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How. Under Cot ton Stalks Now Extension. Forces in Session ?V. Urge Prompt Destruction of; Boll Weevil Winter Resorts , Cleinson"" College, Oct. 10.?At - th* -elojsing.,session of the annual _? meeting of the extension forces on t&??ur?ax?^-resolution was passed st^ng|v_ urging that farmers lose no-; tirn^ -In- -plowing under cotton stalk* ^or l.th? purpose of destroy- \ ing the^cMejf hibernation place of ; tl^.b^xweeyil, and requesting the : .': h^w%?aj^rs of the state to give the ; idea: as- wioe circulation as possi- , ble. The.resolution declared that; ? early- fall destruction of cotton j is the most important single ; step...ra\ttejight against the weevil. : , and th^.-discussion brought out the .' 7 tact'thAt if cotton stalks cannot be ? ' plowed : under. they should be j burned? for these winter hotels of; the weevil.must be destroyed, but ; plowing under is just as efli- ; ipt ^burning and is much more in'WS^ ij'as a matter of soil j ing. . \ re-.'plaiating of a winter cover j yp. i? ihe present cotton fields j ^was also urged as a most import- j mt means of weevil destruction, i ice weey?s cannot live through j ze\wi&fcer in a growing cover crop, j 3^'rye. oats and vetch, or j rer; tor the reason that in order ; ihriv?~the winter the weevil ] ~dry Out" to the extent of j ^ ^ijO-third of his body moist- ! ^5^"^^r-iChiR he can not. do* in a | fifld- where a cover crop is grow- ' i^. .; Cotton stalks not plowed un dfir , or burned in a field to be! 'pi?nJted' to a cover crop should be; ^yi'to . pieces and thrown to the [ round" aV"early as possible by a ' Fs?tllr'e?fctpr' so that they may be : eSyered liy the growing cover crop j^.d thus aI?sorb moisture, which ? meams^?eath to the ^weevil. V'*The"earlier stalks and other - hlhernating places are destroyed," said. Prof." A. I?\ Conradi. entomo ?. Iogist,;.in _ discussing the subject, '"^?o fewer weevils will survive the Winter. In infested fields it is * co>imon to firfd weevils at the I T?te OT*%0Q?io 25,000 per acre at ! thjr time of first frost. It is a well ] k>bV? fact", Prof. Conradi ex i f pla'lns;"-?tJba.t? the weevils develop- , Lug late '^n the fa.II are the ones,' most fikely to survive the winter, ; Ias' they are not worn out by long j j?i^hts 2nd . the rearing of the youngp ?s are the older weevils. For fbfa reason development of - ?^eeviis,- in late, fall must be pre vented ,as the first step in making the n^t crop." Aft.interesting point brought out inltliecdlscussion by N. E. Winters, j extension agronomist, was the fact j ctha^ ^experiments in Louisiana; . shows* that when cotton stalk3 were destroyed before Oct. 15 only} ? per -eent of' the weevils survived j the winter, whereas destruction of -j f|talks;oir Oct. 27 allowed 15 per! * cent.to. silrvive; Nov. 25, 22 per ' it; 'Bee 7, 28 per cent; between J5jmd Jan. 15, 43 per cent. J ;is ejearr therefore, that the ear- J tise stalks are destroyed, the j infective the' results will be, | tSat '"where early destruction! ? impossible, it is better la^e than | Eeterv.' ? . ericans Are Hard Up Strife With Spanish Troops E Not All "Gravy" Washingct.n. Oct. I?.?Many of | the adventurous Americans enlist- ! e&.witfe the Spanish "forces to fight \ the ^Ors, have found that ser- ! " vj?e "fflth the Spanish troops was j not sueh as they expected, and art j now imported destitute in fcpamsn ] ports, -vOthers have been rejected ; by thfi^panish medical authorities, I ?tid tJf^y, too, are left behind. . Tlxe*Americans were recruited ; . mostl"^ in New York. Some of i them ?eame' from the ranks of the : unemployed, some were former j l^nriSc^ men and not a few were &jrnie^ommissioned officers in the ?nit< qf States army in the world war.. -They were enlisted bv offi "Wrt p?hte Spanish army for a for eign Iggion in the Moorish cam- i paign.--As some question arose: pver^ Srhether teh recruiting was | Vit. 30fltraveiftion of the ncutrahty laws i? was discontinued, but not ( until ijffcer many Americans had j shipped for Spain. ..'. No*? according to advices reach- j ing Washington, many of these! Americans are stranded. The Spanish goverm^en so far has not i Offered*, to return them to Ameri- j ca. ?' Z Snap Them Rolled Down. ?' .Tbe?bobbed hair fad and the $tyje.o?, rolling down the stockings $0,^ appoint below the knee have! helped* the photographers, who j make ? specialty of developing and { printing pictures for the amateur j photographer, according to one of ! them.^Every girl, who has had her ! hair iJtirbbed- wants a record of it! an* t fe result is a ciose-up (as tfcey sg? in the Movies) of her smil- f iflg o?untenance showing the b?^be5-ness'of the bobbing. Also tisene^r style of'being photograph ed-shaving an ample expanse of hose?generally rolled down?has helped* keep the developer busy. ?- ? ? ? Frb^ the agony columrfof the LondjOfcTimes: "Demobilized cap tain rn^kes hand-embroidored crepe de chi?e blouses. 25 shillings. Ex eliteivjisdesigns." A major who knit ted jumpers advertised in the same coiurtm. z: " \ ? ? ? ? A hr?ge sea monster has been Wund-off the coast of Florida. A fragj?tni of the skull is 15 feet long, ?feet wide, and weighs three tons. *i '*'\ g ? ? ? 