Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NEWSPAPERS DON'T TELL ALL As a Matter of Fact, World Must Not to Judged by What One May * See In Print. Through all civilized countries folks gpend a lot of their time just read- | tug the papers. And It is all right, ? too. Everybody reads the papers. But one must be careful to keep i toe's equilibrium at the same time. We inust not make the mistake of supposing that there is nothing else going On in the world except that which the I papers print. . The papers publish only the news * that is startling or sensational. Naturally, that's all they publish. Whatever is unusual, out of the ordinary, something that astonishes one?these things are what the papers print. If you were to go into a newspaper office with an item, say, about a man who had reared his family care- | fully, sent them to school and had j paid the mortgage oit nis nome, me j editor wouldn't put that piece in the 1 paper because there is nothing unusual about it But if the item were about a man who refused to work to support his family, and who beat his wife over the , head with a club, and who chased them all out in the middle of the i night in the rain, then the editor would say it was "news." So, you see, it is mostly the trou- . bles of the world, its seamy side, its crime ahd suffering and squalor that get into the papers. Yet, there is the world's other side, thank God?its bright side, its love and gladness and charity and the help that one man gives another. Read the papers, of course. But, v when you read them do not get the . Idea into your head that the world is plunging headlong to perdition, because such is not the case.?Utica ^ Globe. 6-%. - WINGS FOR MRS. VANDERBILT . t ??? Soldier Admired Spirit of His Entertainer, but Couldn't Quite il*A ViCUU wnv Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt tells this story on herself: She was doing canteen work in France during the recent misunderstanding In that vicinity, and devoted considerable time to entertaining . American soldiers in one of the hostess houses. Being an excellent dancer! and attractive, she was in much de- j mand among the boys. One evening | she danced several times with a tall tow-haired doughboy who showed i symptoms of great lonelinesi and talked volubly about things in MichiPtf *** When the evening was ended, the tow-haired one came over to Mrs. Vanderbllt. "I've had a bully time," he said, "and I want to keep track of you. I We're moving out of here tomorrow, for the front. But if we get back, I'd. like to look you up over in the States, My name is Albert Bridgeman, from Grand Rapids. Whafs yours?" 'Tm Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt," she replied. The doughboy scanned her from head to foot "That's right, chicken," he said, ' - -Hyhigh!" . Treasure?T rove. > Tobermory Bay Is becoming seriously Interesting. The salving operations In connection with the Spanish galleon, supposedly the Florencia, which for three and a half centuries has lain a wreck off the coast of the * Isle of Mull, are being brought to the surface?among them a beautifully chased silver plate and the ornamented handle of a silver flagon. Interest in the operations has brought crowds to this part of the Scottish coast and neither bed nor board is to v be obtained by late comers. The divers have not performed their wort without some sign of protest from sea dwellers. One of them disturbed recently a huge conger measuring some 15 feet The annoyance of the animal was unmistakable. Treasure-trove Is undoubtedly now within gmsp, but difficulty is experienced in bringing the finds whole and uninjured to the surface. The Flying Era. ~ Mail-carrying airplanes arp already an old story, writes A. Russell Bond, in "Inventions of the Great War." Id Europe the big bombing machines are being used for passenger service between cities. There is an air line between Paris and London. The air planes carry from a dozen to as many as 50 passengers on a single trip. Id ! some cities here, as well as abroad, the police are being trained to fly, so that they can police the heavens wheD the public takes to wings. Evidently ' the flying era is here. Thing of the Past 44An old gentleman from the conntry visited Washington the other day and set the capital in an uproar. In fact, he was hailed as one of the nation's leading humorists." , "What did he do or say to make such an Impression?" "He said he'd 'come to Washington by heck, to see a specimen of thai there Senatorial dignity.'"?Birmingham Age-Herald. Merely Thinking. "Yes," said Mr. Brown, "my wife anc I are thinking of chartering a yacht foi the year." "But won't tiiat be pretty expen sive?" asked Mr. Hughes. "Not so long as we confine ourselves to thinking about it," replied Mr , Brown. ONE OF WAR'S MASTER MINDS Britain Owes Deep Debt of Gratitude to Patrick Quinan, ef Whcm Little Is Known. One of the most vital and at the same time mysterious figures in the war on the British side was Patrick Quinan, an American of Irish descent. Vital because he planned all the great munition works which enabled Great Britain to supply not only her own but her allies' needs in munitions; mysterious because his name was never allowed to be mentioned during the war and because he would never be interviewed. Mr. Quinan reached England by way of South Africa. Trained at du Pont's, he went to the South African Explosives company at Cape Town, then the largest in the British empire, owing to the demand for explosives for mining purposes. The vast factories laid out in England during the war?now somewhat of a white elephant, as their conversion to peace purposes is still unsettled?were all designed by Mr. Quinan. Quinan Is Just over 40 years of age, and since the close of the war has dis appeared. His name was never in any "honor list"?which is rather a distinction these times. He was never given any public recognition by any member of the government or the army. Still no one man did as much to help win the war as this retiring Mr. Quinan. WAR TAUGHT HIM SOMETHING Returned Doughboy Convinced, Among Other Things, That There Is Little Gained in Kicking. "There are thousands of returned soldiers to whom the war was a spir Itual university," says Maude Rad- , ford Warren, In Everybody's. "They have won an understanding and a tolerance beyond their years. The best example I know is my friend Sidney, aged twenty-two, and endowed through the hard means of shot and shell with a maturity beyond his years. " 'At home,' Sid said. 