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"OLD SDL" ENDS 1 HIS HEAT STRIKE Doctor Abbott of Smithsonian Institution Says Sun is Again Back to Normal VVuhfn^t'Ui The ^tsri * strike la endto. 'The "fct'l'ftr vara Hon." In *hf<h the nun failed to provide the normal quantity of h??t to vhe e?r-th 1* now definitely over and whatever 1* the mutter with thr ?eather :* 0< t due to the "strike," ?ltlch wan blamed tor freaky condition* of niany months. Kn-ling of the ?uo strike wiia an aouoced recently by I >r c. (i, Abbott, ?*trof>byald?t of the Smithsonian In stitution Abb.. it startled the lay and aden Hflr world In the summer of 1 $22 with ad announcement that the aun waa on a atrlk?? that it waa supplying tb?* earth with 4 per cent leaa hiNit than normal. He suggested that the freak tub weather then being ex perl eared might be due to this condition. Sunspou Coma Back. From the day he enunciated hi* novel views, he was plagued by a horde of amuteur meteorologists, who insisted that he be more specific. Now that 1 1 h strike ha* ended, the aun I* nMinufacturliiu Its uifcual quantity of K?tlK|>Ot?. ? In fore*, wearing long rang*- weather predict I on a. Abbott baa Joined the rent ??f government scientists who study the weather. They all atate that a 4H-hour prediction Is the maximum they can rink their reputations on. No real authority in Washington will tin on record on?* way or another that t4w? coming winter will be harsh or aatld. * ? In aeeklng some competent vlewa on ibla coming winter's nature, however, Hcnl Inveatlgators have loeated Uncle Muirlle Trlvett, weather sage of the mountain* back of Bristol, Va. Uncle CViarlle predicts a long, hard winter t*T the aouthern and e?atern part* of the cured State*. ? I^na of Hard Wintar, lie bases his view on the following observations : Squirrels hare stored away mora not* than usual. Tfce bark of treea la thicker. Hornhuaka are more sturdy. Insect a are digging their hole* la the gronnd weeka earttor than usual. Migratory birds, anch aa wild geese sod dueka. are winging their way Mouth about a month ahead of sched ule. Fur hearing animals hare much heavier coata this year than usual Mad are digging their dens deeper iafc> the ground. Capital School Children Not Posted on History Washington. ? School children of the capital wprf recently shown astonish Ingly ignorant of snllvnt points In American history. Completion of the tabulation of replies from 1.170 pupfls of lh<* seventh and eighth grade classes disclosed that only M.'j per cent knew Abraham Lincoln wax the author of the emancipation proelnmn t Ion. The acts of Jefferson cud Admiral I>ewey were best known, tt?> per rent giving the correct answers for ffcese two. The total lint of names and the number* of pupils ahle to designate their places in history, follow : Jefferson. (kr> per (Sent; i>ewey, tl.V per cent ; Itopsevelt, fW.4 per cent ; Lincoln, ."?4l 'J per cent; Perry, M.4 per cent ; (Jrant. 40.,r> per cent ; .7ncks<>n, ?to per ( cut : HoiiHton. .t,S (J per cent; linmllton. .11.7 per cent; Meade, |K*r cent , I >ougla.s, J4. 1 per cent; I >?^ eatur, *J.'t.4 per cent ; (Jreene. L'l.'J per ' cut ; Taylor, Hi.N per ?t?nt Aged Elopers Afraid of Their Own Children ( uinheriand. Md William Henry M?*< Mella n seventy five, widower, re tired tanner and Mrs. Sarah Alice Itlootii, Seventy, widow, both of Al toon. i. I'h were married here recently by Kc\. Howard L. Schlinke. pMMtor of 1 he l'ir.-t Methodist Protestant church I'.oth are Mont and each walked with ,? cane ??n account of . rheumst Uni When :r,ev : ??ke<l for the clerk'.* ofth e iliev wen- tirsf directed to the orphans' . ourt. iu . t w?ts inspected they wanted ? o file t liclr wills While the groom t<> he was answer ing the variouH ? ) n ? at !.???>? asked appll ? ?untK hi* companion smiled from he neath her bonnet *n<l over her glasses at him Aft<r getting the h.imir ? ! ??>? asked that no children he g'vet, oe hum' 'heir children and gra nd? ! 'idren n Altoorja would !iki i\ *c-? , is < ' ^ Clown Finds Wife Ran Away Cedar Kftpidst. la l.ife I ? | i,ot*il i )<>k< it. Sam It.nlev . ? ircii*- clown, of this < ' iwii wars I .? sloped >?!th m :. "'een \e.ir old t,irl ..ml itmr ??!ed I ? I I ?? w.i.s arrested. hnwewr h n't ? After :: fk-w months. vn;.i r,i:i \ ,'t Uecei.f > lo- wm* >'h|i ttJTed . i. . -> : ? I )U k (?> ja;' W hen h e ?eg* 1 r>- I ?' .\er>' | ),.?* wife h?V" ; ' ' ' ? ' | /a ? j,,! (?'