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r TYPKAL OF LAND tmprsstfon ReoorM After Visit Ffr - to Persian Throne Room. Unparalleled RMm? Stored In Apar* mart Clone to Ihm of Want, Misery, and Famine. to Teheran, Persia, Is a lofty room about the stse of one of the smaller European cathedrals, which eoatalaa more heaped-up riches thaa say equal area la the world. It is the throae room of Persia, a sealed place, open only rarely to a flavored few. Opening from the grand staircase of the shah's palace, the room looks on a beautiful court, musical with the sweet confusion of voices of myriads ef birds and the splash of fountains, redolent of soft, languorous odors Just a block ot two away la a street of misery, of poverty and sometimes famine. Tet in the ahah's courtyard, the palace or the throne room, there could be no remembrance of want; the senses are benumbed with the profusion of wealth. The celling la faced with prisms of cut glass and from It hang half a doeen magnificent chandeliers, biasing with lusters and touched with various colors. On the floor are more than 50 ruga?I counted them?some of them hundreds of years old. There was one little thing that one coeld have carried In one's hands, a rug with a tree uniUH i rum IIS UHSe ; lOOKlDg St that 1 could really almost sympathise with the Persian's flair for brigandage. And between wall and wall are tables, priceless tables and chairs, china and clocks, and articles of every description. There was a great round silver tureen set In amethysts, which the Grand Duke Michael had given the late shah. On a stand were two huge gold samovars, gifts from Great Brit- ! aln, and between them an ugly gold j bowl, given by the kaiser. There were ! PTOttt 1 * ' D?v^fiuBui uuuucg, or nowouni), long tusks of Ivory, vases from China, as tall as a man, carved works from Jat?u. embroideries and laces?all the crowded riches that Imagination can conceive. And here and there amid the glory some cheap grotesque thing that looks as If It came oat of a fiveand-ten-cent store?a cheap vase, an ogly crockery figure, a knot of dusty artificial flowers. But from the doorway what halts the eye, what Is the climax of the place. Is tlysfrpeacock throne. It stands at the head of the room, a striking object even seen at a distance and In perspective. It Is about the size and shape of a French bed, a structure with a floor, alx broad legs, a headboard, sides, and, at the foot three mounting steps. It Is covered with thick gold foil enameled In deep blue and greens. The headboard Is a glory of color. At the top Is a huge sunburst of diamonds, and underneath three emeralds, each about the size of a checker board square. At the two ends of the headni PPP flfA hvfl noon/volr? ever one looks on the surface of this throne are to be seen jewels?diamonds trd emeralds, pearls and sapphires. turquoises and rubies?set in with lavish profusion. At one side of the throne stands a chair on which the shah Is crowned, a chair heavy with ! gold foil and set with delicate and lovely pearls, graduated In all sizes. Rut the gold foil of the chair Is fastened on with common tacks! And the pearls are carelessly graduated. And on the throne the precious stones are side hv side with seml-preclous stones. An emernld may he cheek by Jowl with the cheapest sort of flawed mhv An/i even the best of the stones nre badly | ctit, absurdly cut. / Symbolic, the yrhole thin* seemed to ! me. of the st^te of Persia?the glory j and tawdrltjess, lnvlshness and waste, riches poverty.?Maude Radford Warren In Saturday Evening Post. /" Device Proved Its Worth.. In the latter part of September so i thick a fog settled upon New York i harbor that while It lasted, which was I several days, the shipping of the port was completely paralyzed. The delay, however, afforded a good chance to teat the new electrical pilot cable that, extending 14 miles from Ambrose Channel lighthouse to the Narrows, is designed to guide vessels In thick weather. One steamship, equipped with the "listening" device that Is complementary to the cable, went com fidently up the harbor, as sure of her course as a ouna roan wno slides HIS hand along a familiar railing. It will probably be only a short time before all harbors have a similar cable and all vessels are equipped to nse It.? Tooth's Companion. Houses His Apprentices. Reviving, for new reasons, the ancient system that gave the shop apprentice a home with his employer, a large eastern machinery manufacturer baa eetabllsbed 27 apprentice employees In a homelike two-etory house. Sleeping reoma accommodate one. two or three occupants; shower baths, laundry and a housekeeper are provided, and tha living room contains all reasonable comforts. The