North Carolina Newspapers

TRANSYLVANIA—“THE LAND OF WATERFALLS”—2,239 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL EXPONENT OF TRAN- I SYLVANIA COUNTY. Brevard. Til* Aim U FmloiMs Siacmritj. VOLUME XXVll BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY. JULY 14th, 1922. NUMBER 28. DERltATION OF GRASS WIDOW Term Probably It Corruption of Grace and Comes F^om Middle Age Usage. How did the term “grass widow” ;arise? The most iiopular dorivation, according to Pearson’s Weelvly, Is, that “grass’’ is a corruptioa of grace; the prt)n<»unclatlon of which, in tiwi Latin, is grahse. In tlie ^fiddle Ages widows w«re said to be “under God’s grace" fvr a year after tlieir husband's deatti, at the end of which period they niigiit properly, if tltey wislied, remarry, and jjo a wid<iw ia grange meant a new widow. About tine same ■time the wives of the uiarrdiif^s tliat were, in excep tional cases, anuu^led by tine church, began t* be -spoken of as widows of gracc, Ja the innther different sense that th«;V owed tlieir virtual widow hood itf» the “{jKace” or favor of the chunr-k. So, 4 hen, a grace—pro nounced grass—widow came ti» mean a wi.Pe, called -a widow by courtesy. Aij<k/Jj<*r exphination is thyt, exactl,v as w»e Slow i*efrer to a ^fituun party in a l)Usio«tss tnimisaction as a “man of straw,” ^*o UH unmarried woman with u ctVifd wiio explalntMl her condition by »x'ntion «#»f a supi'O^^edly dead hus- was contemptuously si»okeu as « ‘'wi(J»»v.' of gni«s.” 2k Is .in 'f.k.is sense that the phnise ciBfiiiioii’Iy used the coiirinenT. wi'creas in tills ejmntry the term ^.'<1*0- eu.v’ly memis a reul wife temi»«rariJy livjiig ;rwky from her husband. KNEW IHOW TO RUN HIS CAR Rotopm«in 'Resented the Help of ti»e 7«:uck Driver, and Then Repented. A ‘St>i«pet car approached a btipy *l»)wnt»»ii'n cor.ier, the «cl;.iiging hir. g>ng. A truck (Irivcr »tepl*efl from iin front of his mnchin-' Itarked near'tlK? t»*ack. He waved rf- «sKiirirr;iJy s)t the mot<»nnan and iii('asiiT»*d wiffc his hands to sigiul sn(ft«'i<int cle;in.nce. Tilt- inotoriii;in resented the tnick- niaii's role trafiic director. jrrowlKl liis resentment to a platform Iiasson/scr. “il flon’t n»»ed nobody to !s>« l»*>\v tt«) run n car. I been runuin’’ ■©r»* !(mc enough .to know when I csia :vt bj::” He clanged angrily toward tbe iiexit 'c<irner where other trucks werv* |Kirl«<yl. -suppose i-some fool will st’fp «Kt ^lo tell me how to run my car,” 5*e snam»ed. He glanced contemptunusly at I; truck w his car glided toward iSS, IUti there w*s iw> “fool to give di- re<iKms tl»>K 'time and, to the ver>' gpeat astonishment and chagrin of f>*e in<*t»irirtan wiio knew “h«*w to 'ro« ’em.’ his oar -sideswiped the triKk.— K:miius City i^tar. A Kind Wish. Wfren Jean went to her litt^o tieijriv bor'5. to visit sl;e often talked I0 Mm* grant‘ruK»tl»er t!ie house. “I have ^ gran-dmother. too.” she would -sii'y, “but fihe’s in heaven.” And :she .aa»d the grandmother «f tlve house were go-od friends until <*rie day the jrremdiiMitclier was cr<*ss. .'Sl>e sc(»lde<3 tl»e two little girls for Seaving the .st-SHsen door oi)en, for walking ir a flowfr l»ed atnd dropping cruiulirs cm the fl«Ksr* The two y«*ngsters sought refuge on the poiVh. 'Grandmother «?med to follow them ffhere a little later, to try to oaake up. She realized the necessity of ■doiag so, for when •slie rea<‘he<l the door -fihe heard Jean «ay, “Huth. I wish yw»r grandmother wa« visitin’ n>y graiadniother today.”—In dianapolis A Field for Profitable Operation. Tn the northern part of Texas one ican ride over|and for «ix days without ■ever being out <»f sight of the candel- mia plant—a weed freaaa which a very high grade wax is maide. Huge for- ■fimes await the men wiio will develop the industry of wax nta'king. As yet only six factories are <w.orking. The <-andK‘lilla plant grows ln»m one to three fe»?t high, and as na«^ny as 5,(KKJ «tems come from the sauae root. It flourtsties In the poorest s«ll, and re produce* itself annually- The cost of labor is low. and the sui^ply of ma terial in^edibly vast. Tlw wax is made by boiling and steaming the weed- Tlte crude wax is refine^i and used in making candle*, phoa<<graph records, polLshes, varnishes and even linoleum. Ami from the fibro«« waste a food quality of paper is turned out. a a<^ ^.1 Jack Dempsey tells a listening world that King George and the rest of the royal family of Great Britain are “nice looking people.” Always the diplomat! When one reads of the crowds v.