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MEN OF GENIUS NOT "SMART English Professor Declares They Ar?? In Fact, Extremely Slow to Grasp a Point. Defining "smartness" as the capaci ty to adjust oneself rapidly to the Immediate circumstances,- Prof. T. H. Pear, University of Manchester, said at the Educational association's annual .conference at University college, that "a genius is usually anything but smart, and he distinguishes himself ?rom the merely smart man, who lives up to the external demands, by refus ing to accept the surroundings, by set ting about them instead of allowing them to set about him. "I believe that some geniuses might not achieve the topmost ranks In a good many mental tests, especially lu those requiring rapid solution of prob lems. A genius never sees any com plex problem In the same light as an ordinary person and In a mental test may appear to be stupid. "Some brilliant scientists would make woefully bad hospital orderlies, district visitors or managers of a household. The reason ls not that they cannot attune themselves to the situa tion." Professor Pear divided people into two classes, the extroverts and the Introverts. The extrovert won the V. C. The first class airplane fighter Is a specimen of the healthy extrovert, but the mathematician who calculates the plane's stability ls an equally healthy introvert.-London Dally Mali. WILL FIGHT FOR BARGAINS British Journal's Lament Shows That Women Are Women Though the Ocean May Divide. A Joke that blooms each January md July In the funny papers ls the changed disposition of women In sale times. A good deal of lt, of course, ts Just Joke, and nothing else, but there Is a certain layer of truth at the roots of lt One never does actually tee shoppers hitting each other with umbrellas or stamping on the assist ?nts, though on the opening day of the sales recently there were women ?.Ith firm fingers Jerking blouses away [rora Ump, tentative fingers and el bowing through crowds In a manner that even a conductor would regret to see In a street car. Bich silk pet ticoats spilled oft* the counters on the ?usty floor, and women tramped over them Just as though they were clumps of buttercups. Little frail bits of lingerie were lugged at the seams In a way that was simply asking for trouble; flimsy blouses were tossed Into crumpled heaps. It seemed scarce ly possible that any of the goods dis played could survive the tumult and battle of this, the first "day.-Manches ter Guardian Weekly. Sa rca st ?c. The first step In learning whether your child Is properly nourished, we read, ls to "Weigh the child In kilo grams.'** The kilograms are very light we understand, but If absolute ac curacy, ls required, you may weigh the child In them first, and then later take 'em off and weigh 'em separately. On second thought, we advise the sep arate weight In all cases, especially where the kilograms are winter weight Heading further, you multiply the result by ten, and then "divide the result by the child's sitting height In centimeters"-just everyday centime ters will do-"and take the cube root of the result, and you wiN have a fig ure that will tell you whether your child ls properly nourished." Most any architect or engineer in the tele phone book will be glad to call and find the cube root for you.-Kansas City Star. Telephones Aid Forest Rangers. The rangers who police our national forests now are using portable tele phones as a result of special perfec tions and adaptations of this method of communication to timber country requirements. Each ranger carries a portable tele phone as part of his equipment. Wire service ls maintained between the headquarters camp, rlold points and lookout stations. Instead of the overhead telephone lines, the forest telephone wires hang loosely from trees 10 to 12 feet above the ground so that In case a tree falls on the line lt merely will take up some of the.slack and not break the wire.-Atlantic City (N. J.) Gazette. Shoot Cable Over River. Telephone and press communication with Portland and points as far north as Montana, cut off recentJy by the overflowing of the Santlam river, In central Oregon, was restored by shoot ing across the river a weight to which was attached a light wire. A projectile gun was used, accord ing to the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company. After ten attempts the wire was landed across a 400-foot gap and an emergency cable pulled across. Too Much Cut Out. "Tour show can play In Plnnkvllle If you cut out the objectionable feat ures." "Won't pay me." "Nonsense. You can continue to charge $2 per seat" "Not for a ten-minute show.