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IZUYDER ZEE TO BE RECLAIMED t . ,r ? . J . . Work on $125,000,000 Engineer ing Project Will Start This Year. PROVIDE LAND FOB 300,000 Oike Thirty Miles Long la Part of Plan to Add New Province to Hoi. land?Area of 827 Square Mile* to Be Reclaimed. The Hague Work is to begin tl?l? ' year on the reclaiming of the Zuydor j Zoo. our of t Ik* world's greatest en- ' glneerlng projects. by which it Is pro posed to restore to Holland within 8|i years what. was-mice fieri# hut was taken away hy storms of many cen turies. When the wo-k Is finished not only the original land will be restored, hut ninny thousand acres which always have been beneath the sea will he ready for cultivation* According to pre-war estimates the entire work of reclaiming the Zuydor , Zee would have cost approximately ? $88.K<HUXM>. hut, with the Increased cost of lahor and materials In the last six years, it Is believed the cost will he well In excess of $ 1 L'5,000,000. The work will ho done and p4?ld for hy the state, through special loans, and the state, through rental of the hind reclaimed, expects the scheme to pay for Itself within a few years, and thereafter yield a handsome rev enue. Will Support 300,000 Peraont. The total amount of land t<? be re* j claimed will he 827 square miles, which will constitute a. twelfth prov ince of Holland, capable of support- i Ing a population of .'UK).(KK>, and where- ! in several cities of undent trading J fume are expected to be restored to ! commercial Importance. The engineer- j ing work Is now well under way. Centuries ago. at the beginning of the Christian era. when the Romans had their settlements In Holland, much of the space now occupied by flic Zuy dor Zee was land and the south part of the present sea was a lake, called Flevo. Northwest tempests swept the ; ? North Sea. washing away the trncf of dry land between the sea and the lake. One large, shallow body of wi?- j tor?the Zuydor Zee?was formed. The towns situated on its bank throve us the merchantmen came Into their ports. Hut us ships been mo larger and of deeper draught, traM'y was di verted to deeper seas, leaving the once famous towns on the Zuyder's shore mere INhlug villages, which they are now, while Amsterdam's commerce came to her through a canal leading direct to the North sea. To Build Dike Thirty Miles Long. Or. A. A. Heekifian of The Hague, who has devoted nearly all his life to the I doit of reclaiming the'Zuydor Zee. explained tlie plans to the Asso ciated Press eorrespondent. He Is ' now a ?member of the stale council ; which will mrry out the work, "The first thing to do." said T'octor * llcekman, "Is to construct a gigantic ! dike fo keep out Iho North sou. This ' will he ."in miles long, stretching from Wii-rlngen Ih the Frisian coast, where the water ranges in depth from 33 to 11 feet. II will he everywhere !' Id to 17 feet above the sea level. There i will lie a double-track railway on top j of the d'ke. Its construction will take1 nine years and Its cost, by pre-war ! estimates, will bo more than SL'O.OOO. i >00. "The total surface t(? tie reclaimed Is j vl!7 square miles. There will remain a lake <?f tux) .square miles, which will act as a reservoir during the po- , riods when owing to northwestern I storms, the water of the lliver YsSel and of the ?:iiiats cannot be. emptied into the North sea. The wafer of the take will be let out Into the North *e;i tbrouirl' the great sluices at the WieMnm-n ? ? mI of the dike. 'Mi.si i.i Mil land to be reclaimed now li?-^ 1.". i eel ticneath the sea level I'iir: m' it |s expected to be ? Irv within II \ears, n>> pumping out j will b???in :i- v.miii a* the dike is com- 1 pbti'l Tin- hist of the land Is ex- 1 |iei" id i.. !.* I j iv within r.r. years." N. Y. Hostelry Opened in 1812 Closed by Dry Law .N?*w ,i "i i,. Iion i I'ivit T ft ? ? M?W?r* nf mmmHmt 11 ? t ?? I r y lln l'nslcrii I??? t ? ? I ;ii tin* 1 In 11 ?? *? >.?ti ifli?m ???tir>i n|inno'l ??! i?' I" 11 > .ilit-' HiC Wiii nf I si 2. Soil'! tiia I."-.i iiv lii'iim.s lnrm iIip frnin?*vM?rU ei Mm- ?i ru< I lire, ? ? i? nf thr ti|i!i-??t oi< I tic islitli'l ?'t Miinhaitnii Mimv |>minin<'iit i>?t iiDiilf I fi#?ir IM*:tilt|iia ri civ nt tin* hold. iiictiidinc ICf*1 ???:*! till t? ? ri. st?*al mwnlor. l?>i?il?*l \\ rltSIlT < *lHlllHO<l??M' V M 11?1 ? ? I Ml; .1 ?*U 11 \ I l?nl, I' '? rmirn a liil < l> tM-ry' (' rnn i Roof Garden on ?Church 1'lt'vliTirt'h A k \ ?.f??r\ rhur'-lt .*ith * r?'??f ihhI ?|nr???Hurt*** fi r ft > 1)1, Inr-IT" Miltr in ' TnislW'* <? f tin U i">l < "liri??f Ihij ! '?In?r< h 1.:? v ? ? in.ninii.i fii ili?- ? 11ifi' ? will <f>l >.'