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KVf /. ^ ^ CBOMHQBB. I CSwpter One. ' W^l /e*re ago, Crossnore had one ,"1**L* *' * dilapidated room that ser-j wuB 4er church, school and public i meetings. Seven years ago, we built a tss eooin school house, got two teach-1 sees with first grade certificates, and; length lined the three months school norm to six months. Down the river a glevi, we built a Presbyterian Chapel; thss added another room to the JM2feMl ItAllOA tnniKor 4an/?hA? ?/! I . aavt.uvV ?UU Bsnglh fined the term to nine months. Has two more school rooms were isMni, two more teachers, a Uttle lndutriAl building, and as a orowning giorj, a cosy teacherage, which soon became our Community Center. Then wse pat in an electric plant, chartered our school, elected our trustees, engaged a trained nurse (or her whole time, her territory to be the county, -with special attention to the rural schools; built a cheese factory, secured a community worker and added do the teacherage that had overflowed Into two tents; organized a Presbyterian church, a Christian Endeavor Society, a Woman's Auxiliary, have a resident pastor, with a preaching jyoint six miles away, where a church is under construction; have added a four year High School with two courses, College Preparatory and Country Life; bought a school farm .and started a school building to be equipped for teaching the eleven grades. Chapter Two How did we do it? By selling old clothes. Providence brot a doctor and Ills wife to Crossnore. They saw .a chance and went to work. Opportunities opened up, but they had to Am financed, and to make the saoney, we begged old clothes to sell. I Anywhere, from anybody?just anything?we promised to turn it into nouejr. It wasn't hard to work up a trade. Folks soon learned that they! .?ot better goods for less money than /whawhere, and the taste for suchj <things developed wonderfully. Since It took cash to buy these things, some *a*y ones went to work, and some wasteful ones began to save, to have money for the Saturday sales. T he community saw its chance, slowly cwraed to put its shoulder to the wheel, and the need of money be?ame greater than ever, to meet the opportunity of an awakened commun. itjr with awakening neighbors. Some folks send us money, more send us oM clothes. You see the results. Which will you do? Crossnore is in Avery county, (N. "C.,) la the most isolated section of the mountains, thirty five hundred i feet above sea level, sixteen miles > from the C. C. & C. R. R. Mail Bhould 'be addressed to Crosanore, N. C., .freight and express to Sprue* Pine, M. C . on the C. C. ft O. R. R. Please pvt name and address cf sender on oatside of each piece. (Mrs.) Mary Martin Sloop. Mrs. H. L. Clark represents Crossuore ia Dillon county. Contributions can he made through Mrs. Clark and they will be forwarded promptly to t the institution. o VUGRO FOR SENATE lBlooalre Rum Merrlmnr SmIts Plant Among French Deputies. One of the most remarkable rosnancas of the war, in which the cen4ial figure is a negro, may see a se -Quel in the French senate, says a Par. ij dispatch. Adcodat Debrouilhe, black and horn at Guadalupe, arrived at Marseilles in 1913 with fifty francs in his pocket and went to work as a longshoreman. When the war began he invested his savings in a small stock of rum a few weeks before the price of that liquor shot up. Selling out his first stock he. bought more, moved to Paris, and within three years became the largest dealer in cram is France. Aa 1917 he signed an enormous contract with the French govern ' ment whereby he supplied practically) all of the rum served to the soldiers In the trenches and used in the hospitals. During the grip epidemic of 1918 he is said to have made $5,000,0000 profit. Buying himself a country manson near Paris he married a French woman and was made mayor of his community in token of large benevolences. In November, 1920,* he was prosecuted by the government for falsely declaring l^is excess war profits undfar the. new tax law. Xh? case is still peydiag. Meanwhile he has announced himself a candidate for thcs exclusive Preneh senate for the district of Guadeloupe, in opposition to Senator "Henry Berenger, the famous writer, ?, whe la chairman of the senate commission on foreign affairs. His supportera allege his election ;la almost certain as a large proportion "of the voters In Guadalaupe are enfranchised blacks. If this happens he will be the first negro to take a seat Jb aay European government. o? e_ *< Appropriate Name. There were a husband and wife who %d many quarrels. But a woman never "la a fair antagonist, because she alotyi weeps during every quarrel In order to win her point The other night she brought homo? ma a bargain at greatly Increased gpatoes?a new pale mauve hat which mhe proudly exhibited to her husband. > He did net like It and proceeded to may so. "Why, It looks qneer, even to* the meg." he ended. "Look how he'e bark* dug at Itl He thinks lfs a squirrel la m freer "Do. you call me a tree?" she cried, mat than began to cry. *1 shall go . fheaae to mother t I suppose you're gomag to aay next that I'm either a larch , mr aa ugly old aak tree!" be art^T blandly. "Ishould dttflk * weeping wfflow would bo a Wmrmr put off ogtfi tomorrow tho mamma* ?h oat oat .today. UNMLE TO EXPLAIN GENIUS stenttsts of All Ageo Have AfmltM the Impossibility of Determining Whence It Comssl Science Itself admits that It cannot explain genius, for genius simply la without explanation. ? Handel was only seven when bo Insisted on following his father to the court of 8axo-Weisenfels, whose prince, hearing him play on the organ In church after the service was over, peaouaded hia father to give the boy a chance. By tho time he was alne be began te compose church services for voices and instruments and did so every week for three years But Handel was s tremendous gormandiser. He ordered dinner for three at a Motel, and when asked If he would wait for tho others replied: "1 am the others, serve the dinner," and he ate all of It. story Is told of Hsndet that while seated at dinner with some other mu si dsns he exclaimed, "Oh, I have de taught I" These about him begged that he go Into another room and write down "A? tenvht " Nm? wonderful csmposltloB. Handel did this several times, wh<?. one of the fHeads looked through the keyhole sad taw him pouring down some Burgundy which aa admirer had aent him and he did set with to share with the others. Whoa a singer complained to Handel that the style ef his accompaniments distracted the attention of the hearers from the singer te the musician and that If he did not accompany him better he would Jump up on the harpsichord (the piano of that time) and smash It. Handel replied: "Fine! Tell me when you are going to do that and 1 shall advertise It, for more people will come to see you Jump than to hear you sing." MAN'S FIRST DWELLING PLACE Scientists Claim That the Desert of Gobi Must for Natural Reasons Be the Spot. The desert of Gobi, which Js the summit of the central steppe In Asia. Is the most elevated region on the globe, and It la here, scientists claim, man first lived, arguing that this point ef earth must have been the first to emerse from the universal aea. and that aa the subsiding water* gradually fare op lower regions of earth fe man be waa able to descend and spread htmaetf progressively ever new acquisitions. It la from this region that the great rivers of Asia also take their rise and flow toward the four cardinal points. On the declivities of these hi glands are the plains ef Tibet, lower than the frozen regions of QbbL Here are fonnd not only the vine, the olive, rice, the legnmlna, sod other plants on which man baa depended for sustenance, bat also those animals which he hss tamed and led with him over the earth, as the ox, the horse, the ass, the sheep, the goat, the camel, the hog, the dog. and even the reindeer, run wild upon these mountains. On the mountains of Cashmlre, In Tibet, and In the north of China, grain has been found to be growing wild for years without ever being sown or tilled, and here also wild animals that have lived there while man has tamed others of the same species, are numerous.?Exchange. Nature's Unchanging Way. Outstanding ability Is the reward of using the power one has. The beat athlete In the world will lose power by hanging around. Resistance Is the response of nature to testings. Difficulties are never made easy by giving up. Nature demands that men gain strength by using strength. Turn whit you have to account and nature will add to your store with Interest. The more you love the larger capacity you have to love. The more you think the keener your thinking ability becomes. The harder and more sanely you work the more you are able to. There's no secret about It. It's Just nature's way of saying "to him that hath shall be given." And more than that. If you want anything from nature you must bestir yourself and get It. Nature is not a grudging giver, but she makes men earn all they get. Only "Load Up" Right. The tasks you add to your already full program mast bo related to your life work. The magnet won't hold soap, and froth and wood. Its affinity Is with things of steel. Bo your efforts must be related to your talents and experience If they are to be a help