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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
WALK MUCH AND LIVE LONG
Overwhelming Evidences That Pedes-
trianism Is by Long Odds the
Best Form Of Exercise.

"Walk. walk, walk. every day. and
while walking give the arms full
play. BY so doing the bones. h
muscles. nerves and brain W n
kept in healthy activity. Nor .ov -
never mind the weather. Take 20
exercise, be the day wet or fine, 1t
or cold. Above all. avoid sitting over
a fire. Nothing is more conducive
to senility." This is the prescription
of Sir Herman Weber. the eminent
European physician, who died at the
age of ninety-fve years. Certainly
there could be no better recommended
ton of the virtues of walking than the
life of Sir Herman.
Walking is something that cannot
be overdone, and ut the same time
much ont Of fashion at the present
time. IN this day Of automobiles the
man who walks is the exception. ana
while the man in the motorcar de-
rives vast amount of henefit from
his trips into the country anf
through getting his lungs pumped
full of fresh air, he does not obtain
the great variety of health-giving eea-
tures that come with walking.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
HAS new IDEA IN SCULPTURE
Tennessee Girl Uses Dried Apples to
Fa.hon Fer Models Of the HUI
man Form Divine.

Down in Knoxville. TcEn.. lives Miss
I,aGci Mi'!o,i, Nlin li;iS created new
are ,!;>1 net art TO he brief. she l;
Developed dried a:,:,le sculpture with
reilart>;;.,!" result.
For wears :ti<S Million Las Been ir-
tnr"St:h in HE v;rin.IS types Of !nnur :
tainrrrS who c0ne DOVE tr her f..
Tiers store to trade l!av' v''iI artistic
ability. >h" tried good many times
to nIn'lc, their GlAint Hnd we;ith':-
beaten faces by the conventional meth
OILS Of sculpture, hut the results did
not satisfy iIer. One evening. While
cHt!inS apples to dry them for the fiji
tnrc >h" picked up piece Of par
italy dried apple and noted its $irk-
fn4 resemblance To the wr;nkipn face
Of the usual elderly mountaineers.
whom she was endravoring to p0r-
trly.
Taking up a sharp knife, She did
title cutrin. so is to fashion ihe
wrinkied apple into a human face. The
outcome was most successful: she saw
possibilities in this newly discovered
art and she set to work experiment.
ing in dried apple sculpture. Little
hy little she became quite expert in
making dolls whose heads are simply
dried apples. cleverly cut before they
are dried
Miss Million has found a Satisfac-
tory preServative with which she var
nisheS the dried apple heads when they
have reached the desired state OF dry
ness. The costumes and accessories
are carefully copied from life; in
deed. Miss Million always has some
particular person in mind when she
evolves little doll with dried ap-
pie face.-Scienti1ic American.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
Use Of Metals in the War.

A German expert has been compil'
ING some statistics Of the use OF metals
in the war. He says that if the iron
and steel used by Germany alone IN
45 months of war were forged into
ring which went round the equator
each meter would weigh 80 hundred
weight. If the mass of metal were
made into wall along the battle
fronts-or $500 lni!es--a yard nigh
and yard thick. each yard would
weigh 200 hundredweisht. Germany
sent to the front every week more
guns than were used iii the whole OF
the Franco-PrUSSian war. TWenty-fouf
hours consumed more than did the
whole of the earlier war. The moral
he draws is that such things were only
nossible because Germany had been
wise enough before the war 70 con-
quer the worlds markets Hnd oust aef
enemies.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
Red L;q.,t Aids Plants.

The attention Of botanists has iatei9
been recalled to experiments maze at
Juvisy, near Paris, by NJ. Flaramarl"n
on the effect of exposing the seedlings
Of sensitive plants to lights OF dliler'
ent colors. Having placed fo'tr pairs
Of mimosa seedlings in four separate
pots in hothouSe, he covered one
pair with bell Of blue glass. another
with bell of green glass, thi;'d with
q bell of red glass, while the fourth
was exposed to ordinary white light.
At the end of two months the plants
subjected TO blue light were only one
inch high. having hardly grown at all.
Those exposed to white light were
four inches high, those that had grown
in green light were five inc hes high
while those whose light had been red
were no less than 16 inches high.
Experiments With other kinds OF
plants gave various results, but in ev-
ery instance blue light impeded growth
and development.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
Forcing Plants by Light.