** Louisville Courier-Journal. Radium in Brazil. A rich find of radium has been re ported In the state of Minas Geraes in Brazil, according to a traveler who has jul! returned from South America. The radium ls In the form of uranium oxide. BETTER THAN ALL MEDICINE Oysters Put Artemus Ward on His Feet When Every Other Remedy Had Proved a Failure. When Artemus Ward and Dr. Hing ston, who acted as his manager on his vfestern lecture tour, arrived In Salt Lake City, after that amusing and successful visit to California, the be loved humorist fell sick. So badly was he, after his arduous rounds of the Pacific coast and his strenuous days In Virginia City, Nev., with Mark Twain and Bill Nye, that his life was despaired of. The lecture Artemus had arranged with Brigham Young to give in the theater, had to be postponed. In fact, so hopeless seemed the case that Dr. Hingston even tried to arrange to have the body of his friend and partner transported to the East on the stage coach. But the optimism of Artemus brought him back to safety again, a very thin and weak man. But before he was allowed to leave his room, Artemus had difficulty gain ing sufficient strength even to walk. From Brigham Young to the least humble of the Mormon "saints," atten tions In the form of fresh eggs, jellies and other helpful delicacies were showered upon the convalescent Ar temus enjoyed everything, but nothing seemed to give him strength. At last a food was discovered In a 1 local grocery, so we are told, that | "lifted him from his couch." This was nothing more or less than a dozen cans of Baltimore oysters, put up In squares of block tin. The first oyster stew "hit the spot," and Artemus chirped up: "Get out tire bills for the lecture! See Mr. Clawson and arrange for the date. The show ls safe enough, now we've got on an oyster basis."-Mark Stuyvesant In the Cleveland Plain Dealer. TO MAKE HEADWAY IN UFE Consecrate and Concentrate, is th? Advice Given by Writer in Forbes Magazine. You want to make headway in the world, of course. See if this thought can help you: First, consecrate your self to your calling; then concentrate. The lives of most men of notable achievement have been characterized by consecration and concentration. Be fore one can consecrate oneself, one must be possessed by some bigger and broader and better Idea than mere money making. There must be some thing 1? the work that appeals to one. The work must appear to be worth while, worth effort and Industry and sacrifice. You could not, for exam ple, conceive of anyone consecrating himself to "bootlegging." There isn't one honest calling, however, to which a worker could not consecrate him self or herself if animated by the right spirit. Having consecrated oneself to a line of endeavor, then concentration must follow If proficiency and success are to be attained. The worker, be he employee or em ployer, who hasn't consecrated him self to his calling falls to derive from lt that deep satisfaction known to those who have consecrated themselves to their jobs. Concentration follow? consecration naturally and with Joy rather than hard effort.-Forbes Mag azine, i Swiss Santa Rings Bell. Ia the quaint little town of St. Gal len, Switzerland, which has retained many of Its curious medieval customs, Santa Claus makes his visits ringing a gigantic cowbell, says Popular Science Magazine. In St. Gallen, every Christmas eve twelve men array themselves In white trousers and shirts, embroidered wool suspenders, and bright red ties. Each one fastens an enormous cowbell on to a wide leather belt, and covers his head with an enormous mask of card board, the upper part of which ls decorated by stenciled designs. One of the twelve ls called "Saml chlaus." It Is his duty to give the good children presents. The other eleven remain at a little distance on the out? skirts of the Jolly crowd that follows them on their rounds, giving candy to the grownups and entertaining every body with their clowning. Cave-Dwelling Snake?. Until recent times no reptiles were known to have adapted themselves to existence In the darkness of caverns. Now, however, It 1% known that In the Malay peninsula a snake, a species, of coluber, inhabits certain caverns, feeding upon the bats. These cave-dwelling snakes, attain a length of between eight and nine feet Their coloring simulates that of the walls of the caverns. The rock is a yellowish limestone, traversed with blackish veins, and these mark ings and colors are curiously repro duced In the snakes, many of which lurk on the ledge In the semi-darkness near the entrances, watching for the bats. The Game of Whist Ali great discoveries are works ot time, and the game of whist Is no ex ception to the rule. Its merits were not recognized m early times, and un der the vulgar appellation of "whisk and swobbers" lt long lingered In the servants' hall ere it could ascend to the drawing room. - At length some gentlemen In Eng land who met at the Crown coffee house In Bedford Rod, studied the. fama., jive it niles,, established its principles, and then Edward Hoyle, In 1748, blazoned it forth to ull the world, IN CHRONIC STATE OF FEAR Observing Author About Right Whan Ht Describes Conditions Under Which All Live. In his book, "The Conquest of Fear," Basil King says: "LooS at the people