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THE GASTOItlA GAZETTE. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1919. NEVER SAW THE SUWANEE Writer ef Popular Song Used Nam Because Rhythmic Sound of It Appealed to Him. The 8ns, "Old Folks at Home," made the name f "Swanee Uiver" fa mous, but few people, except those of Florida and (ioiryia, connect the Swnuee of the song with the Suwanee that Hows froui the southern swamps of Georgia down through the nimil lands of Florida to empty into the Gulf of Mexico. "Way down upon the Swanee river" suggests vaguely ill.- South of the ante bellum da;, s with its cotton plantations. Its nian.-ioiib anil negro cabin. None Of these things are found along the Su wanee. Vet rioral;(ns elaiin that the pong was written in honor of their for est stream, and hcutm&i even point out a tree undi r which Stephen Fos ter is supposed to have penned the memorable lines. Heports less pic turesque, hut more generally accepted, say that Foster never saw Suwunee river, but that he used the name be cause of the rhythmic sound, dropping the "u" to perfect the meter. While the Suwanee river may not be what its name suggests to most of us, it Is a beautiful stream, flowing through a semi-tropical country where live-oaks and c presses are mirrored In Its clear depths. Heavy forests of cedar also grow in its valley, but these have been reduced in recent years, as the wood is In great demand for pen cil making. The Suwanee figured largely in early American history, for it was a favorite haunt of the Indians, and many buttles with the red men were fought in its valleys. The nanw Suwanee has an Indian Bound, but it is said to be a corrup tion of San Juan a name given the river by early Spanish explorers. CHINA NOT LAND OF HUSTLE Traveler in That Country Must Possess a Generous Amount of Patience and Tact. Sooner or later, writes E. Hv Wilson In "A Naturalist in Western China," the traveler in China must dispense with the comforts and luxuries of modern occidental methods of travel and adapt himself to those more primi tive and decidedly less comfortable of the oriental. In the regions with which we have to deal there Is nothing In the nature of wheeled vehicular traffic save only the rude wheelbarrows in use on the Chengtu plain. There are no mule caravans, and scarcely a riding pony to be found. For overland travel there Is the native sedan-chair and one's own legs; for river travel the native boat. Patience, tact und abundance of time are necessary and the would-be traveler lacking any of these essentials should seek lands where less primitive methods obtain. Endowed with the vlr tues mentioned, and having unlimited time at his disposal, he may travel anywhere and everywhere in China in safety, with considerable pleasure and abundant profit in knowledge. With ber industrious toiling millions, her old, old civilization, her enormous natural wealth and wondrous scenery, China alternately charms nnd fascinates, Irri tates and plunges into despair, all who sojourn long within her borders. Elephants' Picnic. An act not down on the program was (riven without charge the other day In the old seaport town of Marble bead. Mass., when four elephants of a email circus, named with fine allied patriotism General Foch, General Per shing, General Haig and Princess Pat, Jumped a stone wall, escaped the cir cus and took to the woods. The per sonnel of the circus, acrobats, riders, clowns and esnvasmen, followed, and so did many of the townspeople and half a dozen policemen, but the ele phants made the woods first, and there they spent the day with "a large and appreciative auillence" watching on the outskirts. Peanuts und bananas, usually a temptation to elephants, failed to entice them from their New England jungle; but as twilight fell, and habit suggested feeding time, the big beasts came peacefully out of the woods and allowed the trainer and his assistants to lead them back to the circus grounds. And a!l ITa.-b! h -ad went b-:ne to belated supper-. Germany Seeks Wool Substitutes. Sarch for wool substitutes will doubtless continue in Germany, where Sheep rearing is not likely to Increase materially. Dogs' hair and even hu man h.ilr have been tried, as felt ma terial of lipjited supply, and the long hair nf women found military use dur ing the war. A possible new Industry Is to be based on the white, silken haired rabbit. The hair may be spun Into very fine soft threads, suitable fOT weaving certain fabrics, and plans are said to have been made for breeding several millions of the animals. Oil in Mexico. Recent investigations which have been made on the Pacific coast of Mex ico reveal the exis'ence of rich de posits of