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\ , Figures snow mm, at a .east m New v. York City, There Are More '* V ' Sufferers. Disease \if; the heart Is increasing In this city, according to a report made recently by ?>r. I/nils 1. Harris, director hf the barman of preventable diseases, 'to Acting Health' Commissioner Dr. Frank Js. Monbghnn of New York, says the New York Times. "It pas been observed that.females," the report states, "show greater Incidence of cardiac defect up to the age of twenty-four than is found In malea of similar age groups. After twentyfour years of age, however, the IncltfiAfira* liPPAmAo Inoranal^tfhr hrnnnnuna/1 ?VM ,4. V. J |/. WMV * # VVM In males. " *- '" '* ' " "What we are particularly concerned about B8 n public health problem Is pxe early recognltlop.of cases In which any one or numerous tjauses may have operated to produce damage upon any part of tlve heart or the vascular system. so that we may shield such persons from physical and mental strain ?o far as possible and prevent their exposure to subsequent Infections. "For adolescents there ought to be ample provision to ascertain whether or not a child may be suffering from a cardiac defect, and If bo to make certain that such children are not permitted to enter into Industries In which they are luevjtably dooihed to snlTer nil aggravation of their cardiac diseases, with all the menace to health and life which Is Implied. Such adolescents should not he permitted to he employed In an Industrial environment in wthlcli excessive heart or physical strain or other causes of fatigue may operate niono or in conjunction with other factors to cause a cardiac ^breakdown. "The time may not he far distant when some organization having a keen regard for the sanctity nS well as the ?"<juiiwiiii<- vault* oi mil.1:111 me win carefully consider <?neh case of death reported In a community and place the blame for such death upon tlte public authorities, parents or employers, . each in proper measure as they may have been responsible for failure to conserve the lives of those who are exposed to the development of cardiac disease or are' already so hundl- I capped." Tells of Green Fields of Arctic. It Is the absence of glaciers which tttukes , .the -dlflference between the North and. South poles, and gives the Arctic the . "friendly" disposition to^ wards man which Mr. Stefansson haR divulged In his book, "The Friendly Arctic." "If you fl-avel seven or eight hundred miles overland from the glacier-Infested South T'oaat northward, you come to the.Jprattles bordering the Alaska North coast," says Mr. Stefansson. "On the great triangular coastal plain of 50,000 square miles there are no mountains, consequently no glaciers. The explanation is that northern Alaska is lowt> flat land, with a precipitation so light that the snow which falls In winter Is all thawed awn.v tn..tfee.ftodug-" ...... .. ,s +. The Arctic grass lands, he says, have earlbou In herds of tens of thousands, and sometimes hundreds of thousands to ii single herd, with leaser numbers of musk oxen here and there. There ore the polar foxes, both white and blue, that feed In summer on the unbelievable swarms of lemmings that ulso form the food of thousands of j owls and hawks and gulls. There are i the goose and brant and swan and ! crane and loon, nnd various species ; of duck. When you add to thik picture I iho ItninhlAlutOQ hlnaluitHn 1 abundant Insect life, of which the , clouds of mosquitoes form t/ie most ! impressive nn<l least tolerable part, j you net n picture of a country that | in summer certainly is not without | life. Where to Buy One. i Hetty, jane three, and Jean, age lour, were playmates. Hetty started the usual morning argument. "I have u new dress and you haven't." Jean promptly came buck with the i reply: "Hoys don't wear dresses. I have, a new suit, and you haven't." Hetty did not hesitate. . "I have j new slippers and you haven't." Nothing daunted. Jean answered: j "Well, \ have neyv oxfords and you I haven't/', . Hefty, determined to have the Inst j word nnd said: "Well. I have a little. 