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Thursday, April 24, 1930
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with egg hunts. In spite of the cameras, spectroscopes and other,
ybr Zeamemteaf Trantporlatlen
rain some of the eggs were hid and
much fun followed while the chil
dren were trying to find them.
A fishing pond was arranged for
some of the eggs, and fishing for
the eggs was great fun.
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instruments will be lined up from
all the great observatories of the
world, to try to make a record of
the suns corona .which is visible
only at times of total eclipse.
This corona is a halo of flames
which constantly shoots out from
the body of the sun, sometimes to
the enormous distance of a million
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FIRST GRADE—
Ckailes Brown
Hazel Dukes
L^rene McIntyre
Cchoy McDaniel
ST CO.TD GRADE—
Henry Jennings Bussey
Vivian Bailey
Willie Reid Fowler
James Jennings
Pamelia Edmunds
THIRD GRADE—
Flack Bridges
Emily Dukes
Edna Cartledge
Gary Self
Eunice McDaniel
Daisy Parks
Ediih Robertson
Lewis Rich
FOURTH GRADE—
Marie Stone
Mildred Gilchrist
Mary Belle Jennings
Nina Bussey
FIFTH GRADE—
Mildred Blackwell
T. R. Cartledge •
SIXTH GRADE-
Mary Eckard
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Mable Cassels
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Evelyn Blackwell
SEVENTH GRADE—
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John Price
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Floyd Drennan
Eunice Stone
EIGHTH GRADE—
Liicyle Parks
Josephine Parks
Dorothy White
Robert Lee Joiner
Total Eclipse Of The
Sun On April 28th miles, or more than the diameter
1 | of the sun itself. To the astron-
~ ™ j ~7 T oo °mer, the chemist and the physic-
On Monday^ April 28. the shadow . , ’ . , , .
TTt- .if* ii +1,-, lst study of the flames is of
of the moon Will fall on tho earth i r _ . .
in such a way that in sonic parts gr f, a ™P°rtance Every burning
of the United Stater, the sun wl!1 ^stance gives off light By the
be totally obscured at midday. Peculiar qualities of that light as
„ e ^ shown by the spectroscope it is
During the afternoon m mat Jay ^ . „ . , ,
,, .,,, r possible to tell what substance is
there will be partial obstruction off;. , , . ,
“ , ^ , i i • i being burned to produce. The light
the sun by the moon s shadow, vis- L ., . . .
.... . . . v , from blazing copper, for example
ible in many parts of the country. . ...... . . .. . .
. ^ . , is quite different from that of
An eclipse of the sun is no long- . . .
..... ° burning iron. When nothing ob-
er a matter for superstitious awe _ ... .,
... ... ^cures the face of the sun, the i
although there are still savage . ... . .
^ r - light which comes from it is what
tribes m outlying unsettled parts of we ca]1 .. whlte „ Ught which ?he I
e g o e w om 1 13 a err-.y s p ec t r0sc0 p e can divide into its'
mg spectacle, because its cause is i . , , , ... i
, ^ ^ . component colors, but not with
unknown to them. But to every- . . . , . . .. i
^ t . , . such certainty as when only the
body it is an interesting event, and , ...
corona tongues of burning gasi-
■ to most of us it carries a sense oi .. . . ° ,
' . , , - ... fied elements are measured. A
the grandeur and mystery'of this _ ... .... .. ...
. , . . . . flame half a million miles high
planetary system in which we uve . . _ ... ^ ^ ,
. . . . . . may consist of nothing but burn-
and of which so far as we are con- ...
. 4-v. T7* i-’ * 41 *• in S hydrogen gas, or it may be
cerned, the Eartn is the center oi . ..... , .. J t .
... . , , . , iron or gold heated to the point
our interests n not of physical ^
. . where it becomes a gas and bursts
« i. ^ i ., into flame.
As everybody knows, the moon.
revolves around the earth at an seem . a v, 61 ? n ?
