The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, December 30, 1921, Image 3
va*ue ?^^pl^^*r.;. John F. Lyons.
^ Pr?*^SiW^of the National Federation
??uusic Clubs, in a letter to the indi^^WTdual
clubs of the federation, sets
jlkorth the aims of that organization
*I^Wor the coming year. Eleven hundred
j clubs, with approximately 200,000
members are affiliated with the national
organization, Mrs. Lyons said
"I want to see the music clubs
* function properly as the greatest and
?|A most powerful single asset for the
- v* *00d community ant* *or the
advancement of the community life in
all its phases," said Mrs. Lyons, in
'j her first direct communication to the
jr clubs over which she took charge this
' year. "We have long left behind us
the idea that music was only for the
favored and cultured few and have
come to recognize its universal and
practical value. We must make good
as a community asset. The music
clubs have been chlefiy instrumental
in the advancement thus far and future
progress is largely in their
hands."
"As a national organization, 1 feel
that our strongest efforts must " e
centered for a time along line of oxtension,
education und greater efficiency,
for the national, state and individual
organizations. We must have
more clubs, stronger clubs, greater
unification of plans nnd a general coordinating
and strengthening of federation
machinery before our organi
zauon can command the consideration
that is rightfully its own and take its
proper place in the history of musical
" America." Mrs. Cecil Frankel, Los
Angeles, Calif., is chairman of ex
tension and will plan and carry on the
work through the district and state
presidents, according to Mrs. Lyons.
Attention to the cause of music in
the public schools was urged by Mrs.
Lyons as first among her policies.
Mrs. Frances Elliott Clark, of Camden,
New Jersey, is chairman of the
education department. Mrs. William
John Hall, St. Louis, Mo., is chairman
of junior and juvenile clubs section
and the department of American music-is
in the hands of Mrs. Ella May
Smith, Columbus, Ohio.
Three matters of legislation were
called to the attention of the individual
clubs by the national president.
1 Mrs. Lyons urged a protest against
the proposed tax on musical instruments
and support of the Towner
Sterling bill for a department of education
and establishment of a national
^^^B conservatory of music.
Remarkable Health Resort
Hilo,"Island of Hawaii, T. H., Dec.
^B 1.?(By Mail^-^OrfTIJ^ brink of one
of^yj/(vc>rld's wonders^-th*5 ever-ac-"^T^Pvolcano
of Kilauea on this- island
?the soldiers and sailors of the United
States stationed in Hawaii have
a remarkable health resort that
migh well stir the heart of a multimillionaire
to envy.
Realisinc that troons stationed in
the territory need occasional change
fo* cooler climate, citizens of hte island
of aHwaii subscribed a large
sum of money recently and edected
the barracks and other necessary
buildings on a tract of fifty a^res
overlooking the spectacular volcano
and commanding a full view of the
neighboring dormant volcano of
Mauna Loa.
A long lease was obtained and the
property was offered without charge
to the army and navy for use of
their petsonne\. Major General
Charles P. Summerall, commander of
the Hawaiian department, accepted
and immediately arranged that detachments
should make the short
^steamer journey from Honolulu and
vh^t the Kilauea military camp for
a period of ten days at a time.
The camp is at an elevation of 4,000
feet above sea level. The visits
of the men and the change afforded
them from life in the semi-tropical
climate that prevails in the rest of
the archipelago, has proven of grea1
benefit to the health of the troops, according
to medical officers attached to
me departmental surgeon.
French Peasants Hide Money
Paris, Dec. 29.?The ingenuity of
French peasants in hiding money has
surpassed itself in the case of a man
near Lorient who received a 1,000
franc note and a 500 franc note in
payment for produce. He hid them
in the muzzles of his double-barreled
shotgun, believing that would be the
last place thieves would search for
money.
He made a mistake, however, in
not taking his wife into the secret.
S A neighbor called a few days later,
L in the absence of the man of the
1 house, and asked for the loan of the
gun to get a hare.
The hare escaped and when the
peasant came in that evening his wife
remarked that the neighbor must be
a very bad shot.
"Why ?" the peasant asked.
"Because he used both charges of
your gun on a hare without hitting
It."
"My shotgun?" inquired the peasant
with a gasp, at the same time
i making: for the corner where the won
jfcjpon hung:.
The civil court of the department
of Morbihan will have to decide the
delicate point of law whether the
neighbor is responsible for the loss
of the 1,500 francs.