. >pei| * ! ? h n Mj' 3 sccvered II ' . . . : . . i : t . -. . . ? y r*f '? :< r - '!'??! ? : ? k h.t * b?-? ? ? \| ,ick .r.iior ' s !.,i rhor < |o?o- ; i ? , ' n; e I'.ret' r. J he value 'or Aie ? a purptiae# .? h.gfi Marl ;* to I .- found in ?ection? where l!uic and g v p? mi <b-pos: ' s are a lln-vnt and It* crop ?<. ?? ? rafne qunll'to In hearj )?nd hi* t .???rr ? ndotis SAY ASBESTOS IS AS OLD AS i:aR rn Strange Mineral Is Soft ai Wool and Hard a& Steel . Although on it seeing tmglie CUOligb lu Uitil IU lilt tit'Hl of the llitntl, w;il oiDt dI?M*olve c*vwu whttU ej posed t< i temperature of 1 ,'AK) sic grci'a K'ahrejihvll, il cnn be made Uuoi material a* hard a a .steel or u-i H<?fi ii.i the softest wool. A single st mud. of it cau be spuu su . iuie ii s iu weigh less than one ounc* for i-very hundred yards of it* length. A about It. train* could not move at moie Hum a snail's pace, comparative ly speaking. while workshop machinery j of uii kinds wi^uld bo Infinitely lea* ef-'j tlcleut . Theaters and cinemas "could : uot b? safeguarded from (be danger of tire. and the heating arrangements of hoteia uyd other public bulldlnga ! v*u9ldM)B far less complete. Not unlike molaatye* In appearance, it looks good enough to eat Its libera aro soft and feathery, yet In the mass It la as hard and aa unwieldy aa the 1 rock frotn which It ia obtained. Many people auppoae that aabeetos j la a manufactured article? -?n "luven- I lion" of recent times. Aa a matter of j fact, it wan known nt a very early pa ilod In hiatory, under the name of sAla- j mander. A Mogul emperor la said to have wiped hi* moustache on a aula mander handkerchief, while Charle magne once amazed Ida guests at a feast by throwing a salamander table- j cloth into the lire and plucking It out , again untouched by the flame*. Aabeatoa 1m quarried from the earth. \ like atone. Blasting operations are i carried on In deep pits. Into wfflch , men descend with amall hainrnera and dislodge the exposed mineral from the rocka. Where It la unexposed, the rock 1* sent to the surface and crushed j by machinery, which also extract* the fiber*. Fifty tons of rock yield one ton of asbestos. The best quality aa- j best os comes from Cauadai Scientists say that the mineral la 1 probably aa old aa the>arth Itself, and j that It waa formed aa a result of the terrific pressure that waa aet up by the j cooling of the earth'a crust. In the first days of steam locomotion tow waa uaed In ruendlng a high-pres sure pipe that had buret. Today aabea toa has taken lta place. The 00 milea an hour which some of our latest en dues attain, la due almost entirely to tho asbestos "vests" which cover the boilers, preventing, even the slightest leakage of beat or steam. If we had no aubatance like aabestoa. not only would our trains be unable to run at anything like their present Speeds, but our steamers would be al most useless, while motor cars would ? have no satisfactory brakes. Where i ever friction or leakage of bent has to ' be combated, asbestos la the only j really effective substance to counter- f net either dofect, and Its value to the j world Is certainly Incalculable. ? Lon don Tit-Hits. Our Toy Balloons Best America apparently has ^captured the balloon market of the world. Despite lively competition the little air craft made in America Is finding favor over the foreign article. The American | toy balloon Is proving the more serv- I Iceable ; it rises higher than any other ? and Is coifsldered rnflre durable. So ! conspicuous has been Its success that j the American consuls lu five different ? countries recently have made It the i subject of reports. Kurope formerly depended for Its . supply of toy balloons on England i and (ierriHuiy. Today balloons are exported from America In large quantl- j ties to all parts of F.urope, even to Germany. This export trade Is handl- [ capped by the difference In exchange, j but the American balloon Is bought not withsf andlng. In some cases a tariff Is <being discussed In order tn protect the home Industries. Had Lots of Company l.nwsnn Purdy, secretary ? ? f thf Charity < ?r^n nlzatlou society, said ir no nddrrs.s on charity work in New York : "Sometimes when I want to appeal to i: rich man fn r f">mc charity or other : [ pave the \\n_\ by telling lilui a Htory. "It's a story about a poor chap- ? a . regular down-nnd out, you know ? wlio railed one day at dinner time to see hii wealthy b .i ' ?] i ?'