plan Is expected to promote "shop talk" and Increase the ambition of yonng workers. ?Popular Mechanics Magazine. _________ TkM HflMklns 4 "I understand that footwear is goto he leas expensive." I Tn glad of that" commented SenaKir Sorgtiaw. "There la going te be ateeei-breaklng crowd of people yoortof oot shoe leather la tip sort ? V fjh FILMS SAVE TIME' I Put to Gtotf Um by Dcptrtmcftt if AflriwiHure. t v Ptetarea ?f ViIm May M h lirnaM Fran tha tivirnwwt * at Little apaaaa. ' fl Tha motion plotura la a time |av?. n appaaa a county agent la ahowlng a h map of farmere haw ta conatract a waodati alio; with tha motlon-plctur* * autflt ha can abow thaaa In 16 minute* d what It wonld taka him daya ta ahaw '' by actual domonatratlen. Bnppaaa a * homa-domonatrattap agent wtahaa to " ahow a tnadal kitchen In Maaaacbu- p ? ? ? v?|f wt ml ID woow IB Nebraska. A trip from the Ureat ' Plata* to th? NVtt Atlmn^c la not nocemmry. Tho thing can bo don# In * a fow Blaatoo with tho motloo-plcturs " projector and a rool of lima. Tho Unltod ttatoo Department ad ,x< Agriculture Is using tho motion picture In a great many waja Films already made cover 112 agricultural * subjects. There are 400 reels, or more than 400,000 foot of film arallable for distribution. All of this film " Is in circulation, most of It constantly. ni During tho past 12 months more than 700,000 persons saw one or more of those dims. Tho films wore In use, not only by " tho extension workers and other em- p ployoos of the department, but by state . colleges of agriculture, farm bureaus, chambers of commerce, womens' clubs . and various other organisations, as | ^ well as commercial motion-picture houses. Persons desiring to use any of these films can borrow them If they comply with some necessary regulations. Applications can be made through the county agent, the director of extension of state agricultural college, or any n other officially co-operating agency. The borrower does npt have to pay h anything for the use of the films, ex- p cept the cost of transportation. The whole matter is explained in c< detail In Department Circular 114, Q which has just been printed and copies ^ n* *hl?h m?w H. KasI I'M cular gives a list of all the motlon-plc- l)( tura reels, It explains In detail the borrowing process. It outlines the pro- T cedure for those who would rather buy w than borrow, It tells how to select a F projector, and sets forth the advantages of the various kinds. It discusses lights and screens, and it gives definitions of words that motion-pie- Q tura users should know. tl li "Bees" Fooled Napoleon. j Napoleon was not satisfied with the fleur-do-lys, when he came to the ^ throne of France, as a royal emblem. f| He desired something more ancient, ^ and In seeking it be saw what was a supposed to be a handful of gold bees. ^ their wings encrusted 1th a red stone of no great value, but rich In its', pure crimson. The "bees" were scat-' ^ tered on a green cloth, and Napoleon g Inquiring Into their origin, was told they had been found in the grave of rp Chllderlc when It was opened In 1653. Dl This was ancient enough for the new [ emperor, and he ordered that they p( be adopted as the Imperial emblem forthwith. CJ The facts are, that what was held to be golden bees were lu reality mere ornamentations, scattered on the har- a] ness of horses, especially war horses, n so that In parades they would glitter as much as their mailed masters. A few bearing what was thought to he wire legs were In reality those that j retained the wire devices for fastening them to the leather or trappings. They have since been known as "fleurons." The original "bees" discovered In the tomb had been sent as a curl- . oslty to Louis XIV. ^ It Must Have Been. ^ The seventh-grade pupils were writ- c, Ing descriptions of people, and one t] rather daring youngster wrote one ^ aHnilt a nrlnolnol r\t tKn Ktill/llner Tt started off: "Our principal has a t) cold and steely eye." Very much w amused, the teacher of that grade T handed It to the principal, who In turn wa?