7^*TweAty-five boys of less than ten years old served as soldiers in the Revolutionary War. I General Ses * sions Court Wallace Case Begun This Morning The court of general sessions adjourned Saturday afternoon until Monday morning after having been in se*" don for the first week of its alloted two weeks term. The "court has made a fair degree-of progress and has cleared up and disposed of a considerable number of cases on the docket. The finding of the jury in the case of the State vs. Joe Wilson, charged with grand larceny was guilty but with the recommenda tion to uiercy. This case came into | the cour* for trial late Thursday af- j ternocn and was continued through Friday's cotirt. An appeal for a new trial was heard this morning and the council for the defense; brought forth their reasons why Joe Wilson should be" granted a! new trial. The main grounds-upon which the argument for hew trial i rested was the fact that the jury in this ease had recommended mercy and with the request that1 the minimum sentence of three] months be passed upon him. Wil-j son was charged with the stealing i of a horse, buggy and harness. The defense also cited the fact that one of the main State witnesses had been a felon. Judge Mauldin, af ter hearing all of the arguments, stated that the negro hid. been found beyond a reasonable doubt guilty by the members of the jury, but that he would respect their recommendation for mercy. He passed the sentence on Joe Wilson of three months at hard labor \ upon the public works of Sumter county. The case of the State vs. J. C. I Wallace for an alleged criminal as sau.it upon a young girl under the age of fourteen years was taken ; up for trial this morning. There was a great deal of delay occas- j ioncd by the absence from court j of the girl upon whom the alleged I assault is said to have been com- I miftcd. This witness was sent fori and brought into the court room by Deputy Sheriff McKagen. The girl was found tov be sick and the court was further delayed by re quests from the defense that a doctor be summoned and the girl examined to ascertain whether or not she was in a physical condi tion to testify in the case at this time. The State then likewise sent for a physician. The girl was ex amined by the doctors after they had reached the court house and j both physicians declared upon the j witness stand that she was in no condition- to go through with the ordeal of a witness* cross examina tion. They stated to the court that her pulse was 130 and that her temperature was 102. The girl was finally sent home but the state made out a subpoena and stated that she must be in the court room when her testimony be came essential. Several witnesses were examined but no material advances made in the progress .?f the case. Court adjourned for its recess at 2 p. m. and will convene again at the 3.30 hour for the continuance of the case. Attention of the public is called by the fire department to certain people who hinder and interfere with their work when they are j called to a. fire by getting in front j cf the apparatus when on the way j to a fire and sometimes parking! their cars in the way at the fire. I It has become the habit with some. I immediately the alarm rings, to i race down the street in front of the department endangering themselves as well as others. The Workers' Council Entertained. Tuesday, the fourth, the Council j of Trinity M. 12. Church were en tertained by the Beginners' De partment at the home of Mrs. Mc Donald on the corner of Wright and Bartlette St. The new home was beautiful for this occasion, the large living room and parlors were thrown into one and from the dining room the cherry fire made the Indian sum mer-like weather more comfort-! able. Here and there were ferns j and vases of marigolds like an j after glow of real golden rod Oc- j tober. * 5 The devotional exercises were in! charge of Dr. J. W. Daniel. After wards the superintendent of the; Intermediates, Capt. Robert Brown, j gave a very timely talk on the aim and betterment of the different de partments, v Then the minutes were read, by the -Secretary, Mrs. E. W. Vogel, and approved. Quite la number of debates. Then the election of a Key Woman for. the Sunday school, resulting in electing Mrs. B. R. Compton. All the reports given were good, I but special mention must be giv- I en to Miss Hattie Phillips, who has ! the honor of having largest class I of boys in the teen age south and the most enthusiastic of workers. 1 It is an inspiration to any church I to have a teacher like Miss Phil lips. She has not missed a single I Sunday in eight or nine yea^s. In j rain or sunshine she is promptly at her post. I Delightful block, cream and cake i were served by Mesdames McDon ald, Buck, Compton, J. W. Cox, Roper and Miss Maude Bradham and Master A Iva McDonald. The following were present*: Rev. J. W. Daniel, Capt. Rober^ Brown. ! Messrs. Turner White, Parish. Du- j rant, Adam Rcames and Willis; Mesdames J. W. Daniel, E. W. Vo- \ gel, Willis. Parrish. W. E. Durant, McDonald, Compton, Cox, Roper, i D. J. Auld. A. M. F.roughtorr. B. R. Allen. Lamb. Buck, Misses Hattie Phillips. Sallie Rembcrt, Lou Pate, i Eva Sires, Maude Beatty, Maude Bradham and Ida Reames. ? ? ? Of the ?32,O00.O00 expended for a first-class battleship, $21,000,000 is for the machinery. ?? ? ? When the conference gets to a discussion of the limitation of arm aments there should be some fixed limitation of arguments.?Nashville Banner. To Pray For Disarmament Little Rock. Ark.. Oct. 2.?Gov- ! ernor Thomas C. MoRao. has pro- I claimed Tuesday. November 1. a; legal holiday to be known as "The I Day of Faith" and enjoined The | citizens of this state to offer pray- j er then for the success of the eon- ! ference on the limitation of arm-1 amcnts to be held in Washington j Cii Armistice Day. ' j The Governor asks the people of I Arkansas" also On November* 1 "to acknowledge the rights and virtues | of their neighbor, whatsoever b* j his nation, his race or his'creed and as evidence of that faith which is j within them, at the hour of noon ! on such Day of Faith, reverently to i sppak the allegorical words. 'My \ neighbor is perfect." The Governor expressed in his | proclamation the -ho^e that where ! Arkansas dares to lead the world j may not fear to follow. Governor McRae explained in ! his proclamation that he had been j moved to this step by reading a ! book by Arthur Somers Roche. Speaking of the conference on the limitation of armaments, the governor said: i "Once more the' peoples of the' world thrill to an ancient hope. \ This time idealism must not fail. j "Creed and hatred in the daily affairs of man in his industrial or- j der and in his international rela- i tions, have- brought about a col lapse in civilization which testifies I to man's inability to check mater- ! ial maladies with material rented- j ies. "Shall we travel eternally the vicious circle that, beginning in preparation, ends in war. to begin again in new preparation?' "We are taught that man is made in the image of his Maker; yet. ! even as the heart accepts that mighty truth, the brain whispers i to theh and the false word, 'Im practical/ and the sword flashes from the ready sheath. "Civilization, warned by experi- ; ence, must not again challenge hate With only the puny powers of the I hand and brain! It must turn to j the human heart! We must have | faith! "Rut shall we keep faith locked in the heart, as though we were ashamed of it? Shall we not rath er, in this frightful crisis of the I world's history, release it and let j the heart attempt whal the brain and hand have failed to achieve? i the rule of Peace?" -?-s> ? - The Man With The Hoc Says ?_ j Hyacinths multiply freely in the I open ground. They' should be dug when the leaves die down and the | offsets removed and planted sepa- j rately. The spikes should be pin- j died out as soon as they appear for two seasons if it is desired that the | bulbs produce big spikes. Bulbs in ! Jie open do not give as fine spikes ! the second year as the first as a rule, but they can be brought back ! by removing the flower spike be- ! fore it expands and letting the bulb j give all its strength to developing. Hyacinths may be planted in window boxes left out all winter, but in this case it is esential that drainage conditions are perfect. While hardy, bulbs will decay if j forced to stand in water during i thaws. Roman hyacinths, with looser and more graceful spikes are one l of the most popular house varieties and easily grown. One of thesecrets of outdoor cul- j ture is drainage and the beds should be raised. If the soil is i heavy, plant the bulb- in a handful | of sand, to be sure that water does j not collect and remain above the ? base of the bulb. Fall is the best time to plant the beautiful Japanese lillies. particu larly the /cold-banded lily and its | varieties. Lilium Auratum. and the speciosum varieties. Unfortunately these bulbs seldom arrive before November and they are weakened by having to be kept in storage ov er winter. However, it is not a matter of great difficulty to get them into the ground late this fall. Select the place where they are to be planted and give it a heavy mulch of manure or leaves so that 'it will be protected from freezing. When the lily bulbs arrive, merely rake off the cover and the ground | can be dug and the lilies planted. They should be planted six inch es deep and should be placed upon a pocket of sand to insure drainage. Although the Japanese lilies j come late, the American grown and j European lilies offer opportunity for earlier planting. The favorite tiger lily in its improved variety known as Splendens, the gorgeous scarlet umbellatum lilies rivaling ; the oriental popies in the brilliancy "of their coloring an'1 coming in early June, the native superbum j lflty, a tall graceful scarlet purple { spotted lily, an ornament to any ! planting, and others may be placed in the hardy garden this fall and give brilliant and stately display another year. It is no trick at all to have the fragrant dainty white belle of the lily of the valley in bloom in the window of the living room for the greater part of the winter. If you have a patch of lilies of the valley growing in your yard, dig up a f^w pips this fall, selecting only the plump ones which contain flower buds, pot them up. say