The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 18, 1919, Image 6
VETERANS ARE NOT ENVIOUS
••Idler* Who Took Part in tha Civil
War Proud of the Youngotero
of Today.
Recently one of the current niaga-
-dtooo eontalnod a picture et>Med, **HUl
Place Usurped.” It showed the uatial
village crowd of youngster* listening
to a returned soldier tell stories of hla
Ufe “over there.” Sitting at one aide
of the picture, entirely deserted by
every one, was a Civil war veteran.
His face was full of sorrow over hi*
desertion by his usual audience.
"We wondered whether that waa
really the way people were doing—for
getting the old soldlera—also whether
the old soldiers were feeling as thla
old man in the picture seemed to feel,”
said an Indiana man. “So we took the
picture and showed It to an old man
who is a very familiar figure in our
streets—on account of his faded army
uniform. He looked at the picture and
then he chuckled:
“'Why, bleas your soul. I don’t
feel that way,’ he told us. ‘I want to
listen to ’em myself,’ he continued. *1
want to know how they fought at
Tpres and see if It was like we did at
Antietam. And then, too,’ he smiled
more, ‘It’s Just this way. Tve been
honored for more than 50 year* now,
and during that time one gets Just a
little hungry for a chance to do a little
honorin’ himself. So now It's my
chance to honor the young fellers. I’m
glad the tables are turned for a little
while, and I bet most of, the other old
comrades ere, too.”’
DISCOVERED VAST DEAD CITY
Photograph* Taken by Airman Over
Mesopotamia Reveal Site of One*
Vast Metropolis.
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SAME INTERESTS ALL RACES
Baseball a Knows No Distinction of Na
tionality, Nor Does It Recognise
the Color Line.
There Isn’t anything that can draw
together the—reoeev—netlonalitlos and
Lieut Col. J. A. Rear.eley gives in
Geographical Journal (London) an in
teresting example of how photography
from an airship can extend our knowlp.
edge. When making an aerial rectf^*
naissance In Mesopotamia oy^f terri
tory occupied by the Turjig 'be took a
aeries of photogra^Hr" near Samarra
'•m fitttectly the ruins of an
city extending 20 miles along
Huer and two mile* and a
half iNide, large enough to ahelter
easily^ 4,000,000 inhabitants.
Thla city would never hava been
noticed on earth, since It la not marked
by anything but scattered hillocka, al
though pottery and medals had been
discovered on the site. But the photo
graphs show clearly its whole 'plan,
with ns foftifiesfidns, ennuis for to-
rtgmtlon, and streets.
The fall of the airplane within the
enemy lines and the capture of ita
passengers did not permit Colonel
Besmeley to pursue his researches, but
since the British occupied the territory
An archeological expedition, guided by
the photographs, has began to explore
the dead city. T"
religious beliefs like the good, old'
fashioned American game of baseball.
In a game played on the Fourth of
July an American who witnessed It
In describing one of the plays says:
A batter whose dame showed him
to be of Polish descent, had reached
first base. A German went to bat A
pitcher with a French name pitched
the ball and the Germa*n knocked a
high fly. A Jew ran after It and
dropped it. He picked the ball up and
threw It to an Englishman at second.
The Englishman threw the ball to aa
Irishman on first and a double play
was made* and the German and the
Pole were declared out.
From wheee the spectator sat he
could have reached out his hand and
touched a German, a Russian, a Jew,
an Italian and a negro. Several ne
groes were seated together watching
the game. The umpire made a deci
sion. One of the negroes did not
agree with the decision and he said
the “empire” was “rotten.” He’d Mt
$2 the “empire” was wrong, and he
took $2 from his pocket An Ameri
can In soldier’s uniform took the bet
and covered the $2. The soldier ex
plained the rule to the negro, and the
negro laid: ~ -
“ 'Pears to me dat’s right, after all.”
Then the American put his own $2
back In his pocket and returned the
$2 he had won on the bet back to the
negro. What other athletic game (wild
be played In this world with such rep
resentation of peoples as are to be
found at a baseball game? The best
of It all Is that the soldiers having in
ti oduced it overseas. It now promises
to be an all-ovcr-the-world game.—
Hartford Gourant ' .
RUMANIANS NOW
APPEAL TO LEAGUE
League of Notions Tribunal to Decide
(Halms In Refusal to Sign Autsrlaa
Treaty. .'
Paris, Sept 10.—Tire Rumanian del-
egtilon to -are~iregce -ronrenince, in
Profit sharing not modern
gchefn* Has Be«n In Operation Sines
1t29, Though Really Only AcUvo
in Last Forty Yoars.
Conquered Desert Sand.
The British adopted a giant “snow-
shoe” to conquer the sands of the
Egyptian desert. occOrdlng to MaJ.
