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in the tropics and all kinds of
eplphyst grow all over the trees. This
growth forms at times an almost i'm
penetrablc mass of green, and now,
! dust covered vegetation. / have hit
the dry cool season in India, as l had
planned to do, and dust is over every
| thing. The leaves of the trees and
even the houses are covered with dust
in spite of all that one can do to keep
them clean.
AS we were coming back, we pass
ed place from which good deal of
! smoke was coming and | asked the
| reason for it. 1t was burning goat
where the dead are burned This was
Just a pond and had no connection
with the sacred river Ganges, except
that some of the Gangcs water had
been put into the pond and therefore
it beanie Il sacred place and dead peo-
pie have been burned here for ages
AS we approached / was struck by
the size of the large ash and charcoal
covered area and the depth of this ac-
cumulation must have been at least
four or five feet and it must repre-
sent the burning of thousands of
bodies. Two bodies were nearing the
last stages of burning as | went up.
Groups of men squatting around were
waiting until the burning could be
finished and then they would take the
ashes and scatter them on the water
| of the pond and the spirit of the dead
man would pass on to the future
world as his ashes passed out into
the water. On one Of the piles of
burning wood | saw the skull and the
! charrcd remains of the limbs Of the
man and they were poking the fire to
q kn hmm hnt hnt
also be burned into ashes We asked
whose body this was and they pointed
to two small boys who were squatting
with the rest and said that it was
that of their father. They seemed
altogether unconcerncd and were as
exprcssionless as children could well
be. Nearby was another body even
further burned than this one and
only small portions of the body could
be made out
While standing there we heard
down the street a short distance the
cries calling to the gods as four men
came bearing another corpse on n
stretchcr borne on their shoulders.
The strctchcr was made Of two BAN
boo poles and had Il cloth stretched
between them. AS they came up those
who were sitting around at the CHAT
Joined with them in their cry and they
FASTENED right on down to the waters
edge and lowered the body and placed
it so that the head touched the water
Of the pond. This was to symbolic
the publication Of the body for the
Gangcs water purifcs everything it
touches. The proceeding would next
be to dig n trench in the ashes and ar
range the pyrc. This would be done
by piling the wood up i'm stack long
enough to place the body upon, then
placing the body upon this and then
putting wood upon the body. Then
butter from which the water has all
been boiled is poured upon the whole
and a fire is started. The butter is
used just as we would use kerosene,
simply to light the fire, | am told,
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE

Pursuant to an order of j. M. Wind
ham, Judge of Probate, | will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash, at the residence of the late
L.. Il. Tindal, near Summerton, S. c.,
on Friday the 14th day of April, 1929
at IL o'clock A. M. the following per-
sonal property, to wit:
5000 pounds of cotton seed, 10
bushels of peas, about 1900 bushels
corn, about S tons Of hay, oats and
fodder, 10 bushels of sweet potatoes,
Is hogs, 38 pigs, milk cows, calf,
3 ycarlings, 1 horse, mules, 1 Ford
son Tractor, Plow ant Harrow, 2
two horse wagons, 1 onc-horse wag-
on, buggy, l grain drill, Dixie
Plows, 5 plow stocks, three horse
Moline Plow, l two-horsc Moline
Plow, | saddle and bride, harrow,
] moving machine. rake, V shane
HarroWs, Corn ar Cotton plantres
3 Fertilizer Distributors, lot of mis-.
cellancous tools, 10 tons of coal, I
piano, l organ, lot of household and
kitchen furniture, 270 volumes Of
books, 8 large rugs, 20 small rugs, /
lot of personal effects, pistol, 1 gun
and l Ford Coupe, and any other ar
tlclc of personal property.
Julia c. Tindal,
C. Administrator.
Summerton, S. c., March 25, 1922.
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out their plans. Many of them court
prison anr look upon it as means to
purer life and also as sacrifice for
the salvation of their country. Some
may even be SO poor that they take
this means for a living, for they are
fed while in prison. They may have
to come to China's former status in
this matter and make the prisoner
feed himself.
1t is fine to be in the midst of
such conditions, but Of course they
have q decided effect upon my bust
ness right now, but will make for a
larger one eventually, for the Indians
are going to boycott the Government
schools and will finally begin to build
their own and this will mean that
they will have to equip them and our
representatives are Indians so they
should get the business.
This is strange country, sure
enough. Just yesterday Dr.. Lee, with
whom | am staying these last two or
three days in Calcutta in order to try
to get glimpse of the mission work
here as | am passing through the
country, told me Of an experience he
had just had with the jungle crows
which are so numerous here that they
are continual nuisance. He has
false teeth and was washing them in
his bath room, he put them down,
turned his back for few moments,
but did not leave the room, and when
he returned, they were gone. He
knew at once that the rascally crows
had done it and soon one of the girls
came in with the broken set of teeth
that had been dropped by the bird
and his suspicion was verified. Mrs.
Lee, not to be outdonc, then said that
she had just had another unusual cx-
perlence with the crows. She was
putting up the groceries which the
cook had bought and found that bag
containing six eggs was missing. She
happened to look across to the porch
just outside and saw the bag torn and
two Of the eggs still intact after the
crow had departed. | have heard all
kinds of tales about the tricks that
the crows played on people but these
are the equals of any of them that
| have heard to date. The Indians
are great thieves also and we are
always warned never to leave any
thing out from under lock and key
So far | have not lost anything that
| know of but l am not Dragging and
touch wood to keep it this way.
The convcyances here are also most
interesting. They have big ricksha
which will carry two and this is pull
cd just like those in Japan and China.
The burden seems too heavy for much
speed and the Indians do not run like
the Chinese. Then there are two com
mon types Of carriages. They may
be drawn by one or two horses and
they are classified as first second or
third class according to the condition
in which they are kept. The prices
also vary with the class and they are
hired by the hour or by the day. They
arc very reasonable. The first type
is like this (drawn) and there arc
two men on it, The driver type is like
this (drawn) and there are two men
on it. The driver sits up in front and
a second man sits behind in small
seat with the hay for the horse. When
ever stop is made, he comes forward
opens the door and while they wait
they feed the horse Il few bites Of
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grass. The other type OF carriage is
closed entirely and has flat top
with a low railing around it and you
can pile baggage. galore up on this
and carry it anywhere. 1t is the type
used by the better class women and
they get into these close the doors
tight and you know that they are
almost smothercd, but it is custom
and they have to submit even if they
think enough to resent the hardship.
Having lived this way all of their
lives, possibly it never occurs to them
that this is unreasonable and an i'm
position.
Yesterday afternoon, took a
twelve or fourteen mile drive into the
country with Mr. and Mrs. Lee as
they went out to inspect a piece Of
land which they were buying. The
country is decidedly tropical with the
various kinds of palms, banana, wild
date, sugar date, bettlenut (Which
most of the Indians chew, as they do
in the Philippine Island, and spit red
all over the strcets-it is said tc be
good for digestion and also means
of cleaning the teeth-such explana-
tions are also offered for tobacco, etc.
| believe) cocoa nut, papaya trees, the
peculiar pecpul tree this makes it's
gradually grows larger until it tears
the walls to pieces, and the roads for
miles were lined with mango trees all
in bloom and the odors were heavy on
the evening air as we came back late
in the evening. Little evidences of
cultivation were present here and
there but with all kinds Of fruit
around why work? The Jack fruit is
found all along the road too, it grows
right out from the trunk and gets to
be real large at times. The village
houses were made of mud on an cic-
waited floor in order to be above the
water during the sainy season. The
mud walls were thick in places, yet
4 times other houses were made of
q lattice work of bamboo covered with
mud or with palm leaves woven into
the walls. The roofs were in most
cases made of straw thatch with now
and then roof covered with light
tiles. Some of the homes of 1.-THE
wcalthicr classes were made of brick
and had flat roofs. In every instance
of this kind there is a small square
tower ON the top of the house at
about its middle which is the place
where the house idols are kept and
they sometimes go upon this to pray.
The villages are not clean nor arc
well kept in any way. The gardens
are nothing more than jungles with
a few fruit trees planted about in
them and no system or order are pre-
served nor is any care taken even of
the trees that bear the fruit. The
Jungles are all around the villages
coming rig int up to them on all sides
and there is no wonder that in places
where there are tigers and panthers
that they sometimes come in and take
away the young animals and some
times even the children. There are
two ladies here i'm the home now who
come from Assam and they were tell
ing. about the panthers coming into
their yards taking away the chickens
regularly. They often see them. The
jungles are tanglcs Of vegetation of
all kinds and the taller trees or palms
that are in them arc often climbed by
the large vines that are so common
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NOTICE OF DISCHARGE

| will apply to the Judge of Pro,
bate for Clarendon County on tho
10th day of May, 1922, at ii O'Clock
A. M. for Letters of Discharge as Ad.
ministrator of the Estate C S. M
Haynesworth, deceased.
j. r. Haynesworth,
pd. Administrator.