>even more amused. j, When she visited that room thnt af- _ ternoon she made mention of the de- ^ scrlptlon. "It was quite good." she ! smiled at the little writer, "particular- p ly that part about the steely eye." She had expected the children to t1 laugh with her, but they remained quite sober. And then a tiny, undersized. timld-looklng little girl put up her hand. "Please. Miss R ," she addressed the principal. "1 think he a could have written a better descrlp- ? tlon of you if he hadn't had to sign his name to It." L Springs a Leak. ? After gaining a reputation among fishermen and camping parties by K many years of reliable behavior. Pamella lake, lu the mountains of western Oregon, suddenly sprang a leak ,, last summer like a punctured basin, m according to an article In Popular Me- t| chanlcs Magazine. Toward the end of the season the water surface bad ?, shrank to a few acres, all the rest t| having drained out through flssnrea h In the bottom, enlarged, apparently, c by setae subterranean disturbance. d Explain This. Top r "Tea, my sen." m "Doesn't eating satisfy the appetite r n "Oh, yea, my boy." "Well, why la It then the mors a m maa oats the mere appetite he Is ssM h haaer * .?. , - ^.. .,, , i. m.iv ' - * ' ?L3'"*V".';Vi-, KILL'S MANOICAP TOO HiAVY tt Ceuros He Couldn't Ptay OmH WNH iMk Ml Oypwiwl Mid iMk Ballery. Bill Is Praahyterlaa by biiiIms "boss sf u who hava hoard bias play olf would mover ha to gueeead that bo ad any such church cona action what??r. His language when bo mlaaas a hot (and ho mlaaoo qolto a anmbor of lines daring an afternoon) Is what light bo termed of tho explosive and Ighly Irrovoront variety. Bill appeared at tho club tho other fternoon with a friend whom bo Introneed aa Rot. Mr. Sanderson?aceent)g the Reverend aa though he were frald wo wore going to miss It and eat him as one of his ordinary comanions. Personally. It Isn't necessary ? tip us off In advance that tho iniD(cr t? minister. Rot BUI iMmed to be afraid of as, Ithough not quit* ao afraid aa wa 'ere of hlta. "You and the mlntatar going to play igether?" wa asked. "Yep." said he. "Join eel" 'Ton bet,** said wa. "If yon aad minister ran go 18 holes and yon r>n't explode we want to see It." Mil began gamely. His drive was ill of slice and his Iron shots ware lostly all tnrf, and ha put on a stage tin that was marvelous to behold, oward the middle of the afternoon i tried whistling, switching to humilng, tackled silence and reverted to lain grinning. He dubbed a shot on the twelfth t>le and said: "Qood night 1" "That Isn't what yon said when yon bbed one here last Saturday," one f ns remarked. He missed a putt for a win en the nirteenth and whistled. "First time we ever heard you whlse after missing one," we casually relarked. On the sixteenth he went to pieces Itogether. But he was game. He inde no apologies. "That shot you Just made used to e good for quite a string," we sug?sted. "Say," he finally shrieked, "how !>uld anybody play golf with a couple P birds like you pecking at him all ay long? You haven't given me a ilnute's peace since the parson and 1 egan this game." "Peace?" we exclaimed. "Is It peace on want? You look to us like a man ho wants to start a riot."?Detroit ree Press. The 8adduceea. 8ndducees and Pharisees were the atnei of two powerful hut antagonlsc parties in the Jewish church, and i Jewish society at the time of Our lord's earthly ministry. They dlf?red radically respecting what may a called politics, and respecting ceri!n religious beliefs. The Pharisees ere the national party, adhering with possible strictness to Jewish traItions, and labored Incessantly to keep live the national spirit, although felr country was a conquered part t the Roman empire. In politics the adducees were trimmers, adjusting ieir practices to prevailing conditions, hey were the priestly-aristocrat fc arty, who filled themselves always 1th the ruling power, even when that ower was anti-national in Its ulms. i Our Lord's time the name Indlited differences which were religious r well as political. The Sadducees iny broadly be described as rationlists, the Pharisees as ritualists. The idical difference as regards faith that i brought out clearly in the Gospels, i this: The Pharisees believed In le doctrine of the resurrection of the ead; the Sadducees did not. The First Bicycle. The first man in England to make bicycle was James Plowright, who led In September last. He copied tie first "boneshaker" brought over rom France. Mr. Plowrlght's first ivjue nan uuiu villi ray 01 iron, witn tattering Iron wheels, but later he Inroduced Iron-shod wooden wheels, lubsequently he made the tall ordlary. The actual Inventor of pedals o propel the front wheels of a bicycle as M. Mlchaux, of Paris, who Inented the bicycle proper In 1866, 18 ears after Mr. Plowrlght was born, t was Imported Into England in 1868, nd It was apparently this bicycle that ir. Plowrlght copied. James Starley. Sussex mechanic, was the man who onverted the old-fashioned "bonehalcer" into the modern bicycle and rlcycle. Cars to Bo Run by Sugar Power. Sugar as a source of alcohol for use s roStor fuel was predicted by Adllral Dumas at the Imperial motor ransport conference, held at Olympla, iondon. He looked forward, he said, to sugar elng a by-product of coal and alcohol rooming the main product. Similarly rlth wine. He hoped to see wine the y-product and alcohol the main nrnrf. ct The admiral added that he welcomed tie "Pussyfoot" campaign, as It might et free sources of alcohol now wasted i wines and spirits. *T should like to see," he declared, a prominent government official hangig on every lamp-post where gas la amed owing to the loss of bentol leurred In the burning of coal to prouce gas." The Trouble. Patience?What's become of Percy, rho used to go with you so much? Patrice?Why, a cloud came Into hie tfe. " boot the stse'ef a man's hand. 1 "Me; exactly An 4m et my papn*a mLm -5^. i ^ ? , * . .. . .... _ . ... A, MMWiy MOUIM, IAMVA EASY TO OETJIimE* M??tS 1 Meat l?