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Evening star., 1922-06-17
What Will He See?

Rip Van Winkle slept for twenty
years in the Catskilis. and when he
returned to his native village he
found things changed. This country
had in the meantime become a repub-
lie, his wife had died and even his
dog did not recognise him. But this
BILE than the legend on which Wash
ington Irving based his famous mar
rative.
When Roald Amundsen, noted ex-
plorer, started recently on his seven
year journey across the polar regions.
narrative which has more realism
about it than do the fanciful yarns of
most of our storm tossed wanderers
and many-year sleepers. This ex-
plorer, II he has luck, really ts going
to be out of touch with the worlds
will find when he comes back invites
speculation. The world moves faster
than it did in Rip Van Wrinkles day.
Had our arctic explorer left In 1914
in July and returned in 1921 he would
have found it almost impossible to
great war. The political changes
which took place in Europe during
those years would have sounded to
him very much like a fairy tale.
What will greet this traveller when
he returns in 1929? What new won
ders on the earth and in the air shall
we have to explain to him? By that
time the airplane may be a SUFFICIENT
ly common sight SO that We pay no
more attention to 1t than We do now
to a passing automobile. BY that
time the radiophone may have been
perfected and put to uses the nature
and extent of which even the boldest
may not forecast, or shall we say
broadcast, today.
Even in the political field it Is not
safe to predict that when Roald
Amundsen returns from his seven-
wear winter camping he will see no
such violent changes as the seven
wears Just passed witnessed in the at
fairs Of the world.-Detroit News.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

telligible code. Thirdly. and in truth
Of primary Importance, it presupposes
the habitation Of Mars by sentient
beings capable Of invention and at
least equal knowledge Of the universe
with earth dwellers and equal curl
osity.
Marconis 150.000.meter message, II
message 1t was. may mean that Mars
has people end that the Mart.ans
have radio, and that they have q
higher power than we and are actual.
ly trying to send us communications.
Or 1t may mean merely that there 10 a
rhythmic vibration Of the ether that
has no human significance-if Mar
tians be human-but Is perhaps akin
to the northern lights or some such
phenomenon. The fact that nobody
has yet developed $50, ,000.meter wave
lengths does not necessarily mean
that they do not exist in the at
mosphere.
Mars will probably remain puzzle.
however close the planet approaches
the earth. 1t may yield its secrets to
the telescope. Possibly the radio will
in time contribute to earthly knowl.
edge of Marian conditions. But in
the absence of a cosmic language the
difficulties Of comprehension are plain
ly insuperable. Speculation. however,
will always continue, growing more
keen every time the orbits Of the two
planets bring them into relative and
approximate nearness.
Evening star., 1922-06-17
Mexico.

For some years Mexico has stood
in need Of money, and arrangements
have just been completed in New
York to supply her. Her interests were
represented by Finance Minister de Ia
Huerta of the Obregon government,
and those who negotiated with him
were members of the international
committee of bankers on Mexico, with
American bankers in the lead.
If this shall have the effect, as
doubtless it will, of Strengthening the
Obregon government. the satisfaction
in this country will be considerable.
AS has several times been said, and
is of wide note, the Obregon govern
ment looks more like a government
and functions more satisfactorily than
any government that has appeared in
Mexico since the fall of Diaz. The
man at the head of 1t is a competent
soldier as well as competent civilian,
and is trusted and highly respected
by large portion of the Mexican peo-
pie. He is not a stranger in this
country, and has many well wishers
on this side of the boundary line.
But one thing would appear to be
lacking now, and that should, and
probably will, follow. American recog.
milton of the Obregon government
would give it standing in England and
Europe, and thoroughly stabilize It.:
and negotiations to that end. long
pending, should be brought to salts.
factory conclusion. Secretary Hughes
has stated the American case with
great fairness, and President Obregon
could do no better thing than deal
with the matter on the Hughes basis
Evening star., 1922-06-17
Merit System Upheld.

