Newspapers / The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, … / Dec. 9, 1926, edition 1 / Page 7
Part of The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
My NEW ANiiALS “ from TANGANYIKA c.i Washington Got 3 /jL w Queer Specimens. -rio-rnn. —Quite as fascinating tl" is- way as the giraffes and mon -10 - s '' a re certain other new additions n’the national “zoo” which have just |L n |>, -ought back by the Smitlison •. n .(’hry-'ler expedition from Tan !!uiviK;i territory in Africa. These •‘forgotten” ones are less attractive , 0 the children, but will hold an un leniable interest for the followers of science. There are a number of African B quatie frogs. Unlike the frogs of thls country, they do hot hop, for jjpv never go about on land at all. l'hey ure rather small, with mouse- j 'olored backs, and are distinguished very large webbed hind feet. They j iVe constantly in the water, and often » io!se there motionless, balancing on beir webbed hind feet. Fifty Chameleons on Display, fifty chameleons were in the coi tion. They are characterized by »eculiar tongues, which extend for a engtli equivalent to the length of heir bodies, tails which curl up like orkserews and eyes which operate eparntely from each other. There are also strange spring-tailed izards and monitor lizards that live n crocodile eggs. Three species of hese latter were brought back. The expedition was unfortunate In lig the pangolin, a scale-covered pater which, as far as it Is known, never been kept in captivity any re hut Africa for more than a ith. The pangolin lived for four he eight months the Smithsonian edition lasted, hut died before the of the trip. The pangolin is re d to beasts of prehistoric times , would have been an interesting j ition to the collection at the na- j al zoo. i ihle readers will recognize in the 1 ixes brought over with the expe- j in the “coney” of biblical annals. : hyrax, though only the size of a ! it, is a near relative of the ele- ; it. having the same toe structure, n these animals are scared the on the middle of their backs Is up straight, separating itself J the rest. Caracal Baby Brought Back. i African caracal baby survived trip, much to every one’s sur- ! >, for they are difficult to trans- , It is probably the only one that been brought to this country in last 15 years. It is a beautiful nal and has become quite tame u constant association With man j •e early babyhood. lie new contributions to the zoo, but the hoofed animals, which are in quarantine, are now being put beir proper places. The entire 1 ption will more than double the lation of the zoo. i-le from the valuable additions i ie zoo, the expedition quite inci- i illy fathered another cause. F. ! amoeban, one of the men to ac- * •any Dr. XV. K. Mann, superin >nt of the zoo, made a study of snake secret societies in Tan- i ika territory and brought back inalysis many of the herbs and ictions which the natives use in Heating snake bites and various dis- Hses. Before be left, Mr. Carnocban His initiated into one of the secret ' ■defies. j ■tars May Create New Worlds, Says Scientist l lnven. Conn. —Modern science ■ s no one consistent scheme of in ■‘brcinig physical phenomena and Hs hiv-i lira* “wise .enough to admit I Dr. r.roert A. Millikan, discoverer : iiiliam rays and Nobel prize Buier. y- ;<] in the first of the three ■tnr Yale university. iiliilean outlined the major l I: recent years and said perimental and theoretl ■ believing that the mass j b rig actually transformed i ■’ heat and is being radi- j " M;e outer stretches of ’ it may be giving birth Th.is, lie said, was an < eulation.” _ • the Nineteenth century - " 1 re “grotesquely inade : < n,- Millikan said that working with entlmsi ■ o ‘cause they had “suc- Hfetime in finding more in physics than had in all preceding ages H. i because the stream yet shows no sign of liorn1 iorn - ■ ces Lopsided, C t Expert Declares faces are too lop ’ I: *cct the hoautv require o] masters, says IT. L. • of the British Na r]it"UllCil f ° r tlle Preservation of '• nn <l especially intelligent men, ' 1 1!lorp likely, in his opinion, ? tfle ri f?ht side of the face is e 1 Ve! °l )ed than the left side, elv Ue t .° usin £ the right eye ex uall • With tlle result th at it } lnoves away from the nose C“. ,I,e le,t defect \ olnen als ° suffer from it is ’ r^ r - Taylor declares. He with r T' y t,lat one finds wom- Paint i symmetrical, oval le j ,? f ; by Michelangelo and iot no» Pn in Italy these type * oraen numer °us among peaa- NEW YORK’S WATER SUPPLY IS MENACED LcHh Cracks Cause Leakage From Reservoir. New York. —The New York city water supply is threatened by subter run can cracks, which are slowly drain ing the $160,000,000 Ashokan reser voir in the Catskill mountains, th New York Herald-Tribune says. Tli reservoir is twelve miles long and three miles wide. j i A recent survey, the newspape | says, supports the theory that mil- ' lions of gallons are- seeping away through the veins and thence to the , surface again in adjacent water .