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One Very Important '? ' ? 1 ; ; '' ~J* - '? !? . TL* Thing ?? you should take account of in buying clothes is the way you will look in them when you are away from home, as well ; , . . ?' ' ' as when you're here around town. ' V'V;': ~ . V .* \ ? - ? ? -~v - - . Schaffner & Marx styles are not local; they're international ; the best models of English tailors, are illustra .y , ' i ? ted in the designs, of these makers ; and anywhere in the world you'll be well-dressed in these clothes. ? Do you want to see some of our new late fashions? In im ported and American weaves;, grays, blues, tans, browns, _ i ? cheviots; serges, homespuns, fine worsteds/ "" There are no other clothes made t ? ' -vr r'" *- ? ' *s~ ^ ; so satisfactory as these of Hart Schaffner & Marx. Wecan fit you any day in a fine suit at $18? $20, $25, $30, $35. KINDS OF UOOTN1NO Sow. IiIak of the Hod Lwrltt of 1 The Hkkw. Washington. While government scientist* have r investigated audi told of their wonderful discoveries I la many ways, of the things above the heavens and tinder the earth, oft the various forma of animal and veg| ?table matter, of biped and parasite I ? it haui remained' for experts on! lightning, those Vho have actually I played wjth It as It dassled the *ye from heights above and shot! ita bolt* to the ground belcNr, to tell of things new along this lias. In the department of agriculture there Is a lightning sharp and aamu la J*red U. l'lummer. Although he has ao other title than "geographer, be knows more about lightning fend ita pranks than any other men in the country today. "Many people h&ve a holy fe*r of lightning," Mr. Plumber said, when kaked to tell something of hi* York along this line. "Not a tew people will quake with i'ear at the very approaeh of a 'thunder storm,' though comparatively few are Injured In this way compared to those receiving hurts from day to day in automobile, railway and otue mishap*. "How many kinds Qf lightning are! there? Well, the two principal kinds are distinguished, linear and ball. .The effects of the first may be pe-J cullarly destructive. Its flashes are] followed by thunder and are usually accompanied by a downpour of rain When its light is seen from a great! distance, often through cloud thru the horizon, it is called diffused,! heat or sheat lightning. "A long flash of linear lightning I Is visibly composed ofa number of] short segments, in the same gener-J al direction, is called pearl or beard- J ed lightning. If a Btreak splits Into! two or more parts it lsknown then as forked lightning. "The exact nature of a flash is J unknown. Although kite experl ments have shown the varