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r BARNWELL. S. C. 1 . / CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING mson College to Be Host to High way Euthusiasts in March. Middle of rk Clemson College.—March 13 to 15 has jeen set for the highway engineer ing conference, which is being jj-lan- nod to be held at Celmson college in the interest of hotter highways, and prominent speakers already selected include Tfaomaa R. Agg. Iowa, and Clifford Older, Illinois, according |o -Erof—fcL X^Ckirke. ihe cjvil engineering divisions of Clemson col lege, who is enthusiastic»about the on ' coming good roads meet. I’rof. Tjiomas Radford Agg of Iowa- State college, why will he one of the speakers at the big conference is one of t^e foremost authorities in the country. He is the author of many books on highway engineering; and is at present engaged in some original research work in the line of highway economics. One of his lectures to be given at Clemson will be relative to the discovery he has made in this field. ‘ Mr Clifford Older, chief highway engineer of Illinois, ^ ill be^another of the speakers. Under tlie direction of Mr Older the state of Illinois ex- pended in" cmrst rue ting ascc- 'tion of experimental road of various types of pavement and then driving ( loaded trucks back and forth over this road until it wore out. The lessons learned by these expriemnets have al = -- ready saved, to- .tha„ slate of jlljnois in new construction. $5.000,000r ^ - Older will give an illustrated lecture 'lling of this experimtmtal road, and lessons learned therefrom. r.t.f i.o v ci) UNIFORM WTERNATIONAL u> t.*. v> arafup. jbudiiur ul Kadio Ale^cllaD^ll•ln5:.) , ' Beer Contained Poison. ' York.'—The captTrm'and destruction by officers of a still ‘and two barrels of beer in Bethel tOVnship may have saved some lives,'for the beer was in barrels that a few motnhs ago had contained boll weevil poison and the can constituting the still had been •used scores of times to hold the pois on while it was being hauled to the fields. A ith the beer barrels buried ; deep in fhe sand of the Catawba river | bottoms' members of the raiding party unearthed them were of the opinion that the liquid might easily a.bsorb from tfie wooden staves enough of the poison to affect the whiskey, pos sibly making it a lethal poison . for the imbibers of the “vile stuff.” By A. W. SHRAEP Whenever there was occasion, to demonstrate a receiving set with a loud speaker, either in a large or small room, to a number of people where a> comparatively large.vylume of sound had to he used, there was always met the annovance, to .those •near the speaker, ^>f being disagreeably affect ed, while listeners at a point half uny to the rear of the room would just- about he able to judge the good and, bad points of the receiving set em- ! ployed. At the pre.seut time, when -en tertainment is furnished in an audi torium, hotel lobby, etc., it is always necessary to use two loud speakers placed at different points. From time to time new loud speak ers have been placed on the market. However, the manufacturer of every one makes new claims only for quality of tone, etc., due to the Construction of the diaphragm. In principles, they are all alike, throwing the entire vol ume of sound in one direction. Beginning with the premise that even distribution of this volume of sound over the entire room. In other words diffusion of the sound, would solve the problem, It logically follows that this must be done from some point at the center. , Placing a loud.speaker w-ith the con ventional type of horn at this point, Tttrertlng'- the sound waves either aghinW' tbe celling or the floor, does not help—the problem w Jfc one of ac tual direction of the waves. Taking Into .consideration the reflecting quali ties oY the horn itself, as well as th&se of the ceiling, walls and floors, the solution had to be such that the depend to the largest ‘degree the acoustical qualities, and* to fulfill its purpose this curve has to be mntjie- 'njatlcally, as well as acoustically cor rect, and by collaboration the true curve was designed. After using vari ous materials, the boms were made of Xo. TO gauge copper, and In order to still mlnimize^internul vibrations, the Inteffor^ iiTTUr us possible, as well as the extdrlor of both horns were cov ered with paper. The illustrations show tifcejdlmenslpns as well as the curves. Tt wltj! be noted that the inner horn fir themottom Is shorter than tlje outer Why You May Need ytr Economical Tronifortotiotk w /CHEVROLET one, Vnd travel, of sound waves through * tills -horn Is directed and spread against the celling, while the flare directs the sound waves from the outer horn sideways and downward. This combination of bells or duplex horns replaced the horn of the loud speaker. Kb power amplification was Aiken Will Have Fast Polo. Aiken.