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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-10-11
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"JAZZ."

T IKE many another word,
IL "jazz" has slipped into the
English-or rather, into The
American-language like the
mule Of which Mark Twain
wrote that it was without
pride of ancestry or hope of
posterity."
Jazz Is not a derived word.
It was coined and, according to
Lieut.. James Reese-Europe, o.
S. A., who conducted one Of
the jazziest jazz bands, it owes
its origin to a man named Razz,
whose musical organization was
famous in New Orleans some
Is years ago. Razz Is reputed
to have been the first to realize
the harmony and appealing
quality which resides in saxo-
phones, trombones, snare drums
and the like, when played with
a snap and dash. So he spe-
cialized In this kind Of synco-
pated music and his fame.
spread throughout the South.
imitatorS springlng up in vari-
Gus sections. One Of these
which toured Missouri and the
middle West, styled itself the
"Jass-band"-slightly altering
the name of the original lead
er. In the course Of a year or
so the final "s's" were changed
to US" Jazz-bands made their
appearance from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, and Jazz" slipped
into the language and even into
the dictionaries.
(Copyright.)
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-10-11
BAPTISTS TO SPEND
MILLIONS IN SOUTH

Nashville, Tenn, Oct. 7.-Eleven
million dollars for new buildings and
equipment will be spent on the edu-
cational institutions owned by Sou
thern Baptists during the next four
years it is announced at the head
quarters of that organization here.
Approximately the same amount
will be spent DUNG that period in
lifting the debts upon those institu-
tions and increasing their endow-
ment funds.
Of this building fund, s2,275,OO0
will 60 to what are known as the
Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary at Louisville, KY, Southwes-
tern Baptist Theological Seminary,
Fort Worth, Texas, Baptist Bible
Institute, New Orleans, La, and
Baptist Theological Seminary for
Negroes at Nashville, Tenn, while
there will be expended upon new
buildings at the Baptist colleges
within the several states compris-
the territory of the Southern Bap-
tist Convention the following
amounts:
Alabama, s275,0O0; Arkansas,
$525,OOO; Georgia, s45O,OOO; Sou
thern Illinois s115,0OO; Kentucky,
$4,000; Louisiana, 100000; Mis-
sisippi, s575,oo0; Missouri, $780,
600; North Carolina, 1895, 900;
Oklahoma, s3OO,OO0; South Caro-
lima, s725,OOO; Tennessee, $780,
900; Texas, s2,25O,OOO; and vir-
ginia $57O,OO0.
More than 10000 pupils have en-
rolled in the Baptist schools and
seminaries of the South this season,
all Of the institutions reporting the
heaviest registrations in their his
tory.
The Old Testament was collected
and arranged by Ezra, $50 B. C.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-10-11

This is Dainty Dorothy eIsh, the
popular "movie" star, who recently
sailed on the "Imperator'' for vaca-
tion abroad. Miss Gish's work on the
screen is familiar to millions who rely
on motion pictures for their chief
amusenaen+
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-10-11
STATE CARRIES
MUCH INSURANCE
Miller Tells of Work of Sinking Fund
Commission-Insura in Ef-
feet Close of Last Year
Over Nine Million
Dollars.

