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The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07
NEWS GOES FAST
Drum-Beat in Africa Has Tele-
graphic Speed.
Marvellous System Of Signaling has
Long Been One Of the Wonders
Of the World.

News is carried by drum-beat In
Africa at a rate as fast as the tele-
graph, writes A. s. Crawley In the
London Daily Mail.
"The natives OF Central Africa have
a wonderful system of signaling from
village to village by drum-beat," ne
says.
Generally the property OF the chief'
these official drums, which are many,
forming a set of varying size, are as
a rule of the species known as Incl
sIon-drum. This is long, narrow.
hollow cylinder, made from tree
trunk, with the ends closed.
"The drum is placed in either a
horizontal or vertical position, the for
mer producing the best results. Big
drums carry more than ten miles.
by relay a message may travel
1000 miles In little more than the
velocity of sound.
"The drum-telephone depends upon
an elaborate code OF sounds. Eu-
ropean travellers often order their din
ner and nights lodging at the next
village by a drum-message. Inc VII
layers use 1t as we use postal, tele-
graph and telephone service-anu
there are no charges.
For the home service the drum
plays the part also of the church bell,
the clock, the town crier and the daily
newspaper. For instance, Rev. James
Roscoe, whose African adventures and
discoveries have recently been report
ed, notes that it announced birth
or a death, the new moon and the week
ly fast day.
ITO help understanding Of the mar
velous code, as complete as lam
guage, the remarks of Sir Arthur b.
Ellis (writing of West Africa) are in
point:
"'To a European the rhythm of a
drum expresses nothing beyond a re-
petition of the same note at different
intervals of time, but to a native II
expresses much more. To him the
drum can and does speak. the sounds
produced from 1t forming words and
the whole measure of rhythm sense
Thus, at dance Of companies in
one measure they abuse the men of
another company E. then the rhythm
changes and the gallant deeds OF their
own company are extolled. AL this,
and much more, is conveyed by the
beating of drums, and the native ear,
trained to detect and interpret each
beat, is never at fault"
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07
MIDGET Babies often Thrive.

Parents whose children are abnor-
mally small at birth can take heart,
for recent figures show that tiny in
fants frequently grow up quite robust,
and of normal proportions. Accord
ing to the observations of an English
doctor, girl baby born 13 years ago,
to a Mrs. Warwick of Barrow-in-Fur-
ness, for instance, weighed only one
and three-qarter pounds. She now
turns the scale at $50 pounds, and is
an exceptionally healthy and intelli-
gent child.
Even more remarkable is the case
Of Leonard Merrick, who stands over
feet high and weighs $50 pounds, all
Drawn and muscle and sinew. At his
birth. % years ago, he weighed only
Is ounces, his head was not much big
ger than a billiard ball, the mouth
was only just about the size of the
end of a pencil, and the mothers we'd
ding ring would slip easily up the arm
as high as the shoulder.
A baby exhibited at one of the meet
ings of the British Obstetrical society
weighed only 20 ounces and the Medi'
cal Times once announced the birth OF
one that turned the scale at exactly
one pound. Both these grew up strong
and healthy, and Of normal proper
tions. In short, a small infant seems
likely to do as well as big one, al
ways provided, of course, that 1t sur
wives the perils Of babyhood.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07

tion which IL must assume was taken
under a misrepresentation, will be re-
considered"
OF course, there is more or less feel
ing in both the United States and
Japan. Viscount Uchida, foreign min
lister of Japan, has officially declared
that his government will stand firmly
on its mandate over the North Pacific
islands, formerly owned by Germany.
1t seems to be the general opinion of
the japanese newspapers that "the
United States Is in no position to in
terfere, because 1t has not ratified
the peace treaty and has not entered
the League of Nations"
1t is not to be denied that the con-
troversy over Yap, in connection with
matters In China and Siberia, is a
danger spot But any talk of war be-
tween the United States and japan
over Yap Is mostly "yap."
The plain truth of the matter is
that 1t is probably impossible for
America and Japan to resort to war
with the hope of a decisive victory.
The two countries are too far apart.
tIe TtSOuECeS even Ol
the United States successfully to in
wade Japan. Japan could not success
fully invade the United States. Meth
er country has the men or the ships
necessary for such an invasion. A
country that must fight an enemy sew
eral thousands of miles across the sea
is at a disadvantage almost hopeless.
japan, in n purely defensive war, is
the most powerful country on earth
except America.
1t is this military deadlock between
America and Japan that explains many
things tSat otherwise would puzzle the
student of Oriental affairs. 1t ex-
plains the japanese attitude toward
the California situation. Japan knows
It cannot use force to change that con-
dition. The astute reader will also
see its bearing upon the Siberian sit
untion, the Shantung incident at the
peace conference and our former
"open-door" policy in China. America
and Japan are therefore still in the
stage of diplomatic amenities-where
they are likely to remain for n long
time. Incidentally, If Japan should
decide to make war on the United
States, she would presumably strike
without warning, as she sdid in the
Russo-Japanese war.
Japan is not difficult to understand
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07

