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MOUNT MITCHELL FOREST. Magnificent Playground for Recrea* tion and Camping. A magnificent national playground for recreation and camping purposes, is now a reality in the Mount Mitchell national forest of western North Carolina. Under the direction of Mr. H. S. Graves, chief forester of the * United States forest service, arrange* - i - 1 +l.rv ments have Deen compieiea iui mc use of this wonderful region to all who may wish, either permanently or temporarily, to enjoy its advantages and beauties. For years it has been a dream of those familiar with the sublimity of the Southern Appalachian mountains that the territory included in the ^ Mount Mitchell national forest, should be preserved, in its primeval grandeur and sylvan beauty, as a pleasure park for the people of the ^ entire country. The dream now is about to be realized. Through the action of the national government and the State of North Carolina, the Mount Mitchell region will be preserved as one of the beauty spots of the western world. Mount Mitchell, the peak of com mandina interest in the new national forest, took its name from Dr. Elisha Mitchell, a professor of the University of North Carolina. A man of great learning and notable achievement in the realms of science, he measured the height of the mountain, in 1835, and established the fact that its summit was the highest land in North America, east of the Mississippi river. Twenty-two years later, while verifying his original measurements, he ^ lost his life near the summit of the mountain which he loved so well. The scene of his death was romantically beautiful. Pouring over a precipice, a mountain torrent origi. nally had tumbled sheer many feet to solid rock below. The attrition of its waters for centuries had worn out a smooth, circular basin, q.uite fourI m teen feet deep and as many feet in diameter. In the clear, cold, limpid water which filled the basin lay the body of Dr. Mitchell, perfectly preH served. He had fallen down a steep wKt declivity into the pool and, among the mysteries of nature which he had studied so diligently, he had given UP his life. His grave today is at the very summit of his beloved mountain. ^ For all tijne and in perpetuity for the American people, assurance now is given that this grand tract of for est and mountain land will be Kept; but it was only two or three years ago that the woodman's axe menaced its sublime beauty. Lumbermen had purchased the timber on Mount Mitchell and were about to cut it when the Hon. Locke Craig, governor of North Carolina, intervened. I Through his urgency, the general assembly made an appropriation for } the purchase of the land and timber around the summit for park purposes. Additional mountain lands have been taken under the supervision of the government and converted into the Mount Mitchell national forest, which stretches in a magnificent panorama of sylvan ^ . scenery north and west and east of the city of Asheville. i Fine automobile boulevards and roadways radiate from the city into this superb natural park. They are well-maintained and lead to innumerable points of historic and scenic interest. Scores of horseback and foot ' trails beckon the . follower into the very midst of primeval solitude. Many of the trails are easily followed and all of them afford delightful out-door experiences; but the traveler uninitiated in mountain-craft would better accompany a guide. The negotiation of the mountain trails afforded by the Mount Mitchell national forest is fascinating sport and, in the salubrious climate of the park, is among the most healthful of physical exercises. The practical advantages to be offered in the national forest, through Chief Forester Graves, even outweigh the sentimental and scenic advantages. Charming sites for cottages and temporary camps are to be placed at the disposal of those who may desire them. Only the mildest restrictions will be imposed upon campers, visitors and permanent residents. Mount Mitchell national forest is, indeed, to be a park for the ' people, where, in the most beautiful ^ and healthful environments of nature, they may reside either temporarily or permanently. L In the very heart of the Southland, ^ the government in establishing the reservation first of all for the protection of the streams has made available for the people this wonderful forest park which offers the benefits onrf dpii^hts of an out-door life in the midst of ideal surroundings. Ten layers of honey, each eight feet long and more than a foot thick, the whole weighing nearly 200 pounds, was the sweet surprise a Maine man found the other day in the chimney of a farm house he had bought. Get a Boston pencil sharpner from Herald Book Store for your school. I "W ?