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THE V
TRi
By WILLIAM M
Copyright, IS 17. By William Mel
CHAPTER XXIII
In Th# Dead Of (fight.
While Kuxiak slept that night the
wind shifted. It came roaring across
the range and drove before it great
scudding clouds heavily laden with
sleety snow. The howling storm snuff
ed out the moonlight as ir it naa oeen
a tallow dip and fought and screamed
around the peaks, whlrlir^ down the
gulches with the fury' of a blizzard.
From durk till dawn the r>>ar of the
wind filled the night. Iiefore morning
heavy drifts had wiped out the roads
and sheeted the town in virgin white
unbroken by trails or furrows.
With the coming of daylight the
tempest abated. Kuslak got into its
working clothes and dug itself out
fr?m the heavy blanket <>f white tnat
hud tucked it in. Ry n<*?n the business
of the town was under way
ngaih. That which would have demoralized
the activities of a southern
city made little difference to these
Arctic Circle dwellers. Roads were
cleared. ]>aths shoveled, stores opened.
Children In parkas and fur coats
trooped to school and studied through
the short afternoon by the aid of
electric light.
Rusk fell early and with it came a
scatter of more snow. Mrs. Selfridge
gave a dinner-dance at the club that
nighi and her guests came in furs of
great variety and much value. The
hostess outdid herself to make the
affair the most elaborate of the season.
Wally had brought the favors in
from Seattle and also the wines. Nobody
In Kuslak of any social importance
was omitted from the list of invited
except Gordon Elliot. Even the
grumpy old cashier of Macdonald's
bank?an old bachelor who lived by
himself in rooms behind those in which
the banking was done?was persuaded
to break his custom and appear In
a rusty old dress suit of the vintage
of '96.
Th??" grizzled cashier?his name was
Robert Milton?left the clubhouse
early for his rooms. It was snowing,
but the wind had died down. Contrary
to hi8 custom, ho had taken two or
three glasses of wine. His brain was
excltejl so that he knew he could not
sleep. He decided to read "Don Quixote"
by the stove for an hour or
two. The heat and the reading to-Aflkgetheq^would
make him drowsy.
A^^MfrWgd. of tho-haok h?- '<** himself .
^^Woras rooms, and locked "Trie door.
Hft stooped to open the draft of the
stove when a sound stopped him halfway.
The cashier stood rigid, still
crouched, waiting for a repetition of
the noise. It came once more?the
low. dull rasping of a file.
Shivers ran down the spine of Milton
and up the back of his head to the
roots of his hair. Somebody was In
the bank?at two o'clock In the morning?with
tools for burglary. He was
a scholarly old fellow, brought up In
New Englnnd and cast out to the
uttermost frontier by the malign
tragedy of poverty. Adventure offered
no appeal to him. His soul quaked
as he waited with slack, feeble muscles
upon the discovery that only a
locked door stood between him and
violent ruffians.
But though his knees trembled be,
neath him and the sickness of fear was
? oi-inninr his heart. Robert Milton had
1 e? -Kf'-o - ? 1
In him the dynamic spark that makes
2 a man. He tiptoed to his desk and
v with shaking fingers gripped the reI
volver that lay In a drawer.
I The cashier stood there for a moI
ment, moistening his dry lips with his
I tongue and trying to swallow the
| lump that rose to his throat and
I threatened to stop his breathing. He
braced himself for the plunge, then
slowly trod across the room to the
inner, locked door. The palsied fingers
of his left hand could scarce turn the
key.
It seemed to him that the night was
alive with the noise he made in turning
the lock and opening the door,
k The hinges grated and the floor
1 squeaked beneath the fall of his foot
* as he stood at the threshold.
Two men were in front of the wire
A grating which protected the big safe
H that filled the alcove to the right.
One held a file and the other a candle.
Their blank, masked faces were turnm
ed toward Milton, and each of them
K . covered him with a weapon.
*"" W-what are you doing here?"
quavered the cashier.
f "Drop that gun." came the low.
Bfc. /'sharp commnnd from one of them.
WW Under the menace of their revolvers
I the heart of Milton pumped water ln8
stead of blood. The strength oozed
I out of hlin. His body swayed and be
5 shut his eyes. A hand groped for the
I casement of the door to steady him.
J "Drop It?quick."
Some old ancestral Instinct In the
J bonk cashier rose out of his panic to
f ^destroy him. He wanted to He down
I quietly in a faint. Rut his mind ast
sorted Its mastery over the weakling
? body. In spite of his terror, of his
^ flaccid will, he had to keep the faith.
He\was guardian of the bank funds.
? At kll costs he must protect them.
,0f, Hfs forearm came up with a jerk.
Tw<f shots rang out almost torcther.
Jh The cashier sagged back against the
7 wall nnd slowly slid to the floor.
% The guests of Mrs. Selfridge danced
4 well Into the small hour* The California
champagne that Wally had
brought In stimulated a gayety that
' was balm to his wife's souL She
wanted her dinner-dance to be smart
to have the atmosphere she had found
In the New York ca be rets. If everybody
talked at once, she felt they were
having a good time. If nobody listened
to anybody else. It proved that the
affair was a screaming success.
Mr* Wally was satisfied as she bade
her guests good-bye and saw them
pass Into the heavy snow that was
| again falling. They all assured her
I that there had not been so hUsrtous a
| party In Kustak. One old-timer, a
V trifle lit up by reason of too mudh
I hospitality, phrased his enjoymeat a
little awkwardly.
i , ^ i
UKOX
5JL
cLEOD RA1NE.