eight or ten pips to an eigh^t-inch pot. Let them remain outdoors until thor oughly frozen and then bring them in as they arc wanted. As soon as they thaw out the lilies will send up their bloom with surprising speed. A number of pots may be planted and left outdoors to be brought in from time to time. ? Precious stones were classed as male and female by the (tomans, ; according to the darkness or light- ; ness of their color. - A witness in a London court had j his bald head tattooed with stars, birds, a stag, and other animals. <;<>!) IS LOVE. (By Mrs., C. C. Brown). Ba])tist Courier. We know that Cod is love?O heart, believe it. When sjfcuidows fall and night ob scures the day. When life is dark and desolate and dreary. And blood drops mark the foot prints all the way. When pain and heart ache claim the weary victim. And tears so hot and burning dim the eye, When life's bright flowerets all dead and withered. And not a star is found to light the sky. When hearth and home is but an empty mockery, Of all it was?of all it might have been, And weary wastes of deserts beck on onward, Where not one palm leaf waves its branch of green. When on the coffin lid of hope and gladness, The heavy clods of desolation fall. When o'er life's treasures heaps a mound of roses, And chilling night winds wail their solemn call. I When problems dee]) and dark loom up before us. When life is but the echo of a song. When hope's bright dreams seem 1 but a passing phantom, Resolved into a silence deep i and long. O heart, the tempter strong in j awful fury. Shall not allure the soul to dan- i ger's road, Storms may assail as tired feet press onward, , But through the chaos, angels I whisper?"GOD." < O God of love, be with us still and ever, Throug weal or woe. through happiness or pain. Through storm or sunshine, lone- j liness or longing, Through sorrow, heart ache, sadness; loss or gain! Then, though the dreaded anguish j presses sorely My heart and I, so weary and j oppressed, Sweetly we'll lean, O God, upon thy bosom, And in thy love secure will be j our rest. There we will wait and trust until the morning. Until the shadows flee we'll look above, j And faith will give each cloud a ! silver lining, While hope still wings the mes- j sage?"God is love." Sumter, S. C, August 27, 1921. j Bronze Tablet For j War Horses j _ i i Washington-American Hu-j mane Association Presents j It to City Washington, Oct. 15.?A bronze! tablet commemorating the services | of nearly two hundred and fifty j thousand horses and mules at-1 tached to American forces during j the world war, over sixty-eight thousand of whom perished, was | unveiled in the state war and navy i building. The tablet was present- ? ed by President W. O. Stillman of the American Humane Association, j ?> ? ? A sharp appetite won't cut living; expenses. Even brilliant men'can't shine in j dull company. The teeth in our laws are not the ? only ivory part. And nearly all lies are the pro- : duct of a yellow streak. The most expensive permanent wave is a wave of pessimism. The American proletariat will never resort to violence while it can enjoy the thrill of passing a ; rich man's car on the hill. The Hedjaz tsn't like ours. Over j here it affects the other end. It will be a long time before high j jinks get back to a pre-war level. Infant republic: A small body of land entirely surrounded by jeal ousy. A republic has lost its savor when citizens begin to speak of government as "they." People everywhere have an un easy feeling that a new world can't be built of diplomaterial. It is almost a physical impossi bility to keep your temper if jus tice is on the side of your oppon ent. The success of sharpers indicates ! that the buyer's strike has not yet J been extended to bogus securities. Many a poor dog has been killed as mad because he is frantic for a drink. There is a valuable sug gestion here for the antis. In a world full of perfectly good adjectives, it is difficult to under stand why they called it the "Su- I preme" Council. The time has come, the Harding j said, to talk of many things; of j ^uns and ships and income tax, and | the costly sport of kings. Another undesirable immigrant ; is one who comes over filled with j the typical American do'sire to get rich without much effort. And the funny part of it is that the man who is decent because he is afraid of getting caught feds vastly superior to the man who takes a chance. Government should do all in its power to preserve the American standard of living. Put it sbould j also give careful attention to the American standard ? l honor. Hospital reports show that 86,000 . French soldiers died victims of tu berculosis during tin- war. A fish thai turns crimson when | given food is found in India. -? ? ? A'self-made man puts in a self starter. "Offering- Dance" Religious Ceremonial of the Arapaho Indians ? Geary, Okla., Oct. 5.?The "Of ft ring Dance" of the Arapaho In dians of Oklahoma, which closed here late in August, was witnessed and chronicled by the pale-face for what is believed to be the first time. The offering dance is the final cere monials to be borne by candidates for the highest degree in the strongest religious