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the Messages Received.

man thought that the control Of the
dtvining board was "a part of our
being not yet carnated"; another
that It was ''the condensed soul OF
our ancestors" Still another "diffuse
cosmic consciousness Sir William
f. Barrett gave a particularly inter
esting account of his experiences.
He worked with a group OF sitters In
Dublin, and to make sure that they
did not unconsciously direct the In
dicator, he had the letters on the
board jumb1ed and put under glass,
and every one in the room blind.
folded, except himself and a short
hand writer who took down the mes,
sages given.
At the opening OF the seance the
Indicator or control. after accustom-
ing itself to the letters in their new
positions. declared that there was q
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4he Conducted By Sir William Barrett Which the
the Pontngz and the stanoggher Who

President Nicholas Murray Butler OF
Columbia University had also made
efforts to have this new evidence OF
psychic phenomena looked into: and
when the divlning board was little
more than a household memory the
scientists were conducting their ex-
perinents.
But II the investigation was be
lated 1t was distinctly worth while:
for time alone could have enlisted
the favorable attention of a group OF
scientific celebrities like Dr.. Theo-
dore Flournoy, science professor at
the University of Genoa; Sir William
.Crookes. F. r. s., the discoverer OF
metal thallIums and chemist Of
Worldwide reputation; Sir Oliver
Lodge, f. r. s.. D. Sc. OF Birming-
ham College. and Sir w. r. Barrett
of the Royal College Of Science. Dub
lin. Each of these gentlemen list
ened to the arguments OF the spirit
ualists. made his own experiments,
and faithfully reported the results to
the Society OF. Psychical Research.
Does it seem possible to the thou.
sands who toyed with the little di.
Held Pencil and Produced
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often write the most open protes.
tat1ons love and undying afrectton
toward me. and there are at least
three boys still at school and Il
their early teens who have informed
me Of their inexorable determine
ton to we'd me II viii wait "a fen
years.
must be quite honest and con
TESS that I have never yet had 1
letter from any unknown admtrer
Wnom I wished to marry on ac.
quaintance, but 1 once thought i
must really leave London ana nv
back to Paris, or somewhere, to get
away from very persistent wonId-
De lance OF mine. This old gentle
m an-----I know he was an old gentle.
man because he sent me his photo
graph-toId me he had been mar
ried four times and that, being SC
unlucky in his love affairs. he want
ed TO break the spell. and had made
up his mind to marry someone with
W In her name. that letter, accord.
Ing to him. being very lucky. and II
being the only girl.he knew VINO had
'y.'
And now must confess [ once
Kissed boy who wrote to mo Ike
This. Hewas such a fine young sol.
der when he first came to see ne
before ne went to the war. but he
was 80 injured-but so brave ahont
it-when he came back and VA,
carried to the theatre that I had I,
kiss him. couldn't help it.
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By NILE. DeIysia
The Par:stan CoMedisnne.

