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PIPING OUT THE FARM MFE uinoi'rt Woman in Charge of Horn# Economic# Work of Depart men t of Agriculture. ^ Missouri woman has set out to uke lol of che farmer's wife ?.jor. I 'iv l.oulse Stanley, formerly j"ai? of l'1""" economics at the Unlver nv of M'-?oiirl, ? who recently was called to u nshiwon to take charge of the Mm: ('1'iiinnnlcM work of the DepuNtii^n' of Agriculture, will con duct a ???!<?* of #tu4W|* tiiia winter iB(0 j|h? jnflmute problems of the farm hoiiie. yi,e work of the government In nu trition studio* and reports on prepara tion of food# is to he carried on, hiit the Missouri woman will no Into phases of homo ihurmgeinent n eg le cited In the past sM.v* it Washington letter In the Kansas <Uv Times, For exumple, here ure some of the questions her department will study this winter: t,j* How much would therarm wife con tribute' to the farm Income If her mani fold services w ere put down In terms of actual wages? What textiles wear best In children's (lot hi UK on the farm? If the farmer Is to build h new house bow should the kitchen be arranged fvr maximum convenience? What sort of washing machine Is cheapest for the fanner's wife to buy? Doctor Stanley has submitted her program to Secretary Wallaco and it has received his approval. She will make the studies in order of their -rela tive importance to the hoineniukerH on the farm. "Studies of the cost of housing ure at present needed. The cost of hous ing has Increased to a relatively greater extont than any other element In the household budget," said Doctor Stanley. 'Estimates must be readjust ed, and more dellnlte information as to the relation of this cost to running expenses obtained. IT REMINDED HIM OF BUNYAN Story of Dr. Plumptre and Thackeray Apropos of Ignorance in High Places. Apropos of ignorance In high places, the president of Magdalen college, Sir Herbert Warren, told an Interesting story of -Tliackeray at the university extension Icaugural meeting at Ox ford. '"Thackeray," said Herbert, "ap peared In Oxford In various capacities, once at a political candidate, and on another occasion as a lecturer on "The Tour Georges." lie applied to the then vice chancellor, Dr. Plumptre, master of university, who figures In "Verdant Green" as F. I'., for permission to lec ture, and the following conversation took place: "'Who ;irc you?' asked Plumptre. "Thackeray replied: 'I am. an au thor. I think I am fairly well known.' "'Will you tell me the names of some of your works?' sit f <1 the vice chancellor. '"Well/ s: ? 1 <1 Thackeray, 'I think on the*, win the work of mine which is best known Is "Vanity Fair."'. ?'ii. replied Dr. Plumptre, T seem somehow to connect that with the v name of Kenyan !' " However, the vice chancellor was sufficiently satisfied to allow Thackeray tn deliver his lectures. ? New York Evening 1'osf. Orpheus and Eurydice. Kurydir-e was the wife of "Orpheus, killed |.y the bite of a serpent on her wedding night. According to classical mythology, Orpheus followed Eurydice to Hade*, where, by the music of his lyre, lie so charmed Pinto, the grim ruler of the infernal regions, that he won hack his wife from this most in exorable of the deities. His wife, how ever. was restored to him only on con n that he should not look back at lier t.ntll they arrived in the upper worl h When they had almost reached V..< ir ,?f their journey, Orpfieus we t ?> ? vorcome by the anxiety of love tliM jonkod around to see If Eury (iite \< following him, and beheld her h.-'ng dragged hack into the In f*sr*r u * r? gions. Diplomacy. ' Young Bride (looking In wln '?f jewelry store) ? Oeorge,* I'd lrVp have that bracelet. Ti e Husband ? I can't afford to buy it f' r \ . in, dear. e Pride ? Hut If you could, you ,v' wouldn't you? T:.e Husband ? I'm afraid not. P. ride ? Why? 