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Kir* Ruin* Stock of Goods. Fire was discovered in the store of W. I, Biackmon Jr., on East Marion stm t a little aft?r 11 o'clock Monday night and the prompt response and effective work of the Are department in ? luing the flames within the (Milding prevented what otherwise might have -been a most disastrous tir* . The store room la just behind the drug store of Hayes & Gregory and there are three other rooms in the same row with thg Biackmon j tore > all occupied. A strong wind A'(is blowing at the time and the time ly discovery of the fire was indeed very fortunate. Mr. Biackmon who stated that he was -in the store about tin o'clock, was unable to account for the oritfin of the fire. He had partial insurance on the stock, which is prac tically a total loss from both fire and water damage. The building, which belongs to J, C. <Cook? was also con- ! siderably damaged.? Kershaw Era. ! The BULL'S EYE Editor mnd Qcntrmt Manaqer WILL ROGERS 7 Another "Batt" Durham advertisement by 'Will Rogers. Ziegfeld Folfies and acreen star, ?nd leading American humorut. More coming. Watch for than. What Good Does It Do You to Know Something? * Advertisements in all Papers and Magazines are all trying to appeal to the intelligent. Now this one is for the great majority. Reliable authority, in fact it was the Draft Boards during the War, figured out that the intelligence of the average Adult of this Country was that of a 13 year old Child. (Now that is giving us the best of it because a 13 year old Child is about the smartest thing we have in this Country), but the 13 year old Child they referred to was one who had been raised on the milk of human Kindness (which is mostly Water) and weaned on a Hard Boiled Egg. You know jhe smarter the Man the more dissatis fied he is, so cheer up, let us be Happy in our ignorance. What do *c care how little we know if yrc eet what we want? "Bull" Dur ham needs no Literacy Test, it is with minority in quality, and with the majority in usage. P." s. This last sentence is all that *avcd the add. >v. P- P. S. There will* be another jpiecc here two weeks from n cm. Look for h. SIXTY-FIVE YEMS ABO! In 1860 a blend of tobacco was bom? 4 'Bali" Durham. On quality alone It hat won recognition wherevei tobacco known. It still offers the public this? more flavor, more enjoyment and a lot more money left at the end of a week's smoking. TWO SMS for IS emit m efgarvHttfor ISoMfa it ?Bull! Durham Gomstii4 W "... v HARDEST WORK IN WORLD T* ^ , ? | Down in Stokehold of Great Liner h , Men Feed Ever-Hungry Fire* pr I i m The men who do the hardest work in the world stand in little groups on South street east from the Battery basking in the spring sunshine And cursing the tastelessness of American post-war beer, says a story in the Sunday New York World. The num ber of them seen during one after noon contradicts the rumor that the days of the coal-heaving marine fire man are numbered and that his placo is being taken by thfc oil-burning five wan. All Huggons, born and raised in tho gray shadows of tfc'e Liverpool docks, and Jack the "Yank" first conscious .of- life in the tangled back ways of Boston's waterfront, do not know thai the tight aches of their backs are con-, trolled by important men who play ! chess with the world's oil supply. They hear rumors that oil is obtaina ble at ports of rail of major import ance and that many of the smaller freight and passenger lines have not only stopped converting their coal burning ships into oil-burners, but are actually building ships equipped to burn coal. They are glad, not because they have qn articulate pride in doing the hardest work in the world, but be cause jobs will be more plentiful and they are less likely to have to panhan dle dimes on Broadway during the slack winter months. Steamships plow the Seven Sea? be cause the stoker, "The Hairy Ape", still finds himself up the blind alley of industrialism and is willing to slave eight hours a day in a tempera' ture ranging from DO degrees to more }*than 150 degrees Fahrenheit for as mueh as a month at a time, Firemen on American Shipping Board boats receive ?67.60 a monfh and work under the three watch system as do all firemen and coal -passers sailing under the flags of socallcd civilized nations. A coal passer* or "trimmer" receives $60. Wages- are slightly less on all independently owned lines ex cept the Standard Oil, which usually meets the shipping board wages. At sea the firemen and coal passers | work four hours and sleep the drug ged^ sleep of exhaustion for eight hours before returning to the