N. J. Miller, secretary of the sink
ing fund commission, which commits
sion has charge of state insurance OF
public property in South Carolina, is
sending to all policy holders book
let in which is set forth the work Of
the commission together with peril
nent comments relative to the cele-
bra of "Fire Prevention Day." Octo-
Der 9.
Through the sinking fund commits
sion, the state carries all of the insur-
ance on all public buildings in the
state. According to TIE booklet being
sent out by Mr. Miller, the aomunt OF
insurance in effect December 81, 1919
was S9,S11,639 which was apportion-
ed as follows:
County property, $1,4S1,7ss; state
property, sS,7O4, 800; public schools,
s4,625,O47. Total, $9,s11,639.
At Reasonable Rates.
After giving br eff account OF the
lesis'al..on enacted nv which the sink
ing fund commission took charge of
the Insurance of public buildings, Mr.
Miller says.
"This insurance is being carried at
approximately tariff rates, or the same
rates that are being employed by re-
liable stock insurance codpanies. Our
rates are in no case in excess of the
tariff rates and in most instances are
less than tariff rates. For instance,
the rate employed by this commission
on a rural school building of frame
construction with shingle roof is 1.5O
as against tariff rate of 1.90.
"The business of state insurance of
public property proved extremely
profitable from it's inception. The net
profits after deducting all losses and
expenses have averaged slightly more
than 80 per cent. This means that ap-
proximatelf 80 cents out of.every dol
lar paid over the sinking fund COM
mission as premiums on insurance
policies issued has actually been saw
ed for the assured and placed to their
credit in our insurance sinking fund
for the eventual purpose of providing
free insurance for the property in
sured.
Met Opposition.
sAs was to be expected the scheme
has met with opposition from various
sources. The insurance companies and
insurance agents naturally opposed it
in the beginning, but it is our belief
that they have recognized the right
of the organized state government to
insure its own property in any man.
rer it sees fit, which will result in
permanent benefit to all the people.
Since the law was amended so as to
require the insurance of all public
school buildingst o be carried by this
commission, considerable opposition
has developed which we believe to be
IaNgely instigated by the officials of
certain farmers mutual insurance
companies operating in this state.
eve have no word of criticism for
these mutual organizations, but it is
submitted that the state insurance OF
public property as at present being
conducted by the sinking fund COM
mission is the very essence of mu-
tualization and if allowed to continue
without being hampered by any class
of public property being exempted
from the provisions Of the existing
law, will shortly reach the limit of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-10-11

The Old Testament was collected
and arranged by Ezra, 450 B. C.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-09
Palmer SLUSH
N Barred IN MO.
!, Continued From Page one.)

III Continued From Page one.)
eneck. no said. When O,Neill de-
4IArod he was against Coltra. y
9snator Spencer. Missouri. asked
y '1t wasn't unusual to ACCEPT
04ltra's check. then?''
NO" answered O'Neill. II
thought the money was subscribed
Wy shouldn't the Democratic
1Akty pay my expensesr
Aeory Streutker, another city
0gQmittesguAn, said his check for
~ was given him at committee
4odQuaSters. He asserted the
Janey didn't pay all expenses ana
~ delegates had hoped they would
- moro.
Ae0oatra was against Reed, but
Aqst Of the delegates who Travelled
g. his money were for Reed. !"
0routksr declared.
NE Thhks An CT 1lSe.
ers1tker faid he presumed
Gry delegate from the Tenth dis
1Mst Got $780," He denied that he
nAA any intention o. helping Coltra
aony 6tnsver, another DELEGATE
q the state convention, also Eave
&in eloo. Streutksr eaid. Stueyer
Nne = friend Of Senator Reed and
e1orod Cox for PRECEDENT, he added.
In 0tAer wofds ron got $50
Inn tho Coltre taction and 500
a
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-09

(Continssd ffom Pags ons).

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(Confinasd mum Raee Ooe).
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nominAtson 0sc my tnoagnt
MN 10 cn0uea 20 neip tnear local
tickets 81 state and city campaigns
dfd not actually central ! ma toritv
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NJ - ~ 1scds
Jimmy Coz didn't get . tainted
nomination. No. the delegates Who
were Tor McAdoo were converted
BY those Infinitely painstaking pro-
ceases Of persuasion which ara
known only to those who have
worked on . convention door in
tho heat Of battle. The west final
" swung to Coz. and the speech
made By Senator Pat Harrison Of
Ml,slsslpp, nOmanatane COX. To-
so.nsI wa.n ~ sAli!Iuly presented
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-09

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81 D. =. -
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HIT tne Republican, 0lt g1f1
Tho Democratic candidate WouN y
McAdoo q aouno counterpart q
Wilson. 4 1appene that IT, Dan-
ocr1xic nominee W. kiyen birth n
paronas Who Aro almost % resent
/ ful AZ woodrow WllDon's troatmsnt
o9 organization Democrats . m
the Republicans on otter Issues
Wilsonian. The truth u, GovornoF
Cox may b found pr1ising Tia
League Of Nations and uphold1ng
tho record Of Wilson'S administra-
tion. but enthusiastic Tammany
and other Democratic 0f91ui1af1on1
will spread the word throughout
their various celebrates that Cox
means . now deal. = new cabinet.
and no Obligation to retain IN omce
the Burlesons and the Creels ana
their ilk Who have helped to d.
minish the presidents prestige.
Nor Will Jimmy Cox b required
to submerEe Z domestic issue IKE
the cost Of living to that OF inter-
nationalism. He will not b held
responsible by the spellbinders In
his behalf for anything that has
happened In Washington in the last
eight years any more than will
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-09

