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WHITING ALMOST A LOST ART Typewriter He? Practically Put th? Pen Out of Budnee*, With Borne Unfortuniite Resulte. Who remembers the old day? when men of commerce and industry wrote a "good business hand"-when hand? writing was one of the accomplish menta and letters written in ink could lue rend with small effort? asks the Nation's Business. Handwriting has gone out of style because lt ?ave way to something Infinitely better. It was the old story. Hand work could not compete with, machine work-the pen could not compete with the type writer. But we view with sorrow the fact that the decline and fall of hand-writ* lng has ulso meant the decline and fall of the business signature. You pick up the ordinary business' letter these days, and while the body of the communication stands forth la clean-cut typography, you are lucky If you cnn make out the signature. Unless you know who wrote it, th? name may be anything from "Blata" to "Jones." Some of them appear to be perfect ; they are made up of regu lar, sharp saw teeth, but when you try to decode them you can't tell th? .W from the "n's" or the "l's" from the "t's." Others confuse and dazzlfl you with scrolls and flourishes. And still another type ls Just plain awful. Plainly something should be done about lt. Maybe congress could be In? duced to pnss a law making lt com pulsory for (?Ty letter to hnve th? name of the signer typewritten In th? near neighborhood of the signature. APPRECIATED GIFT OF SHOES Mlsmated Footgear Eagerly Welcomed by the Unfortunate Children of Wretched Armenia. A shoe factory In Boston recently of fered the Near East relief a consign ment of mlsmated shoes-offered them doubtfully, not knowing whether such a gift would be acceptable. Neverthe less, the gift was Joyfully accepted by the organization, and the odd shoes were more than eagerly received by the little folks In Near East relief or phanages. For children In Armenl'.^are no dif ferent from children anywhere. They love new shoes. Although these shoeB were not mates they were without holes, they were shiny, they were solid and they crenked. They were,.In short, Shoes-real shoes-and when one has been entirely shoeless for n long time, or lins worn nt best old, wornout pieces of shoes, shoes full of holes, which have not seen polish for so long that .icy are quite the color of the earth even mlsmated shoes, that are shiny and new, seem a veritable boon from heaven. And the mlsmated shoes meant for the Near East children more than pleasure. They meant health Itself. A recent report from an overseas work er contains a simple statement which makes one realize the larger value of the gift. "As a result of giving shoes to the children," the stntement reads, "dis pensary enses dropped from over forty to about twenty."-New York Herald. Big Price for a Flower. Ten thousand dollars ls an extraor dinary price for a single plant ; yet lt was paid by English hortlculturlrts for an orchid raised In the United States, the Oatteleyaglgas alba. This Catteleya was flowered In 1010, and ex hibited at an orchid show in tho United States, where lt was awarded a gold medal. The plant was found In 1000 In a lot of other specimens of Catteleya glgas. It was only by chance that the plant was not sold for a dol lar or two. The only reason was that after most of its companions had been disposed of this one, with some others that were not In very good condition, was set aside. Finally, all the speci mens were potted. To the great sur prise of the horticulturists when, next spring, the plant came up lt was with pure white flowers. The plant was sold in London for perhaps the highest figures that an orchid ever brought. Not In the Ritual, but Effective. General Pershing tells tho story of a volunteer battalion of rough bnck woodsmen that once Joined Ceneral Orunt. He admired their fine phy sique, but distrusted the capacity of their uncouth commander to handle troops promptly und eUlcIen^fy In the field, so he said: "Colonel, I want to see your men at work ; call them to attention and order thom to march with shouldered arms in close column to the left flank.'* Without a moment's hesitation the colonel yelled to his fellow rufllnns : ?'Boys, lo?k wild tharl Make ready to thicken and go left end-ways. Tote yer guns I Git I" The maneuver proved a brilliant success and the self-elected colonel was forthwith officially commissioned. -The Boys' Own Paper. Found Big Water. Silas Wright Titus, tine "water wiz ard," ls dead. Since boyhood, It ls said, that he never failed to find "un derground water when he went after it. He made water hunting his life work. One of his big Jobs was locat ing the underground waUfr that sup plies Brooklyn, N. Y., 'ro.OOO.OOO gal lons a day. No matter how pocullar a demand rises, up from the people always comes somo man Intuitively fitted to handle tho Job. We muy be masters of our own destinies, but there's a wonderful system back of lt all, distributing hu man r.hUitles to meet demands. Is life staged, in some respects, in advance1 ?ubaorlbQ ??rrThr.Couriep1 .(BOSLJL Not even 1 this vak 30X3VQ [EN you lo 30x3y2U5 $10.90 thin for a minut as you can remember 1 The truth is that me always found USCO : standing money's wo matter what its price Today at $10.90 maintains its estab standard of quality. And because of tl price, it sets a new it tire value? Men who have \ USCO have never be inclined to measure it value by the general run of tires. United States lires are Good Tiras Copyright 1922 U.8.TlreCo. Where You ARTH Can Buy STRO' U. S. Tires: OPPOSED TO MILK DRINKING. London Physician Says that Only tho - Young Should Uso lt. A dispatch from London says: "ls thero any ono subject to-day upon which doctors agrco?" asks a sceptical newspaper, commenting on the advice of Dr. Cijpil Webb-John son, who has said: "Never drink milk: it is an unnatural food save for the young." Giving his reason for this revolu tionary opinion Dr. Webb-Johnson, a specialist on diet, said to a ques tioner: "We are the only animals In tho world wlio drink milk after Infancy. The domestic cat, lt may bo pointed out, drinks milk after lt has grown up, but this is purely a domestic habit. "The iden has been handed down through generations that milk is a good thing to drink when you nre 111. I think it is the worst thing, and I never allow my.patients to havo it. It causes constipation, flatulence, a dirty tongue and leads to rheumtt tlsm, headaches and tired feelings. Taken in excess it often causes ap pendicitis. "Nature does not Intend milk to bo taken after the purpose for which lt was provided has boen fulfilled. I prefer hard food always. Frequently -sometimes habitually-people will go whole days without hard food of any description.-That, for one thing, ls bad for tho teoth. Celery, apples, and other things that make you bite, should be on the table every day. "Nor is milk good for tho body in addition to ordinary food. It makos one fat, and a fat person cannot be healthy." Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cur eS by local applications, as they cannot roach tho diseased portion of the ear. Catarrhal Deafness requires constitu tional treatment. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE ls a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of tho mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is Inflamed you havo a rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and when it ls entire ly closed Deafness is the result. Unless tho Inflammation can bo reduced, your hearing may bo dostroyed forovor. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE acts through tho blood on tho mucous sur faces of the system, thus reducing tho In flammatlon and restoring normal condi tions. Circulars free. All Druggists. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Three Hod les Found on Track. Memphis, Juno 15.-Southern rail way ofllcors boro wore advised to day that tho mangled bodies of three persons, two men and a woman, had been found on tho railroad tracks aear Cypress, Tenn., about 80 milos oast of this city. Nono ot the bodies have boon idontiflod. USCO ever tot ie before t-$10.90 Since last fall when V established the $10 price range they have rc ognized it as a value beyond any possible comparison* A still greater money's worth than even USCO itself had reached before. ted ?en URiBROWN, rHER CSL PHINNEY, W .j. ?j? ??? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ??? ?j? .!. THE BEST LETTER. 4* ?J? o|? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? oj? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? Margaret Brandt Writes from Rock Hill. Tho authorities of the summer short course at Winthrop College re cently asked each of those attending to write a letter to her homefolks. These letters were nil considered and judged by the authorities, by coun ties, and the best ono from each of the counties has been forwarded to the writer's home paper fur publica tion. Margaret Brandt, of Walhalla, was fortunate in having her letter Judged the best for Oconee, and it ls reproduced below: Margaret's Letter. .Winthrop 'College, Rock J/.ll, S. C., June. 12, 1922. Dear Homefolks: - 1 carno to Winthrop because my County Agent sent me-and not only that, but because I wanted to see the college and to learn something. I like Winthrop College better than any place I have ever been, and I think the place is the most beautiful place I have ever seen. I alu learning how to be a hostess. T know everybody likes a good hos tess, and I am going to try to be the best there ls. I nm learning how to keep in good health. I think that ls one of the most important lessons wo have. Another important lesson we havo is on judging different things, such as canned products, chickens and clothing. II know you will want to learn what I have learned. We go to the gymnasium opec a day, and 1 think everybody bad rather go there than anywhero else because we can piny and have a good time as well ns learn. I enjoy being at one class ns much as the other, as far as the learning is concerned, becnuso that is what 1 came to Winthrop for. Wo have parties and moving pic tures and other entertainments, as well as lessons. Everybody enjoys thom, I think-nt least I haven't heard any of thom say they didn't Wo have good things to eat as well aa we have good times. At least I think so. 1 can't put my whole mind In v/ords, so I will dose for this time, but will write again. With love, Margaret Brandt. Young Man Drowns. Groonvllle, Juno 14.