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if THE STATE: COLUMBIA (L SUNDAY MOKNING MAY 3 1923 27 WRITERS AND The Literary 'Especially at night tha other world draws near and pestilential spirits roam abroad Midnight ia tha accursed hour when utmost license ia permitted demons and the vague terror that haunt the shades when light ia at its greatest decline Reassuring dswu scatters the powers of darkness who must not bo caught abroad In period of skulking shadows when goodness itself is in eclipse tho trembling homccomor or night traveler penetrates tha thin veil of tha other world and sees its fearsome shapes Tho Negro sees his haute gnd jungle demons tho white man glimpses his ghosts and phantoms To separate on class from ths other is difficult At ons end must be placed the primitive nerve-tingling soul-gripping scare at the other the half poetical partly romantie and literary sublimation of grief or sentiment that esierges in visual form Rut there is no lino sharply marking off tho one from the oth The racial tendencies here overlap iotica tho diffsrcnco in tho following examples Plat-Eye (Georgetown) is an enta-bellum still remembered and feared in Georgetown and Williamsburg counties probably in others It is associated with the new moon and tha form of an animal usually a dog An adventurs with Plat-Kye seems more scary hut not as deadly as with a plalled-tail eoachwhip snake On one occasion homecoming field hand saw an indistinct form apjienr in the uncertain light and grow larger and then the fiery I'lat-Ey shone and disappeared Another timorous soul was driving down the road as tho new moon was setting A dog rains trotting toward him getting bigger each instant When right at him the eyca "commence' like fingers moving in the face and then vanished Another night traveler heard hoofbeats and in terror saw a great horse appear When this apparition passed away only little dog was to be seen running along the road In Williamsburg county it is said that Plat-Eya could be seen it any ono should put into his eya matter taken bad been called to escort us when we remounted and accompanied him to headquarters (A indicating tho discipline in the Federal army I afterwards learned the vidette was arrested and punished for permitting us to get so close before ho baited us) When wa reached General headquarters urn were treated very nicelr Soldiers were sent out to -hold our horses Colonel Lowndes went in but I stayed out nnd held my own horse When Colonel Lowndes had delivered his messsgs and had started beck to our headquarters hs said to me: "Buford why didn't you let that soldier hold your horaoT" My reply was "I don't let no Yankee bold my Horse" Wo had come now to tha end of things Tho war was over end the Confederate soldiers conquered by overwhelming numbers turned their thought homeward and many also turned their farce thither On the 26th of April 1 left the almost sorted ramp for home riding my rav-airy horse whirh was a very good one With me were Witherspoon of Sumter and Sanford Welbern of Union: perhaps ethers whom I ran not now recall As ws rode out of Charlotte CH we met Gen Wade Hnmp-ton who wns going In tho snme direction and rod three or four miles together when he turned off into another road saying bo was going to cross Catawba river io bateau and bin home would swim across We promised him we would meet him nt Due West fire weeki from that day and go with him join Gen Kirby army beyond the Mississippi the Inst remnant tho Confederal armlet that had not surrendered lint before tho time appointed rolled around everything had gone to pieces Kirby Smith's army included and of course we did nut meet at Du West General Hampton hail not anrrendrred and neither had but som time in tho summer 1865 I wont to Columbia anil took thn oath of nllegisnct General Hampton also must hsve taken tlm oath thn anmo time or he eould not hsv taken his oast in tha United States senate to which he wns elected by the South Carolina legislature and which ha held many yeara nor the office of natiuniil railroad rnmmis-toner to which hn was later np-jmintad by I'rsaldent Grover Cleve- Wben we reached Catawba river tha ferryman informed us that the charge for ferrying a mnn an horse-bark was 24 or a plug of tobsrro I had plug of tuhseco bersust 1 had drawn my ahara along with tha others though I did not chew 8o 1 gsv him a plug of tobacco and my comrades Witherspoon anil Wnlborn gave him 25 apiece My plug of tobacco was worth more than thn $fi(l in Confederal money I reached homo nn tho 6th of May IDAS Forty-five years after that I was going out of Raleigh on the train nnd an approached Durham ssked so all in thn cunch eould hear if thnro was any uua on board who could point out tha Bunnell house An eld mnn stood up end replied thnt ho could and ho pointed out th hen to ni as wa were passing It looked just shout ns it did 4A years before except that tb well sweep ths front yard was gone In talking with Gen Julian I'prr of Durham at ths Confederate reunion at Tulsa Gkln in 1918 