II GET about hundred letters a
week from people whom do#not
know from Adam-or from Eve.
for you would be surprised to know
how many .fappers'' there are
among my correspondents.
a great number OF these letters
which i receive from perfect strang-
ers are love letters, and often i can.
not help laughing at what they say.
1t seems 10 me so funny to write
to girl you have only seea on
the stage. or perhaps whose photo
graph you have come across in a
magazine or an Illustrated paper,
and say you love her don't
think it Is possible to love" prop
erly like that, do you?
All the same, please do not mis-
understand me; may not be look
tng out for husband just at pres
cnt. but like to have letters from
all who feel they would like to write
to me. II cannot give them my
heart can. ut least. give them my
photograph II they really want 1t!
IN any case. It Is very nice to know
that people want to write to me. and
by hard not to get what you call
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disturbing personality IN the room
This WIS the scientist, and Sir
William! was obliged to give many
spoken assurances before the board
would answer aay OF his queries.
The control wRs changed several
times; finally a spirit who called him
relf Isaac David Solomon took the
board. among other astounding
statements he made this prophecy:
Blood, blood. blood everywhere. A
great nation VIII fall; q small nation
will rise; a great religion will stand
IN danger. News that will astonish
the civilized world Is ut hand. Blood
everywhere This was but short
time before the outbreak OF the
European war. Sir William says:
II do not know of any cases which
are quite parallel to these ouija
board experiments. For We have
here, in addition to the blindfolding
Of the sitters. the amazing swiftness,
precision and accuracy of the move
ments OF the Indicator. spelling out
long and Intelligent messages. often
contrary to the expectation and
beyond the knowledge of the sitters.
Reviewing results as a whole, / am
convinced OF their supernormal char
acter. that we have here an ex-
hibition of some Intelligent discar-
nate agency
Can Spirits Write Messages?
While the scientists were making
+befr guarded statements within the
exclusive circle OF psychics. the
whole civilized world was startled
Nv an amazing volume, from the pen
of Elsa Barker, one OF Americas
sanest novelists, purportfng to be
nure automatic writing-or dictation
from the spirit world through the
medium OF this living author.
The spirit claimed to be that
of a man recently killed in
battle and no matter what In
depreciation reader may put upon
the psychic phenomena OF the book,
the revelations are at least interest
ing. The descriptions OF life after
death, OF the relations between the
spirit world and earth, Of the whole
system of evolution. open up new
field of thought for men. Perhaps
Maeterlinck can yet substantiate
his prophecy. we are on the verge
OF a great spiritual era.
Until we are we'll launched in this
era, however. men will continue to
speak of all psychic phenomena ex-
actly as does the President Of the
nation-half jestingly. half apollo
getically. Lincoln was never more
harshly assailed by his enemies than
after the enhancement at the White
House of a girl medium who urged
him not to waver in Issuing the
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Popular BY the "Plonchette !"
Recent Striking Revelations
Attributed to the Help Of the
Device Thqt Spells.
By Ann Grosvenor=AYres.

n RE you going to be the next
~ President, Mr.. Wilson?'
The ouiIa board says
yes And Mr. Wilson smiled his
tnscrutable smile.
That was four years ago. before
the fateful convention In Baltimore.
The divining board proved truth,
full prophet.
Does tho President still consult
this mysterious counsellor, his
daughters fantastic toy. which
amused the Wilson family during
many quiet evening in the old days
At Princeton?
Only the other week he made refer
ence to the divining board in po-
lItical speech. Jestingly. OF course.
he spoke OF it; almost apologetically
he revealed one OF its quaint
prophecies
For about dozen years the divin
ing board has Seen part OF the VIII
son household 1t was introduced
by the young ladies' of the family
when the fad was at its height IN
America. Few people took the board
seriously: IT was embraced with the
same llghtness and enthusiasm that
would be given to ping-pong or to
auction bridge, Hele was a new
game, "a pleasant pastime. a rage i'm
ported direct from Europe. where 50.
4,,{oY, NOD q ba1dnpada no T1o{atry For
the planchette form OF the dtvin-
ing board
The mystery OF the board lay In
The indicator or control heart
shaped piece of board, tipped at the
corners with felt. When guided by
the hands OF two people. this pointer
moved over the board to different
letters OF the alphabet. spelling out
messages. The force that guided
the indicator was matter Of con-
The Planchette, Much q!
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lecture. At that time the sub.
conscious mind was under popular
discussion. and most people who
took the planchette at all seriously
attributed its writings to that little
explored region of mans brain.
Most users of the planchette.
however. we're content to laugh n
Its prophecies. and to scotf at the
mystery OF the board as they would
at a reading OF tea. grounds. The
claim OF the spiritualists that tho
divining boards revelations came
from across the border OF spirit
land was secuted. Most users Of the
board based their queries upon two
subjects: the weather and love. .'WilI
1t rain Sunday?" and Shall I be mar
ried soon?" were widely asked and
variously answered by the ..con.
troll" Few expected truth from tho
dIvining board or had 1t.
The Claim Of Spiritunlists.
The Tad ran It's course and died
away. The divinlng board went TO
the store-room along with the ping
pong racquets. Meantime the
spiritualists had held 10 their claim
that the board was an exponent of
spirit communication and had per-
suaded certain broad-minded sci.
entists to conduct al series of ex
periments with the board. Arguing
that the control of toe divining board
had never been explained. the
psychtcs wanted to prove that here
was a pure instance of spirit srevela.
ton. They would abide BY the de-
cision of the scientists. And. riding
on world wave of psychic curiosity.
the gentlemen agreed to investigate.
NJ. Maurice Maetcrlinck the Bel
sian author, had all along expressed
his deep interest In the matter. so
mad NJ. Leon Favrc. the consul.gen-
eral OF France The Rt. Hon. A. ].
Balfot1r. British prime minister: Mr..
Andrew Lang. Professor William
James OF Harvard University and
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n HE you going to be the next
~ President. Mr.. Wilson,
The ouija board says
yes. And Mr.. Wilson smiled his
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-08
Love Affairs of Handel.

