The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 04, 1922, Page PAGE 2, Image 2
Business in 1922
Discussion of Conditions by
the National Bank of Com
merce, New York
Conditions in the United States j
today indicate that the year. 1922;
as a whole will be more satisfao- ?
tory to business, than the year just i
ended. Our forecast is tha'r profits
will depend more on economy of;
operation than on expansion of vol- j
time. With the many favorable j
factors' now operating. business]
men should not fear to make plans j
for the new year, but they should :
plan with care and conservatism.]
and with constant effort toward!
reduction of costs.
Financial improvement con- j
tinues. Progress has been made in j
reduction of excess stocks of man-'
ufajetiired goods. Accumulations of
raw materials have been reduced, i
The rate of production in the ma
jor iad-ustries has shown little!
change'during the closing weeks]
of the year. Losses in some lines
have been offset by gains in others,
the net result being that the gains
over the low level of the earlier
months of !92i have been held.
Bank lug PosH ion.
The last twelve months have wit
nessed? great' progress toward stable
financial conditions in business.
Combined gold, reserves of the
twelve^ federal reserve banks have
increased by more than 40 per cent,
while discounts for member banks
have dropped 56 percent, and fed
?-ral.reserve notes in actual eircula-.
ticso" have declined per cent. The
federal reserve system once more
proves to be a system designed to
?.are for increases, and decreases
in the volume of credit, with the re
?ruisite . elasticity to dovthis easily.
The "betterment in.the position of
member bank*. whiie not so
striking, is nevertheless satisfac
tory. . ? . .
Notwithstanding the consistent
improvement in financial condi
tions, ^recovery in manufacture and
trade has been slow. Unemploy
ment in.the chief countries shows
fttle decline from the high point
reached early in the year, and it
/ :ay well reach new high figures
String. January and February,
v hen normally there is an increase
hi rhe number of those out of work
I .x North America and Europe.
Manufactured goods continue to
r.-oye slowly and uncertainly into j
the channels of consumption.
The Raw Material Problem.
In last analysis, the business of I
the world rests on a physical,. not a
^financial foundation. Failure of
bCslance between world-wide supply
q? and; effective demand for phy
sical goods forced the violent read
justment of the last two years; a
readjustment which will not be
complete until this physical balance
iias again been established.
The wool situation illustrates
particularly well the various fac
tors.which have prevented a return
to noxmaL-conditions. It has con
tinued to accumulate, partly be- !
"?^use^entral Europe has not been ]
^le to. purchase in the - expected I
amc*tnt3, partly because an import- I
ant part of the wool supply is a by- j
product, and partly because the j
building up of flocks is ao slow a !
process that flock-master3 reduce j
them only.when they have given up j
hope of profits.
\ViTh curtailment of production
and increased demand^, copper
stocks are showing reduction. The
j&ert American and Egvntian cot
ton crdps.$have served to. biyng the
^poi-ld's cotton supply approximate
ly to a " prewar normal. Stocks of
hides and skins itre large in many
countries but arc moving more
freely into consumption. The prices
o? rubber and sugar are still below
rhe cost of production. Sisal stocks
carried over from last year now
constitute nearly two-thirds of a
normals-ear's supply. The world's
wheat production is in a satisfac
tory state of balance in that there
is an adequate supply and a sustain
ed demand. The American farm- ?
<e.r. rn the face of a new corn crop j
of 3,1*2,000.000 bushels, is carry-j
ing; over. 281.000.Coo bushels from j
the record crop of 1920. There is j
*!so an accumulation in other less |
YeeH-known commodities.
This accumulation of physical
goods is nor a misfortune. It as
sures to the world a supply of cheap
food and clothing, and real pros
perity has never rested on any oth
er baswr^Bttt producers of raw ma
terial* constitute much more than j
half of the buying power cf the j
worlds and the conclusion is in- '
evita?Je that the entire economic !
struc^are will gradually adjust it- !
self to the raw material market. j
Disarmament and The Economic j
r Outlook.
* essential step toward recov- j
ery iswremoval of the burden of ex- I
penditures for war. The countries
which are wasting their money and
effort on armaments are those
whose markets must absorb the j
world?s excess of raw materials, i
and u^ay for it with manufactures, j
Thg terrific burden of war debts j
nnd preparation for war is clearly j
show? by data recently prepared
by the federal reserve board. The
hoartCstates that in 192". of a total
net public expenditure by Great !
Brftain~of "?1,14.").9L's,000. 30.5 per
cent, .were for public debt charges
and 25.5 per/cent, were for national
defense: by France, of a total of
52.18S.217.000 francs. 22.7 per cent
werelfor public debt charges, and \
50.T per cent, were for national de- i
fxmsc In 1919, Italy's total public i
expenditures were 32.150.100,0aO i
lire, of which 8.4 per cent, were for j
public debt charges, and S3.9 per!
cent, for national defense. German
expenditures in 1920 were i?3.470,
s7o?o0o marks. 14."> per cent being:
for public, debt charges, and 60.2 !
per cent, for national defense.