hn told hn owned land around th Bennett house nnd that I was th nly person hs had ever seen who was present at thn matting there between Gonerala Johnston and tihermnn 11 further said that it bersnie necessary to cover tho house complslsly with rarrugstad Iron in order to keep it from being carried off tilecemosl as souvenirs Genera I C-srr urged mo to writo out my recollections of ths Johnston surrrndsr I might add thnt Genaral Car appointed mo on his staff as assistant quartermaster genaral with rank of lioutonnnt colonel when he was first elected commander of tho Armv of Northern Virginia Da-pertinent and his successor General Brown of Virginia mo with the sains appointment as did General Carr again when ho defeated General Brown at Washington reunion in 1917 Ro I am entitled to bo called "Colonel" Th title of with which my friends have honored me fur oevarsl years grew on mt gradually I was not cap-lain In thn arniv" tha highest position I ever reached there was "high private" 1 appreciate thee honors but I am proudest of having been ss-Isctsd by Gol Rawlins Lowndes si his courier and escort on his visit to the headquarters of Gen William bherman tha night of tho K5lh of April 1865 when 1 was hardly mart than lad After that historic rids together to Sherman's headquarters 1 nsvsr saw Colonel Lowndeo again until met in (ulumbin 87 years later at General funeral tha 13th of April 1902 Colonel Lowndes died at this bom in Charleston December 31 1919 in thn 66Ui year of hia sge ers as definsd by th Constitution anj laws of congress 6 Ths peoplo and inhabitants of all th states to bo guaranteed eo far ns tha ezeeutive can their political rights and franchises as well as their right of person and propsrty as definsd by th Constitution of tho United States and of tho states respectivsly ft The executive authority of th eminent of tha United Stale net to disturb any of the psople by reason of tho 1st war so Jong as they live in prnca nnd quiat abstain from nets of 1 armod hostility and obey the laws in existenc at tiro pises of thsir residence 7 In general terms ths war te cess a general amnesty ao far ss th ox-ecutiva of th United States esn com- mand on condition of th disbandmant of the Confederato armies ths distri- bution of th arms and thn resump- tion of peaceful pursuits by tha offi- errs nnd men hithorto composing said -armies Not being fully empowered by our respeetivo principals to fulfill thesa terms ws individually and officially pledge ourselves to promptly obtain the neeessary authority and ta carry out tho above program SHERMAN JOHNSTON The second agreement mada April 26 1865: i Terms of a military convention gn -tered inlo thia 24th day of April 1846 at Bennett's House near Durham Stnliun between Gan Joseph Johnston commanding ths Confadereto army and MaJ Gen Sherman -commanding th United States army in North Carolina 1 All net of war on th part of tho troop under General Johnston a com- mand to cease from thi date IS All arms nnd public property to bo deposited nt Greensboro and delivered to an ordlnnnc officer of tho United Slates army 3 Rolls of all officers and man bn made in duplienle onn ropy to be retained by thn command! ol tho troop and tha oilier to bo given to on officer te be designated by General Bnennsn each officer and man to give hie Indl-vlduul obligation In writing net to lake up arms against ths government of the United KUtes until properly to-leased from thia obligation The aids arms of officers and tnsir private horses nnd baggage to be retained by them 6 -This being jinn oil the eflleero nnd men will bo permitted to 1 te their homes not to be disturbed By tho United Steles nulhorjlieo so lent ns they observe their obligations on the lows in foreewhrro they may reside SHERMAN Major General Commanding Unite BUte Force CroHnK General Commanding Confederate States Forres in North Csrolmo Supplemented military con- ventinn of April 26 18661 1 Tho Hold trmispu Mlinn burned to tho troop for Urolr merclt to their homes and for nubsoqusnt us tlieir industrial pursuit Antillery horses may bo used In field transport- i lion if necessary 2 Each brlgsdo or separate body retain a number of arm nqunl to one-seventh of Hi effective ntrength i i wnnn th troops reach the cap-Itels of their state will be disposed n( ss th general rommsnding tb department may direct 3 I'rivst nnrsos end other private property of both officers and men In hs retained by them 4 The commanding general of milt- tary division of West Mississippi Major General Csnhy will bo requested Siva transportation by water from -Inbile te New lirleann to troops from Arkansas and Texns 6 The obligation of officers nnfi ntdlera to signed by thsir Immediate commanders Nsvnl forces within Iks limits -General Johnston's command to In- mm i Major General Commanding United i General Commanding Cnnfodertte Stales forces in North Carolina General Joseph Johnson's fsreweh i nis soldiers: General Orders No 22 Comrades: In terminating our offi- elnl relations I earnestly exhort jrou to obsorvo