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IIEAY, JUNE 27, 1924.
the McDuffie Progress, Thomson, ga.
Asked And
Answered
BY J. E. JONES.
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search.
Q. How much of a church man
was General George Washington?
A. Strictly a regular. He was for
« time a vestryman of Christ Church,
Episcopal, at Alexandria, Virginia,
nnd later at Pohick Church, which
was located in a rural settlement
near his Mount Vernon residence.
He most invariably attended Sunday
services wherever he was. The peo
ple of his time regarded, church at
tendance as a solemn duty and the
thought of making it a convenience
is a more recent interpretation of the
Attitude of prominent citizens to
wards the church. The two Virginia
churches still stand and are in regular
use.
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Q. What is meant by the terms,
"suede,” “glace,” and “nappa,”
• regard to gloves?
A. Kid and lamb skins are most
Widely employed in the manufacture
of gloves and the dyeing and finish
ing of the skins are known as “nap-
"glace,” and “sqede.” J 1 * 10 first
adopted in connection with the
Coarser grades used in the manufac
ture of cheap gloves and consists of
A mechanical dyeing process whereby
the color is applied to both sides of
the skins. The “glace” method con
sists of the dyeing by hand of the
external surface only and the skins
remain white 6'n the inside. The
"Suede” process involves the prepara
tion of /he inner surface of the skins
producing a chamois effect.
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Q, What carnivorous animal has a
singular habit of washing every arti
cle of food before eating it?
A. This very particular animal is
the raccoon.
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Q. I have been reading the Asked
and Answered columns and wish you
would please tell me the solution of
the following problem without the
nee of trigonometry: How many
gallons of water in a cylindrical tank
12 feet long and 4 feet in diameter—
the tank lying on its side and the
tdepts of water in the tank 15 inches?
A. A horizontal cylindrical tank
4 feet in diameter and 12 feet long
filled to a depth of 15 inches contains
301.2 gallons. This assumes that the
ends of the tank are flat and not
bulged as is the case with some tanks.
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Q. Is it correct to return th^ en
gagement ring and gifts when the en
gagement is broken?
A. The engagement ring should
i be returned; also gifts and letters.
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Q. Who was the first to cross the
Everglades?
A. The first record of a crossing
of the Everglades was made by J. E.
Ingraham, in 1$92.
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Q. and A. In answer to the inquiry
from Eastman, Georgia, concerning
‘he Bonaparte family, the following
facts are given: Prince Pierre was
a son of Lucian, brother of the Em-
neror. Victor was the fifth genera
tion following Napoleon Bonaparte
and was descended from Jerome.
The report that the crown of Albania
was offered to one of the Bonaparte
family never was substantiated, al
though it was widely printed in the
American newspapers two years ago,
inly to be promptly denied by Alban-
: an authorities. The same report was
given certain currency regarding
Harry Sinclair, but the latter gentle
man's claim as the principal in the
Teapot Dome imbroglio overshadowed
the gossip concerning the alleged
'tender of a shaky kingdom.
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Q. I hope you will be tolerant
with my curiosty concerning whiskers.
We are criticising bobbed hair a good
leal these days, but it seems to be a
fact that men broke away from long
hair and entered the bobbed state,
md'they have also been rather fickle
with regard to whiskers. Will you
be good enough to tell me in what
manner the different Presidents of
the United States bearded and shaved,
and what is the general history of
whiskers?
A. Treating this question in all
seriousness it is found that Washing
ton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison, and James Monroe,
were smooth shaven; John Quincy
Adams had slight burnsides; Andrew
Jackson was smooth shaven; Martin
Van Buren had burnsides; William
Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James
K. Polk, Zachery Taylor, Millard
Fillmore, Franklin Pierce and James
Buchanan were smooth shaven, while
Abraham Lincoln did not wear a
beard until his later years. Andrew
Johnson was smooth shaven; U. S.
Grant wore a short beard, while Ruth
erford B. Hayes and James A. Gar
field disported long whiskers. Grest-
er A. Arthur had burnsides and a
mustache; Grover Cleveland wore a
mustache, and Benjamin Harrison
had a long beard. William McKinley
was smooth shaven, and Roosevelt
and Taft wore mustaches. Wilson,
Harding, and Coolidge are known to
have been smooth shaven. Whiskers
had their best days In the United
States between 1840 and the late 80’s.
Beards were worn by the early
Greeks and Romans. In England
beards were not fashionable until the
13th Century and were discontinued
at the time of the Restoration, al
though the present King and his fath
er Edward have stuck to the alfalfa.
