JOHN V.N B.' METIS, WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A VISIT TO HIS SON AT
1. APPEAR IN THE DISPATCH.
NAf.:E3 OF CONTESANTS.
F,1;- inn; is the result of the last
fu:.t -o Lv made by the Contest Man-
; :. . The standing of all candidates
v. ,;; nr c changed until the judges I
r;.,!.: t:; Mai couiu ana awara me i
k-l-'-s:
R. F. D. 1. Acme. N. C. I
Powell 139,51?
Allsbrook, S. C.
r,;'!ha Allsbrook
Elsdenljoro, N. C.
.'h.ry Jordan
Go.irdman, N. C
Mr.--. Waiter ILiy'.-.es . .
Bolton, N. C.
:-:,M-ibr-i Bi inkley
Durcaw, N. C.
.v h-1 Eowen, R. F. D. 3 ..
.155,701 1
A War Game In Which No One Is Hurt
0
COURSE you have at some time
u'o'.vji your breach into a paper
nr:'- it v.t.3 fully distended, and
. .. . fight;y closed the open-
neck, StrUCK it
a whack
,cto::i ".vhich made the bag
v., o -harp report. Well,
:-ain. Jr'avo your paper
:: yo'j. h : vo a dozen cf S3,
. i! h-ivo c-vor zc much more
,L ik-iv.i in another way.
bllf, or.-.: of your play
: I tal: one yourself. Each
!-r. "blown" up until it is
;r - fan possibly be.
or the ha '43 by twisr--";'.-
znd grasp them firm
. : .1 t h:.nd, hc!ci:5g them
v h;; fj Tirrks. ' .
... r -.J ;.our plr:y;r.a.i: stand
. .. . cthf.r, hoiding your
.. . towards rec.i other.
. "! ''.' nags nvjst bo struck
- r.y c 'tcu.qh to break one
' c;. er Is to brcal:
? ':. v:?, keeping
.- Tv-lii!e. of course,
r,:;j to do the r.a:r.e
i;-o a !in skill and
. .t to do this, for if the
Ii i';o mrh force both
. . ! ii struck too lightly
' ... nagpd.
' b3.;Av. r.o. the hardest
.;ag vhich receives it.
MLJNDRUMS
'' dirrncp between a
r, Liiiiard player, a
slxioh? The gar-:-
-.2. ?. billiard player
'.: rjentieman minds his
p; :;03 minds his
?:i Iain in Ilercd's
?"':'r-3nt3 were bu
r our. the right foot
a. hi you tell the girls
'.' i'-ily boys were
. paint a man's por
', c;:.;cribed as step-
h-cc.-;? Because you
' rs (features).
' :o; t valuable, a five
. gold dollars? The
hoi. you put it in your
' hie it, and when you
you see it in-creases
--7 -..1
a very pugnacious
car?
se he always has his
'. 1 ' "
to
world be compared
use it is so full of
i'l'l fi:t
f
10,190 1
42,270
.136,609
.112,231
, 75,310
;eu;e iwi ...
Clarendon, N. C.
Beatrice Brom
Conw?v, S. C.
' Mattie Britt
Council, N. C.
Lizzie Council
.148,117 F
)
42,055
Clinton, N. C.
Fanni? Holmes
Causey, S. C.
Bertha Bullard
Chadbourn, N. C.
.163,3411 Folkstone, N. C.
'Mildred Duff
. 69,739 , Gurley, S. C.
Rose Prince
. 40,711! Hailsbcro, N. C.
i Lula I. Doors
. 41,535' Hampstead, N. C.
41,450
U U , U U U
A bag standing still will be borken
by a . bag in motion, while a retreat
ing bag will be effected very little by
even a stiff blow.
We will suppose that your oppo
nent makes a thrust with his bag;
now if you withdraw your bag a little,
so that his arm be fully extended by
the time his bag -has touched yours,
you have him at your mercy. By a
quick jab you strike your bag smartly
against his while his is standing still,
and pop! it goes while yours remain
triumphantly whole.
Again, if you see your opponent
starting a slow jab at your bag, you
may make a quick jab at his and be
pretty sure of breaking it without
bursting your own, for yours will be
traveling the faster.
You should each start the game
with an equal number of bags, say
three each or more, and the one who
finishes jvith the most whole bags
vins the game.
You must be careful to have each
pair , of bags just the same size and
to use only those that are quite whole
and have no tiny holes in them. You
will find a great deal cf fun in this
game, which is especially good for
rainy days, and with a very little
practice you may be pretty sure of
defeating in every encounter a player
who attempts it for the first time.
Why. is dancing like new milk? Be
cause it strengthens the calves.
Why is love like a potato? Because
it shoots through the eye.
What is the difference between a
falling star and a fog? One is missed
in Heaven, the other mist on earth.