-hich gathered around tlK* champion mar- bleg shooters in that Xev/ York contest one realizes that this I’ot a yery «*‘r50!ls-mjnu»^U no..:. OPAL DIGGERS OF AUSTRALIA :i^3-aiE5H5?.qEa^5a5i!5'.!S'E5ebesd^.i.-. They Live hi Burrows, Work Hard and Now Cant Sell Their ^ Gems. Opal is the Australian natural gem, but latest reports from that country show that the diggers are experiencing very hard times, owing to the slump in the precious stone in the European markets. Coober Pedy, the home of the fa mous South Australian black opal, Is 100 miles from anywhere, and prol)- ably the most primitive vlliafre In the British empire. The Australian blacks christened it Ooober Pedy, or “white man living In a hole,” and it well de* serves its nanm. Of all the rough out!back jobs in Austmlia, -dipging for opal is about the worst. Coober Pody lies In the heart of the Stewart range, 170 mile:; fnmn the warest station on the East* West railway, and its whole population i)etwe«R 70 and SO diggers lives un* rtergrouwd In burrows scratched out of the Mllside. A tfn shanty, in whick di??gers kee.p tliek- tools, is the only si'pi '«f life showing above ground, Eveij- morning ithe diggers come nMft •of theiv burrow's and set out for Jthe opal .fti'lds, to cttS. patiently through the rock in the hope of finding ti»e b«Ku- tifu! black diamonds lying beneatii. Between them they have dug caany l^dBsands of .pounds’ wortli of opal in the last four .years, though tiiey ’have Avwked only a snmll area of 41 field said to be '40 miles long. In normal times «ipal is worth $ir>0 an ounce, but mwv that ftiere is practi<*ally no de- 'mjrnd for ;l1ie gems the di@gier.s have •opal, 'but no tnoney. SHAH J£HAN’S PEARL BffOSQUE Beautiful Temple at Agra ils Lined With White and Blue-Veined l\Aarble. Aimong the most beautifTil of Shah Jehan’s sculptured monuments is the .pearl mosque at Agra. The entrance gateway of red sandstone ctMitrasts effectively with the Inferior of w’hite and blue-veined marble, says a w’riter in Asia. An inscription In letters of black anarble states that this mosque may ’he likened to a ^sifi^(‘U>v.ss. peur», for n^ otl'<M* ino?<iue is similarly lined wit. iiiarMe. The Iwdian Influence upon Mohanimedan architecture of this yieriod is evidenced in tha lotus petal cap decorating the domes and In the purely Hindu llziials, legitimate XIohanunedan mosques bearing instead the simple si)ire vlth the star and crescent. The foliated arches come from a Buddhist .source, symbolizing the M'otus-leaf shaped aura around the body of Gautama. Th<* pointed upper folhition Is derived froni the shape of the leaf of the fiodhi or pipul tree, under which Gautama attained to en* ll{?htment and Buddhahood, ajui is commonly used In Buddhist idolatry to indicate the nimtms arcund the J>ead. The master htfflders of Mogul dayiP were chiefly Imfians from Ben- gafl, and, since thev were artists and artisans rather than Tf>echanical work men. mucli of the Inspiration of the arf'Kltecture of this period must be ac- ■credhed to them. Our Higher Institutions of Learning the Base of Educational System ^ By CALVIN COOLIDGE, Vice President Out higher institutions of learning are not the apex of our system of ecliication. They are its base. All tlie people look up to their influence and their in- 1 spiration. They must ba inider the guidance of men of piety and men of an open mind. They must con tinue their indispensable service to the cause of free dom by bringing all the people unto a knowledge of the truth. There must be an increasing ‘reliance upon relig ion. It is the source of all faith. It is the evidence of the eternal purpose, and of the true power, the true nobility of mankind. It gives a divine sanction to the authority of righteous grAernnient, to faithful seniee through economic relationship, and lo the peaceful covenants of international understanding. It repre sents the only hope of the world, the only motive by which mankind can bear the burdens ot civilisation. The peculiar meaning of Amsrica is faith, faith in the first place in ail international power, faith in the second place in mankind. There arc (Ijose doubt the stability of republican institiitions. There are those who <qwes:ft'nn the ability of a people long to maintain a democracy. The pnogTOss of the race does not lie merely in the intelligence, phiJos- ophy, or the art of a few, but in their possession by the many, in tiieir geuerai «<’cf*ptan-ce. Anwrjra lays no claim to thp discovery of the theory of freedom of self-gcHvrmuent. Its glory lies in the ability of its people to put those theories into ]>r»diee, not merely the power to state them but the capacity to li'cie up to th<a t. iThe inalrenalile right of man to life and liberty and to be protected in t"r»e enjoyment of the rewards of his own industry have their source in religion. 