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.
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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.
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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
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V fjh FILMS
SAVE TIME'
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Put to Gtotf Um by Dcptrtmcftt
if AflriwiHure.
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Ptetarea ?f ViIm May M h
lirnaM Fran tha tivirnwwt *
at Little apaaaa. '
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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 *
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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
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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,
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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,
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<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.
T?Join.
of Dillon
1ND 4 PER CENT
i Carolina