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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-29
The Short Story, Jr.
In Mothers THINGS

Lucille and her cousin Georgine
were up In the attic, finding some
thing to dress up in. Here's a
funny old dress" said Lucile, and
she promptly put it on. Then she
did her hair up in a twist, pinning
the curls on top of her head.
"My goodness" gasped Georgine,
you look like picture lady for
sure, Lucille"
Let's go down in the orchard
and pretend we're great ladies
walking in the park" suggested
Lucille.
I'VE wouldn't dare" said Geor-
CINE. Suppose motherd find us
"Oh WE'LL" said Lucille, I'D be
the one to get the scolding any
way What do you care?' This
was true. Since the death of Lu-
Giles father and mother, she had
lived with her aunt. She was not
one too many in an already large
family, but her aunt declared she
was more trouble than all of them
put together Lucille was dreamy.
impractical, and fond of dressing
up and "play-acting, which was a
great trial to her aunt.
Lucille airily held up her dress,
and the two of them went out to
the orchard. Lucille let her dress
trail on the grass and walked
grandly, while Georgine watched
admiringly.
Lucille! You good-for-nothing
young one" Both girls stopped, as
If frozen, while Luciles aunt adj
vanced on her threateningly. She
seized her by the arm and was
about to drag her angrily to the
house, when big car drove around
the corner right by the orchard and
stopped
Emily" gasped a gray-haired
man in the front seat.
This isn't Emily" said Lucile's
aunt Grossly. But that was her
mothers name
Shes the image of her mother"
said the man. Il used to be n
great friend of her husband-this
must be little Lucille. who was n
baby then" he got out and came
over to see her more closely. Lu-
Giles aunt invited him somewhat
sullenly to come up to the house
And he did And when he left.
he carried in the big car a worn
suitcase, a bird-cage. and Lucille.
Copyright 1929 Associated Editors,
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cycle, and you will go around in n
circle. BY reversing the movement
you can go backward just as easily.
SWIMMING WITH HANDS AND
FEET TIED: Not easy, but not as
difficult as it sounds. With hands
and feet tied, throw both arms out
of the water, first to right and then
to left, sweeping the water back
while both feet work on the oppo-
site side BY no means try this
trick in water over your head, and
never try it unless there are quail
flied life savers standing near and
watching.
DIVING FEET FOREMOST:
This is difficult and very effective.
Stand on the edge of the pool and
leap out, as though you were jump.
ing into the water. AS your body
is in the air let the feet come for
ward, and the arms go back over
your head. With the whole body
straight, hit the water feet fore
most at as much of an angle az
possible.
No doubt you can easily invent
other ornamental feats in swim
ming. They are all a matter of
and for the spectator, they
offer many thrills.
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TIE. SWIMMING CLASS-LESSON VIII

head, Take a deep breath, and re-
yolve rapidly by slight movement
of the head and waist. Keep the
body as straight as possible.
BICYCLE: This is performed
just as it sounds. Lie on either
side keeping yourself afloat by an
underarm movement. and hold the
other arm, crooked, out of the wa
ter. The leg drive should be just
as though you were padalling a BIZ
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time, Ned would not have taken or
ders from Bob but in this case he
knew better than to object 50
the exchange was made and Ned
and Jimmy were left to drive home
alone in the carriage Jimmy be-
came very much alarmed at the
disappearance of both Constance
saif,dd Jackie.
Something has really happened
to them, / know anw," he said,
Perhaps Id better telegraph the
folks about Connie"
"Oh, | wouldnt-yet," advised
Ned, They haven't been lost very
long, you know, and we may find
them very soon.
Eyes, that's true" agreed jim
mic. yet, | am still in the dark
about that one question that keeps
looming up in front of me-where
is Constance
and Jackie?' finished Ned.
(To be continued
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The New Playmate

The little matched house just over
the way
Has stood empty for years until
yesterday
When a furniture cart drew up in
the road,
And two men climbed out, and be-
gan to unload
There were cupboards and tables,
and big easy chairs;
Then another cart came, and theg
carried upstairs
A tall rockinghorse and a pretty
white bed
Where brides were carved at the
foot and the head
And right on the top of the next
load there sat
A rosy-cheeked boy with a plume
in his hat
He waved it and waved it, as high
as could be-
"Hurrah" then | cried, "here's a
playmate for met"
Christian Science Monitor.
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BY JACK eIHoN
The Man Who Taught One Thous-
and New Orleans Boys and
Girls How to Swim

