The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 25, 1920, Image 3
TWO-SWORD MEN OF JAPAN
WUh THwir C»wMftt|¥wry
F#w Vtarw Ago. tho tot rot of
Blodomaking DiMppoarod.
An lute no 1808 thero woro oomo
(lO.OUO two-oword mon In Japan. hlK l >-
trained fighters attached to the
nobles of the land In bands ranging
from two or three, to an entire army.
When the revolution came the work
of thd two-sword men was done, the
nation was made into a solid unit and
the strength of the blade carriers was
needed aj plow and bench.
With this disbanding, an exchange
explains, the trade of the swordraaker
was also lost to the vast number fol
lowing It. and with them, as the years
passed, died the secrets of the war
rior tools. Swords can be obtained In
Japap today . whose blades are so keen
• they can cut through a veil or a sofa
cushion, and ‘ulso can be driven
through a bar of iron, provided the
wielder has the strength. Others have
blades covered with a beautiful and
intricate tracery that disappears and
reappears at odd times, and no one-
can solve the “why” of It. One mo-
• ment the blade Is as smooth and un
marked as a mirror ami the next the
.design leaps out before the eye of the
startled beholder and can even be felt
by sensitive fingers. Yet other blades
■ re colored red. blue, silver or gold,
■nd while seemingly an alloy, a chem
ical analysis shows nothing but steel.
Y>t others are coated with a poison
tkat la unseen, hut beyond all other
pplsona deadly. In large part It con
•lata of decayed human blood.
RACE SOON TO BE EXTINCT
An Unchristian
Martyr
B, MARTHA M. WILLIAMS
P **la In Waka a# Civilisation Hava
tpalt Ooo** ta the Polynoaiana
Of leuth §000.
Sltot o^ndem rtvUtttttoa la bringing
O»orh and rstormlnattoa ta tko opto*
did liaoara at
•prat rtato oa tfco koaatlfal ooatkreo
fariftc 11a ■§■ CtorWa Boeaard
la tho AtiaatK Moaibiy. la
log o*ee tku •ayo-
^To say that ClArtHaatty waa lltoie
aad«4ag waaM ko award; iWt dwd
aad are if lag aadao tka aargaark
aawia a# tW Kaeapraa ftvHaftaa of
a kick cant toawj «•• tw Ntovaa
are. B*wryw%rrv la tko Boaik «aoo
vka aory hao koaa tko aaa*. vkotkov
told ky Bwoaowaa or MafvltW. OS
iaaflo Bora a Wa kaoalNt ikoaa d*o
eaoo j aa waakght tkoaa ooMtaa rwta
lag faAaaof ao gr*ai a earvol j ao *ap
appawad tka opaeva aasd aaoovaaoaf oad
arftf aata • a paafeOrd tk# •*d
Maodevv ia aalataaa taoOv aatoroai as
afk %ad ksatty a# kooagW *kma oa
o*tra mgo *d aamsta. aktv% aaavoadpd
rasrdy mb aaaksag kyyaarstm «f iko
mm aWMa aaai* 1 aao ar»sgard as
oaoo T •lay ikrer la a^ktag sa ka
msM assiaag as kr doaoe-- Ik# fNdva^
aaaa far# •!*» oaMa W only a wmm
(©. 1920, by^AfcChire N^WBpap^r Syndicate.)
M I dare you,” Peter called Utntalix-
Ingly from Ihe far end of the foot-
log to Betty, 'poised on the stump,
whence it had been cut. She was like
a butterfly, newly alighted, standing
now on tiptoe, now' teetering on both
heels, arms wide and high above her
Shoulders, with bunches of red-bud
flowers In each hand.
“You think I’m foolish enough not
to take a dare,” she flung back dis
dainfully, her words muffled by the
noise of the swollen creek. It was
late March, but warm enough for May
—almost sultry. Indeed—hence the red
bud flowers. The pair had been stroll
ing through a narrow, wooded bottdin
where all manner of sylvan things
were waking cheerily. Across ihe
stream there was a sonth-looking bill
slope above a low limestone bluff.
Sturm! tliiek in every seam and cran
ny with bepfiticas, white, pink and
pule purple. .\lM.»*e them string-bark
tree* bore cLusters of white stars with
pointed golden hearts, as beautiful as
orchids, and sweeter than spring It
self. Betty wanted the white stars—
wanted to pluck them herself. She
was not *uper*iith»u.*, of enurar—still
It was rmintryshte l«ellef with the un
lettered that wishes ma*te os yon
pin «-ke«l were sure to come true.
Hrtiee her refusal of Peter’s help,
her resolve to • r**ss fh# stream, whrth
er Jr imi Ivter vowed she maM nev
er walk (hr lag. even with hit help—
•A
off root end ww let root ip-fce earn, hat i
the Hinging wot shirt fhiealed mao
Hoo and • lore© to delight toy eye;
moreover, hit Hutch of her showed
giant otrengtb. He didn’t wait fur her
to refuse liellew’a eager Invitation.
