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Wll,!> HOK8B8 IN VIRGINIA Hound up Occur* Annually It) Nalive* of Small Inland Georgetown, Do!., July 27 A wild horae round-Up i?u<h a? would at Dint thought. be associated only with Montana or Wyoming, will bo hold tomorrow within 250 mile* of Now York and within fifty mile* of Norfolk, V'a. It will be on the island of ('hin< otcugue, Va., near the tip of the Dele w are cape. The pony-penning, a* they rail it, l* an annual affair. i'hmcoteague Island u a low lying i*Je about eight miles long and three mile* wide, famous principally for the oyster bearing its name. About 4,00<) {MTftons live on the island, mostly along the eastern part. All obtain their living from the sea, hence no constant conflict between them and the hundreds of wild horses run- 1 ning on the western end. The conflict *i.* only once a year. Tomorrow will start early for the band* of men who perform the active part of the penning. They will mount horsca that were obtained from previous round-ups, ami rtde into the running grounds of the wild horses on the western end of the island. The ponies caught in the round-up will la- driven into the town, where especially constructed pounds have been prepared for them. The riders are taxed to the utmost J to keep from being outrun by the wild pome*. They must ford narrow streams, jump <1 itches brush through woodlands and undergrowth, and e\en venture out m Assateaguc bay. Thej finally get their victims together and drive them in a herd to the pounds, where thousands of persons await the event. The round-up i- the island's big event of tin- year, hornier residents make it a home-coming day. Persons i? nearby citi?? come out foi t he spectacle. I he most interest is that shown by the men who conduct the roundup as a business proposition. Kach penning ends with a public auction where as many ponies as can be sold are disposed of and the left-overs are allowed their freedom. THIN(iS WORTH KNOWING A terrapin with 'H. K. ('.., 1K73' carved on the shell was found on a farm near Salem, Virginia. If. K. (.aidwell of Koanoke says he remembers carving his initials on the back of a full-grown terrapin in April 1873. More than forty-five per cent of the windmills of Holland have been removed or demolished since 11(2(5, according to a report from an official mill association m that country. Under \ lenna's 'spigot' tax plan each homo or apartment is allowed one water faucet free of tax. Since with every additional outlet the duties rise apace, installation .,f hot and cold water m both kitchen and bathroom is a distinct luxury. The most northern radio station wi the world is that just planted by the Soviet government on Cape Desire, which juts into the Arctic /?,ne just' west i.f Archangel. Siberia. It will 1m- use,I communicate with aerial A rein. ? \ plorers. Plat ir.urn, employ,,| by jewelers f?r ! about th - - \ year* only, is now so j populai : -hrs , ounlry that it was found net i -Miiy to import more than *10.000.0(1(1 worth last year. The most surprising thing aj>oul (hjs metal is its weight. A bar of platinum four inches wide, one-half inch thick and a foot long weighs ,'{() i pounds and is worth about $30,000. 'Parasol' ants derive their name from the fact that they cut large pieces out of leaves for making nests and then march along carrying the pieces ovei their heads like umbrellas. Owning an auto in China is distinctly A luxury. The license fee in one city costs $37.50 a month and when gasoline is cheap it is $1.50 a gallon. In addition, a jaunt off the main thoroughfare requires the services of at least four attendants. Five million dollars a day is expended by the women of the United States in the effort to keep themselves beuutiful. Meissen. Germany, the town where Dresden china is made, will be one thousand years old in May, 1929. A feature of the festivities will bo ? ihime of bells of porcelain to be made and hung in a local tower. The argest bell will be three feet high. Fish scales are now valuable, being used in the manufacture of imitation pearls. A Heathsville, Virginia, fisherman recently sold $100 worth of herring scales from one day's fishing. Post-mortem examination of IdH famed ostrich at the Umdon Zoological Gardens, disclosed the following articles in her gizzard: Three gloves a handkerchief, cord, an empty film spool, two large and several smail nails, a pencil, four halfpennies, two farth.ngs. a French coin, parts of a comb and a gold necklace, a collar button, bicycle tire valves, a clock key. a dozen short bits of wire, metal Naples, screws, rivets, a glove fasten< r and a piece of wood four inches long. lighting an American match ft Pern may be cause for a twenty-dol1* fine. A Swedish match company ha* a monoptly on the sale of matches i? that country, which makes ?]