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EDISON'S " QUERIES
OCCASION STORM
AMONG EDUCATORS
Kanges From Scientific Subjects
l "' Questions of Georgraphy
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History.
Thomas A Edison’s list of questions.
are a sked applicants Tor posi
" " employ, have raised a storm
tC " his
i itors. many of whom as
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j VJf ihe questions (lo not estate
^ ls ‘ a tnie standard list of. is intelligence comprehensive, and
(iduc&i 1 The
sc-ientimic . to
?in g from queries
a) .
‘^tionr f ‘. of geography intended and reveal history, the
d is primarily to
,
inclinations of applicants.
AVhile printed and complete text
the quern ions compiled by the great
.
inventor has been issued for publica
tton men who have been asked the
Questions have noted those which they of
' The
w remember. vagueness
'•'.me of tin- queries, which have never
, y ,.ttUtl to the satisfaction of an
en
ihoriti* of which permit of several
aiistve,r. accounted for by this fact.
Iu al , intelligence test no two ques¬
tioners agree on the relative impor¬
tance nf questions to he asked, and anv
list is subject to criticism on this
ground. As revealing the subjects
v j lie l, Mi Edison considers of primary
importance, the answers to. which he
evH' well-educated man should
know, the list is of unusual interest.
Same <>f the (Questions,
gome of the questions follow:
wind I the finest cotton grown?
gea island cotton, or Egyptian col
ton, according to different experts.
What countr\ consumed the most
tea before the war ?
Russia,
What couiii'ty is the greatest textile
producer?
Great Britain is so considered, but
the United States is a close competitor
in volume, and may even he slightlv
in the lead at the present day.
Who wrott “The Star-Spangled Ban¬
ner'.''' ^
John Spofford Smith wrote the ri«»io
for a thinking song for the Anac'ronic
clnh in London about 1780. Francis
Scott Key wrote the words.
Who wrote “Home, Sweet Home?”
John Howard Payne, an American,
wrote the words. Sir Henry Bishop,
an Englishman, wrote the music.
What place is the greatest distance
below sea level':’
The Dead Sea, It is 1,300 feet below
sea let el and is the most depressed
accessible part of th, earth’s surface.
What country has the largest output
of nickel in the world?
Canada.
In what pat t of the world does h
never rain 1 '
"People have not been in one place
iung enough to know for a certainty
"'here it never rains. Some natives of i
the Sahara Desert however, have ex¬
pressed amazement when they heard
mat water came from the skies. Rairi
has been reported in regions close to
the poles, but neither of the discoverers
of the North and South Poles was
there any length of time.”—U. S.
Weather Bureau.
b liat city on the Atlantic seaboard
k the greatest pottery center?
Trenton, X. J.
Who is called the “father of rail
road" in the United States?
John Stevens, 174H 1838, of Hoboken
X. J.
Who discovered the law of gravita¬
tion?
Sir Isaac Newton.
What is the distance between the
t^tth and sun ’
93.100,000 miles.
blio Invented photography?
11 * Swede, discovered the
" 1 1 * ! * s .limit 1780 and Wedgwood,
p b' 1 li first
m ipplied them in .Tun
- Da *««>v *nd Neipce, in Frnace.
Ul,| i the daguerrotvpe, hut Dr.
^ University, ohn Willi am Draper, of New York
in ls 40, first improved
so as lu makt it
hie practicable for
ijicnirt id tinman beings.
Mr-Iltgs. ■
1 " leal * s troed in all parts of
, th h e
world?
j ,leal ts Us,, ‘ 1 in all parts of the
ff0] 01M , "’heat is
' used
| *>«» most extensive
'' rice and corn next.
" a t ‘’’on called pig iron?
' /
tl le '' *anoied resemblance of
Uten i mew ITT to l '"°
Who " S a ,ltter of l*igs.
discovered r the X-ray?
W|,' , **1 ' a n ” , mar| . in 1895.
