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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-05-18

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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-05-18

The man whom progress dropped
behind some years ago finds some con-
ISOLATION in scolding about ignorant
majorities'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-05-18
Placed in Automobile.

18th a Ford axle.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
HAGERSToWN, MD.
opaniaros Liked NICK Garter.

opaniaros Liked NICK Garter.
The death of the creator of Nick
Carter will very probably cause more
widespread grief In Spain and Latin
America than in Nick'S native land.
More thousands of readers, juvenile
and elders, were regular followers OF
Nick's exploits in the Spanish trans
IationS than there have been in Eng
lish speaking countries for more than
ten years at least. Travelling through
the Latin countries, you find the ia
nous weekly still prominently dis
played on nearly every news vender's
stand. The large Spanish publishing
house of SOpena, in Barcelona, has
conducted an immense and profitable
business in making regular transla-
tons of Nick Carriers Weekly and
publishing them. Whatever may be
the literary quality of the original,
the Spanish TRANSACTIONS are such
that people Of presumably finer tastes
are not ashamed to be seen reading
them. A professor of romance Ian
guage In the State university Of
Maine was in Havana about three
years ago polishing up his Spanish
conversation. He openly admitted his
great fondness for the Spanish Nick
Carriers, and recommended them to
all students of Spanish for the ac-
quirement Of facility in conversation.
New York Evening Post.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
Saxon Monarch, a Thousand Years
Ago, Instituted Custom Of Satur'
day Half Holiday.

A thousand years ago the Saxon
King Edgar proclaimed rest from
all labor from the noon of Saturday
till the dawn of Monday, and the same
principle was emphasized by his sue
cessOrs.
The church was in those days the
dominant factor in all social life, and
the Saturday to- Monday ordinance was
doubtless ut first intended to give the
people full opportunities for going to
church. Round the village church, too,
gradually sprang up the Saturday mar
ket for the cOttagers, and so, though
slowly, the Saturday holy day evolved
into a holiday.
With the change from agriculture to
industrialism, people left the villages
for the towns, and here for some time
the Saturday half-holiday was endan-
gercd In the rush and greed of the
new-fOund and little understood prog
ress" A saner and more moderate
outlook, however, restored the Satur-
day half-holiday. But, curiously
enough, the towns claimed 1t as new
invention of their own. ignoring the
village life which, long centuries back,
knew as a legal right the weekly half
holiday of the Saturday.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
"Washino Ones Soiied Linen"

The phrase, washing ones soiled
lInen,' is popularity used to express
airing of unpleasant private affairs
or family quarrels in public, the anal
ogy being, Of course, that both are
matters for disposition in the privacy
Of ones home.
The expression comes down to us
as one of the brain children of Vol
taire, the famous French satirist. The
occasion for its origin Is said to have
taken place in 1740, when General
Muustein wrote to VOltaire asking to
be indicated publicly Of accusations
made against him.
Voltalre happened to be occupied
in answering the appeal of Frederick
of Prussia to help him straighten out
one of his dilemmas. So he replied
to Maustein:
1.-THE king has sent me some OF
his dirty linen to wash. / Will wash
yours another time"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
PiIinus Now Made of Paper

Piles, for submarine supports arc
now being made Of paper in Cali
fornia, the chief recommendation Of
which is the fact that they are not
subject to attack by the toredo which
ruins wooden piles in a short time.
On q long wooden cylinder long roll
of tarred paper with glued edges Is
wound and covered with cord. Over
this another band of paper, much mar
rover, is wound diagOnally like the
bandage on wounded arm. The
cylinder is revolved while 1t is bound
with more cord, hot glue being applied
continuously. After three layers of
paper have been put in place, the
wooden cylinder Is removed and the
paper cylinder is reinforced with a
coarse mesh.
A mixture Of cement and sand Is
squirted all over the cylinder, and
several cylinders are Joined end to
end with the same cement so as to
make a pile 60 feet long and from
10 to 80 inches in diameter. A square
steel head Is fitted over the top to
receive the shocks of the nile-driv0r
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
Ancient Creeks Prayer Charm.