If Dick's father be John's son what
relation is Dick to John? Grandson.
What kind of a field is older than
you are? One that is pasturage.
What is that which is lengthened Dy
being cut at both ends? A ditch.
What pudding makes a good base
ball player? A good batter. s
Tom went out: his dog went with
him; he went not before, not behind,
nor on the one side of mm, then where
did he go? On the other side.
What is the difference between a
pop-gun and a hired costume? One is
fired and does not hit, the other is
hired and does not fit.
Why is the letter N. like a faithless
lover. Because 'it is in constant.
Why is an actress an angel? Be
cause we seldom see 0ne that is not
128,5101
40,445
JatrcsonviUe, U. C.
Virginia Koonce
Lumbcrton, N. C.
Mrs. A. C. Sesorns
Lori3, S. C.
Thelma Blackburn
Marion, S. C.
Bernice Martin
. 36,005
.160,323
. 73,503
.157,033
.161,314
.138,343
, . 35,550
.. 53,212
Mullins, 3. C.
Mollie Gordon
Nichols, S. C.
Mrs. W. P. Conerly
Harkt-n, N. C.
Nola Everette
Rocky Point, N. C.
Mrs. P. H. Duncan
Mrs. Beulah Howard . .
Mary Mallard
N DARKEST- AFRICA
THE marriage customs of west and
southwest Africa are in many
cases peculiar. They differ, of course,
in different tribes, but have broad
lines in common.
A coastal tribe always considers it
self superior to an inland tribe, and
even its meanest member claims to
rank " higher than the most powerful
man of an up-country tribe. A man
may marry any woman he likes of
any tribe, it being held that he gives
her his own status, whatever that may
be, but it is almost unheard of for a
woman to marry "beneath" her. As
a result some of the women of the
superior coast tribes, like the Mpong
we, look to marriage with white men
and frequently attain it.
The parents of both sides rule ab
BARGAINS IN MUMMIES
WHILE riding among the old Egyp
tian tombs, writes a traveler the
tourist is usually approached by the
relic sharks. You repel them. Then
comes a fellow who acts mysteriously,
looks about suspiciously and talks to
your cicerone in an undertone. Your
curiosity is aroused and you ask the
guide for information. It turns out
that the man lives in one of the for
saken tombs near by and that several
days ago he discovered a hitherto un
discovered grave with a mummy in it,
from which he had disjointed several
members and taken some trinkets
found in the bandages. The objects
Women Who Live In
THERE is one place in England
where women actually live in the
very church itself with which they are
connected. This is at St. Mary's Hos
pital, Chichester, where the ancient
abbey or monastery was long ago por
tioned out as dwelling places for eight
old women, who thus receive free resi
dences and pensions, and reside in the
very church itself. Their "houses" are
relegated to the sides of what was
v
M ORE than half the surface of the
globe is hidden beneath water
two miles deep. Seven million square
miles lie at the depth of 18,000 feet or
more. Many places have been found
five miles and more in depth. The
greatest depth yet sounded is 31,200
feet, near the Island of Guam. -
tt Mount Everest, the world's highest
mountain, were plucked from its seat
and dropped into this spot, the waves
CAMP SEVIER. SEVERAL
Rc Hiir. N. C. 1
Mildred Scott lll.oOb
Southport, N. C.
Eloise Daniel 167,644
Suppryr N. C.
Myrtle Galloway . . ...... . . 46,125
Tabor, l. C.
Sallie Garrell 147,507
Vineland, N. C.
Bertha Pierce 166,727
Wallace, N. C.
Ruth Teachey 181,611
Watha, N. C.
Mrs. J. G. Blake 17,600
Whiteville, N. C.
Lillie Cook 121,145
Willard, N. C.
Elizabeth Page '. . 39,471
solutely in the matter of marriage be
tween natives. First, the would-be
bridegroom goes empty-handed to
obtain the consent from v the bride's
father. Then he goes again with
gifts, and the father calls in other
members of the family to view the
gifts. On the third visit he carries
trade gin, a sufficiently poisonous com
pound, generally from Hamburg. In
the old days it was palm toddy or
wine.
On this occasion he pays over an
installment of the dowry. On the
fourth visit he takes his parents with
him and is permitted to see the girl
herself. When next he calls his pro
spective mother-in-law provides a feast
for himself and his relatives, the host
and hostess eating nothing but tak
could be seen at his lodging if the
traveler would care to step that way.
There are gruesome objects that are
displayed, a skull, two hands, and two
feet. There are also some beads, a
small bronze statuette, a few clay
images, and the mummy wrappings.
