Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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o GROWS RICHER EVERY YEAR United 6tates Swells Its Coffers With Every Twelve Months That Pass Into Oblivion. In the past sixty-five years the ns* tlonal wealth of the United States has Increased 2,258 per cent, from $7,136.000,000 In 1850 to $187,730,000,000 In 1912. Theoretically, every man, woman and child In the country Is worth $1,965. In 1850 the per capita of wealth was only $308, so every American's theoretical equity In the country's wealth is six times as great as Blxty-flve years ago. More than 15 per cent of the national wealth, or about $12,314,000,000, Is real estate and is exempted from taxation. This includes public works and property used for religldus Ahd charitable purposes. Of the present national wealth, $9S.363,OoO.OOO is in taxed real property and improvements; $16,149,000,000 represents railroads and their equipments; $14,694,000,000 is in manufactured products; $8,463,000,000 is in furniture, vehicles and the like; $238,0(>0,000 is in live stock and $6,01)1,000,000 in manufacturing machinery, tools und implements. The richest state is New York with $25,011,000,000 of pi.perty wealth. Then conies Illinois with $15,484,000,Oi'O, and Pennsylvania with $1."?,4C>8,000.000. Britain's national wealth was estimated a year ago at $108,280,000,000, and Germany's in 1008 at $77,804,000,000. MANY WIRELESS STATIONS Germany Prepared for Emergencies That Would Arise in the Day of Conflict. Part of German preparedness for "the Day" was the erection of a worldwide system of high-power wireless stations. When the war started there were in operation German wireless stations in Europe, Africa. America and the South seas Many have been dismantled by the allies, but the throe greatest still remain and serve to keep Germany in communication with the outside world, even though the cables bo cut. Tho three greatest stations are at Nauen, Germany; Sayville, L. 1., and "somewhere" tn Spain. Tho French claim that there is a Germap-wiy^ss ' station in i^Dryj^ the Union. 5ayville station there r are Known to be tour high-power stations in Mexico and ten in South America, the latter having added materially in the exploits of the German sea raiders in both the Pacific and the Atlantic. The Spanish, Sayville and Nauen stations are probably the most powerful in the world. They are each supposed to have a constant transmitting power of 6,000 miles, ocasionally raised to 7,200 miles. The waves are so powerful that they temporarily paralyze other aerial communications. Waterproofing French Unifo-ms. In the rainy season, which lasts well into the summer in parts of France and Relgium, the French army authorities faced the necessity of providing an inexpensive and effective means of waterproofing the uniforms of their soldiers. A chemist came to their rescue with the information that the fat extracted from wool while in the process of cleaning it for manufacture would serve their purpose. Experiments proved that the chemist was right. The waterproofing is done by reducing the wool fat to a liquid by the use of a solvent and diluting if with benzine or naphtha. The garment is soaked in this solution for a few minutes. It dries in a short xmie. .Neither the color of the article nor the fabric is impaired by the treatment. Cheapest Commodities. There are many opinions, but. next to human life, opinions are the cheapest commodities of these times. As it now stands, human life is the cheapest and the least regarded thing in the world ?not only human life as it exists, but human life in the future. Both are held in careless disregard. A rifle has more value than the man who shoots it. A high explosive shell is worth a hamlet. A battery of guns is more treasured than a village. "The m^st important man in the world," Bald a Russian cabinet minister to me. "is the man who can make or supply munitions of war."?Samuel O. Blythe in the Saturday Evening Post. Lesson to Parents. Because two parents in Rome, Oil, could not agree on any one of tea j names suggested for their boy baby all the names together were given to the boy, and now at the age of twenit<jur If he signs his full name he VI to write "Mord Talmadge Zacha. ..jlp Taylor Benjamin Franklin Elea* ZOT Foole Stewart Breckenridgo Carver." This should be a lesson to parents.?Boston Olobe. Apt to Be Coatly. Wife ? Oh, Tom, I dreamed last night that you bought me a beautiful abtomobile. Hub?Good heavens! You'll ruin me with your extravagant dreams. Plenty of Them. "Did ha get any damages In that assaolt rase?" '1 should say he did, mortly on hid ?ace." . .m.