Expenditures for the payment of j
interest and principal of the public,
(Seht >do not curtail current pur-;
chasing power. They merely trans- i
I'er its That curtailment occurred !
when in. the tlrnt place the debts!
were incurred for military and na
val purposes. But current expen
diture^ for national defense consti
I tute a direct levy on the present
I purchasing powers of a peOJ.de- La
! her expended : t,o make., guns and
j submarines can not pay tor hides
j from Argentina or wool from, Aus
; (ralia.
i It is to<? much to hope to de
stroy the' anachronism of arma
j ment at one blow, but in so far as
I concrete- results may be attained,
! they offer the first rea* hope of re
? covery from the economic stagna
! tiop. of the world. A combined
saving by the United States, the
United Kingdom and Japan on
armaments of only $5l*0.0(K>,UOO in
a >i!igle ye^r is trivalent to the
prewar value of the exports of wool
from both Argentina and Australia
for nearly three year.s.
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I Ma^ov Barv\vald IX^Blotvs Xanow
lUinded Crit i<%. AntasrotUzi ng
? ? J>r, Lonaiz. .
"The antagonistic attitude and
criticism ofiered by New York aud
Chicago physicians to the work of
Dr. Adolf Lorenz, the eminent
Austrian surgeon, in behalf of the
crippled children of America, is
not only regrettable, but deplor
able." declared Dr. C L. Bare
wakl, mayor of Davenport, today.
The mayor spoke with considerable
! feeling as he said the above.
"The attitude of these physicians,
\: inhuman and un-American," con
tinued I).r. Barewald. "The physi
cian, of all professions, should be
broad-minded and liberal. But I
am sorry to say that only too often
they reveal themselves to the. con
trary."
Continuing, Dr. Barewald said:
"The standing of Dr. Lorenz as
one of the world's greatest sur-;
.^eons is indisputable. ? Iiis visit to
America at this time is a humani
tarian move, and not pecuniary.
This is proven in the fact that in
New York he is treating some of,
I the poorest children in the metro- j
: polis. For this work he does not
j receive a penny. And everyone;
; knows it takes just as long a time j
I to treat a poor child as it does the |
: rich. But Dr. Lorenz is not cater-;
::tg to the wealthy. He is serving j
humanity and serving it with a big, j
generous heart that recognizes no!
distinction in race, creed or station j
in life. .He is the type of man for;
I whom I have the highest respect j
aud admiration.
I "J am pleased to observe that
j Healtn Commissioner Copeland of I
I New York City is a strong cham- I
; pion and defender of Dr. Lorenz.
I After being invited to come to this,
country, he certainly is entitled to!
the respect and courtesy Of all loyal j
Americans. TVe . American doc- j
: tors may know a great deal about \
\ medicine and surgery, but it is the j
height of folly to assume that we;
know it aj>. ' .
"Dr. Lorenz has made a life study
of joint diseases and is a recognized
world authority in this particular
line. During the world war he has
had wonderful opportunities for
observation and. the application of
advanced surgery. It is but natur
al, therefore, that he comes^to this
country with new ideas and new
experiences :.ot enjoyed by the
average American doctor.
"Instead of criticising and ob
structing his work, how much more
humane at*d generous it would be
for all of us to extend to him the
warm hand of welcome and good
fellowship and endeavor to profit
ourselves through his knowledge
and ab^ity. Undoubtedly in cer
tain branches of surge it American
physicians are more skilled than
Dr. Lorenz,, but in his particular
line we . must admit his master
ship.
"The day and., age of. bigotry,
jealousy and selfishness should be j
put in the discard. .Let the newer
and brighter light and faith per- j
meate the whole world."?Daven
port Democrat and Leader, Dec. S?. ]
1921.
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The Lowly . Corncob.
The corncob is coming into its
own.. Once upon a day it was good ;
for fuel, and some of the finest ex- i
amples of it were used to make j
corncob pipes!; But today that has;
changed. It is to prove an import- j
ant factor, in helping the United j
States dye industry compete with!
the German. Recent analyses and
experiments show that the lowly j
corncob "contains H> per cent, of
high grade furfural. Furfural, at j
the beginning of the war, came only
from Germany and is used in \
connection with coal tar dyes.
Chemists have also discovered
that a good paste, which can be j
used in the manufacture of fibre
boards for walls, can be made from j
corncobs.
1 'lower Turns Night Into Day.
One of the strangest flowers, and
one that is not often seen, because
it only blossoms after night has
fallen, and then withers before
dawn comes, is the cereus. Except j
at the time 'it blooms, this plant, i
which is one of the few that turn !
ui;?ht into day, is not at ail attrae- i
live in appearance. What you see
is nothing more than a leafless, dis- :
torted tangle of discolored and re
pellent vegetable fibres.
