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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1?Z0.
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| Contest for Tu)<
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1. To the bona fide pupil of
H ^ grades, or the graded school, or I
name?'"PLANTERS BANK"?v
in gold to the high school pupn si
either the graded school or the 2
2. Webster's-Unabridged Di<
this Dictionary, it will count. Is
ten in ink or on typewriter on on
3. By high school pupil is in
4. Each contestant in order
this bank. One Dollar Will Opei
5. The decision of the judgf
will be final.
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RULES OF THE COF
the white schools of Abbeville e
the Mill school who makes the gn
rill receive $5.00 in gold. Two
ubmitting the greatest number ol
dill school submitting llie greate
jtionary will be the authority eon
so misspelled word will be count
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eant any pupil enrolled in grades
to be awarded a prize must have
n Either Kind of Account.
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n tn6 SIDOV0 11 Oliver said:
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dined to act
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ponding to fa
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\gent. 11 gated any of
| ing miracles,
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Away Gold
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1/ Gold. Money Begins
th at 4-00 p. m.
dvertisement and enter at once,
anters Bank, and in the case of a
the prize.
*TEST:
nrolled in any one of the high school
^ntoci numhpp r>f nomnlp.f.ft words from the
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prizes will be awarded: the first of $5.00
' words and $5.00 in gold to the pupil of
st number of words.
suited for each unusual word. If it is in
ed. Large size paper must be used, writed
in columns the long way of the paper,
eight to eleven.
either a checking or a savings account with
ses May Robertson, and Ella Mae Tribble
itions. Open the account and beur
Savings department before you
lArill Kq tat/Mclrinor at thp qamp timP.
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Will thresh cane seed for
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ly only. Take special notice.
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LODGE i experience, not by theory, hypott
ACCEPTS MIRACLES or prejudice."
Sir Oliver said he had not m
, . t ? ..a in his lecture to put it forth :
Lodge: s studj or proved fact that young children 1
has changed his atti- a recollection of an earlier existe
miracles from skepti- no^ on eart]li but in some other s
f in the New Testament,jje mentioned his opinion that y<
:1 to openmindness to- j children have such a recollec
s of religious miracles i
wlipn ho \vn? eivine- his nwn
quent ages and at the ^at these living on this earth
In his rooms at the lived before, though not on
i. in New York, Sir planet.
(.ires Nothing As Fact.
ole. I was a skeptic with "I have nothing positive to sa:
iracles and I felt sym- the subject of pre-existence."
hat I think Mathew Ar- said. "I have been pressed for
'Miracles don't happen.' opinion on the subject so freque
f investigation I have since I have been here that I
so many extraordinary cussed my own view in the led
think a great deal more though I meant to put forward n
lan we had supposed to ing on the subject as established
in the whole. I am in- When I spoke of the faint glimi
ept the New Testament ings which a child has of an ea
; main as fairly corres- !ife I was quoting from Wadsw<
ict." who was a man of insight ant
[1 if he had ever investi- some extent to be trusted. Ot
the recent or continu- have believed that children
as put forward by the some reminiscenses of their ex]
rch, he said: ences before birth. Plato was 01
t gone into any eccles- don't say that they had a prev
?"< fpsti- lit'p nn this: earth nr anvthine of
levitation makes me sort. But I mean that they wer
sible that some of the some sort of existence. It is
racles are genuine. I scientifically established at all."
jects move without con- Sir Oliver was asked if he belii
that means I am not that the inhabitants of this w
say. It enlarges one's bore any relation to the past si
cal fact. In these mat- in view of the fact that he beli<
ided wholly by fact and those who have gone to a future
Hi j istence can communicate with and
influence persons now living.
|1| "Xo." he replied. "That is the
U | doctrine of some. I am not one of
HH' them. I think that we grow our Inig|!
dividuality here and that it persists
jjgjjin the next life. I don't think that
fjijthe individual developed here is
3! pre-existent, but I am not dogmatizflliins
on any of these things."
I5B When it was remarked that m laying
the results of his researches dirH?!ectly
before the public he was dejg;
parting from the traditional aloofHjjness
of scientific investigators, he
gjj! "I think men of science frequently
Hi tell the public what they have learngj?
I ed. But a good deal of science is unm
i intelligible,' or difficult to make in^
tclligible. I have been considered t(
Si have a sort of faculty to make thing;
?g: intelligible, but there is a great dea
Igijof science that I don't attempt to ex
m j plain to the public. But when ?
= I subject is sufficiently well-known, i
m ought to be capable of being mad<
gl partially intelligible to any educatec
SI person who will be patient enougl
H to listen. If you cannot explain i
|gi! thing, it is usually because you d<
jg | not know it thoroughly.
Speaks To Give Comfort.