—Aiken this year will see fast, pojo.' Practically the full inter national team, which last year defeat ed the British team, wanning world wide laurels, will be here for the polo season. It is a matter of local pride that ^‘Tommie" HitcltV >< k. who .was born in Aiken! now heads the* tcaMi havuU’ been elected to the captaincy this' year. Young !Hitchcock is just now in New York convalescing from a Details and Dimensions of the Loud- Speaker Horn Described in This Article. The . Larger Horn Is Sup ported’’By Pieces of Fiber Fastened to tlie Outer Horn. ( means sought -would function under any Indoor conditions such as In rooms of different sizes, furnished or unfurnished, etc. from the above, the line of research to be followed, and the solution, will Two Horns Are Used With This Ar rangement; the Sound Is Projected Upward Through the Inside Horn, and That Froth" the Outside Horn Deflected Downward by the Curved Edges of the Larger One. Lesson (By REV > P. B. FITZWATEft. D.D., Dean of th* Evening Sehooi. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) 1®, 1924. Weetern Newspaper Union ) ' t ■“ - Lesson for February 24 THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES LESSON TEXT—Judg. 2 6-19; -TA-CS. GOLDEN TKXT-yl wHT heat their backsliding, 1 will love them freely*.-— Hos. 14:4; • . *. PRIMARY TOPIC—The Story - of a Brave Leader. JUNIOR TOPIC —Gideon and Hie Three Hundred. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP-. IC—Israel Falling and Rising Again. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—The Long Struggle With Idolatry. I. A Synopsis of the Book of Judges. This book covers the period from the conquest of Canaan and the death of Joshua to the Judgeship of Samuel. The teacher should master the con tent of the book In order to teach this lesson, especially chapters 2*16.' 1. The Sin of the People (Judg. 2:6- 13). While Joshua and the elders of his generation lived, the people In ! some measure remained faithful to God, in obedience to His Word, but the very next ‘ generation went Into apostasy. Their degradation may be accounted for as follow .s: , (1) Failure to drive out the Canaan- i ites from their nRdst. , They had gained the victory over “Them, buT failed to exterminate them. Their mis- I taken tolerance became'thelr undoing. (2) Their amalgamation with the Oannanites. They Intermarried with the heathen. Tolerance of the enemy Is closely followed by ‘ union there with and quick disaster, comes In the nefded as the receiving set employed w-fis provided -with ' three stages of ^ wake "of" such union audio, -v recent uperatToh''tnirAvHl'TOTne' to Aik ; be readily umler.sR»od . by the descrip- ♦•n‘ in the near, future and will be here for the season’s play. Deveroaux Milburn of the ..leadow brook dub, the famous t‘*n goal man is expected here within the next fort, night and will be seen' in play on the local field. Read Takes Over Director’s Duties. Greenville/^The'office-Of director of prohibitkHi in South Carolina was of ficially-'i;rkon pver by Kdgar S. Read of^ a.diington. who is temporary sue sor- Ql Maj. George (’. Bowen, who has resigned a-r.d who- plans leaving Greenville for Orlando, Fla., where he ill engage in real estate business. Vhile Mr. Read comes directly, from Alabama to South Carolina, for some time he has been eoneneted with the national prohibition headquraters in Washington. Prior to his coming to South Carolina, Mr. Read w^s in Ala -bama for six months and IHcrHer in prohibition work in Wisconsin ' tion and illustrations of the means em ployed to get the desired effect of difr fusing the total volume of sound prac tically evenly over an entire room. The first step was to place a horn within a horn, with simple m'eans to bold these two horns In their proper relative po- s|tions. ( ‘Horns with straight sides would naturally constitute no im provement, -therefore, the principle of the bell; (as fbr instance ,the opening of a cornet) of thwhflrss musical wind instrument was. adopted—and please note—fhis bell has been used since time immemorial without change, On the curve of they bell, however, 1 ** using -No. 216A tubes. The loud speaker was placed within an electric light fixture of the - reflecting boWl type, and suspended in such man ner that