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The Harrison times., 1917-03-10

Pete Venable, conductor and Frank
Griffith, an engineer on the NJ. & N.
A. Railroad, now have 100000 pounds
of rich silicate ready for shipment
from their North Slope mine on Cave
Creek They have been in the game
for about a year and have shipped
about twenty cars of zinc. They also
have car load of lead ready for ship
ment which at present prices repre-
sents a nice sum of money.
The Harrison times., 1917-03-10

H. J. VanCil and John Roy have de-
yeloped new property on Huzzah
creek, six miles east of Harrison. This
property is in a new section and is
producing a fine grade of ore. Ship
ments from this new mine have been
made through Harrison. Messrs. Van
Gil and Roy have secured leases on
the land lying south of Harrison for
three miles, and will begin drilling at
once for ore or oil. These gentlemen,
who have been lifelong miners, are
confident that they will be successful
in this new venture.
The Harrison times., 1917-03-10

See the Boone Co. Abstract Co. for
Abstracts. Office In Court House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-24
Government Ownership of
Street Car Companies?
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Senator Ptmans announcement that no power exists
make the Washington Railway and Electric Company take
back the striking employees except possibly Government
ship or Government regulation Of this street
ought to be sufficient indication corporation of what
is coming The street business either profitable
profitable will be known in definite figures
when the Public Utilities Commission finishes evaluang the
properebu thus far the in which every suggestion
Of Government ownership has been fought gives the impress
sion that the street companies far from losing money
But strict governmental regulation not ownership, win
come than the Washington Railway and Electric
Company may believe persists in treating its employees
has heretofore The attitude Of that is the
thing that viii bring Government ownership. The wiser
pocyand it is not late to begwoud be to take back
the striking employees pay them decent and to make
every effort improve the street service that has produced
such widespread complaint The public will be glad to
operate Public utilities in other cities do not hesitate to
educate passengers by pacards and posters that they w
obtain the greatest advantage from their daily expenditure
for The city of Washington is somewhat different
from other municipalities in the demand for street service
Thousands Of Government clerks start for work between $3.50
and o'clock in the morning and stop at 80 in the after
Both street companies put extra for those
emergency hours Some day be found advisable for the
Cabinet Secretaries to fix another schedule of hours for their
clerks Some departments could begin at 845, others at
o'clock others at 915 m and at the other end of the day
the clerks might be permitted to leave 415 then 430 and
rotation schedule could be arranged applicable during
periods Of two weeks The advantage the Government would
be that clerks would get to their offices promptly and
that the latter would get comfortably and more
quickly in the afternoons
Cooperation between the public and the street
panes is difficult obtain the utilities would only put
themselves in accommodating frame of mind The city of
Washington Is growing rapidly The will much to
development of the Nations Capital Berlin became
city only after the 1870 And Washington expands
the need for efficient street service obvious Govern
ment ownership desirable be postponed not avoided
entirely by the public utilities if they act opportunity in the
public interest 1t not be postponed the public interest
continues to be ignored.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-24
Arithmetic of the Stars
Their Remoteness Is Almost Unthinkable, but
After the Astronomers Have Got Their Par
allaxes Anybody Can Work Out Their Distances
By Garrett P. Serviss

