APRIl. 5>fi. 1923
D1ANI STEEL HANDS WILL
GRIPE FOR LOST MILLIONS
Wil! Paw Ocean Depths in Effort
to Recover $5,000,000 in Go'.d.
Loudon.?Immense steel hands will
reach down through 65 fathoms of water
and seek out the $5,000,000 in gold
which sunk with the 1*. & O. liner
Egypt six months ago oft Ushant.
Groping through the silence of the
water, these almost human machines
will feel their way to the vaults of
the ship where the gold was stored
A Swedish engineering firm has
greed to spend $500,000 to raise the
gold. They are confident of success.
If they do they will keep $3,000,000
and Lloyd's, who met the heaviest
loss in the shipwreck, will gel the remainder.
A specially equipped submarine will
be sent to the bottom when the wreck
has been definitely found. The bulk
Will be explored from all sides and
accurate charts made. Targets will
then be selected In the Egypt's hull
and Urge holes made with torpedoes.
Slxactly what will happen then is a
dArk secret, except for ths fact that
a monstrous engineering devlcs,
rivaling the dreams even of Jules
Verne, la In preparation for the work.
All thai is known is that the human
hand Is the underlying motif of the
scheme.
The hands, attached to giant arms,
will re.w h into the ship and grasp the
chests of gold. The steel fingers will
not relax even though the water at
that depth would crush a diver's helmet.
The treasure will he lifted at
the sea bottom and then brought to
the sc.'ace.
iVr.ilx of this romantic undertaking
have been threshed oui by hardheadcii
business men who are behind
It and work will ??e?;?. In M?v U
will l.isi three summers. Pf the project
succeeds if will open up the. prospect
r recovering: untold millions now
ct the hot torn of tin* sea.
Georgia Heiress Weds
Blind Piano Tuner
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"Lo\e ill :? r??ll:ilfe is ?** t**t? Hum :ill
the riches In t lie woiii." says Mrs.
Susie <?.':? *? n?!Vr. < \-.eofc yejip-old
bride ??l !. .! Cofrr, an Atlanta (Ga.)
plain* mi>? . poor. ami ftKw since
youth. Mi- Offer is ijdaughter of
wealthy south Georgia parents, who
have started dimiiiment proceedings to
force iheir daughter fr return. Mrs.
Cofer says that all Tl>e taw In the
land \v<in't cause her to stop loving her
husband. and she has n<* Idea of goLog
back home.
Following the ceremony, her father,
Q. F. Ferguson of Sparta. 4?m . came to
Atlanta and took the girl home. < 'ofer
folh vrect and tiled habeas corpu- pro
ccedings to obtain his bride, lie won
feist suit. Sear rely had the couple returned
to Atlanta than annulment proceedings
were started by the young
bride's parents.
War 011 London's Fog
Stirs Old-Timer's Ire
London.?Horrors! They're going to
abolish the London fog.
Old citizens are up in arms. "If the
fog's been good enough for me, 1 don't
see why the rising generation can't
stand It," they moan. But despite thii
defence of one of London's oldest institutions
parliament Is "going into it
thoroughly.'' Someone has suggested
that Londoners have been "going intc
It thoroughly for generations, and
coming out of it and going into 11
again, but nothing ever Is done about
It."
There Anally seems to be a serious
attempt to end "the London particular"
and a committee of technical ex
pert* of all British industry are to
deal with the problem on national
linfK.
Many persons who are not expert*
say there will always be fog in London
until the obvious thing Is done, pro
hibit the burning of soft coal. |
Hawaiian Volcano Spouts Lava. S
Hllo, T. H.?Kilauea volcano is more
active than it has beenfor years. The
glow In the sky is visible for miles ,
With 40 acres of fire less than 300 feet
from the rlui, ten fountains are spout !
lng an amount of lava estimated at
3,000,000 cubic yards weekly. ?
Sunflower Is Twenty Feet High. \
Kansas fMty, Mo.?Judge Charle*
B. Montgomery, "the sunflower king,'
has heard from the 11,345 packages ol
seed he aant out last year. The tallest.
sunflower was grown in Banger, Gal j
It was 20* feet high. The "king' j
raised the largest heed, 16V& pound* J
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IMPROVED UNIFORM II.TERNATICNA1
JundaySehool
' LessonT
lliy Kfc\. 1 ii l I1ZVSAIEH. ?> !>-.
Teacher of KnRlish Uible in the Moody
Hlble Institute of rhlcaeo.i
Copyright. 1311. "Woatern Nttvspupcr Union.