In a short and to-the-point state.
ment, said to have been approved by
President Harding. Secretary Mellon
disposes of the allegation that the
Treasury is filled with active demo-
cratic partisans who are disloyal to
the administration and. therefore. i'm
peding the work Of the government.
Those democrats who hold positions
in the Treasury" says Mr.. Mellon,
have been retained because of their
qualifications for the offices they hold,
and I have had no evidence Of partisan
activity on their part"
In these few words is expressed the
very essence of the application of the
merit system to the public service.
These men are democrats, but they
have peculiar qualifications for the
work they are doing and are not en-
gaging in active partisan politics.
Therefore, a republican adninistra-
ton retains them.
Not only is such a policy sound ad-
ministration Of the government, but
i, is the very best Of politics. Where
there is one voter interested In the OBJ
tanning of jobs for party workers there
are hundreds interested only in an
efficient and businesslike administra-
tion of the public service, and no ad-
ministration will lose favor with the
people because it is broad enough and
courageous enough to say an emphatic
mo- TO the political spokesman.
The entire attempt to bring about
discharge of hundred or more i'm
portant Treasury employees was so
clumsy and amateurish that 1t re-
flected little credit upon its anonymous
sponsors and never had a chance Of
impressing the public favorably. Sec
retary Melons assertion that the
statement is the product of few self
fshly ambitious employees and some
discredited former employees" would
seem to be a sufficient explanation.
The incident now happily Is closed,
and closed happily. Faithful and ef-
ficient employees Of the government
who abstain from offensive partisan
activity know the political axman will
not get their heads. and the country
knows the Harding administration
does not intend to turn the public
service over to the spoilsmen. And
only the spoilsmen are displeased In
consequence thereof.
Evening star., 1922-06-17
the party In Indiana the administra.


the party In Indiana the administra.
ton is not responsible.
If any republican candidates In
Ohio or elsewhere are secretly run
ming as anti-administration men. and
as such are nominated, shall we see
them turn then to the administration
for support? Sure! And complain BIT
terly II they fail to receive 1t.
But they will receive It. The ad'
ministration is not running amuck.
nor encouraging others to do so. A
lively shindy is in progress. and before
election day republicans will see the
necessity, If they can see anything, OF
fighting the common enemy instead
of one another.
Evening star., 1922-06-17
The Berliner Helicopter.


ment of the heavier-than-air flying
machine" efforts have been made by
inventors in different countries to
evolve a device capable Of rising with
out preliminary run and descending
without final slide over the ground.
For it has been always recognized that
the necessity Of propelling a plane
horizontally before putting it into the
air and at the end Of the flight i'm
posed a handicapping condition that
limited it's usefulness. The "helicop-
ter" or "gyrocopter. was sought
that would make vertical ascent and
a speedy and fully controlled flight
and final safe vertical descent.
From time to time reports have come
from other countries that such a ma.
chine had been perfected. and hopes
rose that the problem had been solved.
only to have them disappointed anew
by subsequent disclosures that the ex-
periments were not yet satisfactory.
Now it would appear that to q
Washingtonian and his son belongs the
credit of first effecting the vertical
beginning and ending Of air flight
with speedy and controlled horizontal
progress. Emile Berliner, one Of the
foremost Of modern inventors and
highly honored for the number of
valuable contributions he has made to
scientific advance, has been at work
on this problem for long period. In
recent years he has transferred the
work to his son Henry. who has with
skill and patience carried on the task,
and now success appears to have been
achieved.
Yesterday the Berliner helicopter
made demonstration flight in the
presence Of representatives Of the gov
ernment. 1t rose vertically, advanced
at the will Of the operator horizontal
ly and descended vertically in such a
manner as to prove that the problem
has at last been solved, at least in
principle. Development Of the ma.
chine to the point of practical use
would seem now to be matter Of de.
tail, of increase Of power and of
study by operators Of the peculiar i'm.
pulse factors.
The advantages Of a vertical ascent
and descent in flying machine" is
obvious. With such an apparatus-it
can hardly be styled plane inasmuch
as the supporting element is not
series Of planes but a combination Of
propellers-no large area is required.
Ascent can be made from a space
merely large enough to contain the
machine, and descent can be made
upon a space no larger. The roof Of
house. the deck Of ship, the interior
of a fort can become the point Of start
and finish Of a fight.
1t is a matter Of qualification to
Washingtonians that apparently the
first real success In helicopter inven-
ton has been scored by father and
son who are in every sense their fel-
low citizens. Mr.. Berliner, senior, has
been Of late years engaged in valuable
constructive work in the preservation
of health and has relinquished his
scientific field largely to his son. Their
joint achievement is a triumph of
science that has INFINITE possibilities
that cannot be fully measured.
Evening star., 1922-06-17
Administration and Primaries.