retroleum. These discoveries are of great importance, because they will ultimately serve to Intensify marl time truffle and seem to presage for some of the western ports of Mexico a future as promising as that of Tampico or Tuxpaum. Simple Budget Syrtem. "Every young wife should have s budget system to govern her expendi ture." -I know. I have one. I py wtat I can and owe the rest." 3IG GUN NOT WORTH WHILE American Ordnance Experts Could Outdo the Huns in Savagery, but Are Not Likely To. The Hnn 75-mile pun with whirl Paris was harassed Is doubtless still regarded by many as evidence of the much-advertised German mechanical Ingenuity. Ordnnnce experts have long been aware of the possibility of such n gun. But they have also been aware of Its Impracticability owing to a lack of n.eans of controlling its fire effective ly In such dastardly work as shelling s great city regardless of whom or what was hit. As an object lesson our ordnance department has designed, without actually building, a supergun which dwarfs the Genmn machine Into In significance. The data, recently made public through the Scientific Ameri can, fairly bewitches the lay mind. T,he barrel of the gun Is 22." feet long and weighs X1T tons. The pres sure developed is -l.'.OOn pounds to the square inch. The projectile has a muzzle velocity of foot-seconds, nnd develops the terrific energy of 3011,000 foot-tons. Its range Is 121 miles, approximately the distance be tween Chicago and Madison. Wis. Its time of flight is four minutes, and It soars heavenward to a height of 4fl miles. This is awesome: but the cold-blooded expert points out that, after all, the gun delivers only a 400-pound shell, containing fiO pounds of high ex plosive, and that such a gun would cost $2,r00.000. A bombing plane cost ing $.'!0.000 would drop n l.GHO-pound bomb with greater accuracy of aim. The German iperzun demonstrates the savagery of the Hun the Rerseker madness that strikes regardless of whom it strikes. But It also demon strates an Intellectual weakness the love of mechanism for mechanism's sake. A complicated or difficult piece of machinery captivates his admtrn tlon because It is complicated or diffi cult, regardless of Its practicability. With American genius, simplicity is the desideratum. The mechanism, for instance, of the Browning automatics, whether pistol, rifle or machine gun, is astonishingly simple and practically demountable by the fingers alone. One looks at It and wonders why it wasn't Invented half a century since. And right there one p;vs. genius a high tribute. Kel Hara. For the first time in the history of Japan a man without a title is at the head of the government. Mr. Kel Hara, the present premier, is a com moner, horn in northern Japan, and educated in Tokyo on a scholarship founded by the feudal lord of his clan. He studied law as a profession, but entered Journalism, serving on the Immediate Journalistic ancestor of the now well-known Hochl Shlmbun. j From Journalism he entered diplomacy under Marquess Inouye, then for j elgn minister, and was sent as con I sul to France. Returning to Japan he became director of the commercial bureau of the foreign office under , Count Mutsu; and then in turn ruin I Ister in Koreu, and vice minister of foreign affairs in Japan, retiring tem porarily to private life when Count Mutsu gave up the political work that had earned him the reputation of be ing the greatest modern Japanese dip lomatist. Mr. Hara returned to na tional politics in 1900 as minister of communications in the new cabinet of Prince Ito, and from that appointment his rise has been steady till he was lately made premier, and so became the first commoner that has ever in Japan occupied so high a position. How It Began. Customary figure as the boy scout has become in the United States, Gen eral Baden-Powell's visit added much to American knowledge of the move ment. A good many newspaper read ers were probably surprised to learn that it owes Its beginning to the Boer war and the siege of Mafeklng, with out which it may be questioned wheth er there would be any boy scouts. In command at Mafeking, General Baden Powell looked far beyond the siege and saw that a great and useful organ ization of boys might be developed from the corps of boy messengers or ganized to serve the forces holding that hard-pressed town. That was the beginning of It, but the same force of character that defended Mafeklng car ried forward the boy scout Idea until it was generally recognized as a project for character building rather than encouraging militarism in the young. Another bit of Information that probably surprised many Ameri cans was that Baden-Powell is de scended on his mother's side from