! or brother. His brother received hirn In the dining room, but ' didn't ask him tr> s:ny to dinner, am!, :ts tliry tnikrd the servant brought In' t beaut If ul fat roust duck. "The poor brother s mouth began t< ?vHtrr at sigt.t "f the superb bird, and 1 ?? said, meaningly : "''Are %" i t ? cat that 'bi< ;, .I'uni', lit'or^f ?'?Mi, no.' (Jeorge answered. 'Witt pen* l.id j>'tifoes and apple itko nnr! i,,r? t'liiii;* ' ' ? I.u.s Angelas T.nu't Turkish Capital .! . s mi.' ..f the furious Iron e* of ? jv'..n u, ' i '..nMantinoplp, t?> tlu j free w : i.f the Turks them.st-Iveb s , i . ,.| be the capital of t!a i;ir. Historians fuosidpi ?he ? !r re.rnrly quietly derided ? ,p.?r < r . \ t :n Import anre only t< ?' e ?' i ?? ! en ? '?>,.?fnntlnople dl? pin - e. 1 ?? vi'eji'lv *vben ? '< n , *?ai ' ' r-f. b;x ?. :?( <ll pltfll t tie re < t u |i.? w :i 5 'tie ins? rnuipart ' | . ?, . ? ' J 1 1 II ? . \ hen ,'he first ? - , tl.-r.-.l If Didn't Know < ?v \\ i wit cost to ha',. ?? \ i r i \ " ' < '? 'l U'lnf't t n>sfl> r v?l'> 'I ? "I dim tn?? 1 1 n r * " ?' 1 '* x t Curative Power s of iun for Various Disease* A correspondent wuutf ?y know abiili Uiiul of llgtit iKitl Wl.at ; ? -i l >?f the light ray urv capublr <>l curing j tubwcuiusi* Of bul>Bh uuU gland*, ticket* and aotoe other An Information accumulate*, it t/rcojue* plain thttt H^ti t whhh m dl* ; ?K lie huriAi To cite iiiii* trutiou, when light l* used in a certain way on hone (uhercoio*!*. curt- rc?uJt*. The name light. used In the mme way. oo a nisr of consumption witn (?vii dot* harm. In replying lo thla corre spondent Home of (be Inter discovered fact* about light a* a retuedy will he made available for, other reader* an wall. Wave* of light are measured in ml cromllllcron*. Never mind the term; U la bard to remember. Nsver mind the uieauing of the term; that la harder to remember. Let ua designate tba raya by the mlcrotalUlcorn number, calling thecn aimpia 800 raya or 400 raya, for eaasaple. Tba 210 raya ara beat to pre vent and cnre rlcfcet*. No ray longer than tba 824 la of eervlee la preventing rieketa. Tbe 802a and all shorter raya ara eflolent. Ordinary window glaaa Altera out all raya aborter tltajo tba 8}4s ; therefore, when a aun batb la takes lo light that haa paaaed through Sins no rickets prevention effect la Mr ?' The light from a carbon arc lamp for purpoaea of cure la nearer like aun light than any other. The vapor quarta light la fairly similar to suhllgbt, though It differ* In uome way*. About the shortest raya which reach the sur face of the earth from the aun are the 200. Therefore, on a clear, bright day with uo fog, cloud or smoke, the aun rsrya between 290 and 824 are curative. On a foggy day, or one In which tbe air Is filled With cloud*,, no ray* lea* than 324 roach the surface of the earth. While clothing keeps most of tbe 824 raya and shorter from reaching the skin It does not filter, out all of them. Black clothes remove. more than white ones. Experiments with clothing of different colors indicate that reda neu tralise soma of the good effects of the short raya. The last word In science may knock red underwear. Into ? cocked hat On the other hand, the last wan* tn science may prove that, .while wear ing red underwear may promote ridk eta. It inay cure some other disease.? Minneapolis Journal. Watchful Waiting "I think that children are not as 06 ?arring a* tbey should be," ?a!d the in spector to the teacher. "I hadn't noticed It," replied the teacher. "Well, I'll prove It to you," and, turning to the cla**, the Inspector said : "Some one Rive me a number." "Thirty-seven," paid a little hoy, eagerly. The Inspector wrote 73 on the hoard, and nothing was said. "Will some one else give me a num. her?" "Fifty-two," said another lad. The Inspector wrote down 25 on the hoard and arolled at the teacher. He called for another, number and Jack called out : "Seventy- seven. Now see If you can change that." Plane in Lighthouse Work The United States llghthouee serv ice has Just found the airplane a present help In time of trouble. It was recently decided that. In the cause of belter navigation, a beacon ahould be placed ou Kaulu rock, the top of an old crater, which juts out of tbe ocean about twenty miles from the island of Nllhau, Ilawall. The rock presented sheer cliffs on all sides ?and wriB surrounded by open sens ao tiiat nobody could land on It