.eod Raine.
"It's been great, Mrs. Self ridge.
Nothing like It since the days of the
open dance hall."
Mrs. Mallory hastily suppressed an
Internal smile and stepped into the
breach. "How do you do it?" she
asked her hostess enviously.
"My dear. If you say It was a success?"
"What else could one say?"
fionnvipvp Mnllorv &lwavs Dreferred
to tell the truth when It would do Just
as well. Now it did better, since It
contributed to her own Ironic sense of
amusement. Macdonald had once told
her that Mrs. Sel fridge mode him
think of saying, "Monkey sees, monkey
does." The effervescent little woman
had never had an original Idea In
her life.
Most of those who had been at the
dance slept late. They were oblivious
of the fact that the Btorm had quickened
again into a howling gale. Nor
did they know the two bits of news
that were passing up and down the
main street and being telephoned
from house to house. One of the items
was that the stage for Katma had
failed to reach the roadhouse at
Smith's Crossing. The message had
come over the long-distance telephone
early in the morning. The keeper of
the roadhouse added his private fears
thnt the stage, crawling up the divide
as the blizzard swept down, must have
irone astrav and its occupants perish
i'd. The second hit of news wns local.
For the first time since Robert Milton
had been cashier the bank had failed
to open on the dot. The snow had not
been cleared from the walk in front
and no smoke was pouring from the
chimney of the building.
(To Be Continued.)
THE MARRIAGE RECORD
Numerous Licenses Issued During the
Holidays.
The probate court was quite busy
during the holidays. Here is a list
of the marriage licenses that were
issued:
Dec. 7?M. H. Johnson and Beulah
Patterson.
Dec. 8?Ralph Bost and Lillle Buff.
Dec. 10?R. N. Buice and Minnie
May Fowler.
Dec. 10?Fred L. Smarr and Aline
Klrkpatrlck.
Dec. 11?Frank Barber and Lizzie
BKxBer.' euiomr ?? *
Dec. 11?Samuel E. White and
Mamie Parks, colored.
Dec. 12?John Barber and Josephine
Pratt, colored.
Dec. 13?Jas. (1. Collier and Rose
Simmons.
Dec. 13?Lewis Lloyd and Dulcena
Nichols, colored.
Dec. 13?Clifton Xeely and Mary
Jeff Williams, colored.
Nov. 28?Thos. Xewett Edwards
and Minnie Ola Wllkerson.
Dee. 13?Sam Brown and Lucinda
Taigler, colored.
Dec. 15?Eula Good and Willie
Lowry, colored.
Dec. 15?P. C. Pasour and Minnie
Wallace.
Dec. 16?Everett Clark and Pearl
Klstler.
Dec. 16?John Gardner and Flossie
Lawing.
Dec. 17?Guy M. Pursley and Elizabeth
K. Sealy.
Dec. 17-?G. D. Bell and Josle E.
Rush.
Dec. 17?J. L. Snipes and Belva
Johnson.
Dec. 17?Oliver Love Newsom and
Minnie Irine Strait.
Dec. 17?Henry Duncan Dunlap and
Pearl McCants.
Dec. 18?Walter C. Williams and
Sallie Rodgers.
Dec. 18?Charles S. Dorton and
Lula Canupp.
Dec. 18?David Davis and Belliza
Boyd, colored.
Dec. 18?Joshua Withers and Beulah
Crockett, colored.
Dec. 18?Samuel SprlngB and
Florence Withers, colored.
Dec. 18?Willie Reld and Bertha
Riser, colored.
Dec. 18?Herbert Small and Cora
Sadler, colored.
Dec. 18?Joe Banks and Estelle
Cherry, colored.
Dec. 18?John Wallace and Mary
Boyd, colored.
Dec. 19?Tom Sadler and Purla
Simmons, colored.
Dec. 19?Arnett Young Lesslle and
Martha Ellen Oates.
Dec. 19?Junior Lee Smith and Eva
Mae Belk.
Dec. 19?James Simpson and Bessie
Moore, colored.
Dec. 20?John Rodgers and Paufenta
Davis, colored.
Dec. 20?Luther C. Wright and
Margaret 8tames.
Dec. 20?George Smarr and Laura
Berry, colored.
Dec. 20?Willie Clark and Lewie |
Brown, colored.
Dec. 20?Luther C. Wright and
Aiargiirei ouiiucv.
Dec. 20?L. L. Wallace and Edna
Cohn.
Dec. 21?Leonard Woods and Ola
Grier, colored.
Dec. 21?Brevard Clawaon and
Mary Knox, colored.
Dec. 21?John Wtlaon and Maxgle
Poag, colored. /
Dec. 21?Waddell Miller and Alice
WhlUock, colored.
Dec. 21?Fred Crawford and Alice
White, colored.
Dye. 21?Claud Blankenahlp and
Louise Patton.
Dec. 22?Johnnie James and Mishle
Edwards, colored.
Dec. 22?Sam Parana and Reola
Franklin, colored.
Dec. 22?George Williams- and
Julia Guy, colored.
Dec. 22?Rob Tate and Bmte Starr,
colored.
Dec. 22?Willie H. Bennett and
Beatrice Bandera, colored.
Dec. 22?Johnnie Roeehoro and
Marie Bttrtl* colored.
Dec. 22?James Humphries and
Eliza McFadden.