This is taken from a special to The
Star from Columbus:
The repeated manifestation of re-
action against the administration
wing OF the party in the primary cleo
tions In other states has been used by
some hero as Q basis for the predic-
tion that the candidates known to
have the favor of the administration
VIII suffer severe cuts in the pri-
maries.
It was distinctly stated and widely
circulated before a single primary had
been held that the President would
take no part in any OF them; that he
would strictly observe a hands.off
policy, in every state.
In Indiana there was a sort of
temptation. Mr.. New was one Of the
Presidents intimate friends and ardent
supporters. He was pressed hard
from the first, with the chances slight.
ly favoring Mr.. Beveridge. But the
President made no sign, was not asked
to do 20, and Mr.. Beveridge was nom.
mated.
Immediately the nomination was
made, Mr.. Beveridge pledged his sup.
port to the administration. and the
administration pledged him its sup
port r. any factionism remains in
Evening star., 1922-06-17
<HRoUGH compulsory physical
examination Of all candidates
Tor teaching positions, the

THRoUGH compulsory physical
examination Of all candidates
for teaching positions. the
District public school system
within the last year has made great
stride toward q goal set by school au-
thorities for a superior quality Of
teaching service, unequaled in any
city of the United States.
Although Objectionable to the vast
majority of applicants for teaching
positions in the Washington schools.
the required physical examination has
resulted in a marked improvement in
the health Of the individual teachers.
while. at the same time. 1t has greatly
Increased the efficiency of the teach
ing corps.
The rules of the board Of education
provide that all persons who are can
didates for teaching positions shall
pass rigid physical examination be-
fore being appointed. They came on
the heels OF the passage of the teach
ers' retirement act and its various
provisions for annuities for incapaci-
lated teachers. which also now make
the physical examination a necessity.
X y X
During the period of the war, when
the supply of teachers was not as
large as the demand, 1t was found i'm
possible to enforce the rules. Now
that the supply Of teachers is more
nearly normal. the practice of passing
upon the physical qualifications of all
candidates Is being vigorously en-
forced. and every teacher appointed
to a position in the schools is not
only educationally but physically
qualified
Since the physical examinations
have been made compulsory. the
medical inspection force Of the
schools, which Is headed by DR.. Jo-
seph A. Murphy. has turned down per-
manently about fifteen candidates for
teaching positions. Hundreds Of
others. however. who were found to
have physical defects, upon the ad-
vice Of DR.. Murphy, had them cor
rected and were subsequently ap-
pointed by the board of education.
Some OF tho applicants we have
been forced to turn down hatly." said
DR.. Murphy, were absolutely deaf,
while others were blind in one eye. A
few Of them had tuberculosis and
other permanent organic troubles.
1T Ia q mistake to put teachers
Evening star., 1922-06-17
The End of a Legend.

The Lillian Russell legend of eter-
nal youth has been rudely interrupt
ed. To become adjusted to the idea
of there being an end Of her peren-
nial blooming is the curiously per-
sonal problem of a whole nation.
Lillian Russell belonged to this
country in a strangely intimate way.
She has become practically institu-
tionalized by the articles on devices
Of the dressing table which have been
given the world under her name.
"Beauty is deceit, deceit beauty" she
has paradoxically taught, that's all
ye know on earth and all We need to
cherish her philosophy gratefully.
And among men-even those who new
er have seen any OF her actual stage
appearances-there persist many
stories Of her great charm. 1t is part
Of tho legend.
sion. Her latest pictures show her
still radiant. Perhaps 1t IL more for
tunate that she passed before the
pose had become pathetic. She re-
mains as a symbol Of defiant age Civ
ing decay no quSfter.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
Keeping up appearances ID largely
question Of keeping in debt-Ashe-
Vile Times.
Radio will reach its maximum of
popularity when it starts broadcast
ing money.-Vancouver Province.
Woman kills her lover because he
loved forty-nine other women. Two
per cent love ought not produce that
much kick.-Dayton News.
With all these radio entertain.
ments, we soon shall be having cases
of love at first hearing.-Terre Haute
Star.
Modernism hasn't reached the point
where the bride receives silver-plated
pistols along with the gravy ladies'
Baltimore Sun.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

