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THEIR LAST FEAST Mohammedan Fanatics Paid HAnriii ?ryn ^Dnoin ?ia\u 77 IV) titaiii viwn? * y. ' Excess of Zeal Discouraged by French Authorities in Northern Senegal . in Effective Manner. . Boomba is not the seat of Mohammedan culture in. Africa. Booreha Jfes in northern Si?Vgal, behind the west foast ?r Mriea', hnmiliated at the onward of Dakfcpr, a worldly seaporc knowing neither religlor, nor shame. And lei it be known to all men thAf the natives in the hinterland nigh..xmto Boomba are as the ">vee sma* hours of ihe morninV' in blackest darkness; hut seeking the light of a great awakening. Last roonrh. -\vhife the Olontarf, stoat shipping-board vessel, now at pier-1*3, foot Qt i'aetfio street, my co In the roadstead at B$kfc,ar, a wave of revival lift the vic-intey. 61 Boomlitt. r?o<-ording to tlie Hssi^tapt enghieei\ The blacks got religion and tti# hlaeklands resiwUdedf with the f-hiint of ' There is m Gvi but Ailah. and Mohammed is his propbol*4?in fervent Senegalese. Now, the German found the Senegalese a fiercesome soldier. On Ms native jungle trail he is even more so. f\rx irnmatk TVBnt iha WOW If rilTI verted Mohammedans, with fire in one hand and the snor^JEj^the other, after the fashion of Saladdin's host. They were bound to out-Mohammed Mohammed and great was their zeal. Furthermore, they were bound on a quest tp show their brethren, unbelieving: dogs 0" the docks of Dokhor, tliat a wan. - of the. jungles could acquire that polish wnk-ft some say comes only ? to citizens of the .?fa(er dwell. In? in a tftetropoTis. There chanced across their march a party of Frenchmen, hunting wild hecsts of the field The Frenchmen were, moreover, unbelieving dogs. The slaughter was swift pitiless and al"^oost painless. Eleven, dead Gauls were laid at the feet of the chief of the fiooiBfea hinterland.' v7 MMy children/1 cried he, in a rolling brogue such as is bandied about in the jungle, "behold these men of culture and little faith. They have the wisdom of them who sit in hi?h places, hut they hare the faitli bf the groveling jackal. We have done well to chop off their heads. we will do -A? 'well to acQulte their wisdom. Let us hare brain stew, made from the brains of the Frenchmen. in whom the*o was' w*sdom bnt tftfrie faith." And so i - siew was eaten. About a week later, a dozen of these fierce seekers after a great wisdom were gathered in by the French &?thorities. And in another week they were sent fo~ another J and, far beyond theclouds/where tbfehcnris tread the m#zes of the heavenly Ounce and wis dom comes to aH .rifcn wfio aire true believers. At least, that Is the tale as told by the assistant engineer. And thus endeth the $nest. of the converts of the Booraba Searchers of wisdom in the name of the prophet.-* Brooklyn Eagle. Advancement. Those who, in retrospect, l^ealjU.fce days- of the hand slekle jnpf vrell marvel at tJ^ devel^rngj^s^rhich have ra&en plaee withLn .-their recollection : Tfeey have seen, besides the developL ment In .Ate, the inauguration PaIgy***~tronntless devices and utili[ Ifes. They Jsave seen railroads built across the coatinenthe telegraph and telephone perfected, great steamship' liees established and more latterly the motor ear and the airplane utilized in everyday affairs. Fntit the hand sickle was laid aside it had been used since that time to which the memory of men runneth not to the contrary. And yet to them, it may seem the advent of the grain cradle and the crude horsedrawn reaper was but as yesterday. Personified, those homely early devices sewn almost lite the explorers of the earlier ages who set out upon Voyages of discovery with nothing to guide them but a vision of something grander and more beautiful than, their eyes had ever beheld.?Exchange. New Discoveries in Crete. Excavations at Knossos, Psaetos and other sites in Crete-have not merely established th ? existence of a people i ,<i|Trhn~i form or civilization was the :^.^?!rliest in. Europe, bat have shown ?*??