John Bain of the British army, who
aerved in the near East. The scheme,
which was based on the same theory
that caused the Indian to adopt the
snowshoe, was discovered while the
army was marching to Palestine. The
fine sands Impeded both the Infantry
tnd horses, so that a day’s march
uever resulted in much more than a
two or three mile advance. ^
“Finally some Inventive genius tried
laying rather close-meshed chicken
wire on the sand*.’’ said Mojor Bain.
“Tht
)nsp-
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e Tommies were thus given so
thing that didn’t yield so readily as
•oft sands, and the horses got a better
footing. Immediately we found that
much greater progress was made, and
our advances soon amounted to nino
and ten miles a day.”
Profit sharing has been used In va
rious forms since at least 1829, being
most active in the last 40 years. Park
Mathewaon writes In the Magazine of
Wall Street Pioneers in profit shar
ing, such as Lever Bros, of Port Sun
light Eng., and Cambridge, Maas.; N.
O. Nelson Manufacturing company of
the model town of Leclaire near St.
Louis, Ho.f Procter* Giiobt* oTTvory-
dale, O., and numerous other smaller
or less known companies have operated
on the profit-sharing plan successfully
for over a quarter of a century.
As with many other fundamental
and social movements, profit sharing
clearly came from the old countries,
for one of the first successful profit-
sharing plans in the United States was
founded In Leclaire. 111., named after
the “father of profit sharing,” Monsieur
Leclaire of Maison Leclaire, Paris,
France.
There are .many modifications of
profit sharing, as laid down in one of
the complete and fundamental discus
sions of the subject, printed some forty
years &go, and It is well to hava In
mind the differentiations of the trne
profit sharing and Its various offshoots,
such as bonus giving, holiday gifts,
production bonus, pensions, welfare
work, etc.
explaining ita attitude in refusing to
sign the treaty with Austria oday,
holds hat since Rumania acquired
membership in the league of nations
through signing the treaty with Ger
many, the league must be the tribunal
which will eventually consider its
claims and decide whether Rumania
can be forced to accept a treaty
“providing for foreign Intereference in
her domestic affairs.” Rumania’s ob
jection to signing the treaty was
based on the clause providing that
nations receiving territory from one
former Austro-Hungarian empire must
provide for the protection of racial
and religious minorities residing there.
Rumania might have acquired Bu-
kowina under the Austrian treaty, hut
as her delegation failed to sign the
supreme council-holds that the signa
ture of other powers does not make
the transfer possible until Rumania
accepts the treaty. Under the proposed
treaty with Hungary, Rumania would
acquire Transylvania but under the
sa^pe terms relative to minorities in
that region. Rumania for this reason,
is expected to refuse also to sign that
convention.
Paris, Sept. 11.—Reports tending to
indicate that Rumania was negotiat
ing for a separate peace with Hungary
were categorically denied today by
the Rupianian press bureau here. One
of the reports was that a Hungarian
mission had arrived at Budapest to
open separate peace negotiations.
Vienna, Sept. 10.—The Brantiano
cabinet fb Rumania has fallen, accord
ing to unofficial reports which reached
Vienna from Bucharest today. Take
Jonescu is said to be forming a new
government.
STATE FARM WOULD
HOLD ITS CONVICTS
Case in Columbia Monday to Test Re
fusal to Return Prisoners to Coun
ties,
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Development of Army Searchlight.
A review of the work of the army
•ngineer corps in the war, first is
sued by the war department, says that
the corps produced a new form of
searchlight more powerful than any
that had preceded It in any army, with
which the Second field army had been
partially equipped. “It weighed,” the
report says, “one-eighth as much as
lamps of former design, cost only one-
»thlrd as much, was about, one-fourth
as large in bulk, and threw a light 10
per cent stronger 'than any other port
able projector in existence.’’ Still fur
ther to perfect the searchlight, our en
gineers were at work on a remote con
trol when hostilities ceased.—Scientific
American.
Bohemia—Czecho-Slovakia.
American business men are remind
ed by Wallace J. Ybung, United States
consul at Prague, that letters Intend
ed for that country should not be ad
dressed “Bohemia.” but should be ad
dressed “Czecho-Slovakia.” ~ Also In
the body of the letters, when the whole
country is intended to be mentioned.
Its proper name should be used. The
former “Bohemia” is only one of the
parts of Czecho-Slovakia, and when an
American firm speaks, for example, of
wanting agencies in "Bohemia,” with
out a knowledge of such a firm’s pre
vious connections in the former “crown
lands” now comprised within the state,
it Is impossible to tell whether tha
writer .is desirous of securing new
agencies In Bohemia only or throngh*
out the entire Czecho-Slovakia.
Columbia, Sept. 12.—A case to test
the right of the state farm to refuse
to allow its convicts to be taken back
to their counties for work is to be ar
gued in the circuit court in Columbia
next Monday, beore Judge Moore, the
case being brooght by Sumter county
-authorities.