Dec. 22?W. W. Smith and Manira
Hickman, colored.
Dec. 22?M. A. Johnson and Eatelle
Swain.
Dec. 22?Bryson Taylor and Hattie
Hicks.
Dec. 22?Jeff Enlow and France*
Chambers, colored.
Dec. 22?Richard M. Willis and Ella
Moore.
Dec. 22?Lonzo Estes and Mary
Carroll.
Dec. 22?Roy Wallace und Nettle
Starnes.
Dec. 23?William White and Eugenia
Montgomery, colored.
Dec. 23?Macklin C. Summers and
Lillian D. Harrison.
Dec. 24?Albert Williams and Daisy
Rivers, colored.
Dec. 24?Simon Barnett and Mary
Doll, colored.
Dec. 24?J. H. Shilllnglaw and Lizzie
Craig.
Dec. 24?Mack Dunlap and Ix>is
Jones, colored.
Dec. 24?Ralph E. Crawford and
Ethel Blggers.
Dec. 24?John Garnett Lawton and
Agnes C. Hunter.
Dec. 24?I. W. Parrish and Annie
Dunlap.
Dec. 24?Clarence Taylor and Lena
Bowers, coiorea.
Dec. 24?Otis Latham and Clio 13.
Jones.
Dec. 24?Sum Crawford and Sarah
Hurt, colored.
Dec. 24?Floyd A. Hutchison and
Mattte Belle Gryder.
Dec. 24?Willie L. Williams and
Pearl J. Hood, colored.
Dec. 24?John Curoton and Mary
Green, colored.
Dec. 24?Manual Dunham and
Eugene Woodards, colored.
Dec. 24?Harry McGinn and Johnnie
Hunnicutt.
Dec. 25?James S. Williams und
Eula E. Carothere, colored.
Dec. 25?Sheppard Murphy and
Mamie Jones, coloredDec.
26?David Campbell and
Georgia Parker, colored.
Dec. 25?Carothera P. Cousart and
Jennie Mae Barber, colored.
Dec. 25?Ernest White and Carrie
Lindsay, colored. '
Dec. 26?Ashley L. Cornwall and
Angelyn C. Carrigan, colored.
Dec. 26?Walter D, Dunlap and
Beatrice Milbollen.
Dec. 26?Henry Estes and Sallie
Peggans. colored.
Dec. 26?Giles Wilson and Rosa
Worthy, colored.
Dec. 'it?Happle Rainey and Drubelle
Dunevla, colored.
Dec. 27?Walter Brown and Hannah
McDanlels. colored.
Dec. 28?Walter Page and Mary
Johnson, colored.
Dec. 28?David Haines and Ma rail
King, colored.
Dec. 28?Clarence Long and Lcath-f
C -Roberta.* colored. t
Dec.^ 2 a?TTarence fftrioou iTn7T
Laura Feemater, colored.
Dec. 29?Arthur BurriB and Mery
Williams, colored.
Dec. 29?Thomas M. McCarter and
Maggie A. Barnett.
Dec. 29?Bennett Bolton and Gertrude
Kennedy.
Dec. 31?Carl Ingram and Lula
Walters.
FEDERAL GAME LAW.
Laoey Act Migratory Bird Law Being
Generally Observed.
Violations of the Lacey act, relating
to Interstate shipments of game, are
becoming fewer each season, there
being only 45 cases reported for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1917. The
majority of cases were for the interstate
shipment of wild birds, game
animals, and hides of fur-bearing animals
illegally killed or shipped. Four
cases were for knowingly receiving
game illegally shipped in interstate
commerce. In one of these cases a
fine of $400 and costs, the maximum
penalty of $200 on each of two counts,
was Imposed. Thirty-two cases were
disposed of by the courts, resulting In
29 convictions and the Imposition of
fines and court costs amounting to
$1,522, and In one a Jail sentence of
30 days. Twenty-two of the cases reported
were for illegal shipment of
quail from a number of the middle
western states. Louisiana, and South
Carolina are now the only states that
permit hunting for market.
?* 4 - At__ T ..... . -4 aAva^fMr
Tnat pan 01 me ??<> ?
Interstate commerce in game makes
it unlawful to ship or transport in interstate
commerce any wild animals
or birds killed or shipped in violation
of the state, territory, or district
laws. This includes the interstate
shipment of skins or pelts of wild
animals illegally taken in any state.
Packages containing furs, when shipped
in interstate commerce, must be
plainly marked so that the name and
address of the shipper and the nature
of the contents may be readily ascertained
by inspection of the outside of
the package.
The federal migratory-bird law, under
which seasons for the adequate
protection of migratory birds are prescribed.
Is now generally observed.
Reports received from game and flsh
commissioners and others give evidence
of a very marked increase in
the number of wild waterfowl and
shore birds in most of the states since
" * a(r?Atlvp March 4.
1913, and that wild fowl have become
unusually tame In spring and
thousands are breeding In localities
where they have not nested for many
years. The consensus of opinion attributes
these greatly improved conditions
to a general observance of the
federal regulations abolishing spring
shooting.
For administrative purposes the
United States Is divided into IS districts,
now. under the supervision of
IS migratory-bird law Inspectors,
who, with the assistance of 1SS federal
wardens enforcu the regulations
In connection wtth state officials. During
the year SOS. cases of violations
were reported, which makes a total of
359 eases to date. The violations reported
by no means approximate the
number that have occulted, as It is often
Impossible under the law to secure
evidence sufficient to ooavlot
_ X....