*. ? - w ?NP vwwam T%0*Jf ? SURELY HAS EARNED REST French Soldier, Crippled and WarScarred, la to Become a Citizen of the United States. Through the Influence of the French consul a wounded French soldier, Leon Graux of 347 East Flfty-Beventh street, was released from Ellis Island ! and restored to his wife, who had received news six weeks ago that he had been killed In battle. 1 After the French liner Rochambeau arrived from Bordeaux at her pier, foot of West Fifteenth street. Mrs. Oraux received word from her brother Pierre that he believed Leon was on the ship. She hurried to the pier and was Informed that her hus-' band had gono to Ellis Island with the steerage passengers. Sta souckt the ! French codbuJ, who obtained permission from the Immigration commissioner fgf Qraux to land in N*w York. Leon Qraux waB a crippled ard warscarred veteran when he walked ashore from the Ellis island ferryboat, leaning on his wife's arm. Ho had live bullet wounds in his arms, legs and body. His company of 350 was reduced to 34, he said, after the battlo of SoisBons. in which both his hands were severely torn by shells. In following engagements Graux had a bullet in his right shoulder, his left leg, and finally had his right thumb shot away. After each engagement he was patched up and sent to the front 1 again 'and was decorated by the French government for bravery on the battlefield. Graux gave up his job as a hairdresser in this city shortly after the war started und went home to fight. Now he is going to become a citizen of the United States and live here with his wife and two children, eight and fourteen years old.?New York Times. RECORDS NEW AUTO JOKE Joe Mitchell Chappie Tells of One Which Is Ascribed to Uncle Joe Cannon. Summertime brings with It a glow of peculiar types of humor. There is always someone who is ready to toll you the latest story about the Ford automobile. These stories are pro- I duced about as rapidly as the Ford automobiles, which recently reached uoii/iuDiiius n.'i;yrr one machine every five seeojft^s. There Is danger 'h toWtug the latest Ford story for fear of that wearied expression on the face of the reader or hearer which signals. "I have hoard it!" It is said that about a thousand new Ford stories are received by the advertising department at Detroit every week. One was soberly related by Uncle Joe Cannon on his return to Washington that will apply to any automobile or a Ford. "The mun," said Uncle Joe. "appeared at the door In a striking and histrionic attitude and gravely announced: " 'My lord, the motor waits without.' The weary owner replied languidly, 'Without what?' The reply came quick and decisive: 'Without gasoline." The weary owner delved deep in his pocket and once more paid tho toll of a mileage rate far beyond the Jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission, while 'without' waited tho motor"?"Affairs at Washington," by Joe Mitchell Chappie, in National Magazine. Nature Fake. The story of the tomato plant grafted on to an eggplant and producing a splendid fruit, with a purple skin, deep red meat, few seeds and wonderful flavor, survives and goes the rounds. This particular nature fake persists because of the lack of horticultural or botanical knowledge Even Burbank iiiiiiMfii I'uuui nc?t prouuce a new iruu by grafting. Sueli fruits can only be produced by pollenizing. Every schoolboy who lias studied botany or a primer on farming, which always contains instructions on grafting, knows that the scion or bud, grafted on to the root or stock, governs the kind of fruit to be produced. Otherwise, every graft might produce a hybrid or freak. One may graft half a do/en kinds of orange scions on one sour stock, and each scion will invariably produce its own kind of orange, and not a cross between the sour orange and that of the tree from which tho scion was cat. Mesa Verde Prophets. The season so far verifies the weatb-1 er predictions of the Indians who occasionally visit the Mesa Verde national park in southwestern Colorado for trading purposes, but who never stay an hour longer than is necessary, because of their dread of the "little people" who they believe still inhabit, in spirit form, the prehistoric cliff dwellings that havo made the Mancos valley famous the world over. Last fall the Mesa Verde prairie dogs deserted their villages for new ones, and the Indians have been shaking their heads^yer It all winter. "Rain, much rain," they say; "rain all summer." So far they seem to have pre-; dieted right. And now they are again shaking their heads. "Cold, much uuiu, vney nay; uaa winter