the top of the speaker would be within 4% feet of the top of a room 12 feet high. In rpoms with low er ceilings, approximately the same proportions were maintained. Considering the fact/that the bVlls in this speaker were by up rb'eaivs per fect—each was made in two^piedes^cut out of a fiat sheet of copper, shimed by hand, brazed and flnislied on nfan-: drels which happened to be near jfhe' dimensions required—the result was truly surprising. In 1 every part of the room, be it directly underneath the speaker or at a distance of 15 feet, thCj results were entirely different from those obtained with the. usual type of horn. Good music or the voice re ceived, acquired or was reproduced In a soft mellow tone, though the full volume was used at the input, and without this input being-greater than necessary with the old-type horn. * " The above results were obtained in a room 23 bjuifr foot, using a single speaker. It Is a practical certainty that in a large auditorium with fair acoustical, qualities, two or three loud sj»eakers using the'described type of horn, will give excellent results. Nat urally, tests for placing the horns will have to be made in every case, as the ^ length, width and height of the audi torium will govern the situation. Only the horn of the size Illustrated has .been made and used. 'However, there should be no question from the acoustical standpoint why' different sizes of -double horns, equipped with different tjmes of microphones should not work satisfactorily.—Radio News. (3) Idolatry. Intern^rriage with the heathen was soon followed by the worship 6f the heathen’s gods. God’* people lose power over the world as sooiv as they make alliance with It. 2. God’s Judgment for Their Sins (Judg. 2:14, 15). He delivered them into the tyands of ‘The spoiler that spoiled them.” . \ 3. T^ie Repentance of the People (Juflg.3,3 :9). Under the yoke of their Enemies they learned their folly and cried unto the Lord for deliverance. &4. God’s^ Deliverance at the Hand of the Judges! (Judg.jij:16-19). God heard their crlesii!^(^by Raising up military chieftains as Judges be saved them out of the hands' of their enemies. A repetition of sin, oppression by the enemy,‘repentance on the part of the people and 6od's deliverance, consti tute the story of the book of J-udges. II. The Victory of Gideon's Band (Judg. 7:1-23). Gideon was the mogt outstanding of the Judges. He came from an ob scure and unlnfluential family (6:15). Before going forw’ard he wishes to be V There are three main groups of prospective buyers of Chevrolet automobiles and commercial cars. First, are all who know from comparisons or through the experiences of friends that Chevrolet provides the utmost dollar value in modern, econopiical’transportation of people or mercham^se. Second, the large group of people with modest incomes who have the false impression that so good a car as Chevrolet is beyond their means. They do not realiie that due to engineering excellence and full modern equipment, Chevrolet operating and mainte nance costs average so low that during the life of the car, it ”’'• ~ delivers modcmf-romfortab 1 e, fast transportation at the' -4*— lowest cost per mile, including the purchase price. : Third, the smaller hut very important ^pup ofcarownert of ample means, only a small percentage of whom as yet , realize that Chevrolet as an extra car virtually costs them nothing, due to the reduction tu their transportation expenses effected by it. We respectfully suggest consideration, investigation and comparison of Chevrolet with any other car at any price. Chevrolet Motor. Company, Detroit, Michigan Division of Qeneral Motors Corporation Prices /. o. b. Flint, Mich. Superior Roadster . . $490 Superior Touring . . 495 Superior Utility Coupe . 640 Superior 4-Pssaeogcr Coupe 7Z5 Superior Sedan . . . $799 Superior Commercial Chaaeia 599 Superior Light Delivery . 495 Utility Express Truck ChaaeU 550 It was the eustoin among Romans doubly sure,.