The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, June 01, 1921, Image 8
PERSONALS.
Mr. Samuel A. George spent a feu* j
days at home, this week, but returned
to commencement of Wofford College,
where he graduates next week and
will then return with his diploma
with honors. Samuel is a bright
young man and will make a useful
citizen, and we wish him no thorns
in his path in whatever profession he
may choose.
Miss Marguerite Dent and Miss Annie
Caughman are attending commencement
at Winthrop College this
week and will return home latter
pa.lL UJL 111C HCCA.
Mr. Olin Harmon of Virginia
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S.
Harmon, last week.
E. L. Wingard, our old respected
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county treasurer and a model farmer,
was in town Saturday.
Esquire Jacob H. Roberts of Chapin
was in town yesterday.
Mrs. Holly L. Harman and sweet
little Annie Elizabeth, have gone to
Batesburg to spend a few weeks with
Mrs. Harratm's parents.
Mr. Bennie Corley is one of the
best truckers between here and Columbia.
He supplies our people with
all kinds of vegetables.
Misses Kathryn Berly, Bruce
Caughman, Elizabeth Caughman,
Margaret Hartley, Gladys George and
Juanita George, all of Winthrop Col.
lege, are at home for their vacation
to the delight of their home folks and
numerous friends. They are popular
and much admired and we are
always glad to have them home with
us.
Miss Sara Meetze, the bright and
admired daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. P. Meetze, is at home from Converse
College enjoying herself, her
parents and many friends here.
Misses Nannie Wingard and Louise
Shearouse have returned from Summerland
College. Miss Shearouse
graduated with first honor.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis Weed from the
Irmo section, were busy shoppers
in town Monday.
Mrs. Lizzie Hallman and Mrs. Lizzie
Shealy were busy in the stores
here Monday.
Misses Cora and Emmie Smith of
"Red Bank were. here Tuesday shopping.
Mrs. Shealy, from Pond Branch,
was a visitor in town yesterday.
Miss Veda Barre. is enjoying her
rest and the comforts of the old home
here, after closing her music session
at Johnson., She has been reelected
for the next session to th same position.
Misses. Winnie Hartley, Vera Corley,
Cecile Barre, Mr. J. Leland Hartley
of Lexington and Miss Maye Belle
Fulmer of Little Mountain motored
over to Hartsville Sunday to Coker
College commencement sermon. The
day was enjoyed by all. They came
back by Darlington and spent a short
time with friends there.
Miss Belle Kaminer of Spartanburg
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Addie
Kaufmann. in town.
Miss Jodie Caughman of Colum;
bia visited her sister, Mrs. Ananda
Leaphart, Sunday and Monday.
Miss Bruce Clark, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. B. D. Clark, now a student
at Winthrop college, Rock Hill, leaves
for Washington, D. C., where she will
spend part of her vacation visiting her
two sisters ,Misses Pearle and Erin
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Clark,' also she will attend "June
Week" at Annapolis, M. D.
Dr. Drafts Caughman, eye and nose
specialist of Columbia, was over yes- I
terday afternoon to examine Mr. Geo. j
S. Drafts' eyes and for treatment of
same.
Mr. Hamp Hendrix of i Leesville
while passing through on trip to Columbia
Tuesday morning, stopped forj
awhile at the court house on busi- |
ness. i
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Warner passed j
through Lexington on their way to see !
their daughter, Mrs. E. S. Kyzer, at i
Graniteville. They went to spend the
week-end.
Mr. J. Fred Crosby of Tupelo, Miss.. .
is visiting in home of Mrs. It. M.
Gibbs this week.
A postal card last week from Dr.
D. M. Crosson said that he was enjoying
himself in Mobile, where he
was in attendance upon a meeting of
the Southern Surgeons association.
Mr. J. Roland Swygert and bride
of Newberry spent last week with j
Mrs. B. F. Barrett.
Mr. Frettie (). Barrett of Spartan-!
burg visited his mother last week.
Mrs. B. D. Clark and her daugh-!
ter. Miss Katie, are going to Augusta
and Keysville, Ga., tomorrow on j
a visit to relatives and friends.
Mr. Ray P. Barre, a valued em- j
niAwo nf the recently organized !
Southeastern Express company, has'
removed from Columbia to Augusta, j
Mr. Levi G. Wheeler of Piny Wood
is visiting his relatives, Mr. Geo. S.;
Drafts and family, and Mr. T. P. j
Meetze and family. lie is looking)
well for a man of his age and seems
perfectly contented. j
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WIRELESS W ONDERS
I NOW' MADE PUBLIC'
Between 1913 and 1920 enormous
advances were made in the
ciency of wireless telegraphy and
telephony. This is known in a general
way. says Colonel Chetwode
Crawley, in Chambers' Journal, but
details were much screened by the
secrecy ol' war. Less power and
higher speed of transmission: mese
are the two new results. How have
they been achieve*!? The public is
just now learning the facts.
