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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Little.known Hero.

OF the many stories Of heroism dur
ing the war on which official records
are silent but which are being brought
forth with relaxation of the censor
ship is that of Captain Larcombe OF
the antiaircraft defenses Of the Lon
don (Eng.) district. His job for four
years has been to find and dispose OF
German aerial bombs that failed to
explode when dropped on London.
After each air raid, and in the early
part of the war there were many, Lar
corabe and his men would go about the
city seeking the "duds." 1t was dan
gerous work extricating them from
wherever they happened to drop, trans
porting them out of the city and ex-
ploding or otherwise destroying them.
During the excitement after raid few
people thought Of the bombs that
failed to "go off," but all OF them have
ceased to be a menace to the city.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Ware Souvenirs.

Even "kultur" has its limitations.
One of these is brought out in a let
ter from Private Ralph G. kilbon OF
the Sixteenth engineers. He says:
"I am in dugout that was very has
tily abandoned by 'kultured' Boche.
He was 'kultured' enough to have a
nice feather tick in his bunk, which /
appreciate in spite Of the fact that
even his kultur' didn't keep it from
being alive. However, he left ne his
helmet for a box and plenty of can
dies to light up the place. There is
everything in the line Of souvenirs
that one could ask, but. everything l
heve goes on my back. with an over
coat, blankets, raincoat, shelter tent
and extra clothes, so the souvenirs will
stay just about where they are, un'
less somebody comes along with a
truck"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
BACK 70 HIS OLD FREEDOM
Stormy Petres, After eriet Stay With
Tame Birds, Returns to His
Accustomed Place.

1.-THE stormy petrol has left u.s." said
Sergeant McGee OF the park police.
"He appeared to be getting along with
the mudhens like house on fire, but
on Monday or Tuesday last he just
faded away, and now he is back on his
ocean wave or wherever else petrels
go when they get tired of the company
of mudhens.
"But successor has come from
the briny deep to keep up the tradi'
tons Of the blue-water birds On
Stow lake. He is only a seagull. aha
a seagull is not such rara avis o..
terra as our lost friend. the stormy
petrei. Nevertheless he is the first
wild one of his kind that has ever
tarried with US for two weeks. and
seemed to keep comfortable.
"He has no use for either the ducks
or the muahens. That is to say. he
does not mix with them. But he has
struck up friendship with Anthony
and Cleopatra. the two pelicans OF
the Nile. and there is no driving MIN
away from them. Maybe he thinks
they will protect him from the mud
hens. maybe ii is case Of the de
sire of the moth for the STAR and ne
is in love with one Of them. If so. il
is only a matter of time when one ni
the other Of them will get jealous ano
gobhle him up in one gulp. san
Francisco Bulletin.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Jim Buckley Finally Proved Truth Of
Saying That He Was Fond
of Repeating.

'aThar amt nothin' In the world but
10 good fer somethin'" is one Of the
favorite sayings Of Jim Buckley OF
Bear Lake.
Buckley is thrifty soul. He farms
in summer and traps In winter and be-
tween wheat and furs he is growing
rich. One morning his wife was cook
ing breakfast. She broke rotten egg
into q skillet ami was starting toward
the door to throw it away when Buck
ley stopped her.
"Woman, don't throw that egg
away" said Buckley.
"But it's rotten" protested his wife.
Makes no difference" declared the
philosopher. Thar amt nothin' in the
world but" 4
James Buckley" exclaimed his
wife, "rve heard that thousand
times"
The wolf never shifts at the doors OF
the prosperous farmers of the Peace
river country. But foxes are differens
animalsyhere is something you don't
know-rotten eggs are rated as an epi-
cureau tidbit in vulpine menus.
That night Buckley set trap in
poplar grove near his home and baited
it with the rotten egg. He hoped tc
catch a red fox or perhaps coyote.
But when he went out to his trap next
morning, what do you think he founds
The biggest silver fox Buckley ever
had clapped eyes on. He sold the pelt
in Peace River the other day for SS46.
"a right nice lot o. money to hatch
from rotten egg" remarked Buckley,
as ne stuffed the money in his pocket.
''I've alters allowed that thar amt
nothin' In the world but is good fer
somethin'."-Chicago Post.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Aristocrats in Gutter.

