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1?? -? i RURAL AMERICA MUST UNITE ! fy.,^ 'Wtere tbcre is i?o vision tb? people pcriaj)." 1"*^, I Citc4 Waftijio^too'a Fftr>?w?l( A?idn?6?. I WWW?4WWWWB Savants Perfect Way For X-Raying Metals A new technique for X-ray analysis of metals, alloys, welds, or small metal parts, which may be of great value to the armament industry as well as for peace time work, was discussed recently at the twentysecond annual convention of the American Society of Metals. Early developments of this method are now used in airplane manufacturing. The improved technique was presented by Dr. G. L. Clark, University of Illinois chemistry professor, and Dr. W. M. Shaffer, Iowa State Teachers college chemistry professor. It involves X-raying a thin specimen of the metal on plates having special, extremely fine grain photographic emulsions, and then enlarging this negative 100 to 200 times. The original photograph is about the size of the end of a lead pencil. The enlargement shows elements in the metal, whether they are spread evenly or bunched, and any flaws or cracks which are in the metal. These flaws may be originally present or result from working the metal. Flaws in welds are instantly noticeable. Entire dfriall metal parts may be X-rayed. The X-ray gives the metallurgist a three-dimensional view, enabling him actually to look into the specimen. Other methods of microscopic study show him only the surface, and involve troublesome techniques of etching or polishing. Pastor Developing Cloth Fresco A streamline version of an ancient art is being developed by the Reverend Omer J. Chevrette of West Warren, Mass. He has been granted a patent on his process of painting fresco on cloth, a vyork that seemingly has aroused The interestof the art world. Under Reverend Chevrette's process, a sketch is first outlined in pencil, the cloth is saturated with dyes, and when dry are covered with water -color pigments. This process gives depth and richness of tone as well as a lasting picture. Under the ancient process, artists first outlined a sketch on fresh plaster, then laid in colors which would sink into the plaster and make a permanent picture. Reverend Chevrette is spending all his spare time on lus new process. Fruit Juice Stains Stains of fruit juice, tea or coffee can usually be removed from white linen by pouring boiling water through the cloth. The material should be stretched taut and the water poured from some distance above it, so that the water strikes the fabric with some force. Stubborn stains may be covered with glycerine and the hot water poured through again. Any stains not responding to this treatment should be treated alternately with ammonia and peroxide, the fabric afterward rinsed in diluted acetic acid, then in clear water, so that all traces of these reagents are removed. Origin of Word Maverick For All Stray Yearlings Every ranchman in Montana knows that a maverick is a yearling calf without a brand, the property of the first handyman who affixes his brand to the animal, providing, always, that he is not caught at it. Time was when all one needed to make a start in the cattle business was a rope and a branding iron. ' How many are there who know ihow the word "maverick" originated. Capt. Dan W. ftoberts, one of the organizers of the famous Texas rangers, in his book, "Rangers and Sovereignty," explains the origin of the word as follows: 'un the early days of Texas, say from 1845 to 1860, the cattlemen worked together in perfect hajmony and in each other's interest. Sam Maverick was probably the largest cattle owner in the state, at that time. So large was the area of his cattle range that his men could' hardly get over it in one season to mark and brand his calves. Maverick was a wealthy and influential man and the small cattle owners looked after his Interests, together with their own. "When the cattlemen were working their ranges and came upon a yearling that was not marked or branded, they generally conceded that it belonged to Sam Maverick. So common was the expression 'maverick' that they applied it straight to the animal, and all unbranded yearlings were called mavericks. The term became