Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Catching Mermaids (or Neptune Father Neptune required a number of beautiful mermakls for his retinue at the aquatic pugennt at Long Beach, so bathing girls were put to work net ting them. 'Miss Adeline Angove was the first one caught. Will Straighten River to Correct Boundary <4i U. S. and Mexico to Curb Er ratic Rio Grande. Washington. ? One of the most i. portnnt rectifications ever contemplat ed In a boundary between the United States and a neighboring country, Is arranged- for In a convention recently signed in Mexico City which provides for the straightening of the Rlo Grande for 87 miles below El Paso, Texas. The convention must be ratified by the senates of the United States and Mex ico, and agreements must be made In regard to engineering details. "The problem along the IUo Grande Is a common one with rivers in all parts of the world that run through arid regions," says n bulletin from the National Geographic society. "Very light alluvial soil gathers in a wide, ievel flood plain; floods come sudden ly because of the quick run-off frqm the bore mountains and hills; and the swirling waters cut new channels through the enslly yielding soil with almost every major rise. "For ages the Rio Grande wandered at will across {he broad valley that lies Just above El Paso, as well as over the equally wide valley that lies below the city. A careful observer driving over the valleys can see almost oblit erated channels of the past far from the present river. Maps since 18T>0, when the earliest American surveys were made, show a confusing maze of looping and intersecting lines that rep resent the dim ghosts of Rio Grandes of 25, 50, 75 and 80 years ago. Jumbled Property Titlee. MAs the Rio Grande has been the boundary since 1850 between Texas nnd New Mexico, and since 1835 be tween Texas and Old Mexico, the wan derings of the river In the two valleys near El Paso have caused constant in ter-governmental disputes and have played havoc with property titles. In the upper valley, the problems have been domestic. Innumerable lawsuits between property owners sprang from the erratic river changes. "Finally the states of New Mexico and Texas became involved nnd took the whole tnngled matter to the United States Supreme court. It wan not until that tribunal handed down its decision In 1928 that numerous residents in El Paso's upper valley knew what state they were living in. For many miles the boundary fixed by the court does not follow the IUo Grande of today, but lies n considerable distance to the weBt along what has been determined to be the river bed of 1850. "Straightening out the Jumbled boun dary situation below El I'aso has been a much more difficult task because two ?' nations are Involved. There hove been numerous treaties; but the tempera mental Rlo Grande has frequently cre nted situations that existing treaties could not quite bo mode to cover. The most stubborn problem of all hns been the so-called Chomlzal dispute, where by Mexico claims a valuable slice of the city of El Paso, asserting that the true International boundary Is aloriK an old bed north of the present river location. The Chamlzal zone is not considered In the recently signed con vention, but Is loft for speclnl consid Improvised Incubator Saves Baby Born on Ship Liverpool. ? Two babies were born in the Pnclflc liner Orcomn, which ar rived from a 4,000 mile voyage from Valparaiso. The first weighed only three pounds nt birth, and Its life was saved by means of an Incubator fabricated hur riedly from an old sugar box The incubfltor, made by Chips, the carpenter, had a glass top and was kept at a constant temperature from the tropics to Santander, Spain, where the baby was landed. Tlie Infant was fed with milk from a fountain pen filler. Tree* Form Monogram Oornlsh, Me.