We hear rumors of grand dukes and
other members of the old nobility OF
Russia driving cabs and peddling boot
laces in Petrograd This Is no new
thing in Europe. In England the de-
scendants of the great ePlantagenets
have been found in very lowly occupa-
tons. A few years ago a lawsuit
proved that a genuine Bourbon was
then hawking vegetables in the streets
of Paris. A few years earlier son OF
a cousin Of Empress Josephine. Ma
poleon's first love. was sent to prison
for petty larceny. In 1892 the Marquis
DeFoligne was an omnibus conductor !;
the Comte de la Marche was a house
painter; the Marquis DeTorcey d'Etat
linde kept a small inn at Carnac. and
the Marquis d'Hauteroche. descend
ant of the nobleman who. at the bat
tie of Fontenoy, called out to the
English: 'Tirez les premiesrs.' was a
gendarme.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
censor's Office Boy.

It must be the censor's office boy
who Is responsible for some OF the va
carries of the blue pencil. Not long ago
some patriotic soul quoted Kiplins's
line from the "Recessional," 1.-THE cap
tains and the kings depart" He had
the surprise of his life when the word
"kings" was struck out. But worse
is now reported. Another scribe,
greatly daring in the meatless days,
quoted Thomas Hoods joke in an ar
ticle on "Wayside Graves" or some
thing equally solemn:
$50 they buried Ben at four cross
roads
With a stake in his inside"
That was too much for the censor's
office boy. A stake in his inside, In
deed. The censor's office boy knew If
he knew how to spell that the food
controller would never sanction a
whole "steak"-a nice, succulent, juicy
steak, in anybody's inside. So he de
leted the offending lines. Who shall
say that we are not ardently patri-
otic people?-London News.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
PUT HYPNoTIsM TO GOOD USE
Australian Physician Announces That
He Has Cured War Stammerin0
by Its Employment.

Writing in the Medical Journal OF
Australia, DR.. Clarence G. Godfrey
states that during the past two years
a number of cases have been referred
to him for treatment by hypnotic sug-.
gestion. in which stammering or slut
tering had developed, or had been
revived, after years Of disappearance,
as the result of she'll shock or
Of various war stresses. Sometimes
q hpynotized patient has been told to
keep on repeating some well-known
nursery rhyme and not to cease at the
signal to awake. although in the mid
die of the rhyme, bnt to keep on talk
ing. He will usually manifest his
astonishment at finding himself talk
ing without difficulty. Sometimes
patient will converse on waking with
out realizing that his stammering has
disappeared until his attention is
drawn to it with amusing effect. In
one case the patient spoke perfectly
in sleep at the first attempt to hyp-
notiZe him. although he had had a
very bad stutter for eight months past,
being almost inarticulate. He woke
in a few minutes apparently cured
and has been free from stutter ever
since.
It has been noticed that every case
treated. even the worst. has been able
to speak far better in the hypnotic
state than out of it.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Remarkable Repair Ship.

To enable the American ds3troyers
and chasers in British waters imme'
diately to effect repairs and renewals,
there was a repair SHIP stationed at
Queenstown of a remarkable charac-
ter. The vessel, of about 5000 tons,
was a floating machine shop, foundry
and store, able to do any kind OF re-
pair work short Of drydock work. The
bakery produced long loaves of crust
ed bread for all the ships, and once
created most elaborate birthday
cake for Admiral Sims.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07

Red Cross Workers Set Out to Find
the Young Soldier and Of Course
They Succeeded.

Dad was from Some little town near
Cincinnati. He had come all the way
to indianapolis to see his boy his Only
SOD who had been away from home for
four gears. The hoy was III the arm!
and was being transferred. He was to
be In indianapolis op Sunday ana
wired his father To meet him. Some
how, father and son missed connection
in the union station. Dad decided 10
appeai 10 the women of the Red Cross
canteen booth.
81 was 20 meet him here" dad SAID.
HE hasn't shown up. know he's III
Indianapolis somewhere"
The canteeners got bnsy. Dad and
his boy had 20 ne brought together.
FIRST the canteeners summoned the
military police They got descrlp-
tion of son. The NJ. P.'s started out
to find h,m. The canteeners also start
ed scouts. They visited every Gown
town corner and haunt Of the soldiers.
An hour later the canteeners loekeo
up toward the station door, In came
dad and his bay-arm in arm.
"f did just as you told me-" the f2-
ther said. "You told me to go uptown
and stand on that corner You said
he'd pass there. and pretty soon ne
did. The military police kept corning
BY TO ask if | had e trail OF him. And
then he came. My. but he was glad
to see me-"
Of course he was glad to see him.
The BOYS smile told how glad he was
to see his ad.-1nhianapolis News.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
CLAIM CURE FOR CHAMBERS
italian savants Discovery, II True.
Will Have Earned Them the
Gratitude Of Mankind.

