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#&flt yc/’ rsrwfxy znii TJ! tiO I'lV&tWn ?!!•! Cn rLORENCH DAILY TIMES V'FTDS'ESDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 9. 1920. THE. DAILY TIMES rubliuhod Daily Except Sunday at Florence,'S. C.. by ;! . y • i »V j . » '"jt. ■'* Y ■ ' •_V’■ / * ' BRUNSON A GARDINER Mason C. Brunion, Editor. Chafe. S. Gardiner, Bualneso, Manager SUBSCRIPTION rates Payable In advance. One week * *__$ .16 One mpath Three mouths Ulv Six months 3.50 One year Entered- as second class matter December 8, 1900, at Florence, S C. Member of The Associated Press Thu Associated Press hr exclusive ly entitled to the use for republica- tlon of al) news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also to the local news pub lished herein. \ WEDNESDAY JUNE 9, 1920 ► 10DAY*S EVENTS. 4 4444444444444444 i-VTO' » Fifty yeurs ago today died the great novelist Charles Dickens. Rt. Rev. Joseph P. Lunch, Catholic bishop of Dallas, celebrates the an niversary of his ordination today. Wtyh much of its* preliminary • bus! ness mqpoued of, the Republican nat lorClpfclmventlon In Chicago Is expect od; begin its more important work today. Britain’s national museum of relics !*■'< = •md mementoes of the world war is to be formally opened by thp Kiiif: today. The exhibition is .,to occupy Crystal Palace for feur years, pend- hig the provision of a permanent home. Folk who pass a red-haired girl these days have ceased to look tor the proverbial gray hor^e, but instead the gray automobile. , Wo do not believe', 'that general Pershing will retire from the service to accept the Presidential , nomina tion. and we do not think General Wood will either, however much ho would! I* his keynote address before the Republican convention yesterday Senator Lodge showed himself in all the glaring colors of partisanship, as witness Dlls declaration: ‘‘The de feat of the present administration and all it means, transcends in tm pcrtaace every other question, am! all and immediate issues are bound up with it." For broadness of suites manship at a time when real states manship Is most needed,, we submit that ill is expression of genuine inter 1 est in the welfare and' progress of the people of the United States takes Ihb cake. MATERIAL THAT RESISTS ACID t New Substance, Duroprene, Is Spi# to Be Adapted to a Wide Range •f Use's. Recent acid-resisting materials In clude such notable products as silica- ware, iroh, rich in silicon, monel metal and .various oilier alloys. Not least Interesting is duroprene, obtained by the chlorination of rubber, and resist ing reagents that readily attaek rub ber. muh as oxone, nitrous and nitric Acids, hydrochloric add, %(C; Describ- •ag it^o the Liverpool section of the Society of Chemical Industry, Mr. A. Lntnble. staled that It can be ob- .tained in the solid state as a white, amorphous powder. It is soluble In benzine and coni tar naphtha, carbon tetrachloride, and trldiloreihylene, but the ordinary varnish Is a 10 per cent solution In benzine and solvent napb- thn. Tins varnish dries quickly, leav ing n colorless, trauspnrenl film. The very* thin ftlin has been immersed for days in caustic potash, caustic soda, ammonia and the mineral acids—by-, droehlorle, nitric and sulphiirie—with out sign of decomposition, and II I* quite insoluble In alcohol, ether, petro leum oils, and paraffin. Being also highly insulating and very adhesive, duroprene Is adapted for a wide range of use* It serves, as anti-corrosive varnish or paint, for lining slcel pe troleum tanks, and wooden alcohol vats, for building up electrical con densers, ok'Colorless lacquer for bright metal work, and n«n gas-tight cement. DTOJEWK BONNER | \A%Xm. THE PINES, Small Things of Great Moment. A piece of twine that fell into the steering gear of a trnns-Aflnntic'Uner coat the company $1,000,000 for re pairs and delay. A word rnrelesslv dropped will sometimes cost a life of regret.