But when this unpromising mass
of roots does break into blossom, !
it throws out flowers as beautiful!
as they are deliriously scented. The
bud begins to unfold a little after
dusk, and ia an hour or two it has
grown to a large flower several feet
in circumference, which at raid
night is brown and orange and
wh#e. and fills the air with a heavy
tropical seen; like a compound of
fresh fnigipanni. roses, and tigvr
lilies. An hour or so before dawn
the i'.owers begin to fade, and be
fore breakfast the plant is again
an apparently withered heap. j
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Children, who are among the
greatest users of public libraries,
are borrowing books of biography,
natural history, and travel almost
as often as they choose fiction.
In the old days the bull pen was
something e.Isc. but now it is the
one used to write political speeches.
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There is no relationship between
junkers and junkmen. The former \
sow and the latter harvest. I
j Cats ami Dogs.
Swift is said to have originated !
the .saying. "Raining eats and |
! dogs." in an old verse at least, so :
some say. But there is also anothex!
J version. i
In Northern .Mythology. Odin, the!
. Cod of Storm, is said to have pos- j
Isessed a dog. This was a sign of |
j wind. Cats, as is well known, are j
[more or less affected by rainy j
I weather. i
j Thus, when rain falls pussy gets i
i frisky. Consequently, in talking of !
i it '"raining eats and dogs." which, j
literally, is of course absurd, the]
'significant meaning is: Wet weath-I
I er (as far as "cats" are concerned I
and howling winds (which* the;
'"dogs" denote), or "rains and
I winds."
i While on the subject of eats and j
j dogs, it is interesting to know that j
i there is said to have existed at one j
time a species of "meow-less-*' fe- I
linfs. They could not. we are i
told, give nightly concerts on the ;
Stiles if they tried: Such dumb!
'cats would be welcome pets in our j
j households today!
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I -Son of a Gnu
Where did the expression "son of i
'. a gun" originate?
j According to one authority, John j
' Bellenden Ker. in his "Essay on the
; Archaeology of* Our Popular
j Phrases." published in LS25, de
Irives, the saying from the Dutch,
as follows: "En saen af er gaen."
This translated means: "There!
! soon gone off again.."' The mean
ting derived from this is a slippery
j customer, one who never stays long
I in the same place, soon off again,
j and thus an unsteady person.
fs the above the true derivation
i of the 'expression, which really
[ sounds more American than Eng-j
i lisb or Dutch?
A Strong; Siphon
j ""Good morning. Mr. Kyetop." [
I said the waiter. "1 hope you enjoyed
! that old Scotch I left in your room \
j while you were out."
j "It was pretty fair." drawled
I Rytop. rubbing his parched lips. ,
"but that siphon you sent up had
the strongest stream of fizz, water
1 ever tackeld. The blamed thing
came near blowin' me through the
window."
The waiter looked puzzled. "Si
phon? I didn't send up any siphon."
"Yes, you did. It was red and
bound with brass bands.
"Great Scott! That was the fire i
extinguisher!"?Hotel Gazette,
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IMPROVED FARM
MACHINERY NEEDED
Chicago, Dec. 29.?Wayne Dins
more,, secretary of the horse asso
t ciation of America> told the Ameri
I can Society of Engineers that farm
j experts failed to increase the ef- '
[ ficienoy of farm motive power and .
that it should be popularized. He j
said that with improved machinery j
one man should till a hundred and
fifty acres.
CHRISTIAN IDEALS j
j . THE ONLY HOPE
! Chicago. Dec. 2H.?Miss Made
line Southard told the Internation
al Purity Conference that adequate
sex instruction should be given the
youth of the country, but said that
knowledge alone failed to supply
j the motive to insure people taking j
the right road. She said primitive |
j desire^was followed except where i
i Christian ideals were instilled.
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I Only thing" more useless than a
j man round the house on a holiday j
I is two men.
i We trust the paragraphers will
! soon appoint delegates for a con- j
! ference on the limitation of puns }
I on Hughes.
One boy-tries to amount to some- j
thing, and another is the sole heir
! of a v'^-.h relative.
How t.oes an executive spend his .
I time when he isn't telling some de
j part mem head to use his own judg- >
ment ?
Perhaps peace will endure for
! ever. It is enduring a sufficient
number of other things to get in j
practice.
j A little reflection concerning the i
cost of battleships will show you
why they are called the "high"
j seas.
The best aids to pleasant thoughts
in the early morning are a clear
conscience and the smell of buck
wheat cakes.
"What has business lost?" asks!
ja headline. Well, for one thing, it '
appears to have lost the homing
instinct.
When the merchant looks over
his books, it is hard for him to be
lieve that man is made of dust. Dust
settles.
A prominent divine says God still
loves the world. There is no
doubt of it. Whom the Lord
loveth. He chasteneth.
The nut crop may be light, as
I reported, but we observe no de
; crease in the number who think!
Europe will pay us what she owes. I
A Japanese delegate says lie j
wishes to "spike" ou^language well
enough to span the distance be
tween races. "Spik and span" is a '
good motto.
I A physician says most of the ills
we suffer could be avoided by keep- j
I ing our shoulders square. The rest j
could be avoided by keeping our j
conduct that v. a\.