LcSSuN Fofi ArKIL 29
RUTH THE FAITHFUL DAUGHTER
LESSON TKXT?Hook of Kuth.
OOUDKN TKXT?i by people ahull be
my people and thy Cioti my UwL?Kuth
1.16.
PRIMARY TOPIC?The Story ot
Kuth.
JUNIOR TOPIC?Ruth and Naomt.
INTKHMUDIATE AND SKNIOK TOPIC?Ruth'*
Choice and Ita Outcome.
YOl'NG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC?The
Secret of Ituth'a Noble Ufe.
1. Ruth's Connection With Naomi
(Chapter 1:1-15). On account of famine
in liclhiehcin of .J mlah, Nuuml with ber
husband Mini two sons sojourned in the
hind of Moab. Alter the death of her
husband her two sous married Moubiti*h
wouien. After a time her sous died
ulso. After the death of her sous
Naomi resolve d to return to her homeland,
having heard that the Lord had
visited His people in giving them
bread. They went t.? M??ub to escape
trouble but only got wilo more. It
was not until Naomi was thus Chastised
that she ' 'solved to return.
Naomi had the good sense to recognize
that the hand of the Lard w::.- up?i
her for good. When the lime came
for her to Ruth and orpah uccoinpanh
; her. for a. distance. I'liis she
pei mil. ;ed hut determined to place le> '
fore fhem f.. >ikiy the didieuhi s which
would i.e-<>v}iril\ coplroal them. It
wa> this frank presentation of the dlfIh'uhfes
and her repeated urging them ;
i i> go i?n<!. that called forth from Kutli
tie- expression of her notile choice.
II. Ruth's Noble Choice
M uch as Nuonii loved her daughters in- ,
law, she would not have them go into
this matter blindly. She told them the J
worst that could come upon theui. This
principle ought to In* carried out by us
In all our relations in life. In business
the spirit of frankness should be
manifest. At home we should deal l
with each oiher in the most straightforward
w;i\. The same Thing should I
characterize our behavior In the.
church and society. Note the difficulty
which confronted Kuth:
I. No rhauce to Marry Again.
Naomi told her that she hud no more
koiis for whom she could wait. lit that
day to he unmarried was the greatestj
disgrace. Society differed then from
now.
*J. She Must Renounce Her Gods.
Her idolatrous worship could not he
carried ou in the laud where God's
people dwelt. This was delicately
touched upon when Orpali went hack
(v. 15). Orpah went buck when it was
piain there was n<? chance to a
hushund. No\v Naomi puts >ut additional
test upon Ruth, thut of giving
up her religion. Ruth was equal to the
o'-cnalon. Her mind was fully made
up. She was willing to accept hs her
God the one who was uhle to produce
it: :.*:hjLcts the iiwlmiiy of ^aahiCC.'l!
s!i?* had ohservod in Naomi. Naomi's
very frankness In dealing with he*!
caused Ruth to he more determined to j
cast her lot with her. Ruth's |*?sltion
was so dt Unite and unfaltering that
the very expressions have come down
!.? u< in words which **no poolry tiac .
c?tii-rivaled. and no pathos lots exf?-idcd.
and which has gone through
cMimiries wltli the music that will not
let them he forgotten." She was de?
icrmined ?? share Naomi's journey, her
ii'Miit-, urr unis'*, hit iw m n??*. aim it?-r .
fcTwve in death, uliatever that would:,
he. T?.? crow n li all she would re- I
noiiiH^e her heathen gods and worship |
Jehovah.
(II. Blessings Which Attended Ruth's
Faithfulness. Iluih was never sorrj
for her choice. because-- !
1. She Found the True God (1:16).
Instead of her heathen. g??ds who vpri
unable to help her she now had a
living God, the God 01" Israel, as hei
G> d.
2. She Found Human Friends
(Chapter 2). As she went to glean in '
the field she uas led to the ticld of
Botiz. a man ??f wealth and grace. The
servants of Boh 7. treated iter with ? onsideration.
Kven Hoaz ga\e instruct
firm* for special consideration to be
given her
8. A Good Husband and a Happj
Homo (8-4). She not only h em rod a
husband, but a man of dod who had
an abundance of this world's goods.
4. An Honored Place in the IsraelItish
Nation (4:18-17). Though sh?
had to forsake her own people she became
one of a nobler people.
She Became a Link in the Chain
of Christ's Ancestry (4 :18-22 compare
Matthew 1:5). The one who fully deckles
for Christ and gives up all for
hiin shall get a hundred-fold in this
life. and in the world to come. eternal
life. <
Sharing Misfortunes.
