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PROLOGUE.
* Here is a notable story of a man
who went alone Into the vast wilderness
of northern Maine and without
food or clothing, lived for two months,
using his ingenuity and strength to
supply his wants. He became a primeval
man. just the sort of human being
that many scientists argue was the
f ancestor of the educated races of today.
You will be fascinated by the
narrative of Joseph Knowles, artist,
etmipnt nnd nhilosopher, and marvel at
his hardihood, his perseverance and
? his practical, intricate knowledge of
^ woodcraft. He shows you how resourceful
man can combat and overcome
the powerful forces of nature.
He gives you a down to date, true to
life picture of the conditions that
confronted our forefathers in the remote
ages. He teaches in words that
will long live in your memory, the
W great human lesson that hope is the
salvation of the soul. The action in
this remarkable document is continued
and engrossing. The episode
of the white fawn and the battle of
the moose are vivid portrayals of animal
life that carry with them the
realism of actual truth. Head to the
end this graphic reminder of the
times when men and women existed
without the artificial aids that contribute
to their needs and desires today.
CHAPTER I.
The Birth of an Idea.
On the Saturday afternoon of Oc*
tober, 4, 1913, just at the time when
sunshine marked the end of two days'
heavy rain, I emerged from the Canadian
forest on the shores of Lake
Megantic. having lived the life of a
primitive man for two months in the
# wilderness of northern Maine.
I was tanned to the color of an Indian.
I had a matted beard and
long, matted hair. I was scratched
from head to foot by briers and underbrush.
Over the upper part of my body, I
wore the skin of a black bear, which
& I had fastened together in front
^ with deerskin thongs. My legs were
incased in crudely tanned deerskin
chaps, with the hair inside. On my
feet I wore moccasins of buckskin,
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Joseph Knowies Before Entering
Wilderness.
sewed together with sinew. I wore
no hat. On my back was a pack
made from woven lining: bark of the
cedar, in which I carried various implements
from the forest.
I had a rude bow and arrows, and
g a crude knife made from the horn
of a deer dangled at my waist.
It was thus that I entered the little
French-Canadian town of Megantic?back
to the civilized world.
1 received a welcome that I had not
0 dreamed of, and I was very happy,
for it proved to me at that time that
the people were really interested.
However, as the hours went on I began
to realize that they considered
that I had done a wonderful thing.
It was because of this impression,
which seems to have taken hold of
many people since my return, that I
will begin this narrative by saying
that it was not wonderful. Above all
It else I want to emphasize that my living
alone in the wilderness for two
months without clothing, food or implements
of any kind was not a wonderful
thing. It was an interesting
? thing, but it was not wonderful.
Any man of fair health could do the
same thing provided he meant business
and kept his head. Hut to flubest
of my knowledge no other man
in the history of civilization ever did
what I did.
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me about a yjar ago while 1 was
spending a few weeks at Hradford,
Vt. At the time I was painting pietuns
of outdoor life in a little log
cabin on what is known in that locality
as Saddleback mountain. 1 was
painting a moose, and as I added a
touch of color to the canvas I began
to wonder how many people would
notice that particular bit of color,
which from a standpoint of faithful
portrayal was as important as the eye
of the creature itself.
Front this thought my mind wantiered
on to the realization that the
people of the present time were sadly
neglecting the details of the great
book of nature.
And as I thought I forgot the picture
before me. I said to myself:
? "Mere. I know something about nature.
I wonder if it would not be
possible for nie to do something for
the benefit of others."
Then I would laugh at the idea of
my doing anything for the world!
-ALOflE IN j
IE WILDERNESS
BY
OSEPH KNOWLES
WGHT.I913.BY SMALL.MAYNARD SCO.
Probably all of us have wild dreams
now and then. I am beginning to
think that wild dreams are wonder
ful things to hiive. l nave always
hoped, more than anything else, that
I might sometime do something which
would benefit mankind, even in a
small way.
I believed there was too much artificial
life at the present day in the
cities. 1 found myself comparing our
present mode of living with the wild,
rugged life of the great outdoors.
Then all of a sudden wondered if the
man of the present day could leave all
his luxury behind him and go back
into the wilderness and live on what
nature intended him to have.
In that thought came the birth of
the idea.
That night I went down to the hotel
in Bradford and began talking it over
with several of my friends. At first
they all laughed at the absurdity of
a man of today going back to the life
of the primitive man of yesterday. I
remember as we sat around the lireplace
they asked me all kinds of ques
tions.
I told them that in order to make
such an experiment interesting, it
would be necessary for a man to
enter the woods entirely naked, without
even a match or a knife, and live
a stipulated time without the slightest
communication or aid from the outside
world.
"What would you do for fire?" one
man asked me.
1 replied to that very quickly.
Another wanted to know what food
1 would be able to get in the wilderness
and how I would get it without
weapons. I mentioned a dozen ways.
Then the conversation became like
a game. Every one wanted to see if
he couldn't stick me in some way.
That night I couldn't think of a
single thing that would keep me from
undertaking such an experiment.
In the busy days which followed.
I promptly forgot all about the idea,
just as nine-tenths of all ideas are
forgotten. Not until the beginning of
last summer did the thought take
hold of me again.
T-, " mv friends
r rum umc iu u.?.,_
would jokingly inquire when I was
going to leave them and become a
wild man.
Then all of a sudden it hit me hard.
Another mood seized me like the one
I had left in the cabin while painting
the picture of the moose. I said
?and this time I meant it, "I'll try
this stunt and demonstrate to the
people that there are marvelous things
to be derived from life in the great
outdoors."
When I told my friends that I really
was going to try the experiment
during the months of August and
September, they became serious indeed.
They were not joking now
when they cried, "Do not think of
such a thing!" They reminded me that
it might be easy enough to answer all
their theoratical questions satisfactorily,
but to actually find tire and
food and clothing would be impractical,
indeed, utterly imposible.
Hut my mind was fuly made tip. I
left Bradford immediately for Boston
to make preparations for the
trip. By preparations 1 do not mean
that I went back to the city to train for
the trip. 1 went to Boston simply to
discuss with other friends the plans
that were in my mind.
First of all, it was necessary for me
to choose a location for the experiment.
This was some task, inasmuch
as I desired to enter a wilderness fataway
from civilization, where 1 would
not be bothered by people from the
outside world.
Finally 1 decided that I would go
into the forest on the 4th of August,
in what is known in the northwest
Maine country as the Dead ltiver region.
This country is covered with heavy
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DiaCK grow in iimuct. l/iivwij ..w. ...
is Bear mountain, below which
stretches Spencer lake. To the east
is Little Spencer, with Heald mountain
just beyond. Horseshoe pond
and the Spencer stream lie to the
southward, and the domain is bounded
on tiie west by King and Hartletl
lake.
I selected this particular time for
the experiment because 1 wanted it
to be the most severe kind of a test.
I was handicapped by civilization's
habits and comforts. My skin was
not tough. My muscles were not
tirm, and my stomach was used to
seasoned and well cooked food.
However, 1 still retained my knowledge
of the woods, and it was on that
alone I placed dependence. It is in the
mind, I claim, the mind that has been
trained to know nature, that the
spark of complete independence is
retained down through the ages.
As August 4 drew near, some of my
closest friends literally begged me to
abandon the idea. They warned me
that 1 might become ill ami wreck my
future health, or even lose my life,
and all that kind of talk. They were
good to me. and I appreciated their
feelings, hut I knew they did not understand.
1 knew better. 1 was confident.
1 left Itost on for Higelow. Me.,
which is the end of the railroad in
that part of the country. Krotii there
I took the stage for eight miles to
Kustis. it village of fifty inhabitants,
situated on the edge of the forest.
Then came something worse than
living two months alone in the forest
a ride for sixteen miles over the
King and Bartlctt backboard trail.
The terminus of this road brought
nie to the King and Bartlctt camps.
Directly in front of these camps is
the King and Bartlctt lake. It was
a mile across to the opposite shore
where, in the presence of professional
men and sportsmen who were
stopping at the camps in the vicinity.
I disrobed and started for the wilds,
leaving my clothes behind and taking
absolutely nothing with me.
Now, just a few words about myself
1 had traveled nearly all over the
world. loiter 1 entered the United
States navy, where I served enlistments
for a number of years. After
that, I decided I would like to try
sailing tin the fresh water lakes. So
J I left the coast and sailed on the
great lakes for another twelve
months.
It was while I was in that country
that I became acquainted with tribes
of Sioux and Chippewa Indians. They
were scattered all along the west
coast of Michigan. I gave up the
sailing and went among them. That
year I went back into the mountains
and hunted and trapped with them.
Of course I picked up valuable knowledge
about the woods under these
conditions.
To eo back to the beginning of my
life in the wilderness, heavy skies
and a steady drizzle of rain greeted
me on the morning of August 4, when
I awoke in the King and Bartlett
camps. However, the weather didn't
bother me.
The sportsmen and professional
men who were interested in my departure
joked with me and laughingly
said that they would see me back
again that night. Shortly after 9
o'clock we all left the camps for the
opposite side of King and Bartlett
lake.
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Knowles Preparing For the Forest.
