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WATER FED FIRE Case Where Liquid Was of No * Use tp Quench Flames. ? Metallic Sodium In Veaeel'e Held Merely Blazed More f-ieicely mm Streami From Fire Heae Reached It. It Is said thai, for the most part, water If applied In sufficient Quantities will eventually quench any tire. In fome caaea. however, wates not only proves Ineffectual but actually kindle? and nourishes tile lire. When a freighter, the Hardy, ateamed out of Le Treport, France, some years ago she carried, beaidea the mineral water In her hold, a num ber of small wooden caaea marked "inetaMIc aodluin." Now, the channel waa rough. The .. vessel rolled and pitched violently. ^vhe captain aaw that the ahlp waa Hat ing to port, and auapectlng that the cargo waa ahlftlng, aent a boatswain below to Investigate. Am the boat* ?wain entered the hold he aaw that aeveral caaea of mineral water had broken and that the water waa awlab log about In the hold. Then auddenly he aaw one of the wooden caaea marked "sodium" buret Into flame. Immediately he gave the alarm, and I the crew rushed to their Are atatlone\j The captain directed the tneu to turn the hpae Into the hold. Aa the llrat stream of water atruck the burning case there were aeveral exploaion8 aa package after package within the caae caught lire. Bfr this time two other caaea of sodium had broken open, and their contents, as they came In con tact with the water from th? hose, burst into flame. The crew could not Ixdieve their eyes. The more water they poured on the lire, ? tho more Intend grew the con tl (ignition. Then auddenly two canes flew Into the air, crashed against the overhead beams and spread out In sheets of Are, the smaller pieces drop ping haek only to bounce and dance about, huge halls of flame In the hnlf swainped hold. The superstitions crew was fast be coming unmanageable, and the captain saw that In any case he must abandon the ship. He ordered the crew to the boats not a moment too soon, for aa the boats rmved away' from the blaring hulk several loud explosions came from the .hold. Then there was one mighty detonation; the freighter broke In two and plunged out of sight. Japan and Baaeball. Japan is one of the few nation* ef the earth -that has adopted tho ''na tional pastime" of the United States, the game of baseball, which grew up, In Its present form, in the latter coun try. The game has been transplanted, has taken root, and is thoroughly flour ishing in the Island kingdom. Hut the Japanese, according to one of them, recently traveling in America, are making all their baseballs by hand, not yet having perfected any machinery for manufacturing them. This so journer, who Is a mechanical expert, was much Interested, while on his trip. In learning the method by which the balls are made. The playing of the game In Japan, saya this traveler, Is widespread. A few years ago two Of the Japanese universities sent teams to the United States, where they en gaged In competition with American university nines. Their ability was marked, and their sportsmanship ex cellent. The common Interest of the people of the two nations in this sport has been recognized as n possible source <>f Increased understanding be tween th**m. - Will Never^how. Joe Hawkins of thc^Rfto Sales com pany, Is a believer nrat nppenranee Is 95 per cent of the game. The other day ho was demonstrat ing a very classy six-cylinder car to a mah and his wife. The wife wan very much taken with the appearance of tlie car; the husband was still a Ions way from being sold. As they were coming down Merid ian street one of the cj'llnders started missing. Hawkins, trying to aj>olo glee for the behavior of the engine, said: "One of the spark plugs must be broken for one of the cylinders Is missing." The wife spoke up: "That doesn't matter much, the cylinders are all under the hood anyway, nnd if one of them Is ntfssing it will never show." ?Indianapolis News. Something Mining. "This catalogue is no good," said a man visiting the art museum, accord lax to a story that has reached us. There ain't any prices on It." "What," said his wife. "You weren't thinking of buying any?" "Certainly not." replied the com plalner. "But how can you be ex pected to appreciate pictures If you don't know the price of them ?"--Bos ton Transcript. Parental Diffidence. ?T>op* your bny mind when yon speak to him?" "Yes." Miid Farmer Corntossei, doubtfully "H?it he's got us so Im pressed with his -H[**rior knowledge that w f don't often venture to speak to him." A? to Alimony. "Is there any ws.y a man can avoid paying alimony?" asked the frtepd who >vr. seeking free advice. "Sure." replied the lawyer. "Ha ?