XXV1L_'_YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 3921 ~~ Nq.14
NEW SOLVENT
IS GREAT FIND
f «. '
k Removes » Paints, Varnishes,
Enamels and Shellacs With
out Injuring Wood.
WAS DREAM OF ALCHEMISTS
Dissolves Rubber, Glues, Hydrocar
bons and Many Substances Here
tofore Regarded as Most Re
sistant to Chemical Agencies.
Lincoln, Neb.—New properties of a
liquid described before the students of
the department of chemistry of the
University of Nebraska show that it
almost realizes the dream of the al
lchemists of old who sought the uni
versal solvent.
As described by Dr. Victor Lenber,
professor of chemistry at the univer
sity of Wisconsin, who has come here
fto deliver a series of addresses on
the subject, further tests have shown
that selenium oxychloride, as the solv
ent is called, is more powerful even
Thanr was indicated in his preliminary
^announcement made before the Amer
ican Chemical society.
I It dissolves rubber, glues, enamels,
hydrocarbons and many other sub
tetances which hitherto have been re
garded as most resistant to all chem
ical agencies except tire.
; Other Substances Dissolved.
Such products as redmanol, bakelite
'and eondensite, which are used as
substitutes for amber in the making
|of pipe stems and for many other
Industrial purposes, and have been
until now regarded as insoluble in all
known solvents, are readily dissolved
by selenium oxychloride, according to
[the announcement of Dr. Lenher. By
its use ordinary paints, varnishes and
fhellacs can be removed from furni- (
ure and carriages and other objects ;
jwithout injuring the wood, and enam- I
Jels can be taken from automobiles
iwithout affecting the steel body.
‘ “Its solvent powers are so vigor
ous,” said Dr. Lecher, “that it will
xemove the bitumen from soft coal,
but will not attack the pure carbon
of anthracite.”
Dr. Lenher also sees a military pow
er in this powerful solvent, as it ean
tbe employed in making more porous
chareoals contained in the filter ma
terial of war gas masks, a process
known as activation,
f “The coconut charcdfcl used in the
|ggs mask,” continued Dr. Lenher, “can
foe activated by this new reagent by
treatment at ordinary temperatures,
[which is a considerable advance over
jthe older steam activation at a white
foeat.”
The use of activated charcoal in the
extraction of gasoline from natural
gas is oqe wliich is interesting chem
ists today, and still leaves the gas
available for household and industrial
purposes. As a laboratory reagent,
Dr. Lenher said that the properties of
[selenium oxychloride are so unusual
ithat it is likely to come into common
•use wherever research is conducted.
The solvent, 7 which was formerly
regarded as merely a laboratory curi
osity, is finding its nlaco in many in
dustries. T :■;!? cori
jcerning its exceptional powers have
foeen amply verified, the speaker as
serted, by him and a group of students
(who have been attracted to the lab
oratories of the University of Wis
consin during the last year.
Once a Waste Product.
The raw material from which it is
Obtained was once a waste product
ifrom the electrolytic refining of copper,
for until recently the selenfum from
these electrolytic slimes, while known
to the chemist as a rare element, had
veen considered as almost valueless.
The solvent itself is a heavy liquid,
•nd nearly odorless. It can be readily
lhandled In a commercial way. how
ler, for were it the “universal solv
senE* 5? alchemy it could not be trj(ns
iported, as no vessel could withstand
I Jh discovery of everyday use.^ for
stance formed from disoe-rJed
material is regarded by scientists as
fa typical Illustration of value of
research.
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HELPS BLUE ("'’ASS PASTIj'-E
Drilling in Mixture of Red Ciov.
sike and White Clover ■' oed '
creases Yield.
In the case of rough, btuc *' *s
ture land which has always ‘ a
pasture and which should, new e
plowed, it is possible to gei a i e
more feed per acre by going on toe
land in late March or early April wi h
a clisk drill and grilling in a mixture
of red clover, a 1 sike and white clover
seed. It some ca> *s it helps a great
deal to go on wit* a disk harrow and
tear the pasture up thoroughly.
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NEW LIFE-SAVING DEVICE
A successful test of a new life
saving device, the invention of M.
Pans, a veteran of the great war, was
made at the Eiffel tower in Paris re
cently. The apparatus makes possible
a complete stop while climbing a rope
or using it in descent. The demonstra
tion was performed by M. Pans for
the Paris fire brigade, which is con
sidering the adoption of the appara
tus, 'which consists of a sort of har
ness and seat, and a steel pulley which
slides over the rope. It can be manip
ulated by the person ascending or
descending or by persons on the
ground. The photograph shows the
inventor, M. Pans, with his apparatus
i after the experiment.