1 baby--]>r??ther.- and you- haven't.." Jeaq was stumped, . then, leaning forward, wtyapqred.*,, "Say, . B-dty,. what store djd ytmj' buy Jiijij at?" , The Limit. "There Isn't -.much -;I <don.'t "know j about the English language," boasted the long-haired, man . in the ho.tel<. lobby. "I'll test you," a friend picked him up quickly.' "I'll dictate a para- j graph to yoti." ' With an assured air, the boaster seized his penctlwdtut his ( Jaw drop j mm! as.. he heardr. Hugh ! Hughes-wus hawing a yule log.from a I ft yew tree, a mp dressed In clothe* o# dark blue hue came , up to Hugh /aid kniit: 'Have you aoen ithy ewes?' 'If you will wait until 1 hew thl* yew tree I >x'i]l >go with you anywhere In Europe for, j.onr. ewe*.' said Hugh." "" ' _ Looks' Like' beorfle. Mr?. R., Jp. JA,. writes : < "Last Sun* j' day afternoon. I tqld, my.ljtjtje girl that { ker father was asl^p, gnd . that I j. wanted her ahd her hrother to, be p* j silent a? tHfi fliihlW. 'A' moment later i I hearA'he/f fepenit'nty WfcMln?!to Wi- j" hrother, aged ?eveh, sbd Ifetgtitra'wiiM'> a 'Spink*' ..MjMlili'\'fh Whj^4^;t;.f?u knowr smwered Robert, who la quits a student for Ma ago,"'A "HsUiUc* V a Ha tivtog that! grvrws W WW* bcJhniW ' ' \ Worn by Stevenson, According to' Writer, as Protest Against the Tyranny of fashion. Thus gallantly. he appears In my mind's eye when I pause In rereading one of his books and summon up a fnntasm of the author?Robert, Louis Stevenson, gentleman adventurer In life and letters, his brown eyes obtain pf in a swarthy face, his lean, longenduring body Adorned with a black velvet Jacket, Henry Von Dyke writes, la Scribner's. V . , ^ This garment Is no disguise, but V symbol. It Is short, so as not to imped# him with entangling tails. It Is unconventional, aB a protest against the tyranny of fashion. But it Is of velvet, mark you, to match a certain niceness of choice and preference of beauty?yes, and probably a touch of uiemou chu u? appiiKU commercially ; on a lnrge scale. - . t | Chiclia nuts are grown In South ! America. Their dense, strong shells ! were used during the war to make j charcoal for gas masks, and the oil ; from tiie kernels Is a valuable food ; similar to copra. ? ' Ail of That. ; When my small daughter became j Interested In our ages I laughingly told her that I was sixteen and daddy ' twenty-nne. After she learned to coutil . she added a year as the birthdays . cume around. One day while she was playing at'a neighbor's the woman of the house j said: "Mary, do you know how old your mother Is?" v. Mary answered: "Nineteen." "Oh, she is older than that. Mary, j I'll hot she is twenty-six or twenty- ; seven." Mary eatneuionie and told me of j the conversation. After my resent-' merit of my neighbor's Inqulsltlveness , had subsided I was amusect at the tin* j Intended compliment. I am thirty-five. ?Kxehange. ' ""* " 1 American Silk?. < i +-v There nVe some interesting phased of the otflclnl statistics with reference to the manufacture of silk goods' in ; the United-' States, particularly those I that Itavu to do with the early history of thuf.- Industry. ' It appears that the making of silk goods, In our wuntry has grown rap-idly since the year- bSjlp. At that Upte. only tf> per cent of the silk used in. the United States was homemade. In 1870 the percentage of home manufactured silk- hath doubled; in 3880 It bnii lieervme mmo Th?i? r.o nor .