in your growth. One added task above your specialty would be enough to swamp a man who doesn't know your line. To yea It's Just another added opportunity. To be sure It will require some effort, but nothing In comparison to what It would require In otners. you take the lead on unconsdouslj. It's merely another torn or two of the kind yoo do right along. Bat in time those few extra dally tarns make you a tower of strength. There la no limit to yoar development when yea load op right?Grit. ' Too Tame for Him. "Gaboon likes to hear the sound of his own voice." "That explains his penchant for monologues. Bat If he loves tfce sound of his owh voice so mach why doesn't he talk Into a phonograph and hart his remarks 'canned' for fa tare asef "Bo wouldn't have the satisfaction ef seeing the phsns^aph writhe asm Mf ?V'? 9, INMS DUE TOMtCONCCPTKM I d a^^^Aki^od^e m Meads ?T lalnti to toto Wt centuries tt hu two u ilntrt selTeraal practice im?og artists to paint fealM >bm the h?lt o< tto tints to their pktam. 8mm char actors bare bean so topic tod, area though oat effldaily tanoalMd or pro tons to that earanwoy, wbon tka artist wished to Indicate special spiritsal qaalltles or holiness, aa, for to teflAO to ?Vn ne^ -d V ?? A ? - I.M> tin I ?? ??H *1 WT. During the tlcrtBth and twelfth centuries there wee a great activity la the baildlag ef chorchea and cathedrals, and It was a emanon practice to erect around the outside ef the buildings statues of the saints, which were placed Just under the eaves. As the linages became discolored by the rain which fell upon the roofs and then poured over them, the authorities, ae a means ef protection, placed over the beads of the figures wooden disks of a also sufficient to protect them. Oltto, the greet ertlet, began to paint holy plctuiee when only a country boy, end In hie Iterance aseumed that the dleks were essential parts of the Images of the eeiata. Hence his earliest paintings represent each sacred figure wearing over the head something that leeks like the bottom of a tub. Later on ha Idealised this Into a mere circle, dark at first, but growing more luminous with each production, until finally ho developed the circle of ?fat that has come down unchanged through generations of painters as the badge of sanctity.?New York Post. DREW LAUGHTER FROM GRANT Witty Remarks of Mark Twain Broke Down Reeerve Characteristic of the Famous Soldier. Responding to the toast of "Babies" at the memorable Chicago banquet In honor of Gen. Grant In 1BTO, Mark Twain concluded with a sentence that set the gathering In an uproar. In hie Inimitable drawling voice he said: "In his cradle, somewhere under the flag, the future Hluetrleus commander-in-chief of the American armies Is so little burdened with his approaching grandeurs and responsibilities as ts be gluing his photo strategft mind, at this moment, to trying Is And some way to get his own big Joe Into his mouth, an achievement which (meaning fle disrespect) the Illustrious guest of this evening turned his attention to some ffy-dz yearn ago. And If the child Is but the hither of the man. there are mighty few who will deebt that he succeeded." At that eeudtastoo the audience broke Into cheers and rea<p of laugh Joined. Have Broad Matrimonial Vlowe. Preeent-dey Maoris are nominally Christians, bat there are many old chiefs who ore still food of their ancient totem, poles. Ifeelr religion is that of nature-worship combined with the veneration of ancestors. A peculiar and Interesting detail of their religion Is the belief that the aenl dwells In each human being's left eye. The Maoris ware enthusiastic cannibals in by-gone days, their favorite dish being roasted hearts. Bating the hearts of their enemies was supposed to give them strength, especially In the pursuit of war-time activities. As for the Maoris' marriage laws they seem to have none. But they believe very strongly that man should have absolute power ever woman. Even today they have very broad views on the subject ef matrimony, and each man generally takes nnto himself as many wives as he can afford to maintain. Joke 5,000 Years Old. Planned by the ancient Egyptians over 5,000 years ago, a Joke Just came to fruition, writes" Prof. Flinders Petrle, the noted arcbesloglet. "While we were trying to And a way Into a queen's pyramid," he says, "we discovered on a rock face a door which was so beautifully and exactly fitted that It was* difficult to see the joints. We immediately act te work on this, thinking that ere had found at last an entrance to the inner chamber. After a considerable amount ef werk we removed the doer aad found? solid reck I It was a carefally arranged