BULLDOG AND COON CHUMS
Pets Remove Potatoes From Box to
Make Bunk—Live in Perfect
Harmony.
Wiggins, Miss.—T. J. Martin, mayor
of Wiggins, whose affection for
strange and unusual pets is well
known, has in his possession a pet
coon that was brought up with a bull
pup. The two animals live in per
fect harmony, the bulldog playing
with the coon and the coon accepting
h's cuffs with the greatest playful
ness.
Martin’s potato bin was directly un
der the cage of the coon. The coon
ty:d been in captivity about three
months and was often seen during the
day playing on the walk with the may
or’s bull pup.
One night the coon escaped from the
cage, it is believed with the aid of the
dog. Several slats were pried off. and
the little animal could not have done
the work alone.
The next morning every potato in
the bin directly below the cage of the
coon had been removed and placed In
a box on the opposite side of the store.
In the old potato bin the coon and
the bull pup were sleeping.
CIVILIAN USE OF UNIFORMS
War Department Suggests Ways tc
Avoid Violating the
Law. ,
Washington.—World war veterans
who are wearing parts of their service
uniforms ptuI otv?—-.who have her ght
1. ... Uiii .ij.S U1...V <i.» v:.V leliit.lij, flit
law forbidding the wearing of official
uniforms by civilians by observing cer
tain precautions which the War de
partment outlined.
The easiest way to avoid violating
tl>e law is to remove the military but
tons and insignia. To dye the uniform
or change the cut will also give im
munity.
The War department does not con
Rider that dyeing is the only way t<>
make a coat or overcoat lose its dis
tinctive character. Any radical altera
tion would have J^ie. same effect as
for example, a distinct change tb
cut of the collar, the addition of differ
ent-colored cuffs or collar-er of a cloti
belt. Any of these changes, provided
that all insignia and buttons have
been removed, will satisfy the War
department.
Watch Won’t Wake
Dead; Owner Jailed •;
Miami, Fla.—Failure of a
1; watch, buried at the si ’ of *
; Laura Miller’s husband’s ?nive, Q
! to awaken the dead spouse
; caused the arrest of Joe Thomas. &
i; The woman gave Thom $15 ?•/,
; and a gold watch when the lat
! ter promised to resurrect her $
; dead husband.
; The aas buried the watch at
I the side of the grave, saying 'his »
; actio would arouse the dead #
!; man
|: Several days of “watchfuV Vg
;■ wait'og” failed to produce »
!; suits Thomas was charged >*cv zj
s emh d raent and., bound «
’ under a $t»00 bond. c tj
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STATE NEWS
Oliver Meares, of Robeson
county, attempted suicide by
eating rat-snap. He still lives.
Col. Ike Meekins, of Elizabeth
City, has been appointed assist
ant alien .propejt.y custodian.
Rev. Mr. Privette, of Jen
nings, was touched by pickpock
ets while in Salisbury. They
took $300 from him.
Miss Neta Harris, a school
teacher, committed suicide last
week by hanging herself near
her home at Greenville.
The two-vear-old daughter of
Mr. and M rs. A. T. Jackson, of
Salisbury, wandered onto the
railroad and was run over and
killed by a train.
Albert Green, aged 20, was
killed near his home in Wilkes
county recently by a falling
tree. Wife and two children
[ survive.
Louis Graves, a North Caro
linian who has won exceptional
success in newspaper and maga
zine work in New York City,
comes to the University of
North Carolina next fall as pro
fessor of the college of Journal
ism.
Police officers dug up ten gal
lons of good Craven county
corn whiskey on the premises of
Casev Watson, colored, at New
Bern Monday. The “buried
treasure” was smelled out by an
officer and Casey now sleeps
quitely in the county jail.
Two North Carolinians will
be con idered by Presi lent
Harding to succeed the late
Judge Pritchard as Federal
judge. They are Judge W. P.
Bynum, of Greensboro, and J.
J. Britt, of Asheville. Both men
are well qualified for the circuit
judgeship. N
Col James H. Young, one of
the state’s best known negroes
and a leader of the colored race
in North Carolina, died at his
home in Raleigh Monday. He
commanded the Third North
Car^ina Regiment (colored) iD
the Spanish American war. At
the time of his death he was an
honored member of the Odd
Fellows, Masons and Pytnians
PLAN BRITISH ISLES CENSUS
Count Will Cost Mors Than $2,000,000
Says the New Registrar
Genen»l.
