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THE SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1939 rloyd ADVENTURERS* CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI “A Ride With Death 9 * H ello everybody: Mary Billard of La Salle, 111., is today’s Distinguished Adventurer, and she wins that distinction—as well as the well- known ten bucks—with one of the most terrifying yarns I’ve seen in a long time. It happened in 1913, when Mrs. Billard was Miss Mary Blanch, a girl of twelve, and Mary says, “The La Salle papers called me a heroine at the time, and it was all quite exciting for a girl of my age, but it lost its thrill when I thought of my mother lying in a hospital in a critical condition, fighting the dangers of gangrene and lockjaw.” You can see from that statement of Mary’s that there was tragedy in that episode as well as adventure. And it started with nothing but a common, ordinary buggy ride. There weren’t so many automobiles in those days, and most of the streets were mere unpaved dirt roads. Mary’s dad had bought a horse that had spent all its life on race tracks and was hard to handle when hitched to a buggy. It had run away twice, and Mary’s mother didn’t drive it any oftener than she had to. But there came a day when she felt she HAD to drive that horse. They had just moved into town, and Mary was finishing a term at a little country schoolhouse three miles out of La Salle. Mary’s teacher was coming back with her that evening, so Mother hitched up the horse and started out to get them. Mother hadn’t been feeling well all that day, but she made the trip to the schoolhouse without any trouble. They were all on their way to town, with Mary in the middle between her mother and the teacher, when, without warning, Mary felt her mother fall away from her. Mary Looked Around and Saw Her Mother. She looked around just in time to see Mother topple from the seat and pitch headlong into the road. She had fainted. But that was only the beginning of a disastrous train of events. Mother had fallen out with the lines still clutched in her hands. The sudden jerk on those reins, 'aused by her falling, frightened the horse. It gave a leap forward. “And with that leap,’’ says Mary, “there started the fastest ride 1 had ever remembered in all my 12 years. “We were horrified at the situation. The horse was plunging along at a full gallop, and my mother was being dragged face downward over “I pulled and jerked at the reins until I brought the horse to a stop.’’ stones and gravel, in a way that struck terror into my heart. The teacher and I were helpless. “We called and screamed to mother, pleading with her to let go of the lines, but all our screaming was useless, for mother was in an un conscious condition, clinging to those reins w'th a death grip while the horse dragged her along.” And, for half a mile, mother dragged along beside the reeling wagon, in imminent danger of rolling under the wheels, while up in the seat Mary and the teacher sat paralyzed with fear, trying ta hang on to the swaying, reeling buggy. Mary says that buggy was running on two wheels a good part of the time. And at other times it seemed to be flying through the air, with nothing under the wheels at all. Several men along the road had tried to stop the horse, but couldn’t do anything with the crazed animal. At last, at the end of a half a mile, mother’s hands loosened on the reins and the lines were free. They got between the horse’s front legs, and that only served to frighten the poor animal more. The Careening Carriage Flew Down the Road. Still the reeling, careening carriage flew on. They had covered more than a mile, and now they were within a short distance of a narrow culvert, just outside of the business section of La Salle. There were pillars on either side of it, and it would be a miracle if the crazed horse got through that cramped space without wrecking the buggy. The teacher was the first one to think of that culvert. She screamed to Mary that if the horse couldn’t be stopped before they reached it they .would both be killed. “And with her voice still ringing in my ears,” says Mary, “she rose to her feet, stood on them for a moment on the swaying floor of the buggy—and jumped! I shut my eyes as I heard her body hit the road, and thought that surely she must have been killed.” And now, Mary was left alone in that speeding buggy. She knew that somehow, she had to get hold of those reins that were dragging down there beneath the horse’s feet. Just a little way ahead, now, was the culvert. And even if the buggy did get through the culvert, it was certain to crash into something in the business district two blocks be yond. So, while the buggy reeled and swayed, Mary began climbing over the dashboard, onto trie horse’s back. It was a desperate chance. Time and again Mary almost lost her hold in that precarious trip. The horse was slippery with foam and perspira tion, and only by bracing her feet against the shaft did she manage to keep from being thrown into the road. “I reached the horse’s head,” she says, “and the feel of my body on her seemed to frighten her all the more, and make her go faster than ever. But I got the lines from between her legs and started inching my way back to the buggy.” “I pulled and jerked at the reins until I brought the horse to a halt ” she says, “and it stopped just a few feet in front of the dreaded culvert A boy ran up to hold the animal, and I left the buggy and ran into town to get a doctor for mother. She was still unconscious when they brought her in, and to this day she carries, on the right side of her face, the terrible marks of that horrifying experience.’ Mary says she’s glad the horse and buggy days are over because— weU—because she wouldn’t want any of her children to have such an experience. „ , (Released tjy Western Newspaper Union.) Animals and Birds Are Accurate Weather Forecasters If you want to foretell the weath er, watch birds and animals. It will be fine when swallows fly high, when bats fly late at night, when beeUes take to the wing, and when morning chimney smok»* rises straight up. Rain is indicated when birds fly low, when peacocks begin to screech, when crows fly up and circle around their nests, when spar rows become excited and chirp con tinuously, when morning smoke does not rise, when cattle caper about, and when donkeys bray. A change is due when dogs sniff the air, and if you see birds perching on the lower branches of trees a storm is not far away. The presence of cor morants at the mou'h of a river foretells a heavy gale from the sea. Burma, Important British Colony, Provides ‘Back Door’ to China “BACK DOOR’’ OPEN. Map shows the route of the recently com pleted highway running from Rangoon, Burma, to Chungking, capital of war-torn China. Because many of China's eastern seaports are block aded by the Japanese this route has become an important life line for the forces of Chiang Kai-Shek. Recently Completed High way Used for Shipping War Supplies. Prepared by National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.—WNU Service. Burma, where demands for independence are reported to be growing steadily more in sistent, is an important link in the British Empire chain. East of India, Burma touches on the north the bor der of Tibet; on the east that of China proper, French In- do-China, and Siam. With fingers of land thrust into the Bay of Bengal, Burma stretches south far down the west coast of the Ma lay peninsula, to share with Siam the narrow and strategic land bar to the China sea which culminates in the Malay States and England’s naval base of Singapore. From Burma runs the recently completed highway that is China’s vital back door entrance for sup plies, now that many of her eastern ports are closed by Japanese occu pation. Connecting Rangoon—half way down the long coast of Burma —with the Chinese provisional capi tal of Chungking, in the heart of that war-torn country, this route covers in all more than 2,000 miles, twist ing a tortuous motor path over Chi na’s high western plateaus, dipping deep into rugged gorges and rising high over mountain passes. Burma Route by Rail. The Burma section of the route, about one-third of the entire dis tance to Chungking, is mostly by rail, which provides communication between Rangoon and Lashio, near the western border of China. On the way the railway passes the town of Mandalay, of Kipling romance. Through Rangoon, as capital and chief port of Burma, flows most of the country’s foreign trade, now re ported to include incoming trucks, gasoline, machinery, and munitions destined for the Burma-China road as a result of the war in China. All- together, Burma’s import-export business was estimated for the last fiscal year at more than $278,000,000. Rangoon, accessible to river nav igation 900 miles inland, is also known in the international transport field for its excellent airport, where three major lines converge. So many ’round-the-world aviators and air-minded travelers come this way that it has been predicted that Ran goon will become to the air lanes what Singapore is to sea lanes—a “crossroads of the East.” Burma is strictly agricultural country with rich sou and plenty of rainfall. It is more fortunate than many of its oriental neighbors; for with little more than 14% million people to support in an area of about 261,610 square miles, there is an adequate food supply of the East’s chief staple—rice. More than two-thirds of all cultivated land in Burma is devoted to rice production, which provides a large exportable surplus sent not only to populous India and other Far Eastern coun tries but also to Europe. A largely one-crop economy, how ever (of secondary importance are other products such as peanuts, cot ton, mUlet, sesame seeds), presents problems of its own. There is need for new industries to provide more diversity and help solve the unem ployment problem. Of Burma’s miUions, less than 90,000 now are employed in industry. After farming, the famous teak industry is Burma’s next best means of livelihood. Without Caste System. The Burmese have developed into a group different from either Indian or Chinese, yet with traces of the in fluence of both. They are without the caste system and their women go unveiled. Although their main religion came from India, their dia lects are related to those of the Indo- Chinese. Most travelers agree that the people of Burma are easier to understand them other Orientals; for while their manners are those of the East, they have also a frank ness and direct sense of humor akin to that of the Westerner. Yet despite geographic, racial and other differences that set it apart from India, politically Burma was divorced from the larger country only two years ago. Today this coun try, as a crown colony of Great Brit ain, has its own senate and house of representatives, although the legis lation of these bodies is subject to veto by the English governor who also controls national defense and foreign relations. Odd Regulations Give Protection To Auto Driver Traffic Safety Rules Vary on Highways of Foreign Nations. Preoared by National Geographic Society, Washington. D. C.