The drizzle had increased to a
steady downpour, and the brown suit
of clothes which I wore became wet
through.
The time for my entering the forest
was about 10 o'clock.
The boats landed at the foot of
what is known as the Spencer trail,
which rises straight up the side of
Hear mountain, and winds its way up
over the crest and down the other
side for live miles through the woods
to Spencer lake.
"Here's your last cigarette," cried
some one, offering me the smoke as
1 began to take off my clothes.
1 took it and lit it and then went on
undressing. Presently I stood naked.
I took two or three linal puffs of
the cigarette, tossed it to the ground
and began to shake hands with every
one.
My body was already glistening
with the rain, but it didn't bother me
any.
1 waved my hand as a last farewell
to human companionship for two
months and started up the trail. At
the top of the incline, where, in another
moment, I would be out of sight
among the trees, I paused and waved
once more to the waiting crowd below.
Then I struck out straight along
the trail.
I had left civilization.
I don't remember a great deal of
that live mile trip. My mind was
filled with all kinds of thoughts. I
kept saying to myself, "1 shall keep
on going straight ahead into the
woods, where I shall not see any >ne
or talk with any one for two months."
Then the realization would come over
me that what food and comfort 1
obtained would have to come through
my own resourcefulness.
Hy now 1 had reached the ridge of
Hear mountain and swung along
down the other side, where I easily
recognized the lay of the land, though
1 had not seen it for ten years.
Presently I saw the surface of Spencer
lake through the trees below me.
In order to avoid the Twin camps I
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ing over deadfalls and plunging
through the tangled underbrush.
When I reached Spencer lake, I
looked across that sheet of water,
with its background of endless trees
that rose up, up, and then to the skyline,
way beyond, and saw a rugged
picture. The sweep of rain hung like
a filmy curtain between me and the
distant mountain forest, softening
the lights and shadows of everything.
For fully flifteen minutes I stood
there in the rain and studied that
wild stretch of nature. Three ducks
flew around in it circle over the Witter.
I if-iuii'l ci.lil even then. ITncon
seiously I began to walk slowly along
the Spoiled' shore, wondering just
what I should do lirst.
To save my life 1 couldn't seem to
make any connected plans. So I wandered
aimlessly along for some time,
finally reaching a point some distance
helow the Kempshall camp.
Then I faced the heavy growth of
woods and plunged in. I had no partieulur
destination: I was just going
anywhere.
Perhaps I had gone two miles when
I found myself in a spruce thicket.
It.v now the afternoon was well along,
and I hadn't done a thing tint wander
ahout.
I had thought ahout building a fire,
hut saw there was little chance with
everything dripping wet ahout me.
However. I decided to make a try.
First I hunted for a good piece of pine
root to he used as a liase, then a
stick for a spindle. Next I ripped off
a piece of hark of the cedar. I tore
the inner hark into small strips.
which I braided into a kind of rope.
This I looped about the spindle, tying
the ends to a bow stick I had
snapped off a dead tree.
I had to pet my fire through friction,
caused by whirling the spindle
on the pine base by sawing back and
forth with my crude fire bow.
In vain I hunted in every crevice
and log for dry punk. Everything
was soaked through. I then saw the
absolute foolishness of it all and
straightway gave up the task.
It was now dark, and here I was in
this spruce thicket without food or
fire, naked and miles from a camp.
I made up my mind that I would
stay out one night anyway, even tr i
went back and culled the stunt off
early In the morning.
I found a place where I could walk
back and forth a bit to keep warm, so
I started in. With the darkness the
air grew colder. The rain continued
unabated. I ran back and forth until
I was tired and breathing heavily;
then I would stop for a moment to
rest, sitting down on the wet ground
with my back against a tree. Of
course I couldn't sit there very long
without catching cold, so after a little
I would get up and begin walking
again.
I must have run miles that night
in thnt little space in the spruce
thicket. I would stop to rest, only to
start walking again.
It must have been early the next
morning, about 3 o'clock, I guess,
when it began to get very cold. The
rain had stopped. I increased my
pace back and forth. Thus running
and resting I spent the first night
alone in the wilderness.
Daylight came very siowiy, um
with it I was on the move.
Xot a thought had I given to food
since I entered the forest. I wasn't
hungry.
I struck a natural game trail and
followed it along, not knowing where
I was going.
Presently it began to rain again,
and. while I got used to it later, I
did not welcome it just then. My
thoughts were the same jumbled
thoughts of the day before.
As I roamed along my resolve to
leave the forest and call the experiment
off did not figure particularly
in the morning's mood. I somehow
didn't care where I was going, and I
did not feel the cold to any great
degree.
