, and paid three J
4 times $1,800 for it." '
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j ESTIMATE 18,000,000 MEN
AVAILABLE FOR 8ERVIC9
In a serious emergency nenrly 18,
000,000 men are available for mllltarj
service In tlie United States, accord
lug to an estimate made t>y the execu
live committee of the committee or
national defense appointed hy Mnyoi
I Mltchel of New York. There are now
physically tit for service in the field, tl
was said, 10,535,940 men between tin
ages of eighteen and forty-five years
Upon the basis of actual expertene<
of other countries where universe
military service prevails, the commit
! tee has calculated that out of i?00,00(
I men annually reaching military ag<
1 in the United States 090,000 are tl
, for military service, according to tin
I French standard of 1910, and 4.r>9,00tl
according to the German stnndard o
j that year.
The committee, In estimating the na
I tlon's resources In men between eight
een and forty-five years availuhle fo
military service after deductions fo
"morbidity," physical defects, IndiU
trial necessities and dependences
families, places the number st jftjl
. nr.**??^ E7-^?^
ANTHEM ALMOST ! " I
COST MAN'S LIFE I
Egyptian Bandsmen Lose MusiO I
Sadly Needed in Greeting I
U. S. Consul. I
OFFICIALS ALL FUSSED UP *4
Suggestion of "Marching Through I
Georgia," as Substitute for "Star- I
Spangled Banner," Accepted I
by American Diplomat. I
London.?The pomp nnd ceremony H
vtiiiiru Miiiuuuus Lilt? pruseuiuiiuu ui
diplomatic credentials to potentates I
of Eastern countries by represents- I
tlves of the United States, or of any I
other country, have developed many I
delicate and embarrassing situations. fl
The Eastern mliul attaches great lmport
once to ceremonials und to make
a favorable impression all diplomats
must conduct themselves in strict accordance
with precedents.
A story regarding the arrival of Peter
Augustus Jay, United States consul
and diplomatic ageqt In Cairo,
Egypt, has reached London through
Englishmen who have made Jay's acquaintance.
'',
It seems that the ceremony coincident
to the presentation of credentials
to the khedive requires a vast amount
of preparation. Instead of the diplomat
stepping to the street and hailing
a hack to convey him to the royal pal- I
ace, the khedive sends a procession of
i lancers, lackeys, buglers and torchbearers
to conduct the stranger to his
presence. When the procession
reaches the palace gate the imperial
band strikes up the national anthem
of the country which the visitor represents
and he is ushered In to Its martlal
strains. AHfl
The Music Is Lost.
About n week, before the khedive
was io receive Consul Jay the master H
of ceremonies dashed up to the con- tt
sulate and asked to see the new diplo- If
mat with every annearance of extreme iX
nervousness. It is customary for the |
master of ceremonies to open a con- ? I
versatlon by inquiring: into the state I
of being of the consul and his family, * I
with protestations of respect for his
progenitors and immediate friends.
Itut on tills occasion the nervous mes- ?tr
sender not ri?l?t down to usiness.
"Your excellency," he said, ' "the
loathsome and unspeakably vile dog
who is lender of the imperial band has
had tiie effrontery but tills very morning
to crawl before jne on bis belly
and with loud lamentations to tell me
that he has mislaid or lost the music
of the 'Star-Spangled Banner.' The
punishment for his crime will be terrible,
but in the meantime if the son
of a dog and a thousand dogs cannot
find the music for the 'Star-Spangled
Banner' would it suit your Excellency
if the band plays 'Marching Through
Georgia' when your excellency arrives
ut the palace gate?"
Being a true diplomat, Consul Jay . rose
to the occasion. It might also be
stated that Jay was born nortli of the
Mason and Dixon's line, otherwise
complications might have ensued.
"It would please me greatly," said
Jay, "if the imperial hand should play
'Marching Through GeoCfciu' upon my
arrival."
"Oh, Say, Can You See."
Thereupon the master of ceremonies
backed himself out of the room with
many assurances of his thankfulness ^
I and protesting between thanks that fD
I regardless of whether the dog of a I
ft * 111(1 imist'or found tin* tmiuln or not 1
| ho Ami ull of his players would have ^
the skin "removed from their bucks
| by public flogging; they would be
( boiled In oil, drawn and quartered. *
On the morning of the presentation, I
Consul Jay stepped Into un open-faced
"punkln" carriage drawn by prancing 1
j chargers. Two Inckuyes stood behind. I
. The others walked ahead and behind. 1
The carriage wns preceded by u troop '
, of lancers and buglers. 1
As the carriage entered the postern
( gate Consul Jay was prepared to hear
, the air of "Marching Through
Georgia," but Instead, there wns a
crash of cymbals, and bandsmen, with
all the force of their lungs and all the
\ spirit they possessed sent Up the good
old strains of "Oh, Say, Can You tteef
I And Jay passed Into the palace
through n lane of dazzling smiles from
i bandsmen who had escaped u horrible
| death. They played the American nai
tlonal anthem as It has seldom been
[ played before.
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