Representatives of the press are not
made particularly welcome at The
Hague parley. Evidently there is no
aspiration to make The Hague the
literary center that Washington be.
came during the record.making peace
conference.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

Russia's luck might have been bet
ter il it had been as successful In de-
veloping constructive statesmen and
capitalists as it has been in develop
ing accomplished exponents Of terpsi-
chorean art.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

The ancient mariner of the poem
said, water, water, everywhere, nor
any drop to drink" The present
tendency is to avert any such situa.
ton.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

Chief Justice Taft modestly says he
is going to Europe to make some re-
searches in connection with the law.
1t is more than possible that he could
tell Europe a few things If she cared
to listen.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

A substitution Of electricity for the
rope cannot be relied on to make the
candidate for capital punishment any
more comfortable in mind.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

The threat Of a railway strike has
come to be regarded as an annual
summer incident.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

The editor Of the little Annapolis
publication called 1.-THE Lucky Bag
did not find it any mascot.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

According to reports, on the banks
Of the Potomac there Is an army OF
bootlesgers.
Evening star., 1922-06-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Near Neighbors.
"This world is CROWN mighty SMALL"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Men are Just neighbors, after all,
Both common folks and kings.
We send a message through the air
To countries far away.
Or hear from over yon, somewhere,
What others have to say.
THE oceans do not seem 10 wide;
The continents contract.
AZ airships fly on every side.
So speedy and exact.
Minds are alert for friendships call;
Fights are forgotten things.
This world is CROWN mighty small"
Said Hexekiah Bings.
More Artistic.
1.-THE feminine voice is now being
heard in politics." said the positive
woman.
I'm glad Of it, replied Senator
Sorghum. 1.-THE effect is more artistic
when the cheers at mass meeting
have the benefit of sopranos in bring
ing out the harmony"
Jud TunSins says he doesn't believe
there would be 90 many gossips If
there weren't 20 many good listeners.
Musings Of Motor Cop.
She breaks engagements now and
then.
Indulgence Is requested.
Hortenss can never tell just when
Her fiiv viii get arrested.
Color Needful.
"Why do they use such bright
colors in bathing suits?"
Sometimes Q bathing suit dts 20
very close," replied Miss Cayenne.
that eoaoes are necessary to call 1t
tsntion to the fact that 1t 10 being
worn."
de man dat likes to hear hisself
talk" said Uncle Eben. "is lucky In
allus havin' an audience dat's appre,
ciative, even. H,itsains very >bigtr
Evening star., 1922-06-17
Cnl~ NeAi3fu1.

de man dat likes to hear hisself
talk" said Uncle Eben. "is lucky In
allus havin' an audience dat's apprey
ciative, even if,itaains yery>big.r
Evening star., 1922-06-17
More Artistic.

Jud Tunkins says he doesn't believe
there would bs 20 many sossips II
there weren't 20 many good listeners.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

Modernism hasn't reached the point
where the bride receives silver-plated
pistols along with the gravy ladies'
Baltimore Sun.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

With all these radio entertain
ments, we soon shall be having cases
of love at first hearing.-Terre Haute
Star.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

Woman kills her lover because he
loved forty-nine other women. Two
per cent love ought not produce that
much kick.-Dayton News.
Evening star., 1922-06-17

Indulgence Is requested.
Hortense can never tell just when
Her fiiv will get arrested.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-03-01
SINGING DOTS

Well, the farmers are busy plowing
at this writing. The young grain is
looking fine.
Mr.. l.. X. Spires spent Saturday
night with his cousin. Mr.. j. Fur
man Hutto.
Mrs. Idora Poole spent the week
end with her brother.
The music recital was much en-
joyed by Messrs. Fred Yon and Curtis
Redd.
Mr.. Fred Eon visited at the home
of Mr.. l.. X. Spires last Sunday
evening.
were visitors to Ed;sto on the night
of the ED. We arc glad to sec you
all. Call again.
Miss Cora Wee Spires visited Miss
Viola Sharp one night last week.
Miss Sharp is the best teacher we
have had to teach at Clay Spring in
many years. The pupils are always
delighted to SEQ Miss Sharp.
we arc sorry to hear of Mrs. King
being i'll. We wish hcv a speedy re-
covcry.
Miss Lola Williams visited her sis
ter, Mrs. John FulHcr one day last
week.
Mrs. Rupert Hutto visited hcr
mother. Mrs. Agnes i;arrS one day
last week.
We arc sorry to hear Mr.. Alton
Hall has left Thor.
Mrs. Carrie I;cdu visited her
mother, Mrs. Yon, Sunday.
Airs. Daniel Sturkic visited Mrs
W. NJ. Laird Saturday.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-03-01
EXERCISE.