**. VOYAGE FAMOUS IN HISTORY The republican nomination con- tlnuea to be a case of “button, but ton, who’s got the button?” May weather Is not all that was exceedingly dry. Alumni of the University of South Carolina will be greatly plcaaed by the a|inouncemenl that thp trustees hp4 conferred the degree of doctor of laws on J. M. McBride. Though tvrdj’, recognition of his splendid work at the University in stormy days will meet with unquulitisd up proval. Irish potatoes at $10 and $12 a bar rel and nary a potato did wo plant. It Is ever thus. ■VVItb lri::h potatoes at $10 and $12, and cotton it 40 cents to a dollar Is there any wonder dope has gone to tern cents? * 4 4 4 44444444 4 4 IN THE DAY'S NEW* * 4 44444 4 4444 4 Wo&den Paddle Wheel Steamer, the Golden Age, Paved the Way for the Mighty Megantic. . Departure from Sydney recently of •the IVlute Star liner Megantic for Liv erpool by way of New Zealand, the Panama canal, the West Indies and New York, recalls her historic fore runner of 1So4, says the New York Tribune. The vessel, the Golden Age. was a wooden paddle wheel steamer, belong ing to the New York and Australian Steam Navigation company. The in- tention of the company was to run six vessels “via Panama," the Panama railroad, capitalized at >7.000,000, be ing the connecting link on the then un divided Isthmus with the West India Royal Mail Steam Packet company, running from Southampton. The Crimean war, yellow fever on the isthmus and other causes con spired to defeat the company’s plans. The Golden Age was commanded by Lieut. David D. Porter of the United States navy, who afterward became famous as a Union admiral during the Civil war. The Golden Age left Melbourne for Panama via Sydney and Tahiti, May 3. 1854. She reached Sydney on May 11 with 300 passengers. Her cargo Included a consignment of gold dust and she reached England in 6G days. M. Paul Paiuleve, who is passing through America on his way to the Orient, is one of Kranca’s most .rep resentative men, equally famous as statesman, orator, and savant. Dur ing the !ate world conflict he served as French War Minister and for a •tiuib tilled the premiership- The son of an artisan. M Painleve at the age eleven had ail the scientific knowl edge required for a bachelor's de gree; at twenty-three he was a pro fessor of science at Lille, and at twen ty-eight, he was appointed to a chair at the Sorbonne. It was only ten years ago that he entered public life us .a member of the Chamber of Don uttos, but. his rise since then has been remarkably rapid. His first cd’o inet post came to him In l»ir>, when he,was made Minister of Instruction and Invt .uioiis. • He In ,ft wonderful oivto’-. and .m oably in all France there iv no man who tan better sway a Fvi’ dar itii<«i(wcc. ' 4 4 4 4 4 * 4 4 4 4 4 ► ONE YEAR AGO TODAY 4 ► IN THE WAR. 4 >+44444/44444 44 Premier Clemenceau notified Hun-' bacy that attacks on Czecho-Slovaks must coast. Leading New York Cnanciers were suu'.ttfoVbd as witnesses in the peace treaty ‘.‘leak’’ Investigation. + 4’ 144444444 ► TODAYS BIRTHDAYS 4 >44.f 444444444444 New Idea in Ventilation. ' The Ayrton antigas fan, which, ac cording to Muusey’s Magazine, may revolutionize all our systems of ventl- hifion. Is based on (he principle Ihut a Gm should he brought ftown sharply from the perpendicular to the horizon- lal, and thus drive the air forward In Jtteedy puffs and set up a fresh cur rent from the .rear. T1m» inventor, who Is an Englishwoman, has given public demonstration* In London with glass models of dugoMts and tunnels from which, the fan readily expels the. smoke. At* one demonstration, Mrs. Ayrton, with a tliree-lneh fan. sat at one end- of a six-foot tattle while smoke poured forth from a funnel at Die other end. The, action of the miniature fan not only iHlIspeiled the smoke hut quickly gained such control over It that It pre vented It from coming out of Die fun nel. Thd fan works on Die hinge-and- spriog principle and is-constructed of light material. It has been used suc cessfully in factories. Uieuters, mines and sewers.—Youth’s Companion. Admiral Sir Dovptou Sturdee. who commanded the British- squadron in the battle with the Germans off the Falkland Islands, born 6k years ago today, SI# Charles Dalton, known as "Die fox king of Prince Edward Island,” born 70 years ago today. Charles J. Bonaparte, former At torney General and Secretary of the Navy, born in Baltljnpre,, 69 years ago. today. , , , i - ; Rt. Rev. James H. Darlington, Epis copal bishop of Harrisburg, born in Brooklyn, 64 years ago today. WIN HER HEART John F. Hhufroth, former United .It’s easy if you teep supplied with States senator from Colorado, born Florida Fruit Gum. Made by Fleer, at Fayette, Mo., 66 years agp today. 