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more than one hundred titles of major
Importance.
The Smithsonian institution, of
which Doctor Walcott has been secre-
tary since 1907, Is big thing and Is
practically the parent of many of the
scientific bureaus of the government.
1he establishment of 1t Is a story In
itself.
The Smithsonian institution was
established seventy-eight years ago un-
der the terms of the will of James
Smithson, who bequeathed his fortune
ito the United States Of America, to
found at Washington, under the name
Smithsonian institution, an establish
ment for the Increase and diffusion of
knowledge among men," This bequest,
amounting to $541 ,37983, was formal
ly accepted by congress and the
Smithsonian institution was estab-
lished by act approved August 10,
1916.
james Smithson Q765-1S29) was an
Engllshman. He was the natural son
of Hugh Smithson (afterward Percy.
who became the first duke Of North
umberland of the third creation. James
was born In France and was taken to
England when child. He was nat
uralized as British subject and en-
tered Pembroke college, Oxford, where
he specialized in chemistry and min
eralogy and received the degree of NJ.
A. In 1885.
Smthson. the story goes. made ef-
name of Percy from his blood rela-
tives. This was refused. Thereupon
he declared that he would make the
name of Smithson famous when the
name of Percy was forgotten-and
drew up his will providing for the
Smithsonian institution.
Smithson died in Genoa and was
buried on the heights of San Benigno.
In 1904, at the suggestion of DR.. Alex
ander Graham Bell. his body was
brought to America, sealed In the orig
inal tomb and placed within a NOR
tuary chapel erected near the entrance
of the institution.
SmithsOn's beQuest has been In
creased from time to time by gifts
and legacles. of which the most notable
was S2OO,OOO In 1891, given by Thomas
G. Hodgkins.
The Smithsonian Institution is legal
ly an establishment of which the mem
bers are the president and vice presi-
dent, the chief justice and the presi-
dent cabinet
Unuer direction Of the Smithsonian
institution are the National Gallery of
Art; Bureau of American Ethnology;
National Geological park; Astrophysi-
cal observatory; United States Ma
tional museum; National Academy of
Sciences; National Research council.
and International Catalogue of Scien-
tific Literature.
Comparison Of the two portraits
shows that advancing years and many
activities have left their mark. But
the "increase of knowledge among
men" has been great because of his
work.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18

ture American parks has been recent
ly surrendered by congress to the
waterpower commission, and that in
reference with the natural condition
of these parks will destroy their use
fulneSs to science and education. The
resolution is:
"Resolved, That the American AS
sociation for the Advancement of
Science earnestly requests the people
and congress of the United States and
the people and parliament of the
Dominion of Canada to secure such
amendments of existing law and the
enactment of such new laws as Will
give to all units In the international
parks system complete conservation
alike and will safeguard them against
every industrial use either under
private or public control, at least
until careful study shall Justify the
elimination of any part from park
classification"
In the United States the National
Parks Army of Defense" is solidly or
ganized This "army" is an utilization
of Scores of organizations, many of
them with nationwide membership
They may be said to center around
the National Parks association. Across
the international boundary line the
nnture-lovers are not so well or
ganiZed The first response to the ac-
tion of the A. A. A. S. Is the Organiza-
ton of the National Parks Associa-
tion of Canada, with directors repre-
senting the Dominion from Montreal
to Vancouver.
1.-The National Parks of North
America" is an idea that is popular on
both sides of the line. There Is sim
cere cooperation between the park
officials of the two countries. "Scenic
beauty is International" says Commits.
sioner J. b. Harkin of Canada. II
sincerely hope for the larger develop
ment of national park roads until the
two peoples are given easy access to
the finest scenic attractions of the
globe" says Director S. T. Mather of
the national park service.
DR.. Walcott is born geologist. not
mude-at least so far as university
education is concerned. He was born
in New York Mills. N. Y, In 1851. and
at the age of thirteen was making
systematic collections of fossils and
minerals. He was graduated from the
Utica academy In 1868 and within two
years was engaged in making COL
lection of limestone fossils at Trenton
Falls. The death of Louis Agasslz cut
short his plan to study under that
great naturalist and he began his pro-
fessional career in 1876 as an assistant
to james Hall, state geologist of New
York. Rapid, indeed. was his rise
thereafter.
Institutions of learning have shown
appreciation of his work. His honor
ary doctorates have come from Hamil-
ton, University of Chicago, Johns
Hopkins, University Of Pennsylvania,
Yale, St. Andrews. Pittsburgh. Uni
yersity of Cambridge (England) Har-
ward and Royal Fredericks university
(Christiania).
He IS an honored member of scores
of scientific societies In several coun-
tries. The Geological Society of Lon
don awarded him the Bigsby and VOL
laston medals; Societe Geologique de
France, the Gaudry medal; the Acad-
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18