Snarl: To growl: also to en
; tangle. A cause of war; also a re-|
I suit.
The Powers begin with a capital
and continue to function by reason
of it.
The next thing, they will be tell
ing us that Pat in Cache is spelled
Pthhahht.
Business won't be sound while
diplomatic promises are merely
that and nothing more j <
The race U;ts begun with a float
ing rib. Now it must begin all over
with a floating debt.
The difference between "import- j
ant" and ?"impotent" is about ten ;
thousand dollars a year.
; TIic world is safe for democracy. 1
but if you are making ten thousand
a year you are still free to talk
[about the "common" people. ;
Birmingham Lawyer
Whipped by Mob
Birmingham. Dec. 2U. -The po
lice authorities art- unable to find
any clue of the masked mob who
lured W. 10. Tumlin. a lawyer, to
Red Mountain and flogged him be
cause lu- refused to remarry his di
vorced wife.
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Fire Truck Hits
Prince Bourbon
New York.- Pee. 29. ? Prince
Louis Dv Bourbon, who claims to
be a half brother of King Alfonso
of Spain, was struck by a tire truck
and seriously injured today. He is
here to promote trade with the
Balkan states.
Wage Reduction
Proposed
Peru. Ind.. Dec 29. ? Joseph
Flintcraft has confessed to killing
Iiis wife and burying her body be
neath his house-, the police state,
lie said he was angered because
his wife did not return home Sat
urday night. Redevelops that she
is a nurse and could not leave her
patient. Her body was found with
the hands tied and head crushed.
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Hughes Confer
With Harding
Washington, Dec. 20.?Secretary
of Siat?.- Hughes today held a lonjr
conference with President Harding
presumably over the recent de
velopments in the arms conference.
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Brutal Murder
in Indiana
Nashville. Tenn., Dec. 29. ?A
general wage reduction for ail em
ployes of the Nashville, Chattanoo
ga and St. ijOi?s railway is propos
ed in a letter from President Cole
to the employes.
Drunkenness
in Chicago
Chicago. Dec. 2f.?The annual
report of the municipal courts of
Chicago showed that drunkenness
increased last year. Fifty-one
thousand, three hundred persons
were arranged for intoxication dur
ing 1921, against thirty-two thou-"
sand, three hundred and five in
102U. The report was followed
by city council adopting a resolu
tion demanding that congress and
state legislature authorize the man
ufacture and sale of wholesome
beers and light wines^,
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What's in a Name?
The scholars had stumbled
through their share of the reading
lessons, and at last it came to little
Harry's turn. He got on quite well
until he came to the word heir
loom.
Tin- teacher noticing his difficul
ty helped him. and then asked:
"And do you know the meaning
of this word?''
Harry shook his head.
"It means something that is
handed down from father to son?
in oth< r words, a relic."
"Oh." said Harry* with a grin,
"that's the funniest name I've ever
In ard for a pair of trousers."?Lon
don Ideas.
Held nis Breath For Ten Minutes.
M. De Lalyman. the Frenchman
who is said to be able to remain un
der water long enough to. shave
himself, peel and eat a potato, and
drink wine, appears to have
brought the art of breath-control to
a line point.
How long he remains under the
water is not stated, but if he stays
there longer than ,ten ininutes he
has certainly broken the breath
holding record.
That belongs?or belonged?to a i
student of the Medical School of
California University, who, in July, i
Dil",, voluntarily held his breath;
for Hi ininutes, 10 seconds.
He was under observation the |
whole time. Iiis breathing organs j
were connected with a kymograph, i
which would have recorded the !
slightest inspiration.
The best way to lie when sleeping
is on the right side.
Visitors to Italy who travel on1
Sunday have to. i>ay a special tax.
t
Australia has raised $50,000,00 j
for the assistanc e of her ex-sol- '
dters.
Remains of a Sun Temple at Ave
bury, England, are said to be older
than Stonehenge itself.
Each British family, it is esti
mated, pays on an average SIG a:
week in government taxes.
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Foot-binding which resulted in ]
women having feel so small as to |
be practically useless, has been dis- .
continued in enlightened China.
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The King of Spain is the first;
monarch to own a private aero- ;
pis ne.
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The silkworm moth has been cul- ;
tivated for more than 4,000 years. ;
Traces of many _ diseases still
prevalent have been found in mum
mies 3,000 years old.
Unemployment is one of the.
greatest factors in bringing about j
diseases of tin- mind.
Aeroplanes with a cruising ra
tlins of 3.4.00 miles, and able to car
ry 1J tons of explosives, are being
design 1 <!.
Nettles have been made into sub
stitutes for cotton and other ma
terials, paper, gas mantles, and
?lyes.
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An ounce of contention ? alls for
t pound of cure.
Riddled With Bullets
Man Taken From-Jail by Key
West Mob
Key Wext. Fla., Dec 2?.?Manuel
Head, who. barricaded in the
'? cupola of a liou.se last night stood
ofr" a mob of armed Key West citi
zens after he had shot and killed
William Decker, was taken from
the c ounty jail this morning by an
? other crowd and riddled with bul
I >CiO.
