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Scientists May Claim
Improvement on Nature
If experiments at present in prog
ress prove satisfactory, in time to
come steam boilers will not be used
to work big power plants—mercury or
sulphur vapors will be employed in
stead.
■S The idea is that such vapors Involve
tr.uch higher temperatures than even
superheated steam, and the higher
the temperature, of course, the great
er the power produced.
The hot vapors, after driving a tur
bine, will be condensed, yielding their
heat to water, thus generating steam
for use in its turn.
This century has been a wonderful
ojie for the chemical industry.
X'Even new materials have been pro
duced, writes Mr. Harrison E. Howe
In “These Eventful Years." The de
mand for silk at a low price has
brought about the production-of arti
ficial silk. The fiber looks like silk,
and answers the purpose of silk; yet
it is made from wood pulp or even
cotton.
In the plant world science is im
proving on nature. On sugar cane
plantations it has been found that a
kind of paper, when spread
over the rows, discourages weeds and
thus minimizes hoeing.
The cane shoots can push through
this specially prepared paper, which is
tough enough to prevent quite effec
tively the growth of soft-topped
weeds.
“Getting Into Scrape”
■4 Has Various Meanings
The phrase “get into a scrape” can
be traced back as far as 1709. Rich
ard Steele used it in “The Tatler” and
it is said to have originated from the
notion of having been scraped in go
ing through a narrow passageway, but
this is pure conjecture. Scrape in
dialectical English designates a trap
and is much older, and to this day the
word is used for a lure for birds in
.vol d weather, says the Family Her
ald.
According to Lowsley’s “Glossary of
Berkshire Words and Phrases,” scrapes
are of two kinds: the first is an old
door supported by a stick under which
corn is placed, and the stick being
pulled by a long string the door falls
on the birds. The second is made by
placing corn where snow has been
swept away, and birds, when congre
gated, are shot in numbers, being eu
ttided along the scrape.
tVorlidge in his dictionary, edited
in 1681, describes a scrape as “a place
baited with chaff or corn to entice
birds." To get into a scrape is to get
into an awkward, embarrassing or
troublesome predicament.
Church’s Modest Beginning
In about the year 17S0 the first
Methodist church in the United States
Xs built in Kent county, Delaware. It
was called Barratt’s chapel and is as
solid today as on the day it was opened
for divine worship. The land it occu
pies was deeded for the purpose by
Philip Barratt, in Murderkill Hundred.
Here in 1774 Bishop Thomas Coke of
the Methodist church met Bishop Fran
cis Asbury, the latter the first man in
America ordained by the Methodists
to the Episcopal office. Out of the
meeting grew a plan to carry Method
ism all over the United States. The
first native Methodist minister in
America is said to have been Richard
Owen of Maryland. One of the most
famous of such ministers was “Father”
Joshua Thomas, who for the better
part of a half-century traveled up and
down the Chesapeake in a big “bug
yye,” as the long, narrow, and very
staunch boats of a certain type are
called, preaching to the islanders, most
whom were and are fishermen.
Traditions Long Kept
Baddesley Clinton is one of the beau
tiful ancient moated granges of Eng
land. It possesses a private chapel
where, with one or two short periods
of interruption, mass has been said
ever since the days of the Reformation.
But the Roman Catholic traditions of
brother country house, the chronicles
of which have Just been published, are
even more remarkable than those of
Baddesley Clinton. At East Hendred
house, near Abingdon, there is a pri
vate chapel in the grounds which has
stood there from the Thirteenth cen
tury. Here the Eyston family, who
have a private entrance from the li
brary of the house, have worshiped
aentury after century; and it is accept
ed as a historical fact that the lamp
before the altar has never ceased to
bum for 600 years. No Protestant
service has ever been held there; and
it was left quite intact by Cromwell's
soldiery when they visited East Hen
dred. —Family Herald.
Conscience Ruled Him
One of the witnesses at a royal com
mission appointed to inquire into a
of alleged bribery In an election
stated that he had received $25 to vote
Conservative, and in cross-examina
tion it was elicited that he had also
received $25 to vote Liberal.
Mr. Justice Matthew, In amazement,
repeated:
You say you received $25 to vote
Conservative?"
“Yes, my lord.”
♦ ‘And you also received $25 to vote
Liberal T"
“Yes. my lord.”
“And for whom did you vote at the
finish?” asked the astonished judge,
throwing himself back In the chair.
And the witness, with injured dlg
niry in every line of his face, answered
with great earnestness:
“I voted, my lord, according to my
conscience I” —Vancouver Province.