To force the growth Of plants by
the use of artificial light is not a new
idea. but the SYSTEM hitherto has been
100 expensive in proportion to obtain
able results.
Recently man engaged in horticul,
ture discovered IN ellicacious method
Of applying light fer this purpose. AT
ranging in winter quarters his plants
as he wished them 10 grow, he sup
plies lamp with mercury vapor fo1
fuel and the seeds serminate in less
than half the ordinary time. While the
visor and Intensity of the color OF the
flowers is superior to that of the prod
uct grown naturally.
Another curious phenomenon no
t;ced in connection with this action %
light is an infinite multiplication o
the downy substance commonly 1oun'
on stems. Those grown III SHADOW
have The stems relatively pare. Yer.
good practical results have been Oh
tanned by this system.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
FRENCHMAN's WORK OF ART
Reauvais Cathedral Clock a Remark
able Example Of Ingenuity in
Its Construction.

The clock Of Reauvais (Franre) ca
thctlral is said 10 be composed OF 3z'uAW
serarate uieceS. One sees on the %
dial plates the hour the day, the week
and the month: the rising and setting
of the sun. phases OF the moon. me
tides. the time in the principal cap
itals Of tho world. together WIN q
Series nr terrestrial end astronomical
evclutionS. The framework is carved
oak. eight meters by five meters. or
oe feet by 1G1I feet. When the CLOCK
strikes Ill the o,iifice seems in move
ment The designer wished 70 der;cF
the Last Judgment. This Wci'nefl IL
ucrJ; recalls tIe clock of SiTaSSh!ir3'
-an,' Is 81 modern construction. II ~
the work of ". Yelite. who was in 'ne
engineering department of tho Nor"
railway. and who died in 1881. ne
.oc;; crews, angels sound Il trumpet at
fhe rolrr cardinal nointS, Imitation OF
flames appears from the openings OF
I:tfle >traples right and left. SHh''
that OF .he impenitent thief. appears
beforc the supreme Judge. It is con-
(emned. ~ I enfer." and 4 demon
armed With a pitchfork seizeS 1t a''a
casts it into the abyss. Next comes 'he
soul of the just. The angels advance
and conduct it to the realms OF day.
sacred strains being heard.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
Many Glacial Periods.

One often hears of "the glacias
period' or "the ice age" Of the earth.
but, strictly speaking, this expression
Is not correct. It is now established
bevond all reasonable doubt that this
planet has experienced not one but a.
great many glacial periods. Evidence
has been found which proves that the
latest or Pleistocene glacial epoch, has
several important subdivisions, and
that all of the present continents have
experienced glacial epochs at different
ages. Great ice sheets were formea
at different periods back to the Pro-
terozoic age: that is. the age OF the
oldest known sedimentary rocks,
great many million years ago. one
of the most recent discoveries of the
old glacial deposits was made by Pro-
fessor w. w. Atwood. Of the. United
States geological survey. near Ridg-
way in southwestern Colorado. These
deposits were found beneath tertiary
Iavas of the San Juan mountains, ana
resting upon upper cetaceous beds.
They have. it is believed, been formed
in early EOcene times.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
YEAR RICH III CEnTEHaR'ES
Natal Day CeieuTations of Many Fa-
NOUS People VIII Take Place
During 1919.
Regent.

This year Of @tace 1919 is rich in
centcnaricS. To begin with. il is a
hundred Years since Qnten Victoria ap-
Dearcd on Mother Earil--i centenary
concerning which the nlonthlies will
presently he waxing eloquent, London
Tit-BitS states.
Another noted centenary OF the
present year is that of the famous old
sca-dos. Admiral Rodney, the man in
whom for wears the French found so
persistent an aSsaiIant. 50 doughty an
adversary. Twas way back in 1919
that this old gentleman first delighted
his friends with his presence. The
centenary of ". f. Foster. the states
man. will also be celebrated this year
Few greater authorities on education
than this gifted son-in-law Of the great
Doctor Arnold of Rugby ever breathed.
Among other worthless whose names
must also be mentioned in this con-
rection is that of John Campbe'l
Sharp, the Worlswortllian poet and
philosopher: Arthur Hugh Ciou2h, the
poet, and Charles Kingsley. the gifted
author of that immortal thriller
"Westward iio"
ScotSmen will presently be doing
honor to the memory of another noted
individual whose centenary also fails
this year-a man worthy of happier
fate-Donali Caryiil, the great COW
enanter. WHO. it will he relne!nhered'
for daring 10 eycomnlunicate the king,
was execrtcd At the Old Market
Cross. Edinburgh. Neither must we
forget Genr%r E,liot. the auflloreSs OF
that Unparalleled romance, Adam
Bele."
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
HOME OF FAMOUS ORATORS
Eminent Men Who Have Occupied tho
Pulpit. Of "Spurgeon's Taber-
nacIe," London, England.