Much of this country is unsurveyed
and consists for the most part of a
great eXpanse of red rock, carved into
innumerable canyons, buttes and fan
tastic prOmontories. Some of the re-
mote valleys contain grass and water.
but the greater part is desert forma-
tion. Many of the canyons have never
been explored by white men. The
first of the natural bridges In this
country were visited by white men as
late as 1908. This district was the
scene of the recent Ute uprising. II is
the last frontier.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18
Plu1nes Are Valuable

Ostrich feathers are either plncked
nv hand Or cut from the wings whence
come the most valuable piumes, says
Nature Magazine. The annual feather
crop Of the average ostrich IL sworth
from fifty TO sixty dollars.s The Ebifdt
Weld crop Of valuable feathers every
seven months. although some breeders
confane the plucking to single harv-
est year. aa they claim that in this
way they get better qunlity
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18
Kite Fight in India

Two boys are standing on some
waste ground flying kites. The kites
are square. and the strings have been
sharpened BY passing through mix
tiire Of starch and ptecef OF crushed
glass, One kite e. blue and one Is
green. The green kife hits the blue
one. hut neither is hurt. Then they
dodge about In. the air for long
time fnr ench hny Is managing his
kite 're'' and Il seeuis US II neither
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18
The PeninsuIar War

The name peninsular is given to the
war waged in Spain and Portugal in
iso7-1S14, between the armies Of Ma
poieon I and the English and Spanish
forces under the command Of Sir Ar
thur Wellesley (afterward duke Of
Wdllington). The war grew out Of an
attempt on the part Of Napoleon to
partition Portugal, and place his
brother Joseph on the throns Of Spain.
The Spnniards ross In opposition and
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18
Knew Where They Were.

Here Is an item of some scientific
interest,"" remarked Hoffy at the club,
the members of the window lyceum be-
ing assembled.
at seems the great aux has been
extinct for at least fifty years. Was
last seen around the arctic circle. Now
a collector offers $1,000 for one of its
eggs"
Il think I'll make a try for that
prize" declared Cuthbert.
"Going to the arctic circle?"
Nope, going to search the storage
warehouses"
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18

solicited aid from England, which was
freely granted. After losing the great
battles Of Douro. Tulavera. Salamanca
and Vittoria, the French were driven
out of the peninsula. and the rightfui
king. Ferdinand VII. was establIshets
on the Spanish throne.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18

forenoon which enables the atmos-
pi.ere to hold an increasing amount Of
water vapor. condition which is re-
versed in the late hours of the day
and complicated also by the frequence
Of summer thunderstorms during
those hours.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18

eny of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia,
the Hayden medal; the National
Academy of Sciences, the Mary Clark
Thompson medal.
The results of his many investiga-
tons have been given to the world
chiefly through the publications of the
United States geological survey or the
Proceedings of the United States Ma
tiona Museum, and more recently. the
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.
and in addition to these sources there
have been frequent papers in the
American Journal of Science and SIM
liar publications, both at home and
abroad. His entire photography Is
therefore quite extensive and includes
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18
Looked What He Fe,t.