Ornamental swimming is the ii
tie under which every little acqua-
tic trick is performed For the
swimmer who is thoroughly at
home in the water, almost any of
these tricks is matter of practice
and can be performed after few
trials.
PORPOISE: Imitation of a por-
poise is one of the greatest stunts
you can do. 1t consists merely of
a series of surface dives, letting the
feet rise high from the water legs
straight and toes pointed as you
go down. If the water is shallow
that is, about four feet deep-go
to the bottom, crouch, and spring
upward. Done over and over again
it is very effective.
SOMERSAULTS: Tread water,
with arms out to the sides, palms
down. Bend head forward, take q
hard stroke with both arms to force
the body down, and keep it curved
until you reach the surface again
Performed swiftly and clearly it is
a pleasing trick. For a back SOM
ersault, start in the same manner,
only throwing back the head arch
ing the spine, and bending the
knees.
SPINNING TOP: With the arms
at the sides, lie on your back.
Draw the knees up to the chin and
by movement of the hands, spin
around either way.
SPIRAL: This is very effective.
Start swimming with crawl stroke,
using a short double kick, on the
order of a fish-tail motion of each
leg. Then begin revolving, taking
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MYSTERY of CRESSTE FARM
BY JULIA r. BURR

as they rounded a curve. "If that
isn't Mattie's unele coming in that
carriage yonder. I'll csst my hat:
And by jinks, there's not SOU
with him.
Sure enough, ii was Mattie's
brother. Bob pulled the car UP
alongside the buggy and stopped,
Say, where's Mattie?" he de-
manded
"Why she's bout to town by
this time, reckon" drawed Mat.
ties uncle Abe,
"Thunder!" expostulated Bob
"Whatd she go to town for? Did
she take Jackie with herr"
Zone question at a time. young
man., advised Abe. 81 amt no
rapid calculator or question ans
werer Why. Matte she went TO
town to ketch a train fer New Yves
ton She jist got telegraph from
the folks sayin' as how her ma was
jist about ready to breathe her last
and fer her to come right the min
ute. Nav, she didn't take the kid,
she left him with one of them cous-
ms o. yourn to keep and explain
until the folks came up to the
house. s. matter, didn't the girl
tell ye?"
did you hear that?' asked Bob,
"He says she left Jackie with Con-
stance until we reached the house.
She had TO leave on the spot, | sup
pose, Now. something has happen
ed TO them
Bob quickly told Abe what the
trouble was, and then all joking
was put aside on his part and he
became quite serious. He then
told about Mattie's leaving more
definitely. He had received the
telegram which was for Matte and |
delivered it to her. When she had
found what bad news it contained,
she knew she must go, and quickly
leaving Constance, who had gone
ahead of the rest of the family up
10 the house, in charge of Jackie
and with an explanation of her
sudden departure, she had her I'M
Gle drive off at a quick pace to-
ward the town. On their way. they
we're overtaken by a friend of
Mattie's. who was in a machine,
md offered to take her to town.
/ was a little later that he met the
boys
There's nothing for us to do
low, then" said Bob. until we see
lad and tell him all about it. You'd
better come along, Mr.. Wilson.
Never mind about your buggy. Ned
md Jimmy can drive that home
IL need you to tell father all that
you know"
Probably. had it been any other
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CHAPTER III
The Search Begins