-John Henry Hooper, 23 years old, wns drowned this afternoon in Stone's Lake, near this city, while attompting, with a companion, to swim across tho lake. Bubscribe for The Courier. (Best) Lched 3o*3% usco 1022 ?Mr War-Tax charged tes Tires lubber Company ssa Walhalla, S. C. est Union, S. C. THREE HUNDRED PERSONS LOST As Waters Sweep Over Portions of tho City Of Siui Salvador. San Salvador, Republic of Salva dor, June 13.-Three hundred per sons aro known to have been drown ed and many persons are missing fol lowing an abnormal rise in the Accl imate and Arenal rivers, which over flowed their banks and joined toge ther in one stream, inundating the Candelaria district of this city. Sev eral houses were swept away by the i raging torrent. The bodies of three hundred men, women and children already have been found. The flood was caused by a two-day torrential rainfall. The government has sent a relief expedition here to succor people in distress. A large subscription Hst has been started for the relief of the sufferers. THAT MORNING LAMENESS If you are lame every morning and suffer urinary ills, there must be a cause. Often it's weak kidneys. To strengthen the weakened kidneys and avert mor^ serious troubles, use Doan's Kidney Pills. You can rely on Walha'la testimony. Mrs. J. M Rothell, 21 Lucas St., Walhalla, sa. : "I had kidney trou ble and my Kidneys were weak and acted Irregularly. Mornings I was lame and tired and lt seemed I couldn't get around. I had nervous Headaches cou tin nally and there was a bearing down pain across m> back and I had no ambition. My ankles and bends swol1 d and I was In pret ty bad shape. a lng of Doan's Kidney Pills I gi s< >e cured me of the attack to recommend Donn ?." Price 60c, at all cen simply ask for n kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-thu same that Mrs. Rothell had. Foster-Mllburn Co.. Mrs., Buffalo, N. Y. and thoy I am glad !ers. Don't LoLands and Fords Split. Detroit, Mich., June 14.--Honry XI, LeLsnd will leave tho Lincoln Motor Car Company plant to-day. His son, Wilfred C. LoLand, it is expect ed, will step out with tho veteran motor' manufacturer. Tho LeLands and tholr organiza tion wore removed from authority two wooks ago by Edsel Ford, but wore almost immediately reinstated. Conflict in the ideas of tho LoLands and Henry Tord are soon by "Motor How," as behind this departure from tho Lincoln plant of the man who planned lt, built it and managed it until its salo last fall to Ford. THE WONDERFUL FORMATION In Silver Springs, Located Six Miles from Ocal a, Fla. This spring is as long as a city block, and is located six miles from Ocala, Fla. The most remarkable and interesting phenomena presented by this spring is the extraordinary trans parency of tho water, in this respect surpassing anything which can be imagined. All of the intrinsic beau ties which are Invested in it, as well as the wonderful optical properties which popular reports have ascribed to its waters, aro directly or Indirect ly referable to their almostM>erfect diaphanity. On a clear, calm day, after the sun has obtained sufficient altitude, the view from the side of the small glass-bottom boat floating on the surface of the water near the center of the head spring, ls beauti ful beyond description and well cal culated to produce a powerful im pression upon the imagination. Every picture and configuration of the bot tom of this gigantic basin ls as dis tinctly visible as If the water was re moved and atmosphere substituted In Its place. The shadows of our lit tle glass-bottom boat, of overhanging heads and hats, of projecting crags and logs of the surrounding forest, and of the vegetation nt tho bottom, were distinctly and sharply defined, while the constant waving of the slender and delicate moss-like algae, by means of tho currents created by the bolling up of tho water and the swimming of numerous fish above the miniature .sub-aquajous forjest, imparted a living reality to the scene which cnn never bo forgotten. And if we add to this picture, already sufficiently striking, those objects be neath the surface of tho water, when viewed obliquely, wore fringed with prismatic hues, we shall cease to be sui prised at the mysterious phenom ena with which vivid Imagination has invested this enchanting spring, as well as the wonderful properties of its waters. On a bright day the beholder seems to be looking down from a lofty airy point on a fairy scene in the immense basin beneath him-a scene whose beauty and magical effect is vastly enchanting by reason of the chroma tic tints with which it is invested. Florida should seo that every man, woman and child tn tho State bo ac quainted with this wonderful forma tion and the beautiful colorings in the bed of these springs. Anti tho trip down "Silver River" is some thing Hint no resident of Florida, or tourist who visits the State, should miss. IThe most wonderful thing about Silver Springs is tho many rooms or springs, ranging from ten inches to eighteen feot wide, through tho solid rock,'and each one from thirty-eight to ninety feet deep. And all aro named-Jacob's Well, Tho Ladies' Parlor, Tho Shell Room and Tho "Florida Snow Storm, ?etc. The shell room is about fifteen feet across and tho volume of water coming up from below is about eight feet wide, and the white shells are kept in a whirl all the time. The ladles' par lor is about as large as the shell room, with all kinds of moss fringes covering the walls. Added to this, there