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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.
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i.o v ci) UNIFORM WTERNATIONAL
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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
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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.
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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 ) '
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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,
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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,
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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.
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a Chance!
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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.
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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
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“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
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