University of South Carolina Libraries
HAITI: MAGIC ISLE OF THE INDIES l'h-lurc an l?lund more wonderful, mm i! I m?i ? i? 1 1 l*i 1 1 m ti?? more ileitis M* dowed by nature ovcu than the fabled Kles that medieval m;< rliK i s loved to dream about; u country of pleasant peaks, chftgintftg vale* aud ferUlc (dJlliis, an hlyllle land iit) In u sunum i *CH. Picture thru u land where flip ttv a rice of . .conquerors, ruthlessly exploit ing, bluMtVll promises ol prOjfrOHB j nlmr llie passions Ol null have run. riot; where tyrant ul'lff ?i>rani, |OII|| great, some petty, have wuded to jiowor through pools of blood ; a land from which tin* tfod^ of |H*a?n* and in duatry seem to haVv turned a w ay. Itotli an- picture* of llalli. th? rein 1 1 oiik bet wean whirl* country aud^lhe l.'ulted Slates are now under dlsrU.H idon. To avoid iMiiiu-.li.il it must be e^ plained at the outset thai the name Haiti I* used sometimes to denote the entire Island, which In tin- second larg ?nt land muss in I In* West Indies, sometimes to denote merely tbe Ite public of Haiti, which occupies tbe W?8t<|rn third of ItH area. The possi bilities of ennt nsioii ure Increased by the fart that tbe island Is also Known us Santo I >mnlngo ami San Doiulntfo. names applied likewise to tbe Domlnl < nn Republic, which oeenpi"*' the east ern two-thirds of the laud unit.. Tim name llalli Is much used be ? aiise li was the descriptive term, meaning: "hltb laml." given to the Klund by Its aborigines. This was the favorite i.sland of the West Ipdies lo < 'olumhus, who reserved for it the inosi rompllineiitnrx name bestowed on i In lands which he discovered- Hi-span loin, "little Spain."' Something of ihe impression which ibis heaulifi?J hiiiI promising inland made on tin- great discoverer can he gleaned from his reference to II as a "Harden of Kden.'' ?nd 140111 the fact that hp named l be point at which he first sei t'ooi In Haiti, December IV I IM'J. "ihe Vale of Paradise." History has been prodigal to the island of Haiti uml has crowded one interesting -au<f tragic event after an ,f?ther Into the relatively short span of years since the eyes of white men first beheld Its towering peaks. ( m its northern coast, near the present- ( 'ape Haltlen. tbe Santa Maria, which bore Columbus to the new world, was wrecked on Christmas eve. 14l?2, and from its broken; historic boards was ^et up by the crew the tlrst structure ??rected by Europeans in Ihe western hemisphere. This was the fortress of Navidad, in which the men of the Santa Maria were killed while Colum bus was on bis return vOyage to Spain to report his epoch milking discovery nf "the Indies." Karl her 10 the east on ihe northern < oast oT (he Island Columbus built on his return the firs! white settlement in tbe new world. miming the little town "Isabella" for ihe queen who had made his voyage ot discovery- possible. On this second trip C-olumhu* brought with him 10 Ids miiKic isle 11 grewi fleet bearing a large force of soldiers and adventurers. After defeating the na tive* the conqueror* Journeyed lo ihe sonih rmei and there laid the foun dations of the eilv of Santo I 'otuinuo first pcruianeiit rit\ established I ? \ Ku ropeaiis in Amcciets. tor man.\ .vcjit's ihe most important. ompost ot western 'ivilizat ion and forerunner nf the ?oiintles- cities and villages :h?t me 'be seals todax of the industry. com ?tierce iinri culture of I li ?> three n-n h CAROLINE ISLANDS: AN OCEANIC MUSEUM WlmlevtM' tin- politic* t >ul'ir> of ilio * foil n?? isliUuN, whit h . I ** p:* u y ? I from (icrnifliiv. (lie* a'v ImhiiiU i<? tV object of *? it'hMlii ?ii for ;;?? ti ? i Ht 1 o 1 1 > ! ii i mm*. Willi hlliil till* MlllStlVt* sl.ilif ' tin * \v|l!' l " ' V ? f"\ tiJ'Mii ? III ii 1 1 i ^ > : l? 