general all over the state and spread into other states of the West, where there was any cattle raising." NOTICE -IN HH1 DOCKET NO, 4?2f?Th?. application of C. (J. Fuller, Barnwell, S. C., for a modified Class D Certificate of t'ubllc Convenience and Necessity to render a United common carrier motor freight service to, from, and between points and places in the State of South Carolina, over irregular routes, for the transportation of general commodities of unusual weight and size, as exempted by the 19118 truck act (Act No. S-15 of the Acts of 1938).. and as permission will he granted by tile State Highway Department for the transportation of the same (See Article 3. Section 3 (e) and Article 4. Section 2 of Act 845 of the Acts of the General Assembly of South Carolina, 1938). The Commission will hold a public hearing in the above entitled matter In Its offices in the Wade Hampton State Office Building, Room 315, at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon. Thursday, July 31, 1941, for the purpose of determining the requirements of publice convenience and necessity in the premises. W. W. GOODMAN, Director Motor Transport Division. Inhabitants of ancient Dydia, in Asia Minor, invented the game ,of dice as a substitute for eating. For 22 years, dice and a ball game were played every other day to help take their minds off the lack of food in the days of famine. Paving Assessments 1 j By order of City Council all un- j I paid paving assessments on prop- I j erty will be levied upon and sold. | j Mrs. Louise Boykin, I City Clerk and Treasurer. I; Rov. Herman L. Cochran. Layman Bv angelist, of Fort Worth,' Texas, who will conduct a two weeks' revival service at (he Bethune Methodist ch urch, beginning Sunday, July 20 and continuing through August 3. The evening serviced will begin at 8:30 o' clock. His son will lead in the song services. The public cordially invited. FREEDOM OF 8EAS GUARANTEED BY VJ. 8. 8E1Z\)RE OF The occupation of Iceland by I". S. Naval forces makes the further steps necessary to be taken to win the battle of the Atlantic close at hand. In the most daring and timely move sinoe patrol work in the Atlantic was introduced, U. S. Marines relieved British occupants at the LmporI tant northern base and prepared to take all shooting risks to insure the island's defense. U. S. officials have assured, and it seems reasonable, that the sea lanes will be kept clear in that area. It is rumored that the U. S. is contemplating similar action at the French African base of Dakar and the Cape Verde Islands. The U. S. Navy is expected, by this nioVe7To "drive all ~~German raiders from the seas, between Iceland and eastern United States ports. It is the best guarantee to keep Germany from tiptoeing westward since the trade of fifty destroyers for British naval and air bases. The United States has beaten Germany to ' the gun. Germany cannot and will not be permitted to take one more step, small as it might be, toward this hemisphere. In addition to the seizure's importance for the defense of this hemisphere, the aid to Britain in forestalling an invasion is incalculable. It is welcome news to the British that an armed force of around 60,000 to 60,000 troops, that may well be used in the defense of England, can now return home. Since the United States will finally take over the defense of Iceland, these troops will be available for fighting elsewhere. It is admitted that the occupation of Iceland brings the United States closer to a shooting war. The importance of Iceland as a spot from which to launch a naval war on Germany is unquestioned. And if Germany accepts the issue, Germany's true intenions toward the United States may soon be brought out into the open. The occupatlJon means, simply, that the United Sates is now prepared to take over the main problems of shipping over the route between Halifax, New York, Boston and Iceland. That will be a great responsibility, but the U.