' PROFESSORS MAKES
GREAT DISCOVERY
Find* Horse Wearing Pair of Glasses
on Third Floor of Class Room
Anderson, April 16.?The Daily
Mail says.
You may think Due West folks
don't do things, but they do! Just th6
other morning, Professor Blank, one
f the learned members of the facul
ty of Erskine college, ^discovered a
horse that wore spectacles. And at
tended classes on the third floor of
the main building. The discovery was)
so crreat a shock that the professor J
was completely non-plussed and for-j
got to work the wireless on the roof
of the chapel and spread the news to
the Daly Mail and other good papers
of the Piedmont
Fact is, what the professor in
question said about the discovery,
Juts been censored. The dark curtain
of secrecy has been pulled over it,
jest because it "happened in Due
West, doncher know." Nevertheless,
the story has worked its way to An
derson through that well worn chan
nel?4he grapevne route?and the
wreless staton at Due West, which is
usually dismantled on Sunday, won't
hanre a chanrie to flash anything about
ft.
According to a good news source
Profressor Blank has recently bought
a horse and buggy. Having heard
.o# the plot of the Anyard Oil com
pany to charge more than double
fall' value for gasoline a little later,
this 'dear soul, who the college boys
nrnnlH liavo vmi hplipvp Wftars Tiink
socks and a monocle, bought the
torse and buggy just for the express
ed purpose of riding by the female
college in Due West?a privilege de
nied the Erskine boys under threats
"v of death.
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So the boys decided to start some
# thing. The next morning when Pro
fessor Blank walked into his class
room on the third floor, he found a
new "pupil." There stood a horse
hitched to a buggy. The buggy was
loaded to capacity with books of all
kinds, while the horse was decorated
fit t0 kill, including a pair of glasses
fitted snugly over the end of his nose.
Professor Blank looked at his in
nocent scholars, most of whom had
their Keads buried in their books. It
t was too much.
"What the ," he expostulated,
but a voice in the rear of the room
beat him to it;
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"What yer gonna do with it, 'fea
sor?"
< x Professor Blank glared at the boy.
Won't be no classes this morning,'
be said over his shoulder as he made
for the door. "Some of you boys get
that thing out of here."
The boys declared half holiday and
v slowly took down the buggy, piece by
piece and carried it down stairs.
Then tying the feet of the horse to
gether, they laid him down on his
v back and slowly and gently slid him
down the steps.
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The annual consumption of mush
rooms in the United States is 9,
00,000 pounds, most of which is
imported.
LOWER INTEREST
WILL BE SOUGHT
Washington, April 166.?What may
lead to an amalgamation on the parti
of the Southerners and Westerners in
the senate for the protection of agri
cultural interests had its incipiency
tins afternoon in a conference be
tween Senators Smith, of South Caro
lina^ Capper of Kansas and Gooding
. of Idaho. It was agreed that the
general plan is excellent and that
other senators from the two sections
should be immediately called for the
purpose of devising a program. It!
was also agreed to state the case of
the farmers of the country, problems
of which are identical, it was said, to
s President Harding, with an appeal
that the rate of interest charged by
tie federal reserve banks be reduced
and extension of credits be made pos
sible to farmers.
"There is no question", said Sena-i
tor Smith, "that if the representatives |
in congress from agricultural states |
forget politics, parties and the rivalry
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oi sections, uuu in suiuuon ui agn-j
cultural, problems work for the farm-;
ers, infinite good can be accomplished.
We have initiated such an organiza
tion. There is every reason to be
lieve that it will be successful."
Senator Smith is convinced that as
a result of the interview he and other
senators will have with the president
the fiscal agencies of the government
will adopt a more liberal policy of
tending money and extending credits
&C > to the farmers. '
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! HONOR SHOULD BE AMERICA'S
Washington Man Really Wat th? Fr*t
| to Demonstrate Possibilities of
WireleM Telegraphy.
A dentist living in Washington, D.