average distance of about 238,857 ^ ac lca va ae . m , sac s u y ®
miles The moon’s path through *** su “ s “"‘fff but e: f mulc
the skies is not a perfect circle wlU show 1 tha ‘ may be of ^
however. It does not correspond lllen ® e v ue - n y a compaia ive-
. .. r.- , « ■ ly few years ago astronomers
to any fixed mathematical form, i. . , ,, B ^
oc o Af ooo Studying the corona and the spec-
as matter ox xact* A.t some sea— , . _ «
sons the moon is more than 17,000 '‘ roscopic < . r l f cords „ bf “ f0 , und 30me
miles nearer the earth than its i “ff K on thelr Photographic plates
average distance; at other times i whlch " ere " ot acc , ounted for by
it is nearly 14,000 miles farther , any of the . known elements. They
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The moon .and earth move as
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NINTH GRADE—
Alice Brown
Alice Bunch
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Louise Cassels /
Eubert Eckard
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Anel Edmunds
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Marie Gilchrist
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Annie Martha Ryan
agreed that there must be an ele
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one unit around the sun, which Is “ nknbwn °“ earth ‘ « ' vould be -
almost 93.000,000 miles away, or ‘ hey .* lg " e d, a gas just a little
three hundred and ninety times as heav, f ‘ hab hy , drogen - the 1,gbt -
far from the earth as the moon is. f 4 of aU , tbe elements. Long be-
The diameter of the moon is only fom any of the substance had been
a quarter of that of the earth, : 4ound ‘ t had baen named -helium,”
while that of the sun is more than tbe Greek name ot the sun -
100 times as great as that of the
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InTH GRADE—
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‘ Taking the relative size of the * 4. . ^ ^ ,
sun and of the moon into consld-; found - contalned “J, the " atural
eration, and the Irregularity of the !gas f rom cer ‘ aln wells 011 Ooyevn-
moon's motions, it is not surprising ment , pr0 P?^ y m , Texas - , A means
that It 1: only occasionally and at J as invepted ° separating the
very irregular Intervals that the' hellu ” ' rom l . other gas fi a “l. “
moon gets Into a position where it provc ? 4b bav f. a welght-ltftmg
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It is impossible, of course, for an
not easily inflamable. The great
Miss Wood’s room.
Scripture—Margie Reese.
Reading—Leila Seigler.
Reading—Henry Ellison Bailey.
object as small as the moon to cast Navy-airship -Los Angeles” is fill-
a shadow big enough to darken the ad ' vlth hellum ' and 4he Unlted
whole earth at once. If the moon S4a4es government has enough of
were nearer the sun than the earth 4bls gas “ a , hahd ' ln 4anks 40 fm
that would be possible, but as it is 4he , much > arger alrshlpa wh ‘ ch
the path of any total eclipse is cn- 14 15 now buUdlng ' Hc!l,,m has
ly a few miles wide. Outside of the
MT. CAR MEI
NEWS
Bever Williams were visitors in and daughter, Sybil, spent Satur-
Elberton and Calhoun Falls Sab- ! day night with Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
I bath afternoon. ! Rush.
Messrs. N. S. Scott and Hollis j Friends of Mr. J. C. Rush will be
w, ™ •, nr 4._ Connor were Augusta visitors one!sorry to know he has been on the
Mrs. Phil Waters and sweet lit- day last week . j sick list for some lime. His friends
e aug er » - ’ . ; Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Scott and i v/ish for him a speedy recovery.
V Miss Gladys Scott were McCormick Mr. James Rush and daughter,
been found elsewhere in Canada, | Mr - and Mrs - ^erara larianu. visitors .Tuesday afternoon. Dorothy, of Winnsboro visited Mr.
Mr. Calhoun Harris of Anderson ! j. c. Rush Sunday.
but the United States supply has > Mr - and Mrs - Frank Robinson.
Quattlebaum of
Miss McKinney’s room.
partly 0 c Toni the moon 0 ° nly been neatly increased through ex-, Mr. and Mrs. Ford Patterson and was a Mt Carmel visitor Tuesday.! Miss Elberta
On April 28th the first total amination of gases from ““‘f, M^and mTs W °t mSu Mr ' Bradley Morrah and Miss j Ninety Six spent Sunday with her
eclipse of the sun to be visible in wells ' and 4he whole tu4ure of a ‘H^ hahv o? Latimer snent Sabbath HeSSiC M ° rrah Spent Sabba4h with Mr. and Mrs. R, L. Quat-
thp TTnitPH C?t£»tr»c iqoc wn i navigation seems more secure, all and baby of Latimer spent saDDatn Mrs j w. Morrah.
me unite a otates since luzo will _ .. ... ... nHtvt n/rv onri ivyirc s Mmildin
with Mr. and Mrs. G. b. Mauiai . Aipong the out of town visitors
Mrs. Lawrence Hestei comp i- SU pp Cr given by the A. R.
mented all the children with a p Ladies Missionary Society ... ...
party and Easter egg hunt Satui- Thursday evening were Mr. and the home of Mr. R. L. Quattlebaum
day afternoon. They all en Joyed wi 2k ur B i ake> Mr and Mrs.'Sunday.
it very much, and also the delicious i Jim Jones Dr and Mrs D L J Mr c c Rodgers and son> clar _
from the examination of the sun’s
Number rhymes—Six 1st grade : be seen as total only in a small
boys. I section of the extreme Northwest. corona by astronomers during an
The chapel programs during tbe | Elsewhere the sun will appear like,
past week have been very interest- j a crescent of varying size, accord
ing. They are: ling to the distance from the path
of the moon’s shadow.