'I ' e llr.shand ? It isn't good enough, (! ?r. Tie Pride ? Ob, you darling! ? I.lfe. Shortest of Sentences. ? i't Is httlieved to be the record ^ -loirt sentences pronounced in county, California, was im ' " 's'* ? "n (ieorge I**?lclit, charged w ith ^ ""''.ncy. The Judge ordered I/eicht ' ??? 'ii cuRtody for fifteen minutes, fc't'-r which he was to leavo Fresno, i ' * fteen inlnute sentence was pro '? n i <| ;o separate. Lelcht and his i i a ho was arrested on the same ch. Catty. Neii ? Mr. Karnrnerer Is so kind. He ??-d I took a very pretty and very nr 1 v' picture. H"il ? Indee<l? And whose picture ri i . .. . _ .? ?'ii iukk, near t ? r iuiaucipjim I/edger. Appears Plausible. Pri.feHsor of Anthropology ? It la said tfcat (he first man was found In India. Ooe<l? Who found him, profeaaor? Professor ? That la not stated. Doubt eome woroaa.' ? - ?? ? ^ I \ L* W I ? CwUikption u .ul 114 ;V* "The t-lll fi'O tl|*ap; ? .", , i \< lb-, lig f. 11?| st- }U i|jj \i v ..|i] Uitiin t 'r. |V ?? '* ? tr i JU1J-' :h I'h ,, ; \uU% J* I U> lit ?*? i ? ;ii I i,i f. t if:, i fli ? ,1-u " I - t: ill i ;.|< ti';.K 'Ut i;., h a )?l tin Ivi' ii t ion !, , ." Ail iitl mm lisei k a:.-, ,ijl *-r? ; J? . . .,()? ; Wa itl I ?> i.iwl llit - , | I ii iU ills v|t?j ei:>e t i advertising li- I " <Vi(U(l>. If\ ( ?, M|UI \ \\ itt ?i. I .|, iis ^Jiulli s i,i l">i rl do -rd.cd v. mnrvctniTH world fr.im vVhhh' ????II iijitt's t?l udY f r t > k| UK had i <\ si> i'i dihuppeui c<) li't.v. . ii. 1,1 in r vyhiiusical mil, ?? pit. vl t:? !n !> IIUVIM wf .l|.U?v i ? . - ; ... Mi' < alkliis pn/k* iij) l lii liucac of lit r story nml piv*? llts II sn 1 11 : 1 i lc 1 1 .? !' ?l ml vert isir.jr, | ri?\ ng < ? u i Kit ' -? \ y el v ! tliat our \t-}t\ t i\ |ii' .itiui ivtis upou ?idveiiisjng iiiid selling, W ii t i 1 1 k thirty years i.lU'i- Sinllli .!i.| I-.,' ileal Ii. |Nf r; Calkin*. dcKcrUa v I !,i- K?'nMual retro gi'esslon and final breakdown of our civilisation it ft er l lie effects of adver tising hud entirely disappeared. For- a lint** the^pnhlic enjoyed the heneMs of adWrt Isinn without Hit* (!r;,v?'hneks. Tlii' (!?>\\ Jif ^imh|s Hi and from ilu> siort s was Ijkesouie ndyhty > 1 1 1 1 * ? 1 1 i d < * which. on? e star;<'d, riiii for a while vvltli Us ovyn iiioin(Mi7iim own ul't or tlu> putter had La-en with drawn. Students of business and oilier trained observers were nevertheless aware I hat thY> niuehinc was running down. Kvery now and then a retail store wont out (if business and no new one took It place. Tin- same thinu' that was yolng on iu lull view *of the puhlie. as it were, in the affairs of flu* retail stores, was happening behind the scenes to tin1 nntniifnctnrers* : but;" thoujrh loss evi dent in the spectator#,? ii was more serious and further reaching iir it?4 e.Terts. The manufacturers confront ed the same problem as t he retailers ? the dirtlculty of doin^r business iu tbt face of shrinkin.v,' markets and risins? c??sts. 'Uie siirinkin^ markels were th? i : us?> of tin- rising costs. The fewes the people -who bought an article tlu more jt cost to make that article and the more it cost to sell It. The higher prices in turn still further reduced the number of purchasers, and thus neces sities were fust hemming luxuries while luxuries were becoinini; ex'thiet Forced to Revise Opinion , Rarely have the holders of a well established theory or belief shown lha readiness to abandon it that Is dis played by our anthropologists as a re sult of the discovery of a few human hones out In California. That man was a late comer on this continent long has