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?t?tst Newspaper 3)n ^wrth towline EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 2, 1916 NO.48 _? * SAYS ACTION IS NOT INSTANT Gravitation, as Electrical Phenome non, Explained by Scientist of Worldwide Fame. Gravitation is an electrical phenom enon and does not act instantly across space, but is transmitted with the ve locity of light, thus coming from the sun to the earth in eight minutes. So says Prof. Thomas Jefferson Jackson See, famous astronomer, in his 600-word memoir entitled: "Elec tro-dynamic Theory bf Magnetism and of Universal Gravitation: Discovery of the Cause of Gravitation, With Proof That This Fundamental Force of Nature Is Propagated With the Ve locity of Light" He claims to have discovered the secret of gravitation and has put the information in the hands of the Royal society of London. Professor See ls an astronomer of j note. He is a graduate of the Univer-1 sky of Missouri and has received the j degree of Ph. D. from the University bf Berlin, for which institution he was i later an observer. He is now a naval j observer for the United States govern ment and is stationed at the Mare Island navy yard. Professor See holds that gravitation ls due to elementary currents of elec- j tricity circulating around noms of matter. Ampere, the celebrated French scientist, discovered In 1820 that two parallel currents of electric ity floating in opposite directions re pel. Following the lines first taken by Ampere, Professor See has worked out his theory of gravitation. i TIN HAT IS INNOVATION Designer Puts Forth Many Reasons Why lt Should Be Accepted as an Article of Attire. The latest innovation in men's ap parel has v been sprung by W. H. ! Whiting of Jonesboro, Me. It is a tin hat, with a band made of copper. He fashioned the natty headpiece him- j self. It ls not only very light in ! weight, but he claims that it is cheap er than a straw "bonnet," lasts longer and is absolutely rainproof. Whiting's tin hat has a luster all Its own, something that takes the shine off all other hats. It ls more showy than Mambrino's helmet, made famous by Don Quixote. Whiting's hat is made of tin, common sheet tin, the same kind of tin that baked beans and sardines and tomatoes are put in. j It is built on a 1915 model and no fashionable youth of the town can "put anything over" on him in the matter of style. It is neat, hut not ? gaudy, a tin body with a copper band, not quite as brilliant as a ribbon with college colors, but more substantial and quite as attractive. At least, lt attracts plenty of attention when Whiting wears it on the streets. I Career of Duke of the Abruzzl. The Duke of the Abruzzi, command er-in-chief of Italy's navy, comes of a famous fighting house-the House of Savoy. He is forty-two years old, and is mainly known to the world as an intrepid explorer, particularly as a mountaineer. In 1897 he ascended the frozen heights of Mount Elias in Alaska, a feat, it is said, never 1 theretofore performed. Two years later came his polar expedition, in which he made a point farther north ! than Nansen had reached. This was ' followed by mountaineering feats in Africa and among the Himalayas. In t early boyhood the duke showed a fondness for the sea, and entered the Italian navy at the minimum age. He ; was educated at the naval school at Leghorn, and har had a most success- I ful career as an officer of the fleet, having risen in the service by his own merits and industry. Battle Famous in History. The capture of Warsaw antedated ! by a day another historic anniversary , in German history, the battle of j Woerth, August 6. 1870. Here the French under Marshal McMahon, fresh from their defeat hy the Prus- j sians at Weissenburg, ten miles away, were again overwhelmed by the vic- ? torious Germans. The fiercest fight ing occurred in the village of Fresch weiler, which had to be stormed, the struggle in the streets being of the most desperate character as may be judged by the fact that the Prussian loss was 10,000 and the French 8,000 with 9,000 prisoners. Replacing Fallen Soldiers. Even if the number of permanently | invalided equaled a million more, this j drain would have little effect. Half ? of the world's population is less than ; twenty-one years of age." Out of three or four hundred million of people now at war, the number of young men who I will have within the year become of military age will far exceed the num- j ber killed and disabled. And it ls absurd to say that this means no j reparation of fighting strength be- 1 cav.se wars have always been fought ' in large part by boys.-Carl Snyder in Collier's Weekly. One Cost of Tuberculosis. In a pamphlet on "What Tubercu- j losls Costs in Wages," the National Association for the Study and Preven tion of Tuberculosis says that an in vestigation of 500 cases in Boston shows that these men lost more than $425,000 in wages as a result of this disease. Definition. "Father," said the small boy, "what is a Jingo?" "A jingo, my son, is a man who is perfectly willing to start a fight, if someone else will Attend to the subte? quent details." ?jj 11 I ll Fl 1 1 I >|?h?l?l-t' 1' 'L l-l?!