At last I reached Lost pond. I had
never seen it before, although years
ago I had been well acquainted with
the country thereabouts and knew
this must be it. It looked very small
to me, ana tor a moment i wonuereu
if it really were Lost pond.
It helped to break the monotony of
that dark, rainy day.
I never knew what I went to that
pond for, but I think there is something
that draws a man or an animal
to a place of relief in the woods?any
opening, any sheet of water or spring
or anything that is different from the
miles and miles of trees which become
so tiresome.
(To be Continued).
HUERTA'S TWO MISTAKES
Dictator Remembers With Regret Time
Villa Pleaded For Life.
Huerta is the flower of the Mexican
Indian. Such Indians have appeared,
on occasion, in the United States. Huerta
is brave. Huerta is masterful. Hut
even Huerta has never betrayed possession
of high ideals nor wide social
vision.
And Huerta has made mistakes. Two
of these mistakes to be mentioned in
passing, but which are not apposite to
the contention of this article, are (1)
his not killing Zapata when he had the
chance; (2) Us very grievous error in
not kiling Villa the time he had him
backed up against a wall facing a firing
squad. It was on this latter occasion
that he compelled Villa, on his knees,
arms clasped about Huertas legs, to
beg Huerta for his life. Villa has not
forgotten that little episode. And it is
fair to assume that sometimes the
memory of these two mistakes flits regretfully
through Huerta's mind as he
sips a drink at the country club and
rontemnlates Villa movinir irresistibly
down on him from the north; both his
coasts blockaded by American warships
and all arms and war munitions
embargoed; Zapata at his back to the
south and west like a hungry tiger; his
credit exhausted, but a small portion
of his own country left in his hands,
and his own people in his capital city
ripe to turn on him the instant he totters.
I should not like to be Villa or
Zapata if only for five minutes Huerta
should get hold of me. Nor should I
like to be Huerta if only for five minutes
Zapata or Villa should get hold of
me.?Jack London in Collier's Weekly.
Gibson's Comeback.?According to
Printer's Ink, Charles Dana Gibson is
said by an exchange to have been
amused at receiving not long ago a
printed circular signed by an automobile
firm that read:
You are cordially invited to participate
in our grand $100 prize drawing
contest. Each participant may submit
one or more drawings advertising our
automobile, and the winner will receive
a grand cash prize of $100. Drawings
must be sent prepaid, they must
be original, and all unsuccessful drawings
will remain the property of the
undersigned.
Mr. Gibson, who can scarcely be persuaded
to make drawings at $1,000
apiece, smiled over the printed circu
lar, then tool. a sheet of note paper
and still smiling, wrote to the automobile
lirm:
You are cordially invited to participate
in my grand $1? prize automobile
contest. Kach participant may submit
one or more automobiles, fully equipped,
of his own manufacture, and the
winner will receive a grand cash prize
of $10 in gold. The automobile submitted
should be brand new and must
1m- shipped f. o. b. New York. The unsuccessful
automobiles will remain the
property of the undersigned. Charles
Dana Gibson.
A Great Relief.?"Say old man.
you're looking a hundred per cent better
than you did a year ago." "I was
worrying about my debts then." "All
paid now, eh?"
"No; but they have grown so that I
know there is no use trying to pay
tlom. I tell you it's a great load off
my mind."
FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS
As Traced In Early Files of The
Yorkville Enquirer
NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY
Bringing Up Records of the Past and
Giving the Younger Readers of Today
a Pretty Comprehensive Knowledge
of the Things that Most Concerned
Generations that Have Gone
Before.
The first installment of the notes
appearing under this heading was
published in our issue of November 14.
1913. The notes are being prepared
by the editor as time and opportunity
permit. Their purpose is to bring
into review the events of the past for
the pleasure and satisfaction of the
nlHor nonnlp nnrl fnr thp ontortnlnmonF
and instruction of the present generation.
SIXTY-FOURTH INSTALLMENT
Saturday night, April 20, 1861.
We went round Moultrieville this
afternoon after drill, and saw the
sights of the place. Among the rest
the concealed battery, the floating battery
and Fort Moultrie. The first was
built about one hundred yards from
Fort Moultrie, behind a house which
was blown up before the battle. It did
good service, and received no serious
injury. The balls frequently did not
bury themselves more than a foot or
eighteen inches in the embankment of
sand bags and Palmetto logs. The
floating battery seems to have been an
especial eye-sore to Maj. Anderson. It
received 15 shots in all; one splintering
a corner, another cutting clear
through the roofing and lodging in the
sand bags behind, and all the others
making but slight indentations in the
sheet iron and glancing upward or
downward, according to the place
where they struck. The officers' and
soldiers' quarters at Fourt Moultrie as
we said this evening to you?are completely
riddled with cannon balls; and
that nobody was killed, is certainly
owing to a gracious Providence. We
counted some twenty or twenty-ilve
perforations, some of which extended
through different rooms and tore up
the ceiling, floors, chimneys, etc, to a
fearful extent. Perhaps you are aware
that the celebrated Indian Chief Oceola,
was imprisoned in this glorious
old fortress at the close of the Florida
war.?He was imprisoned and died
here. We saw his grave, a simple white
slab lies over his heroic dust, level
with the ground, and inscribed with
only one word?"Oceola." The grass is
growing green all around it, and the
grim walls of the fortress rise fifteen
or twenty feet in front. A fitting sepulchre.