London.—Details of the decen-dg
ceissus of the British isles were an
nounced here recently by S. P. Vivian,
the new registrar general, showing
that the enumeration of the people,
which is to begin in April, will cost
approximately from $2,000,000 to
$2,500,000, ami require a staff of 400
workers in the London headquarters
alone.
There will he 38,000 enumeration dis
tricts with a separate enumerator for
every 200 or 300 households.
“The war has cut clean across every
branch of our national life,'' said Reg
istrar General Vivian. “It has broken
up and redistributed all local popula
tions. It has violently upset all birth,
marriage and death rates.
“It has altered the whole occupa
tional and industrial configuration of
the country and completely changed
many of the customs, habits and con-!
ditions of the people. There is hardly
a single question upon which we can
look back to the results of the last
census for guidance.”
OLD SAFE HELD “TREASURE”
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North Dakota Blacksmith Used Chisel
When It Was Learned Booze
Was in It.
Fort Yates, N. D.—After years of
exposure to the weather, a large safe,
j\ locked and combination unknown,
J yielded to the efforts of a blacksmith’s
| chisel and hammer here, when it be
i came known that a pint of whisky
I was a part of the contents.
The safe has been a roosting place
i for story tellers in the past, as it
j rested upon the porch of the office
i of the chief clerk of the Indian agency.
Recoiti., pertaining to the agency from
J early days of the settlement were re
covered.
The Dancer
In a round ■■ d dell like a woodland well,
Shm in by a wall of trees, \
Where i e turf is laid like a caipet made
To capture the roaming: bees,
The opaline sun looks down upon
The , vre .i with warmifig smile,
And a spider fiings his silver strings
Through the new leave's all the while.
On the glistening:, green where the sun is seen,
The brighter lor circling shade,
A dancer turns like a flame that burns,
In a fretted chalice laid.
White as a pearl are the robes that whirl
Round her rosy limbs and breast;
So swift end fleet are her dainty ieet,
They , ;arce break a daisy’s rest.
One moment she stands with outstretched hands.
A figure of frozen sprav,
Then away she goes on her silken toes,
To some unheard roundelay.
The she! ring trees turn in the breeze,
And flowerets tiptoe, glancing
With faces shy, and wondering eye.
To watch Spring’s darling dancing.
CAROLYN M. LEWIS, in NT. Y. Times.
Tax Machinery Starts
On One Mora Hound
About the time we get through
i
paying taxes tor one year
around comes the tax lister get-!
ting ready for another year.
I
The county commissioners!
have outlined a plan for review
ing the land values of the coun
ty and a Board ol Review has
been appointed to assist the teg- j
ular tax listers in reviewing the j
different 1: nds. This board is *
composed of Messrs. R. B. LoogJ
W. H. Renegar and W. L. Kel
ly.
Mr. E. J. Vestal, of Knion
Cross, was appointed Supervis
or of the listing of personal pro
perty and he has appointed the
following persons: Boonville,
Frank Hinshaw; Knobs, ]r>o. L.
Br.iy; Buck Shoals, B. C. Shore;
Deep Creek, N. L. Hudspeth;
Liberty, L. W. Dixon; Forbush, i
J. H. Eddleman; Little Yaakin,
J. F. Haynes; East Bend, T. L.
Long; Fall Creek, J. T. E: Nor
man.
Here He Is
i
Do you remember the oltd
fashioned workman who used
to come down town on Satur
day ni 1 D'.: ' Oast how!
much w ork he could do in a
day?—Golden (Colo.) Republi
can.
His place is ssow filled by the
workman who comes down
town smoking cigarettes and
bragging about working oniy
four hours of the eight hours he
drew pay for.
The Pare in Heart
Admission to a Catholic
church at North Adams, Mass.,
is “strictly forbidden to women
and girls wearing short skirts,
low necked, or transparent gar
ments, as well as immodest ap
parel," by order of the pastor.
To the pure in heart ail things
are pure
What Elijt: Carried
i * Danny a little Mulvane boy,
was looking at the picture of
Elijah ascending to heaven in
the chariot of fire. The halo
around Elijah’s head puzzled
him for a moment, then he
found the answ er, “Oh, look,
mamma,” said Danny, “look he’s
| carrying an extra tire.
! >Rev. McMillan, of High Point.
; was robbed of $105 while on a
street car iu Charlotte.
A Homan's Arm Is
Found On Sfree!
Much excitement was created
in Yadkinville Saturday morn
ing about 8 o’clock when news
was circulated that Mr. William
Reynolds had fo^nd a human’s
arm and hand in one of our
main streets.