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Q. What is jazz music?
A. The dictionaries do not look
with favor upon the word jazz, since
it is still in the slang language. Jazz
music is orchestral and is played for
lively dances.
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Q. What is the percentage of
urban nnd rural population in the
United States, and has it changed in
recent years?
A. The census reports show that
60 per cent of the population of the
United States was on the farms and
in towns of less than 2,500 population
in 1900. Of this population 51.7 per
cent was located on the farms. The
census shows that only 40.1 per cent
of the population lived on the farms
in 1920, while 8.5 lived in incorporat
ed places of less than 2,600, giving a
total of rural territory amounting to
48.6 per cent at the time of the last
census. These figures show very con
clusively the drift in population from
the farms to the cities.
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Q. How many Roman Catholics
in the United States, and what per
j cent do they constitute of all denomi-
I nations?
I A. The Federal Council of
Churches estimated in 1923 that there
were 18,104,804 Roman Catholics in
the United States, out of a total
church membership of all denomina
tions aggregating 47,461,558.
Q. Where did the expression “Hell
and Maria” connect itself with Gen
eral Dawes?
A. The Vice Presidential nominee
explains that he was criticised for
paying $400 for a horse at the time
of the Argonne campaign in France.
In his expostulations he used the
term “hell Maria.” From this little
seed the great swear term has grown.
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Q. What were the locations of the
planets which caused Alaska and
Northern Europe to have been a trop
ical country at one time?
A. The United States Naval Ob
servatory says “that it is not likely
that the planets had any marked ef
fect upon climate; certainly, their
secular action upon the Earth at
present is confined within veiy nar
row limits. The time when Alaska
had a tropical climate, when figs and
magnolias grew in Greenland and
Spitzenbergen, and when corals flour
ished in the Arctic seas is so very
remote that astronomers can give no
definite information concerning the
planets in that age. The whole ques
tion of climatic variation is still under
active debate; so far as changes of
climate during the geological past are
concerned, there has been a decided
tendency of late to seek the cause in
flucturations of the Sun’s activity and
Surely you have noticed
how widely Chero-Cola
is sold You see it every
where. On every hand
you find people satisfy
ing their thirst from the
famous Twist Bottle
Thomson Chero-Cola
Bottling Co.
Thomson, Ga.
fetinfTTT
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Elegance to NewV bodwork
I N planning the decorative treatment
in your new home you can depend
upon Wondertone Dystain to produce
the desired results.
Nothing so captivates the feminine eye—
always alive to the lure of beauty—as neat,
smooth, rich and colorful woodwork.
And this goal is within the reach of all
who use Pee Gee Wondertone Dystain.
It penetrates the pores of the wood with
depth and richness, offering a surface
that is an addition to the decorative
scheme of any home, however hand*
somely furnished.
No matter what color you desire there is
a Wondertone Dystain to meet your need. J
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in the resulting changes of the
Earth’s general atmospheric circula
tion. Less appeal is now made to
purely astronomical causes, which in
the past were widely advocated and
which included the secular change in
the obliquity of the ecliptic, and the
secular change in the eccentricity of
the Earth orbit.”
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Q. What is President Coolidge’s
principal form of recreation?
A. He is rather thrifty about it
but walks out a good deal particular
ly in the early morning hours. He
and Mrs. Coolidge delight in short
trips on the Presidential yacht, the
Mayflower. But even in this di
version they do not as a rule leave
Washington until after office hours
on Saturday. The President is in
variably back at his desk in Wash
ington to begin the day’s work on
Monday morning. He is the most
consistent worker that Washington
has seen in many years.
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Q. What is bran?
A. Bran is the outer layer of the
wheat grain, and is darker in color
than the inner content. Because of
this and its large percentage of
woody-fitme, cellulose, it is discarded
in the milling of white flour, though
largely retained in whole wheat flour.
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Q. My dresser top is stained from
perfume. How can I restore it to
its former color?
A. Touch the spots lightly with
ammonia; the spots will disappear
then polish with oil and turpentine.
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Q. Where is the oldest building of
American construction in America?
A. This is St. Luke’s Church'at
Smithfield, Virginia, built in 1632.
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Q. How did the wofd Wednesday
originate?
A. Wednesday, the fourth day of
the week, so-called from the Saxon
idol, Woden, or Odin, worshipped on
this day. Woden was the reputed
author of magic and inventer of all
the arts. All the present English
names of days are derived from the
Saxon names of gods; Sun’s day;
Moon’s day; Twi’s day; Woden’s day;
Thor’s day; Friga’s day; Saterne’s
day - * *
Q. When did double-entry book
keeping originate?