-^r>r In 18SX), 70 per cent, while at present It fa estimated to he In excess of 85 per cent. ' Putting Her at Ease. We were being: entertained at dln-j tier tit the home or a. friend who had, prepared h inoat delectable meal. Her dessert had fulled and she hhd substituted prune whip for which she j made apology. I said: "Xhere la nothing we like better?whenever 1 .haven't much tn | eat for a meal I serve prune whip.ami] bur family think they hnd a fine din | ner."?Chicago Tribune. f Heroic Measures. 'Vbu and your husband awaj ' every summer, don't you?" yes. but I dislike doing it." "Then wltR- dOi/jKipvfiuV"' \ "1 fmve t# hpte.!lbtui.llre ln hotel for * few'M&S Wtf. ?eaf4Jt? ' k ' Im m' >>bi\i iti gsJUasfHa? ?< * dfl I in itvum iu mi us weurer s vagaries. 'Tis like the silver spurs, broad sombrero, and gay handkerchief of the thoroughbred cowboy?not an element of the dandiacal, but a tribute to romance. Strange that the* most genuine of men usually have a bit of this in their composition; your only Incurable poseur being the fellow who affects never to pose and betrays himself by his attitude of scorn. Of course Stevenson did not always wear this symbolic garment In fact the only time I met him In the fleBh his clothes had a discouraging resemblance to those of the rest of us at the Authors' club in New York. And a few months ago, when I traced his "footprints on the sands of time" at Waiklki beach, nenr Honolulu,, the picture drawn for me by those who knew liliu when he passed that way, was that of a lank, barefooted, brighteyed. sun-browned man who "dnundered along the shore in white-duck trousers and a shirt wide open at the i neck. But the velvet jacket was IrtW his wardrobe, you may be sure, ready j lor Lilting weatner ami occasion. EASY WAY TO CRACK NUTS i Scientists Recommend Use of Liquid | Air as Best Means or' Getting at Delectablo Kernel. ( Liquid air for crocking nuts is the ' latest application of science. Science and Invention relates that At' the national bureau of standards in Washington were appealed to for a method of breaking the sheila of chlclia nuts withdut1 damaging the kernels. - They found- that'-' it .took 'a weight of nearly n ion t? crack the shells, and that after that effort the meat of the nut was broken in ntaoy. small pieces. Then they applied liquid air to the problem. They did not freeze solid a piece of rubber and use it as a hammer, as is done in the classic stunt-of physics, but they simply Immersed the nuts in liquid ulr for 30 seconds and cracked them easily without damage to tho kernels. Noyv the physicists are trying to find out 'whether ^ thlS; " " ' ' * ' hOLD BED SCHOOLHOlfcE GONE *w<;, . ? The little red s^hoolhoujse Is passing. In its place is springing up a pretentious handsome affair of stone, brick or gtucco, with two or more rooms, with modern equipment, a library, and an advanced curriculum for the education of boys' and girls of the fanning districts. (There are still, of course, many of the old one-room school houses, of i frame constfuctlon. sliabbv and for L salteu-appeuring standing in the counI try, but tlie~ consolidated school plan, | und the rapid settling of farm lands I in th's section particularly, hus { marked ihe doom of the old-tlmc In| stltutlon. i moit? does a slieep's-tall, split and xastened, wool out, on a block of l.wood serve as an eraser for bumpy ! blackboards in these schools; no more , do a tattered dictionary and a few i outdated text books constitute the "11j brary." Standard school equipment, coming up to regulations set by the state, is ! to be, found in practically all the: | rural' schools In any but remote dlsj trlcts today. A- marked contrast can be seen' be' tween representative schools, of today In the country and those of a generation ago. Then the boys carried stovo-wood from the outdoors and corded It along