The boys jumped into the cal
quickly and were soon seen hur
rying down the country road.
Stop at Brannon's first. Bob
said Ned "You remember Jackie
ran away there once He might
be there, this time"
We'll stop" Bob answered. "but
doubt very much that we find him
there"
He brought the car TO a stop in
front of a low, rambling farmhouse
and jumped out, Ned and Jimmie
following.
Good afternoon Mrs. Brannon, =
said Bob politely, as = have you
seen anything of Jackie? Is he
here?"
Jacket" exclaimed Mrs. Bran
non. why, no. What's the mat
ter, he"
He's gone. lost. or something
has happened to him." said Bob
excitedly. Eve left him with mar
tie when "
Mattel" said Mrs. Brannon,
why | saw Matte just ten min
utes ago. She was with her uncle
in The buggy, and they were driv
ing as fast as they could go, Driv-
ing toward town, too"
Bob was all excited. He tried to
talk, but his words got too twisted
to understand. Ned glanced up
quickly
WAS Jackie with them he said,
and girl?"
81 can't say for sure" she re-
piled 81 do know, though, that
there was no girl in with them. AS
to Jackie, can't say. He's so lit
tie you know-he might have been
with her. but | did not see him"
We'll soon know" said Bob sud
denly, AN automobile can over
take a buggy in no time. Come
on, fellows, we must be on their
trail. Thank you Mrs. Brannon.
Goodbye"
They were off again, but this
time full of hope.
Il can't understand what all this
means said Ned knitting his
brows. why should Matte leave
home so suddenly? Why did she
take Jackie?"
Eyes, but we don't know that she
has taken Jackie" said Jimmie,
we only know that she has gone"
There's something strange" COM
mented Bob, Matte isn't used to
picking up and leaving at any time
she chooses And she couldn't have
Oft Jackie alone. know her to
well for that"
Say, look there!" exclaimed Ned
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alternately a forward and back
hand stroke. Start slowly, then
speed up.
REVOLVING STATUE: Also
known as the rolling log. Straigh-
ten out to the floating position,
and clasp hands, straight above tho
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FINE SKETCHES OF ANIMALS
MADE BY STONE AGE PEOPLE

Sketches of bison and deer which
have been discovered in rocky
caves in various parts of the Span
ish hill country and which are
thought to have been made by men
of the Palaeolithic or Old Stone
age, perhaps in 10000 b. C. are
said to be unequaled in realism,
freedom and rhythm as records of
animal life.
Like to Live in Tartary?
The alphabets of Ethiopia and
Tartary have 202 letters.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-17
We Sleep too Little

sssssss p, Srasseis.
Not enough time is given to the neces-
sary physical repairs which this most
Strenuous modern pace demands.
The vitality lowered and we are
-anhiect ttGihfzIff-ttthuEaash- that other
wise would be averted. Old age is en-
eouraged and our personality affected.
1t Is claimed that as a race we sleep
too little. An infants life is nearly
I'll sleep. Gradually, as the child
grows older, the hours of sleep are
shortened to half the day or about
eight hour.
Youth, until the age of 20 is reach
ed, requires fully 10 hours sleeep.
Although nature demands less
hours of sleep In summer than in
winter, it has proved that eight hours
of sleep Is required for the average
male adult In good health.
BY this Is meant not simply eight
hours in bed, but that amount of good,
sound, restful sleep night after night.
Our power to work is intimately re-
lated to our ability to sleep. and there
is no more reliable indication of sound
health than the capacity to sleep nat
urally.-Baltimore Sun.
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PERSONAL MENTION

DR.. J. T. Jeter is reported as i'm
proving rapidly from his recent ill
ness. His friends hope soon to see
him out upon the streets again.
Mrs. S. NJ. McNeel and Miss Mamie
Hughes Of York are the guests Of
Mrs. Fred Garner on South street this
week.
Mrs. Charles B. Counts and Mrs. J.
F. Mcclure will return today from
Spartanburg, where they went to at
tend the D. A. r. convention and visit
Mrs. ]. L, Carbery.
Mrs. D. M. Eaves, Mrs. J. D. Arthur
and Mrs. P. D. Barron, who repre-
scented Fair Forest chapter at the D..
A, r. convention, will return to their
homes today.
Mrs. Virginia Estes has accepted q
position with I. From and has begun
her duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Ellis,
Misses Alys and Sara Ellis, Captain
and Mrs. J. w. Graham Of Charles
ton are visitors in the city today to
attend the Gipsy Smith meetings to-
right. They will spend the weekend
IN Greenville and return to Union for
the Sunday night service.
Ellis Crosby spent several days this
week with relatives, returning to his
home In Jacksonville, Fla, Tuesday
evening.
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Billy Sunday Club
To Hear Gipsy Smith