You see a great deal in the mag
GZiTcs about exercise these days. They
even have phonograoh records telling
you how To exercise. explaining how
YOU are to lay ilat on your back on
the ceiling OF yO.W room and work
your ears in Il circular motion from
left to right'and then bacl; AGAIN from.
right to left. This exercise, ii per-
sisted in for 100 years will remove
all the surplus fat from your toes and
enable you to wear Il half si,:r snallc:
shoe than you ought to wear.
Some people take exercise to get
thin and other people take exercise to
get fat. Then some people have an
strong. There are lots of foolish no.
tions about taking exercise.
Just take this idea about exercise
making you strong. There never was
more foolish notion than this. If
exercise would make You strong
know any number OF ladies who
ought to have such muscles in their
jaws that they could bite Il railroad
spike in two without ever knowing
that there was anything between their
teeth.
Some told me q few years ago
that If you would run few miles
every day you would reduce your
weight so much that you would have
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-03-01
CALONIEL GOOD But
AWFUL TREACHEROUS
Next Dose may Salivatc, Shock Liver
or Attack Your Bones

You know what calomel is. It's
mercury; quicksilver. Calomel Is
dangerous. 1t crashes into sour bile
like dynamite. cramping and sicl1en-
ing you. Calomel attacks the bones
and should never be put into your
system.
II you feel bilious. headachy, consti-
pated and al knocked out, just so to
your druggist and get bottle OF
Dodson's Liver Tone for few cents
which is a harmless vegetable substi-
tute for dangerous calomel. Take a
spoonful and if, it doesn't start your
liver and straighten YOU up better aud
quicker than nasty calomel and with
out making you sick. you just so back
and get your money.
Don't take calomcl! 1t makes you
sick the next day: it loses you Il days
work. Dodson's Liver Tone straight
ems you right up and you feel great.
No salts necessary. Give it to the
children because it is perfectly harm
les sand can not saiivatc.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-03-01
SANDY RUN DOTS.

a
We are very glad to hear that Mrs
II. D. Stabler. who has been very
i'll for the past week is improving.
Mr.. Perry Furtick and Misses
Dosa and Claudine Jumper was the
guest of Misses Mae and Bessie Stab
ler Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Jumper vis-
tied Mr.. and Mrs. l.. C. Cutler last
Sunday.
Mrs, J. A. Lucas spent last week
with relatives and friends in Sandy
Run section.
Mrs. Sallie Dannelly and son, Yer
non, from Waynesboro, Ga, spent a
few days last week with relatives and
friends in lower Lexington county.
Mr.. L. G.. Cutler and family Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Lucas Fri
day evening.
Mrs. H. G.. Cupstid spent last Sat
urday at home.
Mrs. Emma Bates and son. John,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. J. +. Hill last
week.
Look out. girls. Atr. Dewey F'urlick
has him q new buggy.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-03-01
SPREADING BRANCH NEWS.

Mr.. ". ". saylor and Willie ott
are running a saw mil Ion full time
Spreading. Branch Lumber Co.
Mrs.. L. L. Lucas spent Saturday
night and Sunday with. her mother
Mrs. Leila Neese,
Mr.. and Mrs. b. II. Jumper spent
last Saturday ngiht at their fathers
MIR. w. T. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. A. Jumper visited
their parents last Sunday.
Messrs. Carlisle Furtick and Henry
Smoke and Misses Clara and Rosa
Belle Rucker visited Mr.. Jacot
Bailey and family Thursday evening
Judging from the good singing at
Mr.. l.. G.. Culler's they have in
vented a singing class.
Mrs. w. v. Rucker and children
visited Mr.. Lewis Zeigler Tuesday.