church portals. The distractions Of
golf and auto riding had their allure
ments on his days of leisure.
Recently he became Ill and his ply
sician ordered him to hospital for a
rest and cure. 1t was his first ex-
perience, and the nurse in charge. as
is the custom, after taking his name.
asked: "What is your religion"
For n minute he was stumped, he
had even forgotten the name of the
place he used to attend. Finally it
came to him and he blurted out I:
"Methodist-but not working"
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07

suggests many rhymes, including
map, Jap, scrap" Anyway, the Is
land, in itself as inconsequential as
It's name, is now on the map to stay.
AS to Jap and scrap-that Is story
yet to be told.
Before the World war, you see. the
United States enjoyed direct cable
communication with China by way of
Yap then a German possession. Dur
ing the war Japan diverted the cable
routes with the result that American
business and press dispatches must
now be sent by way of Manila.
On November 8, 1920, the United
States called the attention of the pow
ers TO its understanding that Yap was
not to be included in the mandate to
Japan, but was to be International
ized as cable station.
Yet in December, 1920, the council
of the League of Nations. controlled
by the allied powers, approved the
north Pacific mandate, with Yap In
cluded.
Now the United States not only
holds invalid the disposition, without
its consent, of any of the territories
ceded by the central empires to the
allied and associated powers, but
pointedly suggests reconsideration of
the action, In defiance of American
protest, approving the award to Japan
of the mandate for zap and other
north Pacific islands.
This is the substance of the Ameri-
can note to Great Britain, France, It.
ally, and Japan, now made public by
Secretary of State Hughes.
His argument is that the Ameri-
can interest in these territories derives
from American participation I'm the
victory over the central powers; that
this interest is recognized not only
in the Versailles treaty, but in the
mandate terms; that President Wilson,
in the sessions OF the supreme coun-
Gil, made the reservation that zap
should be internationalized, and that
the councils ALLEGATION of zap to Ja-
pan is not binding on the United
States, because this nation has not
ratified the Versailles treaty, under
authority of which such ALLEGATION was
made.
at is cause of regret to this gov
eminent" the Hughes note says, "that
after and despite this protest, there
should have been any attempt to pass
upon drafts of mandates purporting
TO deal with the Pacific islands, in
Guiding zap, and that mandate
should have been approved, or at
tempted to be put into effect, which,
while purporting TO be made in the
name of the United States, was with
out the assent of the United States
This government trusts that this ac-
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07

| The japanese are intelligent, warllke
and Industrious. They are crowueu
at home and getting more crowded
They are living in cramped conui-
| tions on meager diet. Naturhny'
they are seeking to improve their con
dition by emigration, penetration co'-
onization and conquest. That's why
they are In California, Hawaii. siberia
Korea and Shantung and would ike
to be I'm Canada, Australia ana Ne"
Zealand. Most nations fight only "nen
war is thrust upon them. japan con
siders war simply a policy OF sta'e'
which conditions may or may ho'
make expedient.
Yap, of course, has a past. Inc
German-owned island north OF the
equator, turned over to Japan by inc
mandate. include the Marianne or La
drone. the Marshall and the Caroline
groups from north to south; they form
sort of strategic semi-circle around
the Philippines. The Carolines, OF
which Yap Is one, number 1Oo islahos'
most of which are small atolls. Ihelr
total area is about $50 square miles.
The principal islands are baDelI
tbouap. 1O6 square miles and lO,ooo
population; Ponape, 134 ana z'ooo'
Yap. 20 and 2,750; Ruk, so and 12'ooo;
Kusaic, 45 and 400.
The Carolines were discovered In
, 1927 by Diego da Rocha, Portuguese
who named them the Sequieras. In
1856 Admiral Francesca Lazeano gave
them their present name in honor OF
- m
David O'Keefe of Savannah, Ga,
recalled the existence of the Caroiines
to the civilized world in 1873. He was
shipwrecked and cast up on zap.
Tbereupon he married a native woman
md proclaimed himself king of zap.
Spain ousted this self-proclaimed king
of zap.
About this time Germany cast covet-
ous ewes on the Carolines, recognizing
their strategic position as to Japan.
china. the Philippines and the Dutch
East Indies. So the German SunDoat
| ntis hoisted the German nag On zap
and other Islands In 1885. Spain pro-
tested. The Pope was named arbitra-
tor and upheld Spain's claim, granting
Germany important trading rights.
fourteen years later, after the Span
,sh- American war, Spain sold the Caro-
lines and Ladrone islands to Germany
for s4, 200, 600. Guam was excepted, as
II had come into the possession OF
the United States In 1898.
Yap next attracted attention In
1914. when British cruisers destroyed
tho wireless station and cut the ca
hles. A month or so later Japanese
feet took possession. This was sur
nrise. as Great Britain had officially
announced that Japan's activities In
the war would not extend beyond the
China sea. In answer to an Inquiry,
Jnpan assured Secretary of State
Rrvan that the occupation was for
military purposes only and would not
be permanent.
Yap, together with the other Caro-
line islands, is of considerable mill
tary Importance. 1t lies at the gate of
the Orient. Americas route to the
philippines runs by way of Hawaii,
Guam, Yap and Manila. AS Japa-
nese naval base, it would be menace
both to Guam and the Philippines.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07
ONE OR THE OTHER.