*?7 slngl? or *tn) married." FRENCH KING FIRST IN FIELD W/ftli^i of ThfMM Paine thaw ThM Htniy IV One* Contfiapiatarf League of Nations. a ? wiiiYv l?n*ident Wllsoa, W?yd George tod other *t Hemnf n are talk luu of a league of n it loot the fallow inf, taken from Thomas Palne'a 4*Tbe Itighta of Man." la historical: "It wa? attributed to Henry IV of franca, n man of hii enlurgcd and be nevolent linirl, Hint he purposed about 1910 a plan of ahoiuiiing war la Ku rope. The p I it 11 con*l?ted In constrict* log an European congress, or, a* French authors BtyU> It, a pacific re public; by appointing delegates from the several nation*, who were %? fCt as a court of arbitration In any dis putes that mlyht arise between na Hum and nation. "Had tho plenbeeu adopted at the time It waa proposed the taxea of Eng land and France, its two of tfce parties, would hare been at least ten millions sterling annually to each nation less than they,were at the pororaanearaent of the French Revolution." Here Is ntso part of a letter ad dressed to Lafayette from I'alne, Feb ruary 9, 1702 s "If you make a campaign the ensu ing '? spring, which Is most probable there will be no occasion for, I will touii and join you. Should the cam paign commence,. I hope ft will ter minate in the extinction of German def-potlMtr and establishing the free dpm of all Germany. When France 'rfhinl be. surrounded with revolutions she} will be In peace and safety *$d her taxes, as well as those of Ger many, will consequently become less." LAWS PRINTED IN GERMAN Hew the 8tate of Indiana Catered M tha Teuton Element in the Fiftiee and Sixties. Time was when the Indiana general assembly directed that Its laws be printed la German as well as In Eng lish?but never more, observes the In dianapolis News. In 3S52 the legislature enacted a statute that Ifs laws passed at that session should be printed In German and one copy distributed to each of the clerks of the Judicial circuits. By Joint resolutions of the senate and house the session laws of the special session of 1S58, the regular session of 3850, the regular session of 1801, the special session of 1801, and the regu lar session of 1.807 were printed In the German language. The revised statutes of 1853 were ordered printed In German. ** Mrs. Edward Franklin White of the law editorial department of the llobbs Merrill company, believes the print lug of the nets In German was no part of the propaganda for "kultur," which lias boen so exposed of late, but she rather believes that Indiana was mak ing a special bid for settlement by Germans along with other foreigners who were westward bent. She says all vorts of Inducements yrtTQ held out In the flftleR and sixties to attract colonization In Indiana and cites, as another of the Inducements, the lax constitutional provisions (constitution of 1852) for obtaining citizenship, or at leasr the right to vote. ?- 1 Civilization Fata! to Eskimo. Vllhjalmur' Stefansson,1 Arctic ex plorer, to whom the Charles P. Daly medal was presented by the American Geographical society, for his Mvallia ble contrU>utlons to science," pleaded that no efforts bo made to civilize the Eskimo tribes of'the faV North' All such previous efforts, be stated, had resulted disastrously for the.natives. One tribe of 5,000 discovered In 182.r> by an English explorer, he said, was now reduced to only 40 persons through adoption of a civilized mode, of living, which was unsuitable for the frigid clime. Vehicle Market in Siam. Owltlf to the low-lying and often In undated plains of southern Slam, In which most of the rice farming Is done and In which road making is dif ficult, and also the fact that transpor tation Is easily afforded by the numer ous canals which traverse the country in every direction, there Is not likely to be any extended demand for farm wagons or other vehicles for the us# of the Siamese farmer. It seems, how ever, that considerable attention will be given to road making in Siam'i principal cities, notably in Bangkok, and that therefore a line of municipal vehicles will be needed in the near fut ure. Didn't Come Off. In the belfry of a little church la France the Germans placed a bomb roenu'Cted with wires to the mon strance on the altar. The idea was that when the monstrance was mo red the resultant explosion would bring the church down upon the heads of the worshipers. Fortunately Marshal Foch's little paragraph In his armis tice terms, to wit, that German com manders would be held personally re sponsible for all damage done by In fernal machines, prevented this char acteristically Teuton performance from coming off.?Rochester Post-Express. Rescued by Mother-ln-Law. WWlam Olive of Rrldgewater. after putting a new roof on a dog house In his yard, was afraid the flog would get rut on the nails sticking through, and crawled In to clinch them on the In side. When he had finished the Job he fomid that his coat was caught on a nail ami be couldn't get oat. He mad* sll (he noise he cojild, and final ly, after a long while, his motheM* lav heard him.?Boston Globe. 14m m i N?k .. . pS (Pufcttafcod bjr rtquwtj ft c pre Kent I ng nothing on earth uow, Aid naugfat io the w*t*r Mow it; ./!?: A? a pledge of nation that'a dead and gone, Keep It, dear friend, and ?how lt<v Hhow it to those who will lend ?u ear To it: to t !