'f I i 'I ? of > |\ l' :i. "'i ;i I -ii'ik Ji'cli < ? ?>(?>. t ???!?? WiiH; ? it - i >>f I' o' ' | ? ii : r? i > , - " ? 1 1 1 ? ? ... 1 1 ^ ii.' < . 1 i ?_ 1 1 \ . t '? i l. .i ? ? i ' v . i . * i't ; > - ... j ? : :t ' f :????- ?? ? i ? , .) . i ? r ~ ?? - I ' ? 1 ' , :? ^ -I r <; 1 .1 ? ;i ? ? ' | . .? ... .. ' . I' , ? it. V . ? . - . -.lit.;.. . . . ' 1/ . ' ii : .1 ' ' I ^ ' I ! 1 1 !? . . . \ I... , <l J. .MM ? i|,j' II..I '!?? finl-iv ll.li ?? jlMJj ! : i ; i : . i ' I r?< tun^ulur wailed \i : vjfc[ i (i g **iov c (}?<? w u { i' n of a T! mr U till I u goon, ?op inuiil l>> a Iiiv.iUu uu-1 tbiei- tnllcs louu. In all tills com - 1 ru< I i?>n tlUjfy tin ,.it fttocim w.'ir um-ii. \ i?p.u * ? i n ? \ 4 lie; unto'ttcbcU l?y lion tool*. Uim'i nf tttudy tnin couth metl IhflboJtW (but tbonc mighty f tliio inonti . uutiHloio i in- present natlv* i>"i? ulfiff lptl >?i 41m* ? ii roliuc h. Origin of the iiiibiiM- *tou? cqImi* N not Known. Nlien money nee in* to h?vte" *uppiHu t *h1 ih?' unwloldy xtonu iti'.ks foi> "HpiMi II change" Jouy before tin* \vlilt o man arrlviMl. I'hf wtone "tttoiioy" ninth* from; Hmegton* <>?? ? . ? i . ii.- ii |.iutniiii> <v a*t omployfO i"i fii'imlt iv?? b.^iMnji intiiHi thun for Ken t-nil < il? 'llnlliill. ll> M-C II l'i t ,\ IKIIM theft nvuh nvxumJ b.\ lis weight. Spec taiViiM art' t'ouinl illicit about the l?ouie?< ? >f ?fttl\ 4- < liicftuliiK. 1 " " o . ' . ' ? Tiicbhl'fi ivefw . not InbaMi <?l, * 1 ??* Caroline IkI;hhIm number more than 00 <>!' HiP total lAnd hivh of .'{00 viuure mile* :t<?7 -mmihc ?nib-'. Is polit* Kmj of Mudl District anu G..e 01 His ! Wive*. prised in i'oiiape. Yap, Kusaif and ilo golu. or Tttak. lu 1UII l l?e t i?t :i I pop ulation was about r?r?,<HM ?, and of these fewer ilia ii -KM) were lOuropenns. The Islands ?' x. t t*ii<I for about one thousand mile* east tiiid west.. Tlie.v lit' more than fifteen hundred miles to ! !??? cuHl of the Philippines and about * thousand miles north of Now <?ttinea. ODESSA: PARIS OF THE UKRAINE Before l In* war no city ol t lit* Near Kust miIm* MuehHVest >o iimii r!> i'i'mmii bled I'aris and Vienna in litv?-? it ti i ^ It lite as did Odessa, conspictloirs** in the tighiiux ol' Ukrainians. I'oles and Bolshevikl. Odessa liud hundreds of sidewalk cafes. its municipal opera and Its pal ates of chance. It had more than half a million population, yet it is one of the newest cities in Kurope. Moscow'* history 4?xtends over u thousand years, Hint of Odessa only a little be yond a century. There is a unique analog between Odessa and the capital city of Hie United Stales. Both were started at ahout the same time ? during the last decade of the eighteenth ceutury and hotli were begun because of the far seeing wisdom oT the <hief executives of Hit* two nations. Perhaps the oddest coincidence in the tact that they both were planned b\ foreign civil engineers of the same nation. While Major i/Kufant was tie vising the ' "city of magnificent dis lames' to he erected on the hanks of the Potomac, Voland, also a Frenoh i mi ii. hi id out Odessa on the shore of tilt* Black sea While I'resident Wash ingtou was dreaming into ' being the beautiful city which hear* his name, t'/.arina t'atlierine the Oreat was spon soring the iiphitlldin;: oi n municipal stepping stone toward the chief object of the Russian BerfV's stealthy tread ? 