Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FIGURED IN HISTORIC PAST Representation of Monarch of the Time ?f Abraham Nov* in Pennsylvania Museum. In the dim old days of the patriarch Abraham people looked very much as they do now, judging from the oldest representation of human figures un earthed by tiie toiling brotherhood of rcheologists. Two striking figures, one standing and one seated, are in cluded In the elaborate design of the day seal, of " postage stamp," which has excited the enthusiasm of Dr. Le grain, curator of the Babylonian sec tion of the University of Pennsylvania museum. Dr. Legrain has figured out the in scriptions of the little tablet as indi Vating that it dates from the period ^hen "Ur of the Chaldees," mentioned in Genesis in connection with the his tory of Abraham, was a flourishing kingdom. And he finds reason to be < lieve that the seated figure, decorated with flounces of beautiful accordeon plaiting, is a portrait of his majesty Ibi-Sin, the last king of Ur and pos sibly an intimate friend of the Father of Israel. To the modern eye both figures are remarkably well drawn and lifelike in attitude, especially considering the fact that they were modeled in clay on a very vsmall scale. Dr. Legrain thinks the tablet served the double purpose of a seal and a postage stamp n a sack of money forwarded to a banker named Shulpae by his rever ence the high priest of the temple ?t Ur, at which Abraham worshiped. TOO &ALTHY FOR MEDICINE People of Tristan da Cunha Throw Supply Left by British Cruiser Into the Sea. The island of Tristan da Cunha is described as "an unspoiled haven of fnr fh# wpnrv soul, a mecca for those who long for relief from worries of life," by the chaplain of the Brit ish cruiser Dartmouth, which has just returned from a visit to that isolated spot "No need to worry over money there, for there is none," said the C chaplain. "There are no taxes, no doctors, no lawyers, no clergymen, no policemen, not even a head man. NeWspapers and mail arrive, with luck, about once every two years. "There is not even any medicine, for the latest supply of remedies was thrown into the sea by the inhabitants, who are remarkably healthy. Epi demics are unknown. "Tristan is a British possession In the south Atlantic, between South Africa and South America. Its snow capped ?eak towers nearly 8,000 feet ? above sea level. It is only 21 miles hi circumference. The nearest In habited place is St. Helena, 1,200 y nlles away. The only habitable por tion of it is a tongue of fertile land C at the foot of the precipitous cliffs." The Wrong Number, v Mrs. New Auto owner, all excited, called her husband over, the telephone at his office, and announced: "The i auto tags came by mail, but we will have to send them back. They sent the wrong number." Business of con saeraDie quesuomug irum uie uum aess office end of the telephone. Then: "Well, they're not the same s - aombers we had last year, so I thought they had made a mistake." Explanatory: The machine had come Into possession of the family late In the year, a license number was ob tained that had six figures and the husband got in early for a 1921 li cense hoping to obtain a smaller num ber and he got it Anyway, the wife had a good laugh at her own expense when the hus band arrived home that evening. And she Is learning something each day bout autos. >" ? ' ? ? Pellagra and Income. After a three*year study of pellagra - fa the cotton-mill villages of South Carolina, the United States public health service shows that pellagra varies iaversely with the family In come In this locality. As the Income fell the disease was found to Increase and to affect more members of the tame family. As the income rose the disease decreased, and was rarely found In families that enjoyed the highest incomes, even though this highest was still quite low. A recent statement given by one of the large life Insurance companies In dicates that the food standards of Southern wage earners must have im proved remarkably of late, for the death rate from pellagra has fallen Dr|m 6.7 per 100,000 in 1915 to 2.3 in 1919. Much Gasoline Wasted. About one-third of the gasoline used la automobiles is wasted. This is the conclusion reached by A. C. Fleldner /if the United States bureau of mines, from experiments under traffic condi tions to determine the air pollution of the vehicular tunnels under New York rity. The waste is chiefly due to too rich gasoline mixture. It is estimated that ao Improved and practically au tomatic carburetor might save Ameri can auotmobillsts $34,000,000 a year. Free Medicine. A prominent city man, who is as parsimonious