from tho Stuever faction when you
knew these factions were antagon-
istic?" asked Senator Kenyon.
/ well. l thought the money had
been subscribed and WAS to help the
Democrats" Streutker replied.
"0oltra made It plain the money
WAS for expenses and told the dele
gates he was sorry he couldn't get
more"
$40 Strings to Checks"
Streutker then declared that
while making 1t plain the money
was for expenses, Goltra told the
delegates there were no strings At
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-09
KOREA ASKS JAPAN
FOR SEAT IN DIET

(By AS60cIated PFeB0.)
Toxic, July 8.-The Diet today
received a petition signed by 600
Koreans asking that Korea be
given representation in the diet.
During the session the govern
ment was interpellated by the op-
position on the subject Of the new
American shipping law. Tho In
terpellators expressed fear that
this law might have q disastrous
effect upon Japanese shipping.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-09

tached to the checks"
WAS there wink in his eyer
asked Senator Spencer.
mo"
Arthur Lancaster, another COM
mitteeman, said he also received q
Goltra checks for $3.50 and UNDER
stood Goltra had contributed quite
lot of money himself."
Asked who Goltra favored for
president, Lancaster replied.
Palmer! We figured Palmer was
dry and we wanted . wet That's
why many of US did not side with
Goltra."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-09


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New-York tribune., 1920-09-19

search. With a touch Of deprecation he
observes that "our science always tends
to mathematics as an ideal" And he
adds tina, "it is of the essence Of mental
things that they do not lend themselves
to measurement" He expresses warm
sympathy with the work of such organi-
cations as the British Society for Psy-
chical Research, and sees a possibility
of discovering new proofs of the con-
tinuity Of consciousness after death in
further experiments along psychical
lines.
The author contributes the following
interesting analysis Of the processes in
volved in dreaming:
These repressed memories rise and
spread abroad and perform in the n ght
al the unconscious wild, phantasma-
goric dance. They rush together TO the
door which has been left ajar They
all want to &c through. But they can
not; there are too many OF them Of
the many called, which will be cho on
1t Is easy to guess. Just now, when
awake, the memories admitted were
those which could claim relationship
with my present situation, with nv
actual perceptions Now. more fceting
are the forms which stand out before
my eyes. more indecis!re the sounds
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Il. Bergson's Confession of Faith
french Philosopher States His Case for I'm.
mortality and Free Will

thought, is not exclusively dependent
upon the brain His discussion Of this
interesting point deserves to be quoted :
Argument for Immortality
here Is brain which works; and here
10 a consciousness which feels, thinks
and Wills. II the work Of the brain
corresponded to the totality Of the con.
sciousness, if there were equivalence
between the cerebral and the mental
CONSCIOUSNESS might be bound up with
the destiny of the brain and death
might be the end of all. Experience
at any rate, would not speak to the
contrary, and the philosopher who af.
'rms survival would then have to sup
port his theory by some mctaphvs.
zeal coAstrrction-usuaNy fragile
thing But If, as have tried to show
the mental life ovcrhows the cerebral
life. if the brain does but translate
INTO movements a small part Of what
takes place in consciousness, then sur
Vlval becomes SO probable that the
onus of proof falls on him who denies
IL rather than on him who at1irns it:
for the only reason we can have for
believing in the extinction Of con.
sc;ousncss at death is that we see the
tcdy become disorganized, that this is
fact of experience, and the reason
!oses its force if the independence Of
almost TIE whole Of consciousness with
regard to the body has been shown to
be also a fact of experience"
NJ. Bcrgson is confcssedly modest in
his aims; he docs not aspire to follow
in the footsteps Of Kant and Hcgcl
and explore the abstruse mysteries of
pure reason. On the contrary, he pre-
fcrs 70 test his faculty of reasoning
by using it. AvoWetlly an empiricst, lie
is inclined to make up his theories as
he goes along, on the basis of the best
available knowledge, rather than tc
devote all his energies to the creation
+ so:no new imposing system of phi.o-
optical thought, This tendency may
'Nciude him from o place among the
great mcsaphysicians; but it certainly
helps to make his ideas more under
stanaable to the average layman.
Sympathy With Psychial Research
NJ. Bergson adopts q friendly and re-
ceptive attitude toward the compare
lively new science Of psychical re-
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19