Methodist Church
i The members of the Sunday school
donated SSO Sunday before last to
wards the completion of the Hart
' Circuit parsonage. One class of
young ladies, the Live Wire Wesley
I Class, of which Mrs. Patton is
i teacher, gave sls of this sum. Vari
ous members of the church have do
nated money and material to the
work, which makes the Circuit pastor,
Rev. J. H. Nichols, and his people
rejoice. They will soon complete the
new home. Hartwell Methodists have
been glad to aid in this splendid pro
ject.
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Baptist Church
The prospects for the new Baptist
church are growing every day. The
Building Committee has signed the
contract with Mr. H. L. Cain, an
architect of Richmond, Virginia. Mr.
Cain was most highly recommended
to us by Dr. P. E. Burroughs, Sec
retary of the Architectural Depart
ment of the Sunday School Board of
the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr.
J. R. Jester also recommended Mr.
Cain as one of the two best church
architects in the whole South.
Mr. Cain has made us a visit and
has shown us a plan which is con
sidered one of the best plans for a
modern church which has ever been
drawn by an architect. The commit
tee is greatly attracted to the plan
and will recommend this plan to our
church in due time. The architect
is now preparing some folders for us
which will soon be ready for the
pastor to send to all of the members
of the church so that the entire mem
bership may study the floor plans
and have an opportunity of seeing
the architect’s drawing of the ex
terior. The entire church will then
vote on the plan.
Now that the fine spring weather
is at hand the Sunday school of our
church is expected to grow very
rapidly. The pastor and the Sunday
school officers and teachers are
counting on the full attendance of
the enrollment of the Sunday school.
Let the parents arise early next Sun
day and join their children in attend
ing the Sunday school and church
services. The evening service will
be at 8 o’clock next Sunday. The
public is cordially invited to attend
all services.
W. A. DUNCAN, Pastor.
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From Sun Readers
Summerfield, Fla., March 12, 1925.
Dear Messrs. Morris:—Supposing
you are still the editors of the famous
“Sun," enclosed find M. O. for one
year’s subscription.
I don’t suppose you remember me
but I am from Hartwell, years ago,
and am now a citizen of Marion
County, Fla., “The Kingdom of the
Sun,” and the home of the native
wild orange. By next year I expect
to have a grove started on my farm.
Florida is a wonderful state. If it
wasn’t for the alligators and real
estate sharks and the high cost of
living it would be next to paradise.
I suppose The Sun will explain the
Hart county situation.
Yours truly,
I. G. CRAFT.
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Cure for Blisters
Blisters, caused by the shoe rubbing
the foot, develop into a real painful
ulcer if they are not properly treated.
Mr, Mann of Anytown learned.
If pricked, some disinfectant should
be applied Immediately. The best way
to let the water out Is to pass a bit
of vaseline thread through the blister.
When the blister is on the sole of
the foot where the skin is thick, take
a fine white thread and grease it well
with borated or pure vaseline.
Thread a coarse needle and pass it
through the blister from one end to the
other. Cut the thread on each side
and cover the spot with a bit of vase
line. Next day draw the thread out.
The blister will be gone.
Blisters on the hand may be pricked
with a needle and then covered with
a layer of collodion one ounce, castor
oil eight grains; soft turpentine eight
grains. Two or three coats are re
quired.
Geese on Guard
Wild geese are extremely wary, and|
take nothing for granted. While feed
ing they have a perfect system of sen
tries. Not content with this, every ;
now and then two or three will fly,
round high up to see that nothing is
even approaching them from a dis- :
tance.
Their hearing Is very acute, and it is
said their sense of smell is also. Cer- i
talnly, if they are approached down ■
wind, they are up and away at once,
even if the greatest care has been
taken to keep out of sight.
They have a cry like a pack ot
hounds, which may have given rise tc
many of the legends of ghostly packs
that are said to hunt an equally ghost
ly fox at night.
Teacher Blushed
It was a lesson on punctuation, and ■
Jimmy was almost asleep at his desk
“Now,” said the teacher, “if I say, ‘1
must leave, as I have an engagement— ■
By the way, what is the time'? I place
a ‘dash’ after ‘engagement,’ becaus*
. the sentence is broken off abruptly.”
At that moment she caught sight ol
‘ Jimmy.
“Now then. Jimmy, you are not lis
J tening. What was I saying?" sh»
I asked him.
"Please, Miss Smith," said Jimmy
with a start, "you were telling us yot
said ‘dash’ because your engagement
was broken off abruptly!”
Drums, which constitute the wire
less news broadcasting system of the
native African blacks, can be heard
sixteen miles.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., MARCH 20, 1925
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