passed, if not exactly proved, at least as so probable as to amount to certainty. Now that opinion must be revised? It must he, that is. If further investigation does not denionstraU that_ the bones are less old than their finder deduced from the ago of the stratum In which they w#re found. And evidently It is not thought by those with a rlerhf to Judge that n mistake has been. made. 4 As consolation for having been con victed of making a hasty judgment. ' 111'- af heologists are saying, In effect. "Well, now we can understand what wr? couldn't before ? why the men liith ! r-rto taken to have been the first Atner I Jca.ru? we ro so far inlyancyil In elvllizn After all. to have lived ill the last if {ho geologic ages before the very Ins? one doesn't take man so very far back in world history, and if thesr new oldest inhabitants of California have skulls very much like our own. as is reported, their claim to priority Is not very trood, for they must h:tv<p had a lot of very human ancestor?. ? New York Times. 9 Man's Face Changing Aoeordini: 10 Sir Arthur Keith. n? ?!???] I'.riilsh seirnrist. rhangos in man atv now falling j ?1 ?? <?*? more rapidly t ! i : s : i nt any ? ?( her period in his history, -.is s the Pathfinder. Tin* time is not V? i ; ><?, however, for the production of * supermen." he says. ill- i- <?, .|, vin.'o'l that eertain eiinr net ? ? r i vf ii s appear!:^ in ;i large pro ? r ? ? ' t -it of modern humans nre of re : ? . '.r ?.ricin. The tn"<t market] ehamres. j ho find-. are In the hone under the ' _? ;. < :n \\ hi?*h the teeth are rooted ? ( r!.p most pLastle hone in the Jauly. In ?"') per rent of the poops#* ?!-'v I ; ? ? e. Irj-jo.id of spoarift;.' outward a* | i'i | ? e ! ?. | -~ i . -if rivp teiid< to grow In ?i \ i ? m | dire. tio ., producing ;i nar i ? w hi-.'h . r. ! : . r 1 p. date. This iea\e* 1 ?? : : i ' ' < i'-iit i for the n-'Miial until 1 h< r >?(' It a*- ppear ;ire . ? \ v 'If.!, -he v. ;?d 'i . tooth . ft on fail ; : " '*> ? oi|)e t hi "H . TIli'sC r!i;:|;:i'x : 1 ?? -iiou'h L': ve 'mine prot:. : ri.-iice i."- ? i ml i-h 1 n :? n d tend ? o ma k p j '? . i s !. 1 1 j and na rrov? i . -- Waiting for Sunshine i A'! e." II l.o-. i ? ? t\ elerk uof ; i : t i r ' d e ? himself ? ?? ? ?h?* help In hi* I ' . ' ;it eV'ti -;t ?. v flint li!x l:init. j h. ' ?en -e . >f >i II" or ' i d to ????:! f . hoi etf'\ one o lie depl|f \ r|ei | : ; In'' d the ? ' - ? i iT i-n one of fhe ! sue e. .?? ' >?. in low ? i > f> .? j . iei'i- '?? ofli-i . ? rie. -e W>i?h me" 'idle ; i \ t > 1m y :!.o ftilhiuinj in?-< i ipi h>n ^ ; sernwW'd under it in faltering, we;;rv j stroke* "Wait till tlio <'tn <h!ne?? Yel ( lie Indianapolis \mvii. Luchy Diamond Buyer J. He rjcmiin, ?t diamond buyer in trie famous dlsfriot near Kimberley. South Africa, has rome Into po*senslon of a diamond weighing 410U enrats. which, etirioiialy enoagh, wua found by a poor Kameelfonteln. The prospector did not at first realise Its value, but It la esti mated at $100,000 easily. It Is one of "*Z~l ^w^MPrTsr ft C.. . Tfoh'.ni To-.v.t Ac. j Out Memory Cm !???<?: ! < >n. ;ut. in itt.M Mi' :?? in Hamilton ??'? ii>! \ t ?. <s nr. i'M hi; I |lhg I ?.i (M l?? < < { \ t : . I w ii h tin ( i' pct\ aii't'l slt: |ijiy lil >| t !i SIlilHt .1 fx W ii \\ ii ft i ii'i's. They imv U.c < ni.N i ' ?* ri l'f Fodtlal CUV. wlic .of |li?- lost I Iow.N.n tif UainllN-i) county. # '? ? U*r:? 1 , Cjty, ( t?o hope ??t li** promoter* and the despair of lis Investors, was local- ^ ed on i lit.