fire hold for another four-hour watch. During one comparatively short voy age one fireman handles enough coal to keep a fair-sized town warm during a hard winter. The bending strain of his back moves the delicate dials in the engine room and the ship drives J across the Atlantic because of his imperfect philosophy that "some one has to do the bloomin' work." The first watch is drawing to a close by the time the penciled flicker of Ambrose light is lost astern. Most of the 32 firemen and coal passers who compose the soeond watch of a large liner sit about on the canvas covered hatches of the aftetdeck and gaze at each other dumbly. They wear ' tight-fitting black caps with short visors, heavy woolen sweat shirts, much washed dungarees and he^vy ammunition boots. Knitted "sweat rags" are twisted about their] nicks. They spit, watch the gray scud race by the rail or swear dully at one another. They pay no heed to the steerage passengers, who wfttch them from a respectful distance. One thing may enliven their wait for the bell that sends them below. One of the passengers may have brought his seasickness above decks. Slow grins spread as they watch the luckless pea ant grope toward the rail. One of them shoves him with playful malice "What's the matter, John, sick?" A bell clangs far forward. They arise and hasten through a door which bangs to and fro as the ship catches the' long heaves of the ojjen Atlantic They cluster for a moment about a perpendicular iron ladder as the men of the first watch ascend in tired file. Burned out eyes, black, grimed faces and red >lips strain upward toward light and air. Blasts of hot air come Up from the bowels of the ship and far below sounds the scrape of steel shovels. The last man of the second watch swings down into the hold and the men break to their posts at a jog trot. Not a moment is to be lost. Al ready the fires yawn for more coal and the gong calls sternly for the first "pitch" of the watch. A large liner has from three to five fire holds.* They extend the width of the ship at its widest beam and arc usually about 12 feet long. They are connected by a narrow pas sage which runs keelways between the towering boilers. Each hold has its coal bunker from which the coal is trumped by -the coal passers, who damp it in froT>t>i>f the firemen. Elec wire, vie futilely with the gloom of steam and coal dipt. The muffled beat of the engines trembles distantly white bfcxsts of heat lesp ft csa the fires a* the doors are flung open. |? Certaiu fires must be '" cleaned. I frflU ttia flrUflL J I ' m ' 9 ^ ^ " "" 9 T $30,000 LOSS IN SUMTBR N?w Mud titled Care (jo During Blat? In Afternoon Sumter, May 28.? Fire starting in the rear of the Kryatal Motors Com* puny here this afternoon practically ruined the stock of new and old cars in that building and damaged the stock; of furniture of W. H, Shelley & Son, next door, to very great ex* tent, totalling an estimated loss of $30,000 or more. The building damaged was owned by C. G. Rowland & Sons, about ?10,000 being the estimated damage on them. Miss Kristlanson, owner of the Krystal Motors Company, stated that the stock in her place was valued at approximately $12,000 with practi* cully a total loss. In the stock were a new Durant and two new Star cars. Miss Kriatianson and her entire force were away on a fishing trip, and she did not know of her loss until her return tonight. W. II, Shelley stated that he esti mated his loss at about $8,000 or one third the value of the stock, from water and smoke, as the fire did not get into his store, The Misses Wilkes, a millinery store; was also damaged to fi considerable extent, tne stock being moved across the street. Several offhees in adjoining build ings also suffered nominal loss from water and smoke. The fire started about 2:30 p. m. and spread rapidly and the firemen did splendid work in confining the blaze to the one building. Winter Home Horns at Aiken Aityen, May 29.? Whitehall, the "winter home of Abram Shapiro, of Boston, was completely destroyed by fire Jiere tonight. Only one part of the furniture was saved. Whitehall was located on a ninety acre tract of land on Whiskey Road in front of Sermata, a preparatory school for girls, an^j' near the Palmetta golf links. ' It was in the midst of the winter colony. The building was con? s true ted eighteen 'years ago at a cost of $122,000. It was insured for $100, 000, the building and contents. firemen stab at stubborn clinkers with eight-foot slice bars. Sparks fly as the slowing coals jump out of the doors to. the deck. Clouds of steam arise as the coal passers douse them with buckets