; Marines from Key West navy
j yard guarded thee ounty jail last
! night after Dead's capture until
the mob. which formed after Deekr
I er's murder broke up. They gave
i way shortly after _? o'clock to dep
? uties who patrolled outside the
! jaiL Word that che marines had
' been relieved was passed about and
! the crowd gathered; again. Ap
i preaching the jail, oh- of the lead
i ers called for Sheriff Curry and
1 when he opened the door a dozen
j men forced their way in. overpow
' ered him and the jailor, obtained
I the keys to Head's cell and made
j for their victim. Head was shot
! twice before being taken away. He
j -vas then placed in an automobile
i and taken far out on a county
I road near old Fort Martello and
I there strung to a telephone pole,
j Twenty-two bullet wounds were
j found in the body when it was cut
! down this mornin-;.
The Decker funeral was con
, ducted today, services being held in
I the Elks Temple and St. Paul's
? Cathedral. Members of the Elks
j and Rotary club, followed by Girl
; and Boy Scouts in uniform, led the
j procession to the cemetery.
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! Delightlttl Party Given by Mrs.
Bradley.
i _
j Quite a delightful dance party '
[was given Tuesday evening at the
j home of Mrs. Gordom Bradley on
? Washington street, at which were
, most pleasantly entertained about ?
: fifteen young couples. The entire !
front portion of the house was'
thrown together by the opening of;
the folding doors and thus was'
made ample floor space for the ?
J dancing. Music for the occasion !
j was furnished by the "Gamecock .
? Five Jazz Orchestra." A delight- i
ful refreshment course and fruit
j punch was served during the j
j evening. A*ll the young folks pros
lent are indebted to Mrs. Bradley;
for a most plesaantly spent even- |
! ing
j Among those present were Misses!
? Emma Pinckney. Evelyn Caudle,'
j Sadie Mims. Mae Blandina Mollie
j Bowman. Reha Spann, Neil Spann,
! Columbia; Davis, Columbia; Fran
; cos Heller. Montana; Alice Bynum, j
j Emma Reynolds, Vermelle Pitts, j
[Augusta Rembert, Columbia: Ethel;
: Harper and Miss Heindrick and I
I Messrs. James Bradley. Nelson ;
J Bradley. Pinckney Eradiey, Law- !
rence ?runson, Henry Spann, Jas. j
Pitts, Herman Myers, Leland My- j
ers, George Bukman, Marion My- |
j ers, Harold Moise, A Iva Solomons, I
? Joe "Watson, Atlanta; H. Grieff, Hil- '?
hard FoLsom, R. H. Rembert, Dr. |
j Weinberg. Dr. Archie China, Mrs.
: China. Miss Louise China, Miss
; Kathryn Carroll, Mrs. Pinckney and
j Mrs. Abbott.
j Barber Invented the First Organ.
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I
j More than two thousand years
i ago a barber in Alexandria discov
ered that in moving his mirror!
air was forced through the tubes)
j which were common in mirrors at ?
t that time. This caused a curious j
j musical sound to be emitted,
j So struck was he by this peculi- I
I arity that he set about making an i
! instrument which was the founda- j
1 tion of the modern organ,
j After several experiments he j
[made a water-flute, in which air
? was forced by bellows through an :
j inverted cone which led to flutes |
j controlled by a keyboard, the pres- j
; sure being kept uniform by water.
' After a thousand years a rival
instrument made its appearance.
j This was of a similar pattern, but.
i instead of water, weights regu
I lated the pressure.
In UT>i an organ was erected at
"Winchester. England. ? It had
i
twenty-six bellows and ten pipes '
I to each key. The two men who j
sat at the keyboard "blew and
sweated enormously."
Later, a firm of organ makers in j
Germany succeeded in erecting the j
first really big instrument. The
primary stops did not differ very
much from those of to-day. al
though various novelties were in
troduced.
Among the innovations were the
nightingale and cuckoo stops, while
others represented cock-crowing
and goat-bleating. Though these
novelties have now fallen into dis
use, an organ with one of these
nightingale stops is still to be seen
in Rome.
It was not until the nineteeth i
century that the problem of the t
regulation of air pressures was J
solved by introduction of the hy- i
draulic blower.
Amongst the largest organs in !
the world are the Haarlem. Hol- i
land, instruir.ent. which possesses ?
sixty steps and 8.000 pipes; the AI- f
bert Hall. London, organ, with 125 I
stops; the organ in St. George's'
Hall. Liverpool, with 11 0 stops; one j
at St. Louis. Australia, which boasts ;
150 stops; and one in Sydney. Aus
tralia. Town Hall with 1 2G stops.
Tin- greatest enemy < f go.id isn't j
evil, but neutralitv.
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As a rule, the "ex" in expenses!
i
stands for extravagance.
The French untie: arms inspire
less awe than the French overhead. |
Land is makes it clear that Dich;
isn't the only one who can soak |
'em.