Commenting on DR.. A. c. Dixon's
resignation Of the paStOrate of the
Metropolitan tabernacle. London, which
will probably be known to the end OF
time rs "Spurgeon'S tabernacle"
writer in the London Christian World
refers 70 some of the emiaent men who
have occupied that pulpit in the past
Benjamin Reach. John Gill. John KIP
pom. and others-and gives the follow
ING interesting incident: Coming to
more recent days. it is Just thirty years
ago since 4 trustee OF the tabernacle
smoke 20 Sturgeon about an American
preacher named Dixon. who had
spoken at the worlds Sunday-School
convention. Sturgeon at once invited
him to speak at the tabernacle. 1t IS
interesting to recall the fact that they
might easily have been associated long
before. DR.. Dixon's father, who sus'
tained pastorate Of nearly 60 years
in church in wood, in front OF
which he is buried. thought Spurgeon
was the greatest preacher since faui'
He lonsed for his son to have course
of study at Surgeons college. Young
Dixon sent in his application. Spur
geon's reply was: "My dear sir. you
can find institutions in your own conn-
try better adapted TO your case. Please
accept this as final" Of course, it was
in that way that the great preacher
tested the persistence of his candidates.
A. G. Dixon took him at his word, and
never applied again. He was. however,
destined to more than fulfill his IA
thcr's desires. and following men IKE
Spurgeon, and 4. G. Brown, he has
thoroughly maintained the tabernacle's
great traditions"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
SHIPS TURN SOUTH
Part Of Navy Goes 10 Gaantaaano
To Practice.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. Headed by
at least seven superdreadnaughts and
accompanied by more than score CT
smaller craft the Atlantic fleet VIII
turn southwark tomorrow afternoon
from the Virginia Capes for Guanta-
namo for annual winter maneuvers
and target practice.
The capital ships eff the capes to-
night are the Oklahoma, which sailed
from the Norfolk navy yard today,
the Pennsylvania, flagship Of the fleet,
Arizona, Nevada, Florida, Utah
and Delaware. The smaller scaft
will be composed Of destcoyeTs, sup
ply ships, submarines and tugs.
The final assembling of the feet
for the southern voyage is scheduled
for tomorrow morning and the ex-
recitation is that the Rear Admiral
Henry B. Wilson in command head
ing the fleet on the Pennsylvania,
will be able to start the voyage early
in the afternoon. Throughout the
voyage southwark the feet will en-
gage in steamirg maneuvers, Other
ships VIII Augment the aotilla as It
proceeds.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
Hhanoe Of Ownership.

\ poorly clad stranger haa heel
gazing fer such Il long tine VIII
interest n a mansion. with its spa
r;ons. stately carriage drive and we'll
kept grounds. chat policeman at the
corner grew suspicious anG walked mp
to him. 'Nice house" said tue o'h-
rcr cenfallv. yes" was 'he reN!y.
"!f'S 8 very nice house. ana II cost
money, TOO" "It did that SAID me
oGccr. Il huilt that house sad the
stranger. The officer looked at the
sccdy Individual and smiled. "Nhaf
d:A YER do it with" he Said-'a space
and hoe" "Nn." replied the man
SADLY. with money left me by my
uncle. # is not exactly rs ! WoA!d
have designed it. nor had seen
if hrfcre---' 'Y0U never saw II be-
fore" said the officer. .'anA it ain!
lust as you'd like it, but you hu!lt II
with money left YOU hy your uncle:
that's a good joke Its al 'lne''
said the Scedy stranger; the owner
was my Iawyer!'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
NOT HURT BY WARN CLIMATE
Writer Denies That Lifs n the Trop-
les Is Snervat:ng to Whites
DWELLING Thee.