Manning, S. c., April 10, 1922.
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and has no ceremonial meaning. This
was very small place and yet three
fires were going there at the same
time. In the porch around temple
Hke building, mosque, we're others
sick and probably dying awaiting
their turn at the fire.
Calcutta, India.
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Farmers Exchange

PUREBRED dark Cornish Game eggs
from prize winning stock at $500
per fifteen. Mrs. H. w. Cole, Tur-
beville, S. C.
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WANTED-15 or 20 shoats weighing
from 40 to 60 pounds. Jos. S. Dick
son, Manning, S. C.
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FOR SALE-90day Velvet Bean
Seed, .$l.O0 per bushel r.. j. Cor
bett, Manning.
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FOR SALE-Porto Rica Yam Pota
toes and home-cured meat. S. J..
Clark, Manning, S. C.
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SnELLED White Spanish Peanuts
Tor sale, at &c per pound. j. Nor
gan SprOtt, Jordan, S. G..
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WANTED TO EXCHANGE-3O- gal
Ions Syrup for ten bushels Of peas.
Leon M. Galloway, Wilson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-11
NATIONAL BILLIARD BODY
EXPELS EX.CHAMPION
Charles Heddon ousted Because OF
Charges Made

New York, Feb. II. - Charles
lieddon. of Dowagiac, Mich. for
mer national Glass A 1872 balkline
champion, has been expelled from the
National Association of Amateur Bill.
lard Players, and Morris d. Brown.
OF Brooklyn, also former champion,
has been summoned to appear and an.
swer charges against him, the Execu-
tive Committee announced roday.
The resolution by which the commit
tee expelled Heddon declared he had
drought rcproach upon the national
association and its members" by his
action in withdrawing from the recent
championship contest at the Crescent
Athletic Club in Brooklyn after he had
been defeated by Edward W. Gardner,
ard IN making public attack upon
Gardner. was, in the opinion of this
committee. highly unbecoming and un-
sportSmanike and unwarrantcd in fact.
and which contained a reflection upon
this association and its ideals.
Heddon, in withdrawing from the
tournament. charged Gardner with un-
sportsmanlike conduct, which he de.
! clarcd officials of the tournament ig-
norod.
The summons to Brown said he was
charged with bringing reproach upon
the association through certain news .
paper interviews attributed to you
The interview in question was under =
, stood to be one in which he declared he
had not been officially invited to com :
pete in the tournament. This was de-
MED by club officials.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-11
Boston Thrones
FIVE PENN TEAMS IN
ACTION ABROAD TODAY
Three Runners at Buffalo-Qulntet
Meets Cornell at Ithaca

Meets cornell at Ithaca
Five athletic teams of the University
of Pennsylvania will see action this aft
crnoon and tonight on foreign soil.
Three members of the track team are
scheduled to run in the championships
in Buffalo, the basketball team meets
Cornell at Ithaca, the freshman quin.
tet, Staten Island Academy, on Staten
Island. The fencers open their season
with Yale, at New Haven; the gym
nastic team with NJ. I. T., Mt Boston,
and the ice hockey team meets Cornell
at Ithaca.
The most important from the stand
point of championships is the game with
the Ithacans in basketball. Bill Grave
and his mates departed last night for
the shores Of Lake Cayuga, confident
that they will defeat the Comedians.
Last year 1t will be recalled Penn's
only league defeat was suffered at the
hands of Captain Molinet and his band
in the armory where Grave and his
mates will cavort this afternoon.
Coach Eddie McNichol and his aide
de. camp Joe Fogarty have not made up
their minds on whether to start Pos
Miller or Label Goldblatt at one Of the
guard posts against Cornell. The re-
| mainder of the team will be the same as
| it has been all season.
Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth
have all scored victories over Cornell,
but only by narrow margins and after
| bitter battles,
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Camden is in first place in the second
half race for the pennant of the East
ern Basketball League. The Skeeters
stepped out front as a result of the IT,
to-1O victory scored by Trenton over
the New York Celtics last evening Mt
the Arena in the Jersey capital.
The New Yorkers have a chance to
tie Camden up If they win Mt Wilkes
Barre tonight and then these opponents
clash for the lead at Madison Square
Garden tomorrow night. A large fol
lowing OF Camden's roOters will make
the trip. but the unfair playing condi
tions In vogue over there give the home
team n decided advantage. Camden 1,
expected to offer stubborn resistance
and has the Celts at home next Wed
nesday.
In last nights game the Gothamite.
were ahead at half time by o to 8
Flay throughout was rough, with the
players covering very closely, and a,
a result field goals were few and ia,
between. Referee Brennan had hi.
hands full, but managed to keep tn,
players in check at all times.
Stretch" Meehan was the star TO,
the Potters. The Celts had assumed tn,
lead with three minutes to play, wher
Nat Holman Gagged his third field goal
Then Meehan tied the going with {
foul, but Ernie Riech sent the Celt.
one ahead on a free toss. With les.
than a minute to play Meehan wrig
gled loose from Chris Leonard and reg
istered the goal that gave Trenton
one point victory. The only othe,
players to score were Beckman, for tn,
Celts, and Tome, for Trenton; eaci
made two baskets.
Nativity Wins Another
The uptown rivals met in the secont
game for the championship of the up.
town territory when st. Henry ant
Nativity clnshed at the formers hall
Fifth and Wyoming avenue. Nativit,
had won the first game last SATURDAY.
by a decisive margin and St. Henry
was out for revenge.
Nativity maintained its winnin,
streak by being returned a winner
again by the score of % to 10. st
Henry was always in the rear and Ma
tivity enjoyed a hall. time advantag,
Tonight on the home floor at Belgrad
street and Allegheny avenue Nativit,
meets its old rival, East Philly. Th
Phils are also a northeast club and re-
cently helu NatlVlty to q twO-pOin
win. One of their star players was alb
sent on the occasion, and East Phlllie
Is out for win tonight.
With every player on the home team
scoring at least one field goal, Kayoul
G: G. had little difficulty in downin
Walnman at st. Anthony's Hall, Twen
ty-third and Carpenter street, by 4
to 2G. Dunleavy with six and Steven
son and Fitzpatrick with four goals eacI
were the stars for the winners, Will
Davidson and McCann with three bas
kets each excelled for Wainman.
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Defends Lightweight Championship Title Busy Bat
HIGH-BROW BEANTONlN
GROWS ATHLETES. TOO'
Boston Has Cultivated Several Baseball Champion.h,
Teams a Couple of Golf Titleholders, Etc.-Har.
vard Doesn't Take Many Trimmings Either y
BY GRANTLAND RICE

II you include in this allotment =.
number Of star football PLAYER. 49,
Bostonian gridirons have fed 20 ths rssss ssts
intercollegiate pastime, you NAV -. y.
a better idea Of Boston's high pIsc.
the competitive .whirl, '
Not forgetting again that after NJ.
ming three world championship. ~
Sox refugees were the main factor. 3
building up Cleveland and New Yort" "
Good Fights and Bad
M1ITH Gene Tunney, Harry c,,s
w Tom Gibbons, Bob Rober ana prs
Brennan around there is ,mStsrisi
enough In sight to stir up a lot OF nm
gilistic action well worth inspectins
even at modern ring prices.
But matching the near topliner, /,
another matter. Apparently, most a
the boys don't care for action or AZ. =.
citement. Unless It Is 100 per esn,
certain in a given direction they hSys
trouble in sitting their yawns, Moss
of them are 30 badly blinded BY sasins
on the losers end of q Dempsey an.
gagement, they can't see anything elss
Not unless It's set.up.
The Professional Side
MOST OF the present.day trouble n
AVA football. as we see It, is not WA
professional teams or professional pro. @
moters, but with the college men then.
selves. :.
Have they become 80 fragile IN
moral or spiritual way they can't N
allowed to walk near temptation? IA
there been any law passed compelling !
college football player to accent mors,
It?
The great majority are made IN n
clean and wholesome stuff. But M
minority is still larger than It ought "a
be and will remain 80 until each one
knows that when he violates the etbie,
Of his college and his game he is merely
cheating. For, in one way at least.
they are selling out their own game.