- . SILENCER FOR TELEPHONES. Prevents Persons in Room From Hearing Speaker. e, A vacuum silencer for telephones is the novel invention which has just been perfected. The inventor took w out a patent on it nearly three years m ago, but no glass manufacturer tr would undertake to make it because of technical difficulties and he had to ca modify it in several ways. ca The device, attached to the mouth- eE piece of an ordinary telephone, acts j as a muffler and prevents others in ca | the room from hearing wnat uie per-j '] son speaking is saying. ' nc It is based upon the principle that bl sound waves require a ponderable of elastic medium for their transmit- th sion and consequently, cannot pass re through a space wherein there is a Sc vacuum. It consists of two essential J parts, the vacuum chamber and the air releasing chamber. The former is made of glass, with double walls ^ puts his mouth to this and talks as separated by a vacuum. The speaker _ usual. f" As originally patented, there was no air releasing chamber, but the inventor discovered that speaking into it set up such an air pressure inside that it was impossible to continue. Therefore he devised the air-releasing chamber of hard rubber, which acts as a connecting link between the glass vacuum chamber and the telephone mouthpiece. In this chamber the exhaled air is forced to go through circuitous passages so arranged that the sound waves will be _ retained within the silencer, whereas the air passes freely to the exterior. The principle employed is somewhat similar to that used in thermos bottles, except that in this case we are dealing with sound waves and in the other with heat waves, both of which require a ponderable, elastic medium for their transmission.?St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Pure Americanism. (From the address of Woodrow Wilson to the members of the Grid- _ iron club in Washington.) ? America ought to keep out of this Be< war. She ought to keep out of this Tr war at the sacrifice of everything except this single thing upon which loc her character and history are found- jjj ed, her sense of humanity and justice. If she sacrifices that, she has ceased to be America; she has ceased ve to entertain and to love the tradi- St tions which have made us prepared to be Americans, and when we go ^ about seeking safety at the expense of humanity, then I for one will be _ lieve that I have always been mis- * taken in what I have conceived to be the spirit of American history. You never can tell your direction except by long measurements. You cannot establish a line by two posts; you have got to have three at least to know whether they are straight with anything, and the longer your line the more certain your measurement, g There is only one ivay in which to I determine how the future of the Unit ed States is to be projected and that / is by looking back and seeing which j way the lines ran which led up to [ the present moment of power and of J opportunity. The American roll of honor consists only of the names of men who have "squared their conduct by ideals of duty." And I wish that whenever an impulse to settle a thing some short Ge way tempts us we might close the ? door and take down some old stories ^ of what American idealists and statesmen did in the past and not ^ let any counsel in that does not sound in the authentic voice of +J American tradition. Then we shall be certain what the lines of the fu- ^ ture are because we shall know we are steering by the lines of the past. J We shall know that no temporary convenience, no temporary expedien- +4 cy, will lead us either to be rash. or to be cowardly. I would be just ? as much ashamed to be rash as I .t would to be a coward. J Valor is self-respecting. ^ Valor is circumspect. Valor strikes only when it is right to strike. Valor withholds itself from all ? small implications and entanglements J and waits for the great opportunity ^ when the sword will flash as if it ~ carried the light of heaven upon its blade. Boston Again. A New Yorker who recently returned from a visit to Boston vouches for the truth of the following: One ~ afternoon he found the 6-year-old son of his host settled in front of the drawing room fire with a sheet of paper before him and a pencil clasped in his chubby fist. Stealing a look over the boy's shoulder, he saw that the little fellow was making pictures. ^ "Well, Bobby," he asked genially, ? "are you drawing an engine?" i Slowly the child looked up and slowlv h? snoke: "It would take a very strong boy to draw an engine; but I am making Yo a picture of a locomotive."?Youth's 01 Companion. FACTS AM FICTION xperience of Bamberg Citizens > Easily Proven to be Facts. The most superficial investigat ill prove that the rollowing stJ ent from a resident of Bamberg ue. Read it and compare evide] om Bamberg people with testimc strangers living so far away 3 mnot investigate the facts of se. Many more citizens of Bambi idorse Doan's Kidney Pills. James A. Mitchell, R. F. D. n .rrier, Calhoun St., Bamberg, sa; ?he jar and jolting in driving v > doubt responsible for the tr e I had with my back Two bo: Doan's Kidney Pills, procured e People's Drug Store, brought lief. I never lost a chance to sa; >od word for this remedy." ^rice 50c, at all dealers. Don't si y ask for a kianey remedy?j >an's Kidney Pills?the same tl r. Mitchell had. Foster-Milburn i *ops., Buffalo, N. Y. C. W. RENTZ, JR. Life, Health, Accident and Fire Insurance All Reliable Companies A. B. UTSEY FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE Old Line Companies Represented Bamberg, South Carolina 9 Quinine That Does Not Affect The H :ause of its tonic and laxative effect, LA; VE BROMO QUININE is betterthan ordic inine and does not cause nervousness ging in head. Remember the full name >k for the signature of E. W. GROVE. : r. THOMAS BLACK, J DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental Department U rsity of Maryland. Member S. ate Dental Association. Office opposite new post office a er office Graham & Black. OS >urs. 8 30 a. m. to 5.30 d. m. BAMBERG, S. C. J. P. Carter B. D. Carter CARTER & CARTER Attorneys-at-Law GENERAL PRACTICE BAMBERG. S. C. WINCHESTER S PILL TIIE DIAMOND BRAND. . Ladles! 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