fraternity,of the tribe. The ritual was witnessed by a party of Oklahoma City physicians and nurses who visited the en campment of Arapahoes, who were being visited by the Comanches, Cheyennes and Kiowas, during a study of skin diseases of the In dians being prepared for the Unit ed States Public Health Service. A member of the tribe and a lec turer on Indian Folk lore for a na tional museum was present and ex plained much of the ritual to Dr. Everett S. Lain and to Dr. ("laude E. Xorris, leaders of the party. Six white persons in all witness ed the ceremony. ' More than 2,000 Indians, in all, were present. In preparation ror the Offering Dance also called the "Willows dance," a huge lodge was construct ed about 75 feet in diameter. It took several days to complete the lodge, according to members of the tribe, as each pole going into its construction was blessed sepa rately by tribal priests. Guard lines were thrown out by the Indians so that no uninvited eye could witness their ceremony. Clever Warden, the lecturer, said the foundation for the order ex tends so far back that, according to tribal interpreters, the "moons which have elapsed since that time have gone from the memory even of tradition, and the tradition and legend extend back hundreds of seasons." Candidates for initiation may make application to join, after they have committed some extraordin ary brave act; have been fearless in leadersnip, renowned in politics of the tribe or in some way distin guished themselves greatly, the in terpreters told the physicians. Two of the candidates were vet erans of the world war. One had been seriously wounded. Directly east of the center pole an .altar fire, or sacred fire, as It was called was kindled/ Half a dozen warriors beat rythmically on a tomtom daring the dance. The candidates first feasted for two days and then offerings for the Great Spirit were brought in by the candidates, who placed them within the sacrifice grounds and stooping thrust a buffalo tooth into the ground. The warrior who follow ed had to locate the tooth, and re thrust it into the ground. Then the feast of the year was brought in. The candidates, however, did ?not participate. Standing, they extended their feet so that the soles touched live coals. Without making any outcry the candidates in this position sub mitted to the painting of their bodies by the priests. They were allowed to choose the color with which they were painted, according to the tribe's interpreter. If they chose white, it* was taken to mean they would continue the ceremony as iong as they were able without complete physical exhaus tion. If, however, they chose yel iow. it was explained, the warrior had pledged to continue the cere mony to the end, though he should endanger his life by so doing. It was explained by the inter preter that through the entire cere mony the wives of all married can didates had been enduring their fasts and tests, behind a flap in the rear of the lodge. They were kept hidden frohi the initiated, however, until the conclusion of the cere mony. The beating of the tom-tom rose and became a roar and the dance was begun. For forty-eight hours they danc ed. Those who endured won the de gree. Those who did not have the privilege of trying again the fol lowing year, it was explained. This dance often is confused with the sun dance, which has been prohibited by the federal gov ernment, but is not akin to the sun dance. ' Soon after the final dance, the tepees were dismantled, and the caravans of Indians departed over the Oklahoma plains. * ? ? ?? The Boll Weevil in Cotton Bolls. ? Clemson College. Oct. 12.?Any farmer who will take time to go along some of his cotton rows and examine unopened bolls, especially bolls that, have deteriorated from one cause o ? another, and carefully pick apart the gnarled and spoiled lint in the locks will be surprised at the number of boll weevils that he finds hidden there in all stages - -from the youngest larvae to the full grown weevils. A few minutes spent in doing this will convince anyone that he is offering a great shelter to this pest by permitting the stalks to remain on the field. Xot only will practi cally all these younger stages de velop to become full grown weevils, but they make up the young weevil army that will best be able to spend the rigors of a long winter. If any farmer desires to do th< boll weevil a good turn, this is his opportunity, suggests Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist, lie could show the pest no greater courtesy than to leave the stalks bearing these old worthless bells on the ii? ld throughout the winter. hi the original Hebrew the word Eden meant delight. Thirty-nine minor planets wore discovered in ll'2<>. There seems i<> have been 40 quarts in tin- Arbuckle >rase. Two can live as cheaply as one. but they never look the same. Lumber Wealth of the Philippines 72,224 Square Miles of Valu able Standing Timber Manila. Sept. 11.?There is en ough t.'niber in the Philippine Is lands t< talu- care of most of the : lumber industry of the Far East, j according to .Major General Leon ard Wood, who has just traversed I the archipelago from northern Lu- j son to the Visayan