The entire body of the Billy Sum-
day club of Spartanburg will 20 to
Union tomorrow to hear the Rev. Clip
sy Smith preach, ii the arrangements
for the trip can be made in a meeting
Of the club at the Y. M. C. A. tonight
ut 8 o'clock.
All persons who have automobiles
and who are willing to assist in
transporting the members to Union
are requested to make arrangements
to have their cars and passengers
ready at $50 p. m. tomorrow. 1t is
rlanned to arrive in Union at z o'clock
and there march in body to the tab
ernacle, where 100 reserved seats will
be held for them. AS they march into
the tabernacle the club members will
sing one Of the Billy Sunday hymns.
Members Of the Antioch Woodruff,
Walnut. Grove, Stone Station, Inman
and Pacolet clubs have been asked
to come and aid In this action Of the
srartanburg club. - Spartanburs
Journal.
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James L. Hendrickson, aged "a
years, died at the home of his brother
in Inman Tuesday night at 11zo,cloek
1dter-a lingering ffnHsss-sAEs-hEHWR=
IN him to Asheville, N. c., where he
was making An attempt to regain his
health. 1t was on the way from Ashe-
VILE that he, being unable to continue
the journey back 10 Srartanburg,
stopped by the home Of his brother
and died.
He was former employee Of the
South Carolina Gas and Electric COM
pany and was considered valued EN-
p!oyee by the company.
He Is survived by his wife and sew
eral small children and by his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Hendrick-
son Of the city: by three brothers: w
L. Hendrickson of Union, r. j. Hen
Erickson Of Inman and H. o. Hen.
Erickson Of the city; by two sisters
blary Hendrickson and Mrs. Christine
Taylor of the city.
The funeral services were held al
lnman yesterday afternoon and inter.
nlent followed in the Cannon's Camp
Ground cemetery. Services were con.
Quoted by the Rev. Brabson. En-
ployees of the s. C. Gas and Electric
company acted as pail bearers
Spartanburg Journal. l..
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Children Are Quaint

1t is funny the way children hear
shings and the funny twist they give
our own words. A little girl IN this
city was having a tea party and when
the cakes and hot chocolate had been
placed on the table she told the. other
children she was going to say grace
hike father did and this II what she
said, "Father. we thank Thee for
tn food and we thank Thee Cor
Clothes and health, and, oh, Father, we
thank Thee that we are, not as Grassy
- ether people" She thought that
W what her father said every day
and the rest Of the. family are trying
TO figure out. what he did say that
sounded Hike her version.
Children are quaint and funny lit
tls thinss.
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BIGHAM APPEAL
BEFORE COURT

Ihe appeal Of Edmund ID. BiRham
convicted murderer Of his brother. L.
Smiley Bigham, will in all probability
be argued before the supreme court
shortly after 10 o'clock this morning.
A. l. King, chief counsel for Bigham.
arrived yesterday and he announced
that he expected Solicitor Lonnie M.
''asque TO call the case this morning.
Bigham has already been before the
supreme court three times, once under
an application for habeas corpus, once
IN a regular appeal from the death
sentence against him and once under
motion of Solicitor Gasque to dis
miss his appeal from the refusal OF
Circuit Judge S. w. G. Shipp to grant
new trial. Today will be the fourth
time the case has been before the
court.
When Bigham was refused new.
trial by the court and was carried tn
Florence to be resentenced he moved
for new trial. Judge Shipp refused
to grant the motion and he appealed.
This is the appeal that will be argued
this morning. Last September Solici-
tor Gasque moved to dismiss the ap-
zeal under Rule 80, claiming that il
contained no merit, but the court de-
MED the motion of the solicitor and
will hear the appeal on its merits.
Bigham is charged with the murde,
Ut his brother, L. Smiley Bigham; his
mother, Mrs. L. 8. Bigham; his sister.
Ars. Margie Black; and his sisters
TWO adopted children, Leo and John
McCracken. He has never been tried
for the alleged murder of the last
named four. He was convicted of the
murder of his brother and sentenced
20 die in the electric chair in April,
1921, but has been appealing ever
since.
The appeal today is based largely
on a plea of ter-discovered evidence,
consisting mainly of alleged letters
oi Smiley Bigham that Hsere found
arteh the murders. According to these
letters Smiley, writing to Edmund, de-
clared that he was going to kill all
the family and then "end It ALL" The
.iettsssNsre*ypewrftten and when Big
ham moved for a new trial before
Judge Shipp on the strength of these
letters the judge denied the, motion.
The State. rS.4,
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WEEVu FIGHTERS
MEET TOMORROW