* 1 lamikon Kearney county | Mile Ul miles $|i\aig^t north of Ken dull. It una survey oil and dhided into l>' i u-l< n and lots in the winter of 18Xf? i and INNtJ, almost. lhlr|,\ eight years ago. Atnoi g Its promoters were Henry Al* I en berg; S. .1. I'errlug, Men Hull, .). ? I*. Francis and Ueorge CHjU'Ote. A general store, bhuinniTTrn shop and a fin pom made up the business section 01 the town. Settlers soon began to come in and before many months a large community centered around Fed* eral City; The proprietor of the store, 'Mr.'', 'Smith, was also postmaster. The mall was carried out from Kendall. In a short time there were a Sunday school, a literary society and a hall | team widt h furnished plenty of amuse ment for the community.. Fanning Kept oh the increase for a few yearn up to the year ISO,, when the wheat produced from twenty to forty hushelfj to the acre. It was hauled to Ken dall and Syracuse, a distance of six teen to twenty-live miles, and sold for -111 rents a bushel. A largo acreage was sown In the fall of l.SO'J.and then came the drought and hot winds which burned iip the wheat, the sprint? crops and the hulfalo grass. 1 Settlers became discouraged,' loaded their household gobds Into wagons and departed? m few hufffv Fast from whence thc\ came, some flirt her Weslir^ seeking new fields. and quite a num ber went to Oklahoma to participate in the openings of the Cherokee Strip. In less than two years two-thirds of the settlers had drifted to other lanfls. With this migration the glory and splendor of Federal City begun-Ao fade, the smith cast aside his tools^thQ store closed for want of trade and the old dugout soon began to fill in from all sides. Not jong ago a former citi zen of Federal City visited the site and picked up pieces of broken pot tery and a few links of a chain. It was all there was left of Federal City. ? Syracuse Correspondence, Ilutchln son=> (Ivans.) News. Early Bird Emulators The desire to conquer the si'.r and emulate the birds is no modern fancy, but has agitated the minds of men mechanically inclined for ages. Rec ords of a meeting of the Royal so ciety, held in London. Kngland, In 1070,! give the information that "Mr. Ilooke read a paper containing a de 8criptlon of the wjiy of flying, Invent ed and practice*! hy one Monslgnor Resnler, a smith, the contrivance of which consisted in ordering four wings folding and shutting to he moved by his hands before and his legs behind, by which he was. It was said," able to fly from a high place across a riveV to a prefty distance." one of the. mem bers of thV Royal society apparently cast some doubts upon the practicabil ity of the invention. ".Mr. Menshawe conceived tlyit by reason of the weak ness of a man's arms for such kind of motions, it would be much more prob able to make a eharlot or such like machine with springs and wheels, thai should aerve to carry one or more men in it to act. and guide it." Culinary Heroism Once in a while we And a young wife, even in these days, who knows that the surest way to please a hus band Is through his stomach. A bride who had not the slightest knowledge of cooking determined to make a noble effort to please her husband. Ills mother told her he was very fond of Welsh rarebit. She set about perfecting herself in the preparation of the dish and spent several after noons In her kitchen. Her failures were many. She finally exhausted the supply of cheese in the neighbor hood and gave up discouraged. A few mornings afterward her husband was leaving the apartment building In which they lived when he was stopped by the superintendent. "See here, voting man." said the su perintendent, "tell your wife to stop throwing that linoleum out Into the court." ? 