*???? thU pa#er can tell _ Of liberty born. of the patriot's dream, Of the Ktorm-eradled nation that fell. ' Too poor t?? i*??Het<?? the preofoua ores, And too much a stranger to borrow.; \\V iaiufid today our promise to pay Which we hoped U> redeem on the morrow Hut days rolled on and week* became yoars, White our coffcra were empty attU, And coin ?o rare the troamiry quaked If a dollar should dr<?p in the till 'Hut the faith that was in u? waa strong, lodMdi ? Ami our poverty well discerned, And those little checks represented the ,.pay That our suffering votunteera earned. We knew it hod hardly a value in gold Yet as gold our soldie in received it, tt gqxed in our eye* with a promise to AihI eAch Southern patriot believed ft. Hut our boys thought little of price or pay. Or of the bill* that were overdue; Wo knew if It bought us broad today 'Twrh the beet old country could do. Keep it?tell its Mstory o'er From the birth of Its dream to the laut; Molest aud tyorn of the angel* of hope, Like the hope of success, It haa passed. ?8. A. .Jones. Iticlunoud, lHOTx. "" The descendant* of the Aborigines lu Australia are very fond of jewelry, but they do not pay much for it. They uae telegraph wire to make bracelets, ear rings, aud noae-rings, and tear dovru the telegraph lines for that purpose. Legal Advertising ?" ? ? " - 1 . FINAL DISCHARGE. * Notice is hereby given ,thut one month from this dfite, on Friday, February 27, IDifO, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County mj final return u Administrator of the eatate of Luther Ualay, and on the aarne date I will apply to the ?aid Count for a final discharge a* satd Administrator. W. M. HALEY, Administrator. Camden, H. C? Jan. 24, U>20. A DM IN IttTKATOK'H NOTICE All persons indebted to the estate of J. ' \V. Freshley, deceased, are hereby notifiin! to make payment to tin- under sigued, and all parties having claim** against -the eftld estate will present theiu duly attested within the time prescribed by law. B. JO, FRE8IIIJ0Y, Qualified Administrator, Carndeu, 8. C\, .January 14th, 1920. notice to debtors. All parties indebted to t|i*> estate of Miss Sunie Elliott, deceased, are hereby uotlfled to mske pa.vment. to the uuder. signed, and aM parties, If any, having claim* against the said estate will pre* sent them duly attested within the time prescribed bar law. ELLEN H. TIDWELL, Qualified Administratrix. Camden, 8. C., January 20th. 1020. 42-44 . NOTICE OF ELECTION {Hate of 8outh Carolina^ County o# Kershaw. A position signed by one third or mora or th<> qualified electors and a* like pro portion of the resideut freeholders oI th" age of twenty one years having been filed with, the (bounty Board of Educa tion asking for an election in School District No. 80 to determine whether a special tax of four (4) mills shall be levied on all tho taxable property for aehool purposes and the petition having been granted we the undersigned trustees will hold an election at Thornhlll School House on Friday Feb. 18th, 1020. After giving notice of name for two weeks in a newspaper and posting in at least three public places in the district. Polls will o^en at 8 a. m. and clone at 4 p. m. Those who reside in the district and pre xent their registration certificates and tax receipt* will ibo allowed to vote in this election. Election will be conducted under the rtrtc* of general election, (j. T. FA LK EN BERRY C. L. FALKENBERRY ' HAGOOU WILLIAMS, Trustees School District No. 80 43-44 \> ; J*' J. -V ? ? : ' OVERLAND At STUDEBAKER price, CHEVROLET That ?: " v ? ? 4 mjm ?i? ? ?? ? OAKLAND Will and im.,^ move FORD Them Ms |^,-N*V.rV\' GEORGE' T. LITTLE SPECIAL TIRE SALE NEXT WEEK 20 per cent off on all Tire, in Stock. Pipe, Fittings, Pumps, Cylinders and Well Points. Due to strikes, in botb steel and cval (nines ami"other unsettled conditions it baa been hard to secure material, but we have been very fortunate in having a food stock of Pipe, FHtlttfg, etc. f COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY aaa west gervias st. Columbia, s. c. FINAL, DISCHARGE Notice is horoby given that' one month from thiA date, on Saturday February 14th, 1020, I will make to the Probate Count of Kerdhaw County my finril re turn as Administrator of the. e?tate of Mr* Ktam* Ji Atto'fr towwj, the same date I wkll apply to t_,, Court for a flual discharge us said iniuist nitor. b. D. ALFORD. Canttlen, S. C., January 13th, 1920. Will Y>u Let EntertaiiAou omasrvJLaison, -In\our Home i ^ v ... , j That is what happens when "an Amberola comes into your home. The wizj Edison?the Master Product "of his Master Mirid?furnishes you with years and years of entertainment?all the best music of all the world?reproduced in a superior way that none but Edison could accomplish. I'.r'i: EDISON'S NEW DIAMOND , t Among the large. number of phonographs and "talking ma chines" on the market* the genius of Edison makes the Amberola stand out as the one perfect instru ment for your home. Thousands of families in the U. S. 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