the standard Of measurement fos
stellar distances.
But in all cases star paraIIaxss
are less than a second-of-arc, and
usually but q small fraction OF .
second They are expressed decI-
mally, thus o".1o. which means thai
the parallEx IL one-tenth OF . second of.
arc, or 0".o5, which means . paralIax
of five one-hundredths OF . second.
How are you to apply the rule to
these decimal, or fractional, paraL
laxesH
1t Is very easy. for all you have
to do is to divide 1e.0o0. 600, ooo. 900.
the mile-value Of one second, By
the fraction representing the actual
parallAx, and the work IL done. For
an example. take the second eAsS
above, where the parAllax IL o".o5. or
500 Of . second Dividing 1s.ooo,-
o0O. 0oo. 900 by this We have $50, ooo,-
ooo. 900. 900. which IL the distance IN
miles OF q star having 4 parAIlax Of
0".o5. You must rensmbsr to divide
and not multiply by the fraction
Here Is . list OF parallaxes Of the
most important stars chosen from
those adopted by Neweomb, and It
would be we'll to keep this HIST AZ
hand:
Polaris 1.-THE North starr, o. .oe: Aide
oaran. oil; capellG, 600; Rigsl.
600; Betelgeuse. o".O2; Campus.
600; Sirius, o".3T; Castor. o"-2o; Pol
lux, o".o6; Procyon. o".3o; Rsgulus,
0".o2; Arcturus. O"OS: Alpha Centau=I,
OTIS: Antares. 0".02; Vega, OIL; Al
tair. o"+23: Densb. 600; FomAlhGut,
OILS.
BY applying the rule you can cal
culats for yourself the respective dis
tances OF these great stars, and the
variety exhibited will strike you. per-
haps. with surprise. For instance,
Castor, and Pollux are the celebrated
pair called The Twins" But PoIlux
is more than twice the distance BE-
yond Castor that Castor il from Us,
and yet POllux Is the brighter OF the
two.
You will observe that there are
three stars In the list whose par
aIlax Is represented by three Eeros
This means that they are so far
away that their paraIlaxes cannot be
certainly measured. all that we know
being that II Is leSp than one-hun-
dredth OF 4 second. At the limit OF
one-hundredth OF a second their par
allaxes would represent a distance OF
300 .OOO. 900 900 900 miles. But II II
certain that their real distance IL
much greater. Moreover. there Is no
reason to suppoEe that they are at
equal distances. Among them you
will observe the mighty Campus.
about whose gigantic size ! was
writing when the error rrspt In eon-
corning the distance OF SiriGS. which
led to the present writing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-24

In correcting an error that
through . slip OF the pen, or OF the
types, or of a cog In the BRAIN
article OF mine about the distance of
the great star Sirius, think II
would be useful to state once for all
in the plainest possible way the rule
by which the distance OF the stars
In miles can be calculated from the
technical data given in astronomical
works, 80 that everybody can help
himself In this matter.
Now, let me say that II . reader
should see the distance of any star
he may be sure that there Is . mis-
take and that the distance Is under
stated. Alpha Centauri, probably the
nearest star Except our own star,
the SUM Is at . distance of about
p. 900. ooo. ooo, 900 miles.
The basis for the calculation of
the distances OF the stars Is furnished
by the mean radius OF the earth's
orbit; l. Q, the eArth's distance from
the sun. This serves for base line"
and can be used like a surveyors base
line for measuring the angular dis
placement of objects viewed, in turn,
from its opposite ends. In the case
of the stars this displacement Is
called "parallax," the parallAx OF q
star being the angle that would be
subtended by the radius OF the eArth's
orbit seen from the distance OF that
star. Lists OF the parallaxes OF the
principal stars, as far as they have
been Ascertained, are to be found in
astronomical books. The astronomer
seldom takes the trouble TO turn them
into an expression showing the dis
tances in miles, but this can easily
be effected in the following manner:
Suppose the parallsx were one sec
ond-of-arc. It would be printed thus
u" OO-the two strokes resembling
a quotation mark being the symbol
for q second-of- arc. By the principle
of angular measurement we know
that an object which usually sub
tends one second-of-arc is at . dis
lance from the observer equal to
206. PES times its diameter, the dia-
meter being taken at right angles to
the line OF sight. Now. since the
radius OF the esrth's orbit (look back
at our definition of parallax) II pS,-
OOO. 900 miles. we must multiply that
number by zoe. PCS. II the pGrAllAx Is
precisely one second-of-arc, and the
product, ls.172 .645. Ooo. 900 gives Us the
distance. For convenience we drop
all except the frst two significant
figures. leaving 10000 .OGO, OO0. 900,
which represents. in miles, the value
OF the ''pArsso," lately adopted -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-24