as he is wealthy, is very fond of getting advice free. Meeting a well-known physician one day, he Raid to him: "I am on my way home, doctor, and I fell very seeuy ana worn uui gen erally; irhat ought I to take?" "Take a taxi," came the curt replj ?Tit-Bits, Loudon. MAY AVERT STRIKE 1 Chicago, March 14.?Both the| packers and representatives of their employees today agTeed to meet on , March 21 in Washington with Secre i tary of Labor Davis who has offered his services as mediator in the hope of averting a threatened strike in the packing industry. The packers announced that they would be repre > sented by James L. Condon and Carl Meyer, their attorneys, who are already in Washington. The union leaders said that their repre and suggested that Secretary Davis request the personal appearance of J. Ogden Armour and other big packers at the meeting. Representatives of the men ob jected to the appearance of the two attorneys for the employers declar ing that the absence of the princi pals would tend to delay the pro ceedings. The packers declared that Mr. Condon and Mr. Meyer would have full authority to represent them. All of the big packing plants were operating with full forces today, the first day under the recently an CAREFWlYa EXPERTS ATTI PRINTINI PRICES Fl TheP and Ba Compa CHANGE OF VENUE IN GOSNELL CASI j Greenville, March 14.?Granting of the motion of Jake Gosnell, reve nue agent, indicted for murder ii connection with the killing over i year ago of Sheriff Hendrick Rec tor for a change of venue to Picken county featured the opening day o the March term of criminal cour here. Gosnell claimed that he'could no obtain a fair trial in Greenvill county in view of the fact that th present sherff, Carlos Rector, is . brother of the deceased. -The stat nr>f rthiept. Hugh Bramlett abandoned his ap peal to the supreme court today con ing his life sentence for killing o his mother-in-law, Mrs. L. 0. Mc Hugh. , Blake Barton, charged wth mur der, pleaded guilty to manslaughte and was sentenced to serve fiv years. nounced cut off from 12 1-2 to 1 I per cent, in wages and readjustmen of working hours. 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This modern and ] . most artistic way of planting tulip f bulbs through the grass, and having : .. the hillsides spotted with their glow- i ing colors, is the latest method of gaining the natural toucli which is r the perfection of art. e It is. told of a famous gardener that when he wanted to plant sever - al thousand tulip bulbs he sen i a 5 man with a basket of them to the t top of the hill, where they were to ( be planted, and had him empty the 3JSi3J3J3J9]e (2J3J3J 1 I I I yjgr515/gjg|5J5!J5/5J5J5IBjSJ5JSj5JBJ5J5E.5l5?5J2i5J3SJ :OFFEE MARKET BREAKS TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1908 New York, March 16.?Under jontinued pressure of liquidation due to poor spot demands, continued ;arge receipts from Brazil and the lowest Brazilian exchange rate in >ver twenty years, the coffee market g today broke to new low levels, the lowest since 1908. May contracts sold as low as 5.13 and July as low ^ as 5.50, representing declines of 27 ^ to 28 points from last night's close Spot coffee was selling at 6 cents for . Rio 7's. basket there, the bulbs rolling down the hill and stopping wherever they found a slight depression or some obstacle, in a blade of grass or a stick or stone. Where the tulips' stopped rolling they were planted, j and the result was a lack of order or regularity, which was "natural" | in the highest degree. Here was a group, there one, or perhaps two, and the grass was sprinkled with the single beauties here, there and everywhere. t Eiaizizrazrararaziznirari! Telephc for a Represe LEGAL Attorneys and i effect important til omics by having d< agreement, bill of form* printed in qi We print legal for from the fair printii f; 'RANKUN PRINTINO PRICE UST SHSiH^JSJSHSJS/S/SlHSiSfSISfSJS/SHSlSlSlSJSjSIc itftWfgfgfaaaaaaaR fE COULD SMELL IT MILES AWAY?STRONG STUFF Spartanburg, March 14.?Magis trate J. L. Poole, of Campobello, this county has an acute sense of smell. For a week or more he has >een noticing the odor of formenta ion when the wind was from the outh. Sunday morning the odor was o pronounced that he ordered two >f his constables to make a search, and in a short while they had loca^ ,ed a moonshine still in full opera ion on Twer Rivpr. fchrpp miloa iway. The still was destroyed and he two men who were operating it was arrested. >ne 10 ntative FORMS eal estate dealer* ne and money ?con ted. mortgage. lease, sale ana judgment lantity. m? expertly. Price* ug appraiier, the fhe Same Price to Everybody