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GREENVILLE HISTORY (The Greenville Piedmont.) From a good lady living near Piedmont comes this request to us: "There are many of us like the Rotariajis who can answer but few of the questions asked by the Mona ghan school boy. Nevertheless, I tihink we would all like to know the answers. It it wasn't asking too much, would you answer them for us?'.' The Piedmont is g-lad to comply. The questions and answers are as follows: l_What tribe of Indians inhabit ed wihat is now Greenville. v The Cher<5kees. 2.?Who was the first white set tler in what is now the city of Greenville? \ Richard Paris. 3.?What was the first name of Greenville? * Pleasantburg. 4.?What famous daughter of a famous early American statesman V spent several summers in Green ville? / Theodosia Burr Alston, only child qf Aaron Burr. 5.?What former Secretary of War and Minister to Mexico lived in Greenville? Joel Roberts iPoinsette, A Secre tary of War in the cabinet of Pres ident Van Buren and minister to Mexico under the administrations of Presidents/ Monroe and John Quincy Adams. Where was the first cotton mill in this county? At Batesville, established be between 1830 and 1840. 7.?(What famous Secession lead er ana oraww was wiea mere ior mur der? William (Lowndes Yancey. ; 8.?How many governors and Uni ted States senators has Greenville county produced? \ Governor's: B. F. Perry, M. F. An sel; United States, senators: M. C. Butler and Joseph H. Earle. 0.?Who was Vardry McBee, Sr.? The largest land owner\ and most public-spirited citizen of Greenville in anti-bellum days. He gave 1 large ~ tracts of land for Furman Universi ty and the Greenville Female Col lege and contributed liberally to other enterprises for the upbuiding of the city. ? , 10.?Who was the first president of Furman University? Dr. James C. Furman. THE GAME OF QUOITS The game of quoits was probably played in the streets of Jamestown, . St. Mary's City, Port Tobacco, Duirt fries and Piscataway, ancient towns in tidewater Virginia and Maryland by the early citzens of those places. It was no doubt played in the stable yard or the barnyard of southern and eastern homes more than a cen ier player. / tury before Americans J?egan to think of a Declaration of Independ . ence. White men in buckskin clothes and coonskin caps, and Indians, al most naked, looked on as the players tossed the horseshoes and did or did not "ring" the "ihoby. Quoit came to the.American colo * <nies with the first of the hardly pio - neers from the rural regions of Eng land and especially ttmse. who <Sariie from the borderland of England and Scotland. Before the days of gun powder, quoits was so popular in England that the subjects of kings began to neglect the practice of archery, and King Edward III and King Richard II prohibited the play ing of quoits that men and youths should put more time on archery. A sour-tongued and bitter-penned old reformer named Asoham wrote a book in 1547 and among other things set down in his musty pages is that "Quoitus be too vile for scholars." He probably meant that it was a game to be played only by common people. There have been international matches between auoiters and in +,hf? 60s wide publicity was given in the newspapers to a quoit match be tween Billy Hodsun the champion of all England and Jimmy McLaren the champion of the United States. Mc Laren was a resident of Newark, N. J., and was a Scotchman by birth which, of course, means that he was a Scotchman at the moment of his death. Jimmy McLaren represented the Stars and Stripes. The gentle men played themselves to a tie and concluded that neither was the bet 1 OLD RAIL FENCE IS MOURNED , Too Wasteful for Modern Days, but It Had Its Points of Real J Usefulness. 1 Among the once necessities of farm i life that reflected prodigality In the j use of valuable timber was the old rail I fence. Like many other almost by j gon'es of rural life, its place in farm | wastefulness now Is well established. and yet It had its use& for which the straight-line wire fence cannot qualify. The old rail fence's serrated stretches were the homes of smain&ni mal life that now is rapidly disappear ing. Around its timbers there grew the uncultivated blackberry, with its sister the raspberry, and among its recesses there thrived the elder, whose fruit once was coveted pie material and whose blossoms were the founda tion for elderberry wine that matrons served of a winter evening when the neighbors gathered. The rail fence, with its invariable undergrowth, was the favorite protec tion for