Peaceful, we thought, is the
sleep of the brave.
Sunday afternoon, 21st, Rev. Mr.
Rornwell, who has accompanied the
volunteers of the South Carolina col
lege as their pastor, preached today in
the dining room at the Moultrie House.
He had a large audience, and we do
not think that we have ever before beheld
an assemblage of such fine-looking
young men. They may well be
classed with the flower of South Carolina
chivalry. They consisted of the
college cadets and a portion of the up
country volunteers from Chester, York,
Union and Spartanburg . His subject
was Moses' song of triumph and
praise on the banks of the Red Sea,
and was discussed with much appropriateness,
pathos and beauty. Our
own heart was made to glow and thrill
with gratitude to the God of Battles
for the wonderful victory of Fort Sumter.
These waters will be thronged with
visitors, as soon as peace is restored,
to see the interesting sights to be seen.
We learn the houses of Moultrieville
will remain "statu quo" as far as may
he, in order that the interest may not
he impaired. The quarters of Fort
Moultrie for more practical reasons,
are now under repair.
We may mention here, what would
have appropriately come in yesterday's
letter, that Rev. Mr. Anderson of our
town, gave us some excellent and seasonable
advice on the night before we
left Charleston. The number of visitors
to our camp at Columbia, Charleston
and here, from Yorkville, and their
high-toned liberality and gentlemanly
attentions to our volunteers, have become
a matter of remark, and are contributing
much to our fellow citizens
at home an enviable name. Our lady
friends who have brothers or husbands
or other "kith and kin," amongst us,
have sent us box after box of provisions,
until we live almost like princes.
Even our water is?as the market re
JOHNSON N. CAMDEN
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Johnson X. Camden of Versailles, 1
Ky., has been sworn in as the succes- i
or to the late I'nited States Senator i
Cradley, and the senate now has a >
complete membership.
ports say?fair-middling; and with all 1
our drilling, marching, etc., we are
living a pleasant, a merry life.
Our hoys remember the kindness of |
friends at home by writing all day of
Sundays and at other opportune times.
We, as postmaster of the Jasper Light
Infantry, will mail upwards of fifty letters
in a few minutes.
No sickness; and as long as the enemy
remain "afar off," and we stay .
here, our camp will be all that heart
could wish in point of comfort and
convenience. When the enemy comes,
we will fight to the last to retain such
comfoi ble quarters!!
Our Corporal. (
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The Home Guards. j
A company was organized in this ,
place last week numbering about sixty {
members, for the purpose of home pro- j
tection. The company has been named r
"Home Guards," and measures have r
been taken to procure arms at an early ^
day. The roiiowing persons consuiuie ?j
the officers: t
A. Coward, captain; Dr. A. I. Bar- a
ron, 1st lieutenant; G. W. Wiliams, 2nd f
lieutenant; J. G. Enloe, 3rd lieutenant; j
J. C. Phillips, 1st sergeant; J. R. t
Schorl), 2nd sergeant; L. M. Grist, 3rd 5
sergeant; W. B. Wilson, 4th sergeant;
B. T. Wheeler, 5th sergeant; J. B. Alii- j
son, 1st corporal; W. I. Clawson, 2nd c
corporal; J. D. Miller, 3rd corporal; t
J. C. Miller, 4th corporal.
(To be Continued.)
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NUMBER SEVEN 1
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Many Mathematicians Confer Sanctity f
Upon the Numeral.
When the number 7 was made in- t]
to a "sacred" number, its sanctity was
conferred upon it by the mathema
tlciuns of the various nationalities, it ^
is the queerest number of the entire j
number family. Its peculiarity, how- ^
ever, does not show until you make it j
into a decimal. j
For the average reader who "can- ^
not do anything with figures," let it
be said that to turn a number into a
decimal, you write it as a fraction f
with 1 as the top figure and then divide
the top by the bottom. Thus, c
if I write 1-2, the fraction really
means that I want to divide the top a
1 by the bottom two. j.