fs'h fully tiro terms ol pacification i 'd upon and to din-charge the 1 itiona of good and peaceful cltik as well ns you have performed th duties of thorough soU dlcrs in ths field By such a cours you will best secure the comfort of your families and kindred end restore -tranquillity to our country You will return te your homes with the admiration of our people won by ths courage and noble devotion yon have displayed In thin long war 1 shall always remember with pnd th loyal support and generous confidsncs you have given mo I now part with yoo with deep re-grst and bid you farewell with feelings of cordial friendship nnd with earnest wishes that you may hereafter hsv all the prosperity and happiness to bo found in th world JOHNSTON General Tki Literary Lantern bania weakly la UgM ea writing a roe ad and a boat the ehsald be addneeaed te the editor has crosied the So ram line in the publishers' announcement of a new novel And for once we accept a book at the face value placed on It by ite sponsors And the book? It ie Ellen Ground" (Doubleday Page) Ground" ia a etory of the Virginia of the iait three decadei an enie of the aoil and of the struggle of the whito farmer who ia poor" Bat it ia more than that It ia a chronicle of two generationa against this' environment of hopelessness and ignorance and of a girl who turna her beck on romance who proclaima in the first few pagea that ahe it "through with all that" (the "that" being romancel and who worka her way on to aomething atronger and more whole a taak in life Haro ia aa the pnbliahere say realiami but it ia in no acnae pessimism or diagnat'with life Here ia the vigor of conception the strength of oatline the aimplieity which one has asaoeiated with George Eliot with Knut Hamoun with and we are mceauring our worda Thomaa Hardy Aa Miss Glasgow tells her story the reader ia impressed by the part nature takes in the a girl alone in her vision and persistence against a nature which runs to broomsedge reveals its strength in the pine and holds out a final hope in life everlasting the three plants giving the names to the three parts of the book Miss Virginia country reveals an American Egdon Heath For those desirous to know more of Miss life and writing we eall attention to the fact that Double-day Page ft company publish a pam- Khlet devoted to Miss Glasgow and er work the brochure (by Louise Maunsell Field 1 ia sent to applicants (or a 10 cent stamp Few and right now we think of writing today in America have so many volumes of uniformly good verse to their credit as Caflo Young Rice In every volume of his which wo have seen and his new "Bitter Brew" (Century) ia no excep tion we find a half dozen poems which wo could not willingly see lost Aa we know Mr work this latest volumo strikes a new poems of sardonic laughter stanzas sometimes grim and almost macabre Readers however who may object to this mooood find "Cooler Quaffs" in the last pagea poems less bitter less astringent and it ia the first poem in group "Dusk From a Train Window" which stands out to us aa the finest thing in the collection We mote the opening lines: Thera is a moment between day and night When magie Uvea in light When snow npon the fields lies like blue sleep And the purple intricate trees Stand out enchanted in the cold silences Jk branching From time to time we have had considerable to say in this column about Charles Finger and his ability to handle the story of adventure We asked Mr Finger recently what ha considered the most significant litdf-ary work from the South and he came back characteristically with some-thing new on the subject "The most significant work? Largely" he thought "technical end in the agriculture field W' Baerg end his investigation of the socalled poisonous insaets and reptiles Dr Burholts and his book on forest trees of the South Ware and his crossing of different cottons so as to forestall the boll weevil Dr Sure and his work on vitamines After that music Dsvid Guion in composition" The field's least developed he thought to be essays and belles lettres and slound adventure "As for my work" Mr Finger continued trying to shew the world that there's really healthy work to be dona in the field of adven of at wo to of in Lantern The Slate and la intended thru Seuth tarinuakatlona (er tbia of The Literary Lantern The Slate ture and romance that men who have lived direct lives have done things beside which the love of adventure pales to And as testi-money that Finger knows how to handle an adventure story we call attention to his in the last Well" according to N'll Crowell I the state poetry society "has gone semi-wild on Me gives us the same time a summary of tbs statewide "poetry week" which the society has been working up this spring and indicates that the thing was a huge success All of the poets were drafted to talk on their art before high achool and college audience! before men's end women's clubs even a radio program was given from Dallas! "Hundreds of Poetry programs were given throughout the state" AH this points