The little girl who sat next An
ME Wheelock and myself at a
matinee last Wednesday after
noon kicked her heels and wriggled
and climbed up at the absorbing
passages of the play to whisper in
her mothers ear, and between
whites amused herself with a
nerve-racking toy, some sort Of
nondescript bird whirring on a
stick.
It had such a disastrous effect
on Annie's temper that she was
still Tuning when we sat down to
tea a half hour later at Sherry's
with Gordon Maxwell.
THAT fiendish child" she ex-
claimed. "If / were her mother,
I'd give her a spanking that she'd
remember for the rest of her life"
what good would that do?"
asked Gordon quizzically, as he
lighted his inevitable cigarette.
at would help somewhat to con-
vince me that mushy sentimental
ity about child-welfare and all
that sort of stuff had not entirely
swept away the old-fashioned
ideas of discipline" she returned
sharply.
"Oh!" said Gordon. "But tell
me, please, Annie, is it of the least
Importance to that little girl, or
to the whole tribe of children,
that you should see old-fashioned
IDEAS of discipline enforced?"
Gordon and Annie are both mid
dle-aged and unmarried. was
prepared, therefore, to listen to a
discussion of the child question
that promised to be interesting
and for all l could tell illuminat-
ing.
Don't be absurd" said Annie
scornfully. I'm not considering
the children; it's the comfort and
convenience of their elders that
counts in a case like this. The
idea Of bringing that little pest to
the theater! She spoiled the play
for every one within sight or
sound of her. wondered that the
ushers did not put her out"
isn't it her mother, then, that
deserves the spanking for taking
her there?" ventured.
my idea, exactly" agreed Cor
don warmly. ''If there are any
penalties to be dispensed when
children annoy other people in
public places, let them be inflicted
upon the responsible parties; in
other words, those who bring them
along"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-24
Just Discussion on Raising Children
the Yngst Place Where He Will
by His NuraA S One
By Eliza beth Jordan

Sentimental boshl" scoffed
Annie.
"Call it that, If it makes you feel
any better" he returned. "To me,
however, it seems a simple matter
of justice"
She Had Strong Ideas on the
Old-Fashioned Obedience"
Idea.
"Justice!" She said it with an
air of disdainful superiority. Pre-
posterous nonsense! It's just of a
piece with all this silly faddism
about child-welfare and child
culture. 1t began with kinder
gartens and has developed into q
disease, each new, fantastic theory
being succeeded by another one,
like the semi-annual changes in
women's fashions. Philanthropists,
professional and amateur; doctors,
clergymen, school teachers, psy-
biologists, and women's societies
have all, separately and collect
lively, invaded the field of child
life; uprooted old foundations and
landmarks, and covered the ground
with a swarm Of shacks and jerry
built villas that don't last over
night. They've FORMULATED hy-
gienic and sanitary and dietetic
rules for the young, and they've
racked their brains to think UP
schemes to turn good, wholesome
work into play, and to make games
a task. They've turned everything
topsy-turvy to encourage children
to evade the one lesson of q child's
life-obedience. They talk and
act as if their own fathers and
mothers, and their fathers and
mothers before them, were dolts
and idiots"
"If the results as you state them
are facts, it seems to me that they
have correctly estimated their an
cestors," l broke in with a laugh.
But don't you realize, my dear
Annie, that we are living in an
age in which the old order Of
things is passing away? To a GER
tain extent sympathize with your
feelings and your conclusions; but
whether we like It or not, it seems
to me we must admit that the old
adage, Spare the rod and spoil
the child has lost its significance,
at any rate, in the literal sense in
which it used to be understood and
applied. The process Of evolution,
intellectual, moral, and spiritual,
has finally, and, l believe, forever,
disposed Of the idea of corporal
punishment as a factor in the
training Of children and Ii isn't
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-24