Islands. "Few people appreciate the enor mous amount of lumber, much of ii of tIk' most valuable kind." he said. "Nearly 230,000.000 feet of it was cut in 1920. of which in the ! neighborhood of 15,000.000 was ex ' ported. j "In ordinary years there ought j to be an enormous amount avail : able for export. Now is the time j j t<x. initiate those wise forestry measures which would insure the replacement of trees cut. These forests are full of the most val I uable woods, and there is possi i bility of great development in tin production of rubber, camphor, etc.. also an enormous amount of j other forest and jungle products. "Lumbermen in the islands 0 ,ght to unite so as to h?ve bet- I tor marketing of their products i , abroad. In other words, here is a ! great rndusti y which can be devel- ? ; oped or sound lines and reproduc- \ j tion of the foresi assured " ? W. Camer n Forbes, former Gov ; ernor General of the Philippine Is- i j lands, predicted a great future for ? j the lumber industry of the islands 1 ; He said: j "On my way to the Philippine i Islands for the first time in 1904, I 1 stopped at the forestry exhibit I of the Philippine government at j : the St. Louis fair. I was literally ; carried off my feet by the beauty and splendor of the Philippine ; i woods there displayed. Right j ,then and there 1 made up .- my j j mind that it was one of my. ambi- j ' tions to have certain rooms in what- j ever house I might build in future, j I finished with especially fine panels j ; of selected Philippine woods. Dur- j ing my 10 years stay in the islands, I collected a considerable quanti- ! j vj of these woods, took the risk of j t their not standing the American ' climate, and sent them home. The j weo.t has stood wonderfully well} . ana seems to be as good today as 1 j whe,n first put in and is the admir at ion of everybod) who visits my ! house just outside of Roston. I am i sure chat the lumber industry of j j the Philippines has a marvelous i I future " ! A. F. Fisher, director of forestry j j o*" the' Philippine Islands, estimates j i It ere ore 72.224 sq'inre miles of j sta'ndirg timber in the Philippines, j i and that on this area the stand of j timber is 200,000.000.000 board j ! feet. This timber which is owned ! I by the government is estimated to | j be worth ?400.000,000. ? ? ? - ? j Worthy of General Adoption. I - .j j Worcester, Mass., Oct. 2.?Ten ! f boy pupils at the North High ? school have been assigned to act as ! traffic officers in front of the school j building at dismissal hour when 1. i 500 boys and girls leave the school. I The boys have been trained in traf I fie signals under the direction of a ' police sergeant and each day, a few j minutes before the session closes, j {two of them control automobile and | i street car traffic while their fellow j i scholars pass. j New Invention for Taking Pic- | tures Berlin, August 10?An invention 1 by which detailed, enlarged moving pictures of intricate surgical oper I ations are taken without inter- j ;fering with the operating physi ; cians and without the presence of a camera operator has been per ifected by Dr. A. von Rothe, of Ber ! lin. and now is being used in a I number of German medical hospi ! tals. for the benefit of students. It j is claimed that the students secure better instruction from a study of I the moving picture of the operation ; than from witnessing the operation ; itself. I The "operation camera" is de signed to hang directly above the j operating physician's hands. The cinematographical lamps are in a ? room above, separated from the op ' erating room by a glass roof, i After the machine has been plae \ ed in position an operating physi ; eian or a nurse can start it by pres I sing an electrical foot device which j is all the attention necessary on the part of the doctor or the attendants. Her Trained "Frogs. Rivaling Mark Twain's celebrat ed jumping frog are the three : trained frogs of East Newark, Del. \ They are named Tar Baby, Jack 1 and Anna and help entertain their mistress's friends when they come j to tea. Their mistress commands ! "Croak for the ladies" and the ' frogs obey. -o o ? Preparing Cucumbers. I To make raw cucumber diges ! tible: After paring it cut in cubes and leave it for half an hour sprinkled with salt in a glass dish. Prepared in this fashion cucumber may be eaten with impunity by the dyspeptic. "Tarriff tinkerers are not sat ' isfied with their work". That ap parently, makes it unanimous. Xow Obregon has joined the primary class cheerfully conjugat ing the verb "to spurn."?St. Paul I 'ioneer 1 'r? ss. i Sonic men are jobless for the same reason that some women are spinsters?because they waited too long for something better to turn up. -?? ? ?