'I used to kick If things didn't go right Well, sitting around in the mud over here I have begun to think a lot about some of the older people I know. They take things just as they come, I notice; don't kick much. Life seems to teach them that. Well, the war strikes me as just a lot of concentrated life. It's been that to me, anyhow. If ever I kick, it's sort of from force of habit. I honestly don't want to very much. I let the bad luck go with a grin, and If not, with set teeth, and I,try not to count It at all. The good luck I count as clear velvet. It may not be a logical way of looking at life, but it's a practical way. Sitting here In the mud and getting old myself, I figure that Is about the way the nice middle-aged people I know at home look at things. Being a good sport is about as good a thing as anyone can contribute to the world."' Mauritius. Mauritius, the home of the dodo, is In the political limelight, or so It would appear from the announcement that the Bordeaux chamber of com- merce has requested the French government to enter into parleyings with Britain with a view to restoring former French supremacy. Since the dodo is extinct, it will be more accurate to speak of Mauritius as on?e the liome of that now almost fabulous creature. Mauritius was once known as Cerne, a name which it is said to have derived from cienas?the dodo, or, more nnromantically, the groundpigeon. Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British have all been connected with the history of Mauritius. It was discovered by the Portuguese. It was French for 100 years and then British. It became British in 1814 but during the French Revolution it had served as a refuge for many emigres to whom the Emerald isle of the Indian ocean was known as the scene of Bernadin de St. Pierre's "Paul et Yirginie." In size it equals about the eighteenth part of the area of England and Wales. Was Variety the Spice of Her Life? It is commonly thought that a very long series of names is reserved for kings and the sons and daughters of kings. We have frequently exclaimed over the seven names with which King : George's eldest son is afflicted, or the former crown prince, for that matter. t>?* nMKoMp fho lnnprpst name in the JJUL piuuauij inv -??0 world is attached to a mere laundryman's daughter. She was born in 1883, and her parents, surely from a sense of the ludicrous, gave her a name for every letter in the alphabet, to-wit: Anna Bertha Cecelia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane Katherine Louisa Maud Nora Ophelia Patience Quince Rebecca Sarah Teresa Ulysses Venus Winifred Xenophon Yetty Zeus Pepper. What will Misi Pepper do when it comes to finding new names for her own future family??Boston Post. Machine Does Work Quickly. A piece of drudgery that has beea assigned to machine labor is applying a now oWtrir machine, with dlU\?W. AA 44V. .. WW ? .* blades making 1,500 revolutions per minute puts on the material, and the operator and an assistant feeding the hopper cover the space rapidly and efficiently. The plastic substance is projected with such force that a thin film of moisture is squeezed out behind it, causing a waterproof protective coat ol enamel to form upon the surface. Where to Dodge Tips. In India a native barber can shavi a person while asleep without awakiij him, so gentle is his touch. ^ ^ Y ^ J \ Storage Battery W lllard SERVICE STATION SERVICE FIRST ADVICE SECOND SALES THIRD THERE'S OUR POLICY IN A NUTSHELL. j First?AYlien the customer comes in, find out what HE wants. Give him satisfaction at the lowest charge consistent with a good, thorough job. Second?Tell him how to prevent battery trouble. We're not anxious to repair his battery, except to make it last longer. Third?When he really needs a new battery we %/ want him to buy it from us, naturally, and to buy a Willard with Threaded Rubuer insulation?because that battery will last longer and give him less occasion for expense on repairs than any other batterv he can buv. c %/ 1 1 JL J.1 - J1 _ _ uome m ana nna out tne wonueriui service reuurus iii of Willard Batteries with Threaded I | Rubber Insulation. IIj Faulkner Electric Service Company We test, repair and recharge storage batteries and always carry a full supply of battery parts, I new batteries and rental batteries for all makes of cars. j| You I Take a good look at your old, soil- I ed straw "Bonnet" and then come I take a peep at our good looking new 9 fall "lids." v You will find just the hat you t want at a price you can afford to pay. ' I Our new fall furnishings are here also?Shirts, Ties, Hose, Underwear, and everything you need to make you a well dressed man on good terms with himself. Prices? Just a^low as can be put on good quality. H. C. Folk Co. BAMBERG, S. C. - _ - f A A | At Lastlf Y Y f f f T Y Y AFTER SO LONG A TIME WE HAVE SE- f X CURED THE SERVICES OF A FIRSS-CLASS X WATCHMAKER AND ARE PREPARED TO f X DO YOUR WORK PROMPTLY. X NO MORE LONG WAITS. X x | RED'S JEWELRY STORE | X BAMBERG, S. C. 4 New Arrivals DKOMKDARY DATES | SEEDED RAISIN'S CURRANTS CITRON" VEAL LOAF WHITE KARO SYRU? MAPLE FLAVORED KARO SYRUP DARNELL'S POTATO CHIPS PHONE 15 I TomDucker I I BAMBERG, S. C. I ?ii"' imiumi MBMrare?ara Birthday Presents that are Useful Any girl or boy?any man or woman ? would appreciate a good fountain pen. Every day of the year? almost every hour of the day ? such a present can be put to a practical use, There are many maKes of fountain pens. And many styles and sizes in the various maKes. So if we can be of any service to you in helping you choose the best fountain ; pen on the marKet for your particular purjDOse, just drop in and see us. MPl^i i rr Qf AVia JLTlCtVoIV 9 L/l UK Uil/1 V/ BAMBERG, S. C. WWGLEYS 5c a package before the war 4 ?c a package J -M.I v during me war 5c a package NOW THE FLAVOR LASTS SO DOES THE PRICE! " j j 157 I ' * . *%