Great value has always been at
tached to rare and beautiful stones,
but with primitive people the intrinsic
value was less than the supernatural
virtue credited to them. Stones were
favored as charms, but among the
early Greeks none was rated as hav-
ing the power of compelling the gods
to answer prayer except rock crystal.
This was used as burning stone,
and the founder of perhaps the ear
hest recorded temple mysteries.
Onomacritus, gives exact directions
for producing sacred fire. A bright
transparent piece of crystal was to
be- laid on dry wood in brilliant sun
shine. He says the god appears first
with smoke, then with little smolder-
ing fire, then with a burst of flame.
This was holy fire from the suns rays.
"Whoso goes into the temple with
this in his hand may be quite sure
of having his prayer granted as the
gods cannot withstand its power" he
told his followers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
A Letter CHANGED.

She was stenographer who would
leave out sentences, paragraphs. too,
when she couldn't read the hierogyph-
les in her book during the two weeks
that she fingered with an advertising
agency.
The head of the agency was away
for couple of days. A client tele-
graphed that he was coming to the
city. Would Mr.. Williamson be in his
office? The presidents secretary die
tated reply: Sorry. Mr.. William
son is away trap shooting; will return
Thursday"
The telegram was dispatched. a
duplicate of it was placed on the pres
ident's desk to let him see that the
clleut's wire had been taken care
of. This Is what he read: Sorry. Mr..
Williamson is away crap shooting. VIII
return rsday."-Judge.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
Late Letter Mailers Fined.

In England century ago fines were
assessed for late mailing of letters
Unless letters were mailed In London
before four O'Clock fee of penny
for each one had to be paid to the
bellman who collected the late mail
The postman was an important per-
sonage in those days. He was all done
I'D in red, white and blue, scarlet coat,
blue breeches, white stockings, with a
great cockade In his hat.
Those who chose to carry letters
to the general post Office could do so,
but If they wished to have letters re-
ceived after q certain time no less
than sixpence must be paid. 1t was
usual for postage to be collected from
the person who received a letter.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
Indian Tale Of Pillar Rock.

There are Indian tales Of the Pillar
rock, which is located about 600 feet
from the Washington shore, and which
stand about 20 feet from the surface
Of the Columbia river, and OF the oc-
currences Whereabouts, real and fanci-
ful. one is that Chief Skanokawa,
his ire aroused because Clatsop
brave made away with the chiefs
daughter, hurled the rock at the de-
parting canoe of the swain from the
tribe across the river, missing the craft
but implunting the huge pillar in mid
stream. The rock extends below the
3O-foot depth, and the base, or projec-
ton, is said to have On approximate
width in excess of 80 feet.
George Vancouver, following Gray,
the dlscoverer of the river, spoke OF
It in 1892 as "the remarkable pillar
rock" lie is said to have been told
Of the rock by Gray and entered the
river on the way down the coast.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
Must Have Done.

Miss Marjorie-And how Is your son
James getting on, Mr.. Giles?
Giles (whose son has gone to Lon
don ain service")-Well, to tell We
the truth, Miss Marji Dim very trou-
bled about IN. OF 'ad letter last
week, an e says that 'e's Twin in
q buildin' with 'undreds of people in
it, an it's three or four 'ouses one
on top O. t'other. 'E says there's Il
railway carriage without an ingin'
that goes up the middle O. tn buildin'
an tn lights is all In bottles an you
turns 'em on with top without usin'
q loocifer, an
Miss Marjorie-But why are you
troubled about james?
Giles-Why, OF fear e must a took
to drink, miss !-Pearson's Weekly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THIS is to give notice that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Frederick County, Md, let
tiers of administration on the estate of
SARAH ANN REBECCA SNUFF
deceased. All persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit same with
the voucher thereof legally authenti-
Gated to the subscribers on or before
January 10, 1923, they may otherwise
be excluded from all benefits of said
estate. All persons indebted to said
estate are hereby warned to make i'm
mediate payment.
Given under our hand this End day
of June, 1922.
ALBERT SNUFF
6-S-5t Administrator
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
Smoke az Lightning Conductor.

