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LOWER CALIFORNIA <V?ininu.ni? ittoii makes THt civiltia tlon. The airplane promises to ipuke ucciv^tiile many hitherto obscure re glons. mhi along inuln line* of m<-r or ru thvay tra\el. For 'example, the avrn^i1 American im?l Utile reason heretofore to iu? lo Uwor California. Recently, however, this peninsula has l??M?n the resting place for airplanes In #1 Ik>? ik from the Faclllc coast of llu* rolled Slates lo the Fnnama ('Him!. Frederick Slmplch writes lo (he Nu 1 1on a I (<eoi(rnphic society hh follows: "The long, hoot-shaped peninsula thai swings down ?>rr the left-hand cor ner of l hi* United States belongs to Mexico and Is known on Mexican limp* mm 'Baja.' or l.iiwcr California. Karly Spanish maps of Auirrlca showed Cal ifornia as an Island. dii?\ no doubt, to limited explorations of this penln aula. ' "S< n.nllJy khuwn :is It Is to tin' av erage American, this 8(K) lulle-lortH atrip (if rocks, peaks, hrnsh grown mesas, and rare, fertile little valleys Ik a. favorite haunt for .many Yankee naturalists, fishermen, and big-game hunters; and here and there, in the mere- favored, welhwaterod, grassy spots of the higher ranges, hardy Amerivnn cattlemen, have built their adobe home*, where they enjoy the limitless freedom of vast imfeneed aretis. The Circle Bar company of Ojos Negro* Ranch rum* cattle Over a leaned territory of two and a half mil lion a crux, and a British corporation holds title lo something Wkc fifteen million a?-res. "Away down at peaceful, picturesque lA Fa/., where Cortex repaired Ills j iM'booners and where, centuries later, Walker, the Yankee filibuster, raised hit flag, another Yankee today runs ? busy little tannery, turning out 000 ?Ideg of ?ood leather every day, for an Americtn shoe fictorf. Here and there, In bill and valley, Americans , are delving for metal* or growing the vtapla frljole, "But the country-** a whole, owing t? It* manj desert, waterless areas. ! I* but ?p%r?ely settled, and. ?? one i writer *?#*," 4In *11 Its turbulent, ro mantle history, since the h nicy on days when Sir Francis Drake dropped his pirate anchor In Magdalena Bay, no wheeled vehicle be* traversed its rough ??nd tortuous length/ "Rich as are Its mine* ami fat mr are Its bonis of cattle. Its chief aource of wealth lies In the cotton growing regions around Mexican. "At the Colorado delta, at the head of the CJulf of California, which sep arates the -Lower ?California peninsula from Sonora, more than at any other point on the whole bonier, the Interests of the United Slates and of .Mexico are closely .joined-. This is due to the singular topography ??f that region <part of it Is below sea-level) slid to the diversion of water from the -Oolorado river. In the opinion of many irrigation engineers and political stu dents. ibis peculiarly delicate problem of Irrigation and water rights, as be tween planters on the American and Mexican sides of 4 he line, respective ily, can be solved sat isfactorlly only :?ry some Joint treaty between t.he two republic*, involving either the flxlmr of n neutral /.one or the of h KTitall strip of territory." "V .WILL ELEPHANTS GO THE WAY OF BUFFALOES? "Will the African elephants aoon hn*e lo be protected as are buffaloes Jn the United States. le-st ihej become ex Unct ? The peaceful progress of farming la i fi menace which the elephant faces. Already the South African ('ape 4-ouncil has decided to exterminate the elephants becau?" thev despoil crops and sometimes kill n irt- 1 ? >?tl r it f?t I l? horers. j Sir Harry Johnston famous African ? nut horlt > . i flit* of his experience with ' African elephants In a communication ; t<? the National tJeoKiaphlc soelply "If, after uiuiiv \ears of trial*. the African elephant !s pronounced to he hopelesa as a domestic nntmal f m ?m! It should be rememhei ed thai most male African elephants In captivity ha\e shown ihemsdvea to he hoplenn* ( ly sava^O then ?if !ea??t for lis mntf j ulticent i*oiy i he ? reature is worth , preserviuj? an an as><et to the >tale. If the Indian elephant shows himself to he more docile than t he African I 'elephant. II in M st he remembered: on ? the other hand, that lie is nf very lit tie value for his Ivorv 1 "t)ne dny n hah v oleph.m' was pre- ' wented to me hv an fpnnda 'hie* M lis a sad thhiK to relate l< 'hr?