my cousin, Dodd Durnitt, from
over in Shellback county, that's WIS.,
iting at our house, says the day be-
fore he left home a passel of fellers
digging in the bluff extricated num-
N.Y." related Gap Johnson of Rumpus
Ridge. Ark.
"Whnt in thunder will they do with
mummy" surprisedly asked an ac-
quuintnnce.
"Dodd says they hadn't done nuth'n
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07
Novel Coinure.

Oil-soaked hair is a novel form Of
coiffure introduced by the Russian bal
let, which recently opened in Paris.
The women dancers have cut their
hair short and so saturated 1t with
oil that II looks like skullcap. Their
eyebrows are painted in long fine
line. which runs right back to the
roots of the hair. giving the face the
appearance of a Polish doll.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07

with 1t when he came away. but
some folks were advising 'em to go
into the op'ry business and show 1t
around the fairs in tent, and others
thought they sort TO elect 1t to the
kansas City Star.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07
Practical.

1.-The time has come" said Mr..
Bricks wife. when woman may for
sake the light, ephemeral Things of life
and take up the heavy subjects"
And her husband rejoined. wearily !:
"Are you going to make bread at home
again. Maria?"
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07
SET HIM TO THINKING,

He was present-day type of man,
good at heart, but forgetting the
teachings of his early youth, when a
loving mother guided him past the
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07
zHTRHJZYT SLY aELAzsdv
-feyo/ II, /1-,-> >ork fyeni-y nail
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.

Alp, the little island in the
Caroline archipelago of the
North Pacific which just
now bulks large In the
worlds eye, has a sugges-
tive name. The dictionary
gives various meanings to
the word, including SNAP
pish bark, yelp, CAB. TO
talk noisily. to chatter. to
scold." Also, as seen by
the foregoing "pome," Yap
The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-07
cLAP.TRAP ON YAP.

U. s. did hap
To take a nap;
And then the Jap
Chap,
Looking. for pap.
Seeing a gap,
Likewise a snap,
Did clap
A wrap
On Yap.
So Yap
Is on the map.
Mayhap
The Jap
On the last lap
May go hip-aap.
Get a tap
Or a rap
Or a slap.
Even a scrap:
Verb. sap.
j. d. 8.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-08-05
WINDTE HEIGHTS

Sunday school at Harmony Grove
Sunday 1870 p. m. Preaching at 3 p
m. Everybody welcome
Mrs. Freeder, OF Baltimore, visited
Mrs. A. ] Wagner. Friday last.
Mrs. Ollie Caples and children spent
Friday with Mrs Alice Jordan
Mrs. Louis Smith liz still on the
sick list but is improving at this writ
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs George Miller enter
tanned on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Easton, Miss Tmma Shiplay, Roland
Slater, Gamuel Staley, Philmore Eas-
ton and Paul Easton, Jr.
Mrs. Samuel Myerly and Mrs. Ida
Smith called on Mrs. Louis Smith Fri
day.
Miss Catherine Wagner Is spend
ing sometime with Miss Louise Myer-
ly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Smith entertain
cd on Monday MIR. and Mrs, Columbus
shipley, Mrs. A. j. Wagner, Lottie
Wagner. Howell Shipley and Luther
Wagner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T. Shipley, on
tertaIned on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Al
bert DeHoff and daughter. or Balti-
more, and Mrs. Margaret Gibson.
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Smith 6 Reifsnider
INVESTORS NOTIcE.

