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his brush, having executed his
Last Judgment, perhaps the most
famous single picture in the
world, and his celebrated frescoes
n the Sistine Chapel between so
and 70. See Won Moltke in full
uniform at SO.
See Guizot and Hobbies and
Lander with active pens at 81.
See Talleyrand and Thomas JEFF
ferson, Herbert Spencer, Newton
and Voltaire, all fruitful in the
eighties. See Bancroft, Button,
and Ranke writing deathless his
tory after 80. See Palmerston.
prime minister of England at 81.
and John Quincy Adams, stricken
in the fullness of his strength on
the floor of congress at the same
age. Tennyson'S Crossing the
Bar, the tenderest death song in
cur language. was composed at
81. Goethe's Faust at so.
See Gladstone conducting one
of his most exciting political cam
paigns at 80, taking control of a
nation and becoming its premier
at 83. See Cato learning Greek:
Plutarch. Latin, and Socrates,
music, all at 80, and tell me no
more that the old are no longer
capable of high and useful
achievement.
Think of Joseph jefferson por-
traying Rip Van Wrinkle with add
ed effectiveness at rs, or the
Irish actor. Macklin, actually tax
ing part in a performance in En-
gland at 80. Think of Browning,
brilliant and complex as ever at
n, or Whittier and Bryant issu-
ing new volumes at 70. Think of
Grimm, Laplace. Papmarck, COM
pleting tremendous tasks in the
neighborhood of 80. Think of
Perugino, at rs, painting the
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around the crown Of which nestles a
wreath of moss roses, makes this ex-
hibit one of rarest loneliness. This
was worn in 1910 by some delicate
slip of girl, who captured with her
bonnet as well as with the light of
her eyes.
A patriotic thrill was occasioned
by the display Of an old silk Confed-
crate flag, the inscription on which
reads "this flag enshrouded the cas-
ket of Capt. Isaac Wilson, killed at
Griswold November %. 1854" One
can almost hear the roar of the can
non shot which swept over this fair
Southland in those dark DAYS of his
tory and imagine the faint sound
OF the bugler as he blows the last
silent blast of "taps" over the sacred
departed dead who gave his life for
the Cause. -
There are displays of old china
ware, IN the blu willow pattern. the
rose and gold of those yester wears
pottery, stems, handmade lace scarfs
1rult lars old-fashioned hair combs
OF tremendous proportions, and a
beautiful white feather fan which
swept the perfume-laden breath Of q
summer night over the face of roN
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elf and Luther translated the
Bible and brought its eternal
truths to the hearts and hearths
of the English and German
masses, Schliemann made his
most notable excavations, Hunter
gave a fundamental impetus to
surgery, Kepler contrived his ia
bic of logarithms, Chesterfield his
system of social ethics, Hegel and
Lotze their system of philosophy
Leibnitz founded the Academy of
Berlin, Penn negotiated his ia
nous treaty with the Indians,
Washington became the first
president of the United States,
Robert E. Lee made the Confed-
crate resistance sublime, Herschel
invented the reflecting telescope,
Canning and Peel performed
their most brilliant labors. Burke
devised his India bill and secured
the impeachment of Warren
Hastings, Garibaldi became the
ruler of Italy.
The average age of the chief
justices of the Supreme court of
the United States, perhaps the
greatest legal tribune on earth, is
nearer 20 than go, Marshall hav-
ing concluded his prodigious la
bors of more than three decades
at 80, fancy at 8S, Waite at 70,
Fuller still presiding over that
august body today at rs. 1t is
safe to say that the average age
at which all the more than so
associate justices who have occu-
pied the Supreme bench since its
organization were still in the full
exercise of their functions is
nearer IS than so.
Such is a partial list of the
achievements of men who have
passed the half-century mark.
Eliminate these achievements and
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walls in the auditorium of the Ad-
ministration building This exhibit
is educational and instructive and
Miss Billiards. winning personality
makes a visit there one of the most
interesting occasions connected with
the fair. Fruits, getables-beans
and peas-Imilk, CRAPS juice, a soft
boiled egg and similar articles of diet,
placed upon one end of the table,
Miss Billiard explains sweetly to her
visitors, comprises the diet which
should be eaten by a healthy young
ster, while upon the opposite end of
the table there is a collection of
meats, pies pastry, containing large
quantities of starch and sugar, bot
tie of some carbonated soft drink, a
hard-fried egg, coffee, tea, candies
and other foods which have been dem