are all kinds of ferns, flowors and vines looped together as com pletely ns If dono by deft Angers. The Florida snow storm room is al most square, eighteen feet across and ninety feet deep In the crevices of the rock, at the bottom, something Uko white chalk ls bolling up, and tho water comes with such force as to send this white substance all over the room and almost to the top. It ls as white as tho drifting snow-in fact, lt looks exactly like a real snow storm. In going from one room to another In this spring the water is not over four or five feet deep. I am sure the whole formation In this spring is a solid rock. Nature hos a thousand ways and means of rising above her self, but incomparably the noblest manifestations of her capability of j formation and color ls in this won der of wonders. There are nine of those rooms, which range from thirty-five to ninety foot deep. Some of the most wonder ful formations aro here-formations that can bo soon In no other body of water. The Bridal Chamber is the most beautiful, I think. After going over these rooms In the solid rock, the man at the wheel will back his boat Into a little cove, where tho water ls twonty feet deep, and will call out, "Como up, little fishes, a man wants to seo you. Come right oui" And they como by the hun dreds. Ho gave me a loaf of broad and told mo to hold it In tho water. I did that and tho fish dovoured tho last crumb from my hand. This ls dono dally, and of course he has them trained, .In my next I will give you an In dian love story, Ocklawaha and Win onah and Oscoola, tho great Seminole warrior. J. Russell Wright. St. Potorsburg, Fla. Tho port of Marseilles, largest in Franco, ls to bo doubled in size. TOOK THIRTY MINUTKS TO FAUJ Distance of Five Miles-Lashed and Whipped by 120-Milo Onie. Dayton, Ohio, June 14.-Lashed and whipped by a 120-mile-an-hour gale, more than four and a half miles above earth, on the verge of suffo cation, caused by loss ot his oxygen tank, and compelled to cling to ropes and straps attached to a parachute for fear that a whirling cross cur rent might weaken them and cause them to break, are several of the "more" details related yesterday by Capt. A. W. Stevens, aerial photogra pher, of McCook Field, who broke the world's parachute jumping rec? ord when he descended 24,206 foot. . The fact that it was Capt. Stev ens' first "drop" tends to make his feat one of the most remarkable In the history of aviation. He suffered no ill effects from his hazardous trip. The plane tn which Capt. Stevens ascended-a twin motored Martin bomber-piloted by Lieut. Leigh Wade, broke the world's altitude rec ord for this particular typo of ship, carrying three passengers, when lt attained a height of 24,206 feet. Sergt. Roy Langham was tho third member of the party. Capt. Stevens was reluctant to dis cuss the details of his experience. "For a long time I have wanted to make a parachute drop," he said, "primarily to obtain first-hand in formation as to the sensations one feels. I am highly gratified to think that I was ablo to bring another rec ord to McCook Field. * "When the plane reached the cell ing I made ready to Jump. As near as I could judge we wore over the city of Springfield, Ohio. Bidding my pals good-bye I jumped. "The opening of tho parachute caused the oxygen tank to become loose from its fastenings on the front of my clothing. Grasping it with both hands I endeavored to retain it. "The wind, which was traveling at a speed of 120 miles an hour, whip ped tho parachute about like a pack straw. I was forced to use both my hands on the ropes and straps which held mo to the chute in an effort to check oscillation, which threatened to weaken tho supports. It was then that I lost the tank. I think lt fell somewhere near Springlleld. "It was an experience I shall never forget. Before settling down to a lower altitude I thought my time had como, as I was nearly suffocated, duo to tho rareness of the atmos phere. Dropping out of tho gale Into calmer atmosphere below I quickly recovered, however. "I landed at Jamostown, approxi mately 25 miles from where I loft tho plane. The descent, took Just 30 minutes. "Just before taking off at McCook Field, an orderly appeared, carrying a lunch kit containing snndwltches and coffee in vacuum bottles. We are the lunch 24,OOO feet in the air, and we all enjoyed lt thoroughly. Tho temperature at the celling was zero." Another plane picked up Capt. Ste vens at Jamostown and brought him back to McCook Field. Two hours and five minutes was required by Lieut. Wade to pilot the'-bomber to her record-breaking altitude. TO-MICMT Alright mm mild, vegetable laxative to relieve Constipation and BUI ouonoBs and keep tho digestive and cllminaUvo funcUons normal. NORMAN DRUG CO., Walhalla, S. C. Tho Smallest Dictionary. Ottawa, Canada, June 15.-Tho smallest dictionary li: the world is tho claim Josoph Brown, war veteran, makes for tho handy little volumo he carried throughout tho war. Tho dictionary, which has been put on display hore, ls a half Inch long, a third of an Inch wide and nearly u half inch thick. It lists 1,1, 000 words. Tho only drawback ls that lt can not bo consulted without tho aid of a powerful magnifying glass. All persons in 'England who pos sess honorable war records are eli gible as tenants of war memorial cot tages at Hampton-on-Thames.