I then write out the upper 1 and t
add as many ciphers as I need and 8
then divide. In this case, when I di- j
vide 10 by 2, the 10 being the original ^
1 with one cipher added, I get a 5.
If I do the same with a 4, I get a 25. g
If with 8, I get 125. t
The mathematician would say that t
the result in the first case is a single t
digit because the figure 2 is a single
digit. He would add that the second r
result is in two figures, because the t
number 4 stands for two twos. For c
the same reason the third result is in a
three digits because the number 8 a
stands for 2 used in a factor three c
times. 1
Now, when I try 3 in this way I get
an endless series of threes. Try it. t
Divide 3 into 10 with any number of
ciphers added you choose to add and t
your result will be an endless string ^
of threes. Six similarly produces an a
endless series of sixes, after first set- a
ting out a 1. But when you come to a
7 in this sort of work, you strike one t
of the funniest things you ever saw. a
It is really worth while stopping a j
moment and getting pencil and paper
and working it out. Here is what you
get: When first you divide 10 with e
any number of ciphers added by 7, s
vou iret the series of figures 142857 n
Then it returns to 1 again and gives jj
you the same figures over again as j]
often as you please.
This in itself is odd, that the 7 0
should stop dividing at the sixth ((
place and start all over again on the
seventh. But now take your result e
and multiply it by 2. The answer j,
will he 287)714. Compare this with j,
your first result and you will see that
the digits are the same, but they are
shifted around, so as to place the 14
at the end. ?,
Now multiply by 3 and you have K
428571. Look at the result again and
you will find you have the same digits, s
but the order is changed again. Just n
about now you warm up to the work a
and as you multiply by four you get g
571428. You rather expected to get c
that. a
Then when you tried the next num- v
ber, 5, you could almost foretell that p
you would have 714285. And now j(
you could almost write out the result p
of 6 without doing the work, for you s
know you would have 857147. But p,
remember that you are at the sixth t
step and that the number 7 refuses
to accompany you any further.
It nods good-bye in this way: Mul- 0
tiply your original 142857 by 7 and t,
you have 999999. That seems to be c
the end of the story. t
But the ancient Hindoos, who were
iiuite expert in this sort of thing were v
not satisfied. They saw, of course, j,
what our readers have also seen, viz,
that the figures obtained by making 0
7 into a decimal stood in rather an 0
odd relation to each other. t
Take them again, 142857. Write
tlu-in in twos apart, thus, n. zs, di, q
:tnd you will note, as they also noted, tl
that the 28 is twice 14 and that 57
comes quite near being 56, which S|
would be twice 28. When they had t,
gone this far they simply said: ii
"That last 7 is a 6," and let it go jit
that. p
But of course, the American mind q
does not care to juggle figures like
that anywhere outside the returns of y
elections, and, therefore, with a large h
show of morality, refuses to quietly ji
turn a 7 Into a 6. But the ancient
Hindoo would have smiled tolerantly ci
it such objection and said:
"Well multiply by the next number k
>f 7 and see what you get." tl
And your answer is 1 142856. The p
Hindoo would have pointed to final 6
ind the additional 1 in front, and si
would have quietly told you: It
"The final 7 in the tlrst case was ti
not a 7. It was a 6 plus 1." tl
Then he would have gone back to tl
dt under the bo tree some more. He
?tops there. The American mind is
not quite satisfied. It thinks: ".Might t<
is well finish the set up to 5?." It does ai
to and gets this result, 1285713. The ir
s is there; the 57 reappears and the ci
14 is broken up in the same way as p
was the 57 in the other instance. And
is he makes this final result, he h
{lances over at the bo tree and goes w
?ut to lunch with a business friend to p
tell him something he wants.?Cineinati
Star. h
WARM MEETING AT AIKEN
Srowd Was Divided for and Against
Blease and Smith.
PACTIONAL FEELING IS VERY SHARP
.
fhere Was Twenty-Five Minutes During
Which Speaking Was Practically
Suspended Because of Demonstration
of the Crowd.
There was a warm time at the state
campaign meeting at Aiken last TuesJay.
In all there were more than a
hnnoariH nonnlo nroapnt n nH thpv Hid
lot hesitate to show what they thought
>f the speakers. A feature of the meetng
was the injection of the respective
nerits of Blease and Smith. This was
lot until the latter part of the meeting,
luring the speech of Mr. Richards.
The pandemonium was raised through
he reading by him of a written paper,
tnd at one time the confusion lasted
or about twenty-tlve minutes. The
troceedings of the day as reported by
he correspondent of the Columbia
State, were as follows:
The meeting was called to order at
0.30 o'clock by L. T. Wilds, county
hairman, who turned over the chair
o G. L. Toole.