*? *hat* Haflii' llfo iramM I UUCU ituvui luvit mmy _ T amusements; their art religiou, writing?though hardly yet their language: . their physical characteristics, dress aad the houses they live in. A huge palace, as big as Buokingham palace, has been unearthed at Knossos. Jt has a drainage system that an eminent Italian archeologist t has described as "absolutely English." | *ad that certainly anticipates rhe hy" - * il.. iOTaUHC engineering Ol li?? ^imccimi eenturv. The men of science engaged m the. work estima?e;ihe age of their discoveries at four thousand years.? JMsooveries. Dehydrated Fish Valuable. Electrical dehydrating plants for 8?h arc promised as a result of recent experiments in England, which demonstrate that it i^poss&Mf; with 'the aid of heated air to attogopiish in a brief time results that igHjt require many days o? air curing; Popular Me * ... Iowtiuvs iuaguzimj; -*>epriveii vi trace of raoisture* & fish raent inay jbe kept for years, stod then restored [for three (Jay* ia water. The dried jHesh alto may be ground into a S?e Ltovr ctf*hi?fc food ralne. The process j f WAS OUT TO SAVE MONEY j I | Mrs. Newbride Had It All Figured, to Her Own Satisfaction, at j . Any Rate. ??? "Yes, it does, as you say. give rath- \ 1 er an air to the flat." agreed tlie alI - - i ? 1 in- tr- i.? j I most new Iiusuauu. ru.s \\ue u;tu sear i ed herself on the arm of his chair sur- j Ct r veying their latest acquisition, the j ; bahy grand piano., which filled three- i fourths of thei'living room. "And now if we only had one of ! | those nifty one-arm floor lamps," an I mused the almost new husband's bride. ^ "Why, Bettina, it was only yesier- wj | day that you argued the piano would j w. finisn roe room wnnom rmying an- i wj other rhiog," protested the almost new pr husband. "l^hat'was one of the arj gumenrs you used to wheedle me into %vj | baying!" . lia "Well, of course, it saves us buying u0 I a luscious bine plush bed-davenport, or m( j a graceful chaise locgue or a library ca j table," she defended. 'There simply an j isn't room in this apartment for much ni] j besides the piano. It really is an sp ! economy in the end. But a lamp is m( j different. You know that a grani) pi- lle i a no is not complete without a floor j lamp. And while we are at it we w? | mighr as well get one of the newest ^ kind.. Just think how cozy we would m, look with you sitting' peacefully under | the new lanip while I play to you ev- ln ery evening!" a "Hum!" groaned the almost new efl "ThA rhinf? vou'll be ?. ! ~ ? , Jll; ! telling me lhat a grand piano requires W1 ! an oriental prayer rug under the ped- se< i als, a Persian scarf thrown across the m< ! bench and a vase of. dollar-a-smeH | roses iu constant attendance. I'm j th( | rather surprised that you haven't men- j j tion<Ml another apartment with a pi- j m | a no room for your pet!" j I wlr would he nice." aeroe'd the bride i " " " _c" - - ' I w failing to note the touch of sarcasm in j ea i he voice of her husband. Then she cu TaHied her forces once mote. "But a think how much' moft?y It will ?ive us' on movies. By staying home to play and sing we save?let me see? po exactly G6 cents a day!" qU "By the way," said the almost uew }ia hushanl, "we mustn't forget our serial fr? on Friday night. Last week left Hnrry Hairbreadth in an awful fix. Do you think the piano' would mind if we ya left it alone just once?" v ch ' "Oh, I guess not," answered Betty I Absent-mindedly. Then she launched se* her final attack. 'Ton know, Billy, I ' cant expect yon to give up going oat ha entirely, at least until' I learn to play af] better. 1 have heard of a splendid ar i teacher at $10 an hour and 1 really ^ think, to be worthy of such, an instrument, I shonid take lessous!" '"It's not the original cost, it's the j ^ npkeepi" said the.almost now husband. \ ' " 1 _ V_ 1? 90 . ' ^ j ~<:orae along, my oear, to me movies. ; fe( House of 1,000 Rooms. i j A maze which forms a happy hunt- j ^ ing ground for robbers, is the house j ^ formerly occupied by the ministry of j . war in Yiennd, says a correspondent. | . The great size of the thousand roomed j * house evidently attracts the attention j J of thieves, and the military and police v seem unable to keep them out. Or- V naments, pictures, typewriters, everything and anything, even to the door \ 1 knobs and knockers are constantly be-} ing carried away. When a thief, in j the course of his wanderings, meets \ anyone, he simply pretends to have; come on business,, and goes on until he j *n comes to an unoccupied room, there f*1 he quickly gathers together nhything *n j he can lay his hands on, and departs. I In many cases the robbers have an TO accomplice in the street to whom ar- * > tides are thrown from the window. , 1st f ' V : Cream-Colored Moles. Co It is rather, curious to find dead j moles lying about dykesides when ,mole-fur prices are so high, writes a correspondent from Scotland. I crossed .Jn a field, and at the exit I' counted no ' fewer than 22 moles in a heap. These ' had evidently been thrown there Jjv 3* IIJLMI 1(9 t.i ou' v ?