towards an endless job for tha Judges of the annual poetry contest Other tiews gleaned through Mr Crowell concerned tho recent visits of Carl Band-burg and Harriet Monroe end their talki before the society and the fact that the organization ia undertaking bring out a volume of poem for the poet showing up best in a special contest now under way And now comes the announcement yet another poetry journal The Harp which is to vibrate the atmosphere some time in May The new magaiine ia published by Dr Newman at Earned Kan but the folder sent us proclaims a fairly long list of editors and makes us surmise that some attempt fa being made to fppoint regional editors to comb tlio countryside for new poets The name we recognize from the South is that of Ellen Carroll of Charleston The announcement alerts off ortho-doxly with a notice of a prlxe and a promise of something "no padding and no cliches no hothouse atmosphere" "Quaker Contributions to Education North Carolina" (Westbrook Publishing company Philadelphia) by Zora Klein ie a volume of little in terest to tho genorel reader though for the specialiet in education in ths South or perhaps mors particularly for the Quaker the etudy offers much that should not be lost to history Dr Klain now a professor of psychology at tha University of Rochester has produced a monograph which should be in every education library Every once In a while a bulletin of the league of -American pek women reaehee this desk And it always fills ns with awe and consternation to see tho very definite way these ladies organise for tho promotion of the eraft of writing And sueh fondness! Reports coma in from branch chapters throughout tho country reports which lay down a barrage of one tea after another and speak affectionately of "our deaf secretary" onr "brilliant leader" and tha "gracious which were accorded so and so And now wo learn ths A has bean holding an actual and in Washington! Some of the poets announced to road were: Bailie Brnes Kinsolving Mary Sinton Leitch Virginia McCormick Roselle Montgomery Lisetto Woodworth Reel and Virginia Lyse Tunstall To find that tha persicarla of this poem is' the 'lowly thumb" of popular speech we had to go to -our dictionary but no effort was necessary to recognize in the lines ths touch of poet who hss always a regard for tho beauty of Persicarla -By Mary Siifton Leitch Only a weed my persicarla homely And humble scorned of bard and botanist Yet yon ears friendly little flower and comely In crimson robe and erowa af ing grain And rippling red besida tha ri pen- Book Store MUSICIANS NOTED AS CHILDREN Mozart Produced an Opera at 12 Verdi Skilled Composer at 9 Vancouver Province After having Inin neglected for 153 years an enthusiastic reception was given at Vienna few weeks ego to Mozart's earliest opera It had boon produced only onrn before on any stage at Karlsruhe for a single night in 1921 nnd it is surprising that boy of 12 should have com posed ths exquisite arias duos quarters and sextets with which the opera abounds It wns composed in 1768 but the snvy of the composers four and five times Mozart's age kept it off tho stage Weber's flrst opera was produced when hs wan 14 Cherubini filled his fallow citisens with enthusiasm by mass composed at thn ago of IS at 6 Meyerbeer could play admirably oo ths piano and like Mozart Eichorn and Eybler wns giving concerts when hs was six Wesley was a phenomenal child He eould play tha organ wall at aix and composed a march at eighL Verdi too was a clever child He eould day and eomposa with skill by tha sms hs was nine Mendelssohn flrst played tha piano in poblis nt nine and in tha following year began to compose with extraordinary rapidity ilia flrst dated work la a cantata composed in his tenth year and within III next 12 month he irod teed more than 60 separata pieces neluding songs sonatas and pieces for piano violin nnd organ Thn original autograph copies of these works are preserved in the Berlin library where they form a collection which fills 44 volumes At 16 Mendelssohn was thn friend of all eon temporary composers and musicians who already regarded him ns leading spirit Nor de the list end hero for Sir Charlos Hallo was only four when ho performed a sonata in public specially composed for him Hummel Mo-ssrt'e favorite pupil mad his first uhlie appearance at five Chopin and tubinstein performed in public nt the age of sight and Sir Edward Klgsr began a distinguished career by writing ths music of a children's play when hs was 12 Pl'TS OVER A Governor Smith'n Gift Hear to Bronx Zoo Packs a Wallop New York Herald-Tribune John Tourney hendkseper of the Bronx xoo oat on tho roll of ths turtles' tank in ths reptile house the other day end surveyed ths shufflin thousands John surveys the shut fling crowds every Sunday afternoon so his eonduet was In no way unusual But thoughts were far nwsy from tho thousands who passed bo-fore him Ho was thinking of thn belne bear which Govornor Smith recently gave to the see After several minutes of thinking a light dawned on John