*? Nature has pfaced Robert Pike** monogram In front of ths farmhouse which he some day will Inherit from his Mother. Two trees ?re taint ' so they form the Initials MR. P." OAS tree is an elm and the s maple. erntlon on some other occasion. "East of El Paso tbe Rio Grnnde meanders over the almost level valley, forming numerous loops, great and small. When extraordinary floods come, the river Is almost sure to make a short cut across one or more of these loops. The patches of land left In the loops by the formation of a new river bed are called 'bancos.' When a banco Is formed, It is, of course, shifted to the other side of the river. Thus bits of Texas have In effect been tossed suddenly Into Mexico; and frag ments of Mexico, Into Texas. River Wanders Around. "If bancos are very small they be come a part of the country to which they are shifted. But if they are large, the international boundary continues to follow the old stream bed. A strik ing example of large areas cut off by river changes Is found 25 miles east of El Paso near Fa bens, Texas ? an area considerable enough to be seen on large scale maps of the United States. One can cross the bridge that spans the Rio Grande, drive a mile or more south, and still find himself in the United States. The International boun dary there is a half-obliterated little grass-grown dale that many years ago was the bed of the river. [ "The convention signed by the Unit fed States and Mexico calls for the first time for the deliberate creation of ban cos. The plan is to eliminate the many kinks of the river by digging an arti ficial channel where necessary to smooth the stream out into a series of long, easy curves. Approximately the, same area in bancos will be left on each side of the new channel. These will become the property of the coun try on whose side they lie. The new channel will be adopted as the Inter national boundary and will be 'pegged down* by engineering works Including levees rlprapped banks and protected curves. Such works are practicable now where they would not have been a generation ago. Floods have been mitigated somewhat by the building of Elephant Butte dam which creates a huge Impounding reservoir for the Rio Grande in central New Mexico." Missouri Will Pay Bill Owed 35 Years Missoull, Mont. ? Missouri never forgets. Witness the fact that Wil liam Frank Earnhart will receive $18.45 Missouri has owed him lor almost thirty-five years. The money was due Earnhart for the period between the time he was called to serve as a member of the Missouri volunteer guards. In the Spanish-American war, and the date he entered service. "I'm glad to get the money ? but It's too bad the state doesn't pay Interest on its claims," Earnhurt marked. Trade Figures Show an Upturn in Philippines Manila, l\ I. ? An upturn In the vol ume of exports of timber and lumber from the I'lrilippines to Japan during 1932 was noted in trade figures Just released here, while exports to the United States and foreign countries fell off considerably. The exports to Japan, principal im porting countrj, totaled 30,019,0-18 board feet, the customs declared value of whirl) was 722,737 pesos, compared with 35,798.320 board feet In 1931, val ued at 034,217 pesos. To the preva lent low price of lumber tind timber was attributed the difference in the customs declared valuation during the two years under consideration. Lumber and timber shipped to the United States during the last year amounted only to 5.315,088 board feet valued at 340,275 pesos, as against a total of 20.318.0S0 board feet In 1931 with a customs declared value of 1,290,723 pesos. The United States is next to Japan In the importation of lumber and tim ber from the Philippines. Besides Japan and the United States the Philippines also shipped Its lum ber and timber to the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Hongkong, the Dutch East Indies, and Africa in 1932. Planes Are Banned From Landing in U. S. Forests Missoula. Mont. ? No airplanes ^.may land, except In emergency, or on offi cial business, within the great "primi tive areas" set apart In Montana for ests recently, Evan W. Kelley, region al forester, has decreed. In the South Ford, Spanish Peaks, Absaroka, and Mission mountain "primitive areas" no roads penetrate vast forests and precipitous mountains. The districts were set aside to pre serve wide expanses of virgin territory. Few, If any, persons either live or vis it these districts ? there are no syv j ice stations, advertising signs, hot 0og stands, or summer homes. Emergency landing fields have been built in the areas to provide means of rapid fire control, after tl.e depart ment decided against building roads into the districts even for this purpose. There Is not a road in this wilderness. Mountain goats, deer, bear, elk, and other game are abundant. During vacation periods experienced rangers will conduct parties Into the districts. Plow Tumi Up Gold Rusk, Texas. ? Emerson Polk, negro, has quit farming. Ilia disc plow was to blame. It unearthed a glass Jar of gold coins, said to amount to $925, recently. Forthwith, I'olk bought himself a mo tor car and "retired." Indian Prince Is Wealthiest Man Hereditary Fortunes Almost All Suffer Reverses. London. ? "Buddy, can you spnre a million or ho?" Strangely enough, In those days of depleted fortunes and vanished hank accounts, there still exist In the world a goodly number of men who could, If they wished, answer irt tlie norma tive. A survey of the money monarchs !n Europe and elsewhere revealed that the Nizam of Hyderabad, one of In dia's most powerful potentates, still stands at the head of the list of rich est men In the world. In bullion and coin he possesses ${100,000,000, and the nrt treasures which fill his resplendant pnlace are valued at $ 1 ,000,000, 000 more. Next to him cornea Sir Ilasll Za haroff, the "mystery man of Europe" who amassed a fnbulous fortune in munitions during the war. While his ( fortune has been greatly depleted, owing to the fall In munitions stocks and other securities, he can still point to $500,000,000. Another huge fortune belongs to Senator Agnelli, Italian landowner, who has some $127,0000,000 to his name. He is. Incidentally, one of Italy's 1fS,000 millionaires. That conn try haR more extremely wealthy men than any other In the world. One of England's wealthiest men Is Sir John Kllerman, shipping magnato, who can boast of $100,000,000, The I)uke of Westminster, who owns acres upon acres of London's most valuable property, ha 4 a similar fortune. High on the list of British multi millionaires stand the famous Coats and Wills families. The former amassed a fortune of about $7!>,000, 000 In the manufacture of thread, while the latter made Its money In tobacco. Hankers, steel merchants and news paper proprietors, who were formerly among the outstanding millionaires of | Rurope, have suffered severe reverses. Among them Is Haron Do Rothschild, the great French hanker, whose heredi tary fortune dates hack to the Middle ages. Once regarded as France's wealth iest man, his place Is now shared by j Francois Coty, perfume manufacturer, and M. Menior, candy manufacturer. i LARGEST FAT MAN '?* ' ? .Too- Hnggio of i'hlladelphln Im con Hhtered tho world's Inruont fnt tnnn. Ho wolRhR 7fi0 poun<1n ^nd hn? not beon out of tho houflft for flftopn yoarn bocnuRO bo In too blc to got through a doorwny. IIo eatu 12 pound* of Hpnghettl onch dfty nnd 7 pounds of hot rtoR?, 1 go Hon of coffoo, 3 rpinrtfl of Ice croum nnd 00 to 70 hnrd-bollod OKK". It token 8 yard* of cloth to mnko bin pnnts nnd ft ynrd* for hla iihlrt. This Week h Arthur Brisbane London Tells Us In the Water Now Inherited Ability Whose Gold Is It? What little Information, If It bo information, Americans get, concern ing "conversations" at Washington be- | tween Premier MacDonald and Pres ident Roosevelt, comes from London. You are told, it seems hard to be lieve, that the United States will agree "to a modification of the gold embar go." President Roosevelt would hardly allow Englishmen or Frenchmen to draw out United Stntes gold while forbidding Americans to have any. It Is suggested also that the United Stntes will arrnnge to tie up the pound and the dollar so that "Rritaln will keep her export trade in the face of the devaluated American cur rency." Must we have inflated dollars at home without getting the benefit of I them in trade abroad? That would be too bad. Further, you are told there v/ill be "a general revision of war debts," and Rritain's payment due the Unit ed States on June 15 probably will not be paid. Foreign countries have told us how many sVlps and what kind of guns wo might have, which of our new battle ships we must "Junk." If they are now to tell us what we may do with our dollars, while at the same time es caping payment of their debts, you will give them credit for doing a com plete Job. Using the language of the old "Mid way," Uncle Sam may say, "I'm In the water now." The house has passed the "infla tion bill," so-called, and those that spend public money will be able to say, If they choose, "what's a billion among friends, or ten billions?" nowever, there are two kinds of inflation, common sense use of the nation's credit with the backing of Its gigantic wealth, and foolish In flation, based on reckless spending and money printing. To the question, ''What do you think of