IUy " Msht ,,f air in room20
so by o-- a
‘
bounds.
i'iatinum found?
)Europe f legion separating
m nom r Asia,
How far is it from
ID; aneisco? New York to San
Thr *‘ thoui
0t "d three hundred miles.
| "hat ; ' is Tallahassee
c apitap the
Florida.
What statt
Pines? the largest copper
ha, , herlgaesfwgkykyyq
, >»« U* iargest single
‘ e Anacor,d mine
a . T he minesof Arizo-
’ THE COVINGTON NEWS. COVINGTON. GEORGIA.
na have the greatest combined output.
U hut state has the largest amethyst
mines?
Virginia.
What is tite name of a famous violin
maker?
Stradivarius.
Who invented the modern paper
making machine?
Tlie major discovery was made by
Robert, a Frenchman, though it is
often attributed erroneously to Fourd
rinier, who introduced it into England.
Who invented the typesetting ma¬
chine?
Mergenthaler was the first to per
feet a highly practical one.
Who invented printing?
Nobody knows. Somebody in Chica¬
go, Japan or Korea. Probably first
invented in Europe by Lournes Jan
zoon Coster of Haarlem.
FOUND IN HE FILES AT
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Many letters are on file in the bureau
of war risk insurance at Washington
and some of them contain odd expres¬
sions often amusing. A delver has gone
through them and picked out striking
sentences, of which the following a>-e
examples:
One writes almost with the humility
of Uriah Heep: "I ain't got no book
learning, and I hope I am writing for
inflamation.” A confidential female
says: 'Must a line to let you know I
am a widow and four children.” A
gossipy soul whispers: “She is staying
at a dissipated house.”
Here is news indeed: “Previous to
his departure we were married to n
Justice of Piece.” Something like
pathos rings out in this appeal: “I
have a four-months baby and she is
my only support,” Another declares
herself “A lone woman and parsley de
pendent.” There is a hint of surprise
in the following avowal: "I didn’t
know my husband had a middle name,
and if he did, I don’t think it was
*nons." A cry of distress is sounded
in this: "As I needed his assistance to
keep me inclosed” (in clothes). But.
still worse is “Owing to my conditions,
which 1 haven't walked in three
months for a broke leg, which is No.
76.”
A distressed mother says: “I am left
with a child seven months old and she
is a baby and can’t work.” Is anger or
jubilation expressed herein? “I re¬
ceived $61 and am certainly provoked
tonight.” No doubt can be entertained
as to the satisfaction underlying this
line: “I received my insurance policy
and have since, moved my post-office.” -J
A suggestion of “Pinafore” is conveyed
by the following answer to this ques¬
tion in a report: “Your relationship
to him?” (Answer: “Just a mere aunt
and a few cousins.”
Here is a cluster of gems:
“You ask my allotment number. I
have four boys and two girls.”
“Please correct my name, as 1 could
not and would not go under a consumed
name.”
“Please return my marriage certi¬
ficate: baby hasn't eaten in three days.”
“Now, Mrs. Wilson, I need, help bad:
see if the President can’t help you.”
“Both sides of our parents are old
and poor.”
“Please send me a wife’s form.”
“I have been in bed thirteen years
with one doctor and I intend to try
another.”
Dr. Mr. Wilson: 1 have already
written Mr. Headquarters and received
no reply, and if I don't get one, I am
going to write to Uncle Sam himself.
”1 am poor widow and all I have is
in the front.”
“We have your letter. I am his
grandmother and grandfather, and he
has been kept and bred in the house
according to your instructions.
“Yon have changed my little girl to
a boy. Will that make any difference
“I have not received my husband s
pay and will be forced to lead an irn
m ° rtal Ufe ’’
“I am writing to ask why I have not
rereive<J my elopement. His money
was kept from him for the elopment.
vvhich 1 have neVer reCeiVed , ‘ ,,
“You have taken my man away to
fight, and he was the best fighter I
ever had.”