*> Some wives' motto: "If first j you don't succeed, cry. cry again." -? e ? The peanut crop is bad and we have, to shell out more for them. Elephants have been known to live for 200 years. Leader of Turk ish Nationalists Discusses the Eastern Ques tion with Press Corres ponden Headquarters Nationalist Turkish Army, July 20.?Mustapha Ismet j Pasha, the brilliant chief of the Turkish forces on whose patience and wile deepnds much of the suc cess or failure of the Nationalists, was trained in the hard school of frontier fighting with Arabs. Kurds, Russians and British, during the great war, especially at the Dar danelles where he was chief of staff He is given more to action than to words. Rather deaf, hearing with diffi culty only in h>'s left ear, he isn't given to making conversation. Throughout the army, to the last soldier, his deafness is known and when he speaks to soldiers in the ranks, as he often does, they shout out their answers. However, with the Greek offen sive in full swing. Ismet Pasha in vited the correspondent to stay and go about with him. "I want to talk to you because we Turks rarely present our side of the case." he said. "As an American, you are at least neutral if not friendly." So riding in his automobile among the troops, or lunching or dining with him or over his desk, the inter view ran over many hours, from one day to another. "We are lonely out here in our mountains, cut off from, the world, and we want to know what the world is thinking about," he ex plained. "All we know is that we are obliged to win the war. We are fighting for all we have. Our cause is just. We are in the position of the French during the great war. We didn't expect to renew the war after the armistice. No one should accept war except as an inevitable necessity. Certainly the Greeks were not in this necessity. "This war has been brought on by white-collared diplomats. It is often said that we soldiers are cruel and surely we are. but wars are made by cynical-minded or stupid diplomats far more cruel than we. "Why should Greek peasants be sent to our land to massacre and murder and burn Surely this peas ant doesn't wish to do this. All he knows is that he is fighting for King Constantine. The king flat ters himself that he has military talent. But he will lose the war, and also his throne when his people understand how unjust is the war. "The king thought the war would be a promenade like the one he made in Switzerland and," exclaim ed the vivacious little general, his black eyes sparkling. "But he won't. Military logic is against him. "The Greeks are coming with lots of material. These will be ours in time. Say the Greeks have now $0,000 effective combat men. We have as much and we have the men to keep on increasing our army as we capture Greek material to out fit them. Whereas the Greeks can never be stronger numerically. They have drawn their last troops, taking boys of eighteen. "At the armistice, we disbanded an army of 500,000 men. We can get them again, though now we are taking only picked men." Asked if he had any Germans or Russians in his forces, he said: "Of course not. Have you seen any? We don't need them. "Without faith, the best prepar ed war may be lost. We have that. We know our cause is just. Our soidiers may not be spick and span, to European eyes they may look illy equipped, but their hearts are right and they know how to fight. They will fight until told the war is over and won. It may take ten years, but we are preparing for that. "At the end of the great war, the Allies thought to crucify us, using the Greeks and Armenians to drive in the nails. We gave up our arms and our cannon. But with an irreg ular army we have slowly restored the parts of our cannon, manufac tured the breech pieces, removed by .he British. We have also captured Greek material, likewise arms and cannon sent by the British to Ar menia, and we have secured British supplies sent to Denikene. "There's no military reason why we shouldn't retake Constantinople. But we must first get rid of the Greeks on this front." Injuries From Falling Tree Are Fatal Mr. John Hines, a white man liv ing near Atkins was brought to Sumter last evening seriously in jured from being hit by a falling tree. He was rushed to the Tourney hospital were everything possible was done for his comfort, but he was so badly maimed he died during the night. As near as can be learned Mr. Hines was walking through a woods where some men were cutting down a tree and happened to be directly in its path as it fell. He was terribly bruised from head to foot and little hones were held for his recovery*. The men who were cutting the tree say they didn't see anything of Mr. Hines until the tree hit him. The jury viewed the remains this morn ing. An inquest will be held Thurs day. ?o-o m Germany's War Dogs Berlin. August 10?The German government is selling off its war dogs. It has a large number of wounded and disabled canines for sale and has offered them to the public at a price to be fixed by a valuation commission composed of veterinarians. Many of the dogs are said to be too old for war work and others have been siek so long that the army officials have despaired of their ever being able to engage in active service again, should such service will be required. The public, which appears great ly attached to the lively and fero cious "police dogs." has. neverthe less, displayed little interest in these canine veterans. Reduction of Railroad Rates Executives Meeting in Chica go Discuss Proposition Chicago, Oct. 14.?Confronted by a possible strike over wage reductions and demands for lower rates from shippers, the