Inflation?" the answer Is the same as you would give to the question, "What do you think about drinking?" It all depends on how much you drink. One thing is certain. Millions will conclude that the best thing to do with a dollar Is to spend It. That will help business and employment. And American common sense enn be trusted to use American credit wisely. Dr. Leonard Huxley Is dead at the age of seventy-two. Ho was a son of Thomas Henry Huxley, the great bi ologist, and his death reminds you that talent really is Inherited, under favor able conditions. Dr. Leonard Huxley was a distinguished editor, biographer and poet. His two sons. Julian Hux ley and Aldous Huxley, are both bril liantly successful men, one as a bi ologist. the other as a novelist. The three Huxleys who descend from "the great Huxley" are fortunate in that they Inherited Intelligence without In heriting a fortune that so often stupe fies Intelligence. Our American "great men" of In dustry nnd finance concentrate on dol lars. Their sons, as a rule, concentrate on self-Indulgence and pleasure. A former United States senator questions the right of the government to make Americans give up their gold. His amount of gold, only $120 worth, would not upset any gold bnsls, but he proposes to test In court the legal ity of an order that says to Ameri cans : "Gold is too precious n metal for Americans, and they will kindly bring It all In." Most Important, prices and prosper ity are rising. Prices of Nebraska farm products, on the farm, have In creased from 28 to 212 per cent. Corn, from 8 cents and less to 28 cents. Wheat, from 20 cents to 55 cents. Eggs, from 7 to 11 cents a do7,en. Oats from 5 to 15 cents a bushel. Hogs, from $2.85 to $3.05 per hundred weight,. And the best of It Is that farmers will get a large part of the increased values. They still hold on their farms, unsold, and now In active demand, farm products that have Increased In value by more than $51,000,000. The announcement that twenty five out of twenty-seven directors In a | New-York bank "ran a pool in stocks," using their own money nnd possibly money belonging to depositors, Is cal culated to disturb the public mind. It Is especially damaging to the banking profession as a whole, and unjust to men by whom banks have been managed wisely and conservative ly, riding out the storm of depression, as If by a miracle. The port of Los Angeles announces heavy gains In Imports, largely beer. In the month of April Uncle Snm's cus toms collections at the port Increased $50,000, thanks to beer from Canada and Mexico. Once bootleggers would have got the $50,000, multiplied by ten, with beer at $1 a bottle. Mexico ships "from the second largest brewery In the world'1 beer, "Carta Wanes Pilsner Mexicans, " and name* It "Kxqulsltla," <?). 193*. by King Pe?ture? Syiwliott*, In*. WNO S?rvtc? Navy Sheers Enlivened With Color By CHERIE NICHOLAS THE question as tu "what's the style" for spring and summer, la answered very definitely In the fascinating, plus-so-practlcal, navy sheers which have been "stealing the show" In most window displays and at the majority of style parades staged so far this season. They are worthy to admire and to covet, are these genteel-looking navy suits, frocks and ensembles mnde of the th I n klnd-you-love-to-wear mate rials which are the rage Just now. As to Just what type of fabric shall fash Ion your new navy sheer, It Is left for you to decide. In making your selection you will be called upon to decide, perhaps, be tween one of those vogulsh thin crepes, or talYeta -finished types, which are ribbed in either tiny or wide welts (newest thing out) or one of the nu merous thin ? almost - to - transparency woolens which are such good style. Then again your fancy may turn to a quality-kind plain triple sheer such as tailors to a nicety. At any rate what ever the weave, If it be navy and if it be sheer, depend upon it, it will qual ify a hundred per cent smart What's more, it will be the most practical out fit you eoold possibly choose and with its accents of white or bright color it will flatter to heart's desire. It makes the navy-sheer story the more thrilling in that those who cre ate of these materials are displaying such cunning and originality In their manipulation. They are, fqr instance, tucking some of these sheer suits all over from head to foot. Then again the treatment is varied in that these