Women greatly admired Handel, who
was very handsome, but the serenity
of the composer seems only to have
been rufied twice by love on his part.
His first attachment was to London
girl, member Of the aristocracy. Her
parents believed him beneath her In
social position. but were good enough
to say that If he abstained from writ
ing any more music the question Of
marriage might be entertained. 1t was
easier to abstain from their daughter
than from his art, and he did so. Years
after almost the same thing occurred.
Handel and another beautiful pupil Of
his fell In love with each other, and
proud parents gave him the choice be-
tween giving up his profession or their
daughter. Music, heavenly maid"
was chosen.-'The Love Affairs Of
Some Famous Men"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-08
BAGPIPEs AND BRICKS.
One Case In Which Music Did Not Do
tho Soothing Act.

One Case In Which Music Did Not Do
the Soothing Act.
The Adelphia buildings in the Strand,
London. were built by two brothers Of
the family name of Adam. and from
Il IS fraternal union came the name
that was given to the buildings, the
Greek sppellation Of "Adelphi' or 'the
brothers.
These brothers were Scots and IA
the>erection Of the buildings desired to
employ their own countrymen. So
they sent to the Land O Cakes and
Brither Scots" for laborers to do the
work.
The story goes that after they arriva
ed and were set at work they proved
less active and energetic than was
profitable to the employers. to whom
q bright idea finally came. They act
ed upon this idea and brought to Lon
don from the north country number
of bagpipers to encourage the toilerS.
At first all went well. When the
bricklayers heard 20 Hone a Rie, ,"
and the ''MacGregors' Gathering" they
worked rapidly. Unluckily one day
one Of pipers under the influence Of
London gin gave the snap away" by
admitting that he and his. fellow bag
pipers had been bribed to play in
quicker time.
Following this exposure Of foul play
the men from the north put down
their tools and found employment else
where. News.
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RELIEF TANLAC GAVE
CAUSES MOTHER WONDER
MRS. KNOWLES THINKS EANLAC
GAVE DAUGHTER ALMOST IN.
BELIEVABLE AID.
TREATED FOR PELLAGRA.
Says Mrs. Benson Ate Only a Few
Bites During Day-COndftion
Was Very Bad.