.?*<.<**? I I (III funil.- 'I'l; i or ' in1 i ???? ill H Ik' * u t! I tie U.?Pil fu; rnnk? ?? nm' r<!?i( ;? whnn t fh?? ft u^r< _ntinn v\ II' /I (! . in in ?nd ! h holei own ? AS LITERATURE IS "MADfc Kipling Manuscript Show# Author Poo ?cued of at Loaat One Qraat Ouality jjrf Genius. | ?? <? There turned up. tin* other* day, In a sal?- <>t 01& t MiSfPlptl a pa11U til.i? l.v Intencatlng specimen of literature in tiie making, Mr. itudwud Klpllhfl 10QI it in 1 \ 1 ??? wrnt< 11 <"i'> jt? ,,m' ^f!?r of the NhIIoouI Observer. Mr. Henley, IIII. I It 111 > | ; 11"?*? I Under the title ^0# llnwiii" In .January, 1?KJ! but between the coining of .Him tymnvrltten sheets ivikI ito* appearance of the printed poem a good tunuy things happened to the manuscript, aome duf to the author ami some to t 1m* editor. One Imagines Mr, Henley editing Mr. Kip ling. a situation which the author an ticipated. for against certain lines be Had written admonitions and dire threats. although there la no evidence to ahow whether Mr, Henley let the llnea staiyl because he liked them or because he waa terrified. In another Item In the aatne sale one aeea that Mr. Kipling first wrote the poem "Cleared" lu the character of un Irish man, but when he saw It In proof he altered the phonetic spelling. Which Indicates. Incidentally, the capacity for taking pains which Is an Important factor In succeaaful authorship, even If It falls to stand, deaplte a well* known quotation, for the. whole of genius.?Christian Science Monitor. "BABY" AIRPLANES FLY FAST Planet That Can Make Ninety-8lx Miles an Hour Are Now in Use In Europe. Just as .-the era of adult automobile* was followed by the creation of baby motorcars, so now In the aerial world there Is an Influx of baby airplanes. In the park, 1n the fields and In vari ous other open apaces miniature air craft are having tryfirtts all over Eng land, v.-. One of these midgets, called the "Brltlslf Crow," weighs 220 pounds, qnd tiles with almost the speed of a full-grown airplane. Another baby, called "the pocket airplane," Is so small that a man can span Its wings. It Is 10 feet long, and the Inventor, Austin Whipple, .says It will achieve r speed of 5X) miles an hour. A fea ture of this baby Is that It can be folded for transport and carried In side a trunk. Tin# French are also dabbling In 1111 purlan aircraft. An Infant monoplane Is turned out by a French firm at Car say with a span of a trifle more than K? feet, thus being two feet smaller than the "British Crow." Fitted with ii ten horsepower ARC engine, It has a speed of 02 miles an hour, and can land at the low speed of 20 miles an hour. The average retail price of these little brothers of the Capronls, Hundley Pages and Vlmys Is from $1, 000 to $1,200. Monumental "Toppers." Though there Is a revival of the silk hat, which many people thought the war had made extinct us a species of headdress, few would argue that It makes a fit subject for the sculptor. Yet there are several top-hatted statues about. One at least Is In the United States. It Is a statue of Presi dent Lincoln. He is bareheaded, but his "topper," a very unfashionable specimen, Is carefully laid on the seat ai his side. Hut perhaps the funniest specimen Is In the Central square at (ilasgow, Scotland. It represents a re spected citizen, James Oswald, mem ber ?f parliament, and he carries his "topper" In his right hand, held firm ly the brim and upside down. The street urchins find this "topper" irre sistible. If the policeman Is round the corner they play pitching pebbles Into Mr. Oswald's hat. Some of them are expert at the game and the hat .has to be emptied of stones quite fre quently. Eight Thousand Swiss. Only 8.CMXK Swiss soldiers fought In the war. That number entered the French service. Hut that is not the whole slury. Out of the n.000, .'too survived, including many wounded. The rest, 7.TOO, were killed. A thousand of them held up ii (ii>rmnn advance one day at Verdun; held It 111? until tln? Inst man of them was killed. About r.o years ;ik<) the story of Wil liam Tell and the poem about Arnold \?m Winkelried were in most of the school readers that young Americans cut their eye teeth on. The M.ihhi Swiss who fought in the war well established the right of that ?ini\ a ml that poem to remain in A !i??? ri?*:?11 school render*.? Life Lost His Place. rrtrt?nrrrn luiver enridtrrted a?fvrnl nire store in a neighboring *ovn. Hit/.er. like many others of his race, liked lit> beer so one day between euston.er^ he ?fej.petI info the barber -hop ami while waiting his turrr de elded lie W oil || | have tillle to enter n ?<11 loon iie\I i|imr and ha\e a glass of beer. 