$50 Parson Blanks motor went dead
on him. Did he make any remarks
appropriate to the occasionr
mot a word. but ne didn't have ex.
actly the same kind Of expression ON
his face as when he says. Let us
pray.' y.'"-Boston Transcrint.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18

Ll-.lI, SCD., is HouSc-
@-S n hold word in America.
wherever there Is inter-
~ est in natural history.
M1N( geology or any one Of
S several other sciences.
@@ All good Americans
know about the Smith
soniun institution at Washington and
to them DR.. Wulcott is the Smithson-
Ian institution. And to many thou
sands he has been the United States
National museum and the National
Academy of Sciences and the United
activities have been many. Among
them are these: From 1927 he had
charge of the organization and con-
duct of the United States reclamation
service. He was secretary of the Car
negie institute during 1923. its forma-
tive period. During the World war he
was chairman of the national advisory
committee for aeronautics and chair
man of the military section of the
national research council. He is with
out question the foremost geologist of
America and his fame as geologist is
worldwide. His name is also known
all over the world through the re-
search expeditions of the Smithsonian
institution. His fame as an organizer
and executive is scarcely less than
his fame as scientist.
His election to the presidency of the
60 81, A
ment of Science is therefore fitting.
The A. A. A. s. is the largest organiza-
tion of scientists In the world. 1t has
approximately 1900 members In the
United States and Canada. And It
has been a going concern for seventy
five years. Its activities are pretty
comprehensive; all sciences apparent
ly look alike to Its membership This
attitude Is quite up to date and in
strict keeping with the times. Science
in our modern civilization bulks large
as the friend Of every activity Of life.
The scope of the interests of the
A. A. A. S. is shown by resolution re-
Gently passed 1t Is an unusual resolu.
tiOn, of interest to several million
Americans VINO have only the vaguest
ideas about paleontology. could not
tell a brnchipod from a triloblte and
have no leaning whatever toward the
Lower Paleozoic sedimentary forma.
tion. This resolution heartens tremen-
dously the vast army of nature-lovers
In the United States and Canada who
are fighting to preserve the national
parks of both countries from the per
sistent attempts at invasion by COM
mercial interests.
The preamble Of this resolution sets
forth that the national parks consti-
tute system of "National Museums
of Native America; that the COM
bined national park systems of the
United States and Canaua II pre-
served will constitute unique con-
tinental exposition of inestimable val
Tie to science and to the popular edu-
cation of future generations; that at
the option of single government off
cial several of the American parks
and all but one Of the Canadian parks
are open to mining and grazing; that
the control of waterpower in the fu-
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18

would win. when suddenly the boy
with the blue kite gives sharp pull.
His string has cut the cord Of the
green kite. which drops quickly to
the ground some yards away. The
blue kite has won.-Children Of India.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18

If we all insist on selling stocks
Or making locks,
On dressing hair.
Or peddling po'try here and there,
If no one joins the farmers mood
Well have to pay more for our food
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18

said her friend. yesterday was the
thirteenth" "Oh. yes. Isn't 1t won
derful? The seven again. you see.
Seven and six are thirteen, aren't
theyY". fL 9f4
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18

San Juan county. Utah, Is located
in the southeastern corner of the
state. 1t is larger than the entire
state Of New Jersey and the last CEN
sus gives the population as $3.50.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18
Close Plays PHOTOGRAPHED.

Close plays in baseball are photo.
graphed with a telescope lens by a
camera that Los Angeles man has
designed for the purpose.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18
Annoying.

l9F NnnoyIh0.
IS It is annoying to a modest man to
ask anything Of value from one on
whom he thinks he has conferred a
favor. lest he should seem to demand
u as right rather than ask 1t ~ Q
fuyor.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18
Costly Map Made in Enoland.

Costly Map Made IN England.
map has been made of England
containing more than 10000 sheets
which cost more than $1,OOO,OOO a
year for 20 years to prepare.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
M4N2Iz4L ND1sFZ11
HE name of Charles

IIT I1UII1t OF CNNTIeS
Doolittle Walcott. Ph.D.,
LID, Sc.D., is a house
hold word in America.
wherever there is inter
est in natural history,
geology or any one or
several other sciences.
All good Americans
know about the Smith
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-09

Of the two old parties live in the
dead past.
La Toilette has ever and consist
emily stood to protect and maintain
the principles of real democracy.
He has more laws to his credit,
fundamental laws in successful OPP
Grafton, than any living statesman.
In face of the powerful steam
roller of mis- own party he succeed
ed in blocking much vicious legisla-
ton and forcing the acceptance and
turning into law 81 of the 81 great
measures he had presented as mi
nority platforms to Republican ma
tional conventions.
La Toilette Woman's Champion
His voting record on all meas
ures of particular interest to wom-
en- should rally all thinking women
to his support. AS governor of
Wisconsin, more than 20 years ago,
he gave the state it's first women
members on boards controlling the
educational, charitable and reform
atory institutions, and its first wom-
an factory inspector. He gave
Wisconsin its first effective child
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-09
LA TOILETTE CALLED
CHAMPION OF WOMEN
FROM Page One)