onstrated to be unsuited for contin-
ued consumption of even healthy
adult persons. All this week Miss
Billiard is conducting her work as
clinic, and on Friday Aggie students
who have been enrolled in the course
will take their usual instruction,
which is public, with everybody asked
to attend. A pair of clinical scales
forms part of Miss Billiards. exhibit,
and actual weights and measures of
those taking the course, with progress
attained toward normal, placed upon
charts about the walls These charts
show some most remarkable gains al
ready made by those enrolled earlier
in the season. A portion of Miss Bull
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or tied border. ten inches deep, fin
lshed II years ago, and which adorn-
ed lovely old Colonial four-post bed
in quaint sleeping apartment of
some dead and gone ante-bellum lady.
A quaint bit of hand embroidery
which adorned a baby dress ex-
hlbit was made 35 years ago, every
thread as perfect as the day it was
finished, with the embroidery stand
ing out in plain relief against the
background of linen used in fashion
ing the garment. A richly brocaded
vest elected marked attention be-
cause of its unusual cut and origi-
nallty. This vest was completed II
years ago and worn by some elegant
ly dressed dandy who had nothing to
do all the day long but sing and be
happy.
Picture l25 Years Old.
The most remarkable exhibit in
this wonderful showing of old relics
is that of picture about six inches
wide by ten inches long. Fashioned
of delicate shade of tan silk, which
the passing years have not marred.
embroidered in threads of finest gold
and brown, the figures of an old Eng
lish pastoral scene, with its pictur-
esque old mill, by the side of which
stands a wagon and two small child
rem. This picture is 125 years old.
and is in remarkable state of pre-
servation and undiminished beauty.
A PUNISHABLE Bonnet" made of
finest threads of Neapolitan straw
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iard's exhibit consists of bottle of
homemade grape juice grown and
prepared by Susie Clay DeLoach, a
Sumter county canning club girl, who
has already won high honors for her
work in various fairs and agricul-
tural expositions. A demonstration
of this course in nutrition will be
given by Miss Billiard Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
The Antique Room.
The antique room in the woman's
department contains much of interest
to the seeker after art and the lover
of real historical objects. The walls
were tapestried with beautiful quilts
made of white cloth, much of which
was spun and fashioned during the
war days, when stores were not upon
every street corner for the ladies of
leisure to shon in. Colorings in deep
red and vivid green were appliqued
upon this snowy foundation. making
a picture as rarely beautiful in its
element as those of a Rembrandt or
Bonheur. Lovelier to some, even
are these lovely ante-bellum creations
of the nimble fingers of those delicate
Dresden ladies who sat by the log
fires at evening and embroidered
these artistic designs. One quilt was
made in 1868, while yet another has
been in constant use for 81 years, and
looks as if it mere completed only
yesterday All eyes were centered
upon a valance made of beautiful
threads of cotton, with a crocheted,
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1t has become too much habit
in recent years to disregard and
put aside our older men and wo-
men. The clamor against old age,
not only in the departments of
the government, but in nearly all
the other activities of the world.
is absolutely senseless and unjust.
The idea has become too preva-
lent that after a certain age, by
no means advanced, a mans use
fitness diminishes as his years in
crease.
The impression has become en-
tirely too general that our older
men and women obstruct rather
than facilitate the march of civil
cation. The truth is that the
world owes infinitely more to men
above the age of so, an age ten
years beyond the Osler limit, than
to men below it.
Let us consider what has been
achieved by men beyond the age
Of 80 Titan, master Of Venetian
painting, whose magic colors re-
Elected the freshness and enthusi-
asm of a world saluting the re-
turn of art and learning, pro-
duced many of his most wonder
full canvases after 80, painting his
famous Battle of Lepanto at the
age of SO. Fontenelle. one of the
most versatile of men; Cornaro,
the great disciple of temperance;
Pope Leo XIII, John Adams,
Theophrastus, strobe in the nine
ties with intellectual vigor unim-
paired. Michael Angelo, at SO,
still held the sky a prisoner in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-10
FREE BISCUITS, SYRUP And COFFEE
ADD TO CHARMS OF SUMTER FAIR
Reporter Makes Another Round Of Adminstra-
ton Building, From Boy Scouts To
Watermelon Cake

