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The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
Atlas POlUder Company
Reports NeLU Explosive

The Atlas Powder Company OF
Philadelphia announces the success
full production of a new type Of
economical explosive of high EN-
cheney which is absolutely non-
freezing. This is expected to prove
of great improvement in farming,
construction work and mining and
quarrying operations where cold
weather blasting is necessary.
The new explosive cannot be af-
fected by any temperature, accord
ing to extensive laboratory and field
tests. Heat causes nc deterioration.
1t has a high degree of safety be-
cause its qualities of stability pre-
vent it from exploding prematurely.
no ordinary blow or shakeup caus-
ing it to explode. The new explosive
also eliminates the throbbing head
aches induced in the workmen hand
ling ordinary dynamite.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
MERCHANTS PLAN
MEETING TO HELP
BUSINESS SLUMP
Stimulate Business and
Reduce Unemployment
Their Aim.
BUILD BUSINESS
Convention to Be Held in
Pennsylvania Hotel, N. Y,
January "a to 20.

New York business men in the
Wholesale drygoods and allied lines
are promoting a convention OF re-
tail merchants handling popular
price merchandise to be held at the
Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, dur
ing the week of January "a.
Build Business" is the slogan Of
those behind the convention. 1t is
the feeling among manufacturers
and jobbers that If the retailer will
sit down with them and discuss
conditions and ways of meeting
them. buying will be stimulated and
the entire country benefited.
Confidence is felt that an inter
change of views will dispel the no.
tion prevalent among retailers that
there still is to be a substantial
drop in prices. Already, it is said.
prices Of many items of merchandise
are back to pre-war figures, and in
some cases, even lower.
So that there may be an actual
demonstration of this fact, an ex-
hibit of items suitable for popular
price selling will be held during the
convention. These will be shown by
manufacturers as we'll as jobbers,
thus enabling the merchant not only
to get first hand information of
price tendencies. but to actually in
spect merchandise. Arrangements
have been made to feature items OF
a seasonable character to guide the
merchant in selecting stocks for
spring and summer.
The daily program for the conven-
tion calls for talks by both whole
salers and merchants on various
phases of current merchandising
problems.
Among the trades to be represent
ed in the convention and merchan-
disc exhibit are dry goods, notions,
millinery, house furnishings, hard
wareS toys, woodenware glassware.
Crockery, underware, hosiery, sta
tionery jewelry, laces and en-
broideries, knit goods, books, en-
amel and aluminium ware. ready-to-
wear, etc.
Temporary offices of the commit
tee in charge of arrangements for
the convention and exhibit are To-
Gated in the Flatiron Building, New
York. Julian Rosenthal, secretary,
where information may be had as
to hotel accommodations, etc.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
Wheat and Corn Exports.

Wheat, including -four. exports
from the United states and Canada
for the week ending January 13, re-
ported to BradSIreet's aggregate
6,2S4,S23 bushels, against lO,S35,247
bushels previous week and 4.9O2l24
bushels in the likr week year ago.
For the twenty-eiuht weeks ending
January 13 exports are 262.5S9,66S
bushels. against lT4724,S57 bushels
in the corresponding period a year
ago. Corn exports for the week are
1884 bushels. against $4,000
bushels previous week and $4,000
bushels in the sam" week a year
ago. For the twcnly-eight weeks
ending January l3 corn exports are
6,5lS.6e2 bushels. gainst LESBOS
bushels a year ago
The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
Where Our Gold Went.

The governments detailed state
ment regarding destination of our
gold exports during the first ten
months of 1920 shows that whereas
in the corresponding period of 1919
we sent $27,92O,OOO to Spain and s4.-
016,01s to France, we shipped no
gold whatever to either country dur
ing the period of 1920. On the other
hand, whereas our gold export to
Argentina in the same ten months
Of 1919 was s32,96O, 900, in 1920 it had
risen to s39,995,000.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
Changes in Silver Exports.

Up to the close of October in 1919
we had shipped s1Os,1SO.71S worth
of silver to British India; in the
same period of 1920 we exported
to that destination only S223,211.
On the other hand, our shipments
of the period to Hongkong in
creased from s5,7s7,4OO to s2O,445,-
619 and to the rest of China from
S39,351,245 to S59.241,013.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
LOCAL MORTICIAN
CONDUCTS MODEL
ESTABLISHMENT
w. r. Speare Company
Has Been Active
Since 1872.
INCORPORATED 1917
Almus R., Willis B., and Clyde
]. Nichols Are Directing
Heads of Firm.
1917

For 4S years there has probably
been none exerting a wider activity
and influence in the undertaking
business, nor maintaining a more
complete business and commercial
service than the enterprise conduct
ed by the w. r. Speare Company,
undertakers, with headquarters at
1908 II street northwest. This is
an enterprise which was originally
established in 1872 by the late w.
r. Speare, and is widely and favor
ably regarded as being an important
and representative connecting link
between the Washington of the
present and the Washington Of the
| past
The business of the W. R. Speare
( Company has been built up to its
large proportions from small be-
ginning. but its growth and eXpan-
sion have been consistent, healthy,
and gainful. Somewhere or other
we are told that Nothing succeeds
: like success" but success TO be last
! ing and substantial must have some
real and solid foundation upon
which to rest. The real secret Of
the long and continued success and
prosperity of the w. r. Speare Com
pany, If properly studied and ana
lived, will be found in the fact that
its management from the earliest
DAYS has always sought to handle
| its duties so they would commend
/ themselves to the public through the
| force Of their own merit and quail
ties. and that this aim has been at
tanned will be found in the present
high standing and prestige of the
! firm in question.
They are prepared to undertake
the management and direction Of
either an ostentatious or modest fu-
neral. having chapel. parlor. and
lady assistant. They also handle
cremations. They have probably
done more to bring the business to
successful and artistic standpoint
than any other funeral director, and
as a result enjoy large patronage.
Messrs Almus r. Speare- Clyde J.
Nichols and Willis B. Speare, the di-
recting heads of the firm. are men
Of wide practical training and eXpe-
! rienCe, all concentrating their efforts
to keep the W. r. Speare Company
where it has always been. at the
pinnacle of perfection.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
Of Banks
Our Gold Importations.

The increase of S254,OOO,OOO in
our gold imports during the first
ten months of 1920, as compared
with the similar period in 1919,
was almost wholly due to an in
crease of 2O2.4OO.OOO in importa-
tions from England. of $2O,191. 600
in imports from Hongkong, and of
$1966S,OOO in imports from France.
The receipts of gold from all
three markets were connected with
the redemption of the Anglo-French
loan.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
China and the Silver Market,

Business in the silver market as
reported by one of the London bull
lion houses has been done daily on
considerable scale, mostly against
operations in China exchange. 1t
is not reasonable to imagine that
China is in actual want of silver.
About 100000 ounces are on the
way there, and the stock already
in Shanghai is abnOrmally heavy.
A year or so back a scarcity Of
silver was felt in the interior. This
state of affairs does not exist to-
day. The relation of China to silver
is vital to the future of the metal.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
England and the Wool Market

Reporting on the foreign COM
mercial situation, a London con-
sulate states that lin view of the
fall in prices. the general impress
sion in wooden circles of the United
Kingdom is that forced realiza-
tion of the government stock at an
early date is impracticable; that
the effect of such realization would
be extremely serious arrangement
of the wooden trade in the United
Kingdom itself"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-17

President and of the Northwest Savings
lied $4,000 and having deposits OF S5ooooo
Mr. Savage born in Louisa Kentucky 1855 and started
his financial teller in Catettsburg, Ky, 1875.
He organized number of successful banks in the South and
Middle West besides being active leader building indus
Gary Ind Mr. has travelled extensively,
ing toured Europe Asia and Africa I9o7o8 and Australia
He has also found much time devote social betement
steelworkers educational systems beaufyng
towns and cities,
Mr. Savage member Of the American Bankers Associa-
ton Archaeological Institute Chevy Chase Club and the Cncn
natl Literary Club
The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
Comptroller Issues Weekly Statement
Regarding Bank Applications Granted

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The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
Paris Market Firm.