“Now you will have to keep me, or
who i nthe hell will if you don't.
"My son has been put in charge of a
spittoon (platoon); will I get more mon¬
ey?”
“I have learned that my husband is
in the constipation camp in Germany.
“My son is in Co.—15th Infantry.
Please tell me is he living or dead, and
if so, what is his address?'
$40,1)00 NECKLACE IS FOUND
ON NEW YORK PIER
New York, May 21.—A pearl neck
lace with platinum clasp, valued at
$40,000, was picked up today by a cus¬
toms guard at the pier where the Aqui
tana docked last night.
The necklace did not appear in the
ship’s manifest and the theory was
advanced that it had been lost or
thrown away by someone attempting
to smuggle it into the country.
It casts money for every line that
goes in the paper.
GEORGIA TECH
MAKING
Contributions Coming In Fas!—Big
Corporations Are Liberal.
Atlanta, Ga., May 23.—The Greater
Georgia Tech Campaign headquarters
is just in receipt of a highly encourag
ing telegram from Ivy E. Lee, of New
York, who is Chairman of the Commit¬
tee to raise $1,000,000 for the Greater
Tech fund north of the Mason and
Dixon line. Mr. Lee’s telegram fol¬
lows:
“The Northern Committee of the
Greater Georgia Tech fund received
authority today to announce a cash
contribution to the fund of one fifty
thousand dollars toward endowment
from a donor who for the present pre¬
fers to remain anonymous. That gift
will be available to the University
when five hundred thousand dollars
shall have been actually paid into the
fund from any other sources. The
whole of it will be paid at once and not
in annual installments as gifts gener¬
ally are being solicited. This gift is
an indication of the appreciation being
manifested outside of Georgia of the
great and successful effort being made
up in the Georgia School of Technolo¬
gy, the greatest institution of its kind
South of the Mason Dixon line.”
Commenting on the above, Victor
Allen, State Chairman of the Tech
Campaign said: "Actually this Cam¬
paign has just begun. It was our idea
from the first that funds to support
Tech would come largely from indus
try. As a matter of fact the indus¬
tries have just begun to make their
subscriptions. The $1,000,000 that has
now been subscribed has been almost
altogether from individuals. It takes
sometime before Boards of Directors
can act, hut that they are acting is
evidenced by the fact that we have a
subscription of $25,000 from the Geor¬
gia Railway and Power Company: $20.
00 from a corporation that wishes to
remain anonymous; $12,000 from Bar¬
rett & Company, and $5,000 from Merry
Bros., of Augusta; $5,000 from the Lo¬
gan Pocahontas Coal Company of West
Virginia; $5,000 from the Atlantic Ice
& Coal Corporation, and -3,000 from the
B. Mifflin Hood Brick Company, of At¬
lanta; $2,000 from the Pierpont Manu¬
facturing Company of Savannah; $3,
000 from the Tallapoosa Cotton Mills of
Tallapoosa; $3,000 from the National
Showcase Company of Columbus. We
shall he able to publish a long and im¬
posing list of industrial subscriptions
just as soon as Boards of Directors
can act.”
Mr. Allen says that reports from the
State indicate that there is no let up in
Campaign activities, and that it will
not lie long before every county will be
aggressively at work in behalf of the
Tech Campaign.
As evidence of the interest that has
been aroused nationally in this move¬
ment, Governor Dorsey is continuing
to receive telegrams of encouragement
and congratulations from Governors of
other States. Messages of this char¬
acter have just come to hand from Gov¬
ernor J. A. O. Preus of Minnesota, Gov¬
ernor Warren T. McCray of Indiana,
and Governor Emery J. Sansouci, of
Rhode Island.