Bob White in winter, and from Its top he sang in the warmer seasons. Beneath, the little ground squirrel bur rowed. From safe retreat he chattered if some intruder came near to annoy him as he was busily engaged In gath ering his store of food for the snow time. To the harvest hand it afforded pro tection at the end of the long row for a brief respite and its corners formed shaded nooks under which the.water jug might be kept. And from what royal timber was this old fence constructed! Black wal nut logs, chestnut logs and the smooth length of the ash tree were cleft by numerous rail splitters for the '.'seven high" fence that stood the storms of decades. There was many a black walnut rail whose timber would make the manufacturer of gun stocks chortle with satisfaction had he such a pres ent onnniv t\f wrtnrl nt his command.? ^Ul V* ' - Columbus Dispatch. GOOD MATERIAL FOR BOILERS Variety of Pumic? Stone l? Coming into General Use in Japan?Ha* Many Advantages. *. ^Koka Seki" is a variety of pumice stone which, as far as now known, reports Vice Consul H. T. Goodier of Yokohama, is only found in the small group of Niijima islands (New Is lands), which lie off the coast of the Idzu peninsula, about ninety miles south of Tokyo. Though used in 1 Niijima from ancieut times as a build ing material, only comparatively re cently has "Koka Seki" become known J commercially in Japan proper. Be- j cause of its durability, high tensile strength and capability of resisting J 1,300 degrees C. of heat, it is suit able for boiler and furnace construc tion as well as inner linings of safes and the manufacture of Ice chests. As it is claimed, it can be easily cut, will take a surface of paint or metal plating, and as nails can be driven in, it is thought that the uses of this material will greatly increase. It is however, in re-enforced concrete barge building In Japan that it Is best known. Maeterlinck Loses a Dog. I Maurice Maeterlinck has a special weakness for animals in general and for dogs in particular. He was great ly distressed, therefore, when, tne om- i er clay, a gentle little Pekinese which he owned was bitten by Alaska, an ill mannered Eskimo dog, brought back from America by the poet. The little dog's injury was severe, affecting the eye, and M. Maeterlinck, finding the animal's sufferings insup portable,. called into consultation one of the best eye specialists in Nice. After a careful examination the phy sician declared that an operation was necessary. The four-footed patient, however, unable to take an anesthetic, died under the knife. Now for services rendered, the spe cialist has charged M. Maeterlinck the sum of 600 franca, which le maltre re fuses to pay. The physician has gone .to.court with the matter.?From Le Pfctit Parislen, Paris. New Goldfleld In Africa. Another goldfleld has been discov ered in Eastern Akim which promises untold wealth. King Oforiatta, who was educated on European lines, first secured the passage of laws similar -1 J J ' * *? A#**ir?a fA I to tnose aaopteu m ovum oi?vu ? protect the country from exploitation. The king then proceeded with his In vestigations, but meanwhile a coloni al government survey party unex pectedly discovered diamonds a year I ago. Oforiatta, after a year of re search work, now claims that he has j discovered that gravel deposits which I have been worked for gold for cen j turles lies over a layer of clay, beneath I which Is more gravel than that of the top layer. Under his direction an area exceeding an acre has been excavat ed. The king states that he Is aatli lied that the indications point to the existence of huge goldflelds. Like a Well-Known Voice. A telephone call came to me one afternoon. The voice had the well j known, honeyed tones of my best girl. She was somewnai p?eveu u>ci au m cidcnt that had occurred a few ere ' tiings before. In order to reconcile her 1 I revealed some of my feelings, which were meant for her alone. At the end of this conversation I was gratefully and hilariously thanked for my in formation by a suddenly changed voice, it proved to be a friend of nUQ?, . wfto tort pains to see that I was told about it for weeks following? REDISCOUNT RATE MAY BE REDUCED Washington, May 5.?Reduction of the federal reserve board redis count rate in the farming districts as a relief measure in the agricul tural situation was regarded as prob able tonight by some treasury offi cials, who commented on the action of the New York reserve bank in lowering the rate on commercial paper from 7 to 6 1-2 per cent. Coming after the recent freduc jtion from 