and his pusslad brow cleared "That bear mast think he's Irish" hs said "Ws get him on St Patrick' John Toomty resumed "A fine upstanding littla fallor was about two fret high and something over a rear old For a few days we kept him tho nursery and thtn wa pul him with a red bear from -Oregon llllls bigger than Al but vary friendly "Well things want on all right fat a rouplo of days nnd both boars were happy and contented But tho other day they got to boxing as bears will on tup of that high roek in thair XIL" Tha red hoar bslnR tellur than I hss ths batter of ft at flrst and lands several pretty left Isb on bond Then roe see with his right and bang! he pops Al hard ons on Um ness "Well sir where he made big mistake Al got mad end lata go haymaker that lands square on chops Over goes Reddy falls off the rock to tho concrete pavement 30 feet below nnd lays there for dead Ws thought for while Al had killed him nnd were all set to order new bear "But with a little first aid Reddy finally cams to nnd today I tea they're at it again ns hard ns aver though Reddy' littls suspicious that haymaker of Al lived for a limn with thn gov-ernor who may have taught him Gselie That would hare started him thinking hs was Irish and then his earning here on SL Patrick's day would have convinced him of it And being Irish ho would have to net securin' and pasta anyone that got gay with him At least that's ths way I figure iL" MUNSON BUFORD WHITES OF WAR SERVICE (f'ONTIVT'FD FROM PAGE PIT) tinin Aa blicrtnaii'a a lieutenant and aonta petty offirara with a ting of war on their way to Johnaton'a headquarter they cam to a place where Jo Hargrove nnd I had bean posted On was to stay there and tha othar was to randuct Sherman's messengers to Johnston's headquarters somewhara between Durham and llillw-boro Jm had slipped away on foraging expedition so I had to escort tha messengers I noticed that one of Yanks was riding a very fine bay horse that ho had captured from Charlos Barnett of our company only few days before 1 wanted very much to tako tha hurst from him but of eoura 1 couldn't On tho IHb of April Genaral Johnston nnd Khermnn with their staffs met in a plain little farm house known aa th "Bennett having only two or three rooms to discuss term of tho armistice Thin was Just four miles watt of Durham Thsy did not eomplsta tha nsgotinliona that day and met ot the asm pises the nszt day April 18 General escort was the Fifth South Carolina ravslry and with him wete Gen Wade Hampton of South Carolina Gen John Breckinridge of Kanturky and Gan Regan of Texas as 1 remember With General Sherman war General Kilpatrick of tha Yankee cavalry nnd I think an escort of Minnesotans While th conference was going on the representative escort on the outside fraternised and cracked jokes Ths Yanks were in splendid and hsnrinome uniforms of blue thn Kebs" in torn and snddsn suits of gray Th terms were- agreed upon that day but General Sherman had to sub- mit them to ths government at Wash-: irigton President Lincoln had been I aeasssinsted by John Wilkes Booth th night of the I4th of April and I Vice President Johnson had soccetdcd him lie refused to accept tha terms and returned them to General Sherman On tha morning of the 25th nt April General Sherman notified Genaral Johnston that the terms had been rejected and demanded a surrender That night General Johnston sent dispatch under flog of truce to General Sherman Thia dispatch was In- trusted to Col Rawlins Lowndes of General Hampton's staff When askqd if be wanted an escort of eavairy Colonel Lowndes raid "No One good man will do I'll taka Buford" On our way to Sherman's headquarter we came to the Yankee picket lino at 1 'clock at night Tlie videt in the pos could not speak English and seemed at a loss what to do The vidrtta on tbs next post called out to him: it make them die-1 meant" dismounted and awaited! th appearance of the officer whej a ta of of nt I 11 makes my heart and veils my eyes with (cars TELFAIR JR Limericks Lingford Reed THE COMPLETE LIMERICK ROOK: The Origin History and Achievements of tne Limerick With Over 4M Selected Examples By Langford Reed with 24 iliustratinsa by Bateman Cloth 154 pages 2eQ Putnam's Sons NiV York "There was a faith-healer of Deal Who said pain real If I sit on a pin And it punctures my skin I dislike what I fancy I Not since tho heyday of Edward Leal and his "Book of Nonsense" lia there been so active an interest in liiuerikki as that which has recently seized (he American publie Contests have been initiated by Journals Slid magazines offering prises for the best limerick and the best "last lines" It is form of verse that is aver sprightly and young No one can dispute ths charm and tha terse humor of this riming pattern Woodrow Wilson as admirers well remember found limerick-making one of tho moat intriguing of diver sions The editor and part author' of this volumo has collected the best examples of limericks which have been in circulation for many yeara and has contributed soma delightful verses of his own