The reviews OF medicine and vet.
Urinary surgery speak ct important
researches looking to the cure OF CLAN
ders. which affiicts horses and may
also attack man. who almost invaria-
bly, succumbs.
At the beginning OF the war the
spread OF sEandefs especially among
the quadrupeds Of the Third Italian
army. suggested to Colonel Command
ing DR.. f. Bertctti. director of the
veterinary service Of the army. the
idea of utilizing the victims Of CLAN
ders in making experiments in regard
to its durability.
Obtaining permission Of the war
ministry and the supreme command
of the army the experiments were be-
gun at Caorle in q sanitarium rigorous
ly quarantined and equipped with all
the latest scientific and surgical ap-
pliances.
DR.. Guido Finzi, head Of the Insti-
suite of Pathology and Medica! Clinics
Of the Superior Veterinary School OF
Turin, assisted Doctor Bertetti. After
two years they announced that glan-
ders was curable not only in its chron-
ic stages but also in its process OF evo-
luton.
The importance of the discovery and
the evidence of the results obtained
led the two experimenters to ask for
a commission to make practical tests
of their discoveries. The results fully
confirmed the facts announced by DOC
tors Bertetti and Finzi.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
More Uses for Electricity.

AS might be expected, the use O
wire resistances in fabrics to give elet
tric heating has suggested a great VS.
riety of applications. Besides tn
electric pad as a substitute for tn
hot water bottle these devices includ
electrically heated bath robes, swea'
ing robes, heating bags, rugs, foe
warmers. ear warmers, motorman'
gloves and even an electric blanke
for the old and rheumatic horse. Ele
trio current may be taken from Hgh
ing circuits or special batteries.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Anthony in the Transvaal.

A new body of antimony is reported
to have have been opened near the
Komati river, in the district of the
stenysdorp gold fields, Transvaal. A:
the ore is found to be valuable, a min.
ing company is now carrying on smelr-
ing operations on the spot. Three
shafts have been sunk to depth Of 81
feet. besides open workings. One is
continuous throughout. A furnace
capable Of smelling ten tons OF ere
per day is in operation and it is stated
that there is sufficient ore in sight to
keep the furnace working while devel-
opments are being made.-Scientifie
American.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Slow sartoriaI Reconstruction.

The question Of civilian equipment
has its humorous as well as its seri-
Gus aspects for the honorobly dis
charged soldier or sailor. Some are
lucky enough to return Immediately
and completely to "cits," while others,
less fortunate, must content them
selves with sort Of half and half
adorn1nent. It no longer causes
astonishment to detect pair of neat
ly creased trousers hanging stiff1y be-
meath military khaki overcoat, or to
see the short blue jacket of the sailor
covering an otherwise perfect civilian
outfit. These are some OF the minor
problems of reconstruction.-New
York Sun.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Roberts Predicted Foch's Victory.

Roberts Predicted Foch's Victory.
When Lord Roberts was in Canada
ten years ago at the dedication of the
Plains of Abraham park and play
ground he made this prediction: 'sThey
refuse to believe me, anG we are
asleep under a false security. for dc
not hesitate to affirm that we will
have frightful war in Europe, and
that Great Britain and France will
have the hardest experience of theil
existence. They will, in fact. see de
feat very near, but the war will finally
be wen by the genius Of French gen
eral named Ferdinand Foch, professor
in the military school in Paris"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Marriage Boom Coming.

Cupid" Sparks declares that the
war has awakened the women folks 10
the value of men and that when the
hoys come back the marriage market
viii boom. Why, only the other day q
woman came to my next door neigh
Dor and said:
would you please let ME borrow
your husband for few minutes?'
"Why. what in the world do you
mean ny wanting to borrow him for
q few minutes" said the bewildered
wife.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Records Seeds, Value.