PARIS, Jan. 15.-Prices were firm
on the Bourse today. Three per cent
rentes, centimes higher at So
francs; per cent war loan, un-
changed at SIS francs 20 centimes.
\ Exchange on London, unchanged
at 81 francs 35 centimes per sover-
eign: American dollars were quoted
at Is francs 43h centimes, against
16 francs IS centimes yesterday.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
"SafetY First"

The following Rules of the Road
have been forwarded by an English
resident In Japan who has copied
them from the central police station
at Tokyo.
At the rise of the hand Of the po-
liceman stop rapidly.
Do not pass him By or otherwise
disrespect him.
When passenger of the foot hove
In sight, tootle the horn; trumpet at
him Inelodiously at first, but If he still
obstacles your passage tootle him with
vigor and express by word of the
mouth the warning Hi, Hi =
Beware the wandering horse that he
shall not take fright as you pass him
by. Do; not explode an exhaust boz
at him. Go soothingly by.
Give big space to the festive dog
that shall sport in the roadway.
Avoid entanglement: Of = dog with
your Wheel spokes.
Go :soethingly on the grease mud as
there Turks the skid demon. :
Press the brake Of the foot as yoi
roll round the corner to save the col
lapse and tie-up.-London Punch.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
Ho, Hum, How Sleepy We Are!

story of a drifting mine which
came ashore or the, Durham coast
some time ago, anu gave rise to an an
amusing incident, which might have
easily resulted in q tragedy, is told By
the London Morning Post.
H"epe Saturday afternoon the mine
sweeping division at the admiralty re
ceived a long-distance telephone call
from the local Durham police, who
stated that a mine had been washed
ashore but that before they or the
coast guard could warn people off, a
miner-wllo had lunched weil-had
ciambered on stop of it and gone to
sleep. What were they to do: They
were given strict injunetions not to
attempt to arouse the man, because In
waking up suddenly he might break
one. of the horns with disastrous re-
suits to himself and others. Two hours
later. the police, in "a very relieved
voice, reported that the man had awak-
ened of his own accord and had SLID
of the mine into safety"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
CONDITIONS IN NEARLY
ALL JAILS REPORTED BAD

Columbia, July 1l.-Condit:ons IN
all of the county janis of the state
are bad, with the exception of those
in Charleston, Florence, Greenvllle,
Newberry and Richland. These have
no Outstanding faults according to
a report just issued by the state
board of public welfare.
The board reports that of the "a
iails in the state, II are unfit for hu-
man beings; three are classed as far
fifteen are fre-traps; only IL are
fire-proof and "a have serious faults
The report says that on many OF
the gangs of the state corporal pun,
ishment is still administered, in some
cases brutally.
There were during the year past
1886 Jail commitments, an average
Of one for every 228 persons in the
state.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
Artificial Precious stones.

: Gemstones owing. their attractive
ness to art are not now mere imita-
tions, but the actual stones are pro
duced arti6cially, as in the case OF
rubies. ami sapphifes. In other in
stances, natural minerals are improved
artifcially. An important industry
exists in; the artificial; coloring Of the
ssIni.precieus agate, and giving new
colors Sto other: stones has been at
tempted, r.At the Reno station of the
United States bureau Of mines, ra:
diurh has been used to obtain more
valuable tint a scoloriess Colorado
topaz Sl1as been given a pleasant vel.
low, and, while this has not, proven
permanent when exposed to lisht,s ex,
periments are being continued with
the hope that light-proof shades may
be eventually produced.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
FATNESs NO SIGN OF HEAL tn
Increased Weight, After the Age at
Forty, Rather a Danger Sig. +
nal, Say Experts.

When a person becomes stoat after
about forty years of age It does not
worry him, Or her, unless the stoutness
be so great as to cause discomfort or
Disagreement Nevertheless, the statis-
tics of life insurance companies prove
that increase of weight with age is
not favorable to length Of days, ac-
cording to Drs. Irving Fisher and
e. l.. Fisk, The greatest authorities on
insurance statistics.
what are the burdens of obesity
and why does it shorten life?' asks
the Journal of the American Medical
Association. Various answers. mostly
indefinite in character, may be forth
coming in reply to this question. lis
sue fat must be carried about like any
ether incubus. We are reminded that
overweight puts strain on the heart
and on the joints, and that it pushes
up the diaphragm and cramps the
lungs gaining adult who is already
overweight may find, his physical ac-
tivities restrained and bodily exertion
made labored. Accordingly, with an
unchanged food intake the surplus Of
unused energy accumulates and vi
cious cycle is presently established.
The obese person inevitably limits his
exercise; he grows heavier from the
unused reserves, and his activity there
upon becomes even more restrained
and limited Overfeeding, obesity and
lack of exercise interplay until big
becomes bigger"
And Dr.. E. P. Joslin indicates fat
ness as responsible for diabetes.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
BUcK JONES COMING
e IN aTHE BIG PUNCH

