The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-09-08
NEWS NOTES

II was officially decided by the Ma
onal Editorial Association at its an
nal convention held recently in New
ork TO adopt the simplifed method
T smelling certain words as follows;
thru. thruout, thoro, thoroly, thoro-
fare, tho, altho, program, prolog' cat
alog, decalog, pedagog.
Customs officials are at work APP
praising the value of the shipment Oh
dives recently brought from Germany
TO this country on board the submarine
Deutschland. AS soon as they deter
mine the valuation, which viii be bas-
ed on,the mbarket prices in Germany
the dyes win be distributed among a
few customers. Dyes which sold at
Toe a pound before the war are said to
be worth from $3.50 to $40 a pound
now.
A convention of the National Asso-
citation of Dancing Masters was recent
" held in Chicago where it was decld-
ed that the tango and other sensation
al dances must be done away with,
The old-fashion waltz, the one-step
and the fox trot viii make up dancing
programs this season, they said.
Owing to the impossbility Of OBJ
tanning ships to handle export wheat,
shipments from the western states to
the eastern coast will have to be trans
ported BY rail. The three staets of
Washington, Idaho and Oregon Will
have 50.0O0,O0O bushels to move, it is
estimated, for which about $500 cars
are required.
SANDY" Harris, half-witted farm
hand of Plains township, Pa, recently
saw what he thought to be pan of
cottage cheese sitting on the kitchen
table and slyly appropriated it. Pro-
ceeding to the barn, he hid himself in
the loft and devoured all he could hold.
Soon after, some children were attract
ed by groans issuing from the barn.
Investigating they discovered Sandy
writing in agony. A doctor was sum-
moned and it was discovered that he
had eaten Stacked lime. His condition
is improving though the agony that he
experienced left him with his eyes per-
manently crossed.
At dancing contest held recently
Oak 0rchad, Del, the prize for the
est dancer was awarded to John
.ogers, local resident who is more
ian &c years old. Rogers has been
Dnsidered the most graceful terpsi-
korean performer in that locality for
lany years. His sons, all of them
good dancers, have frequently tried to
wrest the championship title from him
but have failed.
An order was recently put into eff
feet in Memphis, Tenn, requiring ev-
cry unmarried person in the city tc
undertake to provide for the mainten.
ance Of at least one baby whose par
ents are unable to properly care for it
The plan is said to be proving a grea'
success; little ones are provided witt
many advantages which were former
" denied them. The bachelors seen
to enjoy looking after their little char
ges.
Twelve years ago Glad Hair, o.
Smicksburg, Pa, wrote a letter to hi.
sister who lived in town a few miles
away. Time passed on but he received
no reply and the incident was finally
forgotten. A few days ago, the lettel
arrived at the sisters home. Wher,
i twas during the intervening time re
mains a mystery.
While Gustav Link, a taxidermis
at the Carnegie institute in Pitts
burgh, Pa, was showing a den O
rattle snakes to a class of University
of Pennsylvania students one of tn,
reptiles bit him on the hand. He die
not disclose his injury until the stu
dents had left the room. Assistant
hurried him to the hospital but h
died before serum to counterfeit tn
poison could be secured.
1t cost a certain mining compan,
in California just Al cents to send
gold brick weighing more than fiv
pounds to a mint in San Francisco
Relying on the honesty of postal EN-
ployees, the company sent it by parce
post, wrapped in an ordinary canvas
bag, The brick, which was not of tn
'phony" variety, was valued at 1,80(
Owing to the shortage in pape
supplies the American Newspape
Publishers Association recently sen
kilograms to its members to advis
them to cut down the size of ehir ed
tions. "Monopolistic prices now pre-
vail and will increase until demand
Immediately reduced to a point we
below production" the association d.
clared.
Being short of funds to hire anothe
building to hold their services in viii
their new church was being built
Carlisle, Pa, congregation adopte
the novel plan of erecting the ne
structure around the old one. tt
erection of the edifice has been
progress for nearly two months an
there has been no interruption to IL
services so far, it is said.
A telephone message to a number {
st. Louis citizens that certain cit
bank was near ruin caused a larp
number of depositors to rush to I'll
bank to get their money. A call Wa
sent out to other banks for help an
Sl,000,O00 in cash was brought in an
placed in pile in plain view of til
people. The sight of the money di:
PEELED their fears; only a few Dire
out their deposits.