“Home’a nearer—going there la tho
best proeoBtlvo of uklng cold.” ho
■aid almost brusquely, ’it’s mighty
nice of you to offer us fire and sliel-
ter—tJmnk you a lot—but wet doga
hod better get to their owm kennela.”
^Then he half-led, half-dragged Betty
away, bowing airily to the pair they
left. On the way to the log Betty
stopped him, pointing to a flowering
tree overhead, and reaching silently
to twitch off low-hanging clusters of
starry flowers. She was quite willing
to be carried over the stream. Peter
-set a tentative foot on the log, then
plunged down to the streamside, say
ing, with a grin, “We can’t be wetter—
here goes!” then went striding steadily
across. He put down his passenger
unbidden, picked tip her hat and flow
ers and starUnl along the homeward
path at nearly a dog-trot. But Betty
kept up with him quite cleverly. In a
whiff her color had come back, her
eyes were shiny, not clouded, and her
hair beginning to frame her face hP
adorable small tendrils. Viewing fltl
which from the c«>nier of his eye, he
smiled whimsically, saying, “Lucky
those others,” nodding backward,
“inn’t set* you now, Betsy! Jack
would fall in love with you all over
again, and Cousin Kmma want to bite
Jierself with jealous spite. Fine aa
she looked in her outdoor get-up, she’d
have nothing oa yo®. Now you hare,
as the darkies say, TV*ne come un-
drowned.’ I»id you wish anything on
her when you got tho flow era V
| “Not a thing.'* Betsy panted. m»-
nine n yard ahead of him. tlo caught
her arm aaylng. sternly. “No running
awn), rules! Things have got to bo
act tied right kero and now*
'Oh have they Y* Bettv flung o#s#
I her shooMer. twisting a# her faro oaa
hliieu Hhr one «0 In a glms—ok*
twinkle In Peter's eyes hod hetra/od
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Vast Wealth In Liberia.
The Sun and New York Herald a
few weeks ago whs probably the first I
newspaper in our country to announce
that Liberia. In West Africa, had ju^t
come into view as very rich In natural
resource*, both agricultural ’and min*
eral. It is nearly a* large as the *tate
of New York, fronts 1 on the Atlantic i
for about UOQ miles and its coast belt
is only about twenty miles wide. I
North of the coast Init the whole;
country is a vast forest, through I
which Sir Alfred Sharpe of England
lias recently penetrated. Me has in
formed the Koval Geographical so
ciety of the enormous populnjion of
this, till now, unknown forest innd
and of the unexpected resource's, in-
Vluding gold and other minells, that
await development there. . * -
Radio Control for Airplanes.
There can he doubt that if the war
hud lasted a few months longer we
would have witnessed the leading nr- !
mles employing great' fleets of fiir-
plnm s controlled by radio means. The
United States army hud -progressed
pretty far along this line when the
..r«nUli4«» ib-uu dMHavwd- uaeiu i
cao In* «ald for Germany. Now ue •
bum that Ihe French have demon
strated that Ave or ais small am) In-
e\prft»ivr tWMnhlng planes, with* *it I
lot cad he aur rea m fully *w ded ky a
“slMpfhori*- ka a largur tke-v-gk *
fW memm stf Heruian w»ve%— fl» •vwti
ffr AaweMU
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IgfvuugK. a#aaudkug a# fuamur
au%e«#t« «• IkHUA 1 Mki mH >Mr
w a
tai
sat hefuetf upon thi* tr**** trunk an*I
iMitan to in* b along It. «|owly. but
and it ’wenuMt hPtli* iJmii
curely.
“That Is «mj«* way!” Peter glggl***l.
“Take mr*j»s»* you •loti't w**t >**ur
—they almost tmich water n*iw—and
It'^ lowtT in the middle
“Thank you for nothljig. I haven’t
lost si^bt nor hearing.” Betty retorted,
somewhat bivuilih-ssly. Tlie progr»*ss.
so ca^y in theory, was proving IihhI
and slow—besides the Idg stub mid
way fannied menacingly. Sin* cOuld
not |H*«^ibly lift herself past it —crawl
ing over was her only hope. "Go
a wav. * 1 hate to he wtitched,” she
pantinl to IN'tcr Who looked at the
water. The-log appeared to turn up-
siV( am 'and go sailing to nowhere—
desperately she essayed to follow if—
with a result ot t’mding herself in <*eld
and Very swift water three- feet do<'f>.
IF swept her like a dead leaf down to
a pool Apry much deeper.. As She
came to its surface Peter clutched her.
hMd her with one hand, and very
shortly drew her safe to the hank.
Borne hundred yards below where she
had fallen in. And ihcrt* watching,
first with coneern. then with ftllghtly
veiled am’iKcrflont. stood Jack Bollew
i»4*4 his cwunHmmwr u very
pn itcni of trim elegance In tweed*,
high bonis and Severely tailored hat.