character Of its individual men,
bers; in other words, upon the
free, unfettered growth Of the
child's soul. Instead, the child is
cramped by traditional standards,
thwarted by adult selfshness, CO.
creed into the acceptance Of bene-
fits alien to his own Gnd-Given
convictions. To me there is no
more pathetic sight in the world
than that of child in the presence
of his elders / admit it may be
3 purely sentimental fancy, but
child with grown people always
reminds me Of the poor brutes i'm
prisoned in iron cages, longing for
the freedom of the fields and
forests, miserable, homesick, for
lorn."
"You ought to have children Of
your own" Armies voice had just
the suggestion Of a sneer in it;
"only l am afraid they would turn
out to be anything but law
abiding"
"AnG admitting the truth Of all
you say, Gordon" 1 said, "and l
think most of it is true, what are
we going to do about it,"
"Well," he confessed, with q
trace of embarrassment, 81 have
bought an abandoned farm in New
England-about 200 acres it is
with a big, old-fashioned house on
it capable Of being easily re-
modelled so as to accommodate fifty
or sixty children. If it hadn't been
for the war, which has so upset
everybody's plans, / should have
had there now the beginning Of
colony of babies"
"For heavens sake" exclaimed
Annie. "What could an old bache-
lor like you do with colony Of
babies ?"
"a would try" he answered, ito
give them the benefit of the same
training, in principle, that we give
to high-bred horses and dogs-to
bring out the best that is in them.
No expert horse or dog trainer
ignores the specific, individual
points Of his charges, moral as
we'll as physical. No system Of
education, however, takes account
of the child's individuality, his
temperament, the peculiar spir-
itual life that belongs to him and
makes him different from every
other human being that ever lived.
The aim of education, so-called, is
to standardize the human soul
My aim will be to accept and cul-
tivate and emphasize its differ
ences."
Gordon" l said, "you have
hitchsd your wagon to a star"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-24

WILLIAM OF THE HoHENzoL- KERENsKY OF THE RUSSIAN
LERN AUTocRAcY. REVOLUTION
Kerensky Of Russia in public statement to the Rus
sian revoluons that the fateful hour for
Russia has struck" The Germans have made hole ten
miles long and eight miles deep into the Russian line of de-
Tense.
Kerensy hastens to the front to inspire the broken
revolutionary ranks, if he
Emperor William goes to the front to continue the war;
to direct the blows of his army against the great Russian
revolutionary bubble.
Nothing interesting in the whole Of human his
tory than the contrast of these two facing each other
and fighting each other across the border.
Kerensky, strong mentally weak physically takes you
back to the day when thin yelowfaced boy, suffering
from the itch and named Napoleon Bonapae went to Italy
to win glory and power, defeating the Austrians.
Emperor William, with his Prussian phaanx, his de-
voted troops from all Germany, his Austrian Bulgarian
allies obedient to his will recalls he approaches Russia
the Greek Alexander entering Persia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-24
KERENSKY.
HoHENZOLLERN.

represents called
long you that heensky came from no
fghters-his nrr,o ~
including Frederick the Great of His friends would tell
victories, others ue EeaI OF RUSSIA
of whom Napoleon made
joke. revolution. He is its inspiration its
includes WI De one
himself the and qukness already, those
democrahe has worked with nave tired 70 murder hir
his the
includes the and republic that by treason
power absolute auoacy. ~ anu Oh opinion
in
ton by his people, believe that ofc when they
he made their prosperity their one day. and the next
nation and will give them their sal HANDY from be anu OOrrO"
vaton Kerenskv fighting ,veld int
At the same time he is their "ar one fighting mass forV
Lord they obey him. thousand IDEALS three
die fight when he tells deIen languages Simple
delivers aI 70 ms TASK was hat OF the
with the snre force of Prussia solid of the volatile
that all the that sufficient de-
allies deliver. Every Of cold would do it.
back the blow suhcent degree Of misery
divided purpose auShoer hunger and
intelligent allied armies work under public Kerensy probably
him as will live to
You these two faces read these brief descriptions
and say: Kerensky and Russia have chance German
autocracy, Prussian power the will to conquer will win"
Hohenzolen represents autocracy force coercion con-
centraton
Kerensky represents the ideal human hope and belief
in the possibility of freedom and kindness Kerensy strug
giles against Odds But certainly you hold this paper
now living will the day when the Kerensky idea
will be realized and the Hohenzoern idea will have disap
peared.
Russia of today, troublous fighting, disorganzed will
be the great power of another day Kerensky will probably
live to it. Treason jealousy blind fanatcism
will kill him.
But the for whose liberty he has worked will in
powerful Russian republic live side by side eventually
with republic of Germany. Intelligence wins all wars in
the long run
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-24