The speed cops always ." < i!;
greatly encouraged when tin- judye j
sa* s "Fine."
Fortunately, win u the amateur j ,
hunter fires at a rabbit tin- shot
seldom pentrates his companion
above the knee. j i
Another thing the Senate needs j i
is a bumper to safeguard Tom 11
Watson's feelings.
Tin- health of Charles W. Morse .
seems to get worst- every tin c he j
takes something. 1 '
Make Changes
\ii Greenville
??- ... i
Business Men Announce Ini-;
portant Connection:-,
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Greenville. Dec. 2S.?Business!
changes affecting men widely, j
known in textile, circles were an
nounced here today.
On January 1, the Mill Stocks':
and Bonds Brokerage firm of]
.Mills & Manning will will be dis- i
solved and will be succeeded by the j
firm of Mills & Lewis. Vivian M. '
Manning retires from the firm to!:
become manager of a new supply s
department of Xorris Brothers' i
Mill Suppy Manufacturers, here,
and a director in the firm. Thomas '
L. Lewis, now manager of the i
stocks und bonds department of '
Parrish. Gower & Springs, will he- ;
come associated with Henry T. '
Mills, stock broker here since in<>7, ;
in the firm of Mills & Lewis.
Xorris Brothers' officials have :
just announced an increase in cap- '
italbration from $200.000 to $600.- .
ouO. They plan to expand the man
ufacturing plant here and to mak?
improvements in their foreign sup
ply department. They will be able '
when these changes are made, to :
completely supply textile mills from '
their Greenville plant.
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A Cheap Buy
A Xantucket fisherman has be*r
made happy as the result of a:t
auction recently held by the United
Mutes Government on tne abandon
ment of the Surfside life saving sta
tion, one of th<- bietest on the Mas
saehusetts coast. A practic?lly un
used and well cared tor surf boat
that cost $750, when new a few
years ago. was knocked down to
him for $15.
How Japanese Handle a Bad Boy
? "Spare the rod and spoil the
child" is an old adage, but they
seem to have a different principle
to work on in Japan. Yoshio Mark
ino in his autobiography writes as
follows:
"Whenever I was naughty they
never smacked me. but they al
ways brought a looking-glass in
front of my crying face. I hated to
see my own face so ugly with the
tear-marks, and I immediately be
gan to laugh. Very often when I j
wanted to cry a little longer I us^-d
to scream. "Oh. don't show me the
glass for a few moments."
"I was never scolded severely.
They always told me, 'You are a.j
very nice boy. but just at this
moment some evil is trying to dwell !
in you. How pity the evil is mak- I
ing you a bad boy and giving some
trouble to your dear parents!' And j
I began to feel so .sorry for them, j
and I used to cling to their necks
and say. "The evil is. gone long time
ago. I am your favorite boy."
He's in Again, Officer!*'
Izzy is at it again! If you lived
in Xew York City you would know j
about Izzy by this time. His full j
name?but by the,way, he never
gets full?is Izzy Einstein. He is
the demon prohibition officer. He
disguises himself as a trombone
one day?and perhaps as a hot
dog the next?but he generally re
turns with the bacon.
His latest (when this was
written) was disguising himself and
two companions as milk wagon
drivers. They wandered into nine
different saloons in one section of
Xew York City and called for milk
punches?just to be true to their
calling. When the bartenders told j
them they could not make up the
milk punches, but could give them j
a little r,f the real stuff?straight?
they fell. *~
As soon as service was made and
payment accepted the bartenders
fell. Xineteen of them were gath- |
ered in on the one raid.
Reduced Passenger Rates.
On January 1. 1022. passengers,
and shippers will realize, a very
substantial reduction in the amount
paid for freight and passenger ?
transportation on account of the
removai of the tax on transporta
tion effective on that date.
Under the provisions of the new j
revenue law it is estimated that the i
elimination of this tax will result in j
a. saving to passengers and shippers
usin^ the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road of approximately ?2,200.000.00
annually. This estimate covers a
saving to passengers of $1,100.000.
00 and to shippers of freight of $1,- j
100.000.00 based on freight and
passenger revenues for the current
year.
Instructions have been issued to
agents and others concerned pro- j
viding that no tax on freight or j
passenger transportation furnish- j
ed on or after January L 1922. |
will be charged. Tickets for trans- |
portation may be purchased at any j
time during the remainder of the
present year without the payment I
of any tax provided the. transpor- j
tat ion service is not performed un- j
til 1922.
The assessing and collection of j
this transportation tax for the gov
ernment has required each railroad i
to act as a government tax collec
tor and to make a strict accounting j
for all the money collected and
turned over to the government. Xo |
benefit whatsoever has accrued to
the railroad companies from the i
collection of this tax.
Another Candidate For Meanest 1
Man
Charged wi* using the mails to J
lefraud. Martin Gross, of the }
Bronx. Xew Vork City, is awaiting
trial in the Federal Courts. Com
plaints received by police and pos
tal authorities from relatives and |
friends of soldiers killed in the war j
?aused an investigation and the
irrest of < r'ross.