They had •'•une from the Bellew house
upcm the hill t«m. to aee tk# creek
)uot post It* floml Mage, sot) the oak
log wooffa Brfty imoK
hate «Aom them hash why ho4 (hey
<B#smo thi* apeetol saaemog f«ar thete
mml) JWk Ihlkpo hod hsoo fluctee-
aug ahami has omoe tho CTNfsitmma yot
ahm *# UMI fsoss ffoemso iff km saMth
a# who tuff SMMhrkMff sum m toff to hoe
H. C. L HITS EVEN SEA GULLS
ff.rOs Na«o Aunoat PoaeteO the ora
tera ArewMg iteai v##a mi keorth
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» that the II 1\ I. ha* driven them
away. •New \T»rk**rs an* •*»* **«*<iii«*mic,il
at preM*nt that the ^#*m gull** cuntmi
. timl enough to live ••u lierealMuils.
■ When* have they gone?” n|*IU*d an
oniitbologlsr to an Inquiry. ‘ TlH*n* i>
no niysiery ahont if. They ha\e g*MM»
where they timl it easier to live. Those
v beautiful birds which we ifs«-d to s**e
on the Hudson and around the hoy an-
now doubt)ess living *1 considerable
distance out at mui.”
i He explained that the sen gull live*
principally on food >tufT retrieved from
the water.
“When the New Yorkers wen* foreed
to guard the market basket so rigorous
ly and eliminate waste in every way,
the sea gulls found their fond supply
; curtailed fo tin* vanishing point. They
accordingly went where they could get
it. You will And them today in the
•track of the coastwise steamships or
, further out at sea in tin* lanes of the
1 Atlantic liners, where there is not so
' 'much e< om»m.Y in the shipV galley.**—
New York Sun.
Faith in Dream Justified.
Partial bMnffae**. it Is elntmedt hr*
been cured through the medium of a
dream A boy dreamed three nights
In succession that If he stood on a cer
tain bridge at lYagne at midnight he
would ***r •oms oc»e who nuuld work
a mlraHe for him The ) usttU wrt*t to
the hHffgv naff, after watting tkeer
fag kowrs «as engMOg nwgy ffHw^
pMooieff nke'a ko naec a anno sko kn-
gnkmff wktf ko kffdl koow sawoffkng ikoee
ao iMffL flmff 1 onarysffw okm yoMoeff
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hOMMSO Off) sMssammi
FOR SALE
1,500 SACKS CEMENT. ’
60,000 BRICK, INCLUDING SEVERAL
THOUSAND ROUGH TEXTURE BRICK
1,000 SACKS PLASTER.
ANY OR ALL OF THE ABOVE, AT AT
TRACTIVE PRICES F. O. B. WILLISTON
I HAVE IN TRANSIT ONE CARLOAD
OF FINE MULES, YOUNG AND WELL
BROKEN TO WORK ANYWHERE. I
ALSO HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF
BUGGIES AND WAGONS THAT 1 CAN
SELL AT PRICES LOWER THAN THE
WHOLESALE MARKET.
I CAN NOW MAKE IMMEDIATE DE
LIVERY OF EITHER SHORT OR LONG
LEAF PINE TIMBER ROUGH OR ORES-
Q. A. Kennedy
Williaton, S. G
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The Facts of the Telephone
Situation in South Carolina
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Other Increased Costs of Operation
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1000 ft. loo pr 22 (It Aerial ( able
lost ft too pr 22 Oa i g cabin
100 ft. 4duct Single Clay Conduit installed under Asphalt Pavement
1 subscriber « Drop installed
1 subscriber’s Station installed mall set — —.—
S subscriber's Sut .on installed desk net
1 sec tlon No. 1 subscriber’s Switchboard installed _ .........
1 section No. 1 Toll Switchboard gistalled —
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Today yhe average price of all plant ma
terial is more than D7 per cent*higher than
in 1914.
There is no present indication that these
prices will be lower.
The combined effect of the ^increase in its
wage bill, and the prices of material, meant)
that it ! costs the Company more than $2 00
to construct, maintain and operate the same
amount of plant that, formerly cost $1.00.
The cost of construction concerns the own
ers of the property, being paid for out of
the capital account of the Company.
The cost of replacement of the present
Plant concerns the owners^of the property,
being paid for out-of the* replacement re
serve fund.
Practically all ef this fund was created
upon a basis of pre war costn. Present-day
cofl's make it inadequate, ao that It must
be supplemented by new capital when ro-
The cost of the daily, current maintenance
of the plant concerns the telephone user,,
being an expense of operation, paid for out
of the earnings of the Company at current
labor and material coats.
Annual contributions to the replacement
fund for the plant constructed today and to
morrow. concerns the telephone user, being
an expense <?f operation, paid for out of tho
earnings of the Company; based upon the
costs of labor and material when the plant
T& constructed.
The gross earnings of the Company must
be sufficient for the daily, current operation
and maintenance of the plant, and to create
an adequate replacement fund to replace tho
plant at the end of its service life. *
In no other way can efficient and contin
uous service be bad ky the public, or tbff
property of the owners be protected.
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- The neat advertise ment will tell yo® why and %rl»at you con
•eevtae for in#
do to Insure
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