'oust ant Inopje I. ike Washington, Odessa "a^ laid out in the midst of a virtual wilder lies*' antl swamp. An isolated Turkish fort Khn ji Key. stood on the site of the present city at rltf time, IT^M. w hen it passed io Russia In earlj years of the t'luisiiau era (?reek colo nlcts hatl tal^n Hil\ a in ? i;e of the Imx of Vdessa. Until live years a^o tlir iwiluay dis (nine hel wei n Odessfl mid Moscow was more than h thousand mites, but h new line via Bakhniatch i educed that dis lance to Mil tulles I lie si e|< ni-diip distance between ? ?? f ? - - ^ ;t and I'onstan 1 1 nople i 44 Ihk) mi t es I'roni il?> hi-ioi\ it <* exuleiit h In OtlessH w ; i > fat from a txpiral lius Cl'v Nla'k. I ? :i n (IMImI the otil\ j I, . -?? it tli i.. ? )il"'Hi i '<? tie ill.- .Iiapt j ; ' ' 1 1 . 1 1 . . - ' i i - - 1 ? t ' !?? -tit ? of .he i l|'! \ t'l'v III II : I _? I 'u \ ? ? ? (>':?* 1 1 111. [ A . tl l' 1 ' 1 ' ' ' I .1 ! I . I .1 - I . . ? ' ' I < i "fliliaih or ! . - ? |v I'...- I . ? I., I ' : r-? - ! .. i -> ?? - i ' ? nio-t . .. . ? !. 10 re. ? i. . i . ; ? . - r?e' >?< ? | ' \ i i ? ? ? ? 1 ' - n THE O.- r !%'M. skyscrap:::< chup.ches 1 I ? ' ? T I ? o ' 1 1 1? | j .lor ' : i j ? t < sjir-jety l.llZJlbcHl . 1 ...... . <1. / ( i II. ex these ?tru< tUTtl of Hie < ?'U fiiuK'b fn|.!o*?.'? "Tiefe j* ylegVH'l. pe_?.h:.lPS fi le l?ls J (k?l',\ i fill t i li re Wy* ou< ? ?' mlri In Con* .im? iimjiie \\ liu disliked l.ik broth 01' 1)1 <1 <1 i lied Id Itlllli il tlilll <> III'' ?noil .i . o, hit of in* kiuj|ij(ii|i Con ?eijucntly i ho nionnrctV tutit* H trr> < ii n At II ulgh iiiin ? i .nHII Ii1 UIO101 tain In 'i'h?jyui> ami l<-uit<vi " I i't?' h i erh>?od. jntr.iri four liinuli ? ?? I ..iit -- ago," in trhnt seemed to be the ntteHrto** cOt'lUM o f |l|i! (>ni'lll, . ? ' '? ion?i slcr.V c;i) cil ' *? i i ? ' ? * i':i, meaning 'domic, It ill (In- ?k.Y Af(t>f i ho original wu* bulii ?< lii'i ? gl'OI|pl'd I llt-lll >cl \ OS iiU'IIIKl ilUll >.'1' Inhabited for a while. Th^y wire however, dually abandoned, wlih- the <*\ Ccp | lUJI ol I llice \\ ll i I li til ill 4MKy~ "An we looked in wonder u! who de t ached pillar of Hlnue we discovered on its leemlngly unat t uinnhic RuuUuil a bulldliir. This habitation- of in;iu, half natural rook and half urilttcJal. ^coined most extraordinary, Our gulden drew ttlttiUtioQ to the high* r precipices, and an we grow accustomed to their outlines we nihv on all sides moans lerles tucked Into the ledge# of the perpendicular vvHMk. The.v are not all inhabited today, but tlie^.ure there, heurlutf testimony that man has (limbed and built and lived on crags that seem Impossible for goal* to '?limb. ?, "The whole of tin- west ida in of ThOtwaly lay at our few, and the white mountains of the ['ludos range ro.se 'Ugged Mini Imposing before us. At i he base of the rock on wlilch Trinity la perched, like an eagle's nest, our guides hallooed and heal with a stick on a tin can found In the hushes. Soon an answering call came back, and over the precipice, some three hundred feet above us. the. peering fares of several monks were seen. Then something set pentlne flew into the air, and us It dropped perpendicularly wo saw dan gling fropi a coil of rope what looked like a small fish net. Down eauie the cable until it touched the earth at out feet, and the net proved to be a large-sized rope bag which opened and spread out Ua.t on the ground. "(Hie at ? time we were. Invited to step Into tbe middle of this net. and aqua I Turk-fashion. The edges were ?gathered together onto u large Iron hook, h slioui was gi\en and the uet soared upward, while Its occupant fell somewhat like nn orange at the ffot torn of a market woman's bag. "The asceiit takes Just three inln utes. Occasionally the openwork ele vntor swings Into the rock with h bump, but the monks >n the top wind the windlass slowly, rnd the humping doe* not hurl, ami as n compensation the view grows more beautiful ever\ second. At last ilie lop was reached." A MUSICAL ADVENTURE FOR AMERICA New spapcr di>patche> state that llicn* is a plan al'ool to have a na tional carillon at Washington. 