- ? I CHICKEN A LA KING f jj By PAYN? MORRIS. | V T T .T .f..?. F..f..T,.l.......,llttttI.,t,.T..>..W. . .... t'l f TT1 TTTTTTTTTTTTT I'TTTTTT Mr. Peck didn't realize that it was Monday until he was upon his own pavement. When the fact crashed up on him with stunning force, he began nervously to unbutton his coat. By the time he was in the living room both coat and waistcoat were, off and he was hurriedly turning back his cuffs. He knew there would be a checked apron behind the kitchen door and a note concerning dinner on a nail above the sink. It was club day. and he knew that that meant that when Mrs. Peck returned at 6:30 she would expect dinner to be ready to serve. Mr. Peck found the apron and read the note. "Great days!" he exploded., "Chicken a la king, page 76 in the I cook book, potatoes au gratin, page 104, banana fritters-you know how-' the dessert's made (on ice), cucumber and tomato salad, French dressing. Put down the lace mats and yellow candles and an extra place. I'm hav ing company." A staccato knock sounded upon the kitchen door, and Mr. Peck opened it A young woman stood there-a very pretty young woman. Even in. Mr. Peck's perturbed state of mind, he had enough gallantry to fling the door' quite wide and say pleasantly: "Good i evening. Won't yoi come in?" She nodded appreciatively and stepped into the kitchen. "I am Mrs. | Harmon from next door. I came in to: see if Mrs. Peck could lend me a lemon." i "If you'll Just sit down, 111 go look in the pantry. Mrs. Peck is out and I'm getting dinner." "Oh, how cute! Imagine my Harry' getting his own dinner! I can just see him in an apron!" She threw back ? her head and laughed merrily. The laugh was very contagious and Mr. Peck smiled. He wanted to hear her laugh some more. "Besides," he added proudly, "I'm not only getting my own dinner, but that of my wife and-and company." Mr. Peck procured the lemon and was holding the door open for her! when a happy thought struck him. "Do you know how to make chicken a la king?" he asked. "Heavens! Do you have to make that?" "Yes, and-wait, 111 read you the note." j "You poor man!" when he had fin ished. "You never can do that in the world. It's almost six now." Mr. Peck looked at his watch anx iously. "So it is! Why, I'd no idea it was so late." "Don't you want me to stay and ! help? I'd love to, if-if you don't tell." Mr. Peck promised with suspicious promptness. So Mr. Peck and his pretty neighbor dissected chicken, made cream dress ing, grated cheese, made batter and altogether were so busy for the next half hour that neither had time to talk. Mr. Peck set the table while the fritters were frying. He knew where to find things-lace mats and all. "Well, Mr. Peck, I guess it's time I was going. The whole dinner's ready to serve." She laughed amiably. Mr. Peck turned the knob of the kitchen door when he had thanked his neighbor for her heaven-sent help. The door stuck. He turned the knob the other way. Still it stuck. He rat tled the knob and kicked the door. No use! He looked anxiously at his watch. Six-thirty! "Ifs time for Tillie, Mrs. Hannon, and the door doesn't seem to open. Will you try the front way?" "I'll have to, I guess. Wouldn't it be dreadful if I'd meet Mrs. Peck!" "You're just right, it would!" snapped a woman's voice from the shadow of the front hall. "You didn't hear me come in, eh, John? Well, here I am! And the gentleman I've brough' with me will be just as interested as 1 am, I guess." Mrs. Peck reached for the switch in tbe living room and turned on the light. "Harry!" gasped Mrs. Harmon. "You didn't'tell me you were coming here tonight. I didn't expect to see you." "No, I guess you didn't!" said Mrs. Peck. "This is a pretty how do you do!" Mrs. Harmon looked nervously from one to the other. Then she made the speech of her life. "Don't you dare to speak to me un til I'm through, Mrs. Peck, nor you either, Harry Hermon. You are both so busy with clubs and lectures you forget you have homes-both of you. I came in here to borrow a lemon for my solitary supper. 1 ought to be ac customed to them, but I'm not. This poor man here was panic-stricken for fear he couldn't cook the meal he'd been ordered to get. So I offered to help and I did What's more, you've no more business being out with my husband than I have trying to kill my self for yours. So there!" She rushed for the door sobbing. Harry caught her in his arms, say ing remorsefully: "Wait a minute, Toots! See nere! I nave been a selfish old cad, but I promise to reform this minute. You're a little peach, that's what you are. There-that's better, dry your eyes, dearie." Mr8. Peck surveyed her husband with contrition. "John Peck, take off that apron and don't you ever put on another as long as you live or go into that kitchen either. Mrs. Harmon, \ have yoa any appetite for your own ' cooking!" (Copyright, 1915. hy McClure Newspaper, Syndicate.) 1 New Through Sleeping Car. Between Aiken and New York, Washington, Baltimore, Phil adelphia, effective November 23, 1915 on the Augusta Spe cial Via Southern Railway. 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