railway executives in a meeting here dis cussed a proposal to reduce trans portation charges in proportion to future wage reductions. Warren Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers has requested a conference with railroad executives on behalf of six railroad unions which voted to strike. Officers of sixteen rail road unions convened in one hotel The four dances given by the in another. ? ? ? Europe's Gokl Reserves While Europe sent to the Uni ted States more than two hundred and fifty million dollars in gold dur ing the first six months of the cur rent year above receipts from this country, nevertheless a slight gain occurred in that period in the total gold reserves of Europe held by central banks or government agents. Only three of the fourteen chief European gold holding countries showed a dimunition in their gold ; stocks from January 1 to July 1, I and these losses were relatively I slight, their combined total amount ing to less than twelve million dol : lars. This loss was more than off ; set by gains among the other eleven I countries, th enet increase of the : fourteen combined amounting to i $1,199,000. Yet between Ja unary 1 and July ll, the gold stock held by federal j reserve banks in the United States I increased by $402,601,000 or near ly 20 per cent, of the $2,059,330,000 ; they held' the first of the year, al most two-thirds of the increase be ing made up by the gold from Eu j ropean shipping points, the rest domestic sources: ] An analysis of this gold move I ment shows that present European igold reserves are not being drained I to swell America's holdings but that the increments to this country's hoard since the first of the year, in ' so far as shipments from Euro [ pean points are concerned, are j chiefly accounted for by three great j streams of the metal consisting of ; newly mined supplies from Africa 'coming by way of London; of gold j yielded up by India, also coming ? by way of London; and of metal J thought to have originated from 1 Russian sources, eventually coming ;to America from various European 't countries. j Europe's centralized reserves J were built up subsequent to the outbreak of the Great War far i above prewar figures, and were further increased since the Armis tice, by concentrating in them as ; far as possible all gold privately [held. While these reserves have ; been, by continued government im j poiundage, i.kept rigidly stabilized ?at the points as a result of these j extraordinary war and postwar : measures, in the face of the recent [tremendous suction \oward Amer ika, nevertheless the three great j streams have flowed through these 'countries to the United States with i little impediment during the last, 'six months. No material effort !has been made in Europe to divert j the gold from them for the purpose ! of building up further the reserves, j there. The gold has served to re j duce European indebtedness in Am I erica rather than to aid in restoring jthe gold standard in Europe, j It was stated in the federal re ! serve bulletin for June, 1921, that jthe director of the Swedish mint jhad recently estimated that sev j enty tons, of Russian gold were re ceived in Sweden since 1920. He j was quoted as saying that after re j fining it was reexported, chiefly to Jthe United States, representing an j assayed value here of about $40, I 000.000. The bulletin also said that not less than another $60,000, 000 of Russian gold or its equiva lent had fond its way to the Uni- y j ter States through France and other ; channels. The movement of gold from Rus jsia to the United Sattes is not defi j nitely traceable. It is thought to have come to this country indirectly through various continental couri j tries in addition to these mention ed above. At the outbreak of the ! war in 19.14 the Russian state bank [held $779.750.000 in gold; by the end of 1917, the date of the last i definite statement of gold held in the bank, the stock had dwindled.to $633.000.000. ^It has been reported j that this balance has since been ? largely dispersed and the amount remaining is unknown, but is thought to be small. It appears therefore that the Uni ted States received, between Jan uary 1 and July 10. the equivalent ;of $106.599.000 of African and In dian gold by way of London and the equivalent of more than $100,000, i 000 of Russiuan gold by way of continental Europe. These three chief sources account for the fact that Europe as a whole has been able to make substantial gold pay ments to the United States without further impairing her existing cen tralized gold stocks. Woman's Club Broke The bounty on flies has been called off by the Pana (Illinois) Woman's Club. Ten cents a hun dred was promised the youngsters in the "swat the fly" campaign. When 256.OOO dead flies were turn ed in the Club went broke. High Cost Curtails Student Life in Paris Paris. August 5?The increased cost of student life in Paris is pre venting families of moderat means * from allowing their sons to take up a liberal career. The monthly budget of a student living in the Latin Quarter is given by an inves tigator in Excelsior as 740 francs. At the present rate of exchange* this is equivalent to about $60 per