In a patented seed tester Of A. 2
Esslinger, Michigan inventor. {,
strip of cloth or other material /
folded over a pad and then stitches
across and lengthwise so as to forn
little square sections. The seeds t.
be tested are placed in these squares
The pad retains moisture for a consid
cradle time, long enough to produe
termination of the good seeds, an
numbers on the squares give mean
of record and Identification.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
oil Near Old indian Cemeteries

VT NSdt V5V s''0'ef'
Biologists are unable to explain tn
fact, proven in Usage county. that OF
wells drilled adjacent to Indian GENE
teries are good producers. Many sucl
burial sites have been invaded b.
drillers and in more instances thai
one riches in crude oil have spoutet
forth. The largest producer in the Vi
cinity Of Pawhuska was drilled besid
an Indian graveyard. 1t is on tn
summit of high, rocky hill that over
looks the town.-From the Oklahomar
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Seek to Improve Crops.

The Institute Of Agricultural Bot
any to be established ct Cambridge,
England. is to be devoted chiefly to
the breeding and distributing OF i'm
proved varieties OF agricultural crops.
Modelled after the famous Swedish
plant-breeding station at Svalof, its
scientific specialists will work to pro-
duce pure cultures Of the new varie-
ties into extensive cultivation.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
title Rivers important.

In his wa- ode DR.. van Dyke re
mains loyal To little rivers" In his
hook. Little Rivers" he has already
made little rivers as interesting as the
little drops Of water that make the
mighty ocean. Freedom begins az thu
aource.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Breaking 1t Gently.

Kind Old Lady Visiting peniten-
tiary)-Ah, my poor fellow; you look
like an honest man. Why did they put
you here?
Poor Fellow-Yer right; it was a
shame, Teddy. They put me here just
fer tryin' to open up little business.
Kind Old Lady-Why, that was an
outrage! What kind Of a business
was it?
Poor Fellow-The little business on
the front of safe.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-07
Saw Another Chance.

"say, that lot you sold me is three
feet under the water"
"Is it?"
Eyes, it is, and you know it"
'Well. it's a good thing you told me.
/ can let you have bargain In
canoe.-Kapsas City Journal.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-18
COLLEGE ELEVENS HAD
HIGH CLASS DEFENCE
DURING PAST SEASON

NEW YORK. Dec 1s.-The quality OF
IN defense Of most or the big e1evens
Of the east during the football sea-
son Just ended was worthy OF much
praise In only one or two instances
did the defense fall below the stand
ard Of the attack In a majority OF
cases the strength Of the defense
proved the redeeming feature TO the
teams playing. No team was 50
weak on the defense that an op-
ponent could gain at will Very Few
large scores were tailed.
Navy Makes Record
To the navy fell the honor OF run
ming up the largest score Gil DObie's
Annapolis lads vanquished Colby. con-
sidered in former seasons a strong
eleven, by the one-sided score Of 122
TO %. This was the only Instance
where the defense was so poor that 10
crumbled-
The strength Of the defence speaks
volumes for the grade OF coaching
that the candidates for the rush lines
and extremity positions received
Most Of the football authorities con-
tend that a teams defense IS just as
strong as its rushline is aggressive
II such is the case then the finest
rushlines Of recent years were de-
veloped during the last season
In developing a rushliue IL f.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-18
VETS RELIEVED
ON COMMITTEE
Walter Camp and Other
Stars Not Appointed On
Yale Advisory Board.

New Haven, Conn., Dec 1S.-NOted
figures OF Xale's football history
passed out Of active participation in
gridiron activities at the university
Wednesday night when the executive
committee Of the board Of control
approved the football committee for
1920 as appointed by Capt John T.
Callahan OF the football team
Old Timers Left Out.
Three memebrs Of the committee
were not reappointed- They are:
Walter Camp. so, regarded for years
as Yale's leading advisory football
coach and himself a gridiron star in
1S7S-7s: Vance C. 1IcCormick, 80
Shelf. fomer chairman Of the Demo
cratic national committee and one OF
Americas economic delegates at the
peace conference, and Joseph R
Swan. 'O2.
S. B. BRINK Thorne. sc. Of New
York, is chairman OF the new com
mittee. He had been acting chairman
recently in the asence Of Mr. McCor-
mick IN Europe. j. r. fitzpatrick, II.
Of New York, IS also renamed TO the
board. The new members Of the com
mittee are: Louis E Stoddard, "99 Of
New Haven: Lucius H Bigelow, 'Oe
Of New York. and Theodore LiIleys
10. Shelf. Of Waterbury, Conn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-18