Some people think that all the uorld^
should share their misfortunes, though
they do not share in the sufferings of
any one else.?A. Folncelot.
Thoae Who Mean to Be True.
Those who honestly menu to be true
contradict themselves more rarely
than those who try to be consistent.?
O. W. Holmes.
Fearless Minds.
Fearless minds climb soonest nntd
THE WATAUGA
sor;c of thf. negroes
(Exdwnji" >
V church hymn dealing wjtb war:,
:s swi ping into popularity ??? South:
c:' ! negro churches . MayUi* it's an
-i one. i orn after the civil war and
row resurrected after a long leep. i I
Anyway, it's timely. And sicgro con-!
^rerr.rt:?.?ns are singing (or chantinej
it with such vehemence an denthusi-'
asm that it's obvious there's one ele-;
ment of the world's popu.aiioii that's!
"fed up"' on war. regard'ess of what
Europe may be thinking and doing. I
The hymn sounds like this:
"1'in gonna lay down mah war tools!
down by de ribber side, j i
Down by de ribber side, down by de i ,
ribber side?
Ain't a-gonna study wah no mo*.
Chorus:
Study wah no mo', study wah no mo', ,
study wah no mo'
Study wah no mo', study wah no mo',
study?study war n omo*
Too bad we cannot get Europe to
singing this hymn.
Negro music, with its seductive
rhymth and none-such melody, stands
out unique among all other music,
it reflect.- the primeval spirit of the ,
tllMwJLo
The white man, beginning shortly
before the war, sank to the jungle
Probably that is why the white
maii has been almost deliriously ob-!
>--<d bv jungle-jazz.
Sosvw authorities tell you that jazz 1
is a comparative new creation. or?g?
ated Ci a-no.- Aires and Ne w Orten
year s ago, but for 100
m-r ccr.L con.-idei this ??.-S-tit>ic? negro ]
song. ,
A0ld Guinea niggali, wid a head full
o' known?1 j * * . i
K dder go to fr . chooi any ,
elhab collcgi :
Littl enhunk ash <ak litth- piece
fat. an'
D( w'ito folks grudge him f he gits;
enough o' daU j j
O'd -Jonah, lak er fool. gm as stub- '
bor as or mule, j {
So tie wha-ale made him disappeah. ? .
.Jonah swope 'is razor out. cut dc <
whale in two.
An' he iloatcd into -here on hisj i
ear." ,
Before it is too late some one1
should coli.-ct and publish for poster- *
ity th?- of tht negro folk-lore \
songs. j j
And while we are on the subjecti t
the psvchological condition of a r.a-j<
tiou is always reflected in the songs' i
its people are singing. Sobering up (
from the war, we are getting away:']
from the war, we are getting away I
from a jungle state of mind, so jazz |
is fading out of popularity. ^
\\ bile the future may be a sealed *
book, you can get advance informa- k
tin i on the * national drift" by watch- ?
ing the? kind of music that comes to ft
re place jazz. We may be in for an- [[
other wave of religion srevival. p
Watch the son^s. They'll tell you. ^
jr.AD WHALE TO BE BROUGH i i:
IN COURT
Biioxi. Miss.. April 1(5.?As a re- r
u!t of a legal .squabble over the c
ovnership of ;; dead whale found u
everal days ago off the coast of f,
Biloxi the federal court for the south- p
rn district ot Mississippi today issu d
a writ of sequestration directing ^
.he United States marshal to "se.:..
and bring into court" the whale
weighing more than seventy-five tons fjhI
measuring more than sixty-live ?
feet. It is valued at $10,000.
Rojello Lope/., captain of the fish- fT
up- boat San Frisco and his crew p
I'lujuI the dead whale floathi,? a few F
miie.- off the ma-n a;1'! near he'*.* last i
eek and according to < aptair. Lo- ^
ik*x, towed it to the northeast end of s
Deer Island, where after attaching
. placard bearing his name and thai &
>1 his boat, as a means of showing [[
hat the whale belonged to them, f
hey anchored it and proceeded to =
Sew Orleans to tell of their find. &
upon their return they found another (L
>arty in possession of the whau f
ijainring its ownership. Legal pro- 1=
codings immediately were taken by &
Lopex and his crew to regain its pos- {L
session. f.