■ courses. The reservoir, described as J rivaling the Panama canal as an en- j gineering achievement, is virtually j empty. There has been no lack of j rain, however, and feed streams are j flush from bank to bank. Esopus creek, the main source of supply, has been found to diminish its flow shortly after entering the great basin, only to rise a few miles below the dam to full power. It is said to be delivering only 200,000,000 gallons daily of the 450,000,000 gallons needed for New York. Os the 130,000,000,000 gallons the reservoir was designed to hold less than 16,000,000,000 remain. Thaddeus Merriman, chief engineer of the board of water supply, denied that the diminishing water supply in the Ashokan reservoir was due to seepage through subterranean cracks. The shortage, he said, was due to the fact that there was little snow last winter and a small amount of rainfall during the summer. Salivary Glands Hold Mystery for Physiologist Battle Creek, Mich. —It is, of course, well known that the sight or smell, or even the thought of food can pro voke a profuse salivation in a hun gry individual. But the sense of taste act differently, according to the work of Dr. W. N. Boldyreff, physiologist here. “Agreeable foods,” Doctor Boldy reff explained, “diminish the activity \ of the salivary glands, while dis agreeable substance, such as acids or alkalis, increase it. In the latter case the flow of saliva may triple itself, and in the former case it may be re duced by one-third.” No explanation is given of this un- ! expected finding. In the case of “dis- I agreeable” ‘substances, it is probable that nature is attempting to dilute and wash away the offender. But why the salivary glands should become shy and bashful in the presence of beefsteak is as yet an unexplained mystery. The experiment is, however, a valuable demonstration of the totally different effects obtained when an organ is stimulated through dif ferent routes. Tracks Found in Yellowstone Yellowstone Park, \Vyo. Dee tracks in what was once sand in th geyser region of Yellowstone Nationa i park, hut long since converted int j rock by the deposition of dissolved silica, were among the striking curios ities discovered here this season Ranger Philip Martimlale, who firs noticed the petrified tracks, tells o his discovery: “The tracks were very plain im pressions about one-half inch deep in rock which was no doubt formed man hundreds of years ago by the flow o water depositing silica on the rive hank from what is now an extinct gey ser or hot spring high up on the bank or it may have been that there wer closer springs, for the ground is ver hot within a few feet of the exposed tracks. “It seems evident that the proces of hardening and cooling took place quickly in the mixing of the river sand and gravel wash and the deposits o silica, forming a conglomerate rock which looks very much like rough concrete.” Indian Hard Up, Though His Income Is £7O,OCQ Washington. —Help and advice froi the great white father is sought agai by Jackson Barnett, Creek Indian, wh was raised by the Aladdin’s lamp o petroleum from a tepee and a, blan ket to affluence, but now finds himself embroiled in financial and legal difli culties. An annual income of $70,00 , is possessed by the Indian, hut he i unable to meet current expenses an seeks permission of the Interior de partment, his guardian, to use par of his estate. Assistant Secretary Edward said that he believed arrange ments would he made to advanc funds to Barnett. The estate is tie up in litigation at New York. n<><K>oo-0-<>o-0-C><>-0-0-o<><>o-0-0-o<>o-G-0-0 g Lure of Road Breeds $ § Race of Girl “Tramps” o X Cleveland—A carefree race 6 9 of roving Amazons who have 9 6 left offices and school rooms for cS 9 the “call of the open road” has 9 O appeared in America, according 6 9 to Miss Sabina Marshall, head 9 9 of the Cleveland Women’s Pro- g a tective association. 5 - 6 Hundreds of girls who start 9 9 on hiking tours in the summer 6 6 prefer to “stay on the road” 9 9 when their vacations end, she p ? said. Selling magazines is a 9 5 favorite means of getting a tg 9 livelihood with these “tramps.” 2 PUTS WHEEL FIRST j EN RIAN’S CREATION i Hilaire BcHcc Traces Role j Placed i:i Civilization. Washington.