you run up against in the course of a few hours. Every one ls living or working In fear. "The motlier is afraid for her chil dren. The father ls afraid for his business. The clerk is afraid for his Job. The worker is afraid of his boss or his competitor. "There ls hardly a man who is not afraid that some other man will do him a bad turn. There ls hardly a woman who is not afraid that things she craves may be denied her, or that what she loves may be snatched away. "There ls not a home or an office or a factory or a school or a church tn which some hang-dog apprehension ls not eating at the hearts of the men, women and children who go in and out *T am ready to guess that all the miseries wrought by sin and sickness put together would not equal those we bring on ourselves by the means which, perhaps, we dp least to counteract. "We are not sick all the time; we are not sinning all the time; but all the time all of us-or practically all of us-are afraid of some one or some thing." MOVES ALTOGETHER TOO FAST Writer Makes Complaint About Life That Will Be Echoed by Many No Longer Young. Here is another new one already started and even on the second day we can seem to feel the finish just ahead of us, F. H. Young .writes In Provi dence Journal. We shall have just time to save up for the summer vaca tion and then for another period of scrimping preparation for Christmas and first thing we know they will be handing around the 1023 calendars. That is really the most alarming as pect of life, after one gets to be about so old. It ls this Infernal and relent less speed of the passing years which steadily becomes speedier. It Is only youth that ls able to worry about love measuring machines, the erratic con duct of the equator and the north pole, the speed of the moon and the speed of turtles and all these contemporaneous scientific matters. And yet, science ls Just wonderful, Isn't lt? In Toronto the American As sociation for the Advancement of Sci ence has just received a report from a professor at the University ot Wis consin which reveals a new speed rec ord. The champion racing turtle In an event which included 163 entrants fin ished the mlle in three years eleven months and nineteen days. All we can get out of this ls the thought that we would like to have life move as slowly as it does for a turtle. Among Immortal Writers. The year 1921 was so taken up by Interest In the Dante sexcentenary that most persons failed entirely to note the fact that the year was the four hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of another of the world's im mortals, Thomas a Kempis, the au thor of the "Imitation of Christ" A quarter of a century or so ago a discussion with regard to the world's greatest books was precipitated by an Ingenious London editor who asked the question : "If you were to be marooned on a desert Island for life and could take only a dozen books with you, what books would you select?" In the i lists of answers Dante and a Kempis I Invariably occurred, In fact a Kem pis was omitted from almost none of the lists of university men, and was Included by many scientists, even Hux ley himself selecting lt Gifts of the Oeean. As soon as the season ends, the besch combers get busy on all the beaches of the famous summer re sort says a New York correspondent One beach comber observed was carry ing a silk umbrella filled with jewelry and another half filled with coins. He explained that the rain had aided him in detecting the presence of the Jew elry and coins In the sand. For years beach combing at Rockaway I-ns been a fail Industry. Hundreds of persons frequently take part In the search and discover many valuable articles lost by summer visitors. Last year so numerous were the combers that the supports under some sections of the pavilions and hotels were weakened as the result of their activities and the police had to patrol the beach In an effort to check the undermining of buildings. Of Interest to Bee Keepers. Keep large, long-tongued bees, ad vises J. H. Merrill, of the Kansas State Agricultural college. He has found that the bees with the longest tongues and the greatest body weight bring home the most honey. To the Ameri can Association of Economic Ento mologists' meeting in Toronto he de clared lt ls possible to tell which col ony of bees In a beeyard will collect the most honey during a summer by measuring the tongues, the amount of nectar, and obtaining the weight of forty bees from each colony in the spring. The Engineer Is a L?ssie. The first woman in Britain to com plete a full apprenticeship in an en gineering shop is a Scotch lassie, Miss 7. A. I<ro.uro>md of Dundee. Further dlstlrc**i?n ;hts .come. tovjMiss Drum mond Sa the fonn of election to the British institute of marine engineers. New Line Diamond Tires and Tubes TIRES 30x3. . $7.50 30x&. $9.50 TUBES 30x3.$1.50 30x&.$2.00 AU other sizes cheap in proportion ALL . TIRES . AND . TUBES WARRANTED H.G.EIDSON Johnston, South Carolina Boozers Mast Tell Where They Got Their Hooch. Atlanta, Ga., July 16.