? L*GR OLD ASP YOUNG ;
4 / Tnti's Livpt Pills act a.< kindly ? t
o/ < ii tbv delicate icraaU: or infirm 1
? onk'n^e as u;oa th-- vigorous uan. t i
j Tuit's Pi 11 s i |
I Tote end strengthen the r..ok Stomach. f 1
i D rjxts. Kidneys, and Bladder. t =
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THE UNKNOWN WEST
H' >;rv Dels 'attic'c in Sunday's!
Dalle Nen i regard in? 'iruiiii Oaynn.'!
in '-ihi words thi- jjocjje ot' Eiiii I'i
?** >. ii calls to mind the fa,? tl,;,-.
in 'ar as tin va-i nia.ioii'. of .'
pi op- of the state - re cninv mod.
<*eiter,; North Carolin: ha r.aru';.
! ,a - ' \ 1>!ur ii. All the world knows
Asl.ovllle and the wtll advertised re
sor' town-, of * he southwestern
corner ?f the State, hut who has
be. .. BnreiSo goqjp' Who knows
^ auuui mac lr-mue precipice
with one lone break? Only the
pcopl' w ho live in the neighborhood,
and an occasional lover the hill
who is not content to follow the
beaten track of the tourist, but must j
explore for himself.
It is certainly to be hoped that!
the writer's information is correct,
and that the country he1 describes is
to be taken into the care of the people
as a state park. The little patch
of ground that the state has pre j
served on Mitchell's crest has already
proved a paying investment.
It ha? preserved more than a bit of i
forest land?it has preserved North
Carolina's reputation for apprecia-1
tion of beauty, it has preserved the!
state's self-respect. A similar move j
by North <'arolina to take care of
Liuv'Me gorge would be equally
worth while.
Irueed, all that middle and north- :
we:-- * } ection of *ur mountain
r< r:- deserves mn-'c attention. It
is |.,,\v gradually being opened;
up : a resort country, and its beau-!
p nvcOiiii to a beauty-starved
w , but as yo? fch* development
he .? < inily started. One of these ;
ri;;v - - *'
Wrt.. i - iTmrmniv. ? iViuII-eOll?
(v. few yofli.-i?t here w.U he I
? highway, not an oidiuary
road a beautiful boulevard, i
i La to urphy. n.d In
B!?i- : : g< . or following itin;r
road will soon become one of
phe . . t famous, not in the ,
10 the east, but, in the wodd It
ivill !-e, like Niagara and the Grand
'anyon of the Colorado, one of the
sight that will be recommended 10
very visitor o America; and ro
\ti m will consider himself
y weli acquainted with his own
rountry until he has seen it.
But the national beauties along j
hat road must be preserved if tin 1
lighway is to be worth building; j"
ind the state cannot begin too soon j 1
.o look to their preservation. A ; ;
Treat system of state parks we be- j
ievo would be worth more to North ^
Carolina in the long run than even
Tarn Bowie's railroad. | '
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FINDING THE JHRST MAN.
I rmininpr
a rar pas'*. ;
t>'p of so-caJieo. vJ.<r--;V : i - K: > v :
; ad au-fcik . . . - 1
iiom ! quartv rs f i.?* vrorM
the d -<:overy (if o^?rt_:r. i ! j
sh-rr < ?ah in an :.rlv I;..- ,
evoiu ?n. The*e utile . - *itt I j
int< ; until another of 1 -
fcists tcceed i? pmvicj; bat
oth< .Vilow oa\ is not tn.i'
- onia and A -:a have born ^ cat
"nun ;; grounds for the prehistoric!
r.an id animals. Pi vers, time one
of tin fellows called anthopolojfists j
digs ;i a skull in Asia, where history}
' i>" -hes sight of man. somebody?
own in Patagonia, a sort of a desert! ,
strip in South America, reports a re-1 ,
maH ie find there of some hones j
of an inconceivable large and weird
anima! that existed long before his-'
lory began. Then the Asltttie ex
piorer retorts that the South Ameri
can find is a "mare's nest." London 1 ,
scientists who are assiduously cngag-' ,
ed in trying to fiil in the* link between ,
ape and man are having much agita-,
tion among themselves now. They J
are finding new things that upset old . .
theories among scientists and arc bt*?.
ginning to convince th epublic that
the; : all chasing "mare's nests", |
II tory is comparatively new. It t
r< . back only about four thousand
?rs and for the fir ' thousand
years -? - so a r\ imiefcniie thine-.
Then i.as been s g? - ? :c:u f -h
ing p.: ..f man :: t>a' iv.
thousand years,- yet vnut of the great I
Sgv.:?. of anthjuit;,* liki .V,k/o.oi. .