strange that the first reaction
should be toward sentimental
theoriEing. These fads, as you
call them, are merely experiments
which sooner or later will crys-
tallize into something like a scien-
tifc system. Meantime, we must
put up with the experimenters."
"You mean that the children
must put up with Them" protested
Gordon. ITO my mind, that's very
much like saying that dogs and
cats and rabbits ar guinea-pigs
must put up with the vivisection-
lists, and I'd like to ask you if you
don't think that the kiddies are
much more than the beasts Of the
field? That's just where the vice
lies in all this dealing with the So
called child problem. It leaves out
of account the fact that a child is
an immortal soul endowed with a
heaven-born right to develop itself
in its own way. Absolutely in its
own way" he turned to Annie,
"but you don't consider the young
sters. In your opinion it's only
the comfort and convenience Of
the elders that counts"
"Well, you needn't bite my head
off," she snapped. Then she added
rather apologetically: "of course,
what l said was an extreme state
ment."
He Thinks the Elders Are All
Devising Means to
Shirk Duty.
mo more extreme than the
actual fact" Gordon replied. at
states correctly the general atti-
tude toward children. In public
and private, at home, in the school,
and in the church, the primary
impulse is to dispose of them SO
as to minimize the labor of those
who are charged with the RESPONSE
bility for them. l don't say that
there are not exceptions among
individuals and institutions, and,
thank God, the number Of excep-
lions is increasing. But believe
it to be true that the prevailing
feeling about children is that, if
they are not actually a nuisance,
they are to be controlled and even
suppressed for the benefit of the
community, which means simply
for the benefit of their elders.
And that, to my mind, involves a
wholly mistaken idea as to the
welfare of the community; for in
the last analysis The welfare of
the community depends upon the
nativa fnrca and originality Of the
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-19
MANY DELEG[: s
ARE To ATTEND
NATIONAL Assertion OF BUILD
ERS EXcHNGEs TO MEET IN
THAT CITY.

ATLANTA, Jan. 1S.-Every city in
the southeastern states will be vitality
interested in the visit of 1000 dele
gates to the annual convention of the
National Association of Builders Ex-
changes, which is to be held in At
lanta, February II to Is.
the men who attend are the leading
architects, builders and construction
men from all sections of the United
States, and it means that southern
leaders will have opportunity to con-
fer and compare notes with the men
who are. doing the biggest things in
the north, east and west
The great deposits of marble, gran
lite and other building materials which
are found in the mountains of the
southeast will be called forcibly t. the
attention of the world, and Special
visits will be made to some of the big
quarries already under development.
A special train will be used for the
purpose.
One of the features of the cenven-
ton will be special trip to Stone
Mountain, the largest granite boulder
in the world and one of the most curl
Gus sights on the American continent
In addition there will be big display
of southern minerals and building
stones at the state capitol
Elaborate entertainment plans are
in process of formation including a
Valentine Ball at the Capital City
Club, and an old 'planttion evening, in
which number of old-time darkies
will be introduced to cake-walk, sing
play and do other characteristic
stunts for the northern guests.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-19
SPECIAL NOTICES.
SPECIAL NOTICE..

All persons, firms and corporations
in the City of Brunswick owning
personal property of any description,
except those corporations required
by law to make returns to the Comp
troller General Of the State of Geor-
gia, are hereby notified that returns
Of personal property for the purpose
of taxation for the year 1917 must be
made in person to the undersigned by
the 31st day of January 1917. Failure
to make a return will subject the
owner to the penalty of double as
sessment. Any return of personal
duly made and accepted by
me for the year 1916 will be and is
accepted as the return for 1917,
UNLESS notified by me, of which due
notice will be given.
l.. A. Robinson,
City Assessor.
Roome No. 5 City Hall.
Brunswick, Ga, Jan. 1, 1917.