Tho result is book wills provide entertainment not alone to the solitary reader but to groups of people as well Some interesting pages aiw devoted to tho history of limericks muj to anecdotes of distinguished men who hare written or collected them Swinburne Rozsctti and Rnskin wrote limericks by the score In his Introduction the author fays "Thia book' has been compiled witn two principal objects in view The flrst la the obvious pns of collecting and classifying as many "wortny' limericks as it has been possible to obtain and the second ana more important to clear the character of the limerick from tho suspicion and odium which appear to have been east npon it by prejudice and ignorance and to pravent it in ita true light as aa innocent and legitimate branch of tha1 department of poetics ao ably presided over by the mirthful muse Thalia" Bible Poetry Lincoln -Mac Vcagh POETRY FROM THE BIBLE Edited by Lincoln Mae Vengh Pages 180 The Dial Press New York flSU "From the Riddle of Mamech and the Songs of Moses and Deborah ta the Canticles of BL L'ukot tho moat beautiful and famous psiiages of Biblical poairy" have bean discriminatingly assemblad by Mr Mse Veagh and presented in attractive format with notably good typography Tha foreword sketches the plan and purpose: "Ths Bible is from tho literary standpoint the noblest of all anthologies But as it also leads all others in sheer bulk and variety of content it is ths most difficult of all to use "The velum her presented has bean prepared with ths idea that there art many lovers of literature aa well as many truly religious people to whom a largo part of the great poetry Of the Bible remains quite lost in its bewildering distribution through thra-sands of pages It is for sueh readers that this poetry is hero mads sect ssiblo "Tho collection could easily have been made larger On the other had an embassassment of riches is precisely what ths Bible itself presents and what it is intended here to avoid Rather the aim has been to present here only the pure gold to give here a collection not df what is written in metrical form in the Bible but of the Bible's most memorable living and compelling poetry "Tho text followed Is In the main that of the Revised Atoms Sir William Bragg CONCERNING TUB NATURE OF THINGS By Sir William Bragg Illustrated with many digrams and plates Cloth pages XVII-249 Harper ft Brothers New York One of tho foremost of living physicists presents In this attractive splume a lucid interesting and easily assimilated explanation of tha structure of matter Thirty-two plates knd many small illustrations illuminate ths test which embodies ths Christmas lectures given by the author at tha Royal institution in 1923-4 describing certain features of tho more recent discoveries inphysical science The most spectacular achievement of rreont ths laying bare of the structure of tho Is hers made clear to the layman Sir William Brarg gives ths general radar a thorough understanding of first hc atom itself and then tb increasingly complex molecular forms exhibited by gases liquids and finally crystals Different from numeroue popular manuals on tha same subject because off its ingenious diagrams and rt homely analogies from everyday life "Concerning the Nature of Thing" open to too intelligent but not teehni-j eally trained reader fascinating vis's of the frontiers of modern ecientifie thought and discovery THE ANCIENTS USED THIMBLES Many Specimen Found in Excavations at HerAilaneam I Ohio State Journal Thimbles worn by women in the present day are not included in the list of modern inventions but are very aid rare specimens having been found In exravations made at Herculaneum made of bronze brass and other materials In tne Roman excavations along the Thames in England other xptcim-ns of thimbles have' been found toe samples when placed along- side those from Uerenlancom show-i ing they were of the asm pattern and rada of ths same material To the Miter of Negro Lore: Tbit incident was related to mo by a friend during a conversation concerning Negro bravary versus Negro cowardice: Mother and father had engagad Aunt Diltey to tako rare of sister and mo wliila they went to see Tho Clansman which was played in town eight miles away Aunt Dilsey cams bustling in at sunset resplendent in new checked gingham apron "Oh ws cried Dilsey forgot to aew in her pockets! "Forgit nullin'!" she retorted jea ain't ben had time and it aho is a nuisance too for I ain't got nowhar to keep my snuff and toothbrush" "Aunt Dilsey aren't you afraid robbers might try to break in hero tonight?" wo asked "No I ain't sfeered of no two-legged man what walks Now honey ctiilluns you eat supper and let Aunt Dilsey put you to bed with a story 'bout somo robbah In the midst of the store heard a stealthy step upon tho back porch She paused in her recital and sister and I clutched her hands convulsively Some one began to rattla the door Immediately Aunt Dilsey was all action "You low down drhbil of a robbah effen you eomes into die house break ebry bone in yn' body