1'he Tights of nmn as man, the dignity of the individual, find thi'jrlT justification *11 thst source alone. Whenever its tesehings w'ere fully atSmiitted, tlie iv^t foll(\wc(l a.< a matter of course. It was religion that Gsane first; thvii the esiablisliment of free government. With th?se then} <*aitie the opportunity for a general education, for-a I'iTuadtT s(‘rvi(v by l!)e institutions of higher learning, which ushered, in •. !ie age of s»-ieiice. resulting in the great material prosperity. These w’ere the institutions ivhidi Americans built up and supported out of their laitli in an etcniai purpose and out of their faith in mankind. TP t; .j r~T.y7?5g57!SE5'E.?5S?FH5Hb c^b ^ tiScEESHS dS? d57555H5E5E Federal Government Control of All Game and Fish in Western States ' WAITS, /IMPERES AND VOLTS Termi Commonly Used by tlie Elee* trician Are Explained for the Layman. Th« language of the electrician Is Greek to most people. Wliile he talks glibly of volts and amperes and watts, they know' only that they have to pay an electric-light bill for so many units, and l<?t it go at that, remarks a London TIt-Bits W’riter. Though electricity is not a fluid, we can understand most of its terms by comparing it with water flowing through a pipe. If we turn a stream of water onto the paddles of a water- wheei, the work that tlie wheel will do depends upon two things—the amount of water delivered every sec ond and the pressure of the stream. We measure the first in gallons and the second in pounds. In the case of electricity, we meas ure the rate at which it flows in am peres and Its pressure In volts. The work which it will do is found by ihul- tiplying amperes and volts together, which gives the answer In w’atts, or units of energy. The board of trade xmit is 1,000 watts, often called a kilowatt, while the electrical equivalent of one horse power is T46 watts. You will find the number of watts they require engraved on most electric lamps, and from this you can discover what they will cost to use. A 25-watt lamp v>-ill use one unit of 1,000 watts in 40 hours’ burning; and if electricity j costs tenpence a imit, the lamp will work out at h farthing an hour. [ The ohm is anot’aer electrical meas- ncgyiient which ca;i lie understood by n comparison with water. Water flows easily througli a large pipe, but if the j pipe is narrow, only a small quantity I can force its way through. What the p’’pe is to water, the wire Is to elec tricity. The smaller the Avire, the \ more difiicult electricity will find it to pass, because the fine wire resists its flow. Tlie electrician measiires wires hy their resistance in ohm.s. The hmm (Copy for Thla Department SnpplieA 1 the American Iicsion News Service.) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE SOUTH. Cspt. George Shuler Passes Com mand of Marines in Parade to South Carolina Officer. Proving that the Civil war formed a nation and that the .sons of the Confederacy and' the Union hold no malice, Capt George K. Shuler of Lyons, N. Y„ whose forebears wore the Unfon blue, thought tlmt it would be most appropriate that a Southern er should take his place as com mander of the marines In the parade at tlie unveiling of the Grant memorial. Accordingly, he selected Cupt. Tiiomas P. Cheatham of South Carolina, whose folk fought against Grant in the struggle between the states for the honor. Shuler had a notable record with the marines during the w’ar. He ceived the Croix de Guerre, Navy medal. Distinguished Service medal and citations from Marshals Foch and Petain, General Pershing and General, Lejeune. / LIGHTHOUSES MURDER BIRDS THE SAN JACINTO DAY FLOAT f 1 Time Called on the Mayor. Mfifit people who nitet Mayf>r Ora T>av;>E of Terre H'lute are impressed iby *hi« huskine.ss. He Js proud (»f his .•strength, and tells stories galore of the tests to which it was put back in <fta;j s when people ’osed stoves in- i»tead of furnaces. Tl»en Davis was a popular man in his b«mie neighborhwiil. !n early ■!«prin¥: and late fall he received first Invitations to the raising and lower ing <*f «t»ves, even to tie one he at tended tme morning on a day labeled “April jSie First.” After having l)een told a jneighbor wishtid him to help take down a stove. Ora Davis rushed ititere and was beginning to take dow'n the pipe preparatory to re moving tlw ftove, when some one hap pened to remind him of the date. “But I wwild have had that stove down in a few minutes if t^iey hadn’t called timt*,*' the laughs at the end of the story. By ^ G. PARVIN, Colorado State Game Commissioner, The federal ^'overnment will gain control of all game and fish in the ■wostern states if the federal public shooting grouRd and bird refuge act ip pa.‘isod hy iwiiieress. As set out in a resolution of the Western Asso- ^ciation of 8tak! (lame Conimi.‘;sioners, the secretary of agriculture has exclusive and tiisoliitc; jurisdiction over the entire field covered by the bill, with one-evcL‘j)tion. This exception provides that the attorney generft.1 of the United ‘States shall prtss u])on the titles to properties acquired for game refuges and public slwotiiig grounds. A special comniittee of seven will be authorized to |wiss upon the lands and waters to be acquired. Under this act a refuge“^ould not necessarily be a public shooting ..ground area, h«t «)n the contrary, it is reasonable to suppose that shooting •would be entirely prohibited in the lefugcs. The $1 license fee to the •s^overnnient will have to be paid whether one hunts in public shooting jjjroi’jids belonging- to ths federal government or aDywhere eh;e in the state. ^The Women's Vote Will Play a Greater Part In National Elections Thousafld« of Feathered Migrants Perish Yearly, Death Toll Be ing Greatest in Fall. Every spring lighthouses destroy nuiny thousands of birds flying be tween their winter homes in the Soutli an<l tl*fir sunmier homes in the North. Tlie death toll is greater in the fall. Lighthouses stand every few miles along the 3,000 miles of Atlantic coast, but those especially destructive of birds are tlie lights on the Fowey Rocks Hiul Sombrero Ke> :it the south end of Florida. This is because of the char acter of their lights and their position. Countle.ss birds pass each year to and from Cuba, and these lights, at tlie top of higti towers, are on much- triveled, “^pigration routes.” The light on Fowey RocIjs is a fixed white light, which is curiously deadly to migrating birds. A flashing liglit frightens birds away, and a red light is avoided by them, but a steady white light looming up in the mist and darkness attracts many of tlie night-traveling birds. Gen erally they do not strike against tlie windward side of the glass of the light, but they fly around tn the lee ward side and wear themselves out fluttei'ing in the bewildering vnys. Leoionnaires* Display Proves Prize- winner at the Anson (Tex.) Cele bration hield April 21.. Outside of the Lone Star state, peo ple don’t do much celebrating on San Jacinto day. Down in Texas, however, the school children and everybody else take a holiday on April 21. It is the anniversary of the battle of San .Jacin to, where Col. Sam Houston, w’ith 750 soldiers, put to flight 5.000 Mexicans and took General Santa Anna and «>ther notables of the Mexican army captive. ^ This year, the American Legion in all parts of ^xas took part in the cel- «txejca« - lia ' -' " • Logging «ti Western Hills. In the Wesf htgging caaups are mostly situated iin the hills and the heavy Uiads of l«y^rs have to be hauled out. always downhill. Often that helys to make th<* hauling ea«y, but sometimes the grades are so steep that it Jiiakes it too c*asy—so ea«y that it entails f’ifficulty. Indeed, in these instances the term kauling is « mis nomer. for that i:iiplies pulling the load, and the operati<m actually con sists in pushing againist the load in stead of pulling it. Two and a half miles of sim-ially constructed track Is use«l at one Western logging camp for transporting heavy loads on a latge motortruck down a very steep grade. The truck, described in Popu lar Meclianics, in j-tx-wheeled, and has powerful brakes on its f<mr rear wheels. These l>rake« are controlled exHiisively by one man. while another takp.s care of the driving and steer ing. By MRS. FETER OLESEN, Dem. Candidate for U. S. Senate. ~i The Indiana and Pennsylvania primary election results are typical of w’hat will probably happen west *of these states. In my campaigning thus far in Minnesota I have been astonished by the prairie fire spread of independ ent political thought. It is not a matter of parties.' Party lines are falling away. People out here aie less tied to party strings than they have been at any time in the last twenty years. They pride themselves on reading both sides of a question and framing their own conclusions. They are independent in their judg ments. Today not only Indiana and Pennsylvania voters want a change. Anything for a change, they say. How often have I heard this in my trips throaaghout the state. I have found widespread dissatisfaction with the present congress everj^vhere. In the elections in Minnesota this fall I believe many voters will forget partiefi and vote independently for tlie candidates they think will honestly represent the common interests of the great majority. The amazement of the country at the way wcmen are using their franchise will grow. The women’s vote is going to plr.y a greater part in the selection of go^mmental representatives with the passing of everv year. .. .7 I The women found the vote a new thing two years ago. They wers probably, in most cases, governed by the advice of men. Now they under stand voting and they teali/.e tliat the franchise is the citizens’ badge of sovereignty, and wlien alone in the voting booth with their conscience and their God, they will vote right, as they have the light to see the right. Here in !^^^nTlesota the League of Women Voters is a great help. Men voters have no siuiilar organrzation that helps them as unselfishly and as intelligently as does this organization. It stands for no party- organization. though it deals with the leading political questions of the day. It stands for v.-i;:it is lest in civic life. A Fable of Russian Rubles. Here is an incident of the regime of the soviet, says the New York Trib une. A certain inhabitant of Moscow who had succeedefl In saving a few rubles decided to go into business, and so converted his fortune into 500 kilos of sugar, whicli he sold again. The operation was so gt»od that lie fo/ind himself in possession of sev eral million rubles. Again he bouglit sugar, but this time, though his capital had become tenfold, he could buy only 400 kilos, because meanwhile the price of this commod ity had considerably increased. He sold it again, and his fortune readied hundreds of millions of rubles. This he once more invested in sugar, but got barely ^>00 kilos, the sale of which, however, considerably Increased his fortune. Thus lie continued to buy and sell, until one day, when he had hundreds of millions of soviet rubles, he could no longer buy more than one lump of sugar. ‘ Then tit' was com pelled to pawn it to buy a rope and a nail with which to liang himself. ..ogionnaires' Prize Float. ebration of Colonel Houston’s victory. The Legionnaires’ float in the parade at Anson took first prize for being the best dccorateil (»f the scores that were seen on San Jacinto day. FOCH PRAISES AMERICAN WAY What Our Soldiers Protect. In comparison between the national wealth of the I’ni'ed States and the number of soldiers now maintained in tlie regular army, each American sol dier is charged with affording protec tion and natiornl security to .?1.7o5.- 597 of the $3:i(i,(K)0.000,000 total of the national wealtli. Likewise, eacli soldier Is at present protecting 27> yquare mik.s of territory of the main land and dependencies, and giving 1^48. of the people of the country se curity against foreign interference with tlieir constitutional riglits. AH this at a cost of $3 per capita of poiiulation. Pride of France Well Pleased With Enthusiastic Welcomes Through out the Country. Marshal Foch of France, has given ('oinmandant de Mierrj', formerly of liis staff, the task of writing the ii:iuvssi(ms of the generalissimo on i.is recent visit to America as the :c St of the American Legion. Marshal ’ fich lias made it a life-long rule not to write for publications of any sort. In speaking of liis trip across the American continent. Marshal Foch said: “There was ahvays the same entliusiasm, the same warmth, all through the weelTs thr t I travelled, no matter whether we v/ ;-e In the West, the North, the Soul’ or the East. No matter what the v >ather, thousands of men, w'omen and children were al ways ready with a cordial greeting.” The Marshal paid an especially high tribute to the “cordiality and friend ship of the American Legi<m,” which he said, “rendered easy the journey of more than 20,000 kilometers in forty- five days.” The Permanent "7.'' "You are having a great deal to say in affairs of government just now.” “Of course I have,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “I represent the fellers that raise the food. It doesn’t make no difference how many fancy problems come up fur discussion, the populace always gits arqnnd to the one Irasic question:' ‘When do we r.fi