You pay, perhaps little attention to
the latter objects, on account of the
possibility of fraud, but you are at
tracted by the disjointed members that
belonged to a man who walked the
earth centuries before the Saviour ap
peared on it. True, they are gruesome
but they are just the things that are
more closely associated with the name
formerly the central part of the church,
while to-day this same space serves
for a promenade and gossiping spot
for the old ladies in their leisure hours,
and is much frequented by them.
So far back as 1680 there were eight
fire places built from this middle part
of the church, and eight rooms, each
eighteen feet by ten feet were con
structed for the accommodation of the
intended inmates. Since that date it
niay be taken that people have resided
THE ABYSS OF THE
would still roll 2,000 feet above its
crest
Into this terrible abyss the waters
press down with a force of more than
10,000 pounds to the square inch. -The
staunchest ship ever built would be
crumbled i under this awful pressure
like an eggshell under a steam rollerl
A pine beam fifteen feet long, which
held open. the. mouth of a trawl ' used
intaakine a-cast at the depth of more
WILMINGTON BOYS MAY
Wilmington. N. C
Myrtle Bessellieu . . . .
Olive Brown
Elizabeth Bullard
Donnie Gurganious
Mrs. J. Frank 7arman . .
Mrs. Sol. Jones
I
. 40,451;
.151,013'
.103,4421
, 37,220
. 40.210
.125,115!
. 8,571 1
.171,003!
. 15,270 i
Mrs. Betty Jones .
Ella McCarley
Hrama Malpass
Sara Love
Lee Meares
Annie Phelps
Mrs. Thomas Fiver . . ...
Katherine Shaw
Katio Swann
Pauline Underwood
Maude Vaughn
..38,255!
..37,22518
. .52,978 ;
. 26,055!
. 11,800 i
.173,653;
. 8,7101
ing a hand in the drinking. Finally
the man goes with gifts and the ba
lance of the dowry, and takes the
woman away. On arrival at his vil
lage, she is welcomed with singing
and a strenuous dance called "nkanja."
For three months the bride is not
required to do any hard work, but after
that she buckles to with his other
wives at gardening and carrying bur
dens. Polygamy is general and the
number of a man's wives is limited
only by his recources in the matter of
paying dowries. The man may divorce
his wife whenever he chooses and for
almost any reason. But it is rare for a
woman to be able to obtain a divorce
at her own wish.
Divorce entails the return of the
dowry-
of Egypt that any other relic could be.
At least you have acquired a real
curiosity, and you cannot help exhibit
ing your acquisition, on your return
to the hotel, to the proprietor.
"Have you been caught?" he says,
"They are human remains, sure
enough, but they never grew on an
ancient Egyptian. They belong to some
dark skinned Arab who was buried for
a few years in the dry sand of the
desert as an investment. It is a com
mon trick; the condition of the ground
and dry climate, which exclude de
composition and cause natural mummi
fication, make the deception possible.
A Church
in the church itself, and hare there
passed the evening of their days
though, of course, many changes have
been made during the long intervening
period.
About 1840 the inmates numbered
five only, as a regular thing, but then
$5000 was left to accommodate and
provide for three other old ladies. By
1892 these foundationers received $3
weekly, with the apartments, firing and
attendance free.
OCEAN
than 18,000 feet', was crushed flat, as
if it had been passed between rollers.
The body of the man who should
attempt , to venture to such depths
would be c compressed until tne nesn
was forced into the interstices of the
bones and his trunk was no larger than
stoning pUm ' Still, the body would
reach the bottom, for anything, that
will Riii tr in aatnb of water will sink
Jtd e'uttermost depths, of the ocean.'
BE SEEN IN THE GROUP.
r
OR. U LBRETH
Has Moved Mis Office to
Fifth Floor Murchison Building
Phone 608. . A
Suggestions From
The Culinary Experts
LUNCHEON . CRACKERS
ONE white of egg, one cupful each
of sugar and chopped nut meats,
one-half cupful of seeded raisins, one
half teaspoonful of Vanilla extract, one
tablespoonful of sweet cream, and one
package of crackers. Beat the white
of egg to a stiff froth, add the sugar,
nuts, raisins, ground fine, vanilla and
cream; mix smooth, then spread on
crackers, drop another cracker on top
of each, and brown in a moderate oven.
BIRD'S NEST PUDDING.
LET come to boiling point one quart
of tart fruit. Have ready a batter
made of one tablespoofttl of butter, two
thirds cupful of sugar, one well-beaten
egg, one and one-halt cupfuls of flour,
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of bak
ing powder, one teaspoonful of vanilla
extract, and one-half cupful of milk.
Beat this mixture - until smooth, then
drop by large spoonfuls on, the boiling
fruit. Bake in-oven a rich brown-
Serve with cream' and sugar.