'lb ri ft Magazine. " Peanuts' 9 The other day Harry Rlack, Jr., a ten-year-old Terre Haute boy, took 1iis new dog to the baseball game with him. The Utile dot" was led L,\ a chain, lie sat down beside Junior iind feemed contented until the vendors began to call, "Ice cream cones" and "peanuts." Then I. e ; 1 1 m os t went mad. He jerked si t his ebnln, he stpod tip and how led. The grand stand Was in laugh- j ter until the l?oy bought some peanuts ;i n ? I fed part of them to the dog. That evening found oat that the 'log bad been named Peanuts l?y its former ; owner, and knew that every time the vendor shouted he bad fhouirht they! were him. Indianapolis Star, j The Rue de la Paix Mr* 1 1 ? * i . r \ Carnegie I'hipps, nt m luncheon in her beautiful villa on the. i North Owin boulevard of Palm' Reach, said of Paris fashions: "They grow lovelier and dearer every year. Although the franc I? only wortn a few cenin, >t fioek , coats more than ever. A man said at the Plaxs Athenee the other day when I bis wife brought him a bill from the leading dre**mHker on the famous street of dreaamakers: " 1 know now why they call It Um Jiue de la I'ajr.*** A D2TAI LTD STATEMENT AS TO WHE-Rt 75 MILLION CAMPAIGN COLLECTIONS HAVE GONF. IS issued p| D. Si, :<CT ASSOCIATIONS Agency Lccal Churches Will tie In Blinking About Fuller L,v,lcpinent In Future Program DR. C. E. BURTS General Director, 1925 program, Southern Baptists. Indira t inn . t ho objects to which tho money collected on the Haptlst 7r> Million Campaign goes. the head quarters of that movement in N.ash viUe- has issued tho following state ment of t'io distribution of tho $5>3. "77.084.43, representing the revised figures on tho *uin collected on that movement up to MaV 1. 1 5#24 : Foreign missions $9,898,830.30; home rntHsions $5. ? 57.820.09 : state and a.xsociational missions $9.(>93.7t?9.27; Christian edu cation $ 1 4 ,849, 083*5 1 ; hospital* ? $-2. C72.G92.43; orphanages $4,464,965.87; ministerial relief $1,570,356.94; >x pe lines and fixed charges not other wise absorbed $2,091,608.56; special . redits and miscellaneous items $1, .-.90.H9u.47; purchase and operation of t: c denominational papers ?G2, L< c 'IS; foreign relief $67,602.16; un distributed balance $152,330.77; Hmrie Mission Hoard specials $15,340; For eign Mission Hoard specials $86.10.3; ?aju'd by churches on foreign fields :tu I expended by them in work there *1,00.3.390. 6N. All Work Goes Forward Every department of the general missionary, educational and br>n< vm lent work fostered bv Southern I'ap ? C ? s- has been greatly enlarged an J i . i.e." .iciied by fho campaign, it- is /?'por.ed. while a suggestion of tne d? vi Jopment that has come in the .. tiviii -j- and liberality of the local < hurdles as a result of this forward i inVY.TTF nt Is furnished In the follow in;* statement of progress along gen oral lines, furnished by the head quarter* office: Comparing the growth of tho de nomination during the five years pre ceding tho Campaign with the five years since that program was pro jected it is shown that during the .hist five years the following advances were recorded over the previous cor responding period: 1562 more new churches organized, a gain of 229 p?r cent; 241. 960 more new members gained, an advance of 66 per cent; 2U9.O02 more baptisms administered, a gain ot 27 p<-r cent; 1.603 more now Sunday school*7 organized, a gain of lis per cent; 354.727 more now Sunday school pupils enrolled, a gain of 132 per cent J35,lig6.97o.83 more reported in gifts to mission^ and benevolences, h pain of 1*7 per cent; $51,153,873.88 more noted in gifts to local church purposes, h gain or !i5 por cent; $84,417.361 55 more reported in glfix to all causes, a t,'yin of 117 per ci nt ; and $57.147.0?'4 no van.ee shown in the value of U>< a) church property, a gain of si per cent . Complete Collections Now In the hope of completing the col lection of all Cfi mpaign subscription? by the close of this ve;.r and ?