The complaints alleged tha; SVI
owing the publication of the list
if the soldier dead small C. O ?>. i
?ackages vere sent to the dead j
oldier.s address. Th. charge col- j
ected v. as $2.0-3. When oncned ?
hey were found to contain u sirnl!
lack ribbon with a medal ? n j
h'tii was inscribed. "In Memory'
t" ." The value of tie- medals j
as about ten cents. The S-.0"J j
, as e mitted to tlie sender. I
Estimate Food
Supply Weekly
New Bulletin Shows jfclow to
Adapt Food Needs of Ideal
Family to Any Household
and How to Buy Eco
nomically
Housekeepers often feel the need
of some simple plan by which the
foods used in their families can be
compared in kind aud in amount
with those, really needed. This calls
for a standard or model that may
he used as a guide in the selec
tion, of foods for any family at any
season of the year and under
any market eouditons.
The United' Stares Department of
Agriculture has just issued a new
Farmers" Bulletin. No. 122S. pre
pared by Caroline L. Hunt. The
subject of the bulletin is "A Week's
Food for an Average Family." It
shows how all food materials are
classed under five heads or groups,
and how ah foods, with the excep
tion of the milk for young children,
may be replaced by some other
food or foods within the same
group. The text gives suggestions
for such institutions, and a meth
od for comparing the cost of similar
foods, it shows also how to adapt
the allowances given in the sample
fod supply so as to meet the needs
of families larger or smaller than
the average. The bulletin contains
many illustrations, useful tables,
and menus. It may be obtained
upon application to the United
States Department of Agriculture.
An important point emphasized
in the bulletin is that a balanced
food supply in the course of a week
insures a balanced diet, whether or
not the balance is carried out in
each separate meal. The live food
groups have been more generally
understood of late years. Many
housekeepers have felt, however,
that it was necessary to serve at
least one food from each group at
every meal, in order to supply a
proper balance. If the weekly food
supply is satisfactorily distributed
the exact make-up of the separate
meals is not important. A break
fast of toast and coffee (for an ad
ult) is entirely acceptable if foods
from other groups are used later
in the day.
As a rule the diet will be suffi
ciently bulky and favoraful and
will furnish the right proportions
of starch, fat. and sugar if the
vegetables and fruits furnish about
20 per cent, of the fuel; the milk,
meat, eggs, and similar protein
rich foods, 20 per cent: the cereal
foods, including bread, 30 per
cent: sweets, 10 per cent: fats and
fat fuods, ^0 per cent. A diet
made up on these proportions will
also furnish satisfactory kinds and
amounts of protein, mineral sub
stance, and vitamines. Tables of
sample supplies are given in the
bulletin, also a week's menus made
from these supplies.
One feature of the bulletin which
many housekeepers will welcome is.1
a table of common foods in which j
the number of hundred-calorie por- I
tions in an ordinary unit of weight
is clearly shown for foods in each
group. Thus, ordinary cheese pro
vides 19 hundred-calorie portions
per pound, while average beef pro
vides 10 hundred-calorie portions
per pound. When cheese sells forj
38 cents a pound it costs 2 cents
per hundred-calorie portion, and
beef of average composition would
have to sell for 20 cents a pound to
be equally cheap as a source of
energy.
The mythical "average" family is
supposed to consist of a father and
mother, both doing moderately ac
tive muscular work, and three chil
dren whose ages total from 20 to
24 years. Four "average" adults
is considered an equivalent. The
new bulletin shows how to adapt
"average" food requirements to any
family by means of a table giving
the number of hundred-calorie por
tions needed by different individ
uals in a day or* a week. It is in
teresting to note in this connection
that an active boy over 12 may re
quire as much or even more ener
gy-food than a grown man.
With the knowledge given of the
amount of food from each group
needed for the ideal or average
family, and a correct estimate of
the ratio of one's own family to the
average in calorie-requirements; it
is easy to calculate the correct pur
chases for a "week's supply.
A household food account book
is suggested and described with the
thought that such an account will
help in reducing the expenditures
for food by indicating the groups
in which cheaper materials could
be substituted without deteriment.
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Royal Flush Kills Man
Experienced poker players feel
the thrill that comes from holding
a royal flush only a few times in
their life, and this thrill was too
much for Philip Brenner, a retired
tailor of Far Rockaway, X. V. He
was sitting in his regular game,
piaying ten cent limit with rela
tives and cronies, when he drew the
ace. king, queen, jack and ten of
hearts. Three other players of the
game held pat hands. Every one of I
them raised and kept raising when ,
it came his turn to call or raise.
Brenner became very excited.
Before he had the pleasure of being '
? ailed and raking in the pot the]
cards dropped from his hand and j
he slumped down on the table. He
was pronounced dead by a phyxi- j
cian. and it was not until the doc
tor made an investigation into the I
cause of the shock that the roval!
flush was discovered.