animal skins, perfectly tanned and
stretched. A model Boy Scout camp
in miniature constructed by John
Ewing Kiker, Jr., John Allison and
Sam Lott, is shown. This is one of
the most novel models exhibited any
where at the fair, every detail of a
scout camp being illustrated, even to
the camp fire and pot, silver thin
BILE being aptly used to illustrate the
boiler pot used by the scouts in cook
ing while upon hikes. A rail fence
surrounded the camp site, this being
constructed of branches to represent
the rails used in a prairie fence. A
lean-to and model bridge made of
corduroy" logs by scouts is illustrat-
ed in another section of the tent, and
there are many other interesting ex-
hibits Of scoutcraft.
Miss Billiards. Exhibit.
Miss Evelyn Billiard who has been
conducting classes in nutrition at the
Aggie college since the beginning of
the fall session, has her exhibit on a
table with illustrated charts about the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-10

One of the most interesting exhib-
its at the fair seen on the opening
day was that of the Boy Scouts or
ganization which is housed in a tent
Just outside the Administration build
ing. Ernest Davis and J. t. Adkins
were in charge when press repre-
sentative visited the exhibits shown.
One of these a wireless outfit, con-
structed by Ernest Davis, shows UNI
usual ingenuity, as well as a remark
able ATTITUDE for applied mechanics.
Other exhibits shown We're two book
racks by Samuel Lott and Allan Nc
Neill; a model airplane by Max Girls
void: collection of frogs and reptiles
preserved in alcohol, gathered by
O'Neal Burton; native fur-bearing
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you would blot out most of the
worlds achievement. Observe
that we are still ten years above
the Osler limit of 40. Were we
to go still further, and erase tbe
deeds of the infants" between 40
and 90, we would destroy about
all that remains of human moo
fess. We would have to eliminate
the printing press OF Gutenberg
the discoveries in electricity of
Franklin and Galvani, Priestley's.
discovery of oxygen, the SMALLPOX
preventives of Jennes, Harvev's'
discovery of the circulation of the
blood, La Sales discovery of the
Mississippi, Bessemer's process
for the manufacture of steel
Watts steam engine, Stephenson's
railways, the military feats of
Grant and Sherman and Crom-
well and Nelson, Blackstone's
Commentaries on the PRINCIPLES of
English Law, the services of
Washington in the American
This brief and incomplete re-
view will show that our older men
are by no means to be despised.
that we owe to them what is most
permanent and uplifting in the
civilization of the world. 1t shows
that a man rarely reaches the full
fruition of his powers until he
enters the forties and the fifties
and that as long as life throbs
within his bosom he is capable of
tremendous service to mankind
that "age is opportunity no less
than youth itself"
Society must learn again that
services of unmeasured value NAV
be rendered by the old. 1t must
learn again that in neglecting the
old it is wasting oneof it's most
valuable assets.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-10
HOW TO CURE
BABY'S COLD
FIRST Step Is To Cleanse Intesti-
nal Tract With 'Baby Ease" "
The Perfected Laxative.