-e tm-n ?were killer! in arrrmptitiir 'o . .?p*ure 1 flrM elephant I had expre??ed n wish one day for -??nie elephants t?? experiment With In ? Imo-M i? a I ?on i and the natives, wirli their usual de I fdre fo ple>t?e me, wer?* so ard?*><' In I iheir <i? iernitn?;Jno t*? ?rniif> my wi.sh t and so ?leUfjnlned in ihelf purwo.t of : , i he jounc ej^phnnt ih^t ihe mother j .^IrpJiont knocked over and "Willed three uf <?*en>. Hut Anally thev ntjeeeeeded in their icci . capturing the calf, and to my irr?-at surprise It troi'o'l Into ?3i nm b*hln?i on# of the men. I " ' ? * ? -v. j "This little 'restore wan at (ha time only tour feet high la (wo day* It bad become perfectly tame, and would follow w human being an readily an hta own mother. 1( w uh easy enough to film v\ 1 1 1 1 milk, because nil that w un required wan a initio with a Iqm^ neck. This bottle wan filled with cow^t j milk ?li I it t ?m i with water* and poured j j down the elephant'* throat. Soon all j that one had to do wan to place the neck <?f Ihe bottle in ihe elephant's mouth, and (he, Intelligent creature wound iu trunk around 1 1??? neck of th u- bottle, tutt.il ii up, uud absorbed , the contents... For several weeks the I eloph0n( throve and ht-cume a mom I .dcltgh t fill |??it . It WOUld ?!!??? ?in> <?11. i<> Hilt* on us hack, and seemed to tit.lio [iliMiiiire and iituuaenieiii In this exercise. It wouhl find 1 1 h way through diverse passages Into my sit ting room, not upsetting <?>? Injuilpg tiny thing, hut deftly smelling and ex amining objects of curiosity with its trunk. & ,<?, "?At the Maine time we had lo catv (ivliy a young fccbre? which was also i the pioneer of a domesticated i. atrip## horse. These (wo orphans, the elephant and the zebra, became great ly attached (o each other, though per haps there watt more enthusiastic af fection on ihe part of (he elephant, the zebra. a( times, getting a Utile bored wl(h const ant embrace#, Alas apd ultt' k ! both elephaut and /.ebru died eventually from the un whole* koiiipiii'ss, to them, of cow's milk." MALMEDY: WALLOON ISLE RELINQUISHED BY | PRUSSIA In patching together the pictui e ptiR zle of Knropcan -nations to fit more nearly racial and historical units the peace conference commission on Bel* gian claims approved Belgium'# de mand for Malraedy. i Malinedy l<mg formed one of those alien racial clusters thai seem to cling like barnacles to many a European boundary line. In (he case of Maluicdy and the | region about (hat town, a group or, ! Walloons was left in ftbejilsh 1'rus I sta when (he hlstc 1c Benedictine Ab i bey of Stavelot-Malmedy was cot In two iu 181 ft. Malmedy fell lo Prus sia, while six miles to (he wes(, across (he pre war Belgian border, 1* Stave lot. TJie latter town was the scat of the febbt? which warn iudopondent until ttoe LxjDavlllc peaoa of 1801. The ab I bey fall to France nntll Its partition 14 years later. Tin abbey waa found ad In the Seventh century am] later ita abbots ranked aa prince*. 7%&y raled many small villages along the Amblffve, on which ataveiot (a aftu Hted, aud nlong the Wan'hf which flow a through Maitnedy. Charles Mattel, grandfather of Char lemagne, who ruled the Franks wfclle he let rlieir kings reign on. won a de cisive victory over \'eu?uria at Slave j lot 1 1?< m ? years ag??. liuedy lies in a pretty valley of ! the afore mentioned river. 