Han U certainly tbe
swiftest boy la the world. His
WiliAittwA. Gambia. Tbo
wail knows sad toast osttbtlnbed
chained lightning in s^kiMli
Artbos Jut at present ha h
oat la tbo Uni vanity of California
showing than all up at tbo ys»
Mr susioa. Psychologic, geo
metric. ate. sharks away times
Ms act art running around in
idrriss trying to catch hoM of his
agQa mentality. They can figure
everything but Arthur.
Young Gamble counts In figures
much like the hsnrasssJ Mr.
Rockefeller courts in dollars. Kor
•Instance, be told them the other
day at a muting at the psycholo
gy ctaas th*r It had been 4.851.
464,001 seconds since the signing
of the Declaration of Indepen
dence. Talked it off jut like
that. Took him only thirty uvon
aooonda.
The Ktta taak of multiplying
1,987 by 1,683 wa performed in
twenty-nine seconds and yielded
the answer &393.1ZL which,
after agitating the cerebral con
volutions of uveral ordinary mor
tals for shoo' fifteen times
twenty-niae, was foand to be
A race with an adding machine
was another stunt which didn't
seem to raise very much penpira
tionon the Goble brow. Dr.
Warney Brown, pm feeaot of psy
chology in the Mills Foundation
at tbs uoirersity. before whom
handed aimuiteiennaly to Gamble
and aa expert adding machine
operator a list of figures all of
fear or mors digits to add. The
Gamble think tank nod only boat
the mechanical adder by a fair
margin, but haaded Prefssaot
Brown the answer comet to the
last digit.
"Ou what day did Feb. 22.
132, fall T’ the mathematical
tnampl was asked. “Wedadfeay"
camf^—Hdahpnat lose time;
ite it Thus
puckered up'
will on a Wed
little mental problems, such
as extracting the cube root of
178,010 and dividing 264,916 by
OTB looms to eomo to Um “math
aback" about as promptly and
with as little dkturbaaes of his
equanimity as the sum of 2 (das
2 doss to the ordinary individual.
Pm answers respooHvely were
66 and 201
Prufsasor Brown was unable to
after may explanation of the ma
thematical prodigy. He merely
geeped like everybody aloe.
Unlike «—* prmHglsa Gamble
seems to be a weP-rouaded, nice
appearing, vanatils sort of chap,
vary mock Hka the ordinary sot
lego man. Hip, father is a trav
eling salesman aadhaosbowm no
power over nambwe rinse ha wm
lot years aid. He Is now twenty -
one and b a student at the Uni
vanity of Chicago
un KnrsLETTO.
Wta MM CNfTaai * Cm* iri
M* tl Tbibn.
Since my last ceetribution to
your paper, the lengthy drought
baa bean broken by espieqs rains,
and crops sad gardaaa era recu
perating; but just as our farmara
the depression of the dry weath
er the great European war fell
like a thunder-dap, bringing pos
sible disaster to the Southern cot
tas planters.
Mat much newt transpiring in
the Fork; a short season of leis
ure has bean used by ear young
people in various Unde of social
pleasures. The latest was a rook
party at ttw home of Mr. end
Mrs. R. D. Hamer, which occur
red an Monday evening of this
week. Refreshments were serv
ed end the occasion was a roost
enjoyable one.
Miss Etyaa Ferguson is spend
ing some days in this section, a
moat welcome guest among her
many friends in this community.
Mr. Dugald Stewart goes this
morning to John Station to take
a position with the Scotland Sup
ply Company, v
Mrs. J. L. McLeorio and little
girls, who had been with us for
some days, returned to their home
io Dillon cobnty yesterday; Mr.
MeLnnrin spent last Thursday
with us, an routs for South Car
otins. after a virit to relatives
and frieoda at Laurie berg end
John Station.
Mrs. Hannah and children, of
Graham. N. C.. are visiting her
brother and eister. Mr. C. C. and
Miee Beulah York.
We were pleased to have with
0* on Sunday last, at Smyrna
chureh, Bov. John L. Fairley. of
Laurinburg, who delighted as
with a fine address to tha Sab
bath school. This young minis
ter gives fair proml— of great
fatur# usefulness in hie profee
won He came not as a stranger
I received yesterday a very
beautiful card from Mon treat
through tha kindness of my pea
tori Bar. J. H, Dixon, sad wife,
who aramway on their vacation
We had the genuine pleasure of
entertaining in oar home on
Thunder last Mr.* T. A. Carrie,
oar friend and kinsmen of Biotas,
Flo.
’'Aunt tecrr.”
Ok) Pork, Aug. 1L
I Ami VMM Hvtortl.
Edward P. Emory, Mtntary
of tfao Weetem Railroad Associa
tion, waa found dead in a pool of
blood to M* often ia Chicago last
os hit bead. The police believe
bo VM murdered.
Paper* aad hooka eoattared
shoot th* roam indtoata a atraggto
had takaa ptoos.
A. M. Thompeon, ah employe,
vho dboovarad tha body, vm
takaa to tbo potto* bureau of
btoatlfleattoa vtma an impoM*
lion of hie flngar tip* woe taken.
Vie* Janet Behoben. Emory**
rtangmphar. toU tha poBes aha
had gaot to tha oAo* at tha oaaal
Em* bat bad b*aa oaabto to «a
A aota to Emory** baodvrlt
lag Vm found on the deak. It
man aaoAklklml sMa m jl| m nl
WMffi RCnODMu on & PWM oi JW*
v#Mi*
- ‘Tibet aad aoaadaL Three
Roa*«laaadlMl Will he aiB>
Mr
kallaua Alam nnka
in# poii## ooiitv# to# ooiivm
Efcaory’* dying effort ta leave a
OM0Mft tO MMMttllJ QM BMQir
dMP6Mt# ^
... "m
*'t?, ?, . * ■' r. V <, ,
Aw** -j> MC. JA. jy l.* i‘f-S- . <» r 1
tar Mnsz* Im t Ip*
Th» Snrofcsaii war bri given a
boost to tho ocooaxite rflestnr of
North Carol tas and if be itrat
irta keeps up loog U is|likely to
saawne largo proporfobs and
besoms a prosperous inlustry in
this State.
This information was
from Prof. J. H. Pratt]
otogiat Ho said that!
wired inquiries from
New York and
where a supply of i
be secured as they *
establish plants to
thoria. Hegaretbs „_
of North Carolina producers.
Thoria is made from moavsite
and is used in the manufacture eg
mantle* for incandeto*£'lights.
The bulk of this matterfhs bseo
imported from Germar now
that the war Is on the vQily bus
been cut oft aod iaWMjsl par
ties era compelled to loofto the
domestic field.’ Ik
The only ptactkal sJ%. of
mooaslte in the Unwf~mSteels
in North Carol ind|end pro ad
joining cosoties in South Caroli
na. The counties in North Caro
lina producing this mimral are
Burke, Lincoln, Clevebmf, Ruth
erford, Iredell and If eDovciL Ia
8outb Carolina it ia fond In
Cherokee and Spaitaobuig eoun>
ties.'
Owing to th« lower prio of tits
German product, the jBpaxiU
Industry in North_
made very little heedway.1
log to only 'abost fUH 0 or
fl7S,000 annually. .
Prof. Pratt thinks tfc ! tbs
industry' ones gats <
lag it will maintain'
Raleigh Nows and
Ttomi i Ctthubn
yeggmmn, 10 yean after Wtourg
larisadth# puatoffiee at
ville, FrankHn county. Jg,
saved Qr. P. R. Hatch,
postmaster at that place, j^Hg.
The Postoffice Departro^^Bst
week sect him a check ^^Kt
Aount^
?j3^H^^7od tne night^rgep
temK./ 1903. Dr. Hatgpo«t>
maatsy reported the Agla/y
and the Postoffice DepMmeot
sent an Inspector to inv^Bgete.
The inapector erntld sea B evi
dences that either the Hiding
or the offioe safe had beeHoread
and was not snrs that DiWatcb
had locked the aafo on the night of
the burglary. 8o be made an
unfavorable report to the depart
ment and the claim for the
taken was not
Hatch was compelled to
the sum hhneelf.
Representative Pou
ly letrodoced a bill in
providing for reimburse
Dr. Hatch, but the eon
elaitaa reported that
was without merit. *
tempts were made to
case reopened, bat none
Shingles and Brick for sale j
cheap as can be bought; )
* j
Home-Made Meal ground by us.
Buy your stove wood from us
now, because we keep it for you
. when the other fellow won’t.
’Phone 54.
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Consumers Wood, Coal
and Ice Company
This Fine
Automobile
FREE
Save the labels on SUNSHINE BISCUIT
PACKAGES purchased at our store. This
wonderful Automobile goes]tto the boy or girl
who, at the close of the Contest, August 20th,
has the greatest number of Votes.
Every Boy and Girl in Scotland County is
iilvited to enter this Contest
* See the Auto at our store. ^
Remember the Contest closes Thursd£y*
August 20th. ^ t
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i-n-rrr'.-.-j ■■ i . .. 1 1 . ■
f J £ *;
McLAURIN & SHAW1;
Laurinburg, N. C. 'r ■
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