It is the use of a new means altogether
of procuring wireless waves.
The apparatus now proposed is called
the three electrode thermionic valve,
an imposing and formidable name
for a piece of apparatus which consists
essentially of a vacuum bulb,
similar to an electric-light lamp, but
I with two other metal elements inI
side the bulb in addition to the filaI
ment. The whole romance of wirej
less during the war is wrapped up in
the development of this little piece
of apparatus for transmitting and receiving
messages.
At the outbreak of war the valve,
as a receiver, was just beginning to
emerge from the experimental stage,
but as a transmitter it had only entered
that stage, and was not in extensive
use as such for the first few
years.
For receiving purposes it came into .
prominent use when the French, ,
early in the war followed quickly by
ourselves, used it for reading enemy
messages sent by their land lines to
the front-line trenches.
The Germans soon followed suit,
and much surprise was expressed at
the time as to the intimate knowledge
which the enemy possessed of
our movements in the front line, similar
surprise as regards our knowledge
of the enemy's movements being
no doubt just as prevalent in Germany.
The fact is that the valve can be
used not only as a most sensitive detector
of wireless waves, but also as
a most efficient sound-magnifier
when coupled up with suitable circuits.
"One hundred words a minute" is
quite a practical proposition. Much
greater speeds have been demonstrated
experimentally. Ocean liners
now have this valve transmission and
can send messages up to 1500 miles,
a distance double that obtained in
1913.
In the United States, however during
the early stages of the war, more
time was available for experiments
in long-distance wireless telephony,
and spoken messages from a station
near Washington were read in Paris,
a distance of about 2.300 miles, and
sometimes even in Honolulu, about j
5,000 miles away.
No such long-distance telephony,
however, is yet in practical operation.
.Direction nnaing aiso aepenns on
this new valve.
For this purpose the circuits at a
receiving station are arranged so
that, on signals from any station
being heard, the direction of the station
is at once known, and. if required,
the exact position can l?e
found by plotting its directions from
two or more receiving stations. This
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arrangement was used extensively by
us in the war especially for locating
the positions of enemy submarines.?
American Review of Reviews.
WHERE ALL THE PEARL
BUTTON'S COME FROM
One frequently must follow a long
trail to strange places to find the origin
of the most common conveniences
of our home, wardrobe, or dinner
table. For example, pearl buttons
are dependent upon preservation of
certain Mississippi river fish.
This economic curiosity is explained
in a communication to the
National Geographic Society by Hugh
M. Smith, as follows:
"The perpetuation of the tish supply
in the Mississippi and its tribu
nines involves a uninn iam industry
besides fishing. Investigations
conducted for the bureau of fisheries
years ago showed an intimate relation
between certain kinds of fishes
and the mussels, which yield valuable
pearls and support a pearl-button industry
which gives employment to
about 20,000 persons, and has a product
worth from $3,000,000 to $G,000,000
annually.
"The young mussels of microscopicsize
when thrown off by their parents
in myriads, need to pass the first fewWhy
Suffer I'rom Khcuinatism?
; Do you know that nine out of evJ
cry ten cases of rheumatism are sim|
ply rheumatism of the muscles or
I chronic rhemuatism. neither of which
I n-'iuiiv any internal treatment? The
[ pain may '.? relieved l>y applying'
Chamberlain's Liniment, which makes
sleep and j est possible ,and that certainly
means a great deal to any one
j afflicted with rheumatism.
'veeks of their independent existence
021 the sills of fisli. If the fishes are
not present at the proper time, the
mussels cannot survive. Furthermore?and
this is a most interesting
feature of the cooperation of fishes
and mussels?tin- young of particular
t-irwl? nt' mussels l'ociuire tilt* trills <if
particular kinds of fishes as nurseries.
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"The black bass is host for several
sorts of mussels, the crap pies for several
other, the catfish for others. The
skip-jack, a kind of herring, is the
only known host for t ie best of all
mussels and as this; fish is not by any
means abundant, its Maintenance is
of prime importance to the welfare of
fhe button industry. In mill more
than one and a hall million skipjacks
were rescued.
"The peculiar requirements of the
young mussels having been carefully
determined, the bureau of fisheries
has gone extensively into the business
of artificial propagation of pearly
mussels by a method which is a
vast improvement on nature. The
sprawning mussels, held in ponds,
are at the critical period provided
with the special fishes needed for the
attachment of the young.
"The fishes obtained in the rescue
operations are turned into the ponds
at the time the mussels are spawning
and become thickly inoculated. They
are then liberated in the open water
and distribute throughout a wide
stretch of river. Thus two important
branches of the bureau's1 work go
hand in hand."
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HOUSEHOLD INSECTS
. AND' PESTS.