THERE was no football game at the
! high school stadium Thursday
afternoon between the Fort Bliss All
stars and the Fourth Field artillery
Late wednesday afternoons Lieut.
knight. athletic officer Of the Fourth
artillery. wired Lieut. Long that the
game had been cancelled. While no
reason for the cancellation was Civ
en-. Il is generally believed at Fort
Bliss that the Fourth artillerymen
had learned Of the powerful local
team which was to oppose them and
decided that it was too strong an
aggregation to face just before the
game with the 18th infantry.
Nay Play Game Later.
It IS generally believed that the
Fourth artillery viii attempt TO ar
range a game with Fort Bliss IN the
event that the team is victorious
over the 18th infantry. II such proves
the case the same team as has been
practicinE for the original game VIII
be used, and in view Of the eNpecta-
ton Of a later game, coach -Dinty.,
Moore viii send his charges through
light practice daily until II is posi-
lively established that the Fourth
artillery has too wholesome a respect
for the local opponents to meet them
Although tie game for today
has been cancelled. the Fort Bliss
players have decided 10 keep
their promise and give the fans
one more big game before clos
ing the season And they have
taken no chances rs to what may
happen regarding the Fourth ar
tiuery. hut have scheduled n big
game for sunday afternoon The
Eume will be stnEed Mt Rio
Grnnde park and viii find the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-18

absolutely necessary to have n
squad Of fighters. A back who
f. not aggressive may get away
with his game. However, no
player on the first line Of defense
can lack aEgressiFeness and not
become the mark OF the op-
pOncuts-
1t takes plenty OF fight to make a
lineman's work stand out. In most
cases he Is buried in the heap. where
as the work OF the halfhack sticks
out This fact alone is sufficient TO
make the ordinary llneman let up in
his work when he begins 10 tire
under the strain Of battle.
The navy forwards compiled the
best record for the season by the fine
stOneWau defense that they put Up
against their army rivals at the Polo
grounds recently. II has been years
since either OF the service school
teams mustered enough strength to
shut out an opponent without a
single first down
In fact, Il IS beyond our recollec-
ton when any big eleven displayed
such a magnificent defense against
supposedly good offensive strength
Because OF their aggressiyeness and
fine game against such odds the
Navy linemen must be reckoned as
one OF the best all-round combina-
tons developed during the season
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-18

NEW YORK. Dec. 1S.-Charges that
N Ban johnson. president Of the
American Baseball league, is plan
ming the destruction Of the New York
club-the ankees'-because the
heads Of the club are unwilling to
bow the neck TO him." enlivened the
argument on the baseball injunction
proceeding before iustfr, Greenbaum.
Of the supreme court here recently.
Messrs. Rupert and Huston. own
ers OF the New York club, were suing
to restrain Johnson from calling the
forthcoming annual meeting OF the
league 20 be held in Chicago instead
OF this city. Charles Tuttle. attorney
for the REALTORS, repeatedly referred
70 Johnson under such terms as
Caesar Car" and would be
usurper." At one point In his argu-
ment the attorney said:
President Johnson has refused to
allow the league to be governed by
anybody but himself
axe deliberately intends by
successful usurpntion to see 70 Il
that the valuable Investment Of
the New York Baseball club, its
contracts with its players. its
trustees, its good name and good
viii are destroyed because the
heads OF this great club are un-
willing 20 bow the neck to this
eaCnesnr.1
Let US get this matter straight
now" interrupted justice Green
baum. strengthening I'D in his seat.
rs or IS not president johnson the
servant Of the board OF directors2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-18
PROGRESS
FOR BIG FIGHT
Promoters Confer With
View Of Arranging Demp
sey-C Carpenter Buot.

Paris. France. Dec. 1s-CBy the As
ISOLATED Prsssl sparrow Robert
son. OF New York. representing Tex
Richard. is conferring with n De
Coin with the object OF having De
Coin join interests with Richard IN pro
noting a Dempsey-CarpeHtisr fight
Owing to the difficulties which It IL
believed would be encountered IN
staging the battle Ia the United
States. Rickard is reported TO be pre-
pared to aid De Coin in holding the
Championship fight in Paris.
Richard. according 20 Robertson.
would be willing TO advance half the
capital REQUIRED and share equally
with the French promoter IN the
profit or loss The negotiations are
said 10 be progressing rapidly. owing
70 the expected arrival In New YORK
within few days OF c. B. Cochrdue.
OF London who promoted the recent
fight between Joe Beckett and Car
narrIar-