(1>.36-40). \\ lien once be .4^ -ofH-lhe liearil nt lln* ngo of Canning Prospects Good. Union Some farmers have already agreed to plant as much as five acres in tomatoes for the cannery next sea son Everyone of them planted last year ami made money by the trans action. The higher price thaj will be paid the eomirig season will enable them to make more per acre than last year. It will he fine if we can get 500 acres planted; finer still if we can get 1.000 acres planted. -And it wiP he easy goyig for the cannery once the production gets lip to. ,50 acres. Latta Sells Bonds. Latta.f—The town of Latta has suc ceeded** in selling its recently voted waterworks and sewage bonds to the Rank ot Charleston for a fancy figure. Just as soon as the bonds can be print ed and properly executed the money will be ready for the commissioners^ To get the work of installation under way. Work is expected ty^ begin on the waterworks and sewarge infftalla tion within the next few weeks and it will be pushed to a rapid conclusion. Set Out Water Oaks. Greenwood—George R. Briggs, local nurseVyman, has completed setting out 35 water oaks on the road from the 1 residence ofjJ. W. Sprolds to the en trance to th«f park at the power house The road will be known-as American Legiolt drive, namled in honor of the Greenwood county—soldiers whrugaW up their lives in the World War and each tref’ will bear the name of a fallen Kerq.™* The drive was estab lished about three years ago when 42 | tre-us were, set out, but 35 of thorn failed to &rq\v.' - * Use Celluloid Varnish for - Self-Supporting Coils An excellent Insulating fluid which cun he easily made by the radioman lias for its base celluloid. Drying very quickly, more so than shellac, it. com bines high insulating qualities with a beautiful gloss, strong body', not masking the original color of the coil or instrument treated. The composi tion Is made by dissolving scrap cel luloid such as photograph -film In acetone, which can.be purchased very cheaply at the corner druggist’s. The photographic * film should first be scraped of its gelatinous emulsion by Immersion in lye water, hot water or household “ammonia,” The coating is then easily removed by scraping. The cleaned cuttings of the film are then shaken in a corked bottle with the acetone, more acetone being'added If the mixture becomes too tbh*k, or more celluloid If it has a tendency to -flow' too easily. <’oiJ,s» such *ns variometer rotors, wound on forms and painted with the celluloid varnish will retain their shape wonderfully,f allowing very close coupling between It and the stator, this not being possible If a tube or other stippot^ were used. How to Convert Switch Into Double Detector Ln this detector a single pole double tiirow switcb is used. The two con tacts are spread slightly; in one is In serted a piece of radiocite and in the other a piece of silicon. On each edge Ancients Believed Man's Glory Was His Beard There was a deep-rooted belief among the ancient peoples of the East tliat u man’s glory was bis beard. Compulsory shaving and the close- cropping of hair were signs of degra dation; This is borne out by Assyrian sculptures, which always show kings with beards and long bald and slaves with close-cropped hair and clean shaven faces. The Egyptians, however, bad differ ent, ideas. They considered ttint hair was a source of dirt and shaved both face tind head. Their slaves and serv ants were compelled to do the same. The early Greeks and Romans shaved dff their beards because they gave the enemy a good bold In hand-to- hand lighting! It 4-s recorded that Al- exander-Ube Great ordered bis soldiers to shave fo*r Tills reason. A Single Pole Double-Throw twitch Is Converted Into a Double Crystal -Detector in the Simple Manner Shown. was convinced of duty, he was coura geous and enthusiastic. This Is char acteristic of all truly great men. 1. The Opposing Army (v.’ I). Gid eon and his army rose early on that eventful day and they came by th,e spring of Harod. Over against them was the host of the Midianitesdn bat tle array. 2. The Sifting of Gideon’s Army 'vv. 2-S). At Gideon’s call 32,000 men responded, ready for the struggle: This seemed a small army to go against the, Midianlte army, 135,000 strong, but God said this was too many, lest they b*e led to boasting and self-confidence, i The real danger was not In their small army but InThelUprlde. All that were afraid were allowed to go back, leav : 1 ing only 10,000. Still this' was too many.. When God was through sifting, •nly 300 remained. 3. God Gives Encouragement, to Gideon. He bade Gideon go down to the Mldlanite camp, where be would hear . something that would cheer his heart and strengthen his hand. When he came near he heard a man telling a dream, which was that -of a barley cake tumbling Into the camp ami smit ing It. He also heard the Interpreta tion given-to the dream which made Gideon to be that cake. 4. God Gives Victory to .Gideon (vv. 16-23). Ills attack was unique. The whole matter was of faith (Heb. 11:32). Gideon with his 300 men ,formed into three companies, each man being pro vided with a, trumpet and a lamp con cealed within a pitcher. Thus armed twenty-one and present it ns an offer ing to the household gods. A beard was grown after that age only ns a sign of mouruing.