^?3 i uiu ? her. More curious still, 1 came on sn what may be called the unique in moles. A gardener had trapped j'our ^ of these rodents of a decided cream m< color. No portion of the bodies gave signs of normal coloring. The gardener said he surmised there were more on his premises, but he had failed to catch them at the date he ! exhibited the four referred to. sn o ? Continental Camp Rediscovered. ' T721/vn.\ nf t-ha *..oiiiit?*;u*:ui ? niii^c, uiic me JJJ. | camps of Washington's soldiers in the ex j Hudson highlands, the site of which ^ ! has long been unknown, has been redis- ^ i covered by members of the New York | Historical society. The unearthing of (jn : a bayonet blade, a grapesftot, buttons hn j of the Continental infantry and arMl- ^ < lery. bullets, gunflints and other m*!i| tary relics, rogther with topographical jei j characteristics that tally accuracy 1 i.Mti, in f Vinfinoiiffil flij'umM!'S. Ullli iVVVIM ? * V. ? ] have placed the camp 011 the farm of , | .Tamos Smith, about a mile and a half j from Cold Spring village. * on Cow Gives 42 Tons of Milk. j.. i A British Friesian cow, owned tn* an a I English farmer, gave more than J.000 a ' gallons of milk during 1910, and prom- t]! ises to repeat the performance this be i year. In the two years lier output of pe | milk amounted to considerably more av | than 4.000 gallons and weighs more of j than 38- tons. In less than six years an ! Moss Iiose has had seven calves and jf i given more Ihan 4U tons of milk. soi ' Mors Trouble. I A firm of music publishers have pro- 1 [ dwed v. bat they describe as ;i three- rei ? ..m.uttn (| tvilt Si)lXI 1)11- 1 iquiinrt ?'t;. .? - ? possible ;<> a** a <!:iu<-p without being "I j accompanied :>y a professional ariUi- tin I B^ticiaU:?Lontioc Puscii, ^ # iA. $9 K i ' AUGHED AT SEAL i I tell-Diver" Refused to Figure on Pursuer's Menu. irious Speed Contest Reported by Nature Student, Who Witnessed the Incident, on Maine Coast. Seals are quirk of movement, and yone who has ever watched them ?ding cannot but marvel at the speed til which they dart abont in the iter and the apparent ease with lieh the.v are able to overrate their ey, says a Bulletin of the American line Protective association, and iikese there are few duck hunters who ve not had the opportunity of witssing the speed of the grebe, com>nly known as the heli-diver. He n easily protect himself by diving ' d swimming under water, and "light- { ig is slow as compared with the I eed with winch a hell-diver sub- j n*ges when he sees the flash of a gun j aded in his direction." Which of rhe two is quicker in the iter becomes a nice question, to the jcussion of which Arthur L. l'enni- ' in contributes the story of a const he witnessed on the Maine coast, the Penobscot bay region, between seal' and a pled-billed grebe, when eh contestant was apparently doing s best, "the seal looking for his pper and the hell-diver intent on E?ing that he didn't make up the ?niL" "While we were engaged in studying e habits of a fish hawk," Mr. Peimiin writes, "our attention was aticled by a great commotion ir. the iter off shore. From our blind we old see that the splashing was used by a seal performing the mosr rious antics in his attempts? to catch, bird which we later identified as a id-billed grebe. "The seal made rapid progress, porising in and out of the water in ick diving.leaps and was fast o^er- : uling the bird, which was swimming mtically to escape hisNpursuer. but. wever, made no attempt to fly. .Af a straight-awa.V race of some fifty rds or more, it seemed as if the ase was over, as both bird and seal ^appeared in the same splash as the il struck the