^e?to WIN A?rce Than My , Will mm OM to Oa >pa?ato to to* MNNr. * rnmpmlm la mam ewder wey to a retire the flaaer-prteto at afl behtoo. U foeorda to he ywwfil for tdentfBea- 1 tlaa yupaaaa to uy aitortiM which t may aeaoe to than threogbeet (balr t ilTM. 1 Father* toterrlewed aaltf the pUa J weald check an eoenaeaa waete at at* * tort. Bablee have beea ftnger>priattaa * unuwciTM wrmr HB(? UW IttOMl niCl | first crossed the starting llna, hot tN . records never have been preeerved. 3 Parent* generally approved the Idea and suggest also the recording and j preeervatlon of finger-prints ea tba <; following svbjseta: { 1. Papa's linen cellar. e t Daddy's shirt bosons. 8. The leavee of the Harvard etas- 1 sic* or the Oeatery dictionary. These c olnmes. and tba Ilka always seen t tba most eagarly sought aftar by a S? 1 year old on a lark In the library. 4. The suit of the Old-Gentleman- 1 Who - Sits In - the Seat Just Aheadof-Baby on the train. 5. Any white woodwork or window j sills. a Parents In registering the prints f should proceed In the following manner: 1. Get one Jar of raspberry Jam. 2. Get baby. (Possibly this should be done first.) 8. Allow an Interval ef fifteen seconds to elapse. v 4. If the print Is to be taken on a collar the father (.hould alt on the floor, back to the baby, and repeat softly "Come snookum-oookums." until r the kid (Tabs the Idea. Not more than t fifty finger prints should be taken en any one collar. 5. Set colla.* In a cool place to dry. 6. Attach the Infant's name and picture on the Inside of the collar. 7. File the collar away Id a card Index. If a parent prefers to register the prints on a shirt bosom all he needs to do is to take the child on his lap and say severely, "Don't touch papsy's shirt! Naughty man will eat you If you do." Inside of five seconds It will be possible to file the shirt, although a larger card index cabinet Is needed If prints are token this way. In taking the prints on book leaves no preliminary preparation Is necessary beyond cautioning the child never to go Into the library or touch a book.?Kansas City Star. "Getting" the Professor. He Is vigorous and energetic. He was an exceptional athlete In his college days. Now he teaches In college, but that doesn't detract from his popularity. Even his students like blra. Nevertheless, they were always on the lookout, hoping that .some day something would happen to place him In a position at least embarrassing. And the time did come. A girl came to borrow a textbook and he gladly lent It to her. She said she would return It the next day before class. She did. During the lecture, he had recourse to it. While turning the leaves a powder puff fell to the floor. There was an agonized silence. He looked on the floor to see what had fallen, and when he saw the puff he tried wildly r to think of something to say. His mliul was blank, so he began his next sentence: "Well, despite that whereat there was pandemonium.?In- ' dlunapolis News. Women Live Underground. Mrs. .1. It. Forbes, the well-known woman traveler, who lately returned to Kuglund after wandering for several months from Moscow to Syria, tells a story of her discovery of a tribe of women who live underground They are to be found In the caves of the Tripoli mountains and come up. says Mrs. Forbes, only once in the course of their lives. Thnt Is when they marry and change their abode for that of their husband. Being continually in their underground caves a re- l inarkable change takes place in their appearance. They become very white In the face, and their eyes become dark and brilliant. As they grow oldei they are seized with n passion for dyeing their hair with henna. In the daylight these women are almost | blind; in fact the.v stagger about as | though under the Influence of drink.; Their houses are spacious enough for them to keep all their live stock underground, Including their camels. Advancement In India. A training school for Y. W. C. A. secretaries, the first of Its kind In the country, was opened In India. November 1. directed by a secretary from the United States. Eight young Indian women, the