Besides the observers on the
ground a number of astronomers
will go up in airplanes and try to
tlebaum.
Friends of Clayton Rush are sor
ry to know he is on the sick list.
Mr. J. A. Banister, Jr., called in
Mrs. Rountree’s room.
Scripture—George Bunch.
The tip of the shadow will come
in from the Pacific ocean and will
take photographs of the corona 1 cake and ice cream served by the , 3 ryson 0 f Calhoun Falls and oth- | ence, and Clyde Rodgers called In
from above the clouds.
Composition,
Stone.
‘Coal’
Eunice t strike the coast at a point
hostess and others.
Miss Irene Boyd of Atlanta
. , The time when the eclipse will I M1S ® irene «oy Q 01 -n.ua.uLa, is; ant and a fi nanc i a i succe ss. ; Rush Saturday night.
Tv/TarHin mints be l°l a l> in the regions where it is spending a few days at home with Tlie ann0 uncement of the mar-
Maidin county, California, about exactlv noon sun her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. *"
twenty miles north of San Fran- .. *, ^ y n ’ RnvH Hpr visit was ouite a nleas- « “i w 4.1 4.- ^ , . r— —— ^
cisco. Over a strip only a mile 4ime ' J ha4 ba a ‘ ltt * c befora anr sururise o her parcnts and P f el ' b t ° 4h 0f 1 PC " Sa “‘ a ' W ^ 1Ch ta0k Mrs ' R ' L ' S^ttlebaum Sunday.
, _ noon, Pacific Standard Time, in ant surprise to ner parents ana p i ace there last Wednesday has Thomas Rodgers spent Saturday
ers. The supper was very pleas- j the home of Mr. and Mrs, E.
Miss Johnson’s room.
Scripture—Eunice McDaniel.
w i — — j Mr. J. M. Johnson of Kirksey
w * I riage of Miss Estelle Covin and Dr. j visited in the home of Mr. and
wide at the most there will be a to- _ . j * • 4. * fripnrK ^ .
Reading—“Idle Bell,” - Mamie tal darkness as the shadow moves California and a few minutes &i- been received m Mt. Carmel. Mrs. night with his cousin, Fred Rush.
WiUJs. j rapidly toward Helena, Montana. ^ oon ’ Mountain Time, at Butt ' Mis* Fri- IV* r charmm ^ ^ ung ^ ster Mrs ’ Dora Ellenberg and brother
Song — “Easter Hail!”—2 boys. Th* speed of the traveling shadow Mdntana - In Denver the sun will Neiison were ADDevme visitors rn (0f Mlsses Lennie and Ehza Covin visited their sister, Miss Louise
* * aoan oc o norrmr nf aay evening. and i s very muc h beloved in our Williams, Sunday. She still is a
is more than 500 miles an hour, so V J ^ __ 1 nrir 4 T -r< 0 f , ^, — 7 ~ i ~ **
fire at 12:31 Mountain Time. In Rev - and Mrs - ^ T- P iessl > town. The happy couple have the patient in Greenwood hospital. Her
Reading—“Spring Time”—Mild- that total darkness at one point _ . • 7. , 77 MuCormirk Mrs T G Cassels and v, 4. * . , . a
red GUchrist. 'along its path will last only about f bicag0 the eclipse W,lbe slight y na,?d S Xe little son of Grit Falls y 7 ngra4ula4lons o' a host friends wish for her a speedy re-
Reading - “The Chautauqua a second and a half. thicker crescent and will be visible ^“^ thfsunoer rtvSTbv A R of , fnenda he . re . who wlsh Ior them covery.
Fan”—James Jennings. | The eclipse will not be total a few seconds at 2:06 Central t \ a long llfe of Joy ’ usefulness and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Quattlebaum.
Reading — “Father's Fishing through the entire length of the
Time. In Atlanta only a slight B- Ladies Missionary Society happmess
Trip”—Henry Jennings Bussey.
path of the shadow. Before the
shadow reaches the coast, the view
shadow over one arc of the sun
Thursday evening.
will be visible, and will be seen at Mrs. Charles Bowyer and Char-
\ 3:08 Eastern Standard Time. New * es Bowyer, Jr., of Elberton, Ga..
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The High School.