1'0 miles j xioith of Alx-)a-('hapelle. The to?Hn j had les* than r?,0(M) population before ' 'b?? war. Dyeing, paper-making and ; l aniline, wen* lis "Industrie*'. The term Walloon is used fo dcslg nate those Belgian* who speak either h rein h or a French <llalcct. The Wnl loons of Belgium desired Maitnedy's restoration for llugual as well us for sentimental reasons. In Liege and Na iiiur a movement for the. revival of Wal loon as a literary iHngnnge -for it had been so used until about (he Hf(een(h century ? was well under way when the I war began. In the midst of (lerman ! s|?eaklug neighbors Malruedy and Its | environs preserved the old Walloon ? dialect, whereas among many Belgian' 1 Walloon* it lias been supplanted by i pur** French. THE STRAITS OF MESSINA Hel weeti I be rocky musses of Sicily h ml the "toe" of the Italian penin sula. there In but a narrow lane of *?en. known :? ? the- ftralts .of Measina. Yet thl* ribbon of WHter might hrt ocean-wide. .Indeed by the divert* civ ilizations of Italy nnd Its Island neigh bor. . The Sicilian ami IiaJlau ImnkH, which border the Straits of Mca*lua for near ly ? miles to the east and west, are among the most iuturlant to be found In a cruise of the Mediterranean Mag nificent golden groves of lemon and orange and orchards of pomegranate, \wlfh their brilliant red fnilt. contrast wonderfully with the (l.inrri of the almond trees which perfume the \* hole region. The m rails are entered from the Tyrrhenian sea. on the north, at the narrowest point, 'lie distance between I'wnta del Faro <>n rhe Hhillan shore and the mainland lighthouse on I'untn ' I'eTzo being not more than two mllon ?'i"hc <?? (Tie Culahriaji < ?>asf la thfcklV ?own with villages, some cling j In# to the besfh. while other* clamber ? UP tl>e side-' of 'liO well-wooded 'hills which culminate in the towering Mont alto, rising to an elevation >?f more j than a mile above 'he sea liej ond ! the Straits 10 'he southwe*'. looms j ever threatening K'na. the h'/tie?t vol i-nno in Ki:rop? The tno^i impmiitn! ? ?!(% ^ i : ti a t ?^d on the strsilts is thfc nnve magnificent teapot t of Me?slna. w h!< h t ?<-?? *? r l h j pOp urn tlofi <?* i ii !in in i a n t s hf* j f?re "the worlds most . ruel ?*nrth- : qnakc" of l>eve;ji her. J*. IviO* ;ov.sed ! nearly H hundred thousand li\<-s away j The harbor of Meislna is the larg- | est snd safent In the kingdom of It | alj. with A depth of more than ?'U) ? faLhufott Before the great calamity if I was visited n nnually by more than i 5.000 retftta Tjblch broufht rarg*M ) ft wh.nl wooj and Imrdwan ; nd look a? mv la excluinge !?*inon- | ' ? ranges^ almonds ?incs ..live oil ant i | Mllkm. Homer <)ul oof nuoi tl ? definite hai ' ^Mutton, 'tar hi* terrible ' aea-creatun , Key Ha and Charyhdla. but mariner* : familiar *v' Ithrtfcc i?erll* of tht* roci* on i lie ftuHuii side of the atralt* ami nit]| the strong ?'(Mies near tlx* llttt bur of Mcstdna. mhw In ih*4 mythical monsters no r\ pi.i u;i I lop of siu'h dtll.? ;rers. Xrylia wits ||)ppose<i to b? ? horrible creature with six head* and a do/to i.t i, who barked like a dog She dwelt In a lofty cave from which alio rushed w^niftvf ? ship triad tu pass beneath. ami she would tfUitch Ills unlucky .st'uiui M from ibe iigglnu or ax they stood at the helm endeav oring to f tilde their vesarla through the perilous passage. Oiarybdls dwelt under a rock only a bowshot away, on the opposite shore. The second creature sucked In and hlew out ?et water three times a dpy, and woe to the ship caught In the maelstrom of Ita mouth! NEW REBELLION IN GARDEN OF EDEN "Mesopotamia. Upjwr and Lower, vies with Kgypt In claiming the honor of being the home of ancient civilisa tion," artys a bulletin of* the National (Jeographic sociefj? quoting fr<?m sev eral communications concerning the ! laud of Adam and Eve where the British recently sent more troops fs cause of native uprisings. 