coming. And why? Because this summer game has been unusually plentiful on the Mesa Verde. Deer are more frequently seen than for years. Rabbits and hares are so numerous one can scarcely go about without seeing them In large numbers. Coyotes and mountain lions are also unusually plentiful, which may bo explained by the abundance of the small game on which they lire. m+rnmt J * * THE LANCASTER NEW I WOMEN HAVE NEVER FAILED! AH History Shows Their Quickness to Respond When Duty Has Called Them. r If Great Britain really needs any form of military servloe from her j women, she lies but to speak the' word and millions of volunteers will respond. Lord Kitchener bould begin ; organizing a corps of amazonc tomorrow If he chose to ask volunteers for such service. The women of the Brit- j ish races, in the home isles and on ; this continent, have ever been ready to serve their country effectively In ' time of war. When Mr. Lincoln was unwillingly drafting men into the1 army, women wore volunteering for; all sorts of service. At times tLen1 and since the number of such volun-1 teers for hospital service has been embarrassingly large. The women of the Confederacy made amazing sac-1 rifice8 to aid the ragged armies in1 the Held. Some of them took their lives in their hands and acted as spies. Thousands and hundreds of thousands sewed and knitted and spun, a.ul not a few actually worked in the cornfields and rottnnflnlda Tho need for such work was not so grave in the North, but millions of women above Mason and Dixon's line were ready to volunteer for any service that the government at Washington might require of them. In all this, the women on both sides but imitated their great-grandmothers of the Revolution. No modern war has been fought without the aid of women, and such women were always volunteers. Men sometimes have to bo dragooned to servo their country, but thus far in human history the simple call to duty has been sufficient for the women of any nation.?Vogue. WONDERS OF GRAND CANYON >. m No Other Spot on Earth la Believed to Possess the Same Interesting Formations. Many people still living can remember a thrill of wonder and admiration that ran through the world In reading of the daring exploit of Major Powell in 1861 in navigating the rapids of the Grand Canyon of Arizona in a small boat. It was Ills account of his trip more than anything else up to that time that called the attention of the world to the magnificence of that wonderful gorge and to the brilliancy of the coloring on its rock's. The United States has recently pub llshed a bulletin, No. 549, a report on the geology of a portion of the Grand Canyon by 1>. F. Noble. This , orge i offers an opportunity of studying the history of the formation of our globe presented in no other spot now known. On the top are dei?osits of the Carboniferous period, and below i this strata, some of them of immense i thickness, ranging down to the Cam- I brian period at the base. In the Grand i Canyon we come to the basic rocks of the earth, the granite and gneiss. \ This panorama is described as prob- ( ably the most complete geological rec- ] ord of the world revealed to the eyes l of man. She Cured Him. iwrs. tsene Armstrong Whitney, who is to dress manikins in all the latest i creations and havo a regular dally ( fashion show at the Hudson theater, ( in speaking of economy In dress the ] other day said: "I know a man who was so stingy he grumbled every time | his wife bought a new gown. Deter- | mined to cure him of this habit, his wife for one month stayed away from the shopping district and the stores, ( and succeeded in not buying a single cent's worth of clothes. When the next month's bills arrived the husband , noted there was a memorandum for | about thirty Turkish baths. He in- ; quired if there was real necessity for , such a large number of Turkish baths in one month. 'Certainly,' replied tho j wife. You told rue not to spend any , more money on clothes, and a Turkish ] hath is about the only place I can go : and not wear clothes.' All of which ( proves that when a woman makes up , her mind she wants that $30 suit, ] marked down to $29.98, she is going to scheme until she owns it. contrary | notwithstanding."