| others highly dutiable. BETHINK NKWH NOTES Happenings of Jflterrat in Told Hj' Our Kt Kulir ( ofrrkpuiidriit Bethune, July 27. Mis# Kay* JlurU?n. Iftf aUrictivr daughter of Mrs. Alice Hor'.on, and Mr. Italic Jones, son of Mr ami Mrs. K. I.. Jones, were married on last Thureduy afternoon at the home of the bride. The Rev. M. B. (Junior, pastor of the bride, per for mod the ceremony. Mr*. Jones lives in the Timrod section but attended school in Bethune later graduating from Diuughon's Business College. Mr. Jones is u progressive young farmer ami itjAo has business interests iri town. Both of these young people have number* of friend* and relatives who are extendI rig congratulations and best wishes. Mr. C. C. Bate, magistrate of this town, has just completed a census of Bethune ami reports that there are within the incorporated limits the following: whites below the age of 21, 22-1; whites above the age of 21, 24*1. There are (>7 negroes who have attained their majority and fid minors, making a total population of 600. We should like to be able to add another cipher U* that figure. Two whiskey distilleries have been captured within a radius of nine mile* i of Bethune in the last two weeks by j Messrs. Bate, Walk ins and Murm. A number of the lady teachers of the Bethune school of 1026-27, with a few friends, are ramping at Big Spring- this week. Mr. and Mrs. I). M. Mays are chaperoning the party. Mr. Mays Daw- has gone to Dothan, Ala., to bring home his wife who has l>eet! visiting ? her parents at that place. Mr. Davis was accompanied by Mrs. Love Hearon, Mr, ( . K. ( assody ami Mack Davis who have gone to visit relatives in Georgia and Alabama. Misses. Faye Bethune and Elizabeth I witty of ilartsville have been the guests of Mrs. L. D. Robertson. Miss Edith Clyburn has gone to Hollands pond near Camden on a camping tpp with the children of the Home I>emostration clubs of Kershaw county. Mrs. W. B. Davis of Chesterfield is visiting her mother, Mrs. Juanna ('aston. Misses Eva and Frances Severance are visiting relatives in Lamar. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Brannon are the guests of Mrs. Ellen Brannon and Mrs. Hugh Oliver. Mrs. (J. B. King has returned form the ( olumbia hospital where she went for an examination. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN After a thorough examination intu^ conditions about the promises on whi< h is conducted a dairy, the property of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Trutxiale, we found nothing indicative of an infection of the milk supply furnished t herefrom. Further, each member of the family (members of the family alone handling the milk) have been examined ?o determine whether or not thei e wei e typhoid carriers handling tins miik supply and the report from the State Laboratory gives each member of the family a clean bill of health: in other words, there are no typhoid carriers among the members "t the Truesdale farflily, who alone handle this milk supply. (Signed) A. H. HAYDEN. M.D.,' Epidemiologist. State Board of Health I hree in Family Killed j Sumter. July 27. Cert rude, fouryear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Xternsill Smith and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. (leorgc E. Epperson, was instantly killed today when struck by an automobile driven by J. W. Haiper, a local contractor. The little gitl and her brother had ju^t stepped out of a truck driven by their father and started across the Street to their home. The boy saw the car and darted back, but the little girl run into its path. Mr. Harper, witnesses said, did all he could to avoid hitting the child. 1 his is the third tragedy in the family within a few months. In ; March ( harles \\ . Smith, a broth| er of H. S. Smith, was stabbed to death by a negro. In May Ixiretta Stimson, niece of Mrs. Smith, was fatally hurt in a fall from a bicycle. Child Hurt in Blunge Sumter, July 27.? Charjes Player, seven, son of the A. (\ L. ticket agent, O. V. Player, was seriously hurt in a fall from a tree ut his home on Magnolia street today. A leg was broken and internal injuries are feared.y Mack Geddings, injured in an automobile wreck on the Pocalla causeway Sunday, was brought to a local "hospital last night in a serious coa< 1 ition. Tonight, however, he i* said to be much improved. general news notes The salary of Mayor Dorsey of Shelby, N. has been fixed at $1,S00 per year, and the aldermen are to receive $f? for each meeting of the city council that each alderman attends. Mrs. Ru> Wilson. 