armed! Coma on yon low down coward!" When there was no answer she boldly threw open tho door waving the fire poker in ono hand A littlo half-witted Negro boy atood outside "Miss Dilsey Ma done sent me fo de eolie medicine" "Hit's a good thing it's you chile cause I done got my dnnrier riled and I was fit to kill any After wo were seated quietly listening to another story tha second in-terroption cam Outside a screech owl prrrhed on tho banister and gave iorth a weird blood eurdlinr uncanny quivering note Again was Aunt Del-ary a creature of action but not in the direction of danger as before Thia time she fled in a wild serambla to get under tha bed In terror sistor and I followed while the unearthly sounds continued to pierce the night air "Oh Lawdy why did I aver wear thia ungodly sprun with no pockets? Homebody is boon ter die soon effen that noise ain't slop soon and all that'll stop it is to turn pocket wrong eiilo out! Ain't you chiiluni got no pock els?" Weeping and laughing wo sdmittod that wa did not "Well I've hern tell effen you turns a man's hatband wrong aids out hit ul do as well" Sister was brave enough ta creep out and perform this act of charm Then and then only did our black guardian crawl nut from her safe retreat MRS BROWN Loris PRIZE TO AUTHOR'S LEAGUE Edna Ferher Adds Award for Big" to Fand far Old Sick and Needy New York World Miss Edna Fsrber whoso "So won the 11000 Pulitser prise fur tho beat American novel in 1924 hss turned tho check over to tho Authors-League fund for tho ears and assistance of old aick amt neady artists and writers Miss Fsrber has bean a member of tho hoard of directors sines tho foundation and her lattar simply stated that her gift was the "partial discharge of a credit obligation" In announcing tho donation Georgs Creel president of the fund said that the Ferber spirit was what had cn-aided the league to taka care of its own unfortunates for a full ten years "Throughout this entire time said Mr -Creel have fed our hungry nursed our aick boused our homeless and aided our stragglers without sny of tho widespread solicitation that marks every other charity Our permanent charges the aged and totally idrapsciated are steadily increasing however and it is no longer possible to rest this burden on tan backs of men nnd women who nra themselves in ths majority of easts without guarantee against tomorrow" OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN WORLD "Weekly Paper of Europe" Wsa First Published la U54 Christian Science Monitor Ths Oprachte Ilsarlemschs Couranle published for tho first time ns tha Wesckelycks Couranlo van Europa (Weekly Paper of Europe) January 8 1054 and sines that dale continuously until tha present day is tha world's oldest newspaper in existence Abraham Csstcleyn who possessed i printing shop called "lie Blijde Druek" (The (Had Press) Initiated on the above mentioned data ths plan to publish ths principal news af ths world and to that end every Saturday he issued two smell pages This publication was apparently a success as In 1A5H hs added another weekly edition of ths first culled the Haarlem-srhe Courentc whirh after some time absorbed the first publication Ths international character of ths paper wns already evident in its first issue That issue of two pages had about 270 lines of foreign news but only ten line of home news Special foreign correspondents were placed in all the capital towns of London Rome Frankfurt Cologne Brussels Paris Venire while the editors had excellent relations with ths official circles in The Hague SILVER FOXES OF CANADA FIND HOMES IN ENGLAND London British farmers are watch ing with murk interest the experiments wnicir sre being made here ii an effort to make silver fox farming in England paying proposition Farms have bun started at Alness in Scotland and Oxfordshire and liexhiJI-on-Sea What effect this move will nave on the price of silver fox fur in Great Britain ran not at present be stated but It has been proved dor ing tha last 13 years that the be 1 and most costly samples of the sil ver fos are I hot of animals bred raptivity The foxes have bee brought hero from Canada Jones Breaks Arm Spartanburg May Jones hard hitting right fielder for the Augusta Sally league club sustained broken arm In the aeeond inning of game with Spartanburg when a fast ball hit him between the wrist end elbow lie continued in the game i until the fifth inning and then was taken out Steirgerda was pilrhing for Spartanburg at the time This is the second casualty of ths week here Manager Ernie Bark of Mseon breaking a bors In his snkis Wednesday afternoon from eya No one probably is Plat-Eya to sufficiently anxious to sea try this mesne of second sight The Skyshootas (Florence) A few years ago near Florence 8 a scare arose among tho Negroes as to the Bkyahoolua They feared this terrible being would attack thorn if they left their houses after sunset The Skyahooius sought its prey after nightfall from its lurking places in dark corners or in clumps of bushes It was vague and fearsome