HAM AND RICE, A SOUTHERN DISH
HEAT one and one-half tablespoon
fuls of lard in frying pan, put in
two tablespoonful& of chopped onion,
one tablespoonful of chopped parsley,
and one cupful of chopped cooked ham;
fry until light brown color, then add
one and one-half cupfuls of hot cooked
rice, salt and pepper,, to taste. Mix
well and add. one well-heaten egg. .Gar
nish with sprigs of parsley and small
pieces of cooked ham:
GRAPE JUICE ICE
BOIL one-quarter cupful of sugar and
one-half cupful of boiling wate for
five minutes. Cool the syrup, and add
one-third cupful of grape juice and
one-half tablespoonful of lemon juice.
Freeze and serve in dainty glasses. ",'
PIMIENTO SANDWICHES
: ; ;j v- ;. :
TO one can, of pimienoes (twenty
cent size) ,x take twenty-five7 cents?
worth of cheese. Grind the pimientoes
and cheese, then mix with a good ma
yonnaise dressing. Spread between two
large, thin buttered slices of bread. Cut
into triangular shapes.
MAPLE DIVINITY CANDY
BOIL onesp&ajf tf i&aWj syrup nntil
a drop will harden in cold ;watef;
then remove - from the stove .and let
cool. BeatJhe.L.whita.3ox -one ess
THIS IS THE FIRST
1 OUECLCSUBE SALE.
Jiy virtue of the uower ot sale contained y.
Id a certain mortgage made by Thoma
t- i wi ti rw i n- lru u iui iiu nun m- m v u i ii wmm
tTTIIminnfnM U n - net 4-r n 1 n - 4 T nrt iooftitU.
lion ana duly registered in Book 89, pae
11, of the records of JN'ew Hanover County,, '
merit of the debt secured by said mortgage,"
the undersigned will seil, to the highest
bidder, at public auction, for cast, at tne
Court House door in the City of Yilmlng-
ton, on Monday, the VAh day of Novem-
ber, 1917, at twelve o'cloct, M., the follow- ,
. -i i, a . - nAUttUi. 4 .
point In the Eastern line of Sixth street S3
feet South from the Southern line of Bla- J
deu street; runs thence Southwardly' with
. said line of Sixth stfeet SS feet; then.? :
I Wast and parallel with Bladen - street a 70 '
i reet ; tuence iionu auu paraiiei mui duui ,
! street 33 feet; thence West and parallel
! with Bladen street 76 feet to the .Begin-'
This 10th of October, 1017.
WILMINGTON HOMESTEAD ' LOAN
to a stiff froth, then slowly pour
the syrup in, and keep stirring .very -fast
until it begins to grain, pour on
a buttered platter and place whole
meats of English walnuts, so that when :
it is cut in small pieces there is a
meat on each piece. ,
" i,''K
APPLE AND RICE DAINTY v
GORE, pare and quarter three largr
sour apples, and place them loose
ly in a deep, well-buttered pudding
dish. Sift over them one-half cupful
of sugar, then add one quart of rich
fresh milk, sprinkle evenly over the
whole three tablespoohfuls of rice, and
bake slowly for three or four hours.
Be sure that all the rice is under the
surface of the milk. Butter or cream
is an excellent accompaniment for this . :
simple and dainty dessert. Sliced fresh :
or canned peaches, apricots or pine
apple, or even one cupful of seeded
raisins, may be used Instead Of the .
apples. Delicious served hot or; cold., s
POTATO PUFF
Ti REPARE two cupfuls of hot mash-
JL ed potatoes, add one-half cupful
of milk, two well-beaten yolks of eggs,
two tAhlesnoonfuls of butter, salt and
pepper to taste. Beat Well, add stiffly if
beaten whites of eggs; and pile lightly
in a buttered baking disn. Hake .until
puffed and brown. Serve hot. - .
CREAM APPLE PIE
h
Q I FT two cupfuls of flour and thre ;
level Leasyoumuis oi oaKing pow y-
UCl 111 LU Cfc UO3iU, X UV 1U VXVS WVIWVUU . .
ful of lard, and one-half teaspoonful i -
UL sail, auu V11UU6U tuiuw u iuou, ,
on a baking board. The dough should
1 - t - J ' . 1 X 1 . 3 T- ..- J ''-'-'V
tniCKness. .uine a tieep pie tin wnn ; -
'A. f! - .1 '-if;-
tnis crustr .reej, core ana auaner nvs .
to fill .the rust and cover with , three- ' w
the apples .are yvery : ripe ana meiiow r
it i5 well fn'.ttiif'fhAm'
wai uiei cut? uic iui a rev uuuurei
and lastly, pour over the apples one-:
half pint of sweet cream, y If the cream -
does not cover the apples, a little sweet ?1
milk: may be added . to, make enough, t
as the flour will thicken it'sufficienUy. J
Bake in a moderate oven untfl th
crust and the aDDles are dona. .r ;
painted,
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