blind te balk anyone who wanted te find the entrance into the royal temba, and had been made about 8,000 B. C. by someone with a sense of humor." Humidity In Surgery. Investigations made In several Boaton hospitals by Dr. Ellsworth Huntingdon seem to Indicate that for surgical operations, the heat condition of the atmosphere la high humidity, 80 per cent or mora, directly after operations, and moderate humidity, about 00 per cent, at a temperature of 64 degrees fahrenhelt, a few days later. Doctor Huntington points got that. If these results are accepted, there Is no reason why the optimum conditions of temperature and humidity should - not be produced artificially In hospitals, causing a probable improvement in not less than 20 per cent In the results of operations. f W 1 Clear Field. "Ah, here la a latter from the om folk!" -Whet does it aajrr -Gome home year tailor la daaA."^? Pearson's Weakly. OAMUVA. HtaMAT MOIUmNS, wants cotton held BT OOVKRNNEHT. ] of I^jM>ly^t?rtage of That tntereatad governments should I take oyer a large proportion of the | surplus world stock of cotton and hold it as a reserve until needed and until a reasonably profitable price can be assured to growers is th6 sug- ' gestion of Sir Charles Macara, Bart, < England's leading authority on the cotton manufacturing Industry in a 1 special contribution to the "Textile World." Sir Charles comments on the sit- 1 , uation as follows: "One of the great problems of the ' industry the shortage of raw ma- ] terial, but Just now the position is i eased by the depression in trade and 1 ' by the fact that a large proportion of i ,the textile machinery in European | countries outside England has been < {seriously damaged. When the textile machinery of the world is restored the problem will again assume its old importance, unless proper steps are taken to extend the area of cultivation and better methods are adopted lr. growing and harvesting the cotton ,1 crop. Fcr a number of years I have advocated better seed selection and; improved cultivation by the use of i the resource of science and invention.! < "It is rather disquieting, however, ( to read as this article is being com-! plsted for mail a description of the ( plans which the American Cotton As- , sociatlon has adopted to carry out the ; decision of a convention held at Mem- , phis on December 7 and 8, 1920. This | follows on the recent decrees concern- i ling the cultivation of cotton issued by the Egyptian Government, which j caused considerable alarm in Lancashire. The law limits the area of , each estate to be cultivated in cotton in 1921 to one third of the total on jthe general lines of legislation en-j I forced in previous years.' It has since been officially explained, that judg-, ing by the experience of 1914 this decision is unlikely to produce any,1 considerable reduction in the yield of the cotton crop. It is added that Lord Curzon, (the British Foreign Secre-, tary,) is advised that the relatively, low price of cotton is of itself likely to result in the restriction of the area under the crop to an extent at least *1 general as that envisaged by the provisions of the new law.' Th^ Memphis Convention. "The Memphis convention is stated to be representative of nearly every cotton State and it decided, according .. - I iu lag uennyayer reports, iaai uiu area under cotton next season must not be more than 60 per cent of the 1920 area. There have been many decisions of this sort in the past, but I Lancashire recognises that if prices .are not remunerative at the opening of the next season the area under ] cotton will be considerably reduced. The restriction plan is quite novel. It is proposed to make the bankers active agents of the new policy, and the bankers are asked to do a good deal. Whether they will do it or not remains to be seen: They are to enforce compliance with the policy by refusing to grant credits to those who do not restrict outputs, and on the other hand they are to make the necessary advances to those who carry out the policy. The Fall in Price. "I have received a message from a leading American cotton grower urging that a world cotton conference 'should be called without delay to deal with the situation arising out of the fall in the price of the fiber and the threatened 50 per cent reduction in the acreage under cotton next season. Cotton has fallen a long way below the cost of production, and the inevitable result is bound to be a curtailment. I have contended for many years that cotton is a commodity which, if properly packed and stored, can be kept for years without deterioration, and a similar recommendation to that which I made at the