?New York Tele- , gram. Says Womtt. Kelp dril.j WJ,. Women's love of the martial muaie and trappings of war was given some blame for the European war by Mrs. Phillip Snowdcn, wife of a member of the British parliament, in an address uu TV UlUUil AIIU IUC TV nI , UrilJIC IUO National Educational assocatlon. "It is possibly our own fault?this war," she asserted. "We must admit ^hat. We love the uniform. We women affect military styles In clothing and we even allow our children to dress In ' a military way. We must have less admiration for the uniform and more hate for war." "Education," she said, "Is the remedy for war and for all social. Industrial and political conditions which make for war." International Relations. ThAl one state or one culture must be predominant in the world, we shall. | refuse to believe. Above all we sl^gll I | cease to think of the world as a col- j lection of strange Inhuman individual beings called states, whose inevitable and nightmarish rivalries make history. We shall remember that In all Interactional relations men are dealing with men.?A. D. Lindsay In Um Atlantic Monthly. rS, JANUARY 2'>. 11 THRONGS GATHER IN "ZONE" Part of the Great Exposition That Has 8trong Attraction for the Majority of Visitors. *u In the later evening the throngs mi naturally drift to the Zone, where tha rollicking sense of humor of the American people asserts itself. The ro Midway of Chicago and the Pike at FO St. Louie is appropriately christened W( the "Zone" at San Francisco. ' There are the Fagdl auto trains, v_ long Jaunting ca*s with seats side *rc way, propelled by a magic little auto. The passengers view the building first hc on this side and then on that?a aim- ot pie idea that has already made a for ^ tune for the inventor, with a name where the letters seem "plod." There are no weary marches to see the exposition ot 1915, so compact and so convenient are the little automobile th trains, to say nothing of the tiny railroad reaching all parts of the ground. kr The tendency of the exposltloner of 116 today Is to neglect to enter the build- *. tngs and see the exhibits which In themselves represent the tremendous progress since former expositions. The historic declaration of William eb McKlnley at PufTalo tliut "exposltiona m. are the timekeepers of progress" Is an again exemplified. <?t1 The first place I visited was the ta' "Panama Canal" with Congressman Kahn and wife, where, seated a moving platform traveling over a quarter of a mile with a telephone at my ears telling me this point and Cl1 that, 1 saw the canal aguiti as vividly as If looking down from Palboa 11 heights. Even after two visits to Panama, this attraction was most fascinating. as the boats passed through the locks and across the lake with ? every light, shoal and mountain revealed.?"A Trip Overland?The Ex-' position," by Joe Mitchell Chappie, in * National Magazine. ! hi SANITY IN MUSICAL WORLD 1! us War Has Failed to Produce the Ola- \ \ cord That at One Time Seemed ; J Sure to Come. i , ; | Summing up of the musical year ! 1 has begun?though the drums, fifes, < * trumpets and bands In certain of our a, parks are stimulating the public flplr- ? ? its and keeping up the popular en- j t crgy. On the whole we have been \ J generous. Mr. Percy Scholes' list of interned musicians contains no alien j1 ^vm|ivaui a auu im uii'i s 111 LngUSQ W prisons nut harmony was split. ^ Brcdsky (of Manchester and Russia) ^ was caught in Germany, Richtcr re- v nounccd his English honors, Kroisler . * went to light for Austria, and Lnmond J; was shut up at Ruhlebcn. Harmony i. was disturbed. In England tho war J threatened for a moment to banlBh *' the music mado in Germany. But j M Bantty prevailed. Wagner could not be . banished. Tho Royal Phllhurmonic ro- j] ^ fused to abolish the bust of Beetho- | j e ven from its place before the orches- ' \ Lra?possibly because Beethoven's an- ' i cestry was proved to be Flemish. ! j j Bach and Brahms have had their cele- i brat ion upon English strings and wind. And rightly!?London Chronicle. <? Awakening of Chinese Women. Miss Ruth Phillimore of Peking, speaking at a conference of missionaries in England some little time ~" ago, said that people in England had hardiy any idea how much Chinese women had altered since the revolution. In Peking it was now a common sight to see a husband and wife driving out side by Bide, showing how the position of woman in Lho household has changed. Women were taking a very keen interest in politics, and one girl of eighteen was considered dungerous enough to be beheaded, while another was compelled to escape to Japan. In ml? Bionary work both old country arRjfj American missions are doing much for these women, and tho Christian schools established by them are looked to hopefully in the way of results. Their aim Is to train nn Christian teachers, as It Is considered that the Chinese women will do far more valuable work In evangelizing their own people than could bo done by women of other countries. Canary Courts