Capt. John Smith. Kept Old Funeral Custom. Following an old family custom, the body of Mrs. G. H. Haigli. daughter of the late Sir Rohert Harty, was buried at midnight in the family vault at the little village church at Walth, England. The body of Mrs. Haigh, who was eighty-nine years of age, was brought from Penrhyndendraeth. Wales, and conveyed from the Ftatlon to the church In a farm wagon, drawn by four black horses and escorted by three dozen men carrying lanterns. Six Welshmen acted as bearers. The only floral tribute was a large cross of evergreens. The RighfWay to Reckon. Matt How does Skidley manage to stage so many successful auto acci dents T Paft He says he always omits tlr chains "us a prew reckquisite. Cartoon Alagartae. MEN CHANGE? NO! Mr. Goslington Confident They Preserve Their Ideals. Of Course. With Advancing Years He Admits Some of the Enthusiasms May B Lost, but There's Reason for That "An older friend of mine once sa'd to me." said Mr. Goslington. "that met! pres. re their IdeiiU until they are si.;;ieu iie: e around t.fty, but after ll...t they luol; out for themselves. "No: having yet readied thai more or ss tua:ure ago mys.lf, I can't say Ai.at I shall he when I gel there. Maybe I shall get hardened, too. and take a I'l.e cynical vi . ; but I don't think m now. Anyway, It is my ob servation as far as I've got that most ui' n are generous in spirit and that 'net, i-arrv through life, in the main, the characteristics with which they start. The man endowed with a gen erous heart stays generous to the end of his days. We certainly do meet some hard old men, but 1 have known young nun who were hard and close fisied; and I should rather attribute Jhe seeming closeness of some men as they grow older not to tight-wndness but to the development of u habit of discrimination. "What my friend meant to say to me whs that while nun star: in life with the natural enthusiasms of youth ; while lley tli-ii esiMHisc all good causes and give generously of their time and money, yet as they grow olde: they discover that most of the into: merable en crpr:es started for the betterment of mankind are never car ri' d t iipletion. and that there's a lot of sham in the world am! that really most pi-ople are out lor ulait thej can make; and so as a man grou older, when he comes to be lifiy or tin rea bouts, he sa s to himself, 'What's the u-e; why should 1 waste mv time and money?' And looking at things In that light from that on he leaves re form and that sort of thing to the younger set, while for himself lie looks out for No. 1. "Now what I find is that as men be come more experienced in life they do discover that not all causes are worthy of support; that some, line as they may seem to be, are visionary and can never come to fruition ; that some are managed wastefully and so do not ap peal to a man who likes to see money used to tile greatest advantage. And I find that men come to consider more and more the sensors of projects put forth with an ap;eul for money; but men do not lack generosity far from It. It ! true that some men as they crow older do grow harder and look out for themselves alone; but this Is not true of mankind in general. "Having encountered frauds, and having met with notoriety seekers who sought to promote their own fame rather than the enterprise In which they were engaged, whatever measure of merit that might contain, men do. us they grow older, grow more canny; but the man with a generous streak In him in his youth, which the vast majority of men have, holds it as long us ho lives, and it can be reached by the right appeal. "So I don't quite agree with my older friend's views; and It makes me smile to recall that once when I stood In need of wis- counsel and had called on him he took time to talk to me and tell me what I heeded to know, and he lent me money lesides. lie1 thought he was a tough, wl.se old bird, but tw didn't know himself as well a he thought he did. He was born with a sound heart, and despite the fact that he was now well past fifty, he was still running true to form." Enver Pasha. The statement that Enver Pashn. Into of Turkey, has been traced to Transcaucasia, where he is reported to be living armwig the Tartars, will han'.ly lead anybody to congratulate the Tartars on their new neighbor. Enver Pasha is not a desirable citi zen, and Just at present the new gov ernment of Turkey has an account to settle with him as well as the British, for In addition to crimes committed lr. the name of his country, Enver Pasha's career In Turkey was com pleted by the discovery, after his flight, that he had plundered the county of a huge sum of money which had been deposited In the banks by the Committee of Union