—What is the most no- table thing that man has created? The wheel is accorded first place by Hilaire Belloc, who, in an essay with which he prefaces his pictorial history of the vehicle, glorifies this instrument of man. The volume, which has re cently been published under the title, “The Highway and Its Vehicles,” con tains more than a hundred reproduc tions of old manuscript illustrations, I paintings, lithographs and woodcuts, picturing the development of the ve hicle from the hammock-wagon of the Twelfth century to some early motor cars, which are being raced by horses and even dogs. Wheel Man’s Own Creature. The highway, which has so largely conditioned human history, was made by the vehicle, but the vehicle became possible only through the creation of the wheel. In comparing this discov ery with others of fundamental im portance, the author points out that fire was an existing thing which was only captured and tamed by man, whereas music, plastic art, and build ing w6re mimicked from nature, but the wheel is a work alone of man’s conception—a fact on which to nour ish his pride. Aside from its original purpose of providing easy communication the wheel has lent aid to man In a multi plicity of functions: in grinding his corn; in turning ornaments and the furniture of his house; in drilling holes for him; in molding his clay; in tell ing him the direction of the wind upon his mastheads ; in lifting weights out of wells, and in acting as a pulley for the development of the earliest sail ing craft. Potent in Modern Science. From these simplest uses the wheel has branched out in one direction after another, supplementing and extending man’s power. Os its recent marvelous extension, the author states: “It gives us electrical energy to use; it transmits power; it keeps time for us; it measures all things from a map to the speed of light; it permits our curious toys such as moving pictures. It endows us with the special use of the gyroscope; it drives our turbines by steam and water, and soon, per haps, by air. It even aids us in our vices, and by its impersonality and exactitude it makes our gambling reasonably impersonal.” South Sea “Belles”? He Finds Them Fat! Monrovia; Calif. —The dream of South sea romance has been shattered. The lure of tender graces that has been built around the belles of Sa moa has faded into the unsympathetic glare of hard facts as related recently by Dr. Russell Pemberton, Monrovia scientist, in an address before the Uni versity club. Most of the maids of Samoa are “untidy,” Doctor Pemberton declared, and become vrv lanre in early life. On the island where the observatory Is located, there are about 200 whites, 700 half-easts, who claim equal stand ing, and a larger, hut diminishing number of true natives. , The islands, he declared, have the most equable climate in the world. The thermometer was never known to . go above 01 degrees, or below 72 de grees, day or night, winter or sum mer. Rain affects the temperature more than nightfall, he said. Robert Lewis Stevenson, the novel ist, who died and was buried on these islands, is regarded as a god by the natives, the speaker said. Ilis eccen tricities were so pronounced that they always attribute divine favor to such persons. New Gold Treatment for T. B. Found at Berlin ! London, England.—Preliminary an nouncements of a new gold treatment for tuberculosis have reached this I country from Berlin. Prof. Erich Leschke of the medical ! facility of the University of Berlin has * been working with a new gold compound called “triphal,” according to the German correspondent of the medical journal, Lancet. Injections of one-quarter of a grain of the new compound are administered every four days to patients in various stages of the disease, and it has also been used before performing the operation known as pneumothorax, when there is a cavity in one lung and lesions in ti’.e other. Pnuemothorax is a proc ess whereby one lung is collapsed to give the tubercular lesions a chance to heat The results so far are encouraging, according to Professor Lesclike, but he is unwilling to give out more informa tion or make further statements un- Ijl the remedy has been more com pletely tested. Girls Ride “Rods” Omaha, Neb. —Another last refuge of man has been invaded by women. The hobo is quitting the “rods” for automobile cushions, but the girls are beginning to give him close con* petition in begging lifts. Sues Druggist Montgomery, Ala. —J. B. Sanford has entered suit for $5,000 against his druggist because, he avers, a prescrip tion clerk gave him carbolic acid in- , stead of medicine to stop a stomach- , ache. | —— - * -■ TIE CHATHAM RECORD - Cabbage Plants, Early Jersey and other varieties, $1.50 a thousand post paid. A. B. Clegg, Moncure. | ■ 666 i is a Prescription for j Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It kills the germs. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having been duly qualified as ad ministrators of the estate of J. W. Pearce, deceased, this is to notify all persons holding claims against said decedent to exhibit the same to the tidersigned on or before November h. 1927. or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All isons indebted to the estate are re vested to make prompt settlement. This November 19th, 1926. G. R. PEARCE O. Z. PEARCE, Adms. of J. W. Pearce, deceased. iler and Barber, Attys. FOR OVER ZOO YEARS haarlem oil has been a world wide remedy for kidney, liver and bladder disorders, rheumatism, lumbago and uric acid conditions. HAARLEM OIL correct internal troubles, stimulate vital organs. Three sizes. All druggists. Insist on the original genuine Gold Meoiu "notice of sale" Default having been made in the payment of the bond secured by that i :ertain mortgage deed to the under- i signed Mortgagee by M. C. Yow and | 1 Essa Yow, on the Ist day of Decetn- j her, 1921, and recorded in the Regis try of Chatham County, North Caro- j ina in Book FL, Page 174, the un lersigned will, under and by virtue of the power of sale vested by said Mortgage Deed, and for the purpose of discharging the debt secured there by, proceed to sell to the highest bid ler for cash, at the Courthouse door in Pittsboro, North Carolina, on SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1926, the following described real estate, 1 to-wit: A certain piece or tract of land ying and being in Chatham County, , State aforesaid, in Bear Creek Town ship, and described and’ defined as | follows, to-wit: | f Being designated as Section 1 in Block “D” as p<fcr map alnd survey of said Town as registered in the office ! of the Register of Deeds for Chatham ! County in Book EN. page 601 and hounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Buffalo and Lee Streets, runs east with Buffalo j Street 200 feet,' thence south 200 j teet, thence west 2CO feet to Lee , Street; thence north with Lee Street, 200 feet to the Beginning point. This November 15th, 1926. BONLEE BANK & TRUST CO. By PEOPLES BANK & TRUST CO. Its Successor. Siler & Barber, Attys. Pittsbor? N. C. , \ | 15 CENTS FOR COTTON. I j We will allow our customers 15 cts f I a pound for cotton and $ LOO a bu. g for com on their accounts. Also f | We Have Prices Worth Considering | :♦ . - Owing to the low price of cotton we are going to endeavor to give the farme 3 »♦ of Chatham the very lowest prices possible on every thing that we carry in our store; t* Our entire stock of shoes At Cost; f: .1 Our entire stock of sweaters At Cost. > ♦J We offer good heavy overalls At $1.50. j: it Medium weight Hanes underwear At $1.50. . j* And when it comes to Feeds and Seeds, We have them ,And at the right prices. 1 Feeds and Seeds. jjj tl We buy in car load lots, get it for less. Therefore we can sell it for less. I: ♦♦ We offer Old Virginia Turf Seed Oats at $1.25 per bu. $; a r t$ v Harvest King seed Wheat at $2.00 per bu. £> H Abbruzzi Rye at $2.00 ncr bu. , I: » * |; H Old Fashioned Rye at $1.50 per bu. k , Good Feed Oats, Five Bushel Bags, at $3.00 per bag. . Good Ship Stuff, at $1.90 per bag. j| ; Cotton Seed meal at $1.90 per bag. > Heavy Fat Back Meat at 17 1-2 c per.lb. 1 I: Good lard - - 17 1-2 c per lb. < * » to* g Sugar going at - -7 1-2 c per lb. t[ r Come and share some of these bargains, , ::: Yours to serve, ::: T. M. BLAND & CO. |ii; PITTSBORO, N. C. 1 b^77 The Ea siest Car for Her to Drive If you’re choosing a low-priced car that has' to meet with feminine approval-—be guided by the experience of tens of thousands, and buy a Chevrolet! Like no other car of its class, Chevrolet combines those features which make a car easy for women to operate with those qual ities that women instinctively demand in an automobile. It is easy to start, steer and stop. It is simple and safe to handle under all conditions. And, best of all, it offers the inimitable smartness, elegance and luxury of bodies by Fisher on all closed models. Just bring her in and let her see for herself how well Chevrolet meets her ideals of fine quality. Pee Chevrolet Co., I PITTSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA QUALITY AT LOW COST ] | BIRD'S ROOFING I i . I | Building Material j j W T e are prepared to furnish buiidii>| | material, including kiln-dried flooring, ceil- I Ings and sidings Everything in Roofing from the cheap ' ( roll roofing to the very highest grade asphalt • fefiingles, at prices that compare most favor ably with thore at other places. P'e are in the market for dry pine lum« i> for prices. | Asheboro Wheelbarrow Co j j - nTTSBORO N. C. 9 , - .T 1 Low Price::] Bsa&’SlO 45 Landau * 765 *£^*S«* f. o. b. Flint, Mich. Small down payment and convenient terms Ask about our 6% Purchase Certificate Plan.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 9, 1926, edition 1
7
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75