outbreak of war?that the surplus cotton should be taken over by the governments Interested ? should be adopted now. This would save the situation. If action be not taken, we i shall have a repitition of what occurred in the early days of the war, when American cotton fell from 7%d to 4d, involving all concerned in heavy losses, and subsequently rising to 45d, increasing the price of the world's cotton crop by 1,000 million pounds sterling, and raising enormously the price of clothing." o Disappearing Native Race. Native Hawalians are facing ertlne> tlan, and If the present ratle of births and deaths Is Maintained the realising life e< the race will be only a best T5 years. At present there are appro! stately 9B.9M natives sf par# bleed ea the islands, and reperts far past years shew their aamber te be rapidly decreasing.?Popnlar Ifachaa(n lfagaslne. What Ma Km a Wava WIUT Bses Tag aught ta change katrjtuwiri, Tm. Ten (MiMlf)?Indeed. Beat Tot aa. Aa a friend ta friend r?n telltng ran that year aaareal atn la *aa ehotVf.?Bulfhle Ba^rena. o Government figures ohow a surplus of more than one million women in England whose only hope of marriage depends on their migrating to other countries. o Because of the absence of crime in Huntington, Utah, the jail has been turned into a public library. o NOTICE OP FINAI, msm/iimn Notlc? is hereby gtven that J. W. Wethington as Querdian of the estate of Bessie Wethington has made application unto me for final discharge as such guardian/ and that Friday, March 4th at 10:00 a. m. In the forenoon ha* been appointed for the hearing of tlu said petition. JOB CABELL DAVIS, Judge of Probate, S IT 4t Dillon County. ? i VBMin ! ? tUL Cotton aood m considered oieleu twenty years ago. Now it Is the (< buls of a trade of three-quarters of g a billion dollar*. q ' 4' y, ^ I CITATION The State of South Carolina, County of Dillon, By Joe Cabell Daria, Probate Judge: . Whereas, Jam* McLellan has made suit to me to grant unto him letter* of administration of the estate and effects of Joel Carmlchael. These, are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Joel R. Carmlchael, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the court of Probate, to be held at Dillon on Thursday, February 10th, next after publication hereof, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any Ihey hare, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my band tbiB 1st day I of February, Anno Domini, 1921. | JOB CABELL DAVIS, Judge of Probate, 2 S 3t. Dillon County. CITATION The Slate of South Caroline, Coun ty of Dillon, By Jce Cabell Davis, J Probate Judge: I Whereas, Ella F. Hayes, has made \ ult to me to grant unto her letters of administration of th* estate and effects of J. Rich Hayes. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said J. Rich Hayes, deceased, that they be and appear before me in th^ Court of Probate to be held at Dillon on Monday, February 17th next after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fbrenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration Bhould not be granted. Given under my hand this 23rd day of February, Anno Domini, 1921. JOE CABELL DAVIS, Judge of Probate, 2 3 2t. Dillon County. IS YOUR HEALT 6RADUJI btarcstmf Experimee of a Texas W?mi Katur AWat CirA 1| Sickness Nmaoia, Ttns.?Mrs. W. M. Peden, 11 if<hp!aus,rclH?Hill Imbuing jntarcat- j tag maammn ? mww iuo retovocu an iwigtL ?vtnf realised that she was sdMd% leefcc hsr hsalth: "Health is the greatest thing hi tie wartd, and whee you feel feet gradually hWag away tee yeu, yen eadaialy ak 19 end take eetee. That is what I did earn feme ago when I found myself ia a very nervous, run-down ceodttiea of beakh. I ww eo tired and Mt an lifeless I eould hardly goatalL "I waa Just no account far work. I would get a bucket of water and would fed eo weak I would have to set it down before I felt like I could lift U to the shelf. In this condition, of course, to do even my housework was a task almost Impossible to accomplish. "I was . . . nervous and easily upset t 04& 1 On January 21 Daytona Mode every stock car i when it covered e in 35.01 seconc 102.8 miles an h< Today, therefore as the unquesti champion of th< what is even mor of Paige 6-66 m< as the most in neering developn Take one demor 6-66 model an yourself. That is all we as All madtl* mil hi i Mi ikami tk't*i PAIGE - DETROIT MOT( Mlan/matariri ?/ fait* Mat J. EARL1 Dffiu Tin mit tmint '" ! I I I J . I II' v- - . T VV*?*T - ^ A Nevada man while excavating or a largt gasoline la n lM arage uncovered a ledge of gold uaris at a depth of six foot running 137.60 a ton. 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