and Prog ress. But then. Enver Pasha, In sym pathy, education and upbringing Is more than half German. Christian Science Monitor. Works With Hands and Mouth. Tney were having an argument on the question of which was the more Intelligent, man or woman. Seven-year-old Dorothy was emphatic In her belief that woman was the superior of man. and nine-year-old Joe was quite as convinced that man was the wiser crer.iur". To prove her point she told of mother's accomplishments, ending with her mending ability. Jubilantly Joe rejoiced at the chan nels Into which she led the argument. "Yes, she can darn," he admitted, "but Just look how long It takes her. Then bx.k at dad. "When. he tears anything all he needs Is a couple of safety pins and you women to get out of the way so he can talk while he pins." Honor Before Ease. "It's terrible the way we used tc hate work." said Meandering Mike. "I hate it as much as ever," replica Plod.'.lt,; Pete; "but Pd do anyth'n' fa her than run n chance of beiu nistcoit fur one o' theu I. W. W.'a." BUILT ON HISTORIC GROUND New York City's Big Structures Stand cn Land That ta of Sacred Memory, The land on which the Equitable build ng stands, and the territory around and about It. s of sacred mem ory so far as early American history is concerned. Just across the way on P. road way was Burns' coffee house, where the Revolution really started. Here was erected at a Inter daie the City hotel, the scene of many memor able functions during the early days of the republic n :ho northeast corner of Nas-au and Cedar streets is a bronze tai.let which reads as follows: Here Ptuort The Mirirl!- luth Church I V 'l.-Htert A. 1 1. i:'.l Made u liial.sh Milit irv l'risn In 1 i:. Oi cupi.-.t as Ih t' S. Tost Ofl'u e li.. " -lsT'j Taken down At which time the post office moved to the present federal building in City Hall park. On the site of the present suhtreits ury, at Pine, Nassau and Wall streets, a new city hall was erected In lC.t'J. In front of the building wa.s a cage for criminals, with whipping post and stocks--bnt not the kind of stocks they sell there now. When indeeiiileiice was declared the building became the capitol and was called Federal hall. Here the Declaration of Independence was rend from the stips in 1771, and here also Washington was inaugurated first president of the United States, in 177'.). The wide ftrip of pavement on the west side of Nassau street in front of the Rankers Trust building bears evi dence of the former existence of Fed eral hall. The latter extended across Nassau street to the building line of the street and so closed the thorough fare that n passageway was estab lished around the building In order that pedestrians might more readiiy get to Nassau street. When the sub treasury was built in lHitO on the site of Federal hall, Nassau street was opened to Wall street, and the little passageway was left, and forms the wide sidewalk of today. Equitable City. Pardon Recalls "Famous Crime. A famous crime Is recalled by the granting of a decree of pardon to a large number of convicts in Italy. Among thosp thus pardoned are Ioctor Naldi and Tulllo Murrl, who were sentenced in connection with the murder of Count Ronmartini, Murri's brother-in-law. Count IVonmartinl. a Rolognu spendthrift, who frequently quarreled with his wife, was found In his flat with his throat cut. in August, 1!Mi- The trial, lasting six months, of the countess -and four ac complices in the murder, in YMC, aroused enormous interest throughout Italy. All the prisoners were confined In a steel ease In front of the Judgp's tribune. Tulllo Murrl. the countess' brother, declared that he remonstrated with the count for ill-trenting Ids wife, and killed him in a quarrel that fol lowed. Hp was sentenced to 30 years' solitary confinement. rootor Nnldl, n friend of Murri's, received the same sentence. He declared that his part in the crime was to cut the corpse In pieces, but thnt this was not done ow let to the date nrrnnsred for the mur det being altered. The countess, who was sentenced to ten years' solitary confinement, was released in 1909. England to Honor Pilgrims. Behind the efforts of those who are seeking to link Creat Rrltaln and America in a lasting union of friend ship two historic episodes stand out In hold relief. It is almost precisely 3O0 years since the Pilgrim Fathers set sail from Ply mouth in the Mayflower to make, on rn undeveloped continent, a brave ex periment of self government. The actual tercentenary falls next year, and already preparations are In prog ress to celebrate the occasion In this country in a fitting manner. Ry way of contrast to that great ad venture one thinks of that other pil grimage last year, when 