81 do not see how any medicine
could do as much for anyone as
Tanlac did for my daughter" said
Mrs. L. Knowles, of 118 Sumter street,
Columbia, in a statement giving high
endorsement to Tanlac. Mrs. Knowles
referred to tt e case of GIrs. Bessie
Benton, who lives at her mothers s
b me.
The relief Tanlac gave Mrs. Benton
was remarkable, Mrs. Knowles said.
Her statement, describing Mrs. Ben
tons ailments and the results Tanlac
gave her, follows:
MY daughter, Mrs. Bessie Benton.
suffered from what was said to be \
severe case of pellagra. She was
treated by specialists here, and had
taken pe!lag7a Ereat ae1tS, but see 5ot
no better while doing so. She did not
eat anything at all. and I do not see
hcw she lived, she ate so little. Her
stomach was in very bad shape, and
many day she did not eat over three
or four bites during the day.
"She was run down terribly, had no
strength and felt badly all the time.
Her heaf: hurt ner ell the iirnc and
she was never easy, her head ached so
much. Her nerves were so bad that
you could see her shake.
eve read about Tanlac, and she
decided to bry it. And Tanlae did her
wonderful amount of good. She
has more life and energy now than
she has had in years. She has a good
appetite, eats a great deal and seems
to have no trouble with her stomach.
She says she does not tire as quickly
row, and she works, all day, but be-
fore she took Tanlac she was so weak
she could hardly do anything.
"She has gained some weight and
looks a great deal better. She does
rot complain of headaches lately.
There is no medicine like Tanlac
she thinks.
81 am glad to recommend Tanlac,
and so is she, for she told me she in
tended writing a testimonial and
sending it to the state agent. I know
it is fine, for l know what it did for
Bessie. l do not see how any medi-
cine could do so much for anyone as
Tanlac did for her.
Tanlac, the master medicine, is sold
exclusively by Glider & Weeks
Newberry; Prosperity Drug Co., Pros
perity; Little Mountain Drug Co., Lit
tie Mountain; DR.. W. 0 Holloway
Chappells; Whitmire Pharmacy, Whit
mire; D J, Livingston, silVerstreet
Price 81 per bottle straight.-Ad7.
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T. Hunter. Clerk. R. C. Hunter.

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Chairman.
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Secretary.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-08
HIS FATE A MYSTERY.
No One Knows JUST How the Youngest
Of the "Sisners" Died.

No One Knows JUST How the Youngest
Of the "sisners" Died.
By a strange trick Of fate Thomas
Lynch, the youngest "signer" Of the
Declaration Of independence, was also
the first one Of these men to die.
Lynch was born in Prince George
parish, S. c., Aug. 5, 1749. He was
only twenty-six when the congress de-
clared the independence Of the colo
nies. Ill health compelled hin to leave
congress soon, afterward, and near the
close Of 1779 he embarked on vessel,
intending to go to Europe for the bene-
At Of his health.
The ship on which he sailed was
never heard Of afterward, and the
fate Of the youngest Of the ''signers"
remains a mystery. It is supposed, of
course. that the ship sank and that
Lynch and all on board were drowned,
but there were rumors that it was
blown out, Of it's course in a storm and
wrecked on a lonely island of the West
Indies and that some of the passengers
and crew were saved.
Thomas Lynch was educated in Eng
land and was the son Of wealthy
South Carolina planter. - New York
World.
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The Trade Winds.

The constancy of trade winds is due
20 the permanence of the conditions
which rule them. AS the heated air at
the equator ascends surface winds set
In from north and south and, uniting,
ascend in their turn and flow off in
opposite directions. AS the velocity Of
the earth's revolution from east to
west is much greater at the equator
than at the poles, wind blowing along
it's surface to the equator is constantly
arriving at places which have higher
velocity than itself: hence it is retard-
ed and must lag behind, and under the
influence Of two opposing forces it IL
compelled to take an intermediate di-
rection, so that what was originally o
north wind is detected and flows
southwest. while what started as a,
south wind becomes northwest. From
the great service they have rendered
to navigation these reliable winds are
called trade winds.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-08
THE MONEY THEY CARRY.
Poor Men, as a Rule. Have More In
Their Pockets Than Rich Men.

