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* - yjT :v • A: ’ a TWO. . BARNWBIX r* ■ ; ' so im THURSDAY, MARCH 14tK MUTE MASTERS ART OF SINGING E#-, « Local and Personal News of Blackville Renders Selections With Hands and Facial Emotions. Milwaukee.—James McArdle sings, f)ut he makes no sound. His listeners hear nothing, yet they applaud. McArdle, called Milwaukee’s roost graceful deaf -mute “singer,” makes music with his hands, conveying meanings by signs. Deaf and mute since he was two years old, McArdle has mastered his art so that he now lectures and sings to mutes in the na tion’s largest cities. Waving his arms to signify a song’s rhythm, McArdle registers musical emotion by facial expressions. The expert deaf mute “singer,” he explains, conveys his meaning entirely by signs. McArdle admits, however, that some times he is "stumped” by a single word having no abbreviated sign, so he re ports to spelling the word. ‘T was fond of songs when I was amall, though deaf,” McArdle wrote. began to interpret songs into signs when I was twenty years old. My first rendition was ‘Nearer My God to Thee.’ 4 3oon I became known and have been invited to sing and lecture in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chi cago, Indianapolis and Wichita, Kan.” Last year McArdle explained Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” to an audi ence of Indianapolis mutes. He claims to know most of Chicago’s 3,000 mutes. McArdle, a machinist by trade, was educated at the Pennsylvania Insti tute for the Deaf. Blackville, March 9.-—Wednesday af ternoon at Salem church the Metho dists of this zone had a zone meeting. Miss Theresa ^underburg played the violin. Mrs. A. H. Ninestein, Mrs. C. S. Buist, Mrs. Charlie Martin, Mrs. A. M. Funderburg, Mrs. iV. W. Mo loney, Mrs. T. 0. Boland, Mrs. L. C. Still and Mrs. E. H. Weissinger at tended the meeting from Blackville. * The Davis Lee chapter, U. D. C., met at the home of Mrs. S. G. Lowe Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock with a good attendance. A biography of John C. Calhoun was read. The host ess served sandwiches and Russian tea with cakes. The Methodist Aid society met Mon day afternoon at the home of Mxs. j A.nM. Funderburg. In order to in- . creAse the finances, the society has adopted the plan of the birthday budget. Every member who has a birthday pays into the treasury 50 cents each; other members pay 10 cents. This month Mrs. W. W. Molony and Miss Sallie Hartzog each cele brated with a donation of 50 cents. Election of officers followed: Mrs. W. W. Cain, president; Mrs. T. O. Boland, vice-president; Mrs .A. H. Ninestein, recording secretary; Miss Hattie Hutto, corresponding Membership of Chinese Society Has Odd Belief Peking.—The rapid growth of the •‘Buddhistic Brotherhood of Sacred Soldiers of the Virtuous Way,” an or ganization whose members believe bul lets cannot wound or kill them, is de scribed by a missionary who has Just ‘returned from a tour through Szech wan province in central China. The society is formed of civilians, chiefly farmers, who try to protect the f)eople from bandits and lawless sol- Olers. They wear red turbans, red puttees, a broad red beit and a red sash across the left shoulder. One of the leaders told the mission ary that a famous bandit leader named “Hair-Lip Uu” recently cap tured some of their men. He asked for admission to the society for some of his men. They told him the men must first undergo a test to see If their hearts were pure. So he appoint ed several men, and the society mem bers hacked them with their swords, killing them. The bandit became very angry, and ordered the society members' heads cut off. But to his astonishment, swords had no effect on them, and lie released them in terror. This belief U similar to that held before the Boxer uprising in ItKKi. The missionary says the society ap pears to 1h* philanthropic. in vil lages threatened by bandits, every family Is supposed to provide one son for the society, and they have suc cessfully defended many towns. The warlord in Szechwan. Vang Sen, Is reported to have offered si each for pairs of ears of the society’s mem bers. Adhesive Tape Plays Part in Tree Grafting Madison, Wls.