Leading farmers Of the state will
gather in Columbia at the call of
Governor Harvey at noon Saturday
to discuss boil weevil control and In
the hopes of arriving at some definite
plan to fight the pest, this plan to be
carried back to the leaders Of their
respective communities. The con-
ference will be in the state library.
More than score Of leading farm
ers and agricultural scientists have
been invited by the chief magistrate
and urged to be present as the con-
ference means much to the people of
the state. Some brief and simple
plan of war, to be waged during the
winter months, will, it Is hoped, be
mapped out.
: While the meeting has been confin-
ed to a group Of representative farm
ers, together with the government
experimental forces, it Is believed
the benefits will deach to all the
farmers, as it is planned for each
person attending to disseminate the
information in his community.
Prosperity in South Carolina hinges
on the control of the boil weevil, at
least for the Immediate future, the
governor points out in his letter of
invitation, and the need for coopera-
tive protection by the farmers is most
urgent at this time. The governor
hopes to gain the attention of every
farmer in the state in the efforts to
combat the weevil.
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Over Five Hundred
Killed by Earthquake

Santiago, Nov. II (By the Associ-
ated Press).-Revised figures pre-
pared by the minister of the interior
fix the dead in Saturdays earthquake
at 548. This is far under the earlier
reports. The list Of injured is incom-
plete, but shows 837, with "innum-
erable" others in Vallenar and Chan
eral. Three hundred and thirty-three
of the dead are in Vaiienar. Three
more shocks were felt yesterday at
Copiapo,
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The energy value Of the avocado,
or alligator pear, is more than twice
shat of most other fruits.
The carpenter bee tunnels its way
into fallen trees and fence posts.
There are 100 islands in the Shet-
land group, 27 of which are inhabited.
I. The bison is the largest quadruped
now existing In Europe.
I.oases Of bread are baked In France
ard Italy up to six feet In length.
All men are not equal in mind, but
they can be in heart.
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CLARA PHILLIPS
SEEKS NEW TRIAL

Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. l6.-Mrs.
Clara Phillips, convicted today of
second degree murder for beating
Mis-. Alberta Meadows to death with a
hammer, will seek a new trial and if
that is denied. will appeal from the
verdict, it was announced by Ber-
tram A. Harrington, her attorney.
There is fatal error in the record
and finally Clara Phillips will be
freed" Harrington said. 81 will not
quit the fight until she is."
The motion for new trial will be
made when Mrs. Phillips is sentenced
Monday. The verdict, which was a
compromise one from a jury of nine
men and three women, carries a pen
atty of from ten years to life impris-
onment.
II expected to be acquitted" Mrs.
PHILIPPE said in commenting on the
verdict. "They didn't give me fair
verdict. "They didn't give me fair
deal. / am going to ask my attorney
to appeal and believe with another
triai1 can be acquitted. I don't think
! will go to the penitentiary. But if
l have to go there I could face life in
tLat place with the same poise I have
here. It would not make much differ
once to me. All my hopes are crushed
anyway"
The three women members of the
jury voted for the death penalty until
the final compromise Of second degree
-aurder was reached, it was said. In
;f.c early balloting there weer four
who voted to acquit. The jury reach
I'd an agreement late last night after
Ehe judge, the attorneys and court
attaches had gone home, but the YER
'lict was not returned until this MORN
ing. According to members of the
jury, they did not consider the insan-
ity contention set up by the defense.
Mrs. Peggy Caffee, the states star
~itness, whom Mrs. Phillips testified
welded the hammer that killed Mrs.
Meadows, was released from technical
custody today. Since October 20, when
the trial commenced, she had been in
a hotel near the court house in charge
ST q natgQp. Of the diatriet attorneys