'Mi returning to the barber >hop he v\ a ? llll|< h \e\ei| to find his urn taken hi :tiio|hei and after a few I ?_-rnff iein.irh> ?.n<! n> th? barber: "When a man out ami comes right ,i u a y b-ick in i * in init ?" * Some Ordeal. j sV 'miii* iii?it,* i ^ pit!r H nd feeble " , "TV.n through unite in nrrtent. Wits ip to I liibdub s hon??? last night." "Weli ," \mi i. r. i ?' s o 1111 ? htxne-iiiade win*' nm:.T*i r'.ii"! bj h's wife and Mnoked two of !. ? ' ' 11 r i - * 11. - I' i g. I I'M. I X >T1 f H ? r|M?? Cotjr'i'" ' i?ir?ii|l WANTED ALL HE COULO GET Eltftrly Passenger in Airplane W?| Looking for Some Thrills for Good Monty. Uttt summer Kokomo, Intl., had the usual airplane I'lioi who tuuk pas sengers* up tor fl a minute. The pilot wtm approached one day by a mail wlio wan easily wlthlu earshot of eighty years. The pilot took hin> ahoanl aiuj soared around In "straight flying," In order nut to give the elder ly passenger any ' thrills that would be dangerous tl> his heart uetlon. After the customary fifteen minutes j be slid gracefully to the ground tiud motioned his passenger to alight. The old man compiled, and then walked up to. the aviator. "Say," he exclaimed, "are you a real flyer? What about Iinmelman turna, barrel rolls, loop-1 he-loops, nose dive, tall spin, falling leaf, pancake, and ho on? Can you do any of those things!" "Sure," replied the aviator, "but I did not tlilnk you cared about any of those thlpjfs. They are a trifle risky, you know, ami might upaet' your I Stomach."' "Well; I paid for a good ride and I expected some of those things," the pqssenger countered, "and I wduld like to ?et them. Give uie all you got. Tumble around In the air like a porpoise' fii tne ocean." The aviator told him to climb aboard and lie would accommodate him. He rave the passenger "all he had." V . "That's, lino 1" Exclaimed the pas senger, ns he ^climbed out of the^ cockpit the second time. >. 'That's the way I like to ride!"?Indianapolis News. VAST RICHES IN OLD MINES Wealth Awaito Lucky Prospector Who Can Find One, Though Many Are Known to Exist. * We are all familiar with Sir Rider Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines" nor was he by any means the first to put forward tlw> theory, though In n romance, that many old and but half^ worked mines might yet await the patient toll of the searcher. Except In cases wive re there had been long continued use. It Is r\ot at all improb able that there are ancient mines ready to reward the Intelligent methods of today. Hut now In Idaho, we are told, "the 'lost' guhl mine of the Upper Salmon river district" has been rediscovered. A rich ledge had been found by two prospectors and worked by them a little; then they fell out and a Spokane policeman, who had the secret from one of them, sought the mine for' 20 years; then he fell out, and now It has been found anew, to enrich the finders, for the. ledge proper Is said to be from four to six feet wide with a rich quart?. Rtreuk that shows the gold shining in its grasp. The #?old has always been there and somebody for many years has believed It to be there; It only needed to be found to add another to the romances of fact. Fine Home for Young Singer*. Appreciative of the contribution fo music made by the i'aullst choristers, and desirous of giving them the op portunity to develop their art, '.John ?>. Rockefeller, Jr., has placed at their disposal as their home a fine old house and grounds on Washington Heights, New York city, known as Libby castle, The house was built 25 years ago and Is now one of the landmarks of the city. Its architec ture is a combination of medieval Nor man and Spanish. There are 50 hoys there now, ranging from ten years up to seventeen. They have heen recruit ed from almost every state in the Union and every level of society, to gether with the course in music they receive u fine academic education that prepares them for entrance into the higher schools and colleges, says the New York Times. The grounds around Lihhy castle also make it pos sible for them to get the proper physi cal training. An Egress. A Southerner recently saw at a rail I way stnlioif in Canada an old negro, I pays the Columbia State, looking help lessly about him. "What's the matter, uncle?" he 1n i quired. "Lost your way?" "No. thank villi, boss, not so you | kin call it los'. hut I In lookin' f**r-a col ! ored ooman." "Your wife?" "No. boss. I ain't never seen her, hut I iix de geinmum at de ticket win der how you git out huyh. an' he say, j 'You I'm' a negress on dnt side.' And, I boss, It been so long sence I seed a I foliired I ad v. 1 been mighty gl>;l to [ know hit. An' I been goin' film tide I to side eber sence, an' boss, I csyu' fin' her nowheres."