sEslls#ing his great success in
a1ust Pals" in which he received uni
ysFsak praise throughout the country
Rnck Jones once more steps out OF
k:ssscharacter as cowboy to enact a
polsS of more serious nature, in his
latest William Fox production, en-
Haed eThe Big Punch" which viii
;65snsat the opera house Monday.
3s THE Big Punch IS. an Original
asory, by Jules G. Furthman, and is
described as an intensely appealing
:faIe of the Western hills. The story
reYalsss around a young man who j:
srrssted for, sheep rustling in which
shsShad Sno: part,.is convicted. and sem
4esprisons for term of FIVE years
blowing dis release from: prison hi'
seprts te;'smake good, furnish many
drilling incidents.
En the leading role, it is said, Buck
::Jsnes displays greater emotiona
ability than he has ever shown here
'tofare on the screen.
Jack Ford, who directed Just
pals directed also "The Big Punch.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
Facing Buildings With Pottery.

:. In a recent. lecture before an Eng.
lish gathering Prof. ,Beresford Ptte
discussed the possibilities %ofs ceramic
products in the clothing Of reinforced
concrete Skeleton, buildings. Unlike
many architects who regard Tradition
al practice as something quite sacred.
Professor Pite would throw the con-
ventions of the past to the winds IN
order to meet modern developments.
While admitting the structural advan'
tages of reinforced concrete, he is not
an admirer of concrete as a material
for exterior surfaces. and advocates
the clothing of the structural skeleton
With "a garment of permanent, effec-
tive, beautiful, ceramic color, up,im-
tied in its variety and WORTH
Scientific American.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
RADsUM REMOVED
BEFORE MisHAp
Es Bi.hsp Struck :; by Machine
5 & s Afssr Having Costly Metal
sss Removed From BaHdsse
esfats,1t3th..

=
After having $4,000 worth of ra-
dunn removed from behind his ear
where it had been placed as treat
nent, M. W. Bishop of Pomaria was
painfully, but not seriously, injured
,about 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon
on Sumter street. near Hampton
when struck by an automobile driven
by a son of F. H. Weston, United
States district attorney.
Mr.. Bishop had previously been at
his physicians office for treatment.
Francis H. Weston, father of the boy
syho was driving the car, was IN the
machine at the time, and had the IN
jured man taken to the Baptist hos
pital for treatment.
At the hospital it was said the pa
tient was suffering from several cuts
and bruises about the head, but was
conscious shortly after the accident.
Physicians say he will be out in a
short time.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
PRICES OF FOOD
SHOWING DECLINE
Decrease of Three Per Cent. OBJ
served in Charlestcn-Few
Go Higher

Washington. July 10-Reports from
ten additional cities compiled today
by the department of labor showed
Charleston, S. c., heading the list
with a decrease of 5 per cent in the
cost of food for the month ending
June IS. Kansas City and Philadel-
phia reported decreases of per cent
while Atlanta, Baltimore, Indianapolis
and New York showed reductions of
l per cent. Reports from other cities
previously made public showed de-
clines of 9 per cent in Manchester,
N. H., and Rochester, N. Y, and l
per cent in Birmingham and Jackson
vile.
Cities showing an increase were
Little Rock with per cent jump
Savannah, Ga. -tenths of I per
cent. and Washington four-tenths of
l per cent.
For the year ending June Is In
dianapolis led the field with 40 per
cent reduction. Kansas City being the
next with 3S per cent.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
Mourning chevrons on "Beer" Suits.

Mourning chevrons on "Beer" Suits.
When the Princeton seniors ap:
.peared in their beer" suits last gear,
with a black mourning brassard on
the left sleeve, the idea was considered
very nifty. But they've beaten it this
spring. The beer suits were broken out
out early this week, and they have
three small black chevrons on the left
cuff, each indicating six months OF
prohibition The beer suit. custom is
Indigenous to Princeton. Before the
days of ,volsteadlsm the suits-plain
white Jumpers" and pantaloons-ap-
peared, simultaneously with the book
beer signs, and gave unique distinc-
ton to the seniors; passing their last
spring in scholastic tramaels. Also,
there were some jolly parties in GER
tain cozy corners in the classic shades
eff the collegiate town. And maybe
there are noW-but in corners that are
surreptitious as we'll as cozy.-Cincin.
natl Times-Star.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
PROVIDES FARMS FOR POOR
Self:He'p Project Fathered by Nebras-
ka Philanthropist Seems Move
in Right DIRECTION.

