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( Consistency
! DR.. Fulmer Bright Mayor of Rich
mond, Va, was elected on the pro-
His first official act was to dispense
with the $1,000 automobile and chauf-
feur used by his predecessor, and to
i, purchase 'flivver' OF his own which
he drives himself in the rounds OF his
duties.
l-Finis-
The editor of the. Encyclopedia
Britannica, Hugh Chisholm, of London,
| died last week. His life work was a
monumental one that will live after
him.
Music for Veterans
Thomasville will pay approximately
$3.50 to bring the Fort Benning Mill
tary Band to their city during the
two days of the Confederate Veter--
ans reunion occurring soon This band
| of fifty-five members is considered
one of the best in the United States.
Keep to the Left
| ~ WOlu vi Wal ID oOUiNNb W
a correspondent of big city paper,
telling pedestrians on roads to keep
to the left side, and explains that drlv-
ers can not see them on the right side
so easily and especially when passing
another car with binding lights. The
pedestrians will see and be better
seen by both drivers of passing cars,
if walking on the left side of the road
Enjoys His Leisure ~....
General Pershing sailed Sunday to-
go to Switzerland and>visit his son,
who is attending, school there. Natur-
ally his position on the commission to
loQk<~after the cemeteries OF Amer1-
Tcan soldiers in France will keep him
abroad part of his time. He was
asked bv reporter on his leave-tak-
ing. whether he would accept the
Dost of Secretary of War, if offered:
He declared he had never thought OF
such thing.
Critic, Supreme
A sculptress of New York City,
named Miss Kathleen Wheeler pas
ses the last word in the perfect types
of race horses She has modelled Zo
of the most famous horses of the
present times, and the catalogue of
her exhibit in the Akerman Galleries
is social register of the turf. Her
collection has been dubbed the
Equine Hall of Fame" She has been
commissioned to model the winner
of the Derby each year. She pronoun-
ces the latest favorite Epinard the
most perfect and most beautiful horse
in the world.
The Boy Problem
What to do with obstreperous boys
almost reached the stage OF riot IN
White Plains, n. Y. Objections
TO the use of a rubber hose in whip
ping led to a mass meeting of the
patrons in which feeling ran so nigh
| that it ended as an inciplent mob. a
| later compromise was elected that the
principal might continue to use the
! hose on those children whose parents
gave consent. Other parents must adj
minister equivalent punishment them
selves or have their children hailed IN
to Juvenile court.
The Dear School of Politics
The estimate of $l0,000,000 is pla--
ced by experts on the expenditures OF
the three big political parties this
wear. in the election of president. is
the money wasted? Some say it is
4 cheap form OF education, that the
average voter would know little Oh
politics or of economics if this con-
fest situation every four years did not
bring the government policies into the
spotlight. stimulating individual int
crest in them as no other influence
could do.
They're On the Way
Seventeen large white bussess pass
ed through Triton Sunday carrying
loads of prospectors from the NORTH
to HOLLYWOOD on the Sea, one OF the
booming development places IN Flor
ida. The development companies are
probably carrying out the spirit O
the slang phrase and lead them to 1t
in the matter of free transportation
All For Science
| A party of scientists are leaving Ha
wall this month aboard a yacht tol
the South Seas to, spend three years II
cruising through the islands of Poly
nesia and making close study OF every
thing that is of interest to science, IN
Guiding Marine fauria, native plants
insects, speech and relics of the inhab-
itants past and present, also about the
ocean currents and other conditions
Their Investigations are taken under
the sponsorship of the Bishop Mus
cum of Honolulu Their zeal approx
imates that. of the missionary who
leaves home and friends. for uncertain
adventures into strange lands, obsess-