Household p?sts are troublesome,
dangerous, and destructive, therefore,
they call lor constant vigilance. They
crawl or fly, hide- in dark unexpected
nooks, and often come from filthy
places. They produce so rapidly
that they are mucti easier to keep out
than to exterminate after they have
u fnnthnlrl Htcrnal vitrilarwe
is the price of preventing pests.
Prevention means to till up. cracks
and holes, allow no dust to collect'or
spilled food to remain, keep focdi
tightly covered, use screens or traps,
fill up stagnant pools, cover rain barrels.
keep house leaders free from
stagnant water, screen or fumigate
mane re piles, and. use insecticide in
garbage containers, privies, and manure
piles. The cleanest house, however,
may gain the unexpected visitor
in the grocery basket., laundry bundle,
or even in the valise when traveling.
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We serve the Genuine, Del
Not just "dope'"
The Best Coca-Cola that c
War Tax
Our Drinks are Made Rig!
and Juices. Cleanliness I
A Cierar to Suit Everv Sm<
If It's in the Drug Line 1
Ketoumamf
LEXING'
Cleanliness is the one #reat preven- (
tion measure, o j* not the absolute i
cure, because of the possibility of this <
unexpected entrance of vormine.
extermination becomes a cure of 1
a more heroic nature and involves :
much work, and often the use of '
some powerful asent. Methods of '
extermination include closing runaways
and cracks: use of powders,
fumes, poisons and traps.
Closing runaways is accomplished
1>v using putty, plaster of Paris, wooden
strips, etc. Putty is the best agent
to use with wood. It may be bought '
at the paint shop .and colored to
match the wood. It' the earacks are (
not too large, putty will make a good (
filling, but very wide cracks had bet- '
ter have a strip of wood put in. with ^
putty on each side of the strip. Mold- 1
ing may often be used to an advan-M
tage. I
Plaster of Paris is also used to fill (
cracks: it is bought as a powder, and
is mixed with water when and as it (
is needed. It hardens almost immediatelv.
Tt can be mixed in an old (
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cup or tin cover, or even in a cardboard
box j*list as it is to be used and
in such ^mall quantities as can be
' handled quickly. It is very white 1
and may be colored to match the rest ^
of the wall or floor, any coloring" desired
may be put in the water before
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mixing" it with the plaster of Paris.
The second, step in extermination,
which" calls for the use of non-poisonous
and non-infl'amable methods, ,
is by spreading powder such as borax,
alum, soap powder, or even pepper. '
Next to these in strength are pyreth- (
rum, Persian insect powder, and bu- <
laeh. a California product. The next <
in strength and the last of the pow- 1
ders to use are strychnine and arse- :
nie. These should be used with <
greatest care and only as a last re5:ort.
as they are dangerous poisons.
Powder can be sprinkled in cracks ?
and about shelves or drawers: on 1
shelves, .try to keep it on the back ?
edge so that it will not mix with the 3
contents of the shelf. It is wise to (
Mow the powder far back into the 1
cracks, and for that work, one may -t
buy a blower which by means of its (
bellows blows rhe powder deep into ;1
crevices.
In the place of powders, remedies with
strong pungent odor may be
used, such as kerosene or ammonia, 1
and also those that are not only pungent
but also highly inflammable,
such as gasoline or benzine. The
danger of these last two is the risk
of fire, and both should be T/sed' out
ierve You?
^ to a cooling repast of ur
pure and delicious Ice Cream:
' ^?Sancken's Golden let
Cream. You will find it the
best of refreshment this hot
weather and we guarantee it.*
purity. You will appreciate
l the taste at the first mouthful
and your only regret will
* l e that you have not a steady
job at the demolition of suet:
positively attractive lood.
icioius and Refreshing
an be made 5c
1 c
ht from Pure Syrups, Fruits
Jre vails.
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tVe Have It.
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3i* doors is much as possible, or if)
n doors, with all windows open and ]
ibsolutely no fire or open flame about,;
I'cisonous ;ras fumes such as sulphur, j
formalin. or hydrocyanic at id gas j
may l?c used .but it is best always to j
try thoroughlv the simplest and saf-|
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ust methods first, using the inflam- ,
limbic or poisonous as a last resort. J
Kerosene, ammonia, or carbolic j
icid may lie used in wash water, or j
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by themselves as washes on the floors }
rind in the cloests. They should be j
applied with n brush in order to save ;
the hands- i
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The usual method ??t using gasoline I
>r benzine is to saturate the articles j
)f clothing or upholstery by spraying j
it in with a sprinkler, or a brush, or !
by pouring it on to soak the place
yhere the vermine have deposited
:heir eggs. To do this work, the/
greatest care must be exercised: a
?areless worker shouM never be alowed
to do it. The work is best
ione out of doors and usually rnatresses,
pillows, clothing, etc.. can be
carried on outside. To do the work
>n the lawn will kill the grass, so
,vork on a walk or gravel path. Fe
?ure to let all the gasoline evaporate
>eforo using the article, about twentyfour
hours shouM be allowed for this.
