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i WORLD'S GREAT DEBT TO OIL ' I As llluminant, Fuel and Lubricant, It Is Indispensable to the Progress of Mankind. It is 60 years since the first oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania, thus inaugurating the era of oil. The discovery was at once recognized as possessing great value, but there could have been but a slight appreciation of the mammoth proportions to which the industry was destined to grow. Hailed m as an illuminant supplanting candles f and whale oil, the business has widened beyond any possible dreams of those who were active in the early days of oil. The center of the industry has long since departed from the place of its origin. The southwest and the * Pacific coast, almost unknown lands in the infancy of the business, now prol i^TiAA +Kft?c<or>^c< rv? Korrflle trt fho nriff. uuvc uivu>9auu>7 vi vanvio i.v u>v v?.e inal oil region's one. Oil is still used as an illuminant on millions of farms and in isolated places all over the world, but that is no longer the chief product of crude. Gasoline, at first a troublesome by-product, is now the main result sought. The millions of motor-driven vehicles that have come into existence in the past score of years would not have been possible had we not had this desirable product to provide an' explosive to drive them. ' Yast quantities of the crude product ; are used to drive locomotives and ships. The war might not have been > won had not the allies had access to the fields of Mexico and the United States. And not only as fuel does the i greasy product enter into the world's j commerce, but as a lubricant it lessens ! the friction of bearings, from the sew- 1 ing machines to steamships. The byproducts even ienter the realms of medicine, and while the limit would seem to be reached in utilizing the'waste from the refineries, it is possible that further subdivisidns may yet increase the number. The story of oil is a romance that equals the tale of steel, yet it is an infant in point of time compared with the metal that has brought ^ such wealth to Pennsylvania.?Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. Indomitable Cheerfulness. That a man can remain cheerful though imprisoned for a crime he did not commit Is proved by some of the lottoro +hnt"\fr O "FTenrv wrote to his little girl while he was serving his unjust senteitce. They are quoted in the Boston Globe. "Hello, Margaret !" says one playful missive. "Don't you remember me? My namejs Aldiberontiphostiphornkopohokus. If you see a star shoot and say my name 17 times before it goes out you will find a diamond ring in the track of the first blue cow's foot you see go down the road in a snowstorm while the red roses are blooming on the tomato vines. Good-by! I've got to take a ride on a grasshopper." Again he wrote: "I hope your watch runs all right. When you write again be sure to look at it and tell me what time it is, so I won't have to get up > and look at the clock." And in- another note: "Be .careful when you are on the street not to feed shucks to strange dogs or pat snakes on the head or shake hands with cats you haven't been introduced to or stroke the noses of electric car horses." ! Two Rivals of the "Spud." Two new vegetables have been propagated at the Missouri botanical garden at St. Louis, it was announced * by Dr. George T. Moore, director of the garden. j One has been named the "arraca- i cha" and the other the "dasheen." Both resemble the potato and are said to be about equal in food value to it. Doctor Moore explained the arracacha, when cooked, as a bit darker than tiie * sweet potato and tastes like the parsnip. It is a rapid grower, he said. ^ 1 AT-DQ m tnstp L/USHCtMlS, ija vivuu, ) like cauliflower, and when baked have the flavor of a roasted chestnut Doc- ' tor Moore amplified. They are related to the Egyptian taro, commonly refer red to as the "elephant ear," Doctor Moore said. .* I The announcement was made to del- ; egates who attended the convention of | the American Association for the Ad- j vancement of Science, which ended recently. Made Good Use of Hairpin. Dr. Arnold K. Henry of Dublin, who was a surgeon with the British expeditionary forces in France, relates in a letter to the Lancet several instances of using a hairpin when called upon to perform an operation without the proper tools. In one case he horrified J the mother superior of a French convent by using a common hairpin, bent j as a retractor for an eyelid. In another ' he extracted with it a foreign body j from the ear, which syringing had fail-! ed to remove. Once when he had to : perform tracheotomy on a baby, with i i- * no instrument but a knife, he bor- j f rowed a hairpin, bent it, inserted it ! into the wound in the throat and util- ; ized the projecting ends as^ attach- 1 ments for tapes around the neck. Cost of stvle. ?I ?|y Mother?Why do you wear that thin ! blouse? Daughter?It's stylish. "You must be cold." "I am." "I should think you'd shiver.* "No, it isn't stylish to shiver!" fk "So.nething Like Cheese." ) A small hoy came to the Brightwood ! A library and solemnly asked for cot- j tage cheese. The librarian thought a I i moment and asked if he did not mean I the book, "Scottish Chiefs." "Yes," he A said pleasantly, "I knew it was some| thing like cheese."?Indianapolis News. HERE TO REPRESENT PERU Frederico A. Pezet Is the First Ambassador From That Country in the United States. Peru has been added to the list of Latin-American states maintaining embassies in Washington, states the New Tork Tribune. The first ambassador, Frederico A. Pezet, has arrived in this country and the state department seems inclined to annul for his benefit Its famous Costa Rican "house rule," to the effect that no diplomatic recognition can be given to a Latin-American government coming into power through revolution. President Leguia assumed control in Lima by force last year and exiled his predecessor, doing sn r?r? fhp ?rrrmnri that hp has heen elected president by the people for a term to begin a few months later and that the administration in office was planning to count him out Mr. Pezet will be welcomed as the representative of Peru, a state which has always had the most friendly relations with the United States. He served here formerly both as first secretary of legation and as minister. He knows this country thoroughly, speaks English as well as he does Spanish and enjoys in an exceptional degree the esteem of government and other circles in Washington, in which he has long been at home. SEEK FOR TRADE IN ARCTIC Boston Capitalists Form Organization Something Like the Famous Hudson's Bay Company. Word has just come out of the North of a rival to the Hudson's Bay company that has sprung up. It is an organization backed by Boston interests and its aim is to get a share of the trade that the "Ancient and Honorable Association of Adventurers" has monopolized for over a century. Last spring Capt Louis Lane of Nome, Alaska, was sent into the Arctic to establish a string of 28 trading posts for the Boston body. The expedition went into the North via Calgary, Alberta, with eight carloads of goods, of an estimated value of $240,000. In addition to this they sent in a river power boat for operation on the Mackenzie river. The vessel was sent in sections and assembled on the big river. *The party worked slowly down the river, canvassing and exploring among the tribes and only reached Fort Macpherson when winter came. They will stay there until spring opens the river and allows them to proceed further. The company intends locating its posts by the pioneering party, and will then keep them supplied by means of ships from Nome during the short summer. / Reasonable Expectation. "Ah, how do you do, sir?" saluted the suave salesman of enlarged crayon portraits, as the householder opened the door. "I am offering?My stars! Is that revolver loaded?" "I reckon," replied Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. "Leastways, 'twas, the laoi Ulll^ JL UVtAVVVft* "Heavens and earth, man! What do yon suppose will happen if you permit that little child to continue to amuse himself with the weapon?" "He'll proba'ly break the hammer oiFn it on one of the other children's heads. I've told 'em a time or two to quit letting him have it, but you know how children is."?Kansas City Star. Schooldays. In a physiology recitation during a discussion of the organs of breathing, a sixth grade girl, when asked what the diaphragm was, replied: "It is something that if we didn't have we'd go all out of shape when we breathed." The teacher in .assigning a lesson in the fifth, grade geography ended by saying: "The question need not be answered by written answer; the answers must be in your head." There was a general laugh when a boy raised his hand and asked, "Must I hand it in?" t Girl Mines Coal. Pittsburgh lays claim to ~ne only girl coal miner in America and probably in the world. Miss Ricka Ott is her name and she is just twenty-one years old and very attractive. But she is a coal miner, and is proud of it. In addition, she is a coal operator, truck driver, farmer and general "jack of all trades." Back in the hills of Mount Oliver, a suburb, she was discovered merrrily wheeling her black diamonds from the little pit in the hillside. Filipinos Take to Athletics. Since our soldiers in the early days of American occupation held their first athletic contest in the Philippines the natives of the islands have taken an active interest in many forms of athletics and sports popular in the western world. It was not, however, until rivalry between towns and provinces was created that a deep general interest in every form of sport was developed, the majority of the people considering this indulgence a useless waste of energy. Ludendorff and the Germans. Representative Fess was talking about Ludendorff's memoirs. "Ludendorff's present day attitude toward the German people and the German people's attitude toward him are pretty clearly shown in this work/' he said. "It reminds one of the lawyer. " 'I'm sorry I couldn't do more for. you,' the lawyer said to his client. " 'Don't mention it,' said the ctlaat. Ain't eight years enough? " An Efficient I Poultry Association V Service to Members and the Public Brings Success to the South Carolina Poultry Breeders' Association. Clemeon College, April 26.?The continuous growth of the South Carolina Poultry Breeders' association is a typical illustration of Che fact that helpful associations succeed, while those that do not profit their members are doomed to failure. The