'All dealers—5c.—Adv. Airplanes in Mining Operations. It Is predicted that the airplane and the dirigible will prove a great stimulus to the mining Industry In pre senting a means of getting material and men to and from locations which are known to he rich with ore and which are at the present time inacces sible. There are many such places known to exist, J>ut the cost of build ing a roadway to them would he so great aa to he p'roliibitive. Attention to this phase of the subject has been recently attracted by a report made by -Doctor, Lyon, supervisor of the, min ing stations for (he United States bu reau of mines. By this means a regu lar communication could he main tained with sections which are not to be reached by any ordinary means. It Is also suggested that the same merns might be of great value for getting res cue apparatus to the- scene of mining disasters. NOTICE An election will be held at Union School House in Union School iMs trict No. 48 on Tuesday June lolii, for the purpose of voting on the ques How Bridal Veil Originated. The bridal veil is said to have orig inate^ In the ancient custom of performing the marriage ceremony under a square piece of cloth, held over the bridal couple to conceal the blushes of the bride. At the mar riage of a widow it was not used. “Qn the crest of a hm,” said Daddj. jU"n of levying a seven (7) mill ad- ‘There stood a house which waff called Greencastte.. All about the house were green terraces and around the piazzas were big ferns which bad once been little ferns and which had been plant- ad by a little girl who had grown up to be a big gial. "In front of the house were two trees she had planted too and which she.had watered a,s one would water Sowers, and now they were strong and were growing taller all the time. They were twice as tall as she was now. - JBuf In the back of the house w.ere two-great pines and between Die two great pines were two little pines. Many and many a time had the pines been Used for the little girl and her friends to climb and she hhd had n trapeze hanging from one and a swing from the other. nYul she had had liovoe circus parties there. “T must have a talk with you,’ said the first big pine to the two little pines, and th^ little pines lifted up their branches to, (he great pipes and said, ‘Do. talk to us.’ “ T ant grow ing old,, very old,’ .said the first hig pine. ‘But still 1 am tall aiid straight and high up my branches In the Back of the House. . are very lovely. I’m told. I am older than the other big pine here, and I do not feel so strong now. • I think I am getting too old and that. 1 may have to he chopped‘dow n before long for kindling wood—that is, I Would havo to he chopped down for hlg firewood. I am loo hig for kindling wood.’ “‘Sh!’ said one of Die little pines, ‘do not talk like that, hig pine. You make us leel so sad. \Ye have loved you so.’ “‘There will sllll he the big pinn near by who will talk to you and to whom you will he able to look for ad vice,’ said the other hlg pine. “‘But we don’t wont anything to happen to you.’ said the little pines. “‘Ah. when my time is finished for standing here.’ said the hig pine, T will he glad to still be of use to people. I shall burn so warm and so brightly npd shall make a great many fires. “ ‘And 1 have had a very wonderful life. I have seen children grow up Into men and women, fine men ami women, and I’ve seen more children come along, little hoys ami little girlM, aijd how I’ve loved them all. “ ‘They’ve sat under me when It was hot In the summer and they’ve brought rugs here and have put them under me, .There i|iey have had naptt and I have kept them cool and have sting to them ever so gently. “‘And at night the moon hiK peeped over my shoulder, anti has told m.? of all he has seen peeping Into children’s bedrooms. He has seen them smiling In their sleep because the Dreamland King has given them such wonderful dreams, and because the Fairy AVon- Ai'otts Sccrels has seen thal such mar- tMoiis.packages of dreams have been done up fur them. ‘“And my companion here has had the same experiences. But I want to tell you. Utile trees, grow up, and he strong and he fine. Do not let the wind knock you over. Be yourself, a strong pine tree. Do not be blown this way and that, for if you dot yonr- aelf he hloivfi this way and Dint there will he nothing to you-that Is firm and true and fine. “ ‘Remember fine trees have a double honor. They shade In the summer Dtne and In the winter time they give pleasure, for they do not lose their green. They are always green.’ “‘Oh. dear hlg pine,’ said the little pines, ‘we cannot hear to see either of our hlg pines go. Do you think you will he taken for wood?’ “T heard some talk abo^t It,’ the big pine said. “But ju*d then a man came out, and looking at the pines said. ‘I thought that hig pine there would have to go. hut J guess we can leave him there for a good, long time yet.’ “And all the pines were very glad." dltlotiHl tax for sctiool purposes in said District. b’ald election will be held under the provisions of Section 1742 of the Code of South Carolina with amend ments thereto. • By order of the County Board of Education. ' j. j. McAlister J. A. HYMAN A. S. STEWART Trustees NOTICE An election will be held at J. Ed Gregg and Company’s Store in School District No. 4, on Monday Juye 7Ui, prox. for the purpose cf voting on the question of levying a six mill ad ditional levy for school purposes in’ said school district. ‘ Said election will he held under the provisions of Section 1742 of the Code of Smith Carolina with amend ments thereto. By order of Die County Board of Edtu at ion. J. W. WALLACE W. H. MUNSON H. P. HASELDEN Trustees NOTICE Au election will be held nt Eliin School House District No. 37 on Tucs day June 15 Inst, fbr the purpose of voting , on the question of levying a seven mill -additional special* tax for school purposes in said school dis trict. Said eletUon will he held in a< cordance with and under the pro vis ions of Section 1742 cf the Code of South Carolina with amendment; thereto. ^ By order of the County Board of Education. J. C. WIGGINS - B. C. THOMAS B. I. LAWRENCE Trustees. on AMERICA'S HOME SHOE POLISH ^dPreser^^^, Makes Ihp/Iomo Care of Shoes Quick. andEsijy 4* t'SRSI G*».$ T;‘ Hilll! niACK TAN WHITE OXBI.OOO BROWiJ *4 Always 30- % CftuutitiKiituim .’’rnmrin^ < 77ie/lon'.?Sf>l | SO /or Convenience ♦JmJv ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦$♦**♦«£♦ NOTICE It is urgently requested that all guarantors of the Community Chau tauqua make settlement with Mr. .V- b.ut Howell immediately. NOTICE Will be ihe last DAY of DISCOUNT on current accounts Notice Is hereby given that Dm UiMersigimil intend to apply to the Secretary ot State of the State of South Carolina for a charter incorpo rating Brunson & Gardiner, a pro-j J posed corporation in process of or-; gapizatiou under the laws of South jV' Caroline. The said corporation is lo|^^ h-> engag ’d in the business of print-1 It •ng and publishing and is to have a! j capital slock of Forty Thousand Dol-]4» lars ($ to.0001 divided into four imn- ^ died < M)0> shares of the par value ofj One Hundred Dollars <$100) each, and is to have its principal place of business at Florence, South Carolina. ‘ Notice is further given that a meet- ♦ ing of the subscribers to the capita 1 43* stock of Dm said corporation for the ^ purpose of organizing the same will Jx be held at the office of Wil’cox & V . ^ W !li< ox. attorneys, Florence. S. J on Saturday, fiuue 12th, l!/20, at four J . - o'clock, !’. M. | T MASON C. BRUNSON I «£♦ *v M t 4 *$* FLORENCE DAILY TIMES CHARLES BRUNSON S. GARDINER The Best Bargain. Little Johnnie had an ripple, which he was beginning to munch during (he lunch hour. Another small hoy sitting near tihn eyed him in envy. In fact, he »tar*)<f so hard that Jobnie felt awkward. At last he could stand it no longer. Handing over the rosy apple, he said: "Have a bite?" Eagerly the other youngster took Dio apple and bit. When Johnnie got Ida apple back again, he looked at it In wonder. Yhen he turned to Die other hoy, ’.vts busily munching and cried: “H^re! Give -me that bite, and you can have the applet" NOTICE pr. J. Y. McKinney has recently purchased Dr. J. E. Harris’ interest in the Gate City Dentists, and will continue business under Die name of Dr J. Y. McKinney, in the same loca tion, the Barringer building, Florence S. C. ' .. 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