The opinion is widespread II north
ern ciimrS that continuously W%rnl
climatic. rnhrokcn by >.larp ::e"i,ti'
changes is rn"rvating and d"ff';'n: ntai
to DE V hii~ li::n. TliiS o,,sl:"n is >il'',
Stan'i"ted by Il conS:'lcrah!" variety
OF evidence. Exception. however, is
taker by Vaughan MacCauGhr::. writ
in@ in Science.
!!uuaii is >uh-tropical. TIL" si@nifi-
cant fact Is that The white" pni'u!a-
ticn lives 'Auleriran style.
The hours Of labor for business men.
professional Mcn and lahorrrS are just
as long rs in northern regions. The
holidays and vacation Periods are no
more numerous. The lunch period is
one hnur at noon, and there is no
SicSta
4 White lahoring class Goes not eX-
Isl in Hawaii. This is due. however,
not to climatic conditions. hu, t" the
economic competition OF cheap ori-
entail labor.
II mast be acknowledged that the
change fran northern 10 SHh-trcn-
zeal climate does not always agree with
the white wGmcn. Some Su:fpr from
noor health and more or less profound
functional arrangement. However. The
problem is an open one as to whether
this is directly due to climatic NAL
adaptation.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
MAN IS YEARS OF AGE
BEATS WIFE TO DEATH

Newport News. Va, Jan. 7.~~-Wil-
son H. Brokaw, ST., seven~y-iive years
of age was placed unde rarrest here
this afternoon charged with having
beaten his wife, fortydve years OF
age, to death with a hammer. 1t IS
charged that the crime was committed
at Camp Eutis, near here, where the
Brokaws had made their home for the
last month, coming here from Chicago
to be near their son, Wilson H. Bro
kaw, Jr., who is a lieutenant IN the
army stationed at Camp Eustis.
It is said that feeling is running
high tonight at Camp Eustis and
that a strong guard has been placed
about the military jail where BrokaW
is incarcerated to safeguard him un-
til he can be turned over to the civil
authorities tomorrow.
It is said by people living near the
Brokaw home that the man was seen
up at an early hour this morning.
About 9 o'clock screams were heard
and when several men rushed to the
scene they found the dead body OF
Mrs. Brokaw in the house, her head
crushed by blows from hammer and
Brokaw in the yard. He appeared to
be entirely unconcerned at the tine
and when told of the crime said that
some negroes had been about the
place during the day and that they
must have been guilty. Il IS alleged
that his hands ard clothing were
spotted with blood when he was az
rested.
Lieut.. Brokaw was almost prostrat,
ed when the news was bro,.en 70 him
and declared The: he Knows q 10 re2-
son Why his father shorjd have oo0:,
mitted such crime. The bc2E . t!,e
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
spread Love of Good Music.

The greatest factors that eHist AT
fhe present time in the spreading OF
music and the inducement OF love
for if, are the musicreproducing ma
chimes of all kinds. What these nave
done to promote general muslcai
knowledge cannot be overestimated.
Why, you meet people who, few
Gears AGO. would not have known the
nome of one great musical compost
lion. who now are familiar not only
with the composers. but with tneir
foremost interpreters and the ways IN
which these interpretations have been
conceived. These people know every
note Of works they hadn't even heard a
few years ago.
It is not enough for a composition
TO be great to help the world. appar-
emily: it must he known to be great.
With man it is a different matter.
DO vour work well. and ynn Will ne
Judged by it. There are always those
who can Judge if ones work is good ;
let ,lom Ei,,i-e-E:xchange:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
DANIELS FAVORS
FIGHTING MEN
Those Who Performed Shore Duty
Cut Ovt by Secretary.

Washington, Jan. I.-Co!nc;dent
with the appointment today by Cha r
man Page, of the Senate :laVa. ccm-
mittee. OF Subc omra:t.ce 10 irvGG-
tigate the naval de>oratic; coHtro-
versy, Secretary Daniels transmitted
70 Senator Page a complete list of
all officers and enlisted men consider
ed by the navy's beard of awards for
service decorations as recommended
by commanding officers.
The list transmitted by Secretary
Daniels comprises more than $500
names and the charts accompanying
it tell graph;c story Of the fate Of
each recommendation as it passed
through the hands Of the board ard
finally was acted on by the secretary.
The documents sent to the Senate
by Secretary Daniels showed that the
list of 14A persons finally approved
by Secretary Daniels to receive The
distinguished service medal repre-
sented reduction fnearly 200 from
the total recommended by the board.
Practically all recommendations for
that honor disapproved by the secre-
tary were for officers who performed
shore duty, the report showed. Per-
sons designated by the secretary, but
not by the board, to receive the
distinguished service medal totaled
two, these including the commanding
officers of naval craft that were at
tackled by submarines or came in
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
M:nrohes ia Our Clothes.