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The bine bird may bring happi- j
ncss. but the stork has it on him in !
one way- - his visit brings a $200.0(1
income tax exemption.
Wonder how people who don't j
like movies keep away from home? ;
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The majority of Chinese women '
? annot read or write.
It is not known who offered or \
ivon the 1921 prize for talcing the :
most pictures of Harding.
Lenine's Return
to Russia
A Bolshevik Writer Tells of 5
the Trip Through Germany
Riga. Latvia. Dec. ">.?Karl Ra
dek. the Bolshevik writer and prop
agandist, has published an article
in the Moscow Pravada's edition
celebrating the fourth anniversary
of the Lenine revolution in which
Radek denies the widely-circulated
story that the Bolshevik revolution
in Russia was financed by German
gold.
Radek's article is devoted to a?
description of the historic return of
Nikolai Lenine from Switzerland
through Germany to Russia in the
spring of 1017. with the permission
of the German government. This
I was the beginning of The revolu
tion and of Russia's withdrawal
j from the war.
Radek asserts that Lenine a*td
(his party of 40 sent an emissary to
the German minister in Switzerland
[asking free passage for all emi
jgrants who wanted to return to
, Russia and insisting that during
Itheir passage, the, German govern-,
j ment should not attempt to enter
into communication with them.
; "On our side." Radek asserted,
! "we promised to do everything for
{lightening the position of German
! prisoners of war in Russia and also
I to expedite the return of German
! invalids from Russia to Germany,
j "After a little time, the German
! government agreed to our condi
tions. Of course, it was cmite clear
i-to us that the German government
i intended to speculate on thi? epi
. sode, recognizing that after our ar
| rival in Russia we would work for
j peace. But this conjecture interest
i ed us very little lor we knew that
if, in Russia, the revolution took
' a proletarian turn then its influence
i would tell far beyond the confines
of Russia."
I The party, save- Radek, had an
j escort of German officers and, when
? it halted at railway stations, secret
[agents surrounded it to'keep the
; German soldiers and other persons
' away from the dangerous Bolsh^
j viki.
j The returning emigrants were so
j hilarious that Lenine had to take
j over executive authority and bring
about some order. /
j One attempt was made while the
! train was, \M\<Ang through Ger
| many, says Radek, to sound out the
j party on the question of working
j for peace with Germany. Thi? was
made, he declares, by a Germ an
who said he wanted to greet the
Russians in the name of the Central
Commission of German Trade
Unions, but Radek believed he was
acting |yt behalf ot the German gov
ernment. The Boisheviki, Radek
says, refused to deal with him.
The Russian party then went to
Stockholm, where, says Radek,
"we received 3'iO Swedish kroner
which apparently was that vast sum
which was figuring in all talts of
French patriots as German gold
funds supplied for the Russian
j revolution."
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"Warn Against Pitfalls'*
i
The Morals Court of Pittsburgh
j is seeking to have a force of one
hundred women added to the po
lice of the city to visit restaurants,
hotels, cabarets, and other places of
entertainment, especially those
where the prohibition laws are
suspected of being violated, and
warn "young girls of the pitfalls of
j the city's night life." Magistrate
De Wolf, of this court, claims that
the leniency of mothers is largely
responsible for the delinquency of
young ?girls these days, and says:
"A little more rod on the part of
parents would improve the quality
of the girls of today."
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A child of two and a-half years
(should have sufficient teeth to mas
! tieate solid food, say many doctors.
Oh: Boy! Such a Waste!
1 _
!
; Twenty-three 40-gallon barrels of
j whiskey were poured down the
j Brooklyn sewers recently. It had
j been confiscated by the United
(States Marshal under the direction
J of the court and was part of a sup
I ply for bootleg saloons.
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.Closes Saloons.
j Prohibition has been the lac of
j the land for some few months, but
j if was not until recently the true
lon e of it hit Bristol. Conn. Th*
'prosecuting attorney recently gath
i ered all the saloon owners in his of
I fice and informed them that they
1 must close their places within five
days and dismantle the interior of
them. Needless to remark his ul
timatum was obeyed, as he stated
further that any convictions for
violating the law would meet with
jail sentences and not with fines.
Wedding BeHs
Why does the Bride invariably
desire to be dressed in white at her
marriage? "White*' she said
stands for joy, and the wedding day
is tin- most joyous occasion of a
woman's life.
A small boy queried. Why do
the men always wear black?
?HOP.
A Million
A little boy came home from
school crying, his father asked why
he was crying, the boy said I got
whippen at school today, and its
all your fault. You said last night
when I asked you how much a
million was. "that it was a h? of
a lot and that ain't the answer at
an/*? hop;
A Wise Judge.
A Montreal judge decided recent
ly that while it was illegal to trans
port liquor within the Province of ^
Quebec without a license, that so ?
far as Canada is concerned it is not
illegal to carry it over the border
into the United States. The ques
tion came up when David Weston
sued George Xolin for his pay for
carrying a load of whiskey from
Montreal to Albany. Xolin was
ordered to settle for the work by
he court.