Students of singing may now use
n new appliance which enables them
to practice without any sound being
audible outside the room,
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Reach London
London, Doc. 29.?A consignment
of eastern vanity bottles 2,000 years
old has just reached London. Some
were found with mummies of Effyp- ,
liun women of fashion; others came
From a Roman tomb in Nazareih.
They are stibium pots from the
toilet tables of vanished b;-auty.
Stibium is a preparation of nely!
powdered antimony with which th"1
Egyptian women darkened their eye-|
lids and pencilled their eyebrows.
Time has made these little vunity
bottles very thin and irridescent.
They shine with beautiful prismatic
Lints of rich gold, green, blue, purple
and red. When they arrived they
wore full of desert sand. Held 1
igainst the light, they showed that
\ dark deposit has eaten its way into
ho glass; it is 20 centuries old eye 1
paint. - 1
Model of Old Ironsides
Boston, Mass., Dec. 29.?A forty - (
inch model of the United States Fri
?ate constitution, conforming exact- ,
ly in every detail and proportion to
the original "old Ironsides" that is ,
spending her last long furlough nest- j
ling against a dock in the Charles-,]
town Navy Yard, has been added to
Ihe famous collection of miniature <
ships housed in the Old State House!
lere.
This little constitution cost Lieu-j:
tenant Colonel William F. Spicer of
.ho Marine Corps eight years of work.;
\nd so faithfully, so patiently and so, 1
? ,m (n
Mutic Mutt Be
Composed in Hawaii
Honolulu, T. H., Dec. 28.?Hawaiian
music, to be effective, should be com- (
posed in Hawaii and not in the ,
Greenwich Village section of s New *
York nor in the center cf Chicago, it \
was decided at the first meeting of ;
the Hawaiian Legends and Music
commission, appointed recently by
Governor Wallace R. Farrington to ^
perpetuate the island fables and tu- j
tive meles or melodies.
The smooth arrangement of notes ]
so familiar in local compositions is
possible only in Hawaii and can not |
be produced "amid the rumble of ele
vated railroads subway trains, and |
other discordant noises cf large cities j
on the mainland," one speaker declared.
j
The committee decided to take im- ;
mediate action toward preserving re- <
lected native legends that already j
hav been written, to be folowcd later|
by the publication of legends, as yei
unwritten, which have come down
through geenrations of the Ilawaiians
by word of mouth. It was pointed i
out that some of these latter might j
be lost unless early steps are taken ]
to have then written and published. 1
Honolulu, T. II., Dee. 28.?The r.u- <
gar production of the Hawaiian isl- ]
ands for the crop year beginning Sep- t
tember 30, 1920, and ending September
30, 1920, and ending September !
30, 1921, totalled only 539,190 tons, 1
the lowest in the past ten years, E.
Faxon Bishop, retiring president of 1
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' asso- I
ciation told the annual meeting of the j
organization here. 1
"Shortage and delay in harvesting 1
are due to the shortage of labor, both
for harvesting and other operations," 1
his report said. "The outstanding i
feature of the year's work has been i
the shortage and under-efticiency of 1
labor, not only affecting the 1921 1
crop, but having its baneful influence <
also on planting, progress and rota- '
tion of future crops. How serious <
will be the effect on future crops ve-1 1
mains to be seen. 1
"The price for raw sugar in 1921 1
also has been disastrously low. The <
upheaval in the market has resulted
in a situation liftle short of chaotic i
not only in Hawaii, but in every cane- i
growing country of the world."
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Weighing the Sweat
Of a Man's Brow ,
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Pittsburgh. Di*. 28.?Weichinir the!
sweat of a man's brow is the task set !
for the United States Bureau of 1
Mines station in Pittsburgh, accord- j 1
ing to A. C. Fieldner, station superin- j 1
tendent and supervising chemist. The' 1
work will be undertaken by scales so j !
delicately adjusted that their accuracy!
has been tested to within approxi- '
mately 1,200 of a pound.
.To obtain material for the test, it
was said that men lifting weights in 1
an enclosed chamber were to be subjected
to various degrees of temperature,
humidity, and air movements
which would then be exactly controlled
with scientific instruments un- '
der the constant observation of physicists
and physicians.
Fanciful as the work may seem, it
was pointed out that it has an intensely
practical purpose, or instance, in
the Montana copper mines high temperatures
are frequently encountered
where it must be known at what temperature
the men may work in safety.
The same problem arises in the steel
mills where the men work in rather
high temperatures with safety, provided
there is fairly rapid movebent
of air. If the air movement is not
sufficiently rapid the temperature
rapidly may become dangerous.