FOCE WSur SS ESOI6S FldSS
Their Pockets Than Rich Men.
The next time you meet John d.
Rockefeller just ask him how much
money he has in his pocket. Ask him
how much he has in the safe at his
house or H. the safe deposit box at his
bank-I mean real, old fashioned bank
notes and dollar bills. Let me tell you
that If at this very moment you and
m D. Rockefeller should swap pock-
eth )oks you would likely get stuns
VI Rockefeller probably has not a
more of real money in his pocket
.0day than you have. In a general
way this applies to all peoples all
over the world In many communities
the workpecple carry more money
about with them than the rich.
! we'll remember that once. at my
summer home on the coast Of Massa-
chusetts, where real money is scarcer
than fresh eggs. a very rich man who
was visiting US asked me to cash Il
check for him as be was leaving for
New. York. On looking into his pock-
etbook he discovered he had only
$7.13. Well. 1 was even worse of,
having only a five dollar bill and
few pennies Even Mrs. Babson could
dig up only few dollars. as we have
everything charged and pay by check.
We were just on the point Of break
ing open a child's bank when a paint
er working about the house overheard
the conversation and suggested that
perhaps he could cash check for $50!
This workman had on him q roll OF
several hundred dollars in bills.-Rog-
er W. Babson IN Saturday Evening
Post.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-08
HECkLES HUGHES
AND CHEERS HIM
ReseE.S Critisism of Administration
but Recognizes Moderation at
Close.

Nashville. Tenn, Sept. 4.-Charle
Z. Hughes in territory which no Re-
lublican presidential nominee has
ever visited before, tonight faced a
II multuous audience in the audit
ium here. With cheers for Wood
Wilson ringing again and again in
ears, heckled by Questioners and halt
ed often by Democratic sympathizerc,
the nominee delivered his speech,
criticizing the administration for its
rolicics, declaring fer protective
tariff and, in a reference which tee
audience took to apply to the enact
melt CT the Adamson bill, asserting
tnat he stocS firmly Cor the arbitration
OF all industrial disputes.
81 believe there is no grievance WITH
respect to labor Mr.. Hughes salo'
"ttat can not be settled by "a fair, can
did examination of the facts.
1--WE have, in the past na6 to deal
frequently with the opposition of era-
ployers to the principle of arbitration.
Sometimes they have refused to arbl-
trate disputes. Public opinion has
been against them, believe, and l
sand firmly. for the principle Of arol-
trati,g all industrial disputes.
"I believe that anything that is
right in this country can be settled
right. What is our great republican
government? What are our free in
stitutions? We have come down the
long course of history with the people
lighting slowly, slovIly-nou with de-
feat and now with vietory-for a rec
IGNITION of the reign of reason IN
stead of the reign of tryanny ana
force.
uNow then, stand for two things:
first, for the principle of fail, I'M
partial, thorough, candid arbitration;
and second, for legislation On racts
according to the necessities OF che
case And 1 am opposed to being dc
tated to either in the executive de-
nartment or in congress by any power
o., earth before the facts are Known
and in the absence Of the facts.
1--WE have a great country and
great future. But it can only be pre-
served in one way: that way is the
way of all honest, fair investigatlon
and candid treatment, Show me ene
way that is right and I Will take; II
but I won't take any way that ~
not know any thing about
The audience, which had interrupt
ed Mr.. Hughes repeatedly in the
earlier portion of his speech to caeer
for woodrow Wilson, heard the noml-
nee,s declaration in silence and at It's
conclusion applauded him as entnu-
ssasticaly as it had heckled MIN De-
fore
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Bluffs Sometimes Win.

The Chinese tell story about a
tiger that was led by a monkey to q
field where a fat mule was grazing.
The tiger. who had never seen Il mule
before. licked his chops. But the mule
looked up languidly at the monkey and
said:
'Friend monkey, heretofore you have
always brought me two tigers. How
is it you bring me only one today?'
The bluff was so excellent that the
tiger made off as fast SIS he could go.
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A Prophecy That Failed.

The old Emperor William used to
tell story against himself which well
serves to illustrate that most gratui-
tous form Of error. prophecy" When
the emperor was only king Of Prussia
he saw one day among his troops an
untidy looking lieutenant. who is
that MANI" he asked An officer" he
was told. who has just left the Danish
service and joined the Prussian." !"
THAT man will never get on in tire
army" said the monarch. and he used
to add in telling the story. The, man
was Moltke. and my judgment Of him
gives you the measure Of my insight"