ApropGs OF the liability OF demob'
iliZed soldiers to contract colds as
soon as they get into "ciries' a cor
respondent suggests that probably the
civilian clothes are the cause, wheth-
er they be warmer than the uniforms
or no.. Sir Ernest Shack!eton had
something to say about this matter
on his return from the antarctic. Not
withstanding the intensely low temper
atures and almost incesSant hliZzards
experienced, colds were quite unknown
until a bale of clothing brought from
England was opened. The next day
there was an epidemic Of colds in the
party. and Sir Ernest's explanation
was that the trouble was caused by
microbes that had been alternating. as
it were, in the closely packed clothing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
W0RKEno NOT ALWAYS BUSY
Sust!irn individual Sometimes Is
Merely Carrying Out ideas Evolved
by Apparent "loafer,"

Secretary of Wa: Baker was de.
fe:.ding certain army officers who had
been berated us chan warmers. some
may be-" he admitted. but i'll most
eases an sure YOU will find that the
very y,erSc1. whose position or WORK
seems almost Il Sinecure. is doing big
things, While often the person who L:
thoughtleS>iy given credit is not TIE
real worker at all. Like the secre'
tary's stenosrapher.
"'Who is that busy young woman
telling that visiting committee where
to Get OFF, asked the stranger.
"'Oh,' was the answer, she's the
secrc,ary's StenoSrarher.'
"'What secretnry|
"'The secretary Of the B!uffville
chamber of commerce. That's him.
reading the movie magazine in the
back room. Hes The live wire" You
read SO much about in the daily pa,
pers.'"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
"swarn Is Really Goose.

The Chinese "swan" is not really
a swan, but a goose. 1t has achieved
a vicarious reputation as a swan mere
" because Of an extremely long neck,
not properly belonging to a goose. but
altogether swanlike.
The lady swan. instead of pursuing
the birdlike motherly habit Of sitting
on her eggs in order to transform
them from mere eggs into baby swans.
carefully covers them up with mound
of sticks and things.
The Chinese swan is known in high
brow circles as Cygnopsis cygnoides.
It is q most peculiar bird with large
wart on its bill. which is as yellow
as the royal dragon of China. It has
a disr osit:on as mild az th"t "f the
Chinese lG5io., itst :. i; sea +. sccres
d.n:onscr, has q large an and
is extreme. ? ;"QJ2c 99-s re,
restrained, Ciliua&e uGEa.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
CRADLES OF GREAT EDITORS
Many Editorial Giants Got Their Early
Training or Village Newspapers
Of New England.

The old New England village news
papers nourished a race of journalistic
giants. It was from little Connectl'
cut office, that Of the Connecticut
Mirror. that a keen Yankee, named
George D. Prentice, went forth to pre-
pare the way for that great light OF
Southern journalism, Henry Waiter
son.
The d;ngy little printing shops or
Vermont trained in the service of the
types many men who afterward be-
came eminent in metropolitan ana
western Journalism. But the case OF
Greeley was an epic in itself. No more
uncouth and miserable little wretch
ever sought employment. But he
frightened up the Northern Spectator
with his youthful writings, which were
then, as ever after. his very own. ana
not mere imitation Addisoniauisms.
From the shop in East Pou!tney ne
went forth to an illustrious career;
and whether it liked him or not, the
country had to listen to him.. HIS
brain not infrequently-so his country
men would now express it-slipped
cog. There were strange lapses in MS
intellectual and moral achievement,
but none, in his honesty or his gooo
will toward his fellow countrymen.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
Time and Watch on ship5oard.

The bell on shipboard is struck ev-
ery half-hour. In the morning one
hell sounds az 1890 a. NJ. and ev'
erv ha!f-hour increases until eignt
bells at 4 p. m.; then one bell AGAIN
ot 80 a. m. to eight bells at s M;
one bell again at $50 a. m.; ana
eight bells at noon. In the afternoon
one hell sounds at 10 p. nl.' anc,
eight bells at 4 p. m., after when IS
the first dog watch Zone bell 4:3o two
bells 5, three bells $50. four bells %,
and the second dog watch zone oe.l
$50, two bells Z, three bells t:5o,
eight bells 81, and then one oeii at
80 to eight bells at midnight
Tie day is divided into seven
watches. as follows: Afternoon watch,
noon to p. m.; first dog watch. p. m.
to 6 p. M; second dog watch, 6 p. m.
to s D. m.: first watch s p. m. to mid
night; niddle watch, midnight to >
a. m.; morning watch, a. m. to : 3.
m.: forenoon watch, s a. m. to noCn>