thin fabrics ?re shirred in row-and row pulls irom neckline in hemline. To these costumes of tucked, shirred or tailored nnvy, or black. If you pre fer, sheers, n final note of chic is re peatedly added In the way of whit? pique or organdie accessories. The intriguing tiling about these nttractive collars and cuffs, gilets, lapels and other Items too numerous to mention Is. they are so fashioned as to button on with a view to removing and laun dering at will. For thos^. who prefer gay contract instead of touches of white, an array of ^-harming dresses are being shown ,ti>ls season which flaunt enlivening dashes and splashes of high color. Tl>e combining of vivid print with solid navy sheers is an oft-repeated gesture. An effective Instance of this style trend is recorded in the winsome frock Illustrated to the left in this picture. This smart daytime dress is made of a ribbed sheer of bemberg, In light navy with bishop sleeves and the new F'atou neckline done in a bizarre scarf print. A silver girdle fastening provides an additional bright accent. For the swugger nnvy dresB to the right the designer turns to a sheer rough-finished novelty worsted. When you learn about the striped sleeves, you will be eager to borrow the idea Instanter. They are made of two shades of blue organdie set together with silver thread fagoting. The op portunity offered in this clever stroke of handiwork for striking color effect Is endless. One might even work out, tf they so chose, a Roman stripe ef fect using multicolored bands of or gandie. ?, 1 933. Western Newspaper Union. EVENING ENSEMBLE II* rilKRIK NICHOLAS This very lovely evening ensemble which Is a Luclen I.elong creation pro claims the charm of velvet ns It poses over dainty flowery gowns. The ador able capelike wrap has the new draped sleeves which flow from s scarf yoke. It Is typical of the ravishing styles In promise for summer. The gown Is a gorgeous clre mnnssellne print with dark green background. Draped Bateau Effect Is New Neckline Treatment Another mood of width ncross the top of a frock Is the newest neckline treatment, which sovoral of the Paris couturiers agree on, the draped bateau effect. This Is sometimes done so high that It crosses the front of the throat, but In sny case It Is another hint that the horizontal emphasis at the top of the silhouette or across the shoulder* Is to continue. The square sleeves quoted In some collections Is Another trick to give that width at shoulders which makes the hips seem ?ltm. PARIS GOWNS MADE OF WRAPPING CORD Save your string ? (lon't throw away even n small scrap, because when you pet enough you cnn make nn entire dress, or spring coat, out of It and be the Inst word In Parisian smartness. Schlaparelll uses regular wrapping cord to create a very laoy looking costume, for she loops It around Into Interesting designs In a lnrge mesh manner nnd then stiffens the whole tiling so that It has a certain amount of body and doesn't Just wilt when you put It on. And the scraps from all your clothes, too ? don't think of throwing away any of thorn, because your gloves must, absolutely must, be made to match each and every outfit, from your wool ensemble to your printed georgette or crepe de chine evening gown. Cloves are now made of silk, satin, calico, lace, chiffon, wool, taf feta with organdie gauntlet gloves and In leather touched off with any of the above materials. Real Flowers Come Back Into Fashion Picture Nature once again Imitates art, as real flowers come back Into vogue for wear with daytime and afternoon clothes. They're real, but the object of the game Is to make them look as artificial as possible. For they are being "styled" to look like the artificial blossoms which we have been In the habit of using ns decorations for onr more dressed-up costumes. For Instance, with a trailing gown of gray chiffon with n mauve cast, h smart woman recently nppeured with a lei wreath of real violets, caught. ?t the side with a single huge orchid. Another wore a black frock, with wide square neckline, finished at ei ther side with white orchids held In place with clips, (iardenlas nnd flat white camellias are used In a similar manner, In pairs. Pique Trims Halt Perky little bows of white pique trim some of the newest spring hats. One model of dark straw with a tiny brim, Ideal to wenr with prints or even with lh? mannish suit, had two small plquo bow* In front.