Death. Nellie, a canary heretofore of Joyous disposition, is expected to die within a day or two of starvation, says a New York dispatch. She has refused to eat since her mate, Dick, died three days ago. Dick is believed to have committed suicide, as h' ?ai found dead with hoad thrust bet en the bars of his cage. John Deertaz of 3009 Jamaica a nue, Richmond Hill, owner of tl birds, mourned the loss of Dick, o whom he was very fond. But Mrs. Dick, known to the family as Nellla, has been Inconsolable ever slnoe, Nothing tempts her appetite. "8m? seems to be dying of gnef," said Mr? Deertaz. Washing Mac?iKiVw< KIa OrWt-. In one of the newest washing ?achines a fan or propeller within the tub sends a constant stream of hot suds through the soiled clothing, contained In a movable cytlndor which Is slow'y revolved by the action of the ft-..am of hot water upon It. The r.'uchlne has neither gears nor belts. A small electric motor fastened beneath the tub doefTthe work and also operates an electric wringer attached to the top of the tub. No manual labor, afher than placing the soiled clothes la the tub, and placing ho water and soap therein, la necessary* Asbestos of Great Value. What Happiness Is. Asbestos is a potential life-saver. what happlue88 ig Study m ? incombustibility and Its fibrous nttie about good taste. If everybody ructure make it one of the most use- had good taste everybody would have i minerals for such It Is?for hl8 8hare of Joyg Yousee I do not Jt any and various purposes. Nearly everybody would be happy. That * ery theater curtain is now made of .?1? _ .. - - - uw i* luunin worm ana a seinsh bestos. Though it primarily is of one( tat i Bay everyone would have ck substance it is converted Into bjs 8uare ot Joys. and having claimed ft and pliable condition ?s easy to hiB birthright to his share of Joys he >rk with as cotton or v ool. The Bureiy would be a pig to want them aterial Is used in n aklng lumber. ain The Joy of making a poor horn* oung, plaster and stucco. Aside happy is greater than that of being >m its incombustibility, asbestos nas content in a fine one?and sometimes other virtue in its power as a non- easier. We who have little of this nductor, ana persons li ning in a world's goods stand a glorious chance 'use wherein asbestos foims a part having much of the spirit which the material are assured at comfort stands ever ready to come in and fill extreme beat or cold. Up waste places if only we will. open the door.?Exchange. Old Women. Coleridge Is reported as saying that Hint for Mother, ere were three classes into which all A gate between two rooms haa e women past seventy, that he ever proved a blessing to one mother. It lew, were to be divided:?1. That Is fastened in the doorway between sar old soul; 2. That old woman; the nursery and mother's room There That old witch. are timeB when the mother likes to watch the children witnout being right among them Of'ca sewing or writing a in d a Rea8?n; may bo dope more easily with the A well-known actor, while in a tailor tQ between lbo Illother and the little op one day, happened to notice a onQ an come in, pick up a suit, pay for it d go out ugain. "At last," lie said, here's one fellow I will never imi- Buttermilk Drinkers te." Buttermilk drinkers are called "lacto~ maniacs." Xo suggestion of "offness" j in their mental constitution is Implied But How About Getting A.vay? j ^jie jiame/ They are always of There are people who arc atraid of. BOUn,j R1|ml RRd memory. Charles icumbers, just as others lear dogs, j LamP sn{(] nothing serious could be v it there is little danger from either ; wroRg vvith the man who waa fond of * approached with kindness and con- app]e dumplings. The same observalence. Toledo Blade. tlon covers the drinker of buttermilk. ?? . .. a. ^|?jj|lgSgsa Maybelle | CH0C0IArE I I? 5 ( This is the most famous CHERRY Package in the world, ; usually sold for Sixty Cents a pound. We will sell for Forty Cents? or one half pound for ^ Twenty cents. We appreciate the responsive trade on FLOUR for the last ten days. Flour is sure to go high- y or yet, as the export trade is still taking it in large quantities. We have a good supply of the best PRIMROSE, PALACE and TABLE TALK. Come quick and ?: buy your supply. \ \ BENNETT-TERRY CO. II ; ? PURE FOOD STORE. \ i < 111 m ) i+1 i> K* i mutm jjjKm* jHT Wk ChewingC > ^|tever Chewed Chew ^^jiii^)^' Bobs,' 5c. the packet or two "Bobs" for a cent at all the better stands and stores. START your Heart aBobbing merrily with 1 A^VVO ?ui^ n^ai fonapcu peppermint candy with an inside of chummy chewing gum. The choice chew that cheers. Bob for "Bobs"