Continued From Page 0ne)
the finer influence of woman. And
so in our national household. The
age-old policy of man to exclude
woman from the government has re-
suited in misery, poverty and war
everywhere, while in our own coun-
try it has landed the ship of state
our national home-on the rocks
of corruption, exploitation, and
ceaseless strife.
Powerful Minority Rules"
Today we are in the hands of a
powerful minority of ruthless ex-
ploiters that has annexed all branch
es Of our government for its own
private purposes.
A small but ever-growing group
of men have recognized the need
of thorough house-cleaning in our
National Home. VIII women stand
idly by and permit or even help the
few enlightened men wrest the gov
eminent from the few and restore
it to the many?
Senator La Toilette is the only
presidential candidate that offers us
any hope Of progress. Candidates
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-09

noted subsequently upon the yell
low legs had once Threatened
to grace the frying pan, and within
a short while the fowl began crow
ing about the lot. The unnatural
change came about in a very nat
ural way, if there could be any
thing natural about such a freak
of nature, and l have been thinking
/ would tell folks here all about
for several days. The story in The
Times-Recorder, and the picture
carried therein refreshed my mera-
Dry, and Pm telling the full facts
today for the first time. refuse
to admit any county in the universe
is better than Sumter, and l as
sert we can not only raise as many
and as good chickens. here as can
be done anywhere, but l also say
that we can raise anv kind of chick
en- anybody else anywhere else car
produce"
So that's the story. George says
it's so, and The Times-Recorder
isn't saying it is or it isn't.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-09
ATLANTA JOURNALS
EIGHT COMIC PAGES

The Atlanta Journals policy of
giving more for the money" that
prompted the publication of the
first rotogravure section in Georgia
and the addition of 32-page maya
zine section to the Sunday issue, is
further evidenced in the increasing
of its Sunday comic sections to eight
full pages of color comics.
The Sunday Journal will continue
to have eight pages of rotogravure
pictures; wonderful sports depart
ment edited by Morgan Blake and
o. B. Keller two sections of society
and woman's news; 32-page mag
azine section, cable dispatches from
all over the world, leased wire serv-
ice of the Associated F'ress and
two other great news associations,
the only complete market and finan-
cial news published in Georgia, and
the best state news, and editorial
page.
The Daily Journal supplies COM
plete sporting and market news in
every edition. 1t is owned and
edited by Georgians for all Geor-
gians. You can have the Daily and
Sunday Journal delivered by carrier
for zoe a week. Give your order
to H. K. Ertzberger, local agent,
or send it direct to the Journal,
Atlanta, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-09
BEYREUTH FESTIVAL
NEEDS NEW SETTINGS

BET REUIH, Sept. 9.-TheIe
is much speculation as TO whether
the Wagner Festival, revived this
year, will be continued beyond the
death of Frau Cosima Wagner,
widow of the noted composer. The
World War and the ten years of
darkness it brought to the Wagner
Festival theatre have brought
changes in the artistic rs we'll as
the economic and social world.
Performances of the Wagner
operas, which were acceptable on
the oldfashioned stage OF the Bcy.
reuth opera house ten years age,
very clearly do not satisfy today.
There is demand now for new
scenery, new stage machinery, new
methods of production.
Admitting the excellence of the
orchestra and the adequate sing
ing of the chorus and the principals
in most of the offerings this yea.
at .Beyreuth, many critics, and
chiefly German critics at that, ex.
press the opinion that the opera
houses in Berlin, Dresden and
Munich, with their adequate mod
ern stages, offer better productions
OF the Wagnerian operas than Bev.
reuth affords.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-09
STAGE HERE DEFENDS
SELF AGAINST FIVE

BERLIN, Sept. 9.-Leo Pcu.
kert, an actor, who plays the hero
in Berling melodrama and saves
the lives Of women and children
in every act brought his stage
training into practical use one
night recently. On his way homq
after the performance he was at
tackled by five hold-up men.
Peukert. accustomed 10 fighting
mobs and entire armies every night
on the stage, knocked out two
men, broke his wrist on another,
and caught one hold-up man ard
led him off to the police station.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-09
SKINNY KIDS NEFD
COD LIVER OIL