Copyrtoht. 1888. All Rights Reserved,
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to work out with me. Besides batter
ing me around pretty much Britton hit
me under the chin with n right hand
uppercut that lifted me three feet of
the floor, but I wasn't knocked down.
And then it was Leonard. Benny came
to Chicago and he was asked to cuff
me around a bit. Leonard complied
with Millcr's wishes.
After the Leonard lambasting l
learned that I had made good-enough
to warrant a bout. And this army
fellow was brought along as q be-.
ginner. He weighed 135 pounds and
l tipped the beam ut 124.
Out Standing Up
Almost as soon as the bell rang Army
knocked me out standing up with a
right on the chin and before had a
chance to fall he brought me to with
another swing on the jaw. Just before
the bell ending the round another wal
lOp put me in semi conscious con /.
dition, and I didn't know a thing until
I found myself walking from the club
house after the bout.
The next day was told that had
been carried to my corner after the
first round, and in order to get me to
answer the bell for the second, some
one jabbed me with knife. jumped
from my chair, they told me, and fought
like blazes.
Before the start Of the sixth and
final round, ! was given to understand
that I was in a daze again. In order
to finish the bout Miller, my chief
handler, punched me on the jaw. This
brought me around and I finished the
bout. but didn't know what it was all
about.
Tender Knocked me do,rn four
times In one round, and I toas
pretty shakp until the end Of the
bout. In the match 1Dith Army, !
succeeded in keeping MY feet, but
haze had Hirshie tell me that never
have taken such a trouncing as I
did in that first battle of my ring
career.
pinky Mitchell will tell about the hardest
battle Of his ring career In next Tuesday u
edition Of tho Evening Public Ledger.
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ZILENZIGER A HOLDOUT
Returns His Contract to Peoria
Team UnsIuned

"Whitey" Zilenziger, local boy,
who played last year in the Virginia
League and who figured In deoi be :
tween Newport News and Peoria, of
the Three.I League, has balked at the
terms Of the latter club and returned
his contract unsigned.
."Whitey' has a couple Of temptinp
offers to play independent ball in this
city and is considering the same.
Zilenziger led the second baseman of
the Virginia League last season md,
according to Tom Turner, now man .
ager of the Portland. Ore, team is
the best intielder turned out at Central
High since the days of Jack knight
and should be ripe for the majors in q
year or two. "
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ever have had.
II came about this way. several years
ago: After being discharged from the
navy used to meet bunch of fellows
in a poolroom in Chicago which was
owned bv n brother of my present man
ager, Hirshie Miller. Usually we would
talk boxing. and finally one night l
said that I had done some mitt work
while in the outfit and thought ! could
whip lot of the featherweights around.
Gets Tryout
Hirshie's brother thought I was cue.
koo. or something. and paid no atten.
tion to me. However. I insisted night
after night that 7 would like to get n
hout unit! Hirshie's brother said: "All
right kid. come on down into the cellar
and see what YOU are made OF.
Little did I think that Miller
himself, a 100 FOUNDER. mas going
to souarc off at me. He certainly
handed me d lacing, but figured
the crord rdnted to see ,chether
,rns game and kept rading IN.
c,thongh slammed pretty hard.
After Il ras all over, Hirshie.s
brother said, "You'H do, ! Think
But Miller's experimental process
was not over-not by long shot. III
took me over to a gym where Charlie,
White was training and asked him t.
try me out. Charley did. He socket
and rocked me all over the place-ant
White can hit. He gave me this III
ear have on exhibition on the left sid'
Of my head.
Still | had not satisfied. Jack Brit
ton was in Chicago and he was aske'
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A. A. U. TITLE GAMES
Philadelphia Athletes Amono Those
Entered at Buffalo Tonioht

Buffalo. \. y. Feb. 1.-THE senio,
national indoor track and fed cham.
pionships will he contested ot Tho
174th Regiment Armory here . to.
night and will bring together one or The
most representative gatherings of ath !.
letes of recent years.
Teams here last night or due today
represent Boston. New York, Philadcl :
phia, Chicago and Toronto and Hamil-
ton amateur organizations. and the
leading college track and field teams.
The metr0politna district Will be rep +.
resented BY q team Of twenty odd ath
letes.