31, n farmers'* wife was on Friday sentenced to .10 >ca:s at hard labor in prison, after >he had confessed ttf the killing of her mother 'St RU^u^-Ncb.. by. poison\nK~ woman begged the judge to1 sfcnd her to the electric chair. A Beeton. Ontario farmer, last week kicked an unknown robber who had entered his home, to death after a terrible struggle. Ci.allomo Campigotto jumped front the Delaware river bridge at Philadelphia cn Tuesday. Uv was the fourteenth person to commit suicide by jumping front the-bridge to the river below. THKA-TIIK FILING FKAl'FKINSay a Woman Will Our Day K<juhI Man's Ft-a La Ntw York, July- A blonde- and buxom German girl *at down to her firs'American breakfast a substantial one, incidentally-?and in a matter of fact manner announced that she would attempt a truna-Atlantic airplane flight in the spring. She is Thea Kasche, the Dying fraulein whose daring stunts in aviation is the pride of all Gerfnan> Only twenty-three?yet she has exceptional poise and perfect command of herself at all time. Smartly growned in a be-, oming frock of white crepe georgette, her face flushed with excitement, she seemed an efficient modern Juno rather than a sportswoman who risks death with that calm, steady smile of hers. But she is talk and strong-looking, and seems filled with a courage that is almost masculine. Her sparkling gray eyes, and her flushed cheeks, belie her upparent coolness. Not being sure of herself, Miss ! Kasche speaks English very halting- i 1 y, but her uccent is unfailingly per- I feet. Each new arrival was welcomed ' warmly in her suite at the Hote B it- , more, and asked to "sit dahn." And while she talked -politely to i the numerous reporters, she eyed ! hungrily and wistfully the ante- j loupe, cold meats, rolls and roffeei that was to have been her break-' fast. But her time was taken up entirely in answering the numerous questions that were being asked by! everybody at onec. There was a constant stream of them, and soon Fraulein Kasche had forgotten her food entirely in th<? thrill of being! in America and in talking of the subject nearest her heart?Aviation, and her proposed flight to Europe. Miss Kasche is very wealthy and ther\ is nothing commercial in her visit here. "My flying is all for sport," she began. "Not for glory, not fori money, only because I love it. There's a thrill in it every time 1 step into my little Udet-Flamingo plane. Every Vlay'k every hour, is wonderful because it is uncertain.1 and I can fly fearlessly because 1 have no one dependent upon me. j It's the thought of loved one- who' must he provided for that would j cramp the-hand on the controls. "I took my first ride during the war, in 1915. In 1924. 1 started leaining to fly, and a year later received my license -from the German government. I am here t < > ?tudy. I want to! leain about American methods of aviation and about American planes.! I hope to do some exhibition flying. ! 1 do stunt flying rather well/' Ibis latter bit was as near as the flying fraulein came to saying on! word of hc-L amazing exploits. "I would like to fly across the ! ocean, and 1 would like to be the first woman to do it. but there is no possibility of my trying it befor next | spring." Miss Kasche believes aviation fori women is a great thing, hut she also; admits that the<e are many difficulties to he overcome before women can hope to receive proper recognition in thi- new field. "It will take men a long while tj recognize \\t men's power in the flying field. But it will come some day. At the present time, however, flying for women is just a fad." Miss Kasche is anxious to show ! America what the only German woman flyer can do, and her plane will I be assembled at once at Roosevelt j Field. Within a day or two she will i make her first hop-off from American soil into American air. Asked if she had a husband she replied that she had not. have ft' thing. in fact, except my plane." Miss Rasche's parents are living in Berlin. Works Flim-Flam Game Rock Hill special, July 20.?H. L. Dickens of the Catawba Junction j section, reported to officers here to-j day that a man whose identity he i does not know, had swindled him! out of the price of a pen of chickens,1 by giving him a check for $20 with ! the signature of a concern in Coluni-i bia which does not exist. Th? alleg-' ed flim-flimmer gave Mr. Dickens a check drawn upon the National Loan , & Exchange Bank of Columbia in the name of the Smith Grocery Co. \N hen the check was returned4 with ' the information that no such con-1 coin was RfffJwn to be in existence,! Mr. Dickens felt both insulted and i injured when compelled to pay a protest fee. Jerry, blackest of all black sheep, has just betrayed his one-millionth; victim. Trained to lead t procession of sheep through the long run- ' ways of tbe Chicago stock yards, uP"n reaching a certain pen he sideand the rest proceed to their death. GRAPES IN THE SAND HILLS Hamlet, N. C., July 25.