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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20
A HERO OF LEGEND
King Arthur Never Proved to Be
Real Parsonage.
Early Saxon Chronicles Shed No Light
on His Personality-his Burial
Place Found by the Abbot of
Glastonbury.

The story Of King Arthur rich In
the poetic element, Is weak Oh the
historical side. That hero-king, an
swering in some respects to the de-
Scriptions in British ballads. had eX-
istencc. is possible, for It seems un-
likely that so many associations should
cling around an utterly mythical per
sonage. Yet he has no mention what
ever in the Saxon Chronicle. whose
pages are rich in illusions to British
kings struggling for freedom against
the Anglo. Saxon invaders: and our
main authority on the subject is the
account written, six centuries later
than the reputed period of King Ar
thur, by Geoffry of Monmouth, whose
narratives no one can accept seriously
as truth. The legends, collected and
handed down to MS by Sir Thomas
Mallory, writer of Edward Tvs
reign. were printed by CaXtOn under
the title Of "Morte d'Arthur."
When Henry II, in lit, was In
Wales, receiving the submission of the
princes, he Glanced to hear the deeds
of King Arthur sung by the Welsh
and was told the exact place of the
hero's burial at Glastonbury. Some
years afterward the abbot Of Glaston-
bury, the kings nephew. searched for
the body, with what result let Girafdns
CamErcnsls, described in Camdcn's
"Britannia" as san eye witness" tell
us:
AT the depth of seven feet huge,
broad stone. whercOn leaden cross
was fastened on the part that lay
| downward in rude and harbarous let
| ters. this inscription in Latin was
written upon that side Of the lead that
was toward the stone, Here lies
| buried King Arthur in Avalon Isle.
| Digging deeper they discovered his
body in the trunk of n tree. the homes
of great bigness. His Queen Guini
we're, n lady of passing beauty, lay by
! him, whose treSSeS Of hair, In color
like gold seemed perfect and whole
until It was touched, but then showed
itself to be dust"
When Glastonbury abbey was made
ruin in Henry Wits time the re
mains OF King Arthur and his queer
were ruthlessly swept away. 1t wa!
on Cadhury hill, in Somerset. th'
famed Camelot Of the Arthurinn 70
nance, that the British king pre-
pared for his great stand against TIT
Anglo-SaXOn foe; and the name o
Arthur still cllngs to the locality I,
"Arthur's Lane" and "Arthnr's Well
In the battle, almost the only even
Of his life to be regarded as historica
fact. Arthur seems to have come OIL
Of the darkness by which he is sur
rounded. The Welsh songs are full O
praises to his valor In the fight witt
Cedric, the Saxon king; "The Saxo
Chronicle" unwilling, perhaps. +
record severe defeat is silent upo
the subject. but the result for time
was a crushing blow to the invaders
and Cedric was never able to push hi
way into Somerset-r ondon Telt
graph.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20
Aviation In the Sahara.

The French do not regard airplanes
"a profitable for hse In commerce over
the Sahara desert: 1t costs too much
to move the mineral wealth OF the
territory by airplan" when pack mules
and c$mcls can be used instead. But
to supplement the desert police ana
re- maintain French prestige military
aviators are we'll worth while. The
Arab tribes have deep respect for them
and take to their heels whesleyer an
airplane arrives.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20
Has proper REGARD for Rooster.

Charles Collins Of Oak Hill, Litch.
field, Mo. thinks 80 much OF White
Wyandotte rooster that he encourages
him to roost nights on the footboard
OF his bed and feeds him every little
while This Is because Mr. Collins
was awakened one night by the ex.
oit.di c,s ;!ag Of the rooster, which
had +.>SA'h>v got into the house. and
found N$en ne got up to inyestlgate
that the houAS was on fire. Anything
that, that Ncst~ wants hereafter no
nzst have. ..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20
LAND SALE
The State of South Carolina
County Of Uaurens
In Court of Common Pleas
y. NJ. Pitts, Plaintiff

CRANKY Watson and Bub Watson,
Defendants
Pursuant to a Decree of The Court
in the above stated case, will sell at
public outcry to the highest bidder, at
Iaurens, c. H., S. c., on Salesday in
November next. being Monday the 1st
day Of the month, during the legal
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20

hours for such sales, the following de-
scribed property, to wit:
All that lot, piece, or parcel OF land
lying, being and situate in the town OF
Clinton, in the County of Laurens, and
State of South Carolina, containing
four and one half (4 1-2) acres more
or less, bounded on the North by lands
now or formerly Of Ewell Dendy, on
the East by lands now or formerly OF
B. M. Henry, on the South BY lands
now or formerly of Joe Suber and on
the West by public road from Clinton
to Woodruff.
Terms of Sale. Purchaser 10 pay
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20

for papers and stamps. II the terms
of sale are not complied with, the land
to be re-sold on same or some subse-
quent Salesday on same terms, ut risk
of former purchaser.
G.. A. POWER.
C. &C. P. and G. S.. Iaurens, S. G.
Dated, this Oct. 8, 1920. 1876
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20