Baby specialists have learned from
experience that the most important
factor in curing babies colds and
spasmodic Group is to keep the liver
active and bowels open. Baby Ease"
a perfected laxative and corrective
by baby specialists for mothers use
with her children. is also the best
remedy for stomach and bowel com
plaints of infants and children. At
your druggists in Acc and Csc sizes.
adv
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mantle youth. Uninue, indeed, was
wooden box, fashioned like mod
ern collar box, a receptacle made in
174O of some sweet wood taken FROM
I Continued on Page Three.)
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-06
FOOTBALL IS LEADING SPORT
There is Sentimental Attraction to
Game Enge rdered by Fine Spirit
Of Craftsmanship.

Football has long been the leading
college sport. There is sentimental
attraction to the game engendered hy
the fine spirit of craftsmanship Which
exists in every college, big or small.
In the nation Football has advanced
with leaps and bounds in the last
dozen wears. The modern game as we
see It today is still football OF old
shOrn of It's rOugher elements and
Speeded up by the forward pass and
the open game. 1t is a great game TO
watch. 1t is spectacular in every as
pect. individual brillianCy is allowed
to sweep across the field unhampered
by the delicate organism of team
work; yet team work has its part
the greater part-in the success "F
failure of the game.
From the point of view OF the spec
tatOr football is the king Of sports, not
even barring baseball or horse racing.
This Is accounted for quite naturally
by the fact that the sentimental
alumni Is on hand to cheer his alma
mater on and that the undergraduate
has sweetheart. a mother and sis
ter somewhere In the thrOng of watch
ers.
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making gambling on baseball a pun
iShable offense," said President John
son. Il took my attorney to his office
to discuss the subject and to learn
what could be done with it. Con.
gresham Mann did not then believe
that it was matter for congress to
take up. He thought it was an affair
for the separate states. Since then l
have talked with several other con-
gressmen in different parts of the
country and they believe that gambling
on baseball can and should be handled
by the congress,
II believe Washington should inter-
est itself in protecting the nations
sport, Baseball Is an American In
stitution. Millions are interested In
the sport and attend the games daily
They believe in the integrity of base
ball and they have right to demand
that the sport with which they occupy
their leisure be kept clean"
President Johnson said that he has
been busily engaged in collecting data
on players and that he soon will be
In a position to make disclosures, If
there are any TO be made.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-06

Ing, and that body controls the sport
In France. the same as the National
Sporting club has always controlled it
in England.
Hamms, heavyweight, was the
champion and he was recently defeat.
ed by Paul .Iournee. hut this match
was not for the championship. there.
fore Hamms still retained the title
and In turn was defeated by Marcel
Miles, August |, last, losing on foul
In the eighth round. That gives the
heavyweight title to Miles. although
no one in France would give him
ghost of a show against Carpenter
The latter, Of course, could easily
get the title by fighting Miles or cbal.
longing. and, in case the latter should
decline the match win II nv
default, but the chances are Oar.
pentier will be content with tho
laurels he has.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-06
Decrease of So Conviets.

Austin. Tex.-There was a decrease
Of Sc convicts in the state penitentiary
during the month of September, dis
closed by the monthly report OF the
prison commission received Thursday
by the governor. The total number OF
convicts on hand October l was 2606,
as compared with 1864 on September
l. Thirty-six convicts were pardoned
during September and 6S new con-
victs were received. Harris County
sent up IL convicts, the highest from
any one county, while Grayson was
second with seven, Dallas and Tarrant
third with six each, while Jefferson
was fourth with four None was re-
ceived from Bexar County. During
the month 81 convicts were recaptur-
ed, So discharged, SO escaped and five
died. Sixteen were paroled and four
delivered to sheriffs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-06
State Vaccination Law Upheld.

San Antonio, Textile state COM
pulsory vaccination law requiring all
school children to be Vaccinated as a
precaution against the contagion from
smallpox was upheld in an opinion
handed down Wednesday in the fourth
court of civil appeals. The decision is
the elimination of legal battle ex-
tending over several years in which
the plaintiff attacked the constitu-
tionality of the law and sought to re.
cover $4,000 damages for alleged dis.
elimination in being excluded from the
public schools. The case was bitterly
contested by both sides in its prog.
ress through the courts and attracted
statewide attention.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-06
HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN
IS WORN BY MILES
Carpenter Not Recognized as
Champion of France.
Never Challenged for Title, Seeming.
ly Content With LaureIs He Now
Has-Regarded as Best
French Boxer.