-S. Navy is ready to accept it. The United States is prepared to accept losses, along with Britain, and those losses may come at any time. The United States is risking war so that aid to, Britain and the freedom of the seas will be guaranteed, but In doing so is taking the cheapest and most certain method of assuring its future security and gaining time to i preparo its home defenses. Movie Stars Can't Look Skinny No woman can afford to. If you hava unlovely hagflard hollow*, and are thin, you may naad the Vitamin B Complax and Iron in Vlnol. Vinol haa helped thousand*. ? **' zemp'b drug store ? d*kale pharmacy !- Earth Slide , Begins Moving St. Charles, Va., July 13?A huge earth slide, which wrecked six houses last week before coming to a halt, resumed its lava-like flow early today and crushed six more homes in the Bonny Blue mining camp. , Heavy rains last night softened the earth on the side of the little Black mountain near the Virginia-Kentucky border and the creeping motion of the slide, some 200 feet wide and 2,000 feet long, began shortly after midnight. Observers estimated the volume of earth and mine refuse in the new movement was several tirrtes greater than in the flow of last week. Excited families occupying homes in the path of the slide moved their j furniture and other belongings to safjer ground on the mountain side. Nine | families had moved out by this after-1 I noon from houses as yet untouched | but considered to be in the danger zone. Three miles away, small slides covt ered mine tracks at the Leona and Monarch coal mines, and a 200-foot section of railroad near the Leona was undermined by high waters. Two of the houses damaged today by the slide were caught in the flow , last Monday and Tuesday but had been repaired. Officers Get Their Man After 13 Years ' f After more than thirteen years of freedom Bill Jordan, is again in the Chesterfield County jail. He now awaits trial for killing Andrew Rushing on October 22. 1927, The killing occurred at a store near a saw mill in the Society Hill section. Jordan is alleged to have fired the fatal shot. He was arrested and lodged in Jail. In February, 1928, two prisoners broke jail by sawing iron window bars, one of whom was Jordan. During the intervening years the sheriff's office has trailed Jordan as "Henry fate" and as "Jack Lee Williams, through several states. He was known to have visited Reldsvllle, N. C., about a year ago. He was recently located at a saw mill about seven miles from Reldsvllle. Deputy Sheriff King, taking with , him several men able to identify the fugitive, visited the saw mil], identified their man and returned him to the county Jail.? It is said Jordan had married in the interval and is the fathsr of three children. His wife died some time ago. ' Jordan now admits to be 33 years of age, which would place his age at the time the crime was committed at 19.?Chesterfield Advertiser. Indians of the southwestern United States use woodpecker neets for household containers. Whew the bird bore holee in cadi, the wound heals Itself with a hard, fiber lining which the Indians remove and mm. -? v a * .r ,1 / ' . to -- i A y. i r * i iir 0 ' . Send Bermuda Drinking Water Washington, July 13? A cargo of drinking water for drought-gripped Bermuda is scheduled to leave Moorehead City, N. C., tomorrow aboard the maritime comrAission'b training ship American Seaman. The commission said today that the ship probably would reach the Britishowned island, on which an American naval base is being built, on July 17. The vessel will carry 3,000 tons of water during a stay of about a week in Bermuda will turn out another 3.000 tons from its distillation plant whiclr converts sea water. If the trip of the American Seaman does not ofTset the water shortage, the commission said another vessel will be sent. The American Seaman is a 7,000-ton steamer based at St. Petersburg, Fla. Much of Bermuda's water supply is collected from the run-off of rain water from roof tops and hillsideB, but there has been scant rainfall in recent months. There also has been an increased demand for water arising from the presence of United States workmen and naval forces engaged in the base construction. Three Die In Plane Collision Augusta, Ga., July 11?A mid air collision of two trainer planes at Kathwood, S. C., late yesterday killed three instructors of the Georgia Aero Tech flying school near here. A cadet parachuted to safety. The dead