monster in form like a gigantic ape which would aelxt its victims in Us great anus squeexs them into Unconsciousness and suck their blood At the height of the scare a whit reported that only 20 Negroes wore seen on tho tracts of Florence and those ware clustered under the street lights awaiting an opportunity to got home quickly Aa no casualties occurred the Negroes became bolder the Bkyshootua was no longer feared Possibly soma "witch doctor" cam out from this experience with an aohancsd reputation for conjuring These- details were contributed by Edgarton a student of ths univarsity Tho ecientifie nemo for this mpnstcr is known It is a near relative of the- Royal Nonesuch that Huckleberry Finn tells of in his adventures on the MississippL It visited the Richland county court house shortly after tho Confederate war where it was advertised as the Gyascutue Americanos On this eccasioa the proprietors gathered up tho box offiet receipts caused a roarer" to emit a hideous bellowing crashed a few bnaee and rushed forth in great (error yelling: "Run for yur lives gentlemen the Gyascntue Americanos naa busted No on remained for a1 good look at tha beast' and to this like ths Skyshootas of it has never shown itself to mortal eya Here tha transmission of folk-lore seems in accnrdanre with tha accepted theory to be from tho higher social levels to the lower A pretty legend of the Grey Man is reported from Georgetown by Doer a student in the university The Gray Man On Waeeamay Neck between Wsver-ly and Pawley's Island where the sea ia in view in the distance stands All chapel a historic spot whore skirmishes took place during tho Confederate war In front of this ehapcl appeared- tb Gray Man shortly before the great storm and inundation of 1893 Most of the visitors had left the resort but a few ware in the chapel and saw the form of man in gray carrying a rifle Next day the storm broke in all its vioienre Ths Gray Man was seen again before the storm of 1905 in front of the same chapel this lima by a stranger who had never heard the legend In 1907 the form did not appear the weather bureau gave a fle alarm io that year Before the storms of 1911 add in 1916 the Gray Man was seen by two different persons This apparition ia supposed to visit the rhapel to warn hit people of impending danger from water It may be identified as the Water Sprite end belongs to British and European lore Hits of Negro Lore The "cunger bag" may contain many articles but additional valoe is given if it contains camel's hair prorured from the camel by the possessor of the bag The sensitive plant the bush" Chew tha root spit on the hand and shake hands with sny one whose affections you crave and you will win his affections (From a Negro who learned it from an Indian woman Edgefield) A smooth black pebble may bo a To make a dog stny taka hair from his tail place it between two atirks and bury it under the doorstep (Williamsburg) To make a eat consent to remain in a new habitation cut off the last joint of her tail and she will stay From fiumter county eoirei the information that the snme rctuit may lie arcom-pliahed by buttering her aws as she will remain to lick tho butter off Mr Phillips Barry ys the same custom is found in New England In Richland eounly lard serves as well In Lee county remove the last joint of a puppy's tail to make the puppy stay A sin it is to us new luintwr on an oid house g- to add a new piazta it ia a sin to throw bread into the fire If the ear burns some one is talk ing about you the rose itches company will come: if the left eye bad lurk which will go to the person you tell about it if tho right rye good hick which will also go to the person you tell about it and leave you ff the palm itches yoo will ret money The itrhirig palms seems international It ia reported from Turkey A hairy breaat means riches Sneexing has the asual signs the Jsrk-o-Lanicrn (itofirc'oo nl The bite of a blue gjmmad Negro 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to Maintain the statu quo until aoLiro is given by tlia commanding genaral of any ono ta its opponent and reaxunnbls time 48 sllowsd 2 Iba Confederal armies now in asiitencn to bo disbanded and conducted to their several state capitals there to deposit thsir arms and public property in tha slat arsenal and each officer and man to esreuto and plo an agreement to consa from arts of wr and to abide tha action of thn state and federal authority Thn number of arma and munitions of war to JJPOJtsd to th chief of ordinance at sshington City subject to Ibo future action of Urn congress of the United Stutes nnd in the meantime te be used solely to maintain peace and order within tiio border of lha state respectively I Recognition by the executive of tho Lnited Ktates of several state governments on their officers and Isgislstures taking the oaths prescribed by the constitution of tho United State and whoa conflicting stale governments have resulted from the war legitimacy of All vfifill In 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