Cool miners of the anthracite region
of Psniiflvaiita. agreed Monday
to forage tha usual Now Tsar's
holiday In order to help the ?oal situation.
WAR CENSORSHIP
Tblngj Accoopltted Sboeld Net Bo
. Censored.
t
, PEOPLE (AVE A MOOT TO 1001
Distinguished British 8?ld'er, Form#rfy
a Csnsor, Now Visiting in ths
United States, has Qivan Out a
Talk in Which h? Makes it Clear
- * *- - " o 4 L.; _ ? AKout
Iinii nfl nnimi wwrnsuuiiy
Public Opinion.
N'cw York World.
What should & war censorship be
like? Should it be an institution that
keeps from the people of a nation
news which is known to that nations
fighting men?and to the enemy?or
should it be an institution that gives
to a nation all the news it can without
at the same time making public
anything which may be of value to
1 the foe?
In the opinion of the man who was
Great Britain's censor during the
first year of the present war pnd who
now Is a visitor to this country?Sir
Frederick Edwin Smith, the attorney
general of England, and a veteran
of the early fighting?the censorship
of any nation will find it the most
successful policy to let the people
know every possible aspect of what
has been done, while, of course, withholding
information as to what is going
to be done In the way of military
or naval action.
"Tell what troops have been in
combat. Tell how they have fared.
Tell any Individual or collective deeds
of heroism they have performed. Let
the people know Just what their
friends and netghbors who went out
to fight for them are accomplishing,"
said Sir Frederick last evening In an
Interview with a World reporter at
the Hotel Plaza.
If th? Enemy Knows, Why Not
Frionds?
"Provided, of course," Sir Frederick
explained, "that we are morally
certain this Information is already
In the enemy's hands, which is bound
to be the case in any action where
prisoners have been taken or where
the enemy has had an opportunity to
learn the identity of those who have
fallen.
"If the enemy knows what units
were involved in a battle, certainly
the people at home should know.
"The morale of a nation at home
is quite ns vital a thing to be maintained
as the morale of an army at
the front. And to my mind the mo
rale of those back home may best oe
kept at a high point by complete
news of their armies." ;
Sir Frederick wished to have it
understood that he was not criticising
the British censorship?which
has broadened considerably in recent
months?nor the American censor,
?ii.^ m en i?^
but was merely offering upon re^
quest advice from his experience and
Judgment.
"There are two things involved In
the morale of a nation at home which
may be greatly aided by letting the
nation know as much as possible of
what is going on at the front," he
continued. "One is the consolation
it obtains from learning that its
fallen men went to their end gallantly
fighting, at some certain place and
against some certain unit of the
enemy?if that can be told. Then
again there is the inspiration the
news- of a battle, victorious or otherwise,
provides, the patriotic emotion
it creates, the ?idded recruiting of
those able to take a part at the front,
the added resolve of those behind to
do their share. By all means, I say,
let the nation know what has been
done.
England Mads Mistake.
"A censorship should not merely
say 'our troopB' did such and such a
thing. They should say what troops,
and where, and how. England, I
think, made a serious mistake early
in the war by simply saying 'our
troops' in the reports which were allowed
to reach home concerning the
fighting.
"That allowed the Impression to
got abroad?as it did?that the Canadians
and Australians were doing
all the fighting, and that the Englishmen
were being held back, whereas
*h? truth is that 86 per cent of the
casualties In those early days were
suffered by the men who went right
from England to the front.
"But the British censorship has
now broadened materially. If we do
not give the exact identity of our
units (and frequently we do give
that), we at least say "our West
country troops' or 'our Lancashire
troops.' or whatever they were.
"After I had left the censorship for
othqr duties, I learned of a battle in
which two friends of mine had gone
to death fighting most gallantly. I
wrote of this to the viceroy of India,
whose friends they were also. Tet
their names were censored out,of my
letter. That, I insisted, was silly.
"I opposed the policy of entire secrecy
from the very beginning. But
opposed to me were the traditions of
other years and other wars. However,
I am glad to say that conditions now
are much better in that nespect
One Time For Silence.
"Of couree the identity of units sent
to the fighting front should not be
made public before they have been in
combat The enemy, by learning of
what forces have been despatched
forward, might figure the strength,
the disposition, or, as the military exi
perts call it, the 'ordre de batallle' or
line-up, of our armies. This they
should never be allowed to learn. But
> in the matter of an action which 1s
over and in which the enemy Is nat'
urally In full possession of the facts,
I believe the censorship should Immediately
allow the people at home
> to'know all the details."
Again 8lr Frederick Impressed upon
I the Interviewer that he did not wleh
I to be In the position of criticising or
I offering gratuitous suggestions to the
United Statee censorship, of the workhm
of which he knows absolutely
nothing, bat ho Colt olroagty about
lotting the general public know what
had boon dona sot only to heighten
the civilian morale, but u a matter
of jaotloii to (ho iglothwi and ftitodo
i of tbo lighting mm. . '
"Tho i>oopte it Jffi* joihooa mm?
not bo inrt h it detail of
jfrrar happenings." he said. "For
tance, not long ago seventeen V
Jorla Crosses were awarded to Brit
I josval men for their work In sinki
German submarines. First, the fa
of the award were made known. Ii
er the names of the men were pi
r ltyriied. But the names of their vess
srere not given out, you see. becai
tfrom those names the enemy mi(
possibly glean some Information as
1 fow the \"-boata were being |
i down. The navy, though, is a difT
I?"* ?" "WiClii.
Sir Frederick feels that the Ame
can people will be informed of wl
their troops do on the French fr<
if the matter is left in the hands
, their commander.
"Qen. Pershing, that splendid s
aw whose acquaintance I am ht
jLJby having," he said, "will, I i
I ft/ be as broad as possible in t
IJ /of allowing to become known I
feats of regiments which go to bu
up national pride and regimental ti
dltions?and of individuals, whi
quicken the pulse of all the fello
citizens of the individual."
Sir Frederick Edwin Smith is a u
Sturdy. brown-eyed, smooth-fac
Englishman, who looks ten years li
than the forty-flve which "Wh
Who" ascribes to him. He went <
with the Oxford Yeomen early in t
war and earned the rank of maj
He was knighted in 1915, and pi
moted from solicitor general to attc
ney general. He is an Oxford mi
an author and lecturer, and a d
tlnguished writer and speaker up
legal topics.
His mission in this country is
round up for British service t
many British subjects who are re
dent here, yet subject to conscrl
tion by their native land. With h
is his brother, the Hpn. Arthur Smi
of the house of commons, who
aiding him in this work.
Sir Frederick departed last nig
for Washington to consult with 1
ambassador.
CONTROL OF COTTON PRICES
Mr. Hoovafs Representative Thir
Price Fixing Shall be Universal.
Commerce and Finance. (X. Y.)
The Philadelphia Public Ledg
publishes a dispatch from Washin
ton upon this subject which we cjuc
In part as follows:
"Any attempt to include cotton
general price control will awaken t
forces which obtained its climinati
from the food control act at the it
session. Senators Smith of Sou
Carolina, and Hoke Smith of Gcorg
will lead a tight against any effort
control prices If they believe such 11
tlon would force prices down. In t
house there are a score of southe
members who would talk indefinite
against such a course,
t "inferences among southe
already have disclosed th
^lity^conixoPillP Iphe :Sth~oft
cotton grower Is In the ability of 1
representative in congress to forest
unythlng savoring control of cott<
If general commodity develops c<
ton will be included. The southe
members will not be able to stund c
for their pet product against conti
of everything else entering Into da
human consumption.
"It is recalled that the southe
members were favorable to inclusi
of steel and Iron, hides, wool, copr
and other commodities in the fo
control bill, but when an amondmc
was offered to include cotton, nurri
conferences were held and an agrt
ment reached to confine the bill
food, fuel and feeds."
In an interview published In t
World last Sunday, Mr. M. I. Roqt
Mr. Hoover's personal representatl'
and one of his chief lieutenants,
quoted as follows:
"In my opinion there must be ui
versal price fixing power. You ca
not take a segment of a circle a
call it food and fix prices for tl
alone. If you leave the farmer, !
instance, in a position to say, 'It is
right for you to fix the price of tot
but what about the higher prices I
my farm machinery?'"
"Would you fix a retail price too
"What's the use of letting the i
taller take all the profits?" asked R
Requa. "In my opinion we must
the prices of the basic commodlt
and then we must fix a different
in each trade operation down to t
ultimate consumer."
As to the available supply of nec<
saries, Mr. Requa said:
"It cannot be made too clear th
there is a plentiful supply of necess
ries for this country and for its alii
There need be ho question of thi
Our difficulty is not with the supp
A great many people are given
saying that the matter of prl(
should be left to the law of supj
and demand. I think that is proba
ly the most cruel, inhuman propoi
I can well imagine, because It wot
leave the poor where they could r
get what they actually need to II
and the rich could get anything th
want
"Furthermore, I have little patlen
with the men who Insist on sayl
that the price of food is merely
economic question. I know pcrfec
well there are a lot of people in tl
city who are not getting enough
eat, although as I said before,
have plenty In this country for o
own needs and for our allies."
Rim SMd Good at 1,000 Yaars Old
Rice grown 'lirectly from grains c
thousand years old will bo served 1
emperor of Japan, when he attei
the autumn manoeuvre: of the Japs
ese army In Shlgaprefecture this t
The ancient rice grains were fou
inside a wooden image of Valsravs
in a little Buddhist temple in the \
tags of Iwame.
Vaisravana is the god of wea
and his image hod become so old
to need repairing. In the course
doing this there was found ins
the Image a flaxen bag contain!
the seed and a paper with the folio
jing instruction in ancient Chini
characters.
I "This image has been carved
ithe peace of the world. If any one
a later generation open it, he dm
pot in hew need." Worn the artta
Kyle of the carving and the tea
tlons relating to the image, its
I sisaits wm* the aeede were W
rears eld, They were planted a
rteMad a goed wuu
- V
t WOULD END THE WAR :
ish '
GlragosslM's Claim Is To Be Cob* i
It' sidered.
Jb- ?
? congress practiallv unaninous ?
fht ~ " v
; to The Armenian Inventor Either Hae ?
>ut Something or He Has Nothing?If
er_ He hae What He Says He Has it p
Will End the War and if He Hae T
Tj_ Nothing it Will Do no Harm. p
lat Correspondence News and Courier.
5nt I Washington. Dec. 31.?Congress Is
" be true, but it is felt, that, voucnea
18 for as he Is by many of the best ^
citizens of Boston and by Represen- 1
' tatives Olney and Tague, and having
lis made upon the committee on patents
and upo^i all others who have heard
him the impression both of remark- 1
' able intelligence and entire sincerity, 11
the country would be doing a fool- '
1 * hardy thing not to find out what there 6'
is in his idea. If there is nothing In 11
It the country will lose nothing, and
>er if there is success in it the Inventor P1
K- should have proper protection, provld- Ul
>te ed the rights of the government to :I1
use the Invention freely nre reserved. 81
i" The house committee on patents re- ?-'
he ported Just before the Christmas re- ui
on cess a resolution providing for a test tr
ist of Oiragossian's Invention, protect- tl
th '.!1B his rights nnd giving the govern- ei
ia, ment the privilege of using the lnven- ?
to tion for its own purposes without bi
tc- charge. cl
:he After several hours' of vociferous
rn objection from a considerable minority
Ity, which did not want one man sin- f(
gled out in this way while other
irn inventors have to go the usual and r<
elr tedious process through the
PA tjin - var\w
he fight came on ordering the resolution I p|
A _ ? ??V?A /Kulolnn r\t thifl holnffL,
Ill" IU H vuic, lire UIODIUU V. ..... ? tx
all 162 yeas and 16 nays. In recognl- 8l
>n. tion of this proof that the advocates
Jt- of the resolution had a sufficient ma- c|
rn Jority, there was no roll call on the n]
tut passage, which was viva voce. Only
rol three South Carolina members were
ily present. Two of them. Messrs. Nlch- a(
oils and Domlnlck, voted yea. Rep- Jr
rn resentattve Byrnes voted nay. All of
on the five North Carolinians and eight ,.|
icr Georgians present voted yea. w
od What Will Wilson Do? r?
(it There Is no question about the sen- p
?<l ate's stand, ns that body has already sl
"e_ passed a similar resolution. The only
to thing in doubt is the president's attl- tt
tude. He pocket-vetoed the similar
he measure which was passed toward the
la. close of the special session last fall. ^
k'c. That is to say, he did not sign the jj
Ib resolution before the adjournment of a]
the session, and that killed It under
al- the constitution.
n- The president's course is explained ^
nd by some as having been due simply (
tat to lack of time to look into the ^
for merits of the proposition. According |
all to this argument, the executive would
id. have vetoed the resolution outright If 1
'or he had come to a definite opinion of 4
an unfavorable nature.
?" However this may be, congress Is '
c- going to put the "Garabed" up to Mr. *j'
Ir. Wilson this time In the mildest of the ^
tlx session, and then he will either have '
ies to veto It or permit It to become law
ial without his signature, which It will ol
he do If he does not return It to congress w
within ten days of Its transmlBs*'. to
>s- him. The pocket veto operates only J
at the end of a session. 01
mt In Its report in favor of the resolu- t(
ta- tfon which the house adopted and
es. which will probably go to the preslat.
dent by agreement of the senate be- dl
ily, fore long, the patent committee of d:
to the house makes these Interesting ob- w
;es serrations on the difficulties in the el
ily way for American Inventors: w
b- Edis?n Quoted Effectively.
sal "By granting the opportunity to c<
'Id Mr. Giragossian to demonstrate the a:
i?t practicability of his invention or dieve
covery as provided by the resolution 0
e>' the government would be at no expense
whatever, and would be_requires
ed to grant only what every sane, k
ng unselfish person would gladly grant,
an viz: The exclusive right to make, a
tly use und sell the same for all purtils
poses, except use by the government y
to for Its own purposes,
we "Mr. Giragossian has been led to u
ur insist upon the plan of protection set
out in the resolution because of his
familiarity with the experience of A
others. Mr. Thomas A. Edison, referne
Ing to the {latent laws and procedure, A
:he In May, 1916, said:
ids " 'Unhappily there is absoluate cer- Y
n- talnty that under our present patent
UL lswt the poor qctu ox u iuouuh ^
nd would never receive any reward for
ins It. I have never made anything oat
11- of inventing. The money that keepe
all these men busy la the works T
1th here I got from manufacturing and 1
as'have long ceased to expect anything V
of | else. I suppose I Invent as much as-/
Lde; ever, but the path to the patent office T
ng isn't so hot with my footsteps as It
w- used to be.' T
see Prof. Dolbear, of Tufts college,
spent twenty-three years and many
for thousands of dollars litigating to esof
( tabhsh bis' right aa Inventor of the
aid telephone, but Befl procurred the pa- a
tic tent. -Mir. Laogley's experience with h
J the aeroplane la remitter to sfnwt tl
ma everyone. Quoting from fnwgrsaa oi
Mf'man Church's atstsmsnt before the d
adJ committee: a
" I *"wm we treat hha (film?oMe^) 4
9
of determined that a test shall be made ^
of the claim of Garabed T. K. Giraol
Russian of Boston, that he has made a
,n* discovery or invention whereby it is
lm possible to obtain and use energy
he without limit, except the capacity of
he machinery to receive it, and without d
"d cost except that of repairing the
'a* wear and tear due to the machinery's /
ch operation.
w* If Giragossian has done what he
himself believes, and what he has
>11. been able to make a great many
members of congress also believe
f88 that he has done, it will be a com- 1
o'8 paratlvely simple matter for the Unl- 11
>ut ted States to end the war without '
he waiting for millions of our soldiers "
nr. to get to the firing line in Europe. ?
"o- Ships and aeroplanes could cross and
>r- recross the ocean without stopping for
?n, fuel, and nitrates for fertiliser or 84
is- munitions could be produced in abun- b!
on dance anywhere.
Give Benefit of 0?ubt.
Of course, most people here, as ^
they would be elsewhere, are Inclined
si- d
to be skeptical about Mr. Giragosj1'"
sian's ability to demonstrate his mysm
terious claim. It sounds too good to '
. . . . i>
s we did Dr. Loomis, who discovered
tireless telegraphy, and who, in 1869.
n this very capitol, asked for an opportunity
to demonstrate his work,
nd who, some five years later, died
rlth hia secret for want of encour
gement from the government?"
"If Mr. Giragosslan can prove the
ractlcabllity of his discovery or Inention.
the quick termination of the 1
rar is assured." 1
Secretary of the Interior Lane aproves
of the new Garabed resolution. ,
hat fact is likely to influence the j
resident. t
MARRIED MEN AND DRAFT
oca I Boards Must be Governed by '
C?mmon Sense. t
Columbia, December 31.?Where ?
le Induction of registrants under the r
dectlve draft regulations Into the 1
illitary service of the nation will not
eprlvc their wives or children of i
asonably adequate support common t
nse and sympathy should govern the t
>cnl exemption boards In such reg- |
trunts' classification in the question- t
aire, says a telegram from Provost i
larshal General Crowder. received
y Governor Manning today, for
anunilsslon to the local und district
vemption boards of the state
trough t'apt. Richard E. Carwile's
nice.
Not by Rule of Thumb.
"Reasonably udequate support."
lys the wire, "cannot be determined
y a rule of thumb, but must be de- '
irmined with common sense and r
.ntpathy in the facts of each indl- '
idual case." What would be rca- 'I
inably adequate support in one s
tse would not rule in another, says I
te ruling, which states that the M
resent classification is for the pur- '
ose of raising "our armies with a "
linimum of hardship and suffering
> those who are to be loft at home."
Dead Lina Sst.
/
Sonic of the local boards of the
-ate are aiiegeu to ue using mc
rule of thumb" tn regard to regis anta
married since the registration. r
istead of using common sense and 1
Ding according to the plain Intent of *
te regulations, they have set a dead *
ne for matrimony, and, after that
pried, all registrants are classittcd '
j unmarried, whether their wives
re mainly dependent upon them for '
ipport or not. This sort of pro- 0
nlure, says those thoroughly famtli- 0
r with the diaft regulations, is con- 1
ary to the spirit, If not the Intent, of (
le new rules. These boards per- 1
mptorily decide that any young 1
lan married after May 18, 1917, Is to 1
e considered as unmarried and so 11
assifled.
V.
Crowdtr't Telegram.
Oen. Crowder's telegram of today (
illowa:
P
"Sub-division A of class 4 in the
:siduary class for registrants whose 1
or children we mainly dependlies
to a widower whose children (
re mainly dependent upon him for ^
ipport.
"If a registrant has both & wifo and (
llld, but there are such other com
ion sources of support available that T
le removal of the registrant will not (
eprlve the dependents of reasonable
dequate support, he Is to be placed
i sub-division A of class 2.
"If a registrant has a wife but no (
lildren and there are such other ^
)ucccs of support available thut the
moval of the registrant will not derive
the wife of reasonably adequate ^
jpport he goes In class 1 us not beig
included In any other division in
le schedule.
v
To Clear up Doubt. v
"Many boards seem to be In doubt a
it to what to do when it appears that v
le soldier's pay and war risk allowaccs
will provide an adequate sup- (
art. See rule 1, page 24, and the c
tst paragraph of section 71. Reason- e
ble adequate support cannot be de- j,
rmlned by rule of thumb but must t|
e determined with common sense r
nd sympathy In the facts of each In- a
ividual case. What would be adcuate
support in one locality or in
ne set of circumstances might not
e adequate support in another. The (
ucstion of adequate support must be
etermined by the boards, after care
ti
ll consideration of the interests of t
le dependents on. the one hand and
f the government on the other and c
ith the thought always in mind that (
te present classification scheme is (
esigned to raise our armies with a
iinlmum of hardship and suffering ?
> those who are to be left at home." t
Carwile to Attend. I
There will be a conference of state t
isburslng officers under the selective t
raft at Washington next Thursday. a
hlch Capt. Richard E. Carwile, in
large of the state headquarters here, t
ill attend, was announced at the gov- c
nor's office today. The purpose of the j
inference is to explain and stand- a
rdlze the intricacies 01 me uiiuuik- g
tent regulations and laws throuahut
the country.
Revised to Date.
[other and I went down to camp
All in the merry May-time,
nd saw the Service Soldierettes
As thick as bees in hay-time,
ankee Doodle, see them drill!
Don't they trip it dandy
[arching all in khaki kit.
So neat and trim and handy!
nd some made bandages galore
And cooked with stoves and flrelean.
nd some were in the wigwag corps.
Or. doing stunts with wireless. E
ankee Doodle, bless their hearts!
Tankee Doodle dandy!
II at work for Uncle 8am. j
So willing and so handy!
he Stars and 8tripe* and bugle calls
They pouldn't be resisted!
It simply had to do our bit,
An/I an are both enlisted.
ankee Doodle, kaap It up! J
Yankee Doodle dandy,! ?
he girls will help you. Uncle Sam. i
In any way thafe handy! ?
?Life. <
m I
Statistics show that in practically
rery city of the United States these a
as been a decided tnereeee of crime i
rooghottt the oountry. The cause 11
f the Increase is bald to he economic, I <
as to the war. CiOaeh ef rlslenee. I?
aeept rsfosey, Sew fc tendency te <
*
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Record of Current Happenings Collected
From Various Sources.
Thrift stamps are being given a?
tips" In Chicago restaurants
Harry F. Vovles of Chicago, has
>een appointed master baker of the
L'nited States by Food Administrator
Hoover.
Mrs. Mary Kennedy Is now an "allermnn"
of Troy. N. V.. being the
irst woman in the state to assume
hat otHce.
E. J. Obertveyer, traveling auditor
>f the Lake Erie and Western rall oad.
Is In jail at LaFayette. Ind.. as
he result of talking too mueh. He is
charged with uttering unpatriotic renarks
against the government and
'resident Wilson.
In order to encourage enlistment
n the aviation service to man the
housands of machines being built for
ho army, the privilege of enlisting
ins been indefinitely extended for
his brunch of the service. All other
iranches are subject to the draft.
The American Medical association
s to hold Its annual convention in
'htcugo in June. Mayor Thompson,
rho is pro-tSeruian. was slated to
nake the opening address. The doeors
protested and tiovcruor lajwden
if Illinois, has been subsituted.
In Chicugo on Monday. Federal,
udge Lnndls lined several uuai'k
nedicine dealers $200 each for delauding
the public. One of the
[uacks advertised a remedy lor inomniiii,
to be sent on receipt of $1.
The remedy was, ' Lie on your left
ide until you become drowsy, then
urn on your right side until you fall
isleep."
BURLESON VS BURLESON.
I Postmaster General Who is Rather
Difficult to Place.
Postmaster General Burleson may
lot he two-faced, but we leave that
o your judgment after reading the
ubjotned extracts from two written
tatements he recently made:
In November he wrote thus about
ostal employes:
"1 feel It Is my duty as well us my
ulvilege, to extend to each and every
me of the postal employes throughmt
the country my congratulations on
ho excellent showing made by them
In the matter of purchase of second
dborty loan bonds.) At all times
latrlotic, they have In the great crisis
hrough which we ure passing, again
nunlfested their Intense Americanam,
of which there Is no doubt.
Should another Liberty loan be lie
essary, 1 am confident that they will
inswer the call of their country'*
iced in a* full a spirit of loyalty und
latrlotism as they have In the past."
In his annual report, made publicit
December, he wrote thus:
""At mis ci iucai peiivia -m vut- inIon's
history, it Is regrettable to
tate that the organized postal emiloyes
are making many selfish demands
nnd Insisting that they shall
lot be required or permitted to work
n excess of the usual number of
lours, also thut the salaries be permanently
increased, although they
re Justly compensated, receiving
more than three times as much bj*
hose fighting in the trenches.
'ostal employes have become bold
ecause of this affiliation (with labor
inlons) and have within recent years
hreatened to strike. While
trlkes In the postal service may be
verted for the time being, yet they
rill inevitably come, and the public
rill then be brought face to face with
most serious* situation?one which
rill be a menace to our government."
What more need bo said? The
>ostal employes are among the hardst
worked and poorest paid of govrnment
employes. Their salaries
tave not been raised in ten years
,nd today will hardly buy half a*
nuch aa they would have a decade
.go.?Greenville Piedmont.
Motorcere end Typhoid Fever<?It
vould scarcely be possible to Imagine
wo things further apart or with less
ipparent connection than typhoid fever
md the automobile. And yet the latter
s one of typhoid's worst enemies.
This remark applies particularly to
lur cities, where the death rate from
yphold has been notably reduced by
he automobile.
The reason why is simply that In
rttles the motorcar has almost en*
Irely replaced the horse; and it is
n horse-dropplngs, accumluated in
tables and manure plies, that more
han 99 per cent of all the bouse flies
ire bred.
It is open to anybody's observation
hat nowadays there are few flies- In
iur cities, as compered with a dosen
ears ago. In residence districts they
ire so scarce that some people have
riven up the use of window screens.
One stable will furnish a whole
lelghborhood with flies; but expert
k?e neav #Vtof
UCIIkUl IMSUii/ two Jfiw?vu M-.? ?
nsects do not ordinarily travel more
han a tew hundred yards from the
lace where they were hatched.
In the "better" residence quarters
here are few horses kept. Stables
mve been replaced by garages. As
result, the flies hare departed.
The house fly is a notorious carrier
>f typhoid. It is a frequenter of tilth,
md carries germs of all aorta of Inestlnal
diseases to the family kitchen
md table. No wonder, then, that its
elatlve elimination in dties has faulted
in a great diminution of the t
lumber of deaths (especially among
nfants) from such maladies.
Score one for the automobile!?Rene
l&cbe. '
PALMETTO QLCANINOt
tappenings and Events si Interest In
teeth Carolina.
?"!?I rwra.ll V Mu ..ran mmA
idmiral Beatty of tho naryr r#qu##<d
Charleston merchants on Monday,
tat to eeU flra works of may kind to
nllstad moo. Tho oaflotod omo bosom#
oonowhat rtotooa on Klpf
trwt on Christmas #ve.
8umt#r county cMmm ars raaktas
i yiyoroao pootoot s?twot a rnm
nsadadoa of tho oooaty hoard of
sonoMoooia f? ettrtkU tho work -.t
if tho homo dm oaf i on na, rasatsy
knd Inon?>?s hiMH pinto df tho
njm bp eottsac oft t*a