Bergpon's work irres!st!biy suggests
o comparison with that OF william
James The Frenchman and the Amer
lean possess many common qualities.
Both seek desperately fer avenues of
escape from materialism and deterrin-
ism. Both show keen and lively in
teress In the new sciences which have
grown ont Of psychieal research. Both
are endowed with q charm Of style
which has not been possessed by many
philosophers In the past Bergson and
James have performed notable servics
by expressing philosophical ideas m
terms suitable to che comprehension
Of che normally intelligent reader who
does not claim 60 be Q speelaltst.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
DVOCATES OF tho "uew po-

~ etry" will find something
disheartening in Professor
John Erskine's The Kinds Of
Poetry" Duftield). Professor Erskine
is q profound classicist, and apparently
he Is able to find not only the roots but
the flower Of any literary novelty in
what he terms "old-fashioned literature"
The best of the new work, he says, sug-
gests nothing new. "The Spoon River
Anthology" Is 8 translated counterpart
Of the Greek Anthology, and Robert
Frost is a sort Of twentieth century
Wordsworth. Thare is nothing new
under the sun, II your sun Is the lamp OF
scholarship.
Ye: Professor Erskine offers at leas.
one novel theory Of the new poetry.
lie finds that our advanced" versiiers
have achieved their results by borrow
ing the methods of realistic prose.
They derive their methods" he as
serts, consciously or unconsciously,
from the masters Of modern realism;
that is, their art is the product of much
novel reading. . . A generation or
readers and writers has grown up which
sooner or later would be sure to trans
fer the methods Of prose realism to
verse. . The main point is that the
ne" poetry inhcrits its style from
prose ancestry and takes its methods
ard its subjects from the tradition Of
the novel; and We who like or dislike
what We see are none the less witness
ing one Of those mutations by which
from time 20 time literature reinvigor-
ates itself, pouring old wine into new
bottles or new wine into old bottles"
Professor Erskine regards the new
tendency as q wholesome manifestation.
but ne deplores the propaganda Of its
spokesmen, who try % interpret it as
an ofshoot Of French mctrical expert
mcnts or Of imagistic obsessions. The
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Philip GlbbS Finds Our Most Cherished Immoral

which aReceS my ears, more in6iss1net
the touch Impressions distributed over
the surface Of my bodys but more nu-
merous now are che sensations COM
ing 60 me from within my organs. So,
then, among the phantom memories
which aspire 20 weight themselves with
color, with sound-in short, with ma
teriality-those only succeed which can
assimilats the color-dust / perceive,
tho noises without and within that
hear, ete-, and which, besides, are in
harmony with the general effective
state which my general organic ,m-
pressions compose. When this union
between memory and sensation 10 eS-
fected, dream"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
New Poetry Is Called Old
Advanced Versihers Said to Have Borrowed
From Realistic Prose

weakness Of the movement, he main
tans, Is that it operates from the out
side inward" HIS plea is FOR poetry
which rises from the poets conscious
ness rather than from the structures os
metrcal c,!q-cs. The essay on The New
Poetry" is sound and unbemished By
academic atfectations, and we like par
t;cularly the manner in which Professor
Erskine runctures certain Of the pre-
tensions Of Miss Amy Lowell.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
l ME Philosophical case for i'm
mortality and freedom of the
VIII is strongly and skillfullu