the walls of the room, to feed the box stove In winter; today a hot-air or steam furnace, fueled with coal, provides lieul In the modern district sclluol. I Then a tin wnsh-busin In a corner, provided a place to wash at noon, or to thaw out frost-bitten fingers; today a pressure water system or artesian well empties into a modern luvI .ntory. Then there was one teacher for all trades from lirimnrv in pk'lilli To <lay schools are graded, with separate rooms and individual teachers in many country districts. - .? I Then the subjects offered were read| Tng, writing and arithmetic, with a few added such as geography and Rome history. Now the hoy or girl may study agriculture, domestic scleuce, manual training and other supplementary courses. ? Truly, times have changed for the farm schoolboy since the end of the last century. i Beautiful St. Helena.,. Napoleon Bonapurte drew public attention to a hitherto little-known island in mid-Atlantic, almost opposite the southern extremity of the Portuguese, settlement of Angola, next door to what Used To be Clermun Southwest Africa.- Pew of the general public of thut day kqew of 1*31 ba, not far from Leghorn, where the French emperor was first sequestered; and when, after Waterloo, he went to St. Helena people looked in vain upon most of the ' maps for that tropical dot, with an . aren of only-47 square miles and with but few inhabitants. After the Boer war the English turned to St. Helena as a safe spot to send Boer prisoners of war, and so many thousands were transported there that the. inhabitants of Jamestown?the only town theu on the island ?became suddenly enriched, for British soldiers and sailors brought money, and their prisoners were rarely poor men. Next to the lted seu ports along the African const. St. Helena nrohahlv en ttTtainj** in its waters the greatest ng-. gregation of sharks in the world, but the Boer prisoners discovered that these sharks always slept when the sua reached the meridian; and many of these prisoners were rescued by their friends, who brought small vessels, apparently laden with provender, but steamed rapidly away when their confederates had s\yura a few yards from beneath the towering cliffs to the awaiting boat. Standard Time Zones. The United States standard eastern time zone is front the Atlantic ocean to a line through Sandusky and Mansfield, atul between Columbus and Zanesyille, O.; thence through Huntington, \V. Va.; Norton, . Vu.; Johnson City, Tenn.; Asheyille, N*. C.; Atlanta and Macon, <?a., and Apnlnchlcola, ,,Fla. ^Standard -central r.oue is front this first lino to a--line through Mandan. N. L).Pierre. 8. IX; McOook, Neb.; iWlge City. Kan., and along the western boundary of Oklahoma and Texas. Standard mountain zone is front the second line to a line that forms the western boundary of Moiitana. and thence passes through I'ocatello, Idaho; - Ogrlen lind Salt Lake City, Utah; Barker-and Tuiiih, Ariz. Pricking tho Bubble. "Deacon. tSumme#.? seems to hhrf lost ' considerable prestige in your church circles since he permitted himself to he drawn into that, rough-andtumble ; bar-room ; fight the other nigm, ouserveu nn r.aKiern visitor to Arkansas. .. /'I sh'd say lie lias." replied a native djepiistedl.v. /'Th' hull . congregation flggered him a light sight htimber with n razor Hum what lie turned out to , be."?American T.pglon Weekly. Limit to Hia Appetite. Hobble had -dinner with his uncle <m? evening, who gave him a goner.ptifi led pi rig of ewuythlrtj;. <<' At the c)iv?e-<tf rbu. meal IteuwranAsked why be hud not eaten *eri. f. herti wn. Jae r" Ill ~*~ r " ~ V *-* . -* 0 4.1. H f' * ??- " - South Carolina ' / Jv - * ...... > * , - ? - . 