water. When the lash subsided we saw that ibe grebe d cleverly dodged to one side and, ter twisting and turning quickly mind h verv small circuit to elude & seal, he headed straight for shore. "The bird now began to use its ngs, arid, skittering rapidly over the iter, soon distanced the seal, which tinued the chase until within 30 ?t of the beach, where the water ts no more than knee deep. "There he sat with his shoulders out the water, watching the grebe as e latter ran along the edge of the r>re. Then, as though he hated to re up his meal, he slowly pursued e bird on a parallel course in the iter, paying not the slightest atten>n to the men on the beach until he is frightened off by our intervention th^ contest." < Developing Guatemala. President. Herrera of Guatemala, has dertaken to interest foreign capital r the development of some 15.000 uare mile* of unexploi ted territory | Guatemala which still awaits the ml of the pioneer and the invader transform it into productive fields, i the first step he has created a nevr partment of agriculture with -a miner in bis cabinet and has appointed head of this deportment Antonio uscayol. , Both the president and the new minor have devoted the main part of eir lives to agricultural development d are therefore, keenly interested in rvTtifUnnr on^rtnrnfAinpnf to the farm s and planters. Roth realize foreign restniont must be eneo.urajred to ;iomplish this end and believe that eh aid must be expected as a reIt of diffusion of the knowledge that tatemala has a safe and sane govern?nt, is a fit place to live In aad lias ioh territory as yet undeveloped. No Two Snowflakes Alike. For 35 years Wilson Alwyn Bent ley Jericho. Vt- lias been studying " ' -r-&i?i.~ OWnaKPS. ill UtUl tunc iir juib luuur !<)() photorr??rograph3 of snowflakes d has found that no two of them e exactly alike. As a result of his haustive study he firmly believes 3 at the snowflake is the most exquis example of nature's art. His photographs have befii infroeed into several universities, and ve also won a niche in the arts and ienees. as well as being used for signs in artcrafr shops and for veiry oesigning. Task for Chemists. The technical chemists of the world e asked to solve a very temptingzzle. They are told that if they can ly discover how t?> get it out. there to Iw had from Jerusalem artichokes substance which can be turned into sugar sweeter than cane sugar, le yield per acre of artichokes would uigoer man me .vifiu ul r acre of beet. and higher than the erage yield of cane sugar per acre cane. Truly an alluring hair, and opportunity to make the land flo*v, not with honey, at any rate with mething not unlike ir. Wheat and the Consumer. "Tlu? mills of the gods grind slowly,* narked the read.vrinude philosopher. "Yes," replied Farmer Ccrntossol. reckon if we had to depend on em, the price of flour sever would n? CowBu*_ g ,tour*M*i?*tm MASTER'S SALE. j ft By authority of a decree of the: g Court of Common Pier.?., in the case's of Dottie R. Hawkins and others jg against Mrs. Lois Merchant and oth-:? > .l.j xt oo inon r SI'S, QiUtU IX'UVeillUCl ? a um ; p sell at public auction in front of the | court house, at Newberry, within the j M legal hours of sale, on salesday in; January, 1921, that certain tract of j land in Township No. 9, Newberry J county, containing four and forty; hundredths acres, more or less, and! bounded by lands of A. A. Kibler, J. JB. Simpson and Mrs. Harriet S. Les- i ter, The purchaser will be required to i pay the purchase price in cash, and to pay for papers, revenue stamps,! and recording:. a H. H. RIKARD, II Master for Newberry County. a State of South Carolina, | County of Newberry, g Court of'Common Pleas. 0 Richard D. Davenport, plaintiff, f. against j E Joshua D. Davenport, defendant. ^ Pursuant to an order of the Court J 8 in the above entitled action I will'I sell at public auction in the first || Mnndav fsalesdav) in January, 1921, j| within the legal hours of sales, thejl following described three t./ts of;| land all of which are situate in thejl County of Newberry, in the State of;I South Carolina, viz: | (1). All that tract of land.con-11 taining one hundred and four and; fi one-half acres, more or less, known j 5 as the "Davenport Place," bounded ! bv a public road known as the Stony ;| Battery Road, by a tract of land! owned by John R. Spearman, Sr., and! John R. Spearman, Jr., and by landi of the said Richard D. Davenport.; The same being the tract of land! which was conveyed to the said Richard D. Davenport and Jo3hua D. Davenport, by Silas Johnstone, Master,' by deed bearing date November 2, 1885, recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Courts of Common i Pleas and General Sessions for said! County and State, in Book 4, Record I of Real Estate Conveyances at pates! 