7 to 6 per cent by the Boston reserve bank,, the action of the New York bank was regarded as indicating a gradual reduction Of rates on commercial paper in other dsitricts in the direction of a uni form 6 per cent, throughout the dis tricts. At the present the districts maintaining the 7 per cent rate at Chcago, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Dallas. Reduction of rediscount rates on commercial paper as a means of as sisting the farmers is understood to be favored by Comptroller of the Currency Crissinger, although the | board has shown disposition to go slowly in any change of rate levels. JOHNSON NOT PENNILESS According to advices that have just been received from the Middle West, instead of being 'flat broke," Jack Johnson is a wealthy man and it is rumored that he may reap con siderable additional coin of the realm from two automobile patents he has' i C. H. Mcl A city is ji r\ SIGl uziEfiiiiiJiiinjnisjnfiuun! perfected during his stay in prison. The report says that the former heavyweight champioji has a $15,000 automobile in a Chicago garage, and that he has more than $100,000 de posited in the bank. Tenley tells a | praiaiBiHJEfaraiiiJEi^ |i "Educati ll i ?? I hi This week, j the que?) [! to build < !i fc is your di | i . Abbevillt * j i | the bondi !; You have j [ board of [ i follow th [j schools? s I W. M. B/ | W. A. C/ S I. D. KEF DOM I NICK LOSES FICHT IN HOUSE Washington, May 5.?The house this afternoon defeated Represen tative Dominick of South Carolina in an effort to make it impossible for the farmers of the country, having organized a cooperative marketing association, to be checkmated by the secretary of agriculture at <his pleas ure. The second section of the bill au thorizing the farmers to organize provides that at any time the secre tary of agriculture is displeased with the price of agricultural pro ducts he can call an investigation, and turn the evidence thus adduced over to the district attorney and se cure an injunction. Mr. Dominick iholdiner that the sec ami section practically nullified the purpose of the bill, moved to aihend by striking out this section. He was outwitted although 98 members stood in his support. Mr. Dominick declared in hie speech that before the United St&tee district court could determine the merits of the issue, the lettuce Jind cucumbers hedd by the injunction form the market, would have decora posed. But his argument, in face oi the Republican machine, had no ap preciable weight The farmers in the gallery however, supported him, funny story about a recent exhibi tion in 'which Johnson boxed another negro at Leavenwcrth. Jack's oppo nent refused to get up after being knocked down. "Why didn't you gel up befoah de count ob ten?" John son as^ed. "What do I care to' ten seconds/' replied his victim. "I done forgot all about time. I'm in hear fo' life." rEizramMigfiiaiagiaa Know and Hei ? petitions are bein % don or issuing bo a New High Sch uty and privilege 5 to sign this pe the following re] trustees. Are y eir wise leadersh . ' , j UNWELL, Chairma vLVERT ' {R MURRAY E. R. TI idged by the schools it \g(llJUl fJLULC UO t/IC V! SI( * GERMANY BUILDING MERCHANT MARINE / > Germany is making strenuous ef . forts to rehabilitate her merchant , marine and through those efforts she has succeeded in producing between 150,000 and 180;000 tons of mer chant ships which, added to the 500, 000 tons she had after the demands of the Peace Treaty were met, gives her now a total of 650,000 to 680, 000 tons, according to a careful esti mate made by Howard W. Adams representing the Department of Com merce of the United States in Ber-, lin. This rebuilding of the German merchant fleet has been due, he says in a report to the Department, chief ly to the efforts of the old and pow erful navigation companies in that country.?New York Times; Plumbii and Heati REASONABLE PRICES Ralph Ip our Schools ig circulated for ai nds not to excee ool as a citizen and 1 tition and ca^t y 9 preservative citize ou not willing a ip in the upbuilt m J. C. THOMS ALBERT HI R. S. LINK H. R. McALi -IOMSON has?Let's restore Abh r r? .7 /~^ j. [hens of South Carolina jN! SI CTZJBJHJZJBfHIiiniliUilJnniril See the Spinsters Conven* tion at the Opera House, Mon day night, May 9th. Laugh and grow fat. Under auspices of Abbeville Chapter U. D. C. jS PHONE 265 I Calvert Building Viena Street . Turner inuzramaiziz n ji nocracy 1 i election on [ i d $100,000 :] ' : . I reeholder of our vote for ;ns on your nd eager to jg ling of your SON, Sec'y iNRY JSSER eoille to her IGN! nuznirararafii^^