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ESTABLISHED T855 ~ YORK, S. C., FBIDAyVaUgI^S^ 4~ 1922^ " NO. 6?
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQDIKER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folk* and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
for Quick Reading.
"Well, I completed twenty years service
as a rural letter carrier today,
August 1," remarked John W. Miller,
carrier on York No. 6, last Tuesday.
"While twenty years is a long time
those years hove passed rather quickly."
Mr. Miller has been carrier on
the same route?No. 6?during all of
his twenty years of service and his
many friends and patrons on the
route are quite willing to testify to his
'faithfulness and efficiency.
Copying the Club Rolls.
Walker R. Latimer, former clerk in
the office of 'he clerk of the court for
York county and a well known cotton
buyer of Yorkville, has hceu employed
.by the York County Democratic Executive
committee, to make a duplicate
copy of the thirty-one club rolls of
York county, whi?h copy Is required
by the rules of the party. Mr. Latimer
is devoting his spare time and
evenings to the task. "I expect to
complete it in two weeks and probably
less?all dependent upon the
amount of time that I am able to devote
to the job," he said the other
evening. There are 6,275 names on
the rolls ana Mr. xjaumer win idukc
copies of the name, address, age and
occupation of each voter.
Trying to Worry 'Em.
"Some of the cotton buyers in the
county," remarked a prominent farmer
the other day, who is a member of the
South Carolina Cooperative Cotton
.Growers association, "are trying to
worry we farmers who have signed
a cooperative contract and doing
what they can to make some of us
dissatisfied. Among other things they
are telling that the association will
pay out all the profits to officials and
that furthermore the five-year cotton
contract we have signed has many
loopholes in it. Of course this propaganda
is all bunk put out by some of
the buyers who are beginning to see
the handwriting on the wall. A well
fnttTViAM floniwo/1 U All* nt hnr I
day that there are about forty buyers
In York county and that their annual
commissions from the crop of York
county total about $100,000. , "Wherever
I hear farmers repeating the pessimistic
dope that is being put out by
some of the buyers I tell them that it
. won't be a bit worse for association officials
to get this good graft than it is
to give it to the buyers. And I be- .
lieve that as a result of the Cooperative
Marketing association all of the
l'aimers, whether they are members or
not, are going to get more money for
their cotton in future than they did in
the past. The buyers are fully aware
of the fact also, whether they will admit
it or not."
Learn a Little.
1. Why does dry wood burn more
easily than green? The dry wood's
pores are filled with air, which helps
combustion. The green wood's pores
Ol?A tt11.rt.rJ ?,Uk*
mc IIIICU tvmi muisiiiic, VVIIIUI iciuia
to put out the fire.
2. Who was the first writer of a
history of England? When did he live?
Where buried? Venerable Bede, a
Saxon monk, who wrote his history in
Latin; 672-735; Durham cathedral.
3. What did dcmokratia (democracy)
mean in ancient Greece? It meant
the class rule of the "demos" or plebian
class, the propertyless majority,
but its aim was only to dominate and
control the upper classes, not to supplant
them.
4. To what president of the United
States is attributed the following
statement: "I would rather be beaten
in the right than succeed in the
wrong"? James A. Garfield.
5. Give five synonyms for saltatory.
Leaping, jumping, skipping, hopping,
dancing.
6. Who was the first Roman who
marched against Rome with a Roman
army? Sulla. In the civil war, S.S B.
C., with MariuB, he marched with his
army, took Rome, expelled tho Mali- I
ans, and later as dictator issued Uio |
first proscription issued by Roman authority.
7. Who first used the term "Sick
man o& Europe" in speaking of Turkey?
Nicholas 1, czar of Russia.
8. To what author can the following
quotation be traced: "A bird in
the hand is worth two in the bush?"
Miguel Cervantes do Snavedra.
9. What is Illinois' nickname? Alabama?
Kentucky? Illinois is called
the prairie state. Albania the Cotton
State. Kentucky, the Blue Crass
Stat?\
10. In what sta-.e is Roosevelt dam
located? Arizona.
Tale of a Dog.
"Mistah, did you see ennyflr.g ob a
tall, po' dawg pass dis way de last' few
minutes?"
The speaker was a long, lean, lank
negro, about thirty years of age, and
his look of anxiety won my attention.
He had an old, tattered hat, and his
clothes wore in the last agony of ragdon].
His north cheek was flat and
drawn tight against his teeth, eauscd
no doubt by the >ig wad of tobacco on
the south side, .hich bulged out the
skin until ho appeared to he holding a
billiard ball In his mouth. He appeared
to be very much in a hurry, and as
I did not at once reply, he started off.
"Hold on, Uncle; what $ort of a dog
have you lost?"
"Ise not lost 'im, boss, he's lost me,
en dat fool dawg will run his blamed
se'f ter def, 'vided he dont fln' me.
He's a powful tall, hongry lookin' pup,
en hes one yeah cut clost offen his
head. He's got a mon-sous long tail,
en.it sorter kinder leans jest a little
bit soufwest, you know. He's de bes*
possum dawg in South Carolina, boss.'
"Well, 1 suppose he will turn up all
right, Uncle, if you'll let him alone."
"I'se not doin' nuthln' to 'im boss.
It's him wot's doin' de debbllment. I
was er standin down by de drug sto'
talkin'.to a cullud pusson wen some
boys dey cum 'long an' low is dat my
dawg. I tole 'em he wus. Den dey
told me for why didn't I give 'im mo'
to eat en I 'lowed as how grub wus
too high fer to fee-d dawgs much. Den
one ob de boys axed ire ef do dawg
wus lazy; and I told 'im he sho'
wus, but he could tree possums all
right. Den he says ef T would rub him
wid 'high-life' it would make him de
swlf-est dawg in Yorkville. I tole 'im
1 didn't kgow what dat was, en he said
he'd git me some ef I'd try it en den
reckermen' it ter de people wot had
dawgs wot wus lazy. I tole de boy
dat wus all right, and he went to the
drug sto* on fotoh out a little bottle of
de 'dawg-mover," as he called it. De
stutr smelt pow rut runky, out no saiu
it wus dc bes' in de mawket. I den
called ole Jack up, an' we po'red a little
on his back. He didn't seemter
min* it at fust an' laid on his back.
Inner 'bout er minnit he jump up right
quick, sorter turn his head sideways,
like he hesrd a rabbit jump, en den
heah without sayin' ere word he jump
'bout seben feet straight up en hit de
grit. I call 'im Jack?heah Jack, but
he nebber seemter hear me. He run
'tween a gentl'man's legs, en frowed
'im down, en de man swoah pow'ful
loud en er p'liccman 'rested 'im. Jack
kep' on er goin' eh I .kep er follerin',
but he got erway, en I'se lookin' fer
Mm. Dat medicine is all right. I s'pose.
but I don't want no mo' ob it. Gosh,
dar goes Jack now?heah Jack?henh
Jack?you dod blamed ole fool?"
Jack had just passed a side street,
going by like a Hash and five or six
other dogs in hot pursuit. The negro
also left at full speed, and I was alone.
CARES FOR CRIPPLED SON
Farmer Before Dying Urges Other
Children to be Good to Him.
What is declared to be the tenderost
human document that ever turned up
in the Lehigh County courthouse, at
Allentown, Pa., was revealed with the
probating of the will of Benncville
Wambold, an Upper Milford farmer,
who died a few days before. He leaves
an estate of about $20,000 and there
are four sons and four daughters who
eventually are to share alike. One of
the sons, Charles, thirty years old, is
crippled. The father's will is in the
shape of the following letter.
"To my sons and daughters?The
making of a will is a serious duty to
any parent, and more especially when
one of the children is incapacitated
from taking car eof himself and providing
for his own sustenance through
no fault of his own.
"In making my will I provide for the
maintenance of your unfortunate
brother Charles; and my reason for
writing this letter is to enjoin upon
each one of you the duty of taking
care of Charles among yourselves, so
that he will, at all times, have his
home with one of you.
"It is believed that my estate will be
sufficiently large for the comfortable
maintenance of Charles during his life,
and not necessitate his being placed in
a charitable institution if the money is
disposed with prudence and in the
spirit that each one of you should
manifest to your brother's welfare.
"I sincerely trust that, on account of
Charles's condition, you will each feel
your obligation and responsibility to
care for Charles in the same spirit as
each one of you were cared for by your
parents when you were unable to care
for yourselves and proviue lor your
needs.
"This letter will be found only after
my death, and I hope you will respect
my memory by complying with my
earnest plea for your brother's happiness."
The entire estate, after payment of
funeral expenses and tombstone, goes
in trust for the cripple, and two sons
aro to act as trustees and executors
without compensation.
The famous Ferris wheel of Paris
is being torn down to make way1 for a
more profitable investment. The axle
of the structure alone weighs 72,000
pounds and is set. at a distance of 1G4
feet from the ground. It was built In
1900, at the time of the Paris exhibi
I lion, irum piuns 01 ri'ins, un /\uicii-i
can engineer.
t- A nest of six petrified eggs was
discovered near Montesano, Washing- 1
j ton, recently, when a workman blasted j
' away part of a hillside. One egg, when 1
' broken, disclosed the color and forma- i
| tion of the yolk. The eggs are about |
the size of duck eggs,
t Mrs. Mary Emery, of Cincinnati, '
<)., will spend $5,000,000 building a !
model city to be controlled and directed
in the interests of its residents.
'
FILBERT PICNIC
Candidates for State Offices Present
Their Claims for Suffrage.
MOST OF THE APPLAUSE FOR BLEASE
Crowd Estimated at Between 2,500 and
3,000 heard Speeches of Candidates
for Governor?Rain Broke up the
Meeting in the Afternoon?Meeting
Was Orderly and All Candidates Accorded
Respectful Hearing?'Audience
Largest to Greet the Candidates
So Far.
(By a Start Correspondent.)
Filbert, Aug. 2?Candidates for state
offices spoke to a crowd of people variously
estimated at from 4,000 to 5,000
people In Pursley's Grove bore today.
It is estimated that between 2,500 and
3,000 heard the speeches of the candidates
for governor especially, while the
remainder having little interest in the
political aspect of the occasion devoted
their day to mingling with friends and
acquaintances. Rain fell at 3.15 o'clock
while Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake, a
candidate for state superintendent of
education was speaking and brought
the meeting to a close. Because of
the rain candidates for commissioner
of agriculture, attorney general, comptroller
general and secretary of state
did not have opportunity to address the
voters, although Messrs. James C.
Dozier and W. Banks Dove, candidates
for secretary of state did introduce
themselves while the rain fell. Promoters
of the picnic whb had a rain
insurance policy for $150 did not collect
their insurance despite the fact
that it rained. The policy covered the
hours between 8 a. m. and 2 p. m., and
sihce it did not rain until more than
an hour later they were out of luck.
However sale? of refreshments?mostly
cold drinks and fruits at the several
stands on the grounds were good, and
the revenue was at least sufficient to
cover all expenses.
Big Jolly Crowd.
It was a big. jolly, good natured
crowd. They came from every section
of York county. There were many people
present from Cleveland, Gaston
and Mecklenburg counties in North,
Carolina and quite a number from
Chester', Lancaster, Richland, Greenville
and perhaps other South Carolina
counties.
There was not the slightest semblance
of disorder. Each candidate was
given a respectful hearing and the
voters who heard the speakers were
liberal with their applause. The lion's
share of it went to Former Governor
Blease, however who was vociferously
applauded both when he began his
speech and when he concluded. There
was scattering applause ror inos,
McLeod of Bishopville when he concluded
his speech and there was considerable
applause for George K. Laney
of Chesterfield. Mr. Laney was presented
with a basket of flowers brought
to the stand by a son of W. M. McConnell
of Yorkville.
Large Stand for Speakers.
The speaker's stand was a large one,
erected deep down in Pursley's Grove.
It was large enough to accommodate
all of the speakers comfortably, the
members of the Tirzah band who furnished.
the music for the occasion and
a half dozen newspaper reporters representing
various state papers. The
newspaper men were united in their
praise of Chairman Pursley for his
thoughtfulness in#providing them with
chairs and tables. A recess was taken
at 1 o'clock after the candidates fo
adjutant and inspector gerteral, governor
and lieutenant governor had
spoken in otder that all might have
dinner. Mos: of the candidates ate
dinner at the spread in Pursley's yard.
The grove was dotted with dinner
parties. There was plenty of it 01
great variety?a characteristic Filbert
picnic dinner.
Meeting Ooened With Prayer.
The meeting at Filbert was called to i
order about 10 o'clock by John A.
Marion of Yorkville, county Democratic
chairman and was opened with prayer
by Rev. N. A. Hemrick, pastor of
Clover and Union Baptist churches.
Thos. B. Marshall and Robert E. Craig,
candidates for adjutant and inspector
geheral opened the meeting and consumed
their time lambasting each
other relative to their war records. A
lively little tilt ensued between the two
before Capt. Craig concluded his
speech and some of the audience took
it to mean the forerunner of other
personal scraps that were to follow.
Ill nils opinion, Iiunon, m?-jr ? vnmistakcn
because while some of the
otber candidates did take a fling at
one another they were rather tame
flings. Thos. B.. Marshall, the first
speaker told of his long military experience
in the National Guard and
spoke of his service in the late World
war. He said that a number of York
county military officers including Col.
Spratt and Lieut. Mack of Fort Mill
and Col. Lindsay McFadden of Hock
Hill would gladly recommend him to
any of the voters who might inquire
about him.
Capt. Robert E. Craig of Columbia,
who followed Lieut. Marshall said his
opponent had intimated that some of
the officers of the 118th Infantry, 3oth
Division in which regiment lie (Craig) I
served, were against him. The
speaker suggested that any of the
voters interested should inquire of the
men who served under Col. McFadden
as to who Craig was. Capt, Craig re
cited his experience in the National
Guard extending over a period of
twenty years and spoke of Co. L, 118th
Infuntry which he commanded in the
World war. He was the son of a Confederate
soldier but he was running
for the office of adjutant general on
his man. Two York men?Sergeant
Campbell and Jake Robinson, he said,
had served in the World war under
him and would vouch for him.
He read a letter from his former
Major, James H. Howell of Waynesville,
N. C., under whom he served in
France endorsing his candidacy for
adjutant and inspector general. He
said he also had letters from Major
Mahon of Greenville and Col McCully
of Anderson. , ?
"Read the letter you have from
Major Mahon," interrupted Lieut.
Marshall, his opponent.
"I haven't got 'em with me," return
ed Craig".
Then turning his fire on.Lieut. Marshall
Capt. Craig said, that the latter
was trying to make the impression
that he had fought on the Hindcqburg
line in France.
"Neither Marshall nor myself fought
with the Thirtieth in breaking the Hindenburg
line," he said. "I can prove
we did not and that both of us had
been retired on account of wounds before
the fighting on the Hindcnburg
line."
In concluding the little spat Capt.
Craig said he intended to publish a
number of letters for the information
of the voters before the campaign was
concluded.
Candidates for Governor.
Former Lieut. Governor Thos. G.
McLeod of Hishopville, was the first of
the six candidates for governor to address
the voters. There were a few
hand clans as ho besran his snpech He
was given close attention through his
speech. He was glad to welcome so<
many folks, he said, especially women,
since he had always been a ladies' man
and during the past twenty years had
been under good control. He reviewed
his personal history as a farmer,
representative in the lower house, state
senator and lieutenant governor. For
the past several years, he sa'd, he had
been devoting his services to the public
welfare.
He realizezd, he said, that there were
two great- powers entrusted to the governor
of South Carolina?the pardoninir
nower and the nower to recom
mend legislation. Any governor, he
said, owed it to the people to be careful
In the use of those powers. While
the governor can recommend legislation,
he can neither increase nor decrease
the burden of taxes.
While some might think that taxes
are high in this section of the state
the burden of taxation under the present
system was on the people of the
low country who have only their
farming interests on which to depend
while in the Piedmont section agricultural
interests are supplemented by
textile interests. So far as York county
is concerned, however, there is no
denying the fact that the great majority
of the taxes paid by the people
of the county are paid for local purposes
and especially for roads and
schools. He favors economy in state
affairs and abolishment of all useless <
offices but he is confident that the
high tax rate under which the people
of the state labor at present is because
of the obsolete tax system. North
Carolina, he said, has a system under
which no direct levy is made on personulty
or realty and he thought it well
for South Carolina to adopt a similar
system. Under the present system, he
said, 30 per cent, of the taxes are on
farm property, 18 per cent, town property,
9 per cent, on factories, about
3 1-2 per cent, on banks and 11 per j
cent, on railroads. Luxuries have not
been bearing their part. i
Despite distressing times he was inclined
to turn a hopeful eye to the future.
Educational progress had been
great in the past quarter of a century.
He paid taxes to support four graded i
schools and patronized only one but
he did not begrudge a dollar of it. He :
would not reduce appropriations for
the support of the asylum nor for the '
Confederate soldiers.
He plead for enforcement of the prohibition
laws and for the enforcement
of all laws in this day when "we are
living in the backwash of the World
war." Verdicts of juries should be up- i
held at a time like this, he said, and it
is the duty of every man and woman
to try and help create an atmosphere
for law enforcement. You'll be told
I'm tracking around, he said in conclusion.
Don't you believe it. I'm not
making vain promises. I'm not saying
I'm going to be governor. Hut I.am
running past those who are running
And if I am elected your governor I
will be governor of all the people
without respect to class or calling.
Applause for Blease.
Considerable applause greeted Cole
L. Blease, the second gubernatorial
speaker and one enthusiastic supporter
yelled as Mr. Blease rose to speak: i
"There he comes; there he comes."
Tlie former governor said that he felt
like he was speaking at home when he
spoke at Filbert and he came today
with a message to his York county
friends that he had found no man in
the state who had supported him in
the past who was not supporting him
now while many others have joined the 1
Blease band.
1 was your governor for four years,
said Mr. Blease and tried to conduct
the office for the best interests of the
(Continued on Page Three).
TALKING IT OVER
Sidelights on the Dig Political Picnic
at Famous Filbert.
VILLAGE IS DESERVING OF PRAISE
Evidence of Friction Among Some of
the Candidates?Woman Voters
Were Especially Interested in
Women Candidates?Political Interest
Expected to Increase Now That
Piedmont Section Has Been Reached
?Newspaper Men Appreciative of
Thoughtfulness.
While crowds at Filbert picnics in
by-gone days have been larger perhaps
than was that present Wednesday,
never was there a more orderly
crowd there and never were all arrangements
connected with the picnic
more thorough. "I have been all over
the state with the campaign party,"
said Telegraph Operator Simpson of
Union, expert telegrapher traveling
with the party, "and while I have no
interest except to wire the dope the
newspaper reporters send out, I want
to say that all of us are appreciative
of the efforts of Chairman Pursley and
his committee in looking out both for
the speakers and the representatives
of the press. At no other meeting have
those in charge been as thoughtful of
the newspaper lads as at Filbert where
we were provided with tables and
chairs as well as the finest picnic
dinner that I have had for years. I am
sure that all of the boys inserted a
paragraph in their stories telling the
folks of the state about Filbert hospi
tality which was certainly abundant."
Some of the voters expressed regret
that Senator George K. Laney was the
last of the candidates for governor to
speak. The crov/d had begun to grow
restless and hungry and a good many
had moved away when his time came
to speak. His was one of the most
forceful and clear-cut speeches made
at Filbert and he made a good impression
upon his hearers. He gave
the idea that he was not only honest
and sincere in what he had to say;
but that there was nothing of the
theatrical in his make-up and that he
was a man vitally interested in the
welfare of his people and because of
his long legislative experience and
training thoroughly competent to steer
the ship of state if the people see fit
to elect him pilot.
*
People at Filbert Wednesday appeared
to be in a thoughtful mood
and noisy demonstrations Were conspicuous
by their absence. Former
Governor mease was Dy long ouus me
favorite. All the candidates admitted
that as well as the newspaper men.
Even John T. Duncan said: "You
have heard your favorite, now let's
talk busines awhile." But while the
greater number of voters who heard
the candidates seemed to favor the
former governor, they were inclined to
listen with respectful interest to the
other gubernatorial candidates. John
T. Duncan was the only man to be
heckled a little and there was so little
of It that Mr. Duncan was not Inclined
to pay any attention to it. There was
talk of a plan early in the morning to
howl Duncan down but cooler heads
prevailed ana no sucn anemia. *vua
made.
* * *
According to a gentleman who has
been with the campaign party over the
state, there is no love lost between
Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake atid Mrs. E.
B. Wallace, the two women candidates
for superintendent of education. They
manage to speak to each other and
that is about all. It is said to be very
amusing to the four male candidates,
who being men understand, and are
not surprised. Both Mrs. Drake and
Mrs. Wallace are working hard among
the voters at every meeting place and
some of the newspaper boys would not
be surprised to see one of the ladies in
a second race with Superintendent
Swcaringcn who will unquestionably
be in a second race with one of his
five opponents. Both Mrs. Drake and
Mrs. Wallace are delightful ladies of
charming manner. Mrs. Drake is
rather portly and Mrs. Wallace is of
considerable proportions. Yet on her
card Mrs. Wallace describes herself as
"the little woman." Particularly keen
were the women voters to hear the
speeches of Mrs. Wallace and Mrs.
Drake Wednesday afternoon and it
ivne n nitv that the rain interfered
and cut short .their talks. Doth are
good speakers and their presence as
candidates for state offices marks an
epoch in the political history of the
state. Several members of Mrs. Drake's
family are on the campaign with her
including her father, Mr. Rogers of
Bennettsville and her two manly little
sons.
* *
J. II. IJope of Union, former superintendent
of education of Union county
is leading the attack on State Superintendent
Swearingen. Hope charges
that Swearingen stood for the new
text hook adoption that costs the parents
much unnecessary expense and
that Swearingen is at loggerheads with
the legislature. And Swearingen is
hitting back at Hope mostly, apparently
having the idea that Hope is his
strongest opponent. It's hard to tell,
however, according to those who have
been with the party.
? *
The candidates and the newspaper
men are agreed that the campaign lias
just begun to warm up this week, since
the Piedmont counties are being covered.
The big end of the vote Is in the
Piedmont?York, Spartanburg, Greenville,
Anderson and other big counties
and in the next ten days the candidates
expect to see more folks than they
have seen in the thirty-two counties
visited up to the time they came to
Filbert. "As the Piedmont goes so
goes the state," is the saying now.
And it is true to a large extent.
*
Newspaper men with the campaign
party Wednesday were: Carl D.
Welmer of the Charleston News and.
Courier and the Greenville News:
Edward McDowell of the Greenville
Piedmont: J. Irby Koon of the Columbia
State and Dane L. Bonner of the
Charleston American and Columbia
Record. It was the first trip to Filbert
of several of them and they were loud
in their praise of the hospitality of the
Filbert folks. All of them enjoyed the
picnic dinner especially Carl Weimer
who said that the boarding house landlady
at whose home he lives ir Charleston
never did serve su^h chicken.
Mr. Weimer had the opportunity to
sample every piece in a chicken and
did his best. The atmosphere under
the shadow of King's Mountain, he explained
Is so separate and distinct
from that of Charleston that his apetite
was sufficiently whetted to do full
justice to the chicken. Seeing that
there was so much left he suggested
that it might be well for Ed McDowell
to wrap up a little in a copy of thei
Piedmont to carry along; who explained
that Just for the time being he was
too heavy for light work.
?
Filbert picnic promoters thought the
Yorkville boys did them a rather bum
trick in staging a game of baseball at
Yorkville on Wednesday afternoon
when the Filbert people had made arrangements
for a game at Filbert.
However, the rain interfered with the
attendance at both places.. The picnic
promoters managed to break even at
least despite the fact that they did not
collect rain insurance. i
*
It was a big old day for Filbert, j
taken all in all?a day of pleasure and
profit to all and Filbert retains its
reputation for hospitality and courtesy
to visitors. ?J. D. G.
TOO MUCH FOR CROW
Mother Hen Gave Black Marauder a
Good Beating,
A mother hen belonging to George
Walla, a farmer living along the
Georgetown-Rehoboth Beach, near
Lewis, Delaware, has proved that the
chicken is a better lighter than old Jim
Crow. A day or two ago a hen of the
common burnyard variety, while piloting
thirteen fluffy youngsters through
a wheat stubble, saw a big black crow
pounce on one of her little ones and
attempt to fly off with it for supper.
The mother then saw the peril of
her progeny and leaped in the air,
reaching the black kidnapper and beInhnrinc
him sn severely that he Was '
obliged to drop the chick and fly into
a high altitude for safety. Several
automobilists who witnesesd the battle
declare the hen never showed the white
feather for a moment nor hesitated in
attacking the greatest foe of the chicken
family.
They were, however, amazed at the
ferocity with which she countered on
the black marauder, and the crow
himself was evidently taken by surprise
at the violence of his assailant, '
for he- winged away at top flight to
the nearest woods, leaving two or
three neck feathers behind as testimony
of the prowess of the mother
hen.
In such encounters the crow is considered
almost equal to two barnyard
fowls under ordinary conditions, but a
mnthflp hen evidently is the better
fighter of the two when the lives of [
her brood are at stake and need her
defense.
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Paying For Sand.?James B. Duke, j
the Southern Power magnate, has lately
t>een In Shelby and the editor of the
Cleveland Star had an interesting talk ]
with him. In view of the recent an- ,
nouncement' concerning the campaign (
plans regarding the development of a ,
fertilizer plant at Mountain Island, the
l olio wing will be of interest: ,
"Mr. W. S. Lee, one of Mr. Duke's |
right hand men, has returned from his j
third trip to Germany, where he stud- ,
led fertilizers. The three million dol- ,
lar power plant which Mr. Duke is |
building at Mt. Holly will manufacture (
commercial fertilizer in concentrated
form, and Mr. Duke is giving his at- (
tention to the filler" which is freight- ,
ed uselessly about the country, hoping .
to get the farmers to stop paying '
freight on river sand which has no ,
plant food value. j
An 8-2-2 sack of fertilizer has about
24 pounds of plant food. The other 176 .
pounds is useless. On the other hand |
it is costly because the freight on the |
sand Is high. Mr. Duke says he would j
be satisfied with a profit on his fer- i
tilizer equal to the saving in the freighf |
on the filler. It may take years for a
farmer to get out of the habit of buy- ^
ing a filler; but the concentrated forms s
are no doubt cheaper and more sue- ?
cessful."?Gastonia Gazette. i
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Ul?'A $3,000,000 temple is to be erected
at St, Anne de Beau pre, Quebec, to i
replace the on?* destroyed. A monast- <
ery costing $500,000 will also be built 1
for the Redemptorist fathers. ]
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STRANGE TRIBE
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Believes Most Beautiful Woman Is
She Who is Most Mutilated.
THEY LIVE IN SOUTH AMERICA
Have no Religion Whatever and Know
Nothing of Outside World?Visited
by Christian Missionary First Time
This Year.
There la a tribe of natives In Brazil
which haa standards of beauty so dif
reront from ours that it regards as
loveliest that woman's face which has
been most grotesquely mutilated,
writes Edward Marshall.
Its standards of morals are sq different
from ours that although neither
male nor female of its species ever
wears clothing of any sort, not even a
scrap, and although during the rainy
season dozens of families live herded
in closely interwoven trees without
privacy, immorality and particularly
marital unfaithfulness are unknown
among the people.
Their innocence of the knowledge of
the outside world is so complete that
a white visitor could describe a locomotive
only by saying that it was a
horse of steel with a belly of flre.
They never have had any religion
whatsoever and never have set
un a smell? idol nor have thev. till this
year, ever been visited by a Christian
missionary.
Their staple article of diet is fish,
taken from the rivet", and they never/ ;
have devised a net or a fish hook. They
get their fish by shooting them with
arrows sped from bows and feathered
with the gorgeous plumage of the Ihnumerable
tropical birds which abound
throughout their wonderfully rich
homeland.
This amazing tribe lives much mhie
than a thouand miles from the Atlantic
seaboard, in a wonderfully rich section
of the great South American Republic
which never has been visited by
any white man so far as is known, except
the Rev. F. C. Glass, a missionary
of the Evangelical Church of
South America.
Thirty Years Among Savages.
Mr. Glass is an Englishman and hag
Just returned to his home country
after thirty years of work in South
America, where recently his Englishborn
wife died after spending with
him in the far regions which they
cho.se the whole of thetr married Uffc.
He has brought back to England for
education the six children born to
them In South America.
So constant has beer this white
man's exposure to the sun and weather
during his long and self-sacrificing
service that his complexion is that of
an Indian?dark, apparently of Caucasion
blood.
The country which is marked by the
astonishing pecularities which I have
mentioned is so far up the great River
Araguaca that it took Mr. Glass two
months to drift down in a canoe to the
east coast from which he embarked for
England.
In all he has traveled 26,000 miles In
the wilds of Brazil and most of thl*
traveling has been in that part of the
interior which is practically unknown
to other white men and, which is Inhabited,
he says, by about 400 native
tribes, many of which are as primitive
as those to which I have referred.
The tribal name of this particular
people is Carapa and they afe peaceable
and kindly, scarcely seeming to
know fear or the sentiment of hostility.
Their country is filled with marvelous
mineral wealth which never has
been tapped and its possibilities as
cattle-raising territory are, the missionary
(who seems to be a very
practical person) tninxs unlimited.
Despite the terrible facial mutilation
of the women which Is about the only
"decorative" custom that they seem tb
have, the Carapas are physically magnificent,
and in their naked grace,
their discove er believes, are unparalIcd.
Don't Marry But are Faithful.
Their skin is a dark, light brownish
red and the magnificent play of their
muscles beneath it as they bear heavy
burdens would offer a study which any
sculptor might travel far to make.
Their curiosity when they saw a
white man for tho first time was as
itcen as might be expected and they
lpproached him tvlth frank fearlessless,
having had few experiences with
tnemies and therefore being practically
without thought that anyone could
lesire to do them harm.
Their family devotion is extraorllnary,
but extends only to the Immediate
members of a group centered
irouiid a couple which has mated,
rhere are no marriage ceremonies, but
wnen a pair nas matea me association
s invariably exclusive and for life.
These people never have developed
iny intoxicating drink, although they
lave at hand fruits whose juices would
ferment; they do not utilize for drinkng
purposes extracts of the coffee
)ean although coffee trees grow wild
hroughout their territory.
The bright vegetable colors with
ivhich they fantastically paint themselves
seem to be laid on without the
lightest symbolism, although among
most savage tribes some symbolism
foverns all such bodily decoration.
Not only are they without religion,
not even regarding the sun as a god
jr having developed any animal
fetishes, but they also are without su[)erstitions.
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