1>. C.. as a tribute to i !??* soldier dead. Contact with the nn-n and women of Flanders li?>* directed. American at f cm ion ??? ?i?e kind of music, vital in the national lives of these people,, which cannot even be heard in this country,, A carillon Is made up of a set of lower hells attuned to the intervals of the chromntic scale, usually cover ing a range of -four ocluve*. To attain such ? a range the hell producing the i lowest note must wulgh several tons, j while the .smallest weighs scarcely I went \ pmimts. ,'rin* Nells are conuect ed to a keyboard ? ?r to a clockwork mechanism which causes their clap- ! pers to strike. j Producing mu*?r from ihe hells re- I quires great skill and dexterity on the parr of the beiUoaster, for he must use his feet for the larger hells, and the muscles of hoth his wrist :md elbow arc brought Into play in producing the tremolaudo effect usually given. a tine carillon Is not the remit of a chance molding of metal but its mak ing is jis much an achievement wrought by a wis#* roinbinat ion of excellent ma terial and deep thought us a Strode varlus. l.o\ers of carillon mush- com part; the t itiics to thosr of n pianoforte in delicacy and to. an organ in majesty. When touched by l lie hand of a master like r>en>n. "he wizard of .Malines, the ruiikii seem s in ? nine veritably Jrom the heaven* and 10 settle in pea??? and ! benediction over the Mtrrevinding coun try hroui the even rims uf red top[>ed j roof* and the trees of the sut rounding ! level spfl> e- :ii Mji lines 1 1 1 r- immense Mat-topped <;<iihi< spire of Si. Horn- ? bauld once .n.is?- i'|ie . ;i i h'-dral dated from the i hirteent It ??ntui* .md has for hundreds of nr> been Unoun the world over :??r ' h?* r < i?ia rU Me silver) ? 1 1 1 ' i I i t \ ot t- III lis S?* tli'i- h iilteiitloii had iiecn u * ? n n I'HiMii; t: ilw best i.; i:- km?! !?;?' it* m.-ikers mniied u r.'!?.it:i ' !ni ^ . i.<< In- ,, , f< t>pr:i !ne ' 1 1 ? ? In ?i ? * ? i ? t 'i ? ?? t.. i.. Mud I C ? " .1 ..|,? ;i_ i !? ' I '' ? ' - - ? . i . -? i to . i 4 . | ? i ? 1 1 > . . e ?,???' I l|g ! . i ? ' i ' ? n ' ' . - i,.. t i,|, ,i . ' i ? - * . . > With 1 1 v ? ._???? ? ?? ? v> ?? '"he: ' ? . 1 tllll (? , ...| I , lll.'il . ? i ? ? ? ? ? ? . ? I l| .. I e . . it 1 ' i ? V ? ' ? he't > ? " ? ' , I | V. (| .i . _ i. ' o a ? -I i t; . i , . . . t ?- ? i. ? 1 1: . tl - - ? t 1 ' I - i w ? !i . .:nc i . " - < : * b ? h ? |... .....'1.I..S y .... | . l.-?| T! i o ' 1 f Vnr? ? ' ; .??>?, , | r r ? i t i - . , -i I :imiI'". ?!*'? tl\e It ! . i, ?Hlft that '.-or. : I ?? laMwMha i?r\er < u a clear neuntng l'JC, <-ardb?tis cfujj?| ?een. | Determined if to |>ut a ?top l?? Hit* i?i ?*?*( !??**, more or lea* eouiuwm ???' (Irinkliitf oxtraWK and jmhuil imuii , rim's i\h l?e vera tfe>v the town council 'of York htifl reeoiitj/ jh)88C*! h 11 ordl iuili? <? piolilhil liiu llie sulr o( an\ i I lt< voiag<> having an alcoholic oont^ut . . ' ? v*\ " , ' ? v ' -V ?" -v of more than 1 intr wnl without ?? , l . I I . .I-.... .-<Vv, . hi /, ? .?'?-v. .. -; quiring Hu> juuflutM-r la kIko a trill limit' to t lie vtfiu't that mich iirttcto i> no! lo Ik' iimmI us u iH'v^rUKO. Acs (Or?ll?K !?? ih>IUh? official ovkloiKH* leomo to thorn ever; .lay, t?t of pat?>pt niHIictnos And ^ I boveratt*'* *rul mo** 0' tv |U(|| drunk* brought into mayor1* ,<>u n J found <" Urlnklug eltW tech3 p.tuut uaeUlelnw*, Ihey 1 ^?.vilXfCC If ij on don't like N R A Cartridges your dealer will refund your 1*1- * neceb? 