524 and 525. - > (2) All that tract or plantation' of land containing one hundred and thirteen acres, more nr less, known j as the "Leavell Place," bounded by land of or formerly of the estate of. Jesse D. Hornsby, deceased, by land! - ? ? ? 1 ; ol David sneuon, oy xanu ui ur iui-, merly of the, estate of G. Burt j Reagin, deceased, and by land of j Boozer. The same being the | tract of lan-d which was conveyed to; the said Richard D. Davenport and; Jcfshua D. Davenport by Z. F. Wright, j by deed bearing date February 12,} 1901, recorded in the office of the| clerk of said Courts at Newberry, in! said County and State, in Deed Book! 11, at page 216. (3) All that tract or plantation of land containing eighty acres, more or less, known as the "Adams Place,"] bounded by a public road, by lands I of Mrs. Rebecca L. Paysinger, estate of "Frederick Werber, deceased,.; James R. Davidson, and perhaps others. Terms of sale: Cash. The pur ' * - _ ? cftaser or purcnasers 10 puy iui an papers, revenue stamps and record- I ing fees. 4 1 If the purchaser or purchasers'! fail to comply with the terms of said j I sale withn two days thereafter, the,! Master will resell sad premises at thej j risk of the purchaser or purchasers, jg on the next sal,esday thereafter, onji the same terms.. jf fl. H. Rikard, ! As Master for Newberry County,' South Carolina. December 13th, 1920. ?i ' ! TAX NOTICE. The books for the collection ofj state and county tax for the year] 1920 will open from October 15th, J 1920, to December 31St, 1920. Those g who prefer to do so can pay in Jan-j| nary, 1921, with 1 per cent.; in]I February, 1921, with 2 per cent, and;I from March 1st, 1921, to March jl L5th, 1921, with 7 per ccnt. | The County Auditor ha* made upjl books by School Districts and it will I be necessary for taxpayers to give!! f?ach school disrict in which their I property is located. | I 1 aoA a, u . I llltf levy xui is> us imiuws. Mills ! State ^2 j Constitutional School o Ordinary Countv 6YZ Good Roads'.. 2 Road and Bridges 1 Deficit 1019 ^ Vz Bonded Indebtedness of County lA Court House Vn Back Indebtedness ...% Jail Bonds Total 27 r?rtV\ aa! A! cs V>otrft i JIL" lUllUWlIIg 3CJJVUI UWtllCIO levied the following levies for special school purposes: Mills District No. 1, No. 52 15! District No. 14 18! District No. 19 14 j District No. 26 131 District No. 30 - 12 j r-v j j xT r f\ 1 uisinct i\o. 05 j Districts No. 22, No. 39 lOj District No. 2, No. 7, No. 13, No. 15, No. 16, No. 17, No. IP., No. 20, No. 23, No. 25, No. 27. No. 31, No. 33, No. 3(5, No. 41, No. 42, No. 43, No. 44, No. 45, No. 47, No. 48, No. 49, No. 50, No. 55, No. 5G 8 District No. 5 6 rv:~4._:?4.~ \T~ oo nr " U15L1 ici/d i.W. Ijy, nu. <J I VI Districts No. 4, No. 8, No. 9, No. 11, No. 12, No. 34, No. 35, No. 40, No. 53, No. 59, No. 60 4 j District No. 6 3j Districts No. 3, No. 21, No. 24, So. 28, No. 29, No. 32, No. 37, No. if?. No. 51, No. 54 21 District Nc. 10 1 j A noil tax of SI Heen levied! >n all male citizens between thejE ages of 21 and CO years, except thoseji exempt by law. g A tax of 50 cents is levied on all dojrs. | Persons liable to road duty mayII oav a commutation of $0 from Oc-|| fcober 15th, 1020, to aMrch 15, 1921.ji C. C. Schumpert, :l Treasurer of Newberry County. [I \ ; .*1?? <111X11 lifi.ri I T Iiimiii ii Iiriaii rnrim'rmm wwam AN OP mi. _ TT 1 J -1 XI i ne neraiu aim in with The State compan supply your home and the next twelve months county and state papei News need introductior ering not only South C whole world. Markets and all state news, whi adapted to this soil and styles, patterns, housed our lady folks. A liten the entire household. 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