?Savannah News. Turtle Eggs in Chow. Moiled turtle eggs are a novelty which has been added to the mess of the I lilted States marines on duty at the navitl <*tRtio'n at fJuantanatno Hay, Cuba. T\*o Utut-pounil turtles were cap tured recently by marines while sail Ing h small boat on the bay. When they were killed more than 100 eggs were found In each. The egg of the turtle when re moved from the body has a soft ghell. The egc itself ?* alHHtt the kIiu* of ? hen's egg The Inside resembles In taste and appearance the yolk of a hen'* egg. TN !>rv boiled hard, and tin shell Is peeled ofT like the outer skin of an oniou. Tba Wonders of Amorlct MHMMM By T. T. MAXEY THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. THW colossal' statue of Liberty en? lightening the world, Jhe gift of the poople of Frit u Co to the people of the United States. in commemoration of the centennial of tholr national In dependence. stands on Hedloe'* or Lib erty Inland In New York harbor and was Ortoiicr 28, 188t'i. !t has welcomed millions of people to our shores, and It bade farewell to our brave soldier boy a when they walled awa.v to aavo the land from whence It can*. This statu > la of bronze, 151 feet high ami rears upon a stone pedestal, approximately 100 feet .high, making the total height of the entire structure over fi(K) feet above the waters of New York bay. Iti estimated weight Is 225 tons and the cost. Including erection, was about $(100,000. The index finger of this gigantic figure Is 8 feet long and 7V4 feet In circumference at the second Joint; the head Is ten feet thick : the. m?s? 4% feet long and the mouth &% feet wide. Forty persons can stand in the head and the torch will accommodate 12 more. There are 154 steps In the statue from the pedestal to the head, and the ladder In the raised right arm contains 54 rounds. The light In the torch In maintained by the United mates lighthouse aervlce and la visi ble for many miles at sea. Th* "'fV ?hal greet*. tin* eye from the top is oho of the most marvelous In all rlitv. world. Port of Shanghai. The port of Shanghai does perbapa 40 per cent of the entire foreign trade of China, and of the total Imports of Stianghal for the year 1918, the United States furnished about 10 per cent. Chinese Irdustrles whlbh are prosper ous f r cotton spinning, shipbuilding and flour milling. Hallway projects couiinanil attention. Life Insurance Protect* mortgaged real estate, a "Life" Policy pays the mortgage if the boiy rower dies. It gives him time to discharge the obligation if ho. difcs. An "Endnwnif jit" Policy pays off the mortgage whether the borrower lives or dies. Southeastern Life Insurance Co., L. A. McDowell, Agent Galvanized Corrugated and V Crimped Hoofing Have two thouxaiul two haudrcd (2,200) tfheetJi Corrugated uumb?r tw? tv-nine gauge (ialvaniaed Hoofing In 7, 8 aud 10 feet lengths. One t)|?| and four hundred (1400) sheet* V Crimped 4n same-length*. This c?r t| left factory January 21st, expected any,day. You ought to uue our La Headed Nnil? in putting on Hoofing, Bend for circular. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY 823 WEST GERVIAS St. COLUMBIA, S.C, There's traffic trouble abend of motor ists. (MiarNc .Ohaplin will be at the Majesllo SatuiMlay in a Hhiniinying flivver for a- "Day's Pleasure." See his latest comedy sueoess. adv Fanners are considered the greatest truck users ia~ the- United Stat ok and it is estimated that 78,000 trudu now used in hauling farm product* , PennHylvania's revenue from tut* bile U<,ensevduring 10)0 was $5,OPOJ| or $1,042,460 more than durtng ldij See Fatty Arliuckle at 4be Mijgf fonijpht in "THE OARAGE". adT j More miles per gallon More miles on tires The Rise of Maxwell Is Due To Its Metals ;>:H i ? . . r V-r ?. ? - A -r- ? ? ? " '* ? ? /riSS Fine soil ma'kes fine wheat; fine feathers make a fine bird; and fine metals have made the Maxwell. They'have given it: - 11 v 1?A life of 100,000 miles. 2?Thriftiness.^ For its metals are light in weight.-Therein comes thriftiness. But these metals are of extra strength. "Therein comes long life. . .: Metallurgists?those who have made/ the - study of metals a science?will teH you that such metals are costly, but they guarantee | quality in a car and their generous employ-: ment in a Maxwell is by far the best evidence anyone may need to determine its quality. They are almost alone responsible for the rapid rise of Maxwell, for the fact that nearly 400,000 now have been built, for that ever growing friendliness to Maxwell the world over. Carolina Motor Company (inc.) Camden, S. ?.