In a recent reference to the astro-
nomical observatory on Mt. Etna, a
prominent scientist called attention to
the fact that thunderstorms are very
rare phenomena there. The observa-
tory Is more than 1900 feet above the
level of the sea, and near the summit
found necessary to protect it with
lightning rods. The absence of thun-
derstorms has been accounted for on
the supposition that the smoke and
hot vapor constantly rising from the
great crater of Etna act as light
ming conductor on a grand scale.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
HER REASONING WAS GOOD
Why cciored Woman Was Convinced
the Lord Was Not Aiming to
Destroy Her.

During q thunderstorm in the South
a large oak tree within thirty feet Of
4 negro cabin on plantation was
completely shattered. The crash was
terrifying, the ground for quite dis
lance around the tree was broken up
as if it had been plowed and pieces of
the tree We're hurled many yards and
shOwered on the cabin roof.
The next morning, when the old
negro woman went to the house to
work, her mistress said sympathetical-
ly: you must have been very much
frightened when the tree was struck
last night, Jennie"
ooh, no'm," Jennie treasured her;
81 wasn't skeered. / never did see NO
use in feelin' skeered after sumpins
over. l JUS said dat knowed If de
Lord had a been amin at us, he
wouldn't a-missed us dat far, an went
back to Sleep"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
Niauara Travelling Backward.

Niagara's total practical energy
equivalent is in excess of 6,OOO,OOO
horse power. This stream of energy
is kept constantly renewed by the ac-
tion Of the laws of nature, and 1t finds
expression through the medium of
noise. The falling water at Niagara
presents grand spectacle which Is
viewed each year by less than l per
cent of the population of the coun-
try. But this spectacle, though grand,
is a travelling show, for the falls have
receded $50 feet since the first survey
was made in 1764.-World's Work.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
chrlatian and PAGAN Speakers.

A strange mark of approach is given
by a new enterprise in Japan. The
japanese paper Malnichi brings the
information that the Christian school
"Kwansai- Gakuin" in Kobe, and the
Buddhist "Koyasan College" have
entered into an agreement according
to which Christian preachers are to
lecture to the Buddhist students on
Christianity, and the Buddhist lee
turers are to speak on their religion
in the Christian school. The initial
lectures have already been given.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 1885 Equity
In the Circuit Court for Frederick
County

In the Circuit Court for Frederick
County
By virtue of an order of the Circuit
Court for Frederick County, dated
the 18th day of May, 1922, the credi-
tors of Charles H. Krise, of Frederick
County, Maryland, are hereby notified
to file their claims properly authenti-
Gated with the Clerk of the Circuit
Court on or before the list day of July,
A. D. 1922, otherwise they may be de-
barred from participating in the dis
tribution of the trust funds in said
cause.
LESLIE N. COBLENTZ
CHARLES G. WATERS
WILLIAM I. RENNER
Charles McC. Matthias, Trustees
5-18-5t Attorney
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
Motor to School.

Every day in the school year $4,000
children motor to school In North
Carolina. Consolidation Of the one
room rural schoolhouses into high
grade central schools is going forward
rapidly In this state. Ninety-three per
cent of children carried to school at
state expense are transported in motor
vehicles
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
Boy Wanted

Somewhere in this town is one
boy who is a "go-getter" spirit,
full of grit and ambition, and alb
solutely honest. We want that
boy. He will be the only boy
agent in this town for the ia
nous MOVIE WEEKLY MAG
AZINE. He will work after
school and other spare time. His
pay will be what he makes it;
besides fine prizes and free Mo-
vie Tickets. When he makes
good he will be promoted. If
you are between Ia and 10 years
old, determined to make good"
and truly think you are the boy
for this job, then apply by letter
to Mr.. E. L. Gilbert, Personal"
3rd floor,119 w. 10th St., New
York City. Give full details of
any past selling experience;your
age; parents full name and bus
mess; your school grade and at
least two references.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
Fossil Forest.