Government Asked to
Prevent Pre-Lent Carnivals
Berlin, Dec. 29.?The German government
has been asked to forbid the
annual pre-lent carnivals which for
four da"Vs are held in virtually every
South German and Khineland city.
Complaint is made that the carnival
season is "too frivolous and impoverishes
the population which can
not refrain from participating."
During these carnivals the whole
population of country and city parade
the streets, dance, 'throw confetti,
blow whistles and feast. It is necessary
to purchase tickets for the restaurants
in ad\ance, and all stores
are closed for four days.
"It is impossible to keep aloof from
the merriment of these carnivals,"
said a resident of Cologne, where the
merriest of the merry carnivals once
was held. "The people dres up fantastically
and celebrate with utter
disregard for strangers. A gloomy
countenance is the cue for a bombardment
of confetti, of ribboned paper,
until its owner laughs and joins
the frolickers."
The complaints declare this is no
time for frivolity in Germany and
that it would waste money jvhich will
be sorely needed.
A number of municipalities forbade
hte carnivals on their own account
last year, but preparations for
scores of celebrations this yenr
prompted the appeal direct to the
central government.
Baby's Sour
.StomnrK
and other ill effects of had digestion can be
easily overcome with
Exactly what the name Implies
Mild and pleasant but effsotlve
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST
bVell did he build that his model has '
jecn sniled on the ocean.
The ship has been pronounced perfect
in line, in sheer, in proportion,
ind in every detail of her intricate,
riprprinpr. Colonel Spicer used 675 i
docks in making the tackle and 2822
hitches in the ratlines. Two pieces!
Mexican mahogany make the hull,
rhe 44 guns are wooden, carefully
;hosen so that their weight would not!
3e too great to permit the sailing of 1
the vessel. The upper works are of,
ighter wood, the sails are of silk and!
jveryone is to scale.
Colonel Spicer said he made the;
model because he "loved the old fri-j
gate."
New Fields in Engineering
Arcadia, Cal., Dec. 26.?New fields;
in engineering studies are being op- 1
3ned at the army balloon and airship
school at Ross Field here, in the department
of plotting from photographic
maps, according to officers of
the recently reorganized school. The
plotting study room is equipped with
an enormous photographic map em-;
bracing 250 square miles of territory,
almost to Los Angeles, of which Ar- j
cadia is the center. The map is a |
mosaic of several tbjousand photographs,
taken by balloon or airship
from an altitude of 500 feet.
As a result of these studies by the
Langley Field, Va., and Arcadia;
school, the two great airship schools!
of the army air service, a number of
cities are planning use aerial pho-!
trurmnVun mane n rnnnoctinn wiiti'
city planning, t'affic cpntrol, street j
widening and fife protection work, ac- \
cording to army officers.
Other uses to which photographic
maps are being put are preliminary
investigations of watersheds, hydroelectric
developments, highway, railroad
and canal location, forest surveys
and various engineering works.
Army air officers have perfected
automatic timing of exposures to
cover the proper ground area and at
the same time secure the necessary
overlap for the accurate fitting together
of individual negatives. This
permits taking of pictures from the
moving airships or airplane. Lenses
have been discovered especially adapted
for this type of work, and the officers
have developed the technique covering
such details as the best height
from which to take pictures for specific
purposes, speed of airplane and
maintenance of level flight to insure
verticality of view. The maps now1
produced by air service photogra-1
phers, according to officers, attain a [
high degree of acuracy and wealth
of valuable detail.
Aerial photography is among the
subjects taught at the Ross Field
school. Air service officers point out
that among points of particular value
to engineering to be found in aerial
photography are the speed with which
such maps may be produced, ability to
cover territory inaccessible on foot,
comparatively low cost and impossi
bility of omitting any feature of the
area photographed.
The mosaic map, army officers say,
does not mean transit, stria and
plane-table are in the discard, but that
engineering surveys made solely by
these time-tried instruments will be
out-of-date.
Join Hosts of Bicyclists
Daytona, Fla., Dec. 29.?Occupants
of wheel chairs have abandoned trains
and joined the host of bicyclists pedestrians
and nutomobilists who undertake
lonp: journeys on the hundreds
of miles of brick and asphalt
highways in Florida.
A nian in a wheel chair, who refused
to give his name, passed
through here recently en route from
Jacksonville to Miami on the Dixie
highway. He had covered the 116
miles of brick paved road between
Jacksonville and Daytona in "jig
time," he said, and had little fear
that he would not complete the remaining
269 miles of the journey in
good condition, "although it is kind
o' hard on my hands."
Zurich, Switzerland, has a municipal
wood lot of 2840 acres.