nreuont At a to Prailtrv ASHPrvrlfitirtn W 2M organized in Columbia four years ago to bold an annual State Poultry how, to enable poultry men to buy poultry supplies and food through the annual meeting and banquet, and to create a greater confidence in the poultry business and those engaged Jo. it. Saventy members were enrolled; the first year and the association toot: oyer the management of the poultry department of the South Carolina State Pair and conducted the firef; State Poultry show. The success of! the show, which placed the name of! the owner of every bird on its coop, and had printed cards filled in witlt the selling price of all birds for sale, was immediate. Owners profited bj' the advertising they obtained, whii?i the visitors profited by knowing who owned the chickens they admired and whether or not they were for tale. ! So successful has this system be! come, that last year $1,500 was paid : exhibitors for birds soli during the ' show, auid- Judge Nixon referred to i the South Carolina State Show as the | best managed and best selling show I h? had over attended. ! la contrast witn tne seventy members four years ago, fifty-four new Bwmbws have joined the Association : ia the eleven weeks since the first of January and the members for the year will not be less than 250. While the South Carolina Poultry Breeders' association offers the members several hundred dollars in sweepstakes and cash specials at each state pouttry show, this inducement is not the primary one in securing and holding a large membership in the Carolina! and Georgia. Confidential letters mailed to the members mention the kind erf Ineubators, brooders, poultry supplieo, foods and poultry magazines that eaa be recommended after thorough investigation as suitable for South Carolina conditions. In some caeee a9 great a discount as fifty per ceat i? < offered the members of the State Poultry association, and the earing made by a member on one transae- . tion will usually i>ay for many year* the annual dues of one dollar. To 4 ! show his appreciation erf the South ' Carolina Poultry Breeders' Assoeht- , tion a member in Charleston recently sent in the applications of twenty erf his poultry-raising friends whom he 4 induced to share the benefits of thie < co-operative buying. Lists of members, together with their addresses and breeds of poultry raised, are mailed from time to tinee ' by the Secretary-Treasurer of the ae- . sociation, Professor F. C. Hare of Clemson College, S. C., to all the 1 members of the association, and buy- ' 1 tag and selling between fellow-mena- hers is encouraged. Of ?ourse, no expense W spared 1* put en the State Poultry Bhow successfully, and to guarantee a sqnaie ' deal to each exhibitor and visitor. < The State Fair association will toy 1,000 new wire coops for the StaJ* Poultry Show, f>ctober 25-2#, lfrg('5 the poultry building will be improved 1 and Judges Card of Connecticut ui , N:ixon of New Jersey hare been already engaged to hang the ribbon ?. Tie former judge i? the secretaiy ' and OTicial Judge of the Rhode !? j land Red dub of America, and i? tt* | greatest living authority on this popular breed, j The l<r*r membership fee of $!.(& 1 mailed to the secretary by anyone w'b? keeps ohickens and wishes m obtain greater success with theia, pays up the dues to September 1, ' 1121, and enables the u ember to taten < advantage of the service which hoe , proved so helpful to ether poultry breeders in South Carolina. Thoso who breed pure-bred poultry are ad- 1 vised to state their breed or breeds. , ec> that these can be listed on the I membership sheet which will be dlaj trfbuted to the members and ?th<w ' buyers. UNPACKING 135ES. 1 i Do not be in haste about reraor- , ing the winter packing. At Clemsoii eolleg? we unpack on May let in order to fee sure to escape late cold spells. If you failed to put on fuH-, story or too shallow supers at tinee of packing in the fall these can be ; added during the warm part of the S day by remeviag the peaking suffij ci.en.tljr to put them on and then replace the packing. Do not epen hires I in chilly weather. A temperature of | 57 degrees T. or below is too ooW ! for the brood and beee. and if any handiietg is necessary it should fee j done during the warm part of the Aofr. I The success in gathering the fleet honey flow, whtoh is of great kapsrt anca ill ^his state, depan4a en the strength of the colony about Mag ^ when this flew hegias. -Mr * AcuuaoHaMMnMtmnMmHiBai If ever ; welcome owners, t Cord is tl That it ii to Rept longer lif faction tc A Repub your car cord tire vanced. / f THOMAS I A A A^Il A^jk A^A A A^i> <i^ iifk ii^h d V W V V^r^p^r^r^r^rVV V V " ! Horses and T T T * Y WE HAVE A FULL STOCK ON HAND % MULES. OUR STOCK IS SELECTED P! MEMBER OF OUR FIRM, AND EACH A Y THE JONES BROS.' GUARANTEE? % WHAT THAT MEANS. WHEN YOU N ? MULE, DON'T FAIL TO COME TO OUR S1 Y TAKE PLEASURE IN SHOWING YOU. . % WAYS IN GOOD CONDITION?THE ? . SOUND AND SOLD SOUND. t ?* I Buggies, Wagons, \ f $ WE HAVE A SPLENDID LINE OF Bl Y HARNESS, LAP ROBES, WHIPS, ETC. X BER OF STYLES IN BUGGIES AND H CAN SUIT YOU. WE HANDLE ONL g HICLES TO BE HAD, AND OUR PRIG % RIGHT. COME TO SEE US; YOU ARE A] f X 1 Bought Right and? I ? I %' BAMBERG, S. 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