- Will IS strongly and skillfully
set forth by Henri Bcrgson
IN MS new work, Mind Energy (Hoit).
AS IN Creative Evolution, the French
author shows himself determined on
io'lchl OF tAe tendency toward uncondl-
tonal materlalism which manifcsts it,
self IN the WORK OF Haccknl and sc;-
cntists Of his school NJ. Berrson in.
Sis's upon the dualism of mind and
matter; he viii not admit that human
conduct is regulated by mere blind de-
teEmin:sm. In the following passage
ne argues Tor the existence Of 81 non
N ,;erlal, vita, force:
Some living forms to be met with
today have come down unchanged
!fom rcmotcSt pa,;co2oic times: ttey
have persisted, unchanged, throughout
the ages Life then might have
stepped a. some one definite form Why
d 1T not stop wherever it was posi-
Nc: WHY has it gone on? Why, un-
'css It be that there is All impulse driv
lnC II TO take ever greater and greater
KS toward its goal Of an ever higher
and higher efficiency"
Believes viii Is Free
VI. hcrgson admits that man Is large
y circumscrbed in his activities by
external and material conditions. But
nc contends that there is scope for free
Wi!l "lthlH a small area. He represents
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Miscellaneous

EATINa TO LIVE LONG BY william
Henry Porter. N. p. Pubi!sh@d by tho
Reilly & Les Company. Chicago
Practical instruction in how, when
and wha. to eat.
KEEr !lArrl. Ry Eustncs Miles, Pub
i's.ea ny Frccerl * \. Str-es Company
:,sw York.
Simple mental aud physical aids 70
happiness.
M * SNrnHH2 AIH S6SsrEAT @EsEHvAT'oHs oS
;AS nhy"5 r1%l : = n% ): y MI 4 y E;;
Company. Sew Yv!h.
An account Of recent events IN Amer
:ca, animated by bitter hostility to the
late President Carrauza.
TOY MAKING; IN scHOoL AID HOME.
~ X. and NJ Il foik!nsMor7e.
rub.!s1'd b., F7cde7iek A. stokes Com
How to mako or!gina, toys out ot
simple materials.
VOICE Epl'CAT!oN n E.eao,r Nc
New Io!"
TA- sc,ence Of voice culture explained
by I woman who has devoted herse,:
for many wears TO the reconstrGc:lo"
Of voices.
THE ENDOWMENT OF MOTHERHOOD,
WIN an !n'roductton BY the edEnE
KAtharine Anthony. Published by B, w.
EucUsch. New York
The report Of an English committee
appointed to investigate the desirahiNty
and practicab!.;ty of endowing mother
hood The work Is published as one Of
the Freeman Pamphlets.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Books Received
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Gas wARfARE;. By Edward 8 Farsow
York.
A study Of this very important as
poet Of modern lighting b. former
Instructor III tactics at West Point,
who has written several military works.
HAvA1. GUNS IN rI.ANrEns. ny l.. E.
X l'ubt.shed hy h. =. pu;:on e. Co,
New Io:N,
An account Of the British campaign
in Flanders during 1914 Is, with spc-
cial emphasis upon the work Of the
artillery.
nIys1oNAs1 s,re,ra AND ognTR sy s!oNS Wh..e1 GSl
NoiCha9, puhl!sMcl by p. putton a
Co. %,.H f0rh
An illustrated accoun: of the origins
OF the var. .ous distinctive signs ADOPT
ed by British army units during the
war.
THE MonRAS 0nrsApEFs BY cspss'n
Iiu,?an t " 4 3o H,'a'" New y"rH' ur.''''e~ y L.
The story Of the British campaign
in Palestine.
rsvchic Phenomena
TIE HUReGRlEs OF HEAVEN. Edited
II, q v,!" owen and Ii Dallas
Published ty L. T. hutlon Co.. New
YorR.
A series Ct essays by various writer's
ccmcerMinR the future life Of children,
as revealed through various spirit;stlc
processes.
CI.At,pEs eECoNp EoOK. By Mrs
N,INur- Bsui.s' I'ul ts!."l u Henry
ill.,, x O.. New lot>
4 scouel 10 C!aude's BOOK. which
s&w tAr iitut under the auspices Of
Slr Oliver Lodge,
THE UNSEEN DOCTNR With preface by
i Arthur Ni,. Published y! Henry
IIol, g Co. N"w York
A narrative Of psychical experiences.
Fiction
SPIRIT GOID By l.ouiee Klssel. Pub
/ lished by the strattord Company. Bos-
ton.
The story Of a ne'er-do-well's ref
orMation.
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