Devotional—Mary Frances Dren- Pacific Ocean will be that of a ring
nan. Q f fj re W ith the round black shad- ^ ie moon in third quarter,
■ ow of the moon in the middle. at J A' 27 Easterd T i me -
The main topic around school This ring effect makes what is ^ couise nobody who \alues nis
of the sun from a ship out in the ^nent the nast week end in
York will see the sun at eclipse ~P en,: uie P a5t weeK eilu 111
Carmel with Mrs. W. A. Scott,
j Mrs. Cecil Gilliam spent the past
week end in Calhoun Falls with
SUNNY SIDE
NEWS ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moore and
daughter of Greenwood spent the
Jr., are -wearing broad smiles over
the arrival of a little soil born
April 16th.
Mr. E. L. Rodgers and Mrs. E.
M. Rush visited their sister, Mrs.
M. M. Timmerman, of Greenville
last week.
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For Next Week
hieiT school student fTh ng Call<?d an “ annular ” ecli P se - And echps^ e^ept^througl^ smoked Mrs - Jennie Bryant of Green- week end with their parents, Mr. Schedule Of Home
high school students, is the great along most of the path which the e , pse exce P t through smoked visitino her sisters Mrs and Mrs. T. W. Moore.
^r-nmior^clIsaT* 01 ' r T Pt h n ' Shad ° W WU1 traV01 “ 14 m0VeS transpare^medium ATCrv^ood Ida M - Black ° and ^ rs . Fannie: Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Quattlebaum Demonstration Work
mlinr nLn, q ^ north ^ stei 'y ^ Blackwell, at the home of Mrs. and son, Floyd, and Mr. and Mrs.
” ak “f Pla 7,„ a d oreP;*™ 410 " 5 - Canadian border, then South of easUv made bv anvbodv Black in Mt. Carmel. She accom- James H. Quattlebaum and daugh-
foi the reception is to take place Hudson’s Bay over Labrador and t , e sun s easd y made oy an^bodj 1 B rvson ter Sybil of Charleston spent
onrifaVxiousiv^ookfnT'f^ 6 ^ ° Ut lnt ° ^ A41an4ic ^ 4b0 ^L7T Some from Greenville Monday'at: Sunday with Mr. and Mm. b! L.: Monday. ApT^rOO-WiOO a.
thT^irsarr^rrond^ernoon. , f m-McCormick 4-H Cub Grammar
expected. . 'lv for ibouf 500 of mten'' Then have 4hat fUm deTOl P°d. The j Mr ' and Mrs. H. S. Cason were Mr. and Mrs. Livy Ellison of School.
ly ioi about 500 miles of its ten- overexDosurp wi n „ ivp it „ if 'Abbeville visitors Tuesday. We are 'Greenwood spent the w r eek end Tuesday, April 29. 3:00 p. m.*
' thou san d -mile race will the eclipse through w’hirh it sorr y to sa y Mr - Cason is not doing with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Rush. Young’s H. D. Club at School
MiSoCS Evelyn Bobo and Jennye be total. Fifty miles or so east of . be difficult to see anvthim? pv wel1 and wdl consult his physician Mrs. R. L. Quattlebaum and House.
Wood spent last week end in Roe- Butte, Montana, the ring will *oe-( cept the sun itself ^ but in froi ^ t there. daughter, Elsie, and Mrs. James [ Wednesday, April 30, office mak
the eyes it enables one to examine
buck, Miss Margaret McKinney in gin again.
McCormick. Mr. and Mrs. Mayer! A11 along the line of totality,'^^^““Hnlurv
and Nell in Greenwood, Mr. and which roughly crosses California | th sun without injury.
Mrs. Wooten and Jean, in Starr, just south of Marysville and Honey
and Miss Johnson in Augusta, Ga. Lake, passes over Nevada about 40
" miles north of Reno, and
One thing that is never met with
' a reception committee is the first
cuts spring fly.
The little folks of Miss Johnson’s across the corner of Oregon and
and Miss McKinney’s room cele- the panhandle of Idaho to Mon- Geese once saved Rome, and
fcrated the Easter season on Friday tana, astronomers with telescopic India takes heart in her Ghandi.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hester were
Calhoun Falls visitors Tuesday.
Quattlebaum and daughter, Sybil, ing out monthly report,
called in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thursday, May 1st, 3:00 p. m.,
Mrs. James Hester and little S. W. Duncan Monday afternoon, iwillington H. D. Club,
daughter and Mrs. D. L. Bryson! Mr. Fred Rush of Charleston, Friday, May 2nd, 10:00 a. m., to
came home with them.
Miss Irene Boyd and Mr. Buck
McLane were Abbeville visitors
Monday evening.
Miss Martha Connor and Mr.
spent the week end with his par- 3:00 p. m., De la Howe 4-H Club
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Rush. Saturday, office.
Mr. Robert Quattlebaum spent x -
Saturday night in Greenwood. Most people who are inclined to
11:. and Tamos Quattlebaum j take things easy have a hard time.