Mr. Reynolds was walking
along the street near the Roller
Mills when his attention was at
tracted by the gruesome object
lying at his feet. He at once re-1
ported the finding of the arm tp |
Mr. A. t. Holton, Jr.r and Dr..
T. R. Harding. Dr. Harding j
took the arm to his office whera
it was viewed by a great many
people.
$
* The arm isxthe right arm of
an adult person and had bee®
uaijointed at the elbow, and had
evidently been severed front the
body for some time as the fiksh
had become very dry.
No one knows from where
the arm came and the whole af
fair is shrouded in mystery.
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Judge Pritchard Bead
Federal Judge Jeter C* Pritch
ard* of the United States circuit
court for the fourth 'islriet, diprt
«i ms Home m AbUeviUe eari^
Sunday morning. Death was
caused 6v pneumonia, although
he had been in failing health for
many months. He was in his
64th year.
Judge Pritchard came up
from a poor mountain boy. He
was for many years a leader of
the Republican party io this
state, and was always a leader
in church and eaucationalwork.
He is survived by his widow,
three sons and a daughter.
German Empress Dead
Former Empress Auguste
Victoria of Germany died a
Doom, Holland, Monday morn
ing at 6 o’clock. She had beta
in declining health for a year < r
more. A tew days ago she suf
fered an attack of heart trouL
t and gradually grew worse un
1 the euQ ca m.
The ex emperor stood v\i
bowed head by the bedside «
hisconsoil while she breath
her iast. ,
Iredell officers destro3ed
big steam distillery in that cot
fty last week. The plant was
full blast when found but e
operators made their escape.
Old Tim: Singing
I • Was 'Greafctvent
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Ao old tin v siagin^.ui^jxeld
at the couri . - awe Sunday after
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noon and s\u were sdiigefrom
old Chr v. iinnhdny son"
books and t uu real*tllosic
in them.
it was we i something to
he ;r them s, iiese good old
people, who j- rneyed to Yad
kinviiie from /cry section of
the county and from Iredell and
Davie countit to hear and sing
the songs they sang when they
were boys on the old camp
grounds, and ’ding to the meet
ing house on horseback, and in
buggies and a courting of the
gin that could ride hoiseback
the best. Ard a good many
ladies were r esent, the good
old ladies \vh* gave so this coun
try the sturdy oung folks who
compose the populataon of to
day. I hvse Xid women cacae
up in the good old days when,
ah on skirts a-; the display of
ankles were dis-grace. and
Virtue weue their own reward.
1 hose old so igs, and they are
good ones,, ww*e a reminder to.
them of tl.se 1 upy days of the
old camp grounds and now and
then a lean could be seen to roll,
down a eke eh. when, some- fa
miliar old L mn was baring,
snug.
i ne smgjiag w as fed by ihree
persons, *ach taking hG turn,.
Mr. G. L. White of. Cana, Rev..
W. \ . Br«*vc or Cj?cle, and Mr.
Stones trest <oi Moaksviji'e.., were
ibe leadtdiSk 1 w®i ladies i.rona
near Booavil e, Mrs. MauBa
Brown aad :\;r> jane M©x.Wy
sai'g.aomtt: lu*e aim, a ad. the
choir cousastetj of about 40 peo
ple. 1 his, skewers w ouid not be
complete if >v,: did rot say
something atfboan Unde Peter
Green,, the *>rvat base singer,
Mr. Green is a church leader in
his c©mmunity, nebi Mocks*
viile, stands ix ieet threp,
weighs J5U poemds, with a voice
to match. He ’a a good man
ana a goo#l sir/Mi, We noticed
a 1 so/ in t toe cl\< >•; r M essrs. D. E.
Masthews of Smithtowli; I. S.
Reavis and G */rge Reavis of
Route L. wiio sceuied to enjoy
the old son? gs.
This writer delights in these
gatherings, sin,My' because it
• . the oil* people and
|what we would*-.nt do for the
£ood oKi peopi >f this country
it any time it va»uM biiag hap
piness. or good cheer to them is
not v/orth tali :ng about. They
deserve some Eng good; they
har e given their lives to hard
wt)rk and have in most cases set
a large famil} out into the world
tn good circumstances and that
is doing more th in the average
person knows anything about.
Let them sing; let them rejoice;
let them gatin' together and
talk oi od times, their life’s
•vork is behind them; they have
been masters of a few things,
let them rejoice over many
things, and it is the duty of all to
nake them happy when it can
be t. me.
h :fd Men Over 24 Marry
rcnstaniino • — Al.tun-d
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