—Ordinary adhesive taj>e, used for emergency mending on everything from a cut finger to a punctured tire, proves to he the long- sought means for saving millions of jroung trees in nurseries from crown- gall, rootknot and similar malforma tions. The discovery was made by Prof. A. J. Hiker and Ids associates of the University of Wisconsin. ^The germs of crowngall and similar tumorous diseases of plants, which bave caused heavy losses for years in the nursery business, get into freshly made grafts through the freshly cut surfaces which are normally supposed to grow together iu a smooth union. The usual types of wrapping used on grafted trees fail to keep them out. But an overlapping wrapping of ad hesive tape excludes them effectively and permits success with over 90 per •cent of all grafts made, Professor Biker reports. fa s* ‘ j**' Century on Farm Hopkinsville, Iowa.—The Livingston family has lived on a farm here 92 years. This year’s crop was the ninety-first yield cultivated by a mem ber of the family. : Cities Freed of Taxes / by Utilities’ Profits Oklahoma City, Okla.—Five cities in this state assess no taxes because profits from mu nicipally owned utilities pay the cost of government. They are Ponca City, Newark, Blackwell, Kaw City and Altus. All except Altus are in Kny county. Water and light plants are the sources of municipal revenue at Ponca City, Blackwell and Altus. Power plants make Newkirk and Kaw City tax free. Ponca City gets the largest in- from utilities. Its net prof fer the last fiscal year being $260,290). It has levied no gen ii city tax for seven years. secre tary; Mrs. A. M. Funderburg, treas-j urer. The hostess served pressed chicken and sandwiches. The Winthrop Daughters met Tues day afternoon with Miss Elizabeth Shillito. A profitable program was enjoyed. Tht hostess served a sweet course. Misses Lila Teal, Ella Hill and Eva Clarke were joint hostesses Tuesday afternoon to a party of friends. Bridge was played. Mrs-. Somers P’rfngle held top score. • The Embroidery club met Thurs day afternoon with Mrs. T. L. Wragg. A contest, “Girls’ Names,” was thor oughly enjoyed. Mrs. S. G. Lowe was winner. The hostess served a sweet course with ^ea. The Baptist Missionary society met at the church Monday afternoon. It was decided to abolish the “circle” plan and only hold one meeting each month at the church. Mrs. W. L. Molair and Miss Dorothy Wragg, of Barnwell, spent last week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Wragg. Mrs. W. R. Carroll was hostess to the Regular Bridge club Thursday af ternoon. Top score was made by Mrs. Somers Pringle for the club and Mrs. G. F. Posey for the visitors. Each received a pretty bridge set. The hostess, assisted by Mrs. Kelly Brown ing and Miss Dorothy O’Gorman, serv ed a salad course. Thursday evening the faculty of the Blackville school motored to, Dun barton and presented their play, “Safe ty First,” a comedy. The proceeds of the play were given to the Blackville School Improvement association. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Qreen, of Wil- liston, were Blackville visitors Sun day. P. H. Baxley is again at his place of business after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. O. D. Hammond has as her guest her mother, Mrs. West, of Dar lington. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Wragg were Augusta visitors Wednesday after noon. Mrs. W. A. Storne has returned from Columbia after. an extensive visit with her daughter, Mrs. W. Rentz. Misses Elizabeth Shillito and Miss Adele Gunter spent last week-end at their respective homes. . Mrs. Mamie Limerick, of Orlando, Fla., and Mrs. Hutson, of Jacksonville are guests of Mrs. C. H. Mathis. . Mr. and Mrs. T. 0. Boland, Mrs. E. H. Weissinger, Catherine Matthews and Myrtis Boland were shoppers in Augusta Friday. Miss Helen Weissinger spent last week-end in Columbia and enjoyed a motor trip with friends to Jackson ville, returning home Monday. Mrs. G. K. Fickling is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Rentz, in Columbia. Mrs. Somers Pringle and little son, Somers, Jr., left Friday for Chari ton, where they will spend a week. tv,.' 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