of water. The firemen dodge through the gloom as the trimmers heave the smoking clinkers into barrows and wheel them across the hold. They are shoVeled into huge canvas bags and thrown over the side. Some ships are equipped' with pneumatic ash lifts, but the majority still use the cum bersonVe sacks. These are tossed be low' as .soon asi they are emptied and the trimmers duck them mechanically as they drop to the deck. - The cleaning of the fires completed, all hands settle down to the steady grind of the watQb. The coal passer^ hurry across the hold with heaped up barrows of coal, which .they dump be fore the doors., At the clang of the gong the firemen throw open the doors and, with beautiful long lunges, send the coal whirling across the 'fires. The sweat pouts in black riv eulets from the ends of their noses and they grunt ,unintelligible warn ings to the' coal passers, who tread wearily behind them. Some ships do not have gongs to time the pitches. On such ships the chtef fireman or ^'leading hand," claps his hands and shouts "fire". Large ships average about 13 pitches a watch. The work becomes harder As the hours of toil sap the strength of the men. The chief fireman or one of the water tenders keeps his eye glued on the steam gauge. One moment of neg ligence and an engineer comes run ning in from the engine room saying strange and awful things. One man "soldiering" on his job or craftily fasting his \y^?rk off on his neigh- J bor Is enough to cause warning i trembles on the dial. ? Deaths are not uncommon during trips thryugh the tropics or even ' across the Atlantic. A trimmer is 1 missing and searchers discover him ?wandering blindly in n bnnker in the last stages of delirium. He is hoisted I top side, dosed by the .ship's doctor j and left to his fate. He die*, or re covers in proportion to the number of years which he has-spent burning out his heart before the fires. Firemen and trimmers work strip ped to the waists only in story books. The fireman would as readily think of removing his shirt as he would thifik of going up into the first class dining room for dinner. During the closing pnoments of the watch the men revive a little with ^he prospects of the last pitch. The trumntia prepare the ^nubbins of coal {or the following watch and are exhorted by the chief fireman to leave thfcir successors a "good waUii." Thai is, a auffictent ly large pile of coal to last until the fires are cleaned, when the next watch .1 r . ll ' THE BIGHAM CASK Thirty-Seven Exceptions Filed By Attorneys of Noted Prisoner Columbia, May 29.-~-Ait&her mile stone was reached today in the case of Edmund D. Bigham, Florence coun ty man, who ha* three times been sentenced to die for the alleged mur der of his brother, L. Smiley Higham, in January of 1021, and who is charg ed also with the murder of his mo ther, his sister and the two small adopted sons^of the latter. The formal appeal from the ver dict of "guilty" returned last Oc tober by a jury of Horry county far mers after a two weeks' trial at Conway was formally entered today in the office of the clerk of the South Carolina Supreme Court, which has already had the Bigham case before it in some phase five times. Thirty seven exceptions are noted in the ap peal, which was filed by former Judge Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, who was associated with A. L. King of Flor ence in the defense. Whether or not Solicitor L. M. Casque, who, with Philip H. Ar rowsmith, of Florence, has fought the long legal battle to send Big ham to the chair, would attempt' to have the Supreme (Court hear the appeal at nexj, term, which is sche duled for the week of June 8, was not known here today. The docket for that term was announced this week, prior to the completion of Bigham's appeal, hut it was said, under a rule of the court, a case that has come up on a second or later appeal can be given precedence over other cases, al though they muy have been entered first on the docket. The next regular sitting of the court will not be held until October. Notice of intent to appeal was given immediately after the verdict was returned agrfinst Bigham, but the amount of testimony taken during the trial was so vast that it required the court stenographer a number of monhs to .complete the transcript as a part of the appeal pro cedure. Since that trial when Judge Hayne F- Rice sentenced Bigham to b? electrocuted on October 21, -the de fendant has been in a cell of the death house at the penitentiary here. Previous to his second trial he had spent approximately two j/eats in the death house. The 10 year old Florence farmer, son of