Don't light matches or bring any light
io see whether the gasoline is destroying
the pesr.. Tt- may destroy
rou.
CANDY HAS BECOME RT.VC
We used to say that cotton was
'king-" in the world of business. Has
^andy succeeded to the throne?'
"Joorge W. Loft, the prominent canIy
manufacturer, leased one of the
best business sites in Xew York City
it a rental thought to be unpreeelentcd
even for Xew Tork.
The site in question is at the* corner
of Broadway and' Thirty-fourth
streets, next to the great six-story
Duil'ding on which stands department
5tore of R. if. Macy & Co. Fifty
reai-s ago the property sold for $.">0,)00.
Jlr. Loft pays an annual ren:al
of $C 0,000 and assumes all addi:ional
expense of taxes, insurance,
?tc., which is estimated will make the
:otal cost about $100,000- per year. An
Announcing for Ton
Special Presen
LovelySumm
Fashion's Fairest New Fan
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$5.98, $9.98 ,$12.<
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Lovely dresses without
our entire salon?a veritab
colorings! And as-you loo
how they can all of them 1
in ojvnrnocikl ^Viovminrr on
j vxiui ixiiiig au
They have just eome fli
country's leading dressm
priced this week to accelh
sortments are large and vj
kind.
, As different from last yc
be! New necks, new slee
new embellishments?all ir
refined originality.
Featuring Plain and Fig
hams, Dotted Swiss, Linen:
we ask you to see them rat'
names.
Haltiw
1439 Main St.
MO\
We are now located at 12
home where we are better p
Chandeliers, Washing Ms
Edison Mazda Lamps.
Motors and Generators, i
Department, under supervh
an expert on motors and ge
B. C. Ele<
U. R. BROOKS,
ELECTRICAL C<
"Intelligent
1215 Gervais St.
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offer of $1,000,000 for the property
was refused seven years ago. Catering
to "the sweet tooth" of the Am.
erican people satisfaetorily is evident,
ly a good business.?Columbus CO.)
Dis|)ateh. ^
All He Had Left
"Ernest," she grasped choking' back
her tears, "father has lost all*."
"Not all!" he exclaimed.
"Yes, all." o4l
"Xever!" he said, bravely pulling
himself together. "You. Miranda, still
are left to him. 1 could not be so
cruel as to take the lust of his *
wealth." .3
"Earnest!"
"Xo!" Firmly he held her off. "Tell
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him. Miranda, tell him for me, that
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his generosity toward me demands
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that 1 lea"e him what little lies in
my power."
Too Soon to Be Certain a
The Paying Teller?"Do you know
this lady?"
Mr. Justwed?"Really, I can't say.
I've been married to her only a
month." ' 3
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea;
Remedy. I
Every family should keep thi?
preparation at hand during the hot * j
of the summer months. It is almosit'
sure to be needed, and when that time
comes, is worth many times its cost, ' M
Buy it now, j W
Servant Girl Wouldn't Go inu Cellar, r ?
Fearing Rats.
Mrs. Tepper, Plainfield, X. J., says, \
"Rats were so bad fti our cellar the j
servant girl wouldn't go there. Bought
some RAT-SXAP and it cleaned all ?,1
the rats out."- RAT-SXAP destroys %
rats and mice. Absolutely prevents
odors. Comes in cake form, no mix- S
ing. Cats or dogs won't otuch it. .j
Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and '
guaranteed by Lexington Pharmacy
and Harmon Drug Co.
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How many books will you bring to v J
the shower ?
You will miss a treat if you miss
seeing "Tootsie's Husband" at Lexington.
Friday night. May 27. . -v '
lorrow and All Week
tatibn and Sale
ertimeFrocks jjj
tasies In All Their Youthful f^J|
>8, $19.75 AND UP yM
end:?filling to overflowing : j
?le riot of gay and gladsome
k at them you will wonder . /jj
>e sgv perfect?so dainty?so :
d becoming! |
itterin gin from one of the '
akers-?deliberately under- " /J
arate the demand. The asaried?and
yet but few of a JUm
sar's styles and colors as can 1
ves> new sashes, new skirts, |
1 harmonizing color tones of \
ured Voiles, Splendid Ging- |
s and materials so new that' r'S
her than mention unfamiliar ' > Ijm
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Phone 2647 P||jS]
1 n fj-prvafs Strpet our np\v I -&J
rerpared to serve you. * J 3
ichines, Vacuum'Cleaners,
rewound and rebuilt. This'; I
sion of Mr.. J.. K.. Allen,
ctnc v^o.
Jr., President I 'I
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