—I.ondon Tit-Rits. The .complexion of a woman’s thoughts may be due to the way her face-1 s made up. African Ruler , Devises Language of His Own A few years ago NJoya, king of Eoumhan. In the Cameroon*, became Jealous of the particularly good set of secret languages of neighboring tribes, and Invented from French, English and German words a code tongqe of his own which Is reserved for thll ex clusive use of the “cabinet” and opper administrative officials. The Interesting feature of this state language, which was discovered and r studied by a Erenchpuin, Lieutenant Clapot, is that. Instead of meaning their usual equivalent, the European words have entirely different code sig nifications. “La mission,” for instance,, means “to see,” and “franc” mean* _ “the king.’* “Ordnung”..means “we “savant” means “an egg.” “lemon” means “a hill,” “left” means “which,” and “English” means “a head.”—Man chester Guardian. Largest Waves From a aeries of observutiomt'-tnada of waves of the Atlantic, Pacific apd Indian oceans by u French rtavnl offi cer, it was’ found' that the largest waves occurred In the Indian ocean, where thirty* different waves averaged 29 feet, the largest being 37 feet. ‘TU Take a Chance! 9* T i a p A ^ ♦ Splicing Is Important “Teature of Any Antenna Splicing Is an Important feature of the antenna system. In faetptoo much ^attention cannot be given splices, tight connections, etc. This Is due to the fact that a great deal of skin reception Is lost. Fusing or welding, of course. Is tie very best kind of a splice. Next comes the proper twisting and solder ing, and * what is Called the Western jinloh joint. The latter twist, is about they surrounded the camp of the Ml- dlanltes. They were all Instructed to keep their eyes upon their lf‘oder_ahd imitate him. At. .the proper moment of the knife-blade solder a catwhisker 1 blew, their trumpets-ain/l, broke Uotonections are taken from either con-,'* ie * r pdchers, giving opportunity for tact on the center of the switch. ’ In th * lam P s t0 shln e out. This awful this way change can be made from one crash of broken pitchers, follow ing the crvstal to the other. • sound of trumpets, accompanied 15y the shout. “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon,’’' threw tlie_ Midinnites Into-a panic, causing them to fight among themselves. One hundred and twenty thousand were thus slain, leaving but 15,000 of that mighty army (Judg. HE thought that goes with the cup of coSee at the evening meal is a disturbing one. “It may* keep me ^wake tonight! n , ^ ^ __ /•».” ' 'v * - • The something [caffeine] in coSee that keeps so many folks awake nights, is entirely absent in Postum—the de licious, pure cerealbeverage./The dif ference means a fuU night’s rest and a blight tomorrow. \ \«r- ■ ■ the best possible kind of>>a 'twist to use. To make the joint, allow the Wires to lap for five dr sii inoho?i, and then twist.the ends around the.other wire as tightly-as possible. This aids the tensile strength as well as exposing a large surface for soldering. Electric Iron Will Do Work of 50-Watt Lamps Some experimenters, when construct Ing a rectifier, find considerable diffi culty in finding suitable resistance to place In series with their battery that is being charged, other than a bank ol lamps, which is rather expensive since so many are needed. Instead of tin resistance, place an ordinary $tUig re ceptacle in series with the battery ter minal anil the high-voltage side. Ther procure your mother's electric irnr and, taking care that it is on a holdei and will doi4u> damage when hd't, con nect it.ih the plug receptacle; Thi? 'will do tlie same work that t3TiO-wat: lamps would do and vvhen yc.’.r inothei waryssjier Iron it is hot and ready I'm service. * Th* Test. When I see a man who does not think pretjy well cf himself I always Buspect him of being In the right.— Robert Eouis Stevenson. for Health . « A “There’s a Reason’’ Despondency. “Despondency is the devij's triumph in the human mind. God is not the author of hopelessness.”—The Advo- **aMu Feelings. > . . Those who would* make ns feel must feci themselves.—Churchill. _ Poetum comes In two format Instant Postum [in tins] pre pared instantly in the cup by the addition of boiling water. Postum Cereal [in packages) for those who prefer the Davor brought out by boiling fully 20 minutes. The cost of either form is about one-half cent a At grocers everywhere FjevERAOB^