WOMEN FAIL TO
GET RECOGNITION
Chattanooga. Tenn.— Representatives
of women on the executive committee
and the five general boards of the
Southern Baptist Convention was de
ferred for a year by action of the con¬
vention the nomination committee hav¬
ing found difficulty in adjusting pro¬
visions and in other matters relating
to the selection of the women The
committee to which was referred the
memorial from the VY oman s Mission¬
ary Union asking for representation of
of women on all the major agencies
the convention was instructed to take
the matter under consideration for a
year and report to the next session of
the convention.
Establishment of another theologi¬
cal seminary by the convention was
provided for and proposals from states
desiring it were requested. The con¬
vention will select a site at itsnext ses¬
sion. Propositions already have been
made informally by Georgia, South
Carolina and Virginia. Baptist
One or more south-wide uni
versities are favored by the convention
and the committee having this matter
in charge was instructed to invite pro¬
posals on the sites of such institutions
OFFERS REWARD FOR RETURN
OF RUM SNIFFING ROOTER
Jacksonville, Fla.—Deputy Sheriff
Lum Arnold today offered a reward h
$25 for the return of “Shine' his train¬
ed pig which for more than a year as
sisted him in ferreting out numerous
moonshine stills in Duval County.
In operating with the porker the
deputy would withould food from the
animal for 48 hours, put him aboard an
automobile and set out for a locality
suspected of harboring a liqour plant.
“Shine,” almost at the point of star¬
vation upon recognizing the odor ot
“mash" from afar would head directly
for the still and all the deputy had to
do to follow and take charge of *t.
was
“Shine” has been missing for several
days and blockaders are suspected af
having stolen him.
CHURCH CALENDAR
Methodist Church
Conyers Street.
Preaching Sunday, 11 A. M., and 8:00
P- M-, by pastor, Rev. J. E. Ellis.
Sunday School at !):45 A. M., C. D
Gibson, superintendent. All are invited
to worship with us at all services.
NORTH .COVINGTON METHODIST
CHURCH.
I!ev. W. Carroll, pastor.
Regular services second and fourth
Sundays.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
evening.
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Missionary Society, first Wednesday.
Baptist Church
Floyd Street
Preaching Sunday, II A. M.. 8:15
p. m., by the pastor, Rev. Walker
Combs.
Sunday school at »:4o a. in., J. C.
Upshaw, Supt.
B. Y. P. U. Sunday at 7:30 P. M.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at
8:15 P. M.
Ladies Missionary Society meets
Monday afternoon at 3:30, following
first Sunday of each month.
A most cordial invitation is extend¬
ed to these services.
Christian Science Church
College Ave.
Services Sunday morning at eleven
o’clock.
Sunday school at 10 o’clock a. m,
Wednesday Evening Meeting, includ¬
ing testimonials of Christian Science
healing, at 8 o’clock. Public cordially
invited.
GEORGIA RAILROAD SCHEDULE
Arrival and departure trains, Cov¬
ington, Ga. Effective April 25, 1920.
Eastbound Eastern Time Westbound
No. 2 8:34a.m. No. 13 6:55a.m.-d
No. 6 2:iJOp.m. No. 3 6:45a.m.
No. 8 5:30 p. m. No. 1 12:10 p. m.
No. 14 8:58p.m. No. 5 3:11p.m.
No. 4 10:01 p. m. No. 7 7:45 p. in.
No. 15 8:10a.m.-s
“D” No. 13, daily except Sunday.
“S” No. 15, Sunday only.
J. P Billups, G. P. A.
R. C. GUINN, Agent.
All other trains run daily.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
Round-Trip Excursion Fares Account
Southern Baptist Convention
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 12-18, 1921
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General Passenger Agent. Ga.
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CO sport of rolling
’em with P. A.!
Princa Albert is sold
in topfjy red bags,
tidy red tins, hand¬
some pound and halt
pound tin humidors
and in the pound
crystal glass humi¬
dor with sponge
moistener top.
by Copyright Reynold* 1921
R. J.
Tobacco Co.
Win* ton-Salem,
N.C.
MEN’S CLOTHES MADE
TO ORDER
New Tailoring Books
Arrived
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