1 . "Mesopotamia comprises the valley g of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Here flourished the Chaldean, Baby lonian, and Assyrian empires. The city of Bingdud, with all Its glamor of myatery and magic, In in the heart of Mesopotamia. "This was the richest land in the | world, the granary of .the ancients; yet, In Spile of nil that it has been. It today lies largely waste. the desert sands have encroached upon the fer tile fields while the clogged vauals have turned other portions ' into swamps h n<i marshes. "What population there Is ? not more than one million? Is of Arab' origin and the Arshic language is spoken throughout. There is. lu fact, a very dlatlnct dividing line between the Arab ic and the Turkish speaking por'ions of the former Ottoman empire. This boundary corresponds with the line of the Bagdad railway from the Medi terranean to the Persian Oulf. It is for the exploitation of this rich' land of Mesopotamia ihai the famous Bag dad Hue ?n bull(. "Syria cloaca 1 lie east end of the Mediterranean and Is hounded on the j north by the Taurus mountains. The ! Syrian and Arabian deserts limit fur ; thar settlement th the east and south. But in connection e?jih world com in the Date Garden* of Bagdad. meri'9 it (Syria) ha? always been closely related to 'the fertile ralleya of the Nile and the twin Mesopotamia!! rlvera, and its commercial life of to morrow cannot be divorced from that of Mesopotamia. "Meaopota inia is as fertile today an when It was the birthplace of tinman history and when the elriliza t loo that developed there had only tha NIW valley as a competitive field. "Various factors delayed the inevit able reopening of the historic trade ronte across Syria and Mesopotamia In Aiodern times. ""Nowhere, however, did trade fol low the railway to a greater extent than along the Bagdad line, and <n the spring of 1914 A lepjxt was a thriving commercial renter of (Jerrnan trade. At the hotels engineers and merchants crowded the dining rooms and talked of a mighty future In Mesopotamia. That summer, war came. and the burn ing question of stylos was rapidly j succeeded by one of food enough to keep body and soul together. fifty miles west of Bagdad. along the Kupbrafe*, lie* ihe region now commonly regarded as' the Cardcn of i Kden To Irrigate' this Kdeti .uid fto rccfaliu millions uf fertile a? res around Bagdad via* the stupendous task to I which :li?* Turkish irovnrnment ad dressed itself "At Mt;s?ayrh on the l'ti|ihrates, a pre u?r Mrtseler -aw l.tXK) Arabs digging like moles .n ihr Babylonian plain making a new channel for the r'wr In ' he dry bed of rbis artificial ? hauucl .in I'lluimuil.H dam was' built. a. " Whu< loo Inez/a r's \a*t irrigation system wbi?h ome watered all Bnby lop:* ? an 'till be easily traced for mites mImmi? Ha^dftti. "ne giatit canal, the \.<ra\\n runs patailel with the Tigris for nearly miles ; it I* .'V?0 fe?-r u ?(!.'. nnd all about It the take off mm?1 laterals may *UH he hknitifled. 1 i i-i mjwt p . umI<| be found a 'forest of verdure rfonj ?nd to end' when h? ?!?? Ited Mesopotamia.*' Letters From The People TIIK DISARMAMENT UKKTINti I ? ? r " j lu inviting lb? Uatlon* uf Mif < Willi \ to meet to see if some agreement j could not Ik> made to stop this vast | expenditure of mot icy in naval mill j tcrsi was a wise step on the part of the I'resMcut and if carried out will i Ui rgcly ensure the |>eace of the world. tun it now looks a- if a scheme Is j on foot to net the United St a tea to I liive the Allied nations the vast debt they are due this country. The Amer lean peofde passed on the question ; hust fall that they desired no allied ? MStmelrtHow of nations such as Mr, NVMI .son wanted them to d?y, ami if the Itepnblieau party donates to the Kuro l>ean people what tltvy are due this country In the face of the vote of hod year they will he swept out of exist enee in the next election. The Ameri can nation is like a sleeping lion bother* no one utiles!