-A person convicted of purchasing whiskey or having the same in his possession can be compelled to tell the court from whom he obtained the same, if the legislature passes a bill favorably reported by the temperance com mittee. The bill provides that a person | convicted of violating the prohibi-| tion law, either by purchasing whis key or having the same in his posses sion, shall be asked by the trial judge before sentence is passed, to tell the name of the person from whom the same was obtained. Should the defendant refuse to di vulge that information the bill pro vides that he shall be guilty of con tempt and shall be fined by the judge not more than $50. Certain exceptions are provided in the bill to make it constitutional. For instance, it provides that a hus band cannot be compelled to divulge information against his wife, or a wife against her husband. It pro vides that a person divulging infor mation cannot subsequently be con victed on another count on the basis of that information. The bill was sponsored before the temperance committee by a delega tion of ladies representing the W. C. T. U. JAWBONE'S MEDITATIONS DEY JES' NACHULLY Too MENNY FOLKS ?O?$ V JAIL LOCKED AHMS WID A PO-LICEMAN EN COMES OUT 'LOCKED A HMS Client. 1921 Dy M?Ctm MMMMr SynflM*. Eureka News. The revival meeting at Eureka Baptist church closed Thursday night with only one person joining, Miss Eunice Rutledge. Miss Sue Timmerman spent a few days last week in Ridge Spring with relatives. Miss Ruby Rutledge of Graniteville is spending a few days with her cous in, Miss Irene Rutledge. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Franklin dined with Mr. and Mrs. King Frankhn on Sunday. Mr. Frank Glover of Johnston is spending a while with his grandpa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Bass Plunkett. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams of the Long Branch section visited Miss Nora McGee who is still sick. Mr. Dock Yonce and Mr. George Derrick took a pleasure trip to Char leston recently. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Clarke and family of the Long Branch section were visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Rhoden Sunday. Mrs .Lillie Rhoden and family of Mt. Pleasant spent Saturday night in the home of Mrs. George Rhoden. Mr. and Mrs. Eula Strom of Edge field spent one day last week with Mr. and Mrs. George Cartledge. Miss Aline McGee spent Jast Friday with Miss Maude Rhoden. Mr. and Mrs. Price Timmerman spent one day last week at Johnston with relatives. Union Meeting of the Second Division. The Union Meeting of the Second Division of the Edgefield Baptist As sociation will convene with the Re publican church, July 29-30, 1922. 11:00 a. m. Devotional services by Moderator. 11:30 Roll call of the churches and discussion of subjects. 1st. The means that should be used to develop activity in the life of church members.-Tom Adams, Smy ly Holland. 2. What benefits are to be expect ed from holding regular sessions of our union meetings?-M. W. Car penter, S. B. Mays. 3. What organization is more re sponsible than any other for the mor als of the people of this age?-G. W. Medlock and L. R. Brunson. Sunday sermon by B. D. Thames. Sunday afternoon to be provided for. P. B. LANHAM, For. Committee. Notice. The citizens of the Antioch com munity will meet at Antioch church Friday morning, July 21, to clean off the cemetery and all requested who are interested or wish to have a part in the labor of love to either come in person or send some one to help put the cemetery in a creditable con dition. As this duty or opportunity for service comes only once a year, surely a large number will respond to this appeal. T. L. TALBERT. To the Women. ENROLL, if you wish to vote. The women of our county should dis charge their duty by enrolling and voting. Being the refiners of society ' you cannot evade the obligation. Help to make a good government. J. H. CANTELOU, County Chairman. Lombard Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works and Mill Supply House AUGUSTA GEORGIA Cotton Oil, Gin, Saw, Grist, Cane, Shingle Mill, Machinery Supplies and Repairs,16 Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, Grate Bars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and Fittings, Injectors, Belting, Packing Hose, etc. Cast every day. GASOLINE AND KEROSENE ENGINES Pumping, Wood Sawing and Feed Grinding Outfits. . Notice. Notice is hereby given that a meet ing of the stockholders of the Dixie Highway Hotel Company will be held in the parlor of the.Dixie Highway Hotel Saturday afternoon, July 22, at four o'clock for the purpose of con sidering matters of importance to the stockholders. A full attendance is urged. If stockholders can not be present in person, they are requested to have their stock represented by proxy. This is important. J. C. SHEPPARD, President J. L. Mims, Secretary. ^ j