Vagrant Signals T
Received on Wireless
r
London, Dec. 29.?Despite the moat
diligent research, Experts are not
yet able to say whence the mysterious
"vagrant" signals come that
every day, and particularly at night,
are received on wireless aerials.
"From the earliest days of longdistance
wireless telgraphy, the difficulties
in reception due to vagrant
or nuturul electric waves and atmosphric
electric discharges passing
down the receiving aerial have been
the bane of the wireless telegraphist,"
Professor John Ambrose
Fleming of London University told
the Royol Society of Arts. He said:
"Having regard to the fact that the
positive atmospheric electric potential
gradient of the earth increases at
the rate of about 100 volts per meter
of ascent, roughly speaking, it is not
surprising that aerials several hundred
feet high may be traversed by
luite large currents due to this cans"
alone which may utterly swamp the
feeble signal currents."
Professor Fleming is the inventor
of the thermionic valvo-reeeiver.
which revolutionized wireles tolcgjrnphy
and telephony.
Demand Growing for Wider
And Safer Roads
The grow'ng demand for wider and
safer roads and stronger bridges has
awakened the officers and ireetors of
the American Road Builders' Association
to the need for action and the
program committee has provided for
an exhaustive discussion of the subject
at the Twelfth American Good
Roads Congress and Thirteenth National
Good Roads Show to be held in
Chicago, January 16 to 20, next.
The elimination of grade crossings
will be one of the phases considered.
Out of 12,000 persons killed on the
highways of the country last year,
7,000 were struck down at grade
crossings. Investigation hns shown
also that one motorist in every three
is careless at grade crossings, approaching
the railroad tracks at reckless
speed and without taking due notice
of approaching trains.
The Pennsylvania and Southern Pacific
railroads, especially, have been
heavy sufferers from grade crossing
accidents. On the Southern Pacific
lines alone during the past three
years 1909 motor cars and trucks
were wrecked at grade crossings. In
490 cases or more than 20 per cent,
the motorists deliberately ran into the
trains. In 122 instances autos plunged
through the crossing gates. Nine
crossing flagmen were struck down.
In 970 cases in which motorists ran
in front of the trains 136 persons were
killed and 405 were injured. In 490
cases motor cars stalled on the crossing
and were demolished. Firtythree
cars actually collided with the
danger signals.
An investigation conducted recently
by the Maryland State Roads Commission
demonstrated that most highway
accidents occur on long stretches
of road instead of at the curves and
are due to speeding or reckless driving,
rather than skidding.
A total of $4,500,000 was paid out
in death claims by American insurance
companies for the 12,000 persons
killed ?n the highways last year. In
addition to the fatalities there were
1,500,000 non-fatal injuries.
a ..i. * into
/iutuiiiuuiit; laituiiii's in iuio wun
9,542. In 1919 the number increasec
to 9,826. Considering the 12,000 acci
dents last year and basing their calculations
on the experiences of St
Louis, Cleveland, New York, Chicagi
and other cities for the first sb
months of 1921 experts estimate thai
this year's fatalities on the highway?
will reach 16,000. A total of 690 per
sons were killed on New York stab
toads and city streets during the first
six months this year. Of this numhci
40.T met their death in New York City
At a recent drawing of space foi
the good roads show in Chicago 9-r
per cent of the 40,000 square feet ol
space was taken breaking all record?
and necessitating the use of addition
al buildings to house the exhibits. Ap
proximately $1,500,000 worth of In
bor-saving road machinery and nppli
ances will be exhibited.
At the good roads congress to la
held during the exposition, many sub
jects of importance to highway user;
will be discussed, including the
strengthening of bridges to carry th<
ever-increasing truck loads and i
more equitable distribution of tax
ation for the construction and main
tenance of highways. Last year Fed
eral state and municipal taxes on mo
tor vehicles reached the staggerinp
cum of Mlfi 72(1 (Wlft?emiivalpnt. h
$84 per car. Governor of states
county commissioners and mayors ol
cities throughout the country are be
ing asked to appoint delegates to th<
congress. ^
Cure For Sleeping Sickness
Chester, England., Dec. 29.?A cur<
for sleeping sickness has been discov
ered in Germany, according to Professor
Newstead, of tho Liverpool
University, who related how a mar
who had spent some years in Africr
went to Liverpool University where
he was found to be suffering from
sleping sickness.
The man, along with a young medical
student, was sent to Germany
and, said the Professor, "with more
credit to hte Germans, he came home
within a month cpmpletely cured."