The discovery of fossil forest Is
reported at Anglon, Sardinia. Petri-
fed palms, with well-preserved struc-
ture, are already known from a Milo
Gene formation in the island, and de-
tails of the new find will be awaited
with much interest.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
A Misapplied Term.

"A man who was inveighing against
the capitalistic press In restaurant
the other day got what was coming to
him."
"Well?"
"a reporter who was standing off a
kind-hearted Greek for doughnut
and cup of coffe rose up and smore
him on the jaw."-Birmingham Age
Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
StvIe and style.

He-You say you've met Miss Pen.
ley. I've read some OF her works, but
| can't say like her style.
She-Neither do [; she's positively
dowdy,-BOston Transcript
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
NOTICE

Water Consumers are hereby mott
fed that their rentals are due and if
paid promptly discount of 5 pei
cent will be allowed.
6-l5-3t l.. S. BlRELY, Sec'y
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-22
DR.. FAHRNEY
DIAGNOSTICIAN

Specialist in chronic diseases.
I make study and treatment
of any kind of disease the fam
lily Doctor is not curing. Tell
me your trouble and I'll tell
you what is your disease and
what can be done for it. I'll
send blank and specimen case.
Give me your name.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-01-20
Editorial Notes
WOmen'S Advancement

This is the age for the ad-
vancement of womanhood. She
is being placed upon a high ped
istal from which she will never
descend. And with this advent.
is the dawning of a brighter day
for humanity. Already we are
beginning to see the great pos
sibilities for the new woman.
The question is, does she fully
realize them.
One of great and lasting good
she has accomplished is the de-
termined fight made against
John Barleycorn. She has help
ed and is helping materially to
eliminate this evil. Another, is
her attitude against wars. The
new woman of the future will
see to it there are no more great
world wars, such as we have
passed through. Her other great
possibilities for good are in the
shaping and the making of bet
ter laws for the future. She
will certainly have room for
much improvement along this
line.
Men have made sorry spec
tacle in the making of laws
these many years. We still use
the old barbaric custom of hang
ing criminals. Only the other
day we read of double hang
ing at Florence. What right has
the state to take life any more
than the individual? Criminals,
of course, should be imprisoned
but we have no right to take
their life. Hangings have been
abolished in several states and
they have no more crimes there,
nor as much, than in states
where this barbarous custom
still prevails.
Yes, indeed, there are great
possibilities and there are great
deeds to be accomplished for our
advancement by the new wom-
an of the future. Let her real
ize them and take her place with
man in the great affairs of state
and nation.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-01-20
Notice.

All jurors who are entitled to-
exemption must claim same or
they will be required to do jury
service. The following persona
are exempt from jury service,
upon filing their claim for ex-
emption, sworn to before some
officer authorized to take ack-
noWlegements, and setting up
their name, residence, age oc-
cupation and the grounds upon
which exemption from jury
service is claimed:
% All persons over sixty
years of age.
GU All civil officers of the
State and United States,
80 All ministers of the gos-
pei engaged in the active dis
charge Of their ministerial duties,
(4) All physicians, dentists
and attorneys engaged in active
practice,
(5) All editors of newspapers,
school teachers, druggists, un-
dertakers, telegraph operatorss,
railroad station agents, conduc-
tors and engineers of railroad
companies, express agents and
express messengers who may be
actively engaged in their res
pective duties.
(6) In cities and towns hav-
ing a population of fften. hum
dred inhabitants or more, the
active members of organized fire
companies. provided that before
the exemption of such fire COM
pany shall be available. the
members so to be exempted
shall be selected by their res
pective companies and q list con-
tanning their names shall be
handed to the Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors by the Chief Of
the Fire Department,
j. E. CROSBY,
Judge of the Superior Court
of Navajo County, State of
Arizona.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-01-20
Henry Still Talking
Muscle Shoals Project