n you want 70 invest you money
securely and receive a high rate OF
interest bug preferred stock In
Naoe's MuAle stores Inc.
Preferred stock for sale only. Pay
ing Interest rate Of per cent. per
annum, payable every six months.
For further information write or call
at our music stores at Gettysburg,
Pa, Westminster, Nd, or Hampstead,
nd.
NAcEs MUSIC STORES INC.
Aug. sat.
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memorial tablet to the memory OF
Rev Baughman will be used The
alter and cross are also memorial.
Come and worship with us. Pastor
viii be assisted by Rev Harry Baugh-
man.
st. Luke's-Preaching by Rev
Howe at p. m.
Mt Union Preaching by Rev.
Howe at 1890 a. m.
Emmanuel tBaust'sl Sunday school
$50; preaching $50 by pastor.
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DR.. FAHRNEY
Hagerstown, Maryland
DIAGHosTIclAN

The DR.. Fahrneys have been prar,ieins
medicine and have made = specially Of
chronic diseases for over 100 years !
am working only with chronic diseases :
bad kinds difficult eases and ! dag
nose your case before Urea, you. u you
have a trouble or weakness OF dsfornity
write to me and ri study your eAss snd
give satisfaction -
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The canning industries OF this
county are running far under their
last years pack, which is a hardship
ON the citizens who depend on en-
ployment at these plants during tho
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ONLY ONE PRICE ron coal F0g
EVERYBODY.

The city, the county the hotels,
IN fact everybody. gets exactly the
same price here rs you. the home PEG.
pie. do. Your money II just a. good 60
theirs. You both ought TO have the
same price.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-12-15
DECREE FOR SALE IN FORE:
CLOSURE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Williamsburg.
Court of Common Pleas.

Leroy Lee, Plaintiff,
against
William Arthur Cooper, Herschal S.
Cooper, Henry J. Cooper, Elsie NJ.
Elliott, Oliver w. Cooper, Herbert
Lee Cooper, Mella Brown, Ida Ses-
sions, Nellie Sampson, Philip Coop
er, Whittimore Cooper, Dogan An
derson, Ezekiel Blizzard Anderson,
H. E. Eaddy and Eddie Anderson,
an infant over the age of fourteen
wears, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given, that under
and by virtue of a decree signed by
his Honor Judge T. J. Mauldin in the
above entitled action, bearing date
the 5th day of December, 1921, to
me directed, will sell to the highest
bidder, for cash, before the courthouse
door in the town of Kingstree, County
of Williamsburg, State of South Caro-
lima, on the first Monday in January,
1922, the same being the End day of
said month, during the legal hours
of sale, the following described tract
of land:
GAIL that certain piece, parcel, or
tract of land, lying, being, and situate
in the County of Williamsburg, State
of South Carolina, containing flve
hundred and eighteen and one-fourthl
(51SA) acres, more or less, and
bounded on the North by lands of F.
E. Huggins, by lands Of L. F. Stone,
and by lands of Foston Hanna; on
the East by lands of Foston Hanna,
by lands of Estate of Philip Poston,
and by lands of H. J. Mckenzie; on
the South by lands of H. j. Mckenzie
and by lands of VIM. j. Cox; and on
the West by lands of G. Cooper, by
lands of H. ]. Cooper, by lands Of
James G. Barr, and by lands Of F. f.
Hupgins; all of which will more fully
and in detail appear by reference to
a plat of my plantation made by John
M. Eaddy, surveyor, on January ZU.
1920, and being the same tract OF
land acquired by me from the heirs
at-law of Thomas R. Grier, deceased,
under two deeds of conveyance, one
executed by Agnes M. Spivey, w. j:
Grier, and others, on the 26th day OF
November, 1892, and recorded in the
office of the clerk of the court of
williamsburg county in Deadlock
eU' at page 430, and the other ex-
ecuted by S. B. Haselden and Daisy
H. Cooper on February goth, 1912,
and recorded in said office in Deed.
Book LII at page 96, each of said
deeds calling for 536 acres, more or
less, but ssid tract of land was found
to contain 518A acres under recent
survey, as shown by the plat above
referred TO-"
Purchaser to pay for papers, and
in the event he fails to comply with
his bid on the day of sale, the land
will be re-sold on the same or some
subsequent salesday at his risk.
December 18th. 1901.
j. D. BRITTON,
Clerk of Court of Williamsburg coun-
tu 12-15-3t. L. & S.
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DECREE FOR SALE IN FORE
CLOSURE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Williamsburg.
Court of Common Pleas.