Hi "Further than that psychic matter!
gHjhave a bearing on actual existence
^ion daily life, especially because of tin
Iglwar. For many years I held m:
gj| I tongue, but I have come out since th<
Sjwar more into- the open because o
Bj the extensive breavement whicl
Hi could be comforted. It has helpei
gg srtme people. I have no doubt i
|??! has helped a great many families.'
ml,Sir Oliver was asked if the affectioi
s j which is believed to carry into thi
HI,other world for a dear one here i:
j permanent, or whether the condi
|?!tions of future life tend in time t<
m! efface it.
g| "You mean, 'Does time obliterati
Ig{? affection?'" he said. "I cannot say.
?j| think it depends so much on the peo
jB pie themselves. With some peopli
^ 'Absence makes the heart grow fond
S er/ With others. 'Out of sight, out o
Sj mind.' Your opinion on that is jus
?H'as good as mine."
m j He was asked if communication!
Blifrom the other world ever come un
g; expectedly, or if their reception c'e
Ujipended on the mood and desire of the
s'livine person.
{??! "I think the person here has u
gjigive an opportunity. There his to b*
j cooperation, or some receptivity. I!
j??!the person here should shut his mine
^ I think the communication would be
IS i very (lifficu't. almost impossible."
When aslted if spirits manifestet
themselves only in communications
|jg;or if they sometimes made themSi
selves visible as ghosts, he said:
?gi "I don't think this is the time to gc
sjinto that. I am going to talk nexi
*|gjjtjme on the evidence for survival anc
si your question is on that subject."
Studies Effects of Ills Talk.
fj| Sir Oliver said he had been interHi
ested in reading the accounts of his
fj|l! lectures and interviews.
jjjjj "I don't care for verbatim accounts
?|gj of my lectu res," he said. "I am mor<
mtj interested in discovering the im
UK; pression that what I say makes or
PH an intelligent person thin in reading
J1 my own words over again."
Sir Oliver had a conference witl
gjg | Dr. James H. Hyslop, Secretary a
Bithc American Society for Psychica
jjgg! Research, whom he called "the chiel
= 'lepresentative of this subject in Am
Hp erica." Sir Oliver said, however
gjjp that he had not engaged in any re
HS'search work or studied any new evi
^K|dencc s'nee his arrival here. He if
I3B work in this country, and in his lecH
ture digressed to sayc
sj "Allow me to offer' acknowledge
W= ment to the admiration which we ii
Europe feel for America's astronomy
^ Yuu have had magnificent menefac
= tions enabling you to make the larg
HI est instruments. You have plantec
these instruments 011 the tops 0:
^'mountains in a clear sky where voi
IkJ&can really see the stars, and you hav<
SL^jnad highiv trained observers to mak<
_U discoveries with those instruments
f!3 I Vou have, moreover, had splendic
^Jl | mathematical astronomers whos<
Up work has carried forward the worl
yp of Xewton into regions that at on<
-H cime seemed hopeless of penetra
Si tfon."
on uiivui |ji trseuieu u.
3^ a puzzle for clergymen, who gave at
grg tention to his views, because, \vhil<
LC lauding "the great Darwin," on th<
flo one hand, he told on the other, of hi;
5fH belief in the saints and the prophets
&? and of passages in the New Testa
Sj nient which form the cornerstone oi
' the Christian faith. Speaking of ef
Uj forts to explain the beauty of na
!? ture, he said:
Sees the Creator Rejoicing.
nU "People have tried to explain th<
" j beauty of flowers on biologica
lesia! grounds, but you cannot explain th<
| beauty of the sun and mountains oi
eant- e heaut>' of the sunset sky. This
ls a beauty has no utilitarian object. It i:
have I manifestly the rejoicing of the Crea
;nce, tor 'n own work. Why shoult
tate. 5:1111 r'se *n a blaze of glory anc
)ung'set "gain in the most gorgeous coition
ors- ^ot f?r an-v r?^son except review
joking in beauty."
ka(j Illustrating his argument that the
human senses are fitted to receive
only scant information on a few ol
the phases of the universe, that most
f on|of our knowledge was based on tbf
I,e j work of the mind through centuries
my I on materials imperfectly presented
sntlyiby the senses and that spiritualism
dis-1 should not be rejected because the
:ure, I proof is not thrust upon every eyt
10th- j and ear. Sir Oliver said:
fact.! "I bethink myself of the great
ner-1 Darwin, when he was evolving his
rlier 'Origin of Species.' He would conjrth,
template from a different point ol
1 to view many organisms, ootn 01 piani
hers and animal. He would stand in his
had greenhouse sometimes looking at an
peri- i orchid or some other flower, and
le. I wondering how it came to be so
ious beau'iful, wor.der how the cells cothat
operated with each other to produce
e in the veins on the leaf, how the whole
not structure was built up according to
' some design, by what mechanism of
;ved the development and the ancestry of
orld that flower lay before him. He was
tate, 'trying to work out the origin of the
jved beauty, and he would stand there,
ex- hour after hour, silent, abstracted,
thinking. We can realize -what was
going on, but the appearance was
different. His house-keeper used to
'come out and want him to come to
luncheon. She only saw the appearance.