Sumter ^county, through L. D. Jen
nings. its attorney, secured a rule
from Judge Moore, ordering A. K. San
ders, superintendent of the peniten
tiary and the state farm, to appear
and show cause why Harry Bowman,
a convict from Snmter county, now
on the state farm, should not be re
leased to the Sumter authorities.
Superintendent Sanders takes the
position that under an act of the 1914
legislaure he has authority to refuse
to allow the convicts to be removed,
after they have once been convicted to
the state farm. He hold that if he 1?
forced to surrender convicts to the
counties at any anii'all times, he can
never know in advance how to pro
vide for the feeding and the working
af the con v lets, haw large crops should
be planted and similar matters of im
portance. '
Honey 92.1 Per Cent of Ndrmal.
Tha honey crop of the United States
was 92.1 per cent of normal on July
1, according to the estimates of the
United States department of agricul
ture. Reports to the bureau of crop
estimates warrant the estimate that
the yield of surplus honey per colony
was 25.8 pounds and that about one-
half of the annual product per colony
-was realized by July 1. The high con
dition of 92.1 per cent of normal on
July 1 this year compares with 66.7 in
1918 and 86.3 in 1917.
“Living Mask" Portrait Painting.
A new and startling departure In
the art of portrait paiating has been
evolved by Mine. Ivy de Verley (Mrs.
Ve*ey Davercnd), one of London’s beat
known Mine, de Verley calls
this new work “a living mask,” and in
deed It bar. all the startling qualltl
of a ren! mask,
Thla new method of bringing out
fneinl characteristics has met a great
deal of favor since It was first dla
played by the artist. Even in a studio
where there are any number of ex
ceedingly attractive portrait paint
ings this living mask, immediately ar
rests the eye. *Tt gives one the im
pression that a face is peering throngh
dark curtain*.
Cases have arisen in many counties
where the county authorities have
called for their convicts at various
times. A number of such cases have
arisen in recent months, in various
parts of the state. Superintendent
Sanders has declined to surrender the
prisoners and the case got into the
courts.
The attorney general’s office is re
presenting Superintendent Sanders in
the case.
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Hupmobile
Transport Trucks
THEY ARE ALL GOOD. SEE US,
WE ARE GETTING A FEW.
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Coats, Coat Suits, Dresses
Waists, Skirts, Etc.
Japanese Worried Over Shantung.
Tokio, Sept. 9.—Developments in re
lation to the Shantung question form
the supreme subject of discussion here,
he general attitude of the Japanese is
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to calmly await the final action by the
United States Senate.
Some of the members of the diet are
reported to be addressing anxious in
quiries to the government regarding
the situation.
They ask whether the United States
is likely to enforce by arms a possi
ble new treaty with Germany turning
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And this store is the place to see the
best of them. You will find the highest
type of workmanship and' the finest
materials. Compare • the garments and
prices with those you have seen else-
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where.
Better Buy Fall Ready-to-Wear Now
Prices Will Never Be Any Cheaper.
Shantung directly to China. Those
who have addressed these inquiries to
’ Electrical Undertaking* in Japan.
, BThere are 715 electrical undertak
ings in Japan. Including 625 power
plants, 42 electric rallwnys, and 48
/companies operating both power plants
and tramways. This IS on Increase of
40 companies over, last year. The to-
ial amount of inyested*capUal In these
jpatcrprlses Is about $388,000,000, in
cluding $193,000,000 for pdw>r plants.
£22,000ty09f'fon rsAwtaf*. and $173,000,-
<**) ft* t*** rendeftng
service—*n increase ®f about f8,4XKv
■7
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Live* in Old “Pillbox. 1 *
A Belgian farmer, who has returned
to his shell-shattered fields near Poel-
eapelle. 1ms solved ids own particular
housing problem by converting an nn
damaged ‘'pillbox” into a temporary
home for himself and family, “Pillbox”
was rlway* an unfortunate and mis
leading name for concrete forts. Near
ly si: of them were rectangular gne
contalni-d four or more large rooms
Very Mttie vs>rk would be required t<
tn:n them Into comfortable and even
Icst'rs hemes. Some near Boeslnght
•re being fitted up as cafeq
In anMcipatjkn ©f loiyrtyr JinrUea wbicl
will *T,rer>g the hnttlefWds as noo*
•• paw-pon* and travel restrictfow
ar»t be relaxed.
the government are said to be pro
foundly impressed by the assignment
of half the United States navy to the
acifle, and to be inclined to estab
lish a connection betweeii the coming
of^the fleet and the Shantung agitation.
NOTICE
We bave installed a Steam
V*'
Engine and are able to gin
from 75 to 100 bales of cot
ton per day. -
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