-?The progress being made in the proposed development of European grape* as a potential, outstanding cash crop for the Sandhill lerritiry of the Carolinas bhs gained still further inomeatum h> a visit to the Seaboard vin?' >ard located on the farm of Mr! W. L. McCoy at McBoe, 8. <\ by Mr. ('. I). Matthews, Chairman of the Horticultural Department of the State of North Carolina. Mr. Matthews who has )>een in Horticultural Extension work for the past twelve years, was very favorably impressed with the work accomplished and in a letter which he has addressed to Mr. J. N. McHride, General Agricultural Agent, Seaboard Air Line Railway, he has given a complete review of the results of his investigation, together with his opinion of the possibilities the Sandhill territory holds for the future commercial development of European grapes. Mr. Matthews' letter is quoted as follows: "1 have been much interested in the proposed campaign of the Agricultural Department of the Seaboard Air Line Railway to promote an industry in grape growing, based on results secured with European grapes in their experimental vineyard conducted in co-operation with W. L. and J. K> McCoy at McBee, South Carolina. On July 8th I had the opportunity of visiting and examin ng this vineya:d thoroughly, and was much impressed with the promise that the European type of g.ape g'ves as a basis for a new h ticultural in iustry in the Carol r: sandhills. 1 was pa * L u 1 a 1 y interes cd in V . *. * ' ' ' teeing how these varieties checked up from thp standpoint of vigor, productiveness, freedom iron) diseases and insects, and date of ripening, and was agreeably surprised to find varieties pf European grapes of both tgble and juice types scoring high in all these, respects. You and your associate* have made an outstanding contribution in establishing the adaptability of these grapes to the section, and a real service in encouraging this industry in the sandhills. The future success of the sandhills section, from an- agricultural viewpoint, will be closely allied with a diversified program of growing specialised crops. New crops are needed, and as a result of your experiment*, the production of European grapes promises to take a prominent place in the list of horti-cultural crops for the sandhills. Results being secured in the ex perimental vineyard make the possibilities of establishing- a grape industry in the Carolina sandhills a Very t promising proposition, and the star..- ; ing of commercial development is the j next logical step. The economic advantages of com- j paratively. cheap lands and close proximity to the consuming markets of the East and South make a development of this industry appear as a very alluring opportunity. How-! ever, grape growing is a specialized.' j in iustry, requiring specialized attention. Although a section may posses* remaikable natural and economic' | j advantages for grape growing, there is icquired a certain amount of hortiiu!'u al knowledge on the part of the.' g v. er before success may be j achieved. Expei ience makes it ad vUible to cautioTTj rushing in blindly ifUjU on a 'Urga ?c?le quainting- themselv?, j?M as of producing m%\ crop. Urapo growing jT? crop industry i? wh, * the commodity, gualiu 1M:" arition OFthe conunodbB^ ty in marketing Hr(, auccesa. This necenjJjBt amount of capital ; judgement and lrai?uJH crops of high quality .jB telligent marketing, 'wjJW tent ion to the detaik j| packing and distribute* quired with general JJJB ; I feel certain that ?J fori the development o(7l takfes into considerit?u.^B points. ;:| Let tap assure you J pafttneril stands ready t?B the sound develop,Wnt M try Card of ThS* We wish to thank oumM friends for the many ?. J love and sympathy show!? recent bereavement. fl Children of Mrs. J. J Newspaper Mm J Kloree, July 25.?Wj dice, circulation man&g^^^ Augusta (Ga.) Herald his son seriously iniurc^B day when a tree fell^H automobile on the Colul ton high wiy, a mile 9; The name of the son 9 lea ned. The tragedy o9 ing a wind and rain stor9 \ve:e no witnesses. I Poultry man Was Had Edl Richmond, Va., July 1^9 thews Harrison, 27, whojj two years has been know&9 respectable , poultryman, tdM held on a charge of bank^fl He was arrested yesterday, M ties said, after he had confel holding up the cashier of thi deventer Trust company, of St? on January 8, 1924, and escapiB ?30,000. Harrison was takefi custody at a local banking infl wheie -he had been arranging on some of the allegedly stolfl For two years Harrison hasfl ing near here raising chiclifl modest poultry ranch. PricH ing Jiere. he lived in New fl Chicago, he said. IF or the 24th year B u i c k has again fulfilled this promise , , fl WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT . . . BUICK WILL BUILD THEM Poweii ? The mighty force of limitless PtWF .. "D m -m i DUICK 4 A 4 3 now on display I Little Motor Company! C*mdt:nf S< tilli i i?