to locate the best place for the light. Naval aviators in a seaplane, however, flew over the rock and took photographs which will enable the lighthouse ex perts to determine tbe best place to attempt a landing and pi nee tbe bea con. New Alloy for Tool Steel It wr* during the unr that there \?as discovered in 1-^ngland a new al loy for tool steel. The shortage ot tungsten, It f?pi>enr8. caused the man ufacturers to seek a substitute. The np-to-date steel in a Sheffield product, high In chrome and cobalt. It comes to this country in pig*- A llriu here melts the pigs and casts the metal In the form desired. In molds that allow ft>r shrinkage, at !n the caie of soft rteel. The customer then machine* the tool ? to th? dimensions that he desires. 'Hie alloy comes In blanking, drawing and forming dies, hot and cold trimmers for forge work, milling cutters, counter sinkers, slotting mwi and bending rolls. Traces Ship's Course Disaster* UKe (hat which befell tli e American destroyer squadron on the Pacific cnp.?! re<*entiy will be made Im possible. It is averted. by a new coarse tracer, called the nantitfrsph, Invented by I. lent Alfred Haul*. of the French navy. The Instrument i* *aid to indicate instantly, without need for any calcu lation, fho i"og1Mon ?>f the ship on thf '-harf, the possible error not er< eed In; one-flfteer.-hundredfh < f n degree I.ieuter.nnt Hanlf has n:*> Invented n device which record* the ship'# speed, much as n speedometer dc** <->n sii automobile. This has Neer H iIa br the French nary. What Mississippi Carries If si: the material carried by th? Mississippi rlvpr to the ifolf in one year were placed on one square mils U ttuJil be oearij 270 fe*? t hi?,h. MANY DB8CKNDANT8 Clinton Man Ha* Twenty-Five Chil dren and 81 Grandchildren. Special to Greenville News: Clinton, April 26. ? Twenty-five children, till living and enjoying good health; eighty-one grandchildren and g? ? at -grandchildren, and he himself hale and hearty at eighty-one years of age, in a distinguished .service record in the cause of Anglo-Saxon supremacy of which Malachi Peavy of this city boasts. Mr. lYavy was bom in Marlboro County, on September 10, 1843, en listed in Company I), 3rd South Caro lina Battalion under Captain Z. J. Drake, and served until the surren der at Appomattox, and he proudly displayed his discharge paper to a representative who called on him Fri day. Mr. Peavy married immediately after his return from the army at, eighteen, and from hia first marriage was blessed with fifteen children. After his first wife's death he again married at forty-five and from this union ten children were born. Mr. Peavy has a record of the birth of every one of his twenty-five chil dren as well as eighty-one grand- and great-grandchildren, and these records were brought forth to sub? stantiate his statements and are j there to be seen by anyone doubting this statement. During the years in which Mr. Peavy has been rearing his large family of children he has found time to do a great deal of church work, having served thirty years in various localities as a local preacher, two years of which he was a circuit rider. Mr. Peavy has been living in Clin ton for fourteen years and plans at some time in the near future to have a reunion of his family at his home, 97 Sloan street, Clinton Mill Village. Mr. Peavy stated that he could run a good size mill with his children and grandchildren. He attributes his long years and unusual health to the fact that he had to care for an aged father and mother while quite young and that he never found time for dissipa tion. Mr. Peavy requests that a copy of this article be sent to the Presi dent. The President shall have a copy. Federated club women planted trees in many parts of the United States Tuesday in memory of the birthday of J. Sterling Morton, the father of Arbor day. CHKHAW KILLING DESCRIBED 8l?yer of Ballard Filea Affidavit? Claims S?!f>r)<>friM(r, Chesterfield, April 25.? rl)r. J. K. Funderburk of Cheraw, who shot and killed Henry K. Mallard, also of that place, Tuesday made plain his cause for the shooting in an affidavit today. For the purpose of obtaining bail Funderburk .states in his affidavit that he left his office to go to bin dairy farm out from Cheraw. He went to a nearby store for a soft drjnk and on coming out of the store ? saw Ballard sitting in a car parked i near the sidewalk. Funderburk went to the car and