< ar i:u cash offerings from those R.-t: ? i s who did not subscribe to fh" ; . vevear program an intensive effort ??ienng the remain. f*r of the -hhiii . . and fait w:H ?jp wngn(j through i .1 the South under t!i.- general b-ad. r P of I 'r,^, R. Scarborough, gen i 1 director, with the co-oper<i ; i< n ? liie variow* state mission offi<.?* ,ii,<j thr of i ; ( its and workers in the l.uiiu district associations it ;? piar.n* d that the interests of t.\ ? < : . tii/!i. n,.t;on .shall he adeqaa: e! \ ^.?t ? ? r ? i . ii t ail if t h '? se as hi i<! ;i 1 1 ( i fi . ^ :ijt:r . r.miii! meetings in the hop* i the dei?vat?i}? to the associate t. v-il! in tur.: < arry the message :> * t '> th?er (oca? churches ;t rj *1 ic":r? 1 lo* '*o operation of fh?-e r .k: rr I.#-- ,n i :h (i m pie' ing the campaign pro- ' ? ? ? s'? as to < W-.?r the ?(iy !i>r the xt forward pmc: ip: 'i<v!nn:ng Ja*i : . i; 1, lUU.S l>t '' K Hurt*. former ral m ?< ? e?iry of the Baptist work m ; S. :h Car.-. Una. h; * assumed his du tie* *r, K -i.erai director of the 1926 ' p r< gram and announces that he he- j iieves the program for next year j k <\1j vjk: niuni tj t-r i > IHUOCflOd hy the satiHf-ieti-v rompletion of the 75 Million Campaign during the re mainitifc- un .m -s of 1924. While mat ing Mr ,r. for the projection of thp r he is co-operating r,K)rou*h la the - >- ? 4 r o > : - ?d o??. TEXACO NEGtSTE RED 0? TRADE MARK Boll Weevil Exterminator Inquire qAout Nearest Agtent ;v THE TEXAS COMPANY, U. S. A. Texaco Petroleum Products Four Killed on Track. Jacksonville, Kin,, Ji|ly l'7 Mr. Anil Mrs. Michael .). l>u\' of South Jack-. sonVillc. ami tlu'ir 13 year old sou, John, were ?instantly -killed, Mrs. Al bertine Ksser, 72, of Jacksonville, was fatally injured, and two children of Mr. and M rx. l)ux were injured when *4 ? the automobile i i ?. which they were riding was struck by Atlantic (Nmst Line passenger train No. Si> at a crossing, five miles southwest ol' Jacksonville this afternoon. Mrs. Ksser died a few hours after the accident, Margaret, 7, and Mich ael .1., Jr., 1, the children, suffered severe cuts and bruises. According to witnesses, the party saw the train approaching and at tempted to stop, but skidded on wet pavement, the automobile stopping squarely <?n the tracks. The auto mobile was. literally smashed to pieces, parts of it being scattered along the railroad tracks tor nearly 100 yards. Tram wreckers failed in an effort, to Mow up the railroad tracks and wreck a train on a French railroad between Paris and Marseilles, near Lyons, on Monday. Part of the ex plosives placed under the trucks failed to explode and caused little* damage. Robbery is supposed to havo been the motive of the attempt. Prohibition enforcement officers seized more than f><) cases of imported whiskies and cognac and valued at over $100,000, in a Brooklyn, N. Y., warehouse Tuesday. The agents first, bought ten cases of liquor and said they would be back after it. They did )jo back. Todays Phone os for a rsde Drive yourself and see how Frariklin cuts down time and adds comfort LITTLE-FRANKLIN CO. DISTRIBUTORS T. Lee Little, Manager ALL EXPENSE TOUR PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TO Niagara Falls, Toronto, Canada, New York. City and Washington AUGUST 13th to AUGUST 24th FROM VARIOUS SOUTH CAROLINA POINTS Most economical. A wonderful vacation tour with out worry. Everything pre-arranged. Splendid chance for parents to give their children an educational trip during ihi* vacation period. Write for descriptive folder, showing cost, etc. S. H. McLEAN, District Passenger Agent, SOUTHERN , RAILWAY COMPANY Columbia, S. C.