Mother: if your child is puny or
thin, has no appetite and seems
backward and listless, give him
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets for
80 days and note with pleasure how
he gains in weight, strength and
vigor from day to day.
Sixty tablets, so cents at Nathan
Murray's and HowelPs Pharmacy
or any druggist anywhere and if
they don't help, get your money
back. They are sugar coated and
as easy to take as candy. Ask for
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets =
the original and genuine.
D. R. Munk,. $50 Spring Street,
New York, writes: II feel sure
that McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tab
lets were instrumental in restoring
my boy to his normal state"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-09
10y BOWEN PLACED
ON MERCER FACULTY
Plains Man Gets Place AS As
sistant in Accounting With
University AT Macon

MACON, Sept. 9.-Loy j. Bow.
en-, of Plains, has been placed on
the faculty of Mercer University
for the school term beginning Sep
TENDER % as an assistant in ac-
counting, it has been announced
here.
Mr.. Bowen, who will be a senior
in the school of commerce of Mer-
Ger, has made a favorable record lie
his academic work as we'll as in ac-
counting services he has been rem
dering local firm for the past
two years while he attended cot
lege.
MERGERS school year proper
which opens within three weeks
will draw an attendance of 1000
students, it is expected. The col
lege summer school closing, FRI
day, August 20, when 10 students
were graduated with 20 degrees.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-09
labor and compulsory school attend

labor and compulsory school attend
ance laws. Senator La Toilette has
worked untiringly for woman's suf-
frage and publicly advocated it
long before either of the two old
parties had Endorsed it.
During his 10 years in the SEN
ate we find him consistently on the
side of every great welfare meas
ure and against every encroachment
upon the rights of the American
people. La Toilette has, since the
early days of his career, sensed the
drift toward monopoly and special
privilege and has consistently and
with all the energy at his disposal
fought against it.
We women, as enfranchiced citi-
zens, have a tremendous RESPONSE
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-09
(LET-ROOSTERIS
FOUND IN AMERICUS
g F. L. Cato Owns Remark.
able Fowl That Laid Eggs,
Raised Biddies, Now Crows

IBelieve it or not. George o
orsball says it's so. Sumter coun-
L. agent is authority for this
lkicken tail"
George says the fowl is a chick
He won't say whether it's a
or a rooster. This is the way
tells TIE story. 1t is given the
%n,es- Recorder readers just as i
H. told a reporter, with embellish-
nsnt or comment Listen while
George tells the facts" about THIS
remarkable fowl:
oThe Times-Recorder printed the
ricture of a fowl day or two age
With the statement that the chick
on was born a pullet, but now IS a
rooster. Well, / was surprised,
had thought up to that time that
sumter was the only county on
earth capable of producing such a
remarkable fowl.
"Yol don't believe such fowl
has been raised right here in Arr
CIRCUS? Well, any time you want
10 see this bird just run out to the
home of Mrs. Frank L. Cato, on
South Lee street. Mrs. Cato keeps
only a few fowls, and she watches
her birds carefully. In my opinion
it would be almost impossible fcl
her to make mistake in Identified
ton of a particular bird. Your
pullet-rooster is right there on her
yard, growing every morning, wear
ing the gaudy plumage Of Rhode
Island Red rooster and decorous!y
dividing worms with the hens OF
the flock.
"But this hasn't always been the
case. A few months this same
rooster was a prize pullet,. laying
her 'egg-a-day' in the usual way
But don't interrupt me vet. A lit
tie later, after the manner of the
female of the species, this same pui
let seated herself comfortably above
a nest well filled with eggs deposi-
ted there by her own proud SELF.
Just twenty-one days later, this
young pullet became 4 satisfied
mother and set theoretically about
raising her young brood to happy
maturity in fowldom.
In due course, these biddies be,
came themselves young pullets, with
rooster or two among their num-
Der, and this may have caused TIE
change in the mother. With the
development of gaudy plumage bv
one of her young, apparently the
mother fowl decided to cast off all
pretense of femininity and forth
with set about becoming a rooster.
With the development of handsome
tail-feathers the first change was
noticed in the bird; spurs wero