Jos-.-pr .:d eieii'u tlu -..J ,
of p)'.. j.Cos today i" i>YQtl\.th -r
feffCa!- or .superior.-. years
in -- .-sioti even toda.v pu-s the jjfljjMere.
e .i back *m e with hi - o
tirat ; M-estovs. Dr. Tote:;'. wh<? i r-i
,-v'p.' arid eminent - i nii.c,. : . tsii
?u ?: tr ago made ' he stuUiueii? that
man >i.- developed Jit: it in Ihrei
the i .-sand years, for then he was ap- :
pTvreclly as capable of absorbing and
nre -ing knowledge as he is today, i
J' appears the race mov< > in cych s , t
and 'oiluncs an* being spent now j
to try and uncover Knowledge of
some ..f tin things that men knew
tvhe: history opens the story of the j
rare We are lighting ami talking , j
About lighting just as did our dis-jj
lant ancestors and the stakes, remain;..
ihout th*- lame. Selfishness .still ^
irivtman to war as \l drove Cain r
o kill his brother Ahlv.?Lexington *
Dispatch. ^
SSiii^iiaSS
iounce
e nov in our own home,
iu.7.? County Bank lolock <
I ve . re in a mu h better
s?u ii.on we have ever been
e une-jie k.o express our tl:
the gc ori people of this Co\
suppc.i and patronage yc
tl our ;ife of 3 years in ycu
cooperation and support
1 the future.
rst aim is service and court
ave no stone unturned to <
;erve anyone as long as su
:t with good business prin
ock is more complete tod
e and we shall try at all 1
merchandise as the peop
e worth the price to you.
o the sales idea of putting
o get your money, but try
merchandise worth the p
t fail to see us in our new I
Ynnr fi-ipndu
Hardwa
. F. MOORE, Pres. Mgr.
^sst^s^sssasissist
Page TKre?
^ V 11 I MAN MAY "OPLRATF.
MINE IN CALDWELL
Tin.'- ?-i probability iK.j; a I;aoeight
from
h r. ii V Bet!, hi- of ibe^
! -.- 3a k of Da ?v?H?. Va ;
M. H. Wam-n and Charh-.- Gueiither,
ininM' tn;/i iv-jr.-;. ??f Garv.ille,
bwT<er^ >! the property. were here a
i ;W a; , ago The property is known
a:- '.he Harp*-:-.Jackson property and
i <t. !> of abc^itt i SO aci'r-.
> he survey and explorations wee^
made l?\ Mr. Goent.h? ! sum time ago
lit- n p'/rts ' nat there are valuable dtt|
kaolin, aluminum, tin,etc.
Then an- v.vu defined veins and not
mere po ! . is the way Mr. GjCUBR11
i r t\>'M n : ,ht property.
The e " S.V d . ost of the rli'Vplrtn.
merit i ! d at $50,00' i.,w Mr
Guenthir \ tunnel will have to be
due and '! :s placed at $25,000.
Th< n itu r. : tar en out in building
this i i r.< \ o id more than pay for
the cu.-t of :>.i "I og it. Bngineer
i neuter'.- report also covers a water
power development for furnishing
power for the development of the
mining property.
The owner- of the property do not
inakc any r men1 as : o bow early
they expect to begin mining operation:-.
It js believed here, however,
lira? work ' be started before Mini ?!.
i is ever.
.the v.-it f the owners' the-'
>r/>: "'IV rat da; - ha: ? * .rl
.. <> -. then ty that it i> a
iv; ;. hi iv.ioHic y i'"..-. will reo
-oni-.-tning-riike e.o-?o i\% ijr*e!op
it. This rumor has i that there
ire millions of dollars in gold turrit d
Chestnut mountain. This
same rumor says thai one local con'if-tii
tried 'o bay $50.000 w< rth of
;t;ock it. i his gold mining enterprise,
>ut retjuesJ 'in- -to. k was turned
b?\vj: by men who owned the prop cty.-?Lenoir
News Topic.
lot : .-.Mi < iiy, Tenn.,?I. W. Uijrrir?
. who died in a Marion (N O.).
lospita: '-ar!y the pas I week as a reu
it of injuries sustained by being
iruck by an tutomobiie driven by
Jias Hensley. a lfi-y<ar-old youth,
eft $800,000 in cash and realty to
he Methodist Church. He was presiva.?ti?:\
\v. ^uuji Ajjj 'Ml ><? *uop
C. (and om ofthe outstanding: filancn-r^
of the western section of
he State. IK* was si year.- obi and
hildtess. He left a farm valued at
116,000 to a nephew. Joe Higgins.
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