The Germans, he said, had discovered
a new drug, which had proved
invaluable in the cure of sleeping
sickness.
Cock-crowing competitions are popular
among tne working classes of
Belgium, i
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EXTRAORDINARY!
| The public will have for a few days only a chance to buy at auc- 8
U lion from the famous stock of Tinsley's rich and valuable line of 8
i Diamonds, Wa'.ches, Gold and Silver Jewelry, Silverwear, Clocks, 8
y Cut Glass, Hand Painted China, etc., etc., in fact will put up and sell 8
i for the high dollar any article in our stock that you may pick out. 8
An auction sale is practically the only way a jeweler has to raise 8
g money quickly or reduce stock, and it's an old, old custom for jew
elers to conduct sales of this kind from time to time. 8
1 Our personal guarantee will cloak every transaction. 8
H We will positively stand back of every statement and represen- 8
j| tatior made hv the auctioneers as *e quality of each and every ar- B
| tide that will be sold. 8
% Anticipate your future wants, join the merry crowds of men and
fli wnmpn fbafr wtll rk fh srorp at pvavv calp
I Your own judgment will tell you when to bid. The variety of I
merchandise offered, the surprise packages that will be sold, will fi
all go to give spice to this auction, and for a few days our store will I
be the one great bargain center of this city. I
And last but not least, bear in mind that if it comes from Tins- B
ley's it must be right. B
We will hold two sales daily, afternoon, 3:00 o'clock; evenings, I
7:00 o'clock. I
Phi! Flynn and Trig Tinsley, Auctioneers. 55 Years Your Jeweler B
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!You must place your orders in advance ii you wish prompt delivery on |
Ford cars. The sales department is ahead of ihc manufactory. You will save I
yourself worry hy placing your order ahead. I
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Realizing as well as you do how hard it is to ge money, and also, how
. much everybody wants a FORI), we have two plans now that we will sell you
a FORI) on, and the .second one is so easy that any one who tries can own a
i FORD and pay for it as he rides.
Plan No. 1.?Pav cash when vou are delivered the FORD.
I Plan No. 2.?One-third cash 011 delixery, balance divided into ten equal
I monthly payments wiih interest and insurance on deterred payments.
r I Thipk this over and we will be only too glad to 10 over the second plan
' with you and if you will only do just a little figuring we think you will see
how liberal our terms are.
Yours for more FORDS,
. I J. W. UPSC0&B, DEALER, JOiffiSVlLLE, S. C.
: J. L. BOLTON, DEALER,UNION S C., PSIONE 289
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with hot dry steam. We y' 1 ' " 1 ??wn.
p guarantee not to slick or
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- SCOrch any thing. Special at- f Tu. woi.d I III- 11 : < . <1 . ! : s esy-iirntlttrliig organs;
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tei.tlOn given to * arcel * ost. 5 troilueis fnst Frnwllt 111 y.ninu < !:ii ';s. 2 I J I so cell's.
1^ . | . . B A* ' carrv a complete line <>i Oro-Vet S .uiilar.l liome.llos tor Horses, Mules. Cattle,
Certainly appreciate It as Ilo/S anil I'mi'try. Wo will ti.olh rd'onil our iiiono\ It jolt tail to pot satisfactory
i .* I n suits from the use of any t'aro-Vet renvtlv.
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pressing anywhere. When fci, , ... v^.'W.WW n.is'. c v,,^ViMs%r,iv" <V, r-ii'ic" ? c
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Repair Shop. Beggar Had Fortune In Uganda the person of the king is
Nicholson Bsnk Building. regarded as sacred. He is never alPIIONF
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Madrid, Dec. 29.?Eliseo Pio Rod lowed to walk outside his own enclosi
Agent for two dye houses, riguez, when he was rounded up in a ure, but is carried on the shoulders of
* largest in the South. Phone police raid on the begging pests of cho: en men. The shoulders of these
167 and Dust-Proof Motor- ?>? day, proved hi,,, t-, m(m wi[h revprcnce, and
cycle will call. ? *' ' 'a lsl 1 *' ' ,ls no man, not even a friend, is allowed
I ' name ,n a prov.ncisl bank, wh.lo he ^ pUc, h|, h(md un?n them in .
- . -i ?Iho possesses a farm wi h 30 cows. famillar manncr.
Just smile, says Charley Schwab, This fortune is the result of many
and times will be better. As a phi- years of mendicancy. _ n i , . ^
; losopher Schwab is a wonderful flnan- - In BulK? everybody avoid, the
cier.?Nashville Tenncscan. The tea tree is an evergreen plant * Btr*n&e doorway on