asked Ballard to pay attention to Funderburk's pleas, ac cording to the statement, and started putting his hand in his right hip pocket. Funderburk says he thought Ballard had a pistol concealed in this pocket and immediately pulled his pistol out and shot twice, one of the bullets taking effect in Ballard's left eye and ranging backwards, death ' resulting instantaneously. I Funderburk stated in his affidavit that he had his pistol on his person J for the purpose of carrying it out to his dairy farm as it would be night ! when he would return and he had | been held up by negroes on his re* turn trip from his farm one night. Attorneys for the defense went be fore Judge Dennis of Darlington and obtained bond for Funderburk in the sum of $5,000. Attorneys for the defense are: M. L. Smith of Camden, M. J. Hough of Chesterfield, C. L. Prince, Pegues & Murray of Cheraw. For a Murder 40 Years Ago. Quitman, Ga., April 24.? After be ing a fugitive for 43 years, Foster Green, negro, now ne,arly seventy years old, was brought back to the scene of his alleged crime today by Sheriff C. E. Clanton. Green is charged with the murder I here on January 4, 1880, of R. W. Wilkins, formerly of Columbia, S. C., who was slain with an axe while working at a turpentine still. The negro was found recently at Tampa, Fla. Two eye-witnesses of the crime, two members of the coroner's jury and three members of the grand jury that indicted Green are said to be the only survivor# of the drama ex cept Green. ! Add olive oil to putty to kv-ep it from hardening.^ SUCCESS IN BUSINESS Ten Commandments for the C*fl of BuvinrHH Affair*. " Some years ago there was a f** preacher at the City Teipplg ,n /J dun who was not only consult^ hh congregation in regard to ^ spiritual affairs but was utto,, suited by business friend., m, ^ to their business problems untf flrj. cial commitments. It is not surprising, tlu Uljr find that among the books hi- %J was one entitled "Succens :'ul bJ i>ess: How to Get it, Keep it; J Make the Most of it." In this y he sets forth ten commandments fc business men which read much 1^ some of the sayings of Poor Kich^ Here they are: 1. Thou shalt not in any boast, brag, bounce, or bluster, orth wise nmn will' hold thee jn u esteem. 2. Thou shalt not permit thy to be living at the rate of two hm d red pounds a year when businesij not yielding more than one humirq and ninety-nine pounds; nor $h?fc thou withhold from her the busing information which, as an helpm^ she is entitled to receive. J*. Thou shalt not mock the un successful man, for he may be riche in his poverty than thou . art in th boasted abundance. 4. Thou shalt net carry the count ing-house, into the domestic circli nor in any wise spoil the children hour by recapitulating the ban! ruptcies of the day. 5. Thou shalt not hob-nob wl idle persons, nor smoke with tha nor encourage them, nor appro their evil life. 6. Thou shalt not keep compu with an unpunctual man, for he *i certainly lead thee to carelessne* and ruin. 7. Thou shalt not forget that ? servant who can tell lies for thee mat one day tell lies to thee. 8. As to the hours of slumber at? sleep remember the good old rule Nature requires five, custom sevei laziness takes nine, and wickednes eleven. 9. Neither a borrower nor a lend* be, but give, where well-bestowei right cheerfully. 10. Be honest in copper, and it gold thy honesty will be secure. 1 Thomas Ancrum to R. B. William, 1 lot DuBose Park. You Cannot Prevent nor Lessen the Damage to Your Crop from Hail Did you ever think that no matter how care ful you may be, that the only way in which you can protect yourself from loss of your crop from hail is by insurance. Only a year or two ago, certain sections of this county were so much in want because of a hail storm that lasted possibly a few minutes, that the Legislature remitted their taxes. Other counties of the state have been so badly hit, that it has been necessary for the rest of the country to send in outside aid to prevent actual want. Suppose that one of the hail storms that visits this county every year de stroys your growing crop, can you look forward with composure to the result. Insure before you need help. The rates are figured on the growing season, and the cost per acre is the same whether taken at the beginning of the period or later, so why not cover from the time the crop comes up. ? The Williams Insurance Agency Telephone 52 3