* molested ^njust j ly ? theu the fury is great and the ' opposing nation will he whipped just as all who ever molested this country not. The huUdjhg of warships no doubt will he largely. a thing of the j pitst, for navy fights will largely he j of the air. Ho it Is useless' to coutinue to build vast warehtps when they can so easily he destroyed hy bombs from airships. An agreement to .stop build ing warships and devote the money in building them to the paying of debt'* and make Internal improvements would he wise to any country. This agreement could be easily entered in to without any other obligation. If things go on as they are ho\V the world or nations will destroy them selves in future fights. The good peo pie of the world should exert them selves in each country to bring about a better spirit and frown on that which would endanger the peace of the world. This can 1h? done without entering into a Lwtgue of Nations of the Wilson kind. .1. K. I>ul're. Keinbert. S. t'., October HI. Wife Killer Released. Columbia, Oct. 24.? Tom Har rison. the tJreenville man recently convicted of killing his wife and sen tenced to fifteen years in the state penitentiary, was todviy admitted to hail by the supreme court, pending his appeal. The amount of bis bond was fixed at ten thousand dollars. Har rison was In the court room. The court ordered that he be taken back fo Greenville to execute the bond. j Quite a sensation was created at the! spring exhibition at the British Royal ! Academy, when Mtes Bileen Soper, aged 15 years, exhibited two etchings of children that were accepted before the judges were aware of her age. She has never been to a real art class. THE WORTH OF YOUR CAR i' ? - ?. %V-j33 ? , What would it be worth if it looked like a new one? A coat of paint may be the only necessary thing to raise the value of your car many times the cost of the job A new coat of paint is the greatest preventive of depreciation known today ? especially is this true of automobiles. <? Keep the value of your car up where it properly belongs by protecting the exposed surfaces. Money invested in painting and trimming is well invest* ed. ' v Th^re isn't a more modern or complete automobile paint and trim shop in the South than we maintain right here in Columbia. Some day while in Columbia take ? look into our plant ? then you will know why a Gibbet job is the standard in South Carolina. "EVERY JOB IS GUARANTEED" Gibbes Machinery Co. Columbia. S. C. DISTRIBUTORS r Packard - Paige - . and - Durant Cars Statistics .show <that the average American woman is five fpet, four inches in height. A At tixe age. of eigfcty, Miss Marie Redding is considered as the (loan ?f ? 5._ i__" , J AtJunta'.s business women. '? rr^-nr- ; r.T.-i .sS'3 K. of Ladies and Mens Ready-to-Wear Apparel Starting Saturday, October 29th, 1921 AND LASTING FOR TEN DAYS ?% 2S' a*:,,hFf 'F Sr'""?! S&" ?? know that you will buv All ik~.' ??T?P e Qu?l'ty, Styles and Prices and we y buy- A" ,he*e go<>ds are new this seasons style, and materials. Ladies all wool suits. Val ues $25.00 to $30.00, for only $1*9.75 ladies coats, values up to $15.00, only $9.75 Ladies dresses, values up to $20.00, only . $11.75 Ladies fine quality Trico tine suits, value $:$5.00 to $40.00, only $23.75 Ladies coats, value $20.00 to $25.00. only $16.75 L a d i e s dresses, values $20.00 to $25.00. to be sold for only .... $14.75 Ladies suits, made out of Tricotine and Velour, val ues $^2.50 to $50.00, our price only $28.75 Ladies coats values $30.00 to $35.00, only $21.75 Ladies dresses, values up to $35.00, only $19.75 Ladies coats, values up to $50.00. only $25.00 Ladies dresses, values up to $40.00, only .. $23.75 Sweaters for Ladies and Children at special low prices for this sale. Extra nice line of Over coats. values $25.00 to $30.00. special price for this sale . $17.45 Rig line of Young Mens suits, value $20.00 special sale price .. $14.75 Handsome Overcoats, val ues $35.00 to $40.00, spe cial price $22.75 Big line of Overcoats, val ues $18.00 to $20.00, spe cial price $12.48 Children^ coats in this sale from $2.98 to $10.00 Kxtra fine Boys suits, val ue $10.00, for this sale, only $7.48 Mens suits in pretty pat terns, values $25.00 to $35.00, our price .. $18.75 Big line in Boys suits, val ue $7.50, special .... $4.98 Our line of boys suits reg ular $15.00 value, special price $9.98 All of our pretty $40.00 suits, special for this sale, only $29.75 EVERYTHING ELSE IN OUR STORE WILL BE REDUCED ACCORDINGLY. ASK FOR PRICES AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY 3 Wolfe-Eichel Company