Whenever boxing fans or others dis
cuss Georges Carpenter and the fight
ing game they invariably refer to him
rs the heavyweight champion of
France. There Is no doubt that he Is
the best boxer in all France, but the
fact remains, nevertheless, that he is
not the recognized heavyweight cham
piOn of France, but he holds the title
of Europe. Georges is the light heavy
weight champion Of France, while Nil
les is the heavyweight champion.
1t Is rather embarrassing at times
for Carpenter to admit that h is not
heavyweight champion of his native
land. Through some technically or
other Georges never challenged or
fought for the heavyweight title, and
therefore does not hold it--not accord
Ing to the French Federation of Box.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-06
KING ALEXANDER
OF GREECE PASSES
Creecian Monarch Succumbs
to Wounds Received by
Pet Monkey.

Athens.-King Alexander OF Greece
died at 500 p. m. Monday. HIS dea'h
was due to wounds received when q
net monkey attacked him early IN oc-
tober, the king being badly mutilated'
The death of King Alexander gives
rise to the question of succession 10
the Greek throne. Former King Con-
stantine was reported, according TO
Swiss dispatches Of Oct. II, as lhtehu'
ing to take advantage OF the situation
created by his sons grave illness, by
returning to Greece and claiming the
throne
About the same time regency was
suggested and Constantine gave MS
opinion of this as follows:
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof. | will not think Of regency
yet My plans are those OF my peo'
Pile"
Premier Venizelos last Sunday ex-
pressed himself as confident that
Prince Paul, Constantine's third son,
would not be prevented from taking
the throne by his father, as the latter
would learn from the coming elections
that there was no prospect for his re-
turn.
Both Prince Arthur OF COnnaught
and Prince Charles Of Belgium have
been mentioned as possible candidates
for the Greek throne Premier Vent
zelos has said that foreign candidates
were not being considered
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-06
Alaskan Ellers at CAPITAL.

Washington.-The four army air
planes which Wednesday completed a
round trip flight from New York to
Alaska, arrived in Washington Thurs.
day after two hour and half flight
from Mineola, N. Y. The squadron
was greeted by a great fleet of air.
ships led by the army dirigible "zodi.
&C No. l." which came up from Lang.
ley field, Virginia, for the welcoming
ceremony. There were half hundred
airplanes in the fleet, which was up-
der the personal direction of Major
General Mencher, chief of the army
air service, and Brigadier General
Mitchell, director of operations.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-06
LAW AIDS SCHOOL CHILDREN
Michigan Athletic Board Has $74,eO0
on Hand to Buy Athletic
Equipment

The Michigan athletic board Of con-
troll. in its first year of supervision of
legallzed boxing and wrestling under
the DafOe bill. has $4,000 on hand
ready to purchase athletic equipment
for the rural schools. Thomas W.
Bigger, chairman. announced receipt
of check for $4,000 from Floyd
Fitzsimmons, promoter of the Jack
Dempsey and Billy Mtske bout at Ben.
ton HarbOr Labor day. Bigger said
when Dempsey stepped into the ring
at Benton HarhOr 1t meant a baseball.
Catcher's mask and football for
every country school in Michigan.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-06
COAL HEAvlNG HAS KEPT
NAVY GRIDlR0N MEN FIT

Heaving coal into the furnaces
of the battleship South Carolina
has been the unique means by
which the midshipmen of the
football squad have kept in con-
dition this summer. They
worked at it steadily during the
three months Of the cruise to
Hawaiian and other Pacific
points. according TO Commander
George II. Laird, who had
charge of them during the
period, and were In need Of no
other kind of training. The
football men were kept together
on the South Carolina. but had
no opportunities for shore prac-
tice. except at Honolulu where
the party was ashore for three
afternoons and had some kick
ing and worked at formations.