OL, invented, patented and demon
strated wireless telegraphy before
Marconi was born. Had it not been
for the attitude of big newspapers and
the stubbornness and lack of vision of
congress, this country today would be
enjoying the honor, distinction and
credit of presenting wireless telegra
phy to the world. The name of this
comparatively unknown inventive gen
lus Is Mahlon Loorals. Back in the
sixties and seventies he eked oat a
modest living by plugging molars and
making "store" teeth for the politi
cians and social leaders of Washing
ton. Doctor Loomis called his discov
ery "aerial telegraphy." His first pub
lic demonstration was made In 1866
from the two peuks of the Blue Kidge
mountains in Virginia, some 18 miles
apart From each peak an ordinary
kite was elevated, connected with an
Insulated copper wire attached at the
lower end to a telegraphing appa
ratus. - The operators of each party
were provided with telescopes, with
which they cquld sight from one sta
tion to the other and read the signals*
When all was in readiness a message
was sent by the doctor along the wire
of his kite, and was received at the i
Station on the other mountain top just
as though the two kites had been con- ,
nected with a wire In thfe ordinary
way. In this manner communications
were kept up until the fact was thor- ,
oughly demonstrated that telegraphing
could .be done as readily without as f
with connecting wires. |
DOG RELAYS CALL OF 'PHONE
Well-Trained Animal Said Never to
Make Mistake in Notifying
Him Mistra**.
Not far from Boston lives a dog by
the name of Tlmbuctoo, a dog which
has never been trained but which of
its own accord acquired a "trick"
which besides being clever is decidedly
helDfuL His home Is on a farm, which ]
is served by a seven-party telephone I
line. The call at Timbuctoo's house j
Is five bells, or as the toll operator >
would say, "Ring five." Wherever his
mistress Is when the telephone rings I
0ve times Timbuctoo will go to her j
and give five short, sharp barks. He j
has never been known to make a mis- ,
take either by barking more or lfess I
than five barks, or by calling his mis- |
tress when the bell rings some other j
call.
In order to "show off Timbuctoo,"
his mistress asks a neighbor to call j
her in a few minutes, then she goes j
somewhere out of range of the tele- i
phone, an<| Timbuctoo never fails to
give proof of hid trustworthy sum- I
monlng. %
Cadets' Great Ride.
Two hundred and fifty senior cadets I
of Victoria, B. C., have recently com- |
pieted a .1,400-mlle ride on ^bicycles,
bearing dispatches from the state com
mandant to the minister for defense. >
The small riders averaged more than |
14 miles an hour, and they completed
their task 6 hours and 23 minutes
ahead of schedule. This fine perform
ance roused public Interest In the new
system of cadet training, which has
taken the place of the monotonous
drill-yard, evolutions. Australia is
training its youngest soldiers In
camaraderie, self-sacrifice, alertness
and a love of athletics, The story of
th$- 1,400-mile ride against unex
pected obstacles has set a standard
which will not b? easily forgotten by
the Australian boy. While the dis
patch ride has done much to direct
attention to a happier system of train
ing, it has also served to awaken the
Interest of fathers and elder brothers.
Eggs From the Orient
A train of 25 cars, loaded entirely
with Japanese and Chinese eggs, left
Vancouver, B., C., the other day, bound
for New York. The train was made
op of nine carloads sent over from
Seattle to be attached to sixteen car
loads of eggs from the steamer Em
press of Russia. The eggs from Seattle
ware delivered by Japanese liners.
The eggs, with the exception of 1,500
cases for London, England, and 1,000
cases for Montreal, were all consigned
to New York. The shipment to the
latter point consisted of approximate
ly 17,500 cases of 30 and 36 dozen
each, or about 6,500,000, more than an
egg for breakfast for every man, wom
an and child In New York city.
Economy Carried to Excess.
A short time ago4 on seeing a man
who was sitting beside me in a cafe
teria "get away" frith a large tarn
burger sandwich in three bites, all
"mind your own business" policies
were cast aside and I remarked, "You
must intend to catcb an out-of-town
train; you are In suc.'i a hurry."
He came back wii ' ? "Oh, no. Yon
see every one's stun Ich requires a
certain amount of men and it is known
that by gulping it ii cakes longer tc
digest. As meat is hii a I eat this way
and by so doing I have to eat meat
but every third day."?Exchange.
Past the Academic Stage.
"Should women smoke?" asked the
man who likes to theorize.
"That isn't the question any longer,"
. said Mr. Gadspur.
"No?"
"What we've got to decide now ii!!
j whether or uot the additional fire risfc I
caused ty women smokers will justifj j
the Insurance companies in raising.1
I their rates."?Birmingham Age-Herald '
VIVIANI CLOSES
OFFICIAL VISIT
French Statesman Pays Final Call*?
Former Premier Will Sail From
New York For France
Thi? Week.
Washington, April 16.?The .mis
sion of Rene Viviani, envoy extraor
dinary of France to the United Stat
es, ended officially today with his
paying final respects to President
Harding at the White House and .to
Secretary Hughes at the state de
partment.