A. -. Brown, PlalnIlII,
against
H. J. Mckenzie, D. D. Mckenzie, The
Macmurphy Fertilizer Company, a
corporation duly organized and Gre
ated under the laws of the State of
South Carolina, The Bank of Hem
ingway, corporation duly orgariz-
ed and created under the laws of
the State of South Carolina, and
w. C. Wilson, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given, that under
and by virtue of decree sigQA by
his Honor Judge T. j. Mauldin m the
above entitled action, bearing date
the 5th day of December, 1921, to
me directed, will sell to the highest
bidder, for cash, before the courthouse
door in the town of Kingstree, County
of Williamsburg, State of South Caro-
lima, on the first Monday in January,
1922, the same being the Ind day Of
said month, during the legal hours
of sale, the following described tract
of land:
"All that certain piece, parcel, or
tract of land, lying, being and situate
in the County of Williamsburg, State
of South Carolina, measuring and
containing two hundred fifty-four
(254) acres, more or less, bounded
on the North by lands of T. G. Nc
Kenzie and lands of Marvin and DAILY
Price; on the East by lands of the
Estate of w. ]. Goodwin; on the South
by lands of q. n. Mckenzie and "A.
B. Mckenzie; and on the West by
lands formerly of H. H. Kinder; the
said tract of land being made up Of
two tracts, one containing one hun
dred fifty-four (154) acres, conveyed
to the said H. J. Mckenzie by R. C.
Mckenzie by her deed dated Decem-
Der 11th, 1917, of record in the
clerks office of said county in Deed
Book 'A-13' at page 309, and the
other tract containing one hundred
(1OO) acres, conveyed to the said H.
J. Mckenzie by A. B. Mckenzie by
his deed dated December 11th, 1917,
of record in the clerks office of said
county in Deadlock ALB ut page
308."
Purchaser to pay for papers, and
in the event he fails to comply with
his bid on the day of sale, the land
will be re-sold on the same or some
subsequent salesday at his risk.
December 18th, 1921.
]. D. BRITTON,
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of
Williamsburg county.
12-15-3t. L. & S.
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bonds as stated:

Clarendon Bonds on Clarendon town.
ship, Nos. IA and 53, ~ mills.
A tax of s1.25 on dogs, (Which in
cludes tag) due and collectible at time
other taxes are paid. "Any person
owning, harboring or maintaining a
dog failing or refusing to return and
nav the tax aforesaid shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
yiction thereof shall be fined not less
than five (S5.e0) dollars, nor more
than twenty ($20.00) dollars, one-half
of which shall 20 to the person re.
porting such failure to pay said tax
and one-half to the public school fund
of the district in which said derel1ct
occurs."-Section Of An Act to Pro
vide an annual Dog Tax for the State
Of South Carolina and a Penalty for
not Paying said Tax. -,
Drainage tax is due and payable at
the same time with other taxes.
All parties between the ages OF q
and so years, inclusive, are liable, m.
less exempted by law, to poll tax OF
s1.OO, also to q communication tax OF
500. 500 '0
Upon all unpaid taxes after Decem.
ber 81 a penalty of 10 will be added
for January, 10 for February and so
to the 18th day of March next, after,
which the books will be closed and
executions issued upon all unpaid
taxes.
Those who desire to pay their taxes
through the mail may expidite mat,
tiers BY dropping the Treasurer card
asking for the amount of their taxes,
SO as to avoid sending the wrong
eknount, also stating the township or
townships (if property is owned in
more than one) and if possible. give
school dictrict where property is 10
Gated. After paying taxes, examine
your receipts and see if all your prop,
erty is covered, if not, see about 1t
at once.
By following the above suggestions
oomulications and additional cost may
he avoided. R. B. SMITH,
9-22-21-D3-15-22 County Treasurer.
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Notice of Stockholders Meeting to
Dissolve Corporation.

Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing of the Stockholders of the Fidelity
Development Company, corporation
duly chartered under the laws of the
State of South Carolina, will be held
on Monday the 9th day of January
1922, at twelve o'clock noon, in the
office of L. w. Gilland, Attorney,
Kingstree, in the County of Williams
burg, State of South Carolina, for
the purpose of considering the liquida-
ton and dissolution of the said Fidel-
ity Development Company, the wind
ing up of its affairs and the surrender
ing of its Charter, and for the adop-
tion of such resolution as may be nee
essary to this end.
Kingstree, S. c., December 9th, 1921.
H. NJ. COOPER, President,
THOS. McCUTCHEN, Secty.,
Fidelity Development Company.
12-8-5t.