She used to go back to the
other servants and say:
j "'Ah. poor old man. he will stand
i there hour after hour doing nothing.
1 It is a pity he hasn't something to
occupy his mind.'"
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WEATHER FORECAST
The following letter has been re,
I ct-ived by the secretary of the ihum11-tr
of Commerce from the observer of
| the weather bureau at Greenville and
I \ifi11 I\/-? r\P 1 infnvoct fr* wlinlp
* I s;.Ig dealers or growers of fruit, vege
:ijIcs. etc. The Greenville bureau of|
j fors to furnish weather forecasts free
of charge and those interested are ask"|ed
to communicate with Mr. Warren
'i !'. Kin^ the secretary of the local
i ell;-labor of commerce.
JI The letter follows:
i This oflice would be glad to furnish
j information to wholesalers, or others,
j in your city, who ship perishable proj
ducts as to probable temperatures for
I tl.e next 24 to 36 hours in advance.
, j Forecasts of this nature known as
* j Shippers forecasts are issued when
' i temperatures injurious to perishable
" i products are likely to be experienced
N within the following 24 to 3G hours.
-jTh??o forecasts are issued when temperatures
of c2 degrees (freezing! or
. below, or 90 degrees, or above, are
. [expected. The following is a sample:
? I "Protect shipments during the next
i 24 to .'!(> hours from temperatures as
I follows: North and east, 24 degrees,
| west. 24 to 30 degrees: South 22 dei
grees.
"I We expect to organize such a fore|
cast service soon at this station, and
j would be glad to include any in your
IJ city interested. Please forward list at
Jyour early convenience.
" In addition, we issue a daily fore_least
and would be glad to supply far^!
mers. merchants, etc., in your com.
; mtinity on application. All forecasts
!are forwarded during the mornings
' preceding the forecast period and
' i climilrl hn flurinc fhf> sifter*
| i noon with good mail facilities. We
[Ihave also a special service for those
' | interested in fruit and truck grow!ing.
advising as to frosts or injurious
' icold.
' Cash Prizes For Best Posters.
I For the best posters drawn by ^
( school children emphasizing the
thrift idea the War Lf m Organiza(
tior. of this district will give cash
[ prizes amounting to mere than one
I hundred dollars, according to an announcement
just made. The rules of
. the contest, which closes March" 31,
' have been sent to school principals
and teachers throughout the district
} with the request that they be posted
-.on bulletin boards and in other con'
spicuous platffes.
All pupils of all public and private
i schools in this district may enter the
P
J contest. Students of universities, colf
leges, business colleges, institutes
and normal schools may r.ot tak<.' part
*,the announcement say3.
.1 Six prizes will be aw;:vied in '"his
5 state. All school.- will be divided inio
two classes: Those in cities with a
.'population of more than 8,000, aci
cording to the 1910 census, will be
" known as Class A Schools. The others
.'will be class B Schools. In each class
1 three prizes will be given?$5. $2.50
f and $1. Also in each class two grand
i prizes for the Fifth Federal Resei've
i District will be awarded, these being
j $10 each.
?| In addition to the cash prizes the
c winners will receive personal letters
I
*' of congratulation signed by the dirnf
thn War Loan Organization
f and the governot- of the Federal Re'
rol-ve Bank of this district.
j: All posters submitted must empha>
size the value of saving and the advantage
of investing in Thrift and
j War Savings Stamps. The postei*s
-[may be made in any manner desired.
\*o contestant may enter more than
Lv o poster-. Anyone who desires
3'copies of the printed rules can get
11them by writing to the War Loan
p Organization at Richmond, Va.
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5
['Murphy Wins Auto
1 Race Traveling*
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L\.'Kf iUUCO llimi
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 28.?
' .rinny Murphy, a new driver, wen
f the Los Angeles speedway ope?nng
event of 250 miles and captured ^he
! C 10,000 first money today. His time
1! was 2:26:,17.
t Ira Vail was second and Joe Thoin11
as third. Murphy's average .time
! was 103,2 miles an hour.
f| Murphy, long hart been known to
. iitiio.nobile racing men as a mechaj
nician. but made his initial western
; appearance as a driver today. Mur1
phy camo from behind when Joe
, Boyer, who had been in front for
jj forty-four laps, was forced to thu
! pits by a broken connecting rod that
[! put him out of the race.
Murphy's time for the 250 miles
; was 2 hours, 26 minutes. 17 seconds,
jjor an average speed for tlie distance
;! of 103.2 miles per hour.
Ira Vail, who came in second, cap(tilled
$6,000 prize money and Joe
| Thomas, the third man, won $3,000.
I The newspaper scorers all had Thoni'
as in ahead of Vail, but the official
I timing device gave the latter a shade
' the better of it.