A. The system of double-entry,
called originally Italian book-keeping
was first taught in the course of Al
gebra, published by Luca di Borgo,
in 1495, at Venice.
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Q. Where was the first aircraft
successfully used in war?
A. At Falmouth, Virginia, when
a balloon made successful observa
tions in the Civil war.
THE DIGEST
(Continued From First Page.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
WORLD.
A ship-load of American electrical
wizards has shoved off for London
for a world pow-wow about “power.”
They've got the power all right, and
they have taken along Secretary Mer-
rell of the Federal Power Commis
sion, to show that their connections
with the United States Government
are effectually established. Just what
these gentlemen have in mind we are
not prepared to state, but the grow
ing demand of the world for electric
al machinery made in the United
States is likely to oe accelerated by
the junket. The Europeans have
been rather slow in developing their
public utilities and harnessing their
water powers. But Captains of
American industry who have gone to
London have gotten onto the fact that
Europe is “beating back.” So nat
urally they have concluded to develop
the commercial and economic advant
ages of the situation while the ideal
ists and the politicians continue the
discussion of the League of Nations,
the World Court, and other methods
for making the world safe for democ
racy. It is suspected that American
capitalists are getting the impres
sion that the United States is becom
ing to be regarded as a sort of “dip
lomatic bootlegger,” and that there is
a feeling around Wall Street that we
ought not to let this matter go far
enough to “hurt our business.”
THE BIG THREE IDEAS.
In the political turmoil it is well to
keep the vision clear by remembering
that three principles, and three prin
ciples, seem to have found their prop
er places in transportation and com
munication matters. First is the
public interest; second the interest of
the concerns that are carrying on in
dustries and financing these great
undertakings; and third, the Govern
ment. The right and power of the
Government as “party of the third
part,” to regulate and control the
great public-service corporations has
often been demonstrated. The prin
cipal can no longer be successfully
challenged. To discard this economic
doctrine would be impossible without
a complete overturning of our method
of Government. It was even difficult
to choke it down upon the people as
an alleged war measure.
ELECTRIC PUBLIC-UTILITY
POWER.
The United States Geological Sur
vey shows that in 1919 electricity
generated for public use amounted
to about 39 billion kilowatt-hours'.
In 1923 it amounted to 55.7 billion
kilowatt-hours—an increase of over
43 per cent in four years.
Efficient Fuel.—The increase in
efficiency in the use of fuel at public-
utility power plants during these four
years has been remarkable. In 1919
a ton of coal produced 625 kilowatt-
hours of electricity, in 1923 a ton of
coal produced 855 kilowatt-hours, an
increase in efficiency in the utilization
of fuel of 33 1-3 per cent. This gain
in efficiency has made our electricity
cost us no more now than before the
war.
Standing of the States.—The rela
tive standing of the seven States that
lead in production of electricity has
remained the same for the last four
years. New York is first, with nearly
16 per cent of the total for the United
States; Pennsylvania is second, with
nearly 10 per cent; and California is
third, with a little more than 9 per
cent.
California is First.—In the produc
tion of electricity by the use of water
power California ranked first from
1921 to 1923, with 21 to 22 per cent
of the total for the United States.
New York, which ranked first in 1920,
is now second, with about 18 per cent
of the total for the United States.
PLUMBING, PAST AND PRESENT.
In 1913 the average wholesale cost
of bath tubs was $16.49. Today the
average price is $30.24. Water clos
ets wholesaled for $15.69 and sinks
for $11.73 in 1913. Today the whole
sale prices average $26.12 and $23.12,
respectively.
A TALK WITH A
THOMSON MAN
Mr. W. T. McCorkle, Propr., of Gro
cery, Gordon and Greenway streets
Tells His Experience.
There- is nothing like a talk with
one of our own citizens for giving
hope and encouragement to the anx
ious sufferer from the dread kidney
diseases. We, therefore, give here an
interview with a Thomson man:
“I was down with backache and
could hardly £et around to do my
work,” says Mr. McCorkle. “Severe
pains flashed through my kidneys.
The kidney secretions were off color
and passed frequently at night,
disturbing my rest. Dizzy spells
came on me and, at times, I would
nearly fall. I used Doan’s Pills,
which I got at the Gibson Drug Co.,
and soon all symptoms left me.
When my back and kidneys are not
just right, I use Doan’s and always
get relief.”
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Mil-
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Adv.