—WNU Service. While many traffic safety regulations are similar the world over, some countries have evolved unusual and even comic measures for the safety of their people. Though comic many of these rules are none the less effec tive. In England there is no speed limit on highways ex cept in the congested areas. In Bucharest authorities have re cently instituted a drive for pedes trian control. A special court has been set up to try offenders. This safety regulation has been success fully used in other European and American cities. The traffic board of Calcutta not long ago passed a rule banning ra-i NOISELESS COP. You cant blow your automobile horn in Rome, and the traffic cops don't have any whistles, but they stand on a pedestal in the middle of the street. So the old excuse about not having seen them doesn’t go at all in traffic court. dies or phonographs in automobiles as distractions to motorists and therefore traffic hazards. Officials of Riga, capital of Latvia, quieted traffic by prohibiting the unneces sary tooting of horns and ordering that all milk cans be silenced by wrapping them in sacks or straw. Americans visiting large European cities are often amazed by the lack of traffic noise due to such “non-tooting” regulations. Several countries have adopted the use of posters as a means of reducing accidents. In Sweden post ers are used to combat jaywalking. One Swedish sign warning pedestri ans against jaywalking shows a hen scuttling precariously across a busy street. The sign reads: “Don’t be a Laura!” — Flashing red and green signals are the usual world-wide traffic symbols denoting stop and go. How ever, there are found many and amusing variations in style and col or. In Lisbon, on narrow streets, policemen hold up peddles painted red on one side and green on the other. In Singapore the traffic “cops” have a long horizontal, white board attached to their backs. To regulate traffic, the policemen turn not a light, but themselves. Miss College Girl Is Engaging Attention of Fashion Designers By CHERIE NICHOLAS IT’S no secret as to who has been chosen to play the part of lead ing lady on the stage of fashion during the early fall days—College Girl is her name. To this impor tant personage all fashiondom is paying homage at the present mo ment. On every side you are re minded that the idea is motivat ing to cater to the whims and ward robe needs of the girl who is going away to school. The style program arranged for Miss College Girl and her younger schoolgirl sister fairly teems with excitement. For instance, there is the new bustle dress. The idea has taken the collegiate set by storm. The quaint bustle dresses that grandmothers galavanted in as girls in the ’80s are actually proving inspiration for frocks that the mod em girl will wear this fall. The highpoints of these oldtime silhouettes are being revived such as waistlines of vanishing inches, slim corseted midriffs and wide back-swirling skirts interpreted in novel bustle treatments but modi fied so cleverly they are made thor oughly practical and wearable for this day and age. Then there is the new vogue that calls for a velvet or velveteen jacket worn with a gay plaided wool skirt or a contrasting or matched solid color as fancy dic tates. The decided military air that the new fashions take on is also a big factor in the new mode and most outstanding of all is the im portance attached to fine materials. These and other significant style trends were revealed at their glam orous best in an advance fall fash ion revue staged by the Style Crea tors of Chicago. The three models pictured were especially appla .ded by the audience of visiting mer chants as fashions that are repre sentative of what the up-to-date fashion-alert girl will be selecting for her going-away-to-sebool ward robe. The clever little date frock of shepherd check velveteen shown to the left in the group is sure to enjoy a gay campus career. Its cunning tunic bustleback am, its full circu lar-cut skirt gives it swank and dis tinction such as collegiate fashion ables demand. Its red suede belt supplies a fetching dash of color. Approval for the new bustle-back dresses is assured for being inter preted in simple words, bustle-back is merely a way of saying “back fullness” achieved in ingenious ways that are conservative and wearable without being overdone. The suit to the right is very style- revealing, stressing as it does the continued triumph in the mode of richly colorful striped woolens. The stripes, the plaids and the mar velous artistry with which designers combine them with monotones in re lated tone simply hold one spell bound. The gorgeous striped wool that fashions the costume suit keys to the smartest fall colors, harmo nizing vibrant greens with luscious blackberry tones. The skirt is all- around pleated. The boxy jacket tops an emerald green velvet blouse closing with novel key-and-keyhole ornaments. An oversize quill tops the moss green sailor hat. You may expect to see gay little velvet jackets dotted all over the college campus. The girl centered in the picture wears a snug black velveteen jacket quite military look ing as so many of the newer fash ions are, with a plaid pleated skirt that introduces an artful blend of grape, pink and yellow tones, cli maxed with a sweater in warm yel low hues. Juniors, likewise college sophisticates, simply dote on the new plaids and stripes. A Scotch cap of black velvet with satin rib bon streamer, together with the plaid carries the message that fash ions for young folks have gone very Scotch this season. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) High Color Tweed Here is a smart version of the costume suit that combines plain woolen with gay tweed. The fitted jacket is of yellow and black tweed in a diagonal weave. Yellow and gold tones are held in high favor according to what is showing in ad vance Paris collections. The cos tume includes a jacket, swagger coat and skirt. This idea of both jacket and topcoat done in matching color scheme is very practical. The saucer brim hat is of black felt. Offers Solution For One Problem For many women, the most try ing coat length of recent inspira tion is the rather popular just-be- low-the-waist length that nips in at the midriff and hugs the hips. It is a good style for a slender woman with a streamlined figure and is being shown in any number of varieties, of which one of the most popular is a monotone wool jacket worn over a gay print dress. But the problem is not so simple for those who border on plumpness. One suggestion is that the slightly swallow-tail version deals more kindly with the heavy woman. Two-Skirt Outfit Real Money-Saver A money-saver for the bride con sists of a two-skirt suit of very sheer wool or crepe, designed with a suave fitted jacket. The street-length skirt can be worn with the jacket and printed crepe or organdy blouses to make a smart runabout costume by day. A floor-length skirt of the same material, combined with the jacket and a sheer chiffon blouse make a chic dinner costume for boat and hotel wear in the evening. • New Coat Silhouettes Coats are no longer a simple mat ter of straight boxy lines or fitted and flared effects, for Parisian de signers are showing intricate details of cut and design in their most re cent collections. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT BABY CHICKS CHICKS! NoCripplMorColla 3p«Lptftf Guaranteed Lire Oetlrery tt.O./or Prtmpt S/Upe-Mt AUaa Chick Ca„ St. I fh. Ml. POULTRY BRED FOR PRODUCTION: Docks RAISED FOR PROFIT: Chicks SOLD BY QUALITY: Tnrkcys STARTED CHICKS: Pallets MILFORD HATCHERYp“°'“ 1 * 1 1 '’ p , M £ Strange Facts i Bats Aren’t Batty i Set for Next World 1 • Swift Blow-Up • The only animals known to car ry their lunches on journeys are certain species of bats, notably the Pipistrellus pygmaeus. They curl their tails into pouches, fill them with insects and feed while in flight. On the day before a Chinese fu neral, the family of the deceased purchase and burn a number of paper representations of horses, boxes of money, extra clothes and servants, which he or she will need in the next world. Incidentally, the shops selling this merchandise are usually known as “hell-equipment stores.” Nitroglycerin acts with such ra pidity that if a five-mile pipe filled with it were detonated at one end the entire column would explode— and produce 10,000 times its own volume of gas—in about one sec ond.—Collier’s. INDIGESTION Sensational Relief from Indigestion and One Dose Proves It If the fim dOM of this plMMOt-Ufltinf little black tablet doesn't bring you the fastest and mc.t complete relief you have experienced tend bottle back to us and get DOUBLE MONEY BACK. This Bell-ant tablet helps the stomach diseat food, makes the excess stomach fluids barmless and lets you eat the nourl thing foods you need. For heart burn. sick headache and upsets so often caused by excess stomach fluids making you feel sour and sick all over—JUST ONE DOSE of Bell-ana i speedy relief. 25c everywhere. Our Perfect Moment In every life there is a perfect moment, like a flash of sun. We can shape our days by that if we will—before by faith, and after wards by memory.—Myrtle Reed. GOOD FOR MALARIA! —And Malaria Chill* and Fever! Here’s what you want for Malaria, folks! Here’s what you want for the awful chills and fever. It’s Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic! A real Malaria medicine. Made especially for the purpose. Con tains tasteless quinidine and iron. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic ac tually combats the Malaria infec tion in the blood. It relieves the freezing chills, the burning fever. It helps you feel better fast. Thousands take Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic for Malaria and swear by it Pleasant to take, too. Even children take it without a whimper. Don’t suffer! At first sign of Ma laria, take Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. At all drugstores. Buy the large size as it gives you much more for your money. A Good Temper Good temper, like a sunny day, sheds brightness over everything; it is the sweetener of toil and the soother of disquietude.—Irving. A GREAT BARGAIN VESPER TEA PURE ORANGE PEKOE 50-Cups for lO Cents Ask YoUr Grocer Close Inspection A man’s reputation draws eyes upon him that will narrowly in spect every part of him.—Addison. . SUMMER HOT-WEATHER SKIN WITH MEXICAN HEAT POWDER. J WNU—7 36—89 Watch Youk Kidneys/ Help Them Cleanse the Blood of Harmful Body Waste Tour kidneys are constantly filtertnr waste matter from the blood stream. But kidneys sometimes lag in their work—do not act as Nature intended—fail to re move impurities that, if retained, may K ison the system and upset the whole dy machinery. 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