Accompanied by Ambassador Jus
serand the French envoy in his leave
taking of the president expressed ap
preciation for the courtesy accorded
him during his visit and assured the
president that he was returning to
France with the same impression, of
the friendship of. America for his
country that he had always held. The
president in turn expressed pleasure
with the message of friendship from
France of -which M. Vivian! was the
bearer.
While no official comments were
forthcoming upon the results of the
mission of the former French premier
it is understood that the French en
voy feels that in his task of further
ing the spirit of cooperation between
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France and the United States, his e?- <
forls have been attended with sue- ]
cess. * ,
Tonight the French envoy was the ,
guest at dinner of Secretary Hughes
and tomorrow he will take leave of j
members of the diplomatic corps. '
While M. Viviani has already left his i
card at the home of former Presi
dent Wilson he has not seen the lat
ter personally and whether he will
do so before leaving Washington
members of his mission were unable .
to say. ,
M. Viviani will sail for France from .
New York next week. i
DATES OF PRESS MEETING
HAVE BEEN CHANGED
Columbia, April 16.?The dates of
the semi-annual meeting of tfre South
Carolina Press Association have been
changed by the executive committee
of that organization from June 15,
1(5 and 17 to July 6, 7 and 8, accord
ins: to announcement made yesterday
by Harold C. Booker of Columbia,
secretary^ who said that a poll of the
executive committee taken by the
president, A. B. Jordan, had resulted
in favor of the change.
The annual meeting of the South
ern Newspaper Publishers' Associa
aaR^aaaaaaaaiH
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Busiest .
Man
est business managers in
properly, clothe, house ai
jrs, and to at last turn th(
i mind and prepared to 1
freat work!
ufficiency of money
eady at hand, the
of managing the
wonderfully simlpi
itwhen the weekly
3e is limited, the job
if e and mother takes
.^portions of a task.
to become successful
I women, children
provided with whole
)d, warm and sub
clothing, respectable
lings, healthful a
nts and a sensible ed
lese are imperative,
iull hard on the week
vance. The social
1 is higher, and the
j for skill in the han
can learn about all the i
Banner. You will find a<
ell as profitable. Make it
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tion, which vrill be held in Asheville,
N. C., conflicted with the firat dates
chosen by the--association and as quite
a number of South Carolina news
paper men are members of both or
ganizations, it was decided to change
the date of the South Carolina meet
ing.
An effort will be made to secure
the attendance of every editor and
publisher in the state at the Green
ville meeting. The Greenville people
are makirtg elaborate plans for the
meeting. The annual meeting ot cne
Association was held in Greenville
in 1919 and was one of the most de
lightful in the history of the organi
zation. In a letter to secretary look
er, J. Rion McKissick, editor of the
Greenville Piedmont, says that the
Greenville newspaper men " hope to
make the one this year surpass that
jf 1919.
In Italy last year, more than
1000 cases of sleeping sickness, re
sulting in 1018 deaths, were re
ported.
A law prohibiting street railways
from charging more than half-fare
for passengers obliged to stand was
passed by the Mississippi house of
representatives.
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Business
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the land are our , wiv
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id educate a brood of ;
jm over to the world sc
nake an independent lr
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dling of the problem
phasized today as ne
fore.
"RVow rlnv brines for
literature on food
buying, and other ies
home economics,, wl
public libraries plac<
easy reach, but the t
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of all is actual experie
reading the ads in t?
papers!
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The housewife who s:
ically reads the ad^
columns of The Pre
Banner will not onl;
how to save, but will
big additional advai
the larger ideas and
tives which will come
on managing and ar
her home.
iew things first in The F
ivertising news interes
a habit to read advertii
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NOTICE.
at
State of South Carolina,
County of Abbeville. *
Take notice^ that bids will be re
ceived by the undersigned at the of
fice of the County Supervisor in the
Court House at Abbeville, S. C., at
eleven o'clock A. M. April 25th, for a
loan of Thirty Thousand (S30.0Q0.)
Dollars to Abbeville County, to be
used m payment of ox dinary expanses
of the County, in anticipation of the
collection of taxes, and being under
authority of Section 1001 of Volume
1, Code of Laws, 1912, and amenda
tory Acts thereto. Loan to mature
March 15 th, 1922.
The undersigned will pledge them
selves to deposit the proceeds of the
loan with the Bank making the same
and there to remain .until withdrawn
in the ordinary course of business,
provided a better rate of interest can
be secured by so doing*
Right is reserved to reject any or
all bids.
L. W. Keller,
Supervisor, Abbeville Co.
J. E. Jones,
Treasurer, Abbeville Ce. >
April 11th, 1921.
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