'U> pl\? mm Money-Back Cartridges You will never need to use the money-back guarantee that goes with U. S. .22 N. R. A. Long Rifle JLesmok Cartridges as with all other U. S. Ammunition. But the giving of this guarantee ? the broadest ever mace on* am munition ? satisfies you that we stand back of every box of car tridges we sell. For speed, accuracy, and punch, the .22 N. R. A.yis a revelation to users of rim fire cartridges ? but. your money back if you say so. ae For all make/ of firearms Our unlimited money-back guarantee is based upon our certain knowledge that U. S. Ammunition is accurate and uniform. l U. S. Cartridge Company, New York, Manufacturer* Come in and get a copy of the U. S. Game Law Book?Free BURNS & BARRETT, Camden, S. C MACKEY MERCANTILE CO., Camden, S. C. f The Facts of the Telephone Situation in South Carolina By J. Epps Brown, President. , Jk ??? SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY Other Increased Costs of Operation Coincident with the increase in the coat of labor. an shown In tha Company's telephone material and equipment has steadily Increased. The advance In telephone material prices is shown by tha following partial list telephone plant: wage bill Iba colt oil of the principal unttt d( Pol# 1914 5.70 10, ?6 28.79 4S.90 1 JO ft Class C Cheat out 1 30 ft. Class CP Pole 1 Pet. Mi. No. 12 Iron Wtra 1 Cel. Mi. No. 12 Copper Wlra 1000 ft. 1UO PI. 22 Ga. Aarial Cable 389.30 1000 ft 600 pr. 21 (la. U. G. Cable H49.44 100 ft. 4 duct dingle Clay Conduit installed under Asphalt Pavement ... J9I.8I 1 subscriber s Drop installed .. ? 1 subscriber's Station installed wall *et 13.90 1 subai nber's Station installed desk eet 15.41 1 section No. 1 subscriber's Switchboard installed 7430.00 1 section No. 1 Toll Switchboard installed 1994.00 Buildings p?r cubic foot ? ? 1920 lt.fO 19.00 70.? 1C0.00 697.44 1,791* 128 41 7.00 19.10 lift 17,140.00 5,240.00 .60 Pari of to* lit I M ? $ #? 111 114 II Toda\ ilie average price of nil plant ma ter. al is iiuwe than 97 per cpn> higher than In 1911 There i< no present indication that these prices will be lower The combined effect of ;h<* increase in its wa*;. hill, and t h<> prices of material, means that it costs the Company nioi< than $200 to c<>n#ruct. maintain and operate the same amount of plant that formerly com $100 The coat of construction concern.- the own er- <>f the pr< perty. beins nairi for out of the cad'aj a?<ouni of the Company The ??????< i ? f replacement of the present T'inn * ? f.ncernfi the owners * >f the property, being pi d for ou' of the replacement re ffrr-yr fiir.d ,)!:<? all of this fund wa- created npon ,i tj;: of pre war co?t* Present-day cd- * . r inadequate *o 'haf It must Le r . ? i ; ?*d by n?'v capital when re ' '*n) 8 o ( g arw made at pre?ent day co?ta. * nf * n? ???1 ?r currant maintenance hIJ P * conc?rm the telephone nr tu an PXpen8e of operation, paid for out , . 0 ?*rnJni:8 of the Company at current materlai coata. Annua} contributions to the replacement 11 n' '()r 1 ke. Plnnt constructed today and to morrow, concerns the telephone user, beta* .. a?> expense of operation, paid for out of the arnlngf of tli? Company; based upon the coata of labor and material when the plant - constructed. The proaa earnings of the Company muit^ ? ?Wflclept for tho daily, current operation and maintenance of the plant, and to create ?? aderjua tit replacement fund to replace <&? '? I"*'" ar tl)f%ind of Its service life. 7 can efficient and conll#* uoua servloo tye uad by the public, or tb? Prof?/?rty of U^lownen* be protevtpd. The next advertisement will tell you why and what you cJi?n aervice for the immediate futui do to ln?ur* R<~! 1