Navy Never Supplied President.
No naval man has ever held the
prss;dency. while IA Of the presidents
we're at one time or another connected
with TIE army.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08

The very impossibility in which l find myself to prove that God is not, discloses to me His existence
 La Bruyere
Something That Had Been Overlooked

letter of viscount Grey stated, has been the valuable and sensible tribution League Nations discussion that has yet appeared, touches upon one very important matter been overlooked all the speeches and writings against the
 Lord Grey assumed that these who had opposed the ratification treaty the in which it had Versailles good faith. He did the belief of many Americans that politics had unwarrantably caused the delay, though naturally politics would the dis cussion in a greater degree than any other That he said under the form of govern ment not only possible but inevitable. He then sets the real underlying of the senates insistsnce upon reservations"
 There is n States a tive feeling for the traditional policy, and of those traditions consecrated by the advice of Wash ington is abstain from foreign and particularly from European entang elements. Even for which have been used European alliances the League of Nations felt something a departure. is for States which hitherto held all alliances For the League of Nations is not merely a plunge the unknown. but plunge thing of which historical advice and traditions have hitherto disapproved It does not that it will make his departure. It recognizes that world conditions have changed but it desires time consider. to feel it's and to with caution Hence this desire for some qualification and reserva- ton.
 ? The American constitution only possible, but under certain conditions renders inevitable conflict between executive and legisla It possible League Of Nations stands for president in some future years commit the United States through the American representative the council of the League of Nations policy of which the legislature that time might disapproye
 The contingency is which arise in Great Britain where the government is daily responsi- ble to the representative authority of the House of Commons and where, in the of d conflict be- tween the House of Commons and the government the latter must either immediately give way public opinion must decide between them and itself by of immediate general elections.
 This contingency is therefore present minds and in ratifying the League of Nations have need to make any reservations provide contingency which cannot arise in Great Britain.
 But in the United States it is otherwise. contingency is within the region practical politics They have and, if they desire right, provide against it. Reservations with this object therefore illustration only party politics la-> 2f a great constitutional question which con- srantly arises between the president and and it would be fair to label this with of party politics than it would be to apply that to of the great constitutional struggles which between the House of Commons the executive authority Britain in the days before the question had finally in favor of the House of Commons.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
Not the Right Answer

A humorst has devised a of finding just how long the peace treaty wrangle will last. He takes the ages of President Wilson nd Senator Lodge and then by a "expectation of life' tables of the insurance companies figures when the dispute will to an end
 We do think the at by the process is the $ things are now work ing out believe the matter will be settled with out reference to the president and Mir Lodge Both their day their opportunity and be- tween them they have made sad it. The disposition be take the affair out of their hands and get somewhere with it.
 The game of politics played with the treaty has been a wearisome side has been vanity personal ambition and iron grip most serviIe group of assembled the United States On the other there been a short sighted belief that if the president thwarted he and his party would discredited.
 He has been discredited, enough but not by the opposition. It has been accomplished by the president himself. And the opposition has not escaped discrediting
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
A Birds Nest of Last Year

quite get the meaning of Governor Edwards New Jersey when he declared on Thurs day night that the question of personal liberty was which would come for settlement next Noyember The governor course, was referring to prohibition. But that has ceased to be issue and as an issue be revived except through m congress proposing the repeal of the fed cral amendment. There is, far have learned no step contemplated. Certainly it would not be the present congress which is strongly recorded for prohibition.
 Is possible that there is underground move naent select congressman next fall who would favor a repeal resolution? We think not. We would like hue of the hair of candidate outside O isolated wet district here and there, who would go before the people such an issue. He would a fit candidate only for insane asylum.
 Perhaps the New Jersey governor has sinister purpose amalgamate his movement with that of Nr. Gornpers for the election of a congress com rnttcd a single policy 10 legislation in favor of
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08