AAOHly IOIu Ulu IOT the
Muscle Shoals has been before
the public since the middle Of
last Julv. But what he bids for.
how much he bids. why he bids
at all, what he stands to win or
lose if his offer is accepted or
rejected have never been clear
to any substantial portion of the
public, if the tone of current
comment can be taken as test.
That comment has been quite
abundant-as it never fails to
be when the wizard of automo-
tive industry leaps unobtruslvely
from one pinnacle of publicity
to another-but it has been
vague, and it's conceptions have
been for the most part highly
inaccurate. To the average
person the known facts about
Muscle Shoals and the Ford bid
sum up about as follows:
Muscle Shoals is place some
where down in Alabama where
the government built some kind
of a munitions plant some time
during the war. which plant has
become white elephant on the
governments hands, now that
the war is over. The plant was
built to get nitrogen out of the
air. and make it into nitrates,
which has something to do with
the manufacture of high ex-
plosives.
But nitrates can be made into
a fertilizer just as we'll as into
explosives, and now Henry, al
ways inventive and ingenious,
has thought of way to make
them into fertilizers at Muscle
Shoals.
For some reason perhaps be-
cause he is going to get his nj
trogen free, out of the air, -
instead of importing it from
Chili-he is going to be able to
cut production costs to smither-
eens and flood the country with
a cheap fertilizer" thereby
enriching the American farmer
to some untold and miraculous
extent.
Finally, all this is not going
to cost any body much to speak
of, because Henry Ford, being
a natural born inventive gen.
ius, financially as well as me-
chanically-as as proved by the
way he scorns Wall Street and
digs up cash millions out of his
own business whenever it hap
pens to need them has also
thought of a way of making all
this pay for itself in the course
of century by a process called
Amortization. But this angle
of the story must wait till later.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-01-20

Do the people of the United
States take pride in a reputation
for being sympathetic to lynch
law? 1t would seem so since
we'll informed legislators state
the Dyer anti-lynching bill,
which would make lynchers Of
tenders against a federal stat
ute, has little chance of coming
to a vote.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-01-20
Will Move to Mexico

A report from Mesa says that
John E. Palmer, who was raised
in Taylor and is we'll known in
Navajo county. has traded his
Maricopa county holdings for
cattle ranches in Mexico near
the Mormon colonies. Mr.. Pal
mer and family will leave in the
very near future for their new
home.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-01-20

Willford Rogers and j. w.
Eager transacted business in
Holbrook Monday.
w. C. Goodman, stockman
from Clay Springs, was busi-
ness visitor in Snowflake Sun
day and Monday.
The spectator., 1922-01-10

Dr. W. H Gibbons has sold his pro erty at Webb City to s. J. Crossno who will move his family into Il this week.
The spectator., 1922-01-10

Diplomas have awarded to 800 prisoners of the Eastern Penn- syvania State College. The diplomas were awarded for vo- cational courses.
 Peanuts. fully as large as south- ern-grown peanuts. were grown in South Dakota b. rancher liv- ing in Edmunds County. When planting his corn in the spring he planted eight or nine rows about 10 rods in length in peanuts. The peanuts ripened perfectly and were fully as large as southern grown peanuts. according to re- ports. They yielded at the rate Of 100 bushels to the acre.
The spectator., 1922-01-10
Tabernacle to be
 Erected Thursday

The weather permitting, the tabernacle for the Stephens Evangelistic Cooperative meet ing will De erected on Thursday of thie week. Should 1t be rainy the matter will be post poaed until 2 later time. All me0 who have an interest in this meeting are asked to bring their hammer and saw and join the building-bee. The ladies of the different churches will serve lunch at noon and you ean expect a general good time. It is necessary that some men who may haveslesms shall bring tAesn as there Is considerable hauling to be done. This meeting b for the ,entire community and for the interest of ali the towns people. and one in which all the churches are cooperating.
 Your help will ba needed. so bring your hammer and saw.