1 ; Miss Faith M. Snuggs (1). born or mi home during her American residence missionary work; II. H. SnuggB (2), b( who has "been educated in South Caro work at Pakhoi, South China; Rev. J China; Mrs. John T. Littlejohn (4), i Lawton' .(5), Greenville, likewise horn to do educational work at Hwang Hp who will sail in the early fall for roisi f 11 nprviao all tho nrt?hlfor?*?tral ^ who will do Sunday School work In B .do general missionary work at Pernan for Orlint departed from Seattle Sept. - y A * ? WITH the sending out this season of fifty new missionaries by the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 250 new workers have been sent to foreign fields during the 75 Million Campaign, or one-half the goal that was set in the number-of workers to be provided during that movement. It is anticipated the remaining 250 will go out during the.remainder of the Campaign period <hat Will expire in December,1924/, The workers going out this seaBon will elitbr the fields of China, Japan, Africa, Palestine, Brazil. Argentina. Uruguay, Chile and Mexico. Inasmuch as the largest missionary : effort of the denomination is centered ! In the Orient, the larger portion of the ; workers sailed from Seattle Saturday, | September 2, oq th> Admiral Liner' President Jackson for stations in j China and Japan. The missionaries | for fields on other continents sail j from I'Vw York on various lines and I some of them wi.i v.ot depart until : September 30. Varied Type*} Workers Sent Included in the list of missionaries , are. preachers ami evangelists, teach- , ers, djfrtors, nurses, one architect, one . expert in domestic science, and spe- [ rial workers among women and chil- i dren. Willinin Earl** Hines of Spartan- ! burg, S. C., who goes to Shanghai to : B.ipinvise the construction of all mis-' aionsxy buildings in China, enjoys the , rr? 1 i. ? i COMMI N ITY FA I It AXI> HAKUF.l lM. The ""I^idies School Improvement League of Cedar Qrovfe. w:ll give a fair and barbecue at Cedar Drove or. .Beptenvbpr it). Some 1 prnrh' nertt speakers are. expoete<l.. All ;i:*? in.vited to come and enjoy the 'day wl:?, f ' .' '?*l ir' ^ UJ* . ?? ^ wj; i ? + KJI.I.S iMUif: R.\TTI,I:I: . ; j . r). On September " 12th while mmviiv. peavine hay on his farm D. M. Khunipert, came in contact with a rafb snake which had eight rattles and a button- The large reptile was beheaded by the, mowing machine.. CARD OF THANKS. ' I wish.io extend my full apprecia'tion to each and every voter in the let Mflglstria) District for their vole, which elected me to fill thin office. . I wish to ray also to tlmae who voted Kir me. and those who did not, thnt I will perform the duties of thin office w ith j he best of my judgnjtnt for all. hKAV'IS 1J. ROOF*. Tin-sr.ulK NOTKT: . AH pohfco^hsi are hereby "warn'.I V ~' to treapn'ss" ibrtJ the lafctH of t in- uri derslgned in any maimer whrit?i.i.o, The tutor1' w-flV-' lrt? '"?trirtVv 7>rVV'?{> < +> jiK-'iin*? : 1? viri'ln tin1^ i hi.4 ri<V.ir o: H i, K \ > U-Al'r. -K Y5SMI:, : j W'M. .). KYZBIJ. . ?-.> ; ?> .v> i*--- ' ' ; ^wnc-- KY-KRR,><** *' ' ^ t ?. u. v resit. . i otfi (hjCiuvxf, i; V^A.f: k .! . ? j A ?Uj A %J dmiJU I * . V N I ', _ 1 ' '<; ? . : 1 IfigForeign fields \ . ' ?. , * ... i ^ T'h W..W..I, I..C uuuvuoiu tist work in that country. Mo^e than half of the total numbfer of missionaries in the employ of this board are located in China, where the results of their labors are very gratifying to the officers of the Board. Barge interest centers, also, in the launching of art - intensive missionary work in Palestine to which country there go Rev. and Mrs. Fred Bunyan Pearson of Moulton, Ala., and Rev. and Mrs. J. Wash Watts, of Laurens, S. C. Some native missionaries are already at work in Palestine, and the outlook there is conside.red very encouraging, despite the present complicated political and racial controversies. Campaign Brings