All of them are tall. well built and chafe under the enforced inactivity of waiting for the deputy sheriff of Wich- ita county to come and serve the in junction issued by Judge Calhoun of the fifty-tIlird district court of Texas. Rangers do not serve civil papers. Judge Calhoun has issued an injunc ton similar to the one issued by Judge Frank Mathews of Tiilman county, Ok lahoma, across the river.
 Both injunctions give possession of tho disputed property to the state of- ficers of their respective states Both injunctions put the property in the hands of a receiver, who is to operate it until the courts definitely establish claims.
 But the rangers do not worry about injunctions. One fashioned checker board, and labeled one side Texas" and the other "Oklahoma. Then, us- ing cartridges as checkers. the hard bciled gentlemen who are the terror of the border, whfled away pleasant aft ernoon. X crap game among oil men in an adjoining ten didn't intrigue them i,i the least.
 They even listened sympathetieally
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08

class. Though have always heard that in union there is strength, do not believe there would be enough union to generate enough strength to put Gompers- Edwards congress over Other elements will brought
 The Governor Edwards looses his wild tongue the democrats will be impressed with the righteousness of MT. Bryan's indignation against him. Also the will those democrats who have attacked Mir Bryan for his criticism of Edwards, be associated with him enemies of prohibition, sym pathetic with his declared purpose bring back New Jersey.
 And New Jersey lying adjacent the United States, separated only by. ginary lines, would become menace to its larger and dry neghbor
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
Ex|DE BAT TERY
 STATION MOVES

Another evidence of the prosperous and progressive conditions in and about Phoenix is shown in the leasing of modern new home by Tom Spaulding. manager of the local Exide Battery station.
 Early last spring MT. Spaulding and his brother opened the Exide station at 235 w. Washington street. It was but a comparatively short time until their business had increased to such an extent that new and enlarged quar- ters were necessary and Mir. SpauId- building operations in Phoenix in or der to secure an ideal location. He feels that he has been especially for tunate in securing a long term lease on the ground floor space of the new Odd Fellows building. The space which he has leased fronts on 3rd Ave. giv- ing him driveway in on the 3rd Ave. side and a convenient exit to the court between Washington and Adams The new street number is 25 N. Third avenue.
 As d result of MT. Spaulding's at tendance at the Exide convention re- gently held in San Francisco he has succeeded in securing the services of l.. l.. Dana who has a recognized repu- tation on the coast as battery ex- pert. Mr. Dana has had years of ex- perience in battery work and for some time has been associated with the Exide branch in San Francisco.
 Mir. Spaulding feels that he is now in position to give more perfect service to the autoists of this com munity. He has already installed all his equipment in the new place and is fully prepared to take care of all Battery an1 electrical work and is in vlting his numerous acquaintances tc pay his new place of business a visit.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
The Managerial Form

Hardly week passes that we do not receive inquiry from different of country the which the commission manager form government has worked out in Phoenix. An interest ing fact is that many inquiries from young men and women students, asking for data for against the system to be used in college debates. That is a sufficient indication a growing popular interest system
 last three months the system has been adopted in cities of populations ranging from 2 900 to 25O00 More than fifty cities of more than 10000 population city manager plan written into their charters. What the plan accomplishes for small illustrated by the exercise, set out in of Kalamazoo Michigan
 Kalamazoo a sound financial basis with a budget system and up-t system ing. The administration form instead of fourteen formerly; form of vouch- CTS instead of twenty has accounts instead twenty -one and has the lowest tax rate of Michigan municipality.
 The cities have recently adopted the manager plan Muskegon, Michigan; Iynchburl, and Newport News, Virginia; West Palm Beach, Sanford and Tallahassee, Florida Pittsburg, Cali fornia; Gainesville, Ohio, Sasaw and Walters, Oklahoma.
 The government recently civil service ex- aminations to fill the position of for some of its wartime industrial towns which are being maintained peace time basis, notably nitrate producing community Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
 We must confess though there is to be set against the reports of the system in many towns, in most of them fact, rather disastrous experiences of other cities There the system is condemned But there are two improper points of view from which contemplate the city manager and the commission form of gov ernment On the one hand experience shown n many towns that the system good one; on the other. many towns have profted in- troduction of it. Thus proof against wholesale condemnation and the time it is evident that it is not specific good government. We brought the fundamental that after all, government depends upon the people who constitute the government. If the government good it is their fault. The right kind of people good government under system. If they arc the wrong kind of people. they hav good govern ment under system that devised or of good government.
 The manager plan only provides the way for a more businesslike and efficient government If the people do not make of the means there will be no good results On the contrary possible to have worse government under the commission, partisan plan than under the old plan. In the latter there is responsibility attach to the party in control and it is mighty foolish party or ganization that will allow itself to be seriously
 Under the partisan plan, unless the people into the power of interruptions of both parties responsible only to gang of whose existence half the voters do know
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
Where The People
 May Have a Hearing
PERsHING AND pFoERscHIN