Military Men First.
M. C. Willis, candidate for adjuunt
general, was the first to speak,
'here were about 50 persons In the
udience. W. W. Moore, candidate
or re-election as adjutant general.
nswered the charges of his oppolent.
Candidates for railroad commlsloner
spoke next as follows: W. I.
Yitherspoon, George W. Fairey, C.
). Fortner, Frank J. Shealy, J. H.
Vharton. James Cansler has not reoined
the party. When these candidates
had finished speaking the crowd
lad increased to about 700 persons,
rrnny of them women.
There was applause when C. D.
i*ortner said: "On August 25, Blease
Oil make E. D. Smith look like 30
ents."
J. A. Hunter, candidate for lieutennt
governor, was applauded when
le told of his part in the investigaion
of the state hospital for the inane.
He was followed by B. Frank
Celley, Andrew Jackson Bethea and
Villiam M. Hamer.
A. G. Brlce, candidate for attorney
general, said that he voted against
he usury bill because in his part of
he state the banks charge no more
han 8 per cent.interest.
Thnmas H Pennies, candidate for
e-election, characterized himself as
he "servant of the people." He
harged that his opponent had voted
gainst the bill for the giving of free
chool books. He spoke of his recird
as attorney general for the past
8 months, asking re-election on the
asis of what he has done in that
ime.
A. W. Jones, candidate for re-election
as comptroller general, delivered
lis customary speech, defending his
dminlstration against the previous
ttacks of his opponent. Mr. Jones
verred that it was not his duty, but
he duty of the attorney general to
ttend to the loss of moneys in the
<exlngton county Savings bank.
Smith Up First.
Charles A. Smith, lieutenant govrnor
and candidate for governor,
tated that the question of law and
ruer went nanu in nanu ?nn mc
[quor question. He declared himself
(i favor of local option prohibition.
"Why do the anti-saloon leagues of
ur state remain indifferent on this
uestion?" he asked.
"We are not prepared to double our
ducutional facilities," said Mr. Smith,
n defending his position on the comulsory
attendance question.
Mr. Smith was given four bouuets.
Mendel L. Smith spoke of the reponsibility
attached to the office of
overnor.
"I emphasize two planks," said
ipeaker Smith, "the education of the
nasses and the enforcement of law
nd order." He spoke in favor of
;ood roads, advocating the use of
onvict labor on the roads. He called
ttention to the large percentage of
?hite illiteracy in South Carolina,
le defended his position in favor of
oeal option compulsory education,
le said that a state-wide compulsory
chool attendance law would work a
lardship on 500 school districts in
his state.
For Public Health.
"We must respond to the principles
f the medical profession in the matpr
of our health and happiness,"
ontinued Speaker Smith, who told of
he work of the state board of health.
Speaker Smith's statement that he
fould honor the verdict of twelve
urymen was greeted with applause.
Lowndes J. Browning in speaking
f the liquor question as expressed by
ther candidates for governor, stated
hat he was in favor of local option.
He asked that Mr. Clinkscales dene
his position on this mooted quesion.
Mr. Browning again urged that the
tate loan money to persons desiring
3 become home owners, thereby helpig
to solve the many rural problems,
le made an attack on the present
ersonal property tax, and advocated
i lieu of it a graduated income tax.
John ("?. Clinkscales, in answering
Ir. Browning's question, said that he
ad answered the question at Edge- 1
eld.
He gave out the following statement 1
oncerning his position:
"In view of the fact that the whisy
question has been brought up in
lis campaign, I wish to state my '
osition on the question.
"1 believe that South Carolina has
uttered from the lack or constructive
-gislution on account of undue agita?n
of the liquor question and I,
lerefore, favor the enforcement of
te present law.
Not Advocating State-wide Law.
"I will add. however, that I am a 1
>tal abstainer and am personally
gainst whisky, but am not advocator
state-wide prohibition in this
impaign as some would have the
eople believe."
Mr. Clinkscales went on to say that
e believed the lawlessness of today
as due primarily to the abuse of the (
ardoning power.
He then went into his "hobby," as
e himself says, of compulsory
scnooi attendance. He stated tnat it
would not bankrupt the state to put
such a law In force. "I am pleading:
for the 40,000 boys and girls of this
state." he said.
Mr. Clinkscale8 was given a bouquet.
Robert A. Cooper spoke of the office
of governor as the most Important
office in this state. He advocated
the enforcement of law, naming
the glaring exceptions of disobedience
of the law in Charleston, with its
racetrack gambling and Columbia
with its "blind tigers."