Enlargement In uddition to the sending out of 250 new workers to foreign fields the 75 Million Campaign lias made it possible to increase the number of native workers from 771 to 1172, to practically double the missionary oquipment in :ho older fields of China, Japan, Africa, Italy, Brazil, Argentine, Chile, Uruguay and Mexico, and to enter the new fields of Spain, Jugo-Slavia, Hungary. Rouniania, Southern Russia, Palestine and Siberia. Southern Baptises now have a practically unbroken string of mission fields enoircling the globe, and a possible mission audience i _ ; ?$v i u When in C< .v.- -?. , .. ! it -<Sau v ' I < _ \ ' . . . S*r A* . "vj?-- '-.".V'' i Sends Ten Yoi Missionaries to :"r - ' ' *'' ? * nsiouary parents In Hong Kong, China, while obtaining her education, who r >rn of missloiiary parents on the Islan Una, and who leaves Bailey Military* 1 ohn T. Littlejohn (3), Scranton, who Seranton,-who will be associated with of missionary parents in China, but Ion, China; Mr, and Mrs. J.. Wash V. sionary work In Palestine; William B f the Foreign Mission Board in China razil, with headquarters at Rio; Rev. abueo, Brazil; Admlrffl Liner Prealden 2. ' ?! _ : ' . u distinction of being the first; architect ever sent out by the Foreign Mission Board, and his appointment indicates tho vnnt ortnnf nf f Vi r* Qaii* V* 1732 Main St.,'Oppoi The Clcane.ft and most up in the State. When you* Sii ' 4- ~,,-Y ti . wu.wiMll^ ,) */ll CliXl I ^ C'V II will find it horc. .. " 't,/ I ""j '\^v?<U>l ,> |\Ve arc in the market for I f** ** /' "vU^'^VXO "J! '. . f " 'W - - 1 , but who has made Greenville, S. C., hot iow goes to Pakhol, South China, for d of Singapore, Straits Settlement, but [nstltute, Greenwood, to do educational will do evangelistic work at Tsl-nlng, her husband in China; Miss Mary E. >&"' educated in this country, who returns ^atts and young son (6), of Laurens, a'rl Hlnes (7), Spartanburg, who will n ; Rev. T. B. Stover (8), Heath Springs. J. A. Tumblin (9), Laurens, who will " t Jackson (10), on which missionaries * - r : jyr ? v- - . of 900,000,000 people, or one-half the . total population of the globe. And the results on the field havs kept pace with the larger Investment in the work and number of workers. Since the outset of the Campaign the Foreign Mission Board reports the or- K ganlzation of 117 new churches, 21,728 baptisms, 211 new Sunday schools with ootn 1*7 c"/! -?"?n ? ? ^ wl jl ,u i u puyun, uuilfl contributions to Baptist work of $1,003,390.68, and 529,642 treatments r-*" ministered by missionary physicians. Churches on the foreign fields, exclusive of the new territory 4n Europe and the Near East, now number 621 with 64,251 members. There are also 971 Sunday schools with 53,691 pupils, : and 694 mission schools of all grades with 26,507 students. Expense Rate Is Low More than $6,250,000 net has gone ! from the Campaign into foreign mls: sion work, and so economically havs ' these funds been handled, the Board I reports, that 96.24 cents out ^f every dollar has actually reached the fori eign fields, only 3.74 cents qut of eacb dollar being required to card for the S total cost of administration. . But with i these larger receipts and economical ! administration the Board is unable to meet the demands upon it, and at its last annual meeting 't was cdmpellsd to reduce the requests of the.4nissionurieB on the field for appropriation* by more than $1,000,000. 1 ' "V . <!<'? , ? * . r . KV ' . . , .A i ' . * A ' ' U ' ilumbia Vi$jjj[ 01 '** > 7;^ :ervShnn ~V.'? r J " :TT~W: . . a2- ' L-*' lite the old Post Office. . \ , . ? r ? i ; *' '' i""V 4o-lhe-minute Grocery jj4k?B?e want somet^iti^' real nxfe? iPthe ordinary ^Yocei$*, yoa I' t first ela^a Honey?in pcgfrd 2c' v+S who -v \yjts6 iQ#w$ ~: ,' i.j-v <# ; . . ' . ^.85Sp