II. D. Watson, millionaire farmer
and philanthropist Of Kearney, Neb..
who is perhaps doing more than any
other one man in the United States
to make the "back-to-the-land" move
ment reality, is in Alamosa investi-
eating the advantages of the San Luis
valley as a place to locate one Of his
community farm projects, O. E. Meyer
writes in the Rocky Mountain News.
Mr.. Watson already has acquired 9
tract of 800 acres at Carbondafe, Colo,
and is now making arrangements foF
starting one of, his farm communities
there. However. the Carbondale dis
trict is limited in extent and land Is
higher priced, and, he feund it mex
pedient to acquire as large q tract
As he wanted. He ell settle family
on each @ acres Of the !Carbondale
tract. and the only condition which
Mr. Watson places upops an applicant
for one of his community tracts Is
that the applicant be absolutely with.
out money or other property.
The tenant is located on the tract
with all necessary tools, stock and
seed. furnished. In addition he is
furnished with a, sum o&n,oney during
the first year. After that the land Is
expected to produce enough to make
living for the family and provide a
sinking fund for paying for the, land.
In six or eight years the farmer. if
no ;s the riphf sort owns his land.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
ERUPTION of Flames on the Sun.

There was recently the biggest dis
turbance on the sun that astronomers
have ever happened to observe. 1t
seems to have Iesn an enormous erup-
ton. during which masses of flames
we're thrown to height of hundreds OF
thousands Of miles!
A gigantic arch of fire. spanning a
large section Of the suns edge (as
seen through the telescope). rose, up
held. as it were. by two columns. one
at each end. Rising still higher, it
finally broke, assuming thereupon a
spiral form. The arch was at least
100000 miles high, and lasted four
months before it disappeared.
Another eruption Of flames, which
attained height Of 100000 miles, oc-
CURED soon afterward, stretched like
q rubber band, the middle part ris-
Ing rapidly and the sides straighten-
Ing so as to form almost an isosceles
triangle
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-15
DO YOU SIT DOWN PROPERLY
Sometimes That Is Little Mistake
in Daily Existence That Tends
TO Shorten Life.

It Is said that there is right and .
wrong way of doing everything.
Yet how many of US realize that
there is right and wrong way OF
sitting down, climbing stairs anu SO
on? asks a London Tit-Pits writer.
Sitting down on chair seems so
easy that it is impossible to do it the
wrong way, but a specialist, lecturing
recently, pointed out that the habit
many people have Of sitting on the
edge Of a chair is very injurious. a
certain nerve is sat upon, and the re-
suit Is sciatica, caused through the
nerve being injured.
Walking up stairs is another thing
that nine out of every ten people do
the. wrong way The usual method
Is to place the ball of the foot on the
steirs and then take the whole weight
Of the body On the part of the foot,
the heel never being placed on the
ground until the top is reached. The
right way, however, is to place the
whole of the foot on each stair. II
this Is done, there will not be so much
fatigue when the top is reached.
The habit Of boiling eggs and bacon,
coffee and other things, and ther run
ming for a train Or bus, Is fatal to
the digestive system. The food is not
properly masticated. and the whole
body is disorganized by the wild rush
for the train.
How many people drink a gallon OF
water day? This, is the amount that
should be taken If one wishes to re-
tain good health.
Many people go wrong In cleaning
their teeth. The habit of merely wash
ing the outside Of the teeth is wrong
The back and top of the teeth need
lust as much attention. Decay sets in
as easily at the back and on the top
of the teeth as anywhere else. Re-
member also that the top Of the teeth
,s the part that comes in actual con-
tact with food.
Standing does not appear to be q
particularly d1fhcult operation, uH ho-
tice people standing in railway sta
ton. Notice the men, with their
hands buried, in their pockets, backs
bent, and heads dropping forward; and
the women with their feet at extra
ordinary angles. and so Oh. :.
The body, when one IS standing
should be balanced equally on the two
feet, which should be turned out
slightly. The whole body should be
held upright, including the head.
Talking to DOCTOR the writer asked
him what effect doing such things In
the wrong way would have on the
life Of an ordinary healthy person.
he replied that it was difficult to
generalize, but that doing something in
the wrong way daily might lessen life
by fifteen years Or more.