10 the Editor of the Republicans
 In your Sunday paper of February ]. 1920. you have an article about General John J. Pershins, stating that his an cestors' name was "Pfoerschin.'' which meant peach" in German and silk in French Though I am not sure what silk" is in French, I would like to in form you that the word for peach in German is not the same as the word silk" in French. Peach in German is pfirsisch," not "Pfoerschin'
 Having traveled all over Germany. and talking German as my mother tongue. I never ran across the word ''pfoerschin" for peach in any Of the various dialects of the German Ian gEage- Respectfully yours.
 Sentinel. Ariz, Feb. 1.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08

while a newspaper man explained the game of chess on the checker board, using pennies as pawns, niclVelS as rocks, dimes as knights. quarters as bishops and old and new half dollars as king and queen. Heads represented enc side and tails the other. of course. One grizzled old veteran admitted playing the game back in 1887 or 1888. skinned the smart correspondent three straight.
 Oh, yes. they're rangers, all right. They wear big white five gallon hats. fancy sewed or "inlaid' boots, and fan nel shirts a-plenty. They carry an average of three guns apiece. which they use expertly
 But-they rode up to the Red river in five passenger cars: several of them wear rubber heels on their cowboy boots, and one at least is mighty nifty with his queens knight gaJnbit.
 So they may settle that oil land fuss without bloodshed. after all.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
WHO GOT IT?

Food prices are on the downward grade.
 This is surprising statement, half true- Prices of farm products-prices paid to farmers-decreased 3.4 per cent in August, ST per cent in September. 37 per cent in October and Al per cent in November. But
 Food prices paid by consumers in creased in August, September, October and November.
 Obyiouslvs the producers of food did not get the increase. They got the de- crease.
 Who. then, did get it9
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08

Martens, the bolshevist "ambas ssador.r declares that the soviet is strong enough to fight the world. Sure. So was Germany strong enough fight the world, and did fight A is strong enough to fight bull dog has too much do it.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
GOOD STORIES

I.ncoln's supply of stories seemed unfailing as spring. He always had tap. And he enjoyed them himself which added to the enjoyment of others in them
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
THE PRoFITEERs' PRAYER
By Edmund Vance Cooke

By Edmund Vance Cooke Give us this day daily bread, With plenteous butter on it spread And bounteous honey on the top. Yet not to lost a single drop. "Give us this day our daily bread Not only that we may be fed, But give us. that it may afford An added bounty to our board. Give us this day our daily bread All through our hands distributed, So that it's leaven shall suffice To raise the dough and raise the price. Give us this day" or let us take A goodly portion of the cake. Give us to reach and reach with ease The end piece. with the frosting, please.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08

Congress having failed to increase the pay of ambassadors, future presidents will have consult Dun Bradstreet in making appointments
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08

Encouraging words to Poland won t make her forget what happened to Yu- denitch. Eolchak and Denikine.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
UNCLE lcHAsoD-HE Russ HIS CHIN

By Edmund Vance Cooke Said Uncle Ichabod, rubbing his chin, "I don't say all folks of jail should be in. Nor I inclined to rantin' about That fellers back Of the bars should be out, And yet if the judge should be shut in a cell And the ja-brd should go the bench for
 spell
 well mebbe would git just well. Fer" said old Uncle Ichabod. scratching his jaw, The jaiI-brd would git respect fer the law, Fer he'd it's sinnycure holdin job pleasin sets of lawyers and also the mob And fer the judge in the cooler he'd find That vacation would stick in his
 
 he'd figger if Justice aint sometimes too blind!"
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
Sentinel. Ariz.. Feb. I.
In Appreciation
United States Postoffice. Fla gStaff. Arizona Fah 1a90

United States Postoffice
 Flagstaff. Arizona. Feb. ,. 1920. The Arizona Republican. Phoenix. Ariz. Gentlemen: We, the undersigned postal employees of the Flagstaff post . office, take this means to thank volt- paper for the editorial published under date of February f, 1920.
 The editorial referred to was the one which praised the efficient work Of the R. P O. service, and indirectly that of ali postal employees. in handling of the mail Also the fact that these em- pioyes are receiving an insufficient compensation for that service. Editorials of this kind tend to heln the cause of all postal employees. and also keeps the public in touch with th a work of the postal services
 Hoping you will keep up the good work in helping the cause of the un- derpaid government servants, we re- main,
 Very respectfully.
 LESTER T. F'LECk. Clerk No l.
 JOSEPH l.. WIGHT. Carrier No.
 DECKER WILLIAMS. No. 2.
 MICH. GINSBURG. Carrier No. l.
 MADELEINE BRANDT, No. 4
 DANIEL NJ. PHELAN,
 J. c. CLARK. No. 2.
 MARY E JOHNSTON.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08

German music will regain itS old popularity. hut in the coateft of na- tions it will be minor strain.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08

7 It may be that Chicago school teach CTS are radical as charged. Trying to
 live on s school teachers salary would
 have that effect.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-08

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