were identified as J. W. Dionne, 30, of Green Bay, Wis.; D. C. Bush, 26, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and J. W. Yawn, Jr., of Graceville, Fla. The cadet was Vincent Relyea of Long Island, N. Y. . The planes, both low-wing BT-16 monoplanes collided at about 700 feet altitude. Captain A. J. McVea, army officer in charge of training, said an * investigation was being pressed. Dionne was flying with Relyea. Apparently Dionne made an attempt to parachute down, but he plummeted into a cotton field, his 'chute partly opened. Bush and Yawn were found dead in their plane which crashed on the edge of a swamp several hundred yards from the other ship. LOST CERTIFICATE " Certificate Number 463 for twenty shares of fully paid gtock in the Wateree Building and Loan Association dated May 18, 1940,has been lost or destroyed, and upon completion of this adrertlsment, if not fonnd, the undersigned will apply to the - said Building and Loan Association for a Cattd^aJk, Mir lit 1ML WlJsb. For the N? eflt of dmBMsrs. tele ;7. ~ Y" - " 'rvy; FIFTH ANNUAL CAROLINA* CLOSED TENNIS CHAMPIONSH|| .. ? fifi " Hartsvllle, 8, 0., July 12, mj invitations to thf Fifth Aunmi lings Closed Tennis Champion^ to ha held In Hartsville on the c?2 of the Prestwood Country club dart the week of July 18?August * now In the hands of more than | tennis players ,ot North and So* Carolina. This tournament- has grown In po ularlty since Its start tour yesra S until It Is now looked upon by ten* patrons as the climax oi the impuiii -sports events hdd South Cuotti drawing the cteqfcot the tennti p^ ers of the two Cafollnas. Archls H? derson of Chapel H1U was th?M i year winner in 1937 and was hoaote by. having the Men's Singles tropb [ named for him. Miss Julia- Pick*. Charlotte net queen, watM| I Singlse Champ for the first w to Teddy and Louts Burwell of Cfc, jlotte, Peyre Kennedy, SpartaMtfj and many other players long f?ulUta I to tennis fans have been among 12 I field in the pkst. The Chairman of the tournameE W, K. Lewis, Is expecting entrig from such outstanding players Jj Billy Farmer of Presbyterian, wiantt ! 0f -Men's Singles in 194Q, Mist 8q Rushton, winner of Ladies' Singlaii 1940; Ed Self? of Presbyterian, Jij Joyce of Spartanburg, Mrs. Lillfcf Seabrook of Charleston, lien TunJ of Columbia, Wilbur Greyard A Greenville. Bobby Chipley of Grid wood and many others. ?-J One of the more attractive featqfl of the tournament in recent years M been the Fast Junior field. I? 1)2 this event was won by Bobby Sp?J rier of Charlotte, who defeated h*4 Markham In the finals. In the Jnfej Doubles, Spurrier and Marks *<*W| over Ingram and .Cash. It Is and expected that this year's M events will be even better $u1* with such players as Bobby ChWtJ "\yilbur Greyward, Donny HaUfenfl Theo MoLaughlin among otheri* Other 1940 winners wereBM and Miss Rushton over Joyce J Miss Hamby In the mixed doubiejl Joyce and- DanielB over Farmerjffl Solfo in the Mep's Doubles; ffl| Rushton over "Mrs. SeabrooiJgE Ladies' Singles; and Mrs^ Seabnajfl and Miss Sadler over Miss 3mMb| and Miss Hamby in the Doubles. * The Caroiinas Closed CbaUPMB ships tournament is sanctioned* the Southern Lawn Tennis Assoc* tlon and the USLTA._ Entriss he filed In Singles Eeehta *?y Mim night of July 27. The fwrjtaf of Prestwood Country Club will M the scene of activity and SB facilities will he open to a)? parti? LEMUEL H. PEACH J* DIES AT CAW* Lemuel H. Peach, 69, died 4^ residence prov lde ucejsl of Kershaw county after an 9* of several weeks, Thursday.* was a farmer and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Peach. He* made his home in this commi* all of his life. 4* Funeral services were held the Providence Baptist churck^M day at 11 a.' m., the Rev. of Kershaw, officiating. was in the churchyard. He is survived by his widow, Delia Hunter Peach; three* Brodus Peach, Dan Peach, am ** Peach, all of the Provide*** munlty; four daughters, Mfk Bowers, Lancaster" Mrs. Luis* ers, Mrs. Bessie Bowers, and Mrs. Lottie Mae Brjfti^* thune. ' * Embryo chickens always with their heads In the largw the ?? . ? WF? I I .1,. Tk. bMt ?U>?* tof ijl I'n ilwwi Ward. A? ' JTJ 5,;i VckOi afUr md* ty tkia*a Mt'i rf*