same number as started, In the first class of the training school i In the United States In 1904, aro Id the first class, studying administration of association activities, club work with girls and organization of girt students. There are 47 Y. W. C. A workers In India at present and 161 centers of work. His Father Probably a Walter. "Do you remember the parable of the man who wrapped his money In a napkinY' aaked the Sunday school teacher. | "Tea, ma'am," replied the tow-head-. fed boy. "What was the meaning of thatl" "Why, I guess the man Intended the ' money aa a tip fer the waiter, ma'am." I Time Brings Changes. Patience?Why, Harry eren carries I say picture In hla watch. Patrice?Probably has an Idea 1m eaa tare pea la tinea. } 6 by fr,m liquob consumption . CUTS DOWN MATBBIALLY. U(S SSL11* Washington, Jan. it?-Whisky tonumption in Uu United States deTeased from S9,t41,l8t gallons in L91T to 5.581.558 gallons In 1930. he first year of prohibition under he constitutional amendment, aecordng to figures Announced today by Inti-Saloon leagues of America. Conlumptlon of alcohol In the same years iecreased from 71.081,1S1 gallons to 12,839.355 gallons, the figures showid, while beer consumption dropped torn 60,817,379 barrels to 9.231.!80 barrels. 1 u ranting tnat many million galons of alcohol and whiskey wlthIrawn for non-beverage use hare been liverted to beverage use, salj an ae- d ompanying statement by the league, 1 'and granting that many million gal- 8 ens of beer have been made and G consumed Illegally, a conservative es- v imate shows that the people of the c United States have saved over one * illlion dollars previously spent for J leverage intoxicants." 1 Mine timbers covered with a coat- c ng of magnesia cement are insured (f igalnst fire. C |||?H?ffl??ffl?? ? [ a i a income 1 Rett S |j 1 am prepared to i g your Income Returns g had two years experie g a large number of reti g has been no come bad 8 ily explained without 9 taxpayer; being loca 9 am available to assist ^ you may later be calle< =| tion by the Governme ACll s-i HUll'lVCOlUCilt JUA]. S you make your return S to assist you in makin S later called on for one U 1 also have the ne< g Inquiries mailed i a will receive my prom* a 1 C. G. B, 8 LATTA s ??????hh??? Every man and woman can "?] week to put in to our Christmas ( Do so yourself and you Will hi The following "tables" explain fit everyone from Baby up to a Bl INCREASING C Put- in lc, 2c, 5c, or 10c the fl posit lc, 2c, 5c or 10c each week lc Club pays $12.75 2c Club pays $25.50 EVEN AMOUNT Put in the SAME AMOUNT 2oc uiuD pays $12.50 50c Clubs pays $25.00 $1.00 Club pays $50.00 J $20.00 Clubs pa: Come in f?.nd Join the Club you FAMILY into it. It will make them Join TODA1 The Bank SAFETY, SERVICE Dillon, Sooth WZT- l An OBUU) occurrence took plaoe > A th? Anderson county jail when 1 t negro who had boon In jail tor NT iral months on the charge of stealing 7 otton. and who was released to go^H o Townsrille to work tor Cruytn^K Caret, retarded and asked that he bK; llowed to eome back to jail. TheH^ # tegro had walked all th? way fromflP 'ownsTllle. He had beeB /t "trust t the jail, and was glren some PHtleges, with good food. Jailer Rogers einstated him in his duties that ho ias been doing tor some months. O ' " iRIDGE HEARING AT FLORENCE. Dillonites will b? interested In the announcement that Maj. 0. R. Young 11 strict engineer, ot Charleston, will told a public hearing at the county uyvrvisur oruce, riorence, tt 11 'clock, Tuesday, February IS, at rhich any one interested will be giv n an opportunity to be beard in he matter of the bridge to be builtner the Oreat Pee Dee river, near ee Dee, by the State Highway Comnission. The propose* bridge will iave a center swing draw giving a :lear, navigable opening of seventy eet. It will cost approximately $860.>00 of which Dillon's part is $26,000. i Tax 1 irns assist you in making g m for 1920. I have gj nee and have made gj urns and so far there ^ k which was not eas- ? ; further cost to the ? ted in the county I ? in any case where ? d on for an explana- ? nt Agent. ? RR >erts who might help g] s might not be here g) g an explanation if g) 9 < pessary blanks. ? tip to T.atta S P. )t attention. RUCE, , s. C. ty* ????????sgr *C <H> r^. - Dare" at least one dollar a 31ub. ave $50 next Christmas, i our different Clubs which will jsiness man. lijb plan Irst week. INCREASE your de- J . In 50 weeks: I 5c Club pays $ 63.75 I 10c Club pays $127.50 J CliUB PLAN I , each week. In 50 weeks: 'J $2.00 Club pays $100.00 JML $5.00 Clubs pays $250.00 * ~ $10.00 Club pays $500.oo 7* $1,000.00 rself and put every one of your SAVERS?not SPENDERS. 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