Mr. Cooper stated that he was In
favor of equalization of the school
facilities of the counties. He paid a
tribute to the work of Clemson college
in all that it is doing for the
farmers, and urged that the demonstration
agents acquaint the people
with the danger of the boll weevil,
which, according to experts, will reach
South Carolina in five years. He
asked that support be given the state
board of health. The speaker then
ueveiopeu nis iaea 01 a rurai creaiis
law.
John T. Duncan advocated the appointment
of a public service commission.
He then talked about what
he calls his "system."
"John Richards." he said, "by the
denial of his coat tail swinging has
advertised himself from Hellaballoo
to Boston."
W. C. Irby, Jr., recounted his fight
In the legislature to sustain the veto
of the governor on the sale of the
asylum property in Columbia. He
told of his work in the state convention
in denouncing the rules
adopted there. He charged that John
G. Richards and Mendel L. Smith had
missed this convention, fearing to
give a vote on the rules.
He related the time when the mills
in Aiken closed down, almost starving
the people. "I propose to make
every man who works in a mill Join
a union by law," he said.
Mr. Irby scathingly denounced the
control of cotton mills by northern
capital.
Richard I. Manning said that the
ptrupje ui me aune were urea 01 iactionallsm.
Law Enforcement Paramount
"The paramount issue above all
others In South Carolina is enforcement
of law. What difference does it
make what laws you enact if they are
not regarded, ?" he asked.
"South Carolina does not hold the
place she once held among her sister
states. It is said of us beyond our
state lines and in our own legislative
halls that we are a lawless people?
that crime is condoned?that criminals
frequently go unpunished; that the
verdicts of our juries are lightly set
aside; that the laws are disregarded.
This, my fellow citizens, is a serious
condition. Is it true? Are our laws
disobeyed? We have a law against
race track gambling. Does this keep
this lawless and demoralizing set out
of our state? Are criminals unpunished?
Are the verdicts of our Juries
lightly set aside? You know the condition.
Men and brethren,' are these
things so? I answer yes. Is this condition
to continue in South Carolina?
Is it not so that life is not protected if
you happen to be against the governor?
Is not the feeling abroad among the
reckless, among law breakers that if
murder is committed a petition for
pardon can be secured and that if it is
S i C n P H hv thp rlcht nnaa o nQK^nn
will be granted? My fellow citizens, no
state can go forward where such a
condition exists. It is time to change
it. I promise you that if elected governor
I will change it, that law will be
enforced, and this will be state-wide,
not local or optional but everywhere
in South Carolina."
His statement concerning his attitude
toward the use of the pardoning
power was applauded.
Mr. Manning was liberally applauded
in outlining the rest of his platform.
John B. Adger Mullaly was absent
because of sickness.
Tells of His Record.
John G. Richards referred to his various
connections during twelve years
with the state administration. He related
his fight to separate the whites
and blacks in travel.
"I am the one candidate who has
called attention to the fact that the
new rules will disfranchise 15,000 to
20,000 eligible voters," said Mr. Richards
in answering the charges of W. C.
Irby, Jr., that he had failed to attend
the state rnnvpntlnn
Mr. Richards stated that he was opposed
to compulsory education in any
form because such a law would militate
against the white child in favor
of the black child.
"I am opposed to spending any
money for the education of negroes
until every white person is educated,"
he said.
"How are you going to do it?" asked
an auditor.
"If you had as much sense as any
man you can figure it out," he replied.
Mr. Richards was loudly applauded
and the statement brought out factional
demonstration when he said that
he was going to vote for Blease in the
race for United States senator. Cheers
of "Blease" and "Smith" lasted for
several minutes.
"Better Look Out."
"Better look out for yourself," shouted
an auditor as Mr. Richards read a
statement concerning the position of
E. D. Smith and his relation to the
farmer, which Mr. Richards denounced.
The crowd got up from their seats
I'II mtr Kiuuiiu, ui iiinn LIIIIIUIIIK
up 01 the stand, and one of the listeners
from Blackville, it is said, becoming
angered and violent in speaking to
Mr. Richards, was arrested.
Mr. Richards picked up a tumbler,
looking threateningly, as cheers of
"Hurrah for Smith" and "Hurrah for
Blease" were frequent during the reading
of his statement, which is as follows:
"When Senator B. R. Tillman organized
the farmers in 1890 and hurled
this mighty force of reformers against
those who had control of our state
government and through ring rule
methods had dominated our politics
for years, where was Senator E. D.
Smith then?
"Did Senator Smith align himself
with the farmers and those who were
working to place the ballot and the
control of this government in the
hands of the people of South Carolina,
or was he in league with tho9e who,
under the leadership of Col. Haskell,
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