a former state senator, was first convicted and given the death penalty in Florence county in April of 1921, shortly after the tragedy which resulted in the death of Mrs. Dora Bigham, his mother; Mrs. Margie Black, his sister; Leo and John McCracken, adopted sons of Mrs. Black, and his older brother, L Smiley Bigham, surveyor and farmer. -That tragedy wiped out the Bigham family, with the excep tion of Edmund, and a brother, Dr. Cleveland Bigham, who4 fled the state several years ago while out on bond EXCURSION! Washington, D. ?. Richmond, Norfolk Portsmouth, Va< Friday, June 12th Round Trip / 1 A M n n \] (Proportional Fare From v/ J\ IT* Lf Ij 11 Other Points) TO Washington - - ? $12.00 Richmond .... - 9.50 Norfolk ------ 9.80 Portsmouth 9,50 Return Limit June 1G Tickets and information from any A. C. L. Agent or ? pUAKir 19(1 ATLANTIC COAST LINE Uneasy Tight Feeling "I used Thedford's Black Draught first (or constipa tion," said Mrs. 0. & Buntln, of R. F. 1>. 6, 8tarkvllle, Miss. "I would (eel dull, stupid, and have severe headaches, even feverish. , I had an uneasy, tight feeling In my stomach. 1 read quite a hit about BLACK-DRAUGHT Liver Medicine I began using it and soon my bowels acted regularly and I was greatly relieved. 1 used It every once In a while for about 18 years. "About two years ago I found I tfas having Indiges tion, a tight smothering in my cheat, then severe pain, especially after eating sweets. I commenced taking just a pinch of Black-Draught after meals, and by doing this I could eat anything. "1 gave Black-Draught to my children for colds and headaches. I can certainly recommend It." Black-Draught is used, with satisfaction, by millions. Get Thed ford's. Sold Kverywhere E-Hl following his conviction in connec tion with the shooting: to death of his wife. An appeal to the supreme court was taken and was denied, with the result that the sentence of death was once again imposed. Later, however, largely on a plea of after-discovered evidence, u motion for a new trial way successful and upon a change of venue being granted the case was moved to Horry county. Bigham has maintained that he is innocent, and in his defense has set up the theory that Smiley com mitted suicide after, shooting the other members of the family. The Increase of Crime Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, for mer circuit judge and one of the lead ing lawyers of the statu, in u strik ing address at Greer called attention to the fact that the enormous crime wave is not decreasing although the state is spending an unprecedentedly Immense amount on education of its children. The average home, school r and church are falling short of their opportunity and duty, he, decided, adding that the only remedy is for each to "teach the oncoming gener ation the right human relationship." "Whoever thoughtfully considers this perplexing problem will reach the conclusion that, however much it may help toward solution, educa tion is not the answer. Education would be far more effective in build ing up the right sort of citizenship if lessons in the value of good char acter and good moral^and the neces sity of religion were more directly and thoroughly stressed in all our schools. However, v the problem can not be solved by the schools alone. There must indeed, be a moral and religious revival throughout the state if the present deterioration and de cay arc to be stopped and if immor ality and crime are to be checked.". ? South Carolina Gazette. ? Potato flowers rarely set true fruit inclosing seed, because nearly all patatoes are female. Good potato pollen, capable of fertilizing flowers, is very rare. TJ/lcrf / f/l VlOYirllp Pi^ss of traffic, the driver of a vU ilclllvliv Ford experiences little strain and effort. He finds that its simplified control and quick get-away enable him to thread the crowded thoroughfares with an ease that only a Ford can give. He finds that the problem of parking, which proves so serious in a large, city, is of little consequence to him because of the simplicity with which a Ford may be maneuvered back and forth into a very small space. 4, Many owners of larger cars use a Ford for daily city driving because of its easy control. Good will towards this car it increasing year after year because it has proved to be a sound motoring investment for everyone. Detroit KERSHAW MOTOR CO. Camden, S. C.' C o" U P E' ?520 Runabout - -$290 Touring Car ? * 290 Tudor S+dmn - 690 FordorSodmn - 990 Full ?iM Bd??x? Tl?~ tn tilrt Oa ?d?* 4*??ttUfeU riatiMittiWimKSattt A 11 f. ?. 4. Ditrfti MAKE SAFETY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY*