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(DIDN'T KNOW CURLING IRON Easy to Understand That Youthful Member of Chicago Jury Was Not a Married Man. Mvery mail knows what a curling iron is, but does every man know . whether or not a curling iron is a P deadly weapon? I The question was raised in Jud^e f Gucrin's court in Chicago recently in the Otto Mathis murder tr,v\ Otto said he stabbed his brother, Edward, when Edward attacked him with a curling irou, which he thought a dangerous weapon. The judge ruled a description of the implement was unnecessary, as everybody knew what it was. "Sure, I know," one spectator whispered to another. "A curling iron is one of those hot things that burn your fingers when you are fumbling around m among the things on your wife's dressing table." "It looks like a pair of scissors with *4 wo<Hlen handles," said the other. "And it's deadly, too," a woman -whispered. "Mazie got hers too hot the other night and the way it killed a lot of her hair was a caution." "Fortunately," another woman an-| swered, "the curling iron hath no miseries that peroxide cannot cure." Assistant State's Attorney Daniel j namsay insisted mere mignt De single men on the jury. The judge glanced knowingly at the jurors. The youngest looked bewildered. So Judge \ Guerin ordered a description of the weapon supplii.-d. The youngest juror appeared relieved when he heard what it was. WORK FOR HIGH EXPLOSIVES French Scientist Suggests Their Use In the Reclamation of WarDevastated Orchards. The vigorous growth of wild plants about shell holes has suggested to M. Andre Piedallu a novel plan for quickly restoring war-devastated orchards. The vigor of the weeds is attributed - partly to the Assuring of the soil by the shell-fire and Dartly to nitrogenous substances introduced, and in the pro<posal to the French Academy it is concluded that an ideal orchard soil could be produced by breaking up the rough surface with dynamite in such a way that fertilizing material would be driven into the soil. The fertilizer would be compressed in paper or celluloid cases around cylinders of the explosive, which would be fired by a fnl mi no finer nhnrw TTnlps fnr the cartridges about two feet deep would l>e bored with a stick or iron rod. and In the spherical cavity about 30 inches ^ <!eep produced by the explosion, the young tree would be placed and covered with the fertiliser-charged soil. Perhaps some of the enormous stores of high explosives left over from the war could be utilized in this way. A suggestion already made is that the United States could put to use some of Its 50,000,000 or 100,000,000 tons of *TNT for reclaiming arid deserts, irrigating ditches being dug and roads graded by firing trains of the explosive placed along the surface. I Dog Got the Rabbit. Exploration of caves in South Berkshire, Coni, resulting in the discovery 4>f stalactites and stalagmites, big white spiders weaving their webs, bats inf crusted in the crystals and a submarine brook, made Jack Newboy of Lenoxdaje recall the day that he went ratijMt hunting in the Patterson woods. Newboy's dog chased a rabbit into a cave. Jack waited outside foi1 results. He waited two hours, called the dog, and, getting no results, went home. Hfr found the dog was at home " and had the rabbit. Pat, his brother, explained: "I was fishing on a lake not far from the shore when I hoard a commotion In the water near by and wns stir prised to see a rabbit in th*> water, j 'As I reached the spot the dog came to i the surface, swam after the rabbit aud raptured him."?New York World. In Daddy's Heart. At Sunday school Dorothy's teacher attempted to explain to the children about keeping their hearts clean and filled with certain desirable qualities. She urged them to think seriously about what they had in their hearts. "Dorothv's hand went ud. The teacher gave her permission to speak. "My daddy has nutpicks in his heart" J Now -the teacher was sufficiently interested in the psychology of the thing to go to the mother for the explanation. Dorothy had recently attended a wedding with her parents. When ! ihey were looking at the wedding pres- j ents her mother had laughingly turned to daddy and said: "John, i wish you would open up your heart and give me a handsome set of nutpicks like these." ? Plagues Not Related. tr tvq Ttmn fRnlletin de l'Acade JUL* 1*? mle de Medicine), having had several i gears' experience in Syria with plagu*-, L Including an epidemic- of pneumonic plague, protests against the view that f pneumonia following influenza may bp ' related to the eastern disease. 1l pneumonic plague the cough is characterized by a quiet, spasmodic expira* tlon, repeated continuously for long periods every ten to thirty second*3 and might be termed a "whispering cough." Instead of the optimism frequently manifested on the day before deat^ in influ^'-a there Is a distressing aw sciousness of impending death in t>:.pr-f-timMiic plMsrue patient. fteeriy a-. . -ca?ifcs or the latter Dlacue end fatallx ' I == Weil-Known Cartoonist, Musician, Entertainer | Here Chautauqua Week i : Alton Packard is known ovorywht ! as a humorist, a most gifted cartoi j ist, a singer of jolly songs and wi i al a moralist. With this comhinati ' he is an ideal entertainer. He \\ J appear in a Joy Night supreme on t ALTON PACKARD. concluding program of the Ch&nta i qua. As a cartoonist Mr. Packard sketch upon sheets of paper and canvas eight feet square, said to be the large sketches ever attempted on the ph form, so they can be easily seen detail from any part of the big Cha | tauqua tent. BAPAUME WANTS GODMOTHE French Town, Hard Hit by War, As! Help From Some City to Aid Reconstruction. Washington. ? Bapaume, of tl French towns which suffered rao from the *rar, wan la "godmother according to an official dispatch r ceired here. Gaoton Stenne. mayor ihe ton is quoted by the dispauii ns suyii in the Petit Parisien: 41 If some great city wouid adopt Bj pauine and assist it as has been dor for some other destroyed towns, ho delighted my fellow citizens would b I hope that some other great city, eitl er of the old continent or the new, wl listen to uiy appeal." _____________ Healthy Men Defied "Flu." An observant hospital corps man 'be navy became so thoroughly cc vinced that lowered resistance w always the determining factor In cr tractlng Influenza that he and soi of his mates volunteered to test t troth of his theory. The offer was i cepted and 100 enlisted men who v unteered were ' submitted to exhai tive experiments by naval surgeoi the outcome of which seems to c< firm the theory. These men were : In the best of physical condition, a; - * a i.i?i hi. aunng ine experiment meir neai in w looked after carefully. Live cultur of Influenza bacilli were sprayed their throats and noses hourly. T germs were introduced Into their foe They were kept In close contact wi patients suffering from the dlseai Some members of the group receiv various preventive inoculations, h others were not thus protected. N a single case of influenza was < veloped. "Great Torn" Not in Abbey. Westminster abbey bells, which a now being overhauled against the ce bration of peace, do not, as many p pie think, include the famous b< "Great Tom of Westminster." whi< was formerly rung on all importa occasions. Great Tom hung for centuries in tl clock tower of the royal palace Westminster, but when In 1715 t\ tower was no longer strong enough stand the vibration and was taki ilnwn tbo hpll was spnf to Xt Pnn cathedral instead of being taken to t! abbey. Great Tom's duties are now en fined to striking the hours and tollii for royal and important deaths ai burials. Merely Wanted to Know. Alvin comes to see me daily. C each risit I usually give him som thing, candy or whatever I have. Ha penlng to have an exceptionally go< box of sweets 1 gave him a piec whereupon he returned the secoi time that day and Inquired: "Ha^ you got any more of that good candy Reproving him for asking for It he r plied, MI didn't ask to gub me an: I dust want to know if you dot ar more."?Chicago Tribune. Contradictory Emotions. "Something I rnn't understand mused Senator Sorghum, "is the wi contradictory emotions simultaneous develop.** "Referring to what?" "Every time I begin to talk aboi univeirr' p^ace some suggestion n curs that warms up my fightii blood." ? NEW YORK'S NOTED HOUSE! City Has Many Former Places of Res dence of Presidents of the United States. ? Now York city never preserves It . monuments. Inn. strange to >;iy, ther ie are still st:in<lin? in this city fou houses where former presidents of th 1 United States lived, writes a Nei ?n York correspondent of -a Pittsburg i!1 exr'uange. For distance, there is th 'ie man who gave utterance to the Mot I) roe doctrine. James Monroe, the fift | president, who fought in the Revolt I tion. The house where he lived an j died?on Prince, corner of Lafayett ! <st-i?et. is there, and it looks its par Ti, is n venerable building, the lik f v hich is to be seen only in the olc ? inerican towns like Charlestoi , iade!phia. Boston. Salem an ; Portsmouth. "1 could tell a story! ! boasts the ancient among buildings 1 i - j (iiMi tvuu nrt* nui surpristii u? irui j that the story Is that of the sreat Vli ' | jrinlan. who. after leaving the Whit j Honsp. enme to New York to live an i to (He. Then there is Ulysses Siinpso | Grant, originally Hiram Grant, wh i lived on Sixty-sixth street, near Fift . ! avenue. which was perhaps the mo? handsome home of any of the forme presidents. It is not merely a honsc hut a residence. It looks like a Ne^ York home, the home of somebod: The residence of Chester A. Arthu: however, who died in 1886 at 123 he: fngton avenue, has fallen to the marc of trade, but not so much as Theodor Roosevelt's former place of living t East Twentieth street, near Fifth av< | nue. Strangely enough, the Roosevel ! house which, one would say. shoul I look the youngest and most vigoron j of the four, displays the fewest mark ** j of the glory that belongs to It Th I basement floor Is occupied by an o ea [ flee. On the second floor a dealer 1 es j novelties has established himself. O | the floor above a magazine is pul . i lished. Roosevelt was loved by * m | many miUions of his fellow country u" j men and Is so singularly New York1 : president that one Is sure this hous j will be saved before It is too late. R New Plant for America. Among the many new plants whfc! ka : are being propagated in this eountr I is the Chinese jujube "Ziziphus jujx Da," wnieh isr an alkali ami droutn-r< sistlng fruit tree which heretofore ha ae been grown almost exclusively f st i China. Now, however, it is bein '.** planted In California and the semi-ari a- South and Southwest and big crop are being secured. B I The fruit of the better varieties I i? anoui me stse 01 a large prune an is reddish or mahogany brown in colc a- when ripe. It can. of course, be eate ! ! when fresh, but is usually used fc w the familiar "jujubes" combined wit e. j cane sugar or honey. h- I Another emigrant from the far ens among trees is the Tung oil tree, froi which drying oils are now secured fo the paint manufacturers. It was, i may be ftdded. the war which fnadvei tently brought about a demand for oi new drying oil that led to the briagin >n- to this country of young Tung oil tree a? irora unma. so iar tney seem 10 n >n- flourishing, but they will not be coum ne ed as American trees for some tim he yet. IC- ; ol-' Not a Question of Height l* wnen Lawrence urr, or tne scar is:! board of accounts, was serving as >iv paid examiner he went to Jackso all county to check up the records In th nd various departments of the courthous< as He was acquainted with most of th es county officials, but since his last vial in Simeon L. Henderson had becoce w he corder. Mr. Henderson is an nnusu . J ti i _i. a? AL m. any large man, standing more uian ?i th feet. se. When Mr. Orr was introduced to Mi eel Henderson he glanced up at his towel ut lng height and remarked: ot "Goodness. Mr. Henderson, yon ar le a tall man. How tall are you, anj i way?" To which Mr. Henderson replied: "In this particular case. Mr. Orr, 1 <m nnt a nnactlnn nf hftip toll T m hn fg to UVt U 4 UVOk?X/t? V* HWM M??t * W..^ WW le. how short I am." i Mr. Henderson's hooks checked n aj] to the penny.?Indianapolis News. ch ~ ~ nt Chicago First N?gro City. j Chicago is the first negro city ii he America. Estimates by negro leader 0f set the negro population of Chicago a he 125,000. Two years ago the numbe t0 was 25.000. Demand for labor, hisrl ?n wages and the awakening of the negr l's through travels induced by the war ?r given as ,causes for the tremendou influx. Negro labor is employed large n ly by the packing houses. U is orjrar lzod ana niiiiiaieu w:m ianor iewni 1(T ^ tions. Negroes have crowded th whites out of some territor.", so tha it is now impossible to define th' ; "black bolt." Negro living condition have improved with growth. Over 80i negro business men have their cwi e- places. Thousands own their home P- and old squalid quarters have been re placed by clean, well-lighted street 'e. and neatly kept buildings. id re j No, Indeed. ?" ; "What do you think of this nroltt e- millionaire who says he'd like to be i y; carefree tramp?" ly. "I'll answer that question by asklni , one." i "Welir I "Did you ever hear of anybody sing |H tng, *1 Want to Bo an Angel/ who re n!lv meant tt T"?Birmingham Age ;v Herald. iy Their Plight. i v"n:-ns will have to ^esori Ut: ] : lit in;:/* )f?- f I)tn ?" ig M?*d?'!'od th??ii U i:oJcs?'' 5!? I r ? e h Recognizing th? ^ tery Service' ? Storage e We have: <> Full stock Ne^ ft 11 * r all makes or cars ( ? Full stock of 1 ? while your battery n Complete Cha ? ... h service, id charge ( t Complete Batt ; | make battery from ' Mr. EllesorAc t- work, is in charge , make, to him, let 1 " Testing and fi you get the best se ? have repairs to be e right. All work g' n Let us tell you ? Battery?"The Stil Mov i T . I Ljunci iviaiu kjn ;l 1 HOW TO AVOID 'i BACKACHE AND *! AIKRIIAIIAIBPAA NhKVUUSNtSS o 'f | Told by Mrs. Lynch From h | Own Experience. f ___ Providence, R. I.?"I was all run & down in health, was nervous, had header aches, my back it llliilllllll ached all the time. 10HK I was tired and had L!iJ i? ||||?ppi^ no arauiuon ivrauy |B^9 thing. I bad taken 8 llniiMPM a num^er ?f niedi8 cines which did me * 110 g??d- One day t- Wmri * rea^ a^?ut Lydia 6 l[ H Pinkham's V ege11table Compound and what it had done for women, so I tried it. My nervousness e 1 and backache and a headaches disappeared. I gained in d weight and feel fine, so I can honestly e recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege. table Compound to any woman v*io is ~ suffering as I was."? Mrs. Adel^.e B. e Lynch, 100 Plain St, Providence, R. I. 't Backache and nervousness are syrups' toms or nature's warnings, whicn ini dicate a functional disturbance or an x unhealthy condition which often develops into a more serious ailment. Women in this condition should not p' continue to drag along without help, but *' profit by Mrs. Lynch's experience, and try this famous root and herb remedy, e Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comr pound?and for special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Med.Co., Lynn, Mass. lt NOTICE. it A notice to the carpenters that new p Enoree Baptist cmirch is let out ro build to the lowest responsible bidder on the 10th of May, 1919, at 10:00 o'clock on- Enoree church grounds Q Please come to see us. We want s the church hulled in, covered. winJ* ows, doors, floor in, and pulpit. h Respectfully committee, 0 C. C. Glenn, e S. W. Wilson, s M. M. Marshall, D. N. Caldwell, A. Siiber. Newberry, S. C., April 21, 1919. ^ Rf.fi tMir^s bv removing the cause e Notice of Jury Drawing. 3 Notice is hereby given that we, the s undersigned Jury Commissioners for s Newberry county, on Friday, May ?, 8 1919, at 9:00 a. m., in the Clerk of Court's office, will openly and publicly draw the names of 36 petit jurors j to serve during the sessions of com-j ! mon pleas court which convenes on May 19. i C. C Schuniwrt. J. B. Halfacre, Jno. C. Goggans. * Jury Commissioners for Newberry County, S. C. Gilder & Weeks. NewT??rry, S. C.. Prosperity Dm? Co., Prosperity, Litl Me Mountain Drug Co.. Little Mountain. S. C., W. 0. Holloway, Chapnells. S. C.. Whitmire Pharmacy * Whitmire. S C. : Battery cr e serious need of this: we have now installe Battery Dei v Willard Batteries to rei >n hand for immediate del Rental or Service Battel is being charged or repaii rging Outfit, large enougli )f a trained Battery Man 1 :ery Repair Station, equip] i the smallest repair to a r lams, who is thoroughly ti of this Department^ Brin lim test your battery. [ling with distilled water i srvice from your battery a made he can do your woi uaranteed to give satisfacl about the Willard Bone-D 1 Better Battery." rer's Gai IwmrY Mm Augusta 1 Prima Donna I Third Nigh 1 Redpath Ch Mme. L< i Opera Sin ? notable si i Iork' c j |i| Europe ! U Centers. : 1 1 ALSO1 I Gulp Strinj I- One of A Chamber izations, night san e| RedpathCti 1 Seven Bi If Season Ticftets $2. Ib^g^BREPPArH CH. Mewberry Week 8 Teachers Examination. An examination for teachers certificates will be held at the Newberry high school on Saturday, May 3, 1919, beginning at 9 o'clock a. m. Applicants will furnish their own paper and pencils. | War licenses granted on high j school certificate are good only until J July 1, 1919. C. M. Wilson, 4-11 td County Supt. of Education ^ , WANTED TO BUT. The county wants to buy one or two mules. Bids will be received up i until 10 a. m., May 3. (Right to ac-. cept or reject any hid. J. C. Sample, j 4-25 td Supervisor. ! j Service section for Batd a complete >artment alace batteries in I ivery. ies for your use red. i to give prompt mm m who knows how. led to repair any ebuilding job. rained in battery ig your car, any ree. He can help .nd when you do rk, promptly and :ion. ry-Rubber Thread age, . Phone 300 I e. 4 ^e?s^a \l Contralto | t I autauqua 1 " m i! ' A?-kolro [}inl & 11 O IV C4j M JL (4A1V4 IJT7, iger, has scored 1 lccesses in New || Chicago and 11 an Musical || rHE If i OiTai*fpf H i VAUU ' [?] merica's Strong || Music Organ- m afternoon and ? ne day. || Lautuaqua | i i g Days 1 50 and War Tax | AUTAUQUAgj^g^d eginning May 14 jra^Stop Wasting Soap^fl ^^Measare Oat ^AjmM ^ t. .' .. . ... V*; iri.dk^jL.-' ;. -it