2,000,000 he roic soldiers left their homes in Amer ica to speed across the Atlantic to the rescue of the old country. They came actuated by that love of liberty which had been handed down to them from the ancient Pilgrims, and with their Rrltlsh brothers they testified on the battle field to the essential unity of the Anglo-Saxon stock. It Is now for Creat Rrltaln and America to de termine that the friendship which their gallant soldiers cemented with their blood shall be a permanent in spiration In their international rela tions. London Dally Telegraph. Beavers Copy Tepees of Indiana. In the pond were a number of bea ver houses which looked like small In dian tepees, writes Samuel Scovllle, Jr., in Roys' Life. Most of them were built In water several feet deep and were from three to four feet above the surface nnd about five feet in di ameter. One, however, was a huge one, built in deep water, and fully twice as large as any other. It was made mostly of peeled Cottonwood poles and stood on a firm foundation of mud and sticks built up from the bottom. The poles leaned together from the top and had been woven In nnd out with thick brush and plast ered with mud and turf until the walls were three feet thick. Proving an Alibi. "Want Lawya Attucks say "bout lem chickens you stole!" "FT; tay Ahm U'ble to go to Jail ess'n Ah g't somh'td'v to prove a' lie by." Cartoons M;ijp?!:w. Money Back If It Doesn't Help You. Ask Your -tDruggisti P H EILFgjb HER FOR SALE BY KENNEDY DRUG STORE, J. L. ADAMS. T0RRENCE DRUG CO., OF GAS T0NIA, N. C, AND P. D. SUMMEY. ( F DALLAS, N. C. JBfcJaUttk-iBMi BRITISH AC afp.ic: Plan to Open Country Which the Huns Had Picked as Worthy of Exploitation. Railway development in Afrlcn Is evidently to be prosecuted with vigor. At any rate, preliminaries are under discussion for a branch railway Into Ruanda from the trunk line that Her man engineers had but just completed from the Indian ocean to Lake Tangan yika. The new line will advance into n country where the war In Europe probably saved the natives from Her man attack. Ruanda had remained tin undeveloped part of the Cerman pos session, but had been examined and written down as particularly vorth while to develop for the variety of its products. The new railway had brought Cerman military force within striking distance, and the history of Cerman management In Africa gives every reason to believe that the open ing up of the Ruanda country would have been a disaster for the Watussl who inhabit it. From he Rrltlsh viewpoint, these natives are to be con ciliated rather than antagonized. They are, in fact, one of the superior races of Africa, held to he related to the Egyptians, Assyrians, or some other ancient African people, and should be benefited rather than injured by the coming of the iron horse and the opening up of their country under Rritfsh auspices. Christiun Science Monitor. Appreciated American Spirit. Here Is an anecdote from MaJ. Inn Hay Relth's "The Last Million," that shows the feeling of one Rrltlsh offi cer toward the American doughboy. "I like the young American's passion ate affection for his country," said the officer, "and his fixed determination to boost everything connected w ith her. One day I was waiting In a village for an American staff car which was be ing sent for me from Chaumont. I found one standing at the corner of the street, so I asked the chauffeur, thinking be might be from headquar ters, 'Where are you from?' And he sat up nnd replied all in one breath, as If I had pressed a button. "Sir, I am from Marlon. Ohio, the greatest steam-shovel producing center in the world!' Just like that. That Is what I call the right spirit." New Kind of Construction. Several exhibition balls and assem bly rooms have been built in Norway by attaching to the uprights a "net ting." fashioned from wooden roils about a third of an Itnh square In cross-section, which nre hound to gether with tin-plated Iron wire, and subsequently covered with a durable plaster. Structures of this sort, says Popular Mechanics Magazine, are easily and quickly construct ed and are said to be useful In winter tlm. Qualified. He was applying for a position as attendant In an Insnne nsylum. "Have you hod any experience hnn dllng irrational persons?" he was asked. 4 "Some," was his response. "I was a motion-picture director for several years." And he was hired forthwith. Film Fun. Proof. "My dear, I was one of the very first to leave," said a man, who, on re turning from an evening party, was greeted reproachfully by his wife. "Oh, you always say that." she re torted. "Well. I can prove It this time, any how," feasted the husband. "Look in the hall and see the gold-mounted am brella I've brought home." A Hearty Laugh. He who has a hearty laugh in a company, a laugh which leaves a sweet remembrance a'fterward, hns conferred no small boon. l.vman Abbott. Come to Think of It, It Is. "It's better. said Uncle Eben. "tn jo up like a skyrocket an' come down like n stick dan to be Jes' plain stick )) 1- tr.i(3." With a Proviso. James was fond of one of his moth er's friends, a girl In her twenties. One day. when he had been particular ly well entertained by her, he remark ed: "Aunt Margie, when I grow up rm going to marry you." Then he looked at her thoughtfully and added: "That is, if you last long enough." 1 fas troubled With female com plaint for several years. ' My husband procured for me a bottle of STELLA "VTTAE, from Mr. L. Hamrick, our merchant, which helped me so much that I used two more bottles, and the three bottles completely cured me. I am certainly thankful for this greac female tonic." Mrs. J. F. Lee, Ga. -THACHER MEDICINE CO. Chattanooga, Tenn., U. S. A. WASNT ASKING FOR MUCH All Buffalo Wife Wanted of the Hus band was Just "One of Those Regional Banks." Stevenson, we believe It was our memory Isn't as good us It was before the Income tax passed tried to lo cate the greatest happiness in married life, remarks a writer In Buf falo News. He said the greatest meed of Joy conies from recount ing tales of courtship, didn't he? Or is the pinnacle of happiness found In social contact with others, whereby husband and wife are spurred by the law of contrast to love one another more dearly? We forget which was his conclusion. 'Tennyrate, both are wrong and un worthy of so great a master of litera ture. Our notion, you may say, is un important, and very probably you speak within the law when you say so. Rut to us the greatest Joy comes In that mystic hour beside the eve ning lamp, when the gray moss hangs low from the nuptial tree, casting shadowy fancies about the heart of the home. To sing to her, to write odes to her, to recount the day's work to her all nre plensant occupations. To read to her, though, is the very height of evening enjoyment; she is so attentive, hangs so interestedly upon every word, and then her re freshing woman's views on what has been rend ! For example, last night, when he rend two columns of compre hensive matter on the currency Inno vation, after which she yawned, wound up the clock and said: "I wish you would stop tomorrow and get one of those regional banks and bring It home. I have one of the A. M. & A. banks and a dime bank, too. But I think one of those regional banks wtuld be so much more desir able for larger money." Two Famous Brogues. Broken English, Professor Beers says, is merely the Imperfect English of an Individual foreig Pidgin Eng lish, the English of Hans Rrletmnnn's ballads and of the "m dy French man, are of that clas. Cr-He English and I'entiv 1 vaiii'i Dutch nre brogues. - $' lp Tonnage. Tonnage l-t the lnternnl cubic ca pacity of a vessel expressed In tons, now reckoned at 100 cubic feet each; of the freight-carrying capacity of vessel, as estimated In tons of 40 cu bic feet enrh. Scotland's Oldert Church. A church at Rimie, not far from Elgin. Scotland. Is believed to be the oldest bouse of public wor.hlp still in use In that land. Tradition says that It was built in 1 1 Tk . and !t still pos sesses n n ancient Celtic bell of ham mered brass. Go Easy on Criticism. When you begin to criticize a man yon must not forget thnt he is grow ing. By tomorrow he may hnve quite outgrown the quality which you dis like. Satisfied His Curiosity. An inquisitive young gentleman read this advertisement In n local paper: "Young man, some woman dearly loves yon. Would you know who she Is? Send postal order for ten shillings to Occult Diviner, address as below, and learn w ho 8he Is." He sent the money and received this answer: "Your mother." Must Rein Ourselves. "lie died in harness, poor chap." "Yes, and. by the way, did you ever notice how much like a harness life is? There ore traces of care, lines of trou ble, bits of good fortune nnd breaches of faith. Also tongues to be bridled, pnssIoTis curbed nnd everybody has to tug to pull through." Only Real Monument. "Those only deserve a monument." wrote Hazlitt, ."who do not need one; thnt is. who hnve raised themselves a monument In the minds and memories of men." Eye of the Starfish. At the end of each nrm In the star fish there is a litle red eye. It does not form an Image, hut has consider able sensitiveness In distinguishing dif ferent degrees of light, enabling the fish to become aware of distant Illumi nation that differs from the surround ing area. Subscribe to The Gazette.
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