‘CARRIER CURRENT” NEWEST
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Through a now metliod of electrical com-
imiiiication it is ])Ossihle to scud a telephone
message over a trolley wire from a moving
electric train, d'he trolley wire while sup-
plying pow(>r to the train also acts as a con-
dtictor of another or second current which
is sttperimposed upoti it at a higher frequency.
At any convenient point along the line
this second or “carrier current” may bo
[)icked uj) iind carried short distances through
rlu^ air where it may he made to operate a
telejthoiu' instniment. 'TIk' system may he
used for communication between etigineers
of dilfertmt trains on tlu' same road, between
the locomotive at the luaid of a long freight
Train :ind the caboost' ar tlu' rear, or between
the enginet'r and distant substations or ter-
tninals.
.V demonstration of the system was given
recently before', a group of prominent rail
way men, by the General Electric Company.
PICKING COTTON BY ELECTRICTY
.V device consisting of a farm tractor
('(piipped with an electric generator, is be
ing used successfully in the Xorthern cotton
belt to pick cotton with electricity’s aid. .HoC
low flexible tubes reach out in four directions
from the tractor. On the end of each is a
set of revolving brushes encased in a small
metal frame with an opening about the
size of a man’s double fists,-and sufficiently
large to take a boll of cotton. The brushes
are driven by an electric motor through a
hexible drive shaft and revolve inwardly, or
toward each other. This creates a cornb-
like movement which pulls the cotton from
the plant the moment it comes in contact
with the brushes. It is then sucked up the
hollow tube and deposited in a receptacle
carried on the tractor. Tests have indicated
that the new electric cotton ^ticker makes it
possible for a person to gather from 400 to
700 ]iounds of cotton a day as compared
with 70 to 150 by hand.
Contributions for “The Student Eriend-
shi]) Fund” are being received. This is a
worthy cause as everyone who heard Mr.
■Tohnston’s descriptions of his experiences in
those unfortunate countries realizes. Surely
we can easily sacrifice some of our pleasure—
a trip to the “movies” or visit to the drug
store—when others are dying for the want
of the bare necessities of life. The Y. W.
C. A. no doubt will do its part but let each
girl feel that she has really had a definite
]iart in the work. “Every little helps.”
Of all business transacted more than nine-
tenths is done on credit.
MISS CAMPBELL PROMOTER
OE B. Y. P. U. WORK
ET'om the day Aliss Campbell came to us
she always wanted her Aleredith girls to have
all the training that college life aft'orded. In
the fall of 19A0 the first year she was with
us, she organized three wide-awake B. Y.
P. P’s. This was a direct outgrowth of her
d('('p desire to send girls out from Aleredith
as h'aders in their church and community.
During the y(‘ar and a half that she stayed
with us she spared neither time nor energy
in ()romoting the growth of these B. Y. P. U’s.
Last fall the B. Y. P. L’s, through Aliss
Campb('ll, invited Dr. J. A. Ellis to teach
a study com so in “Stewardshi]).” The first
night that Dr. Ellis conducted the class Aliss
Cam]>bell ivas not, at all satisfied with the
attendance. Not one of us has forgotten
what slie said to us in chapel the next morn
ing. Her aj)])eal was straight-forward and
earnest and it brought results! In tho'end
eighty girls took the examination, and we
had started with half that number. That is
what Aliss Campbell meant to the B. Y.
P. U’s!
I’he im])ortant question is “Did Aliss
Canqffiell labor in vain for the B. Y. P. U’s ?”
We scarcely know how we can get along
without her, but we m\ist “carry on.” Aliss
Cani])bell o])ened new fields of training, and
it is our privilege to follow in her footsteps.
The trained workers that our B. Y. P. U’s
send out in future years will be a lasting
testimonv to the work she did amone us and
' o
for us.
Booue-Iseley Drug- Co.
Cor. Fayetteville and Hargett Streets
Phone 95 and 2344
RALtIGH, N. C.
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JVomen and Misses
A soap of good quality is being mined in
the vicinity of Barstow, California. The
mine was discovered by a Mexican rancher.
He took lumps, resembling plaster of Paris,
to a Los Angeles laundryman, who gave them
a thorough test and found that they served as
soap of excellent quality. The soap vein is
about five miles in length.
The woman who wears pearls and uses
cosnu'tics is unknowingly allowing her gems
to die a lingering death, according to a well-
known London jeweler. The better the pearl
the more easily cosmetics destroy it. The
mellow tints and color fade when the gems
come in contact with the cosmetics. Pearls
thrive only when worn near the actual skin.
Ih'obably the most luxurious abodes of
wealth in the world are the new apartments
just .'opened in Hew York City on Park
avenue. The apartments are really private
homes, with gold-plated door-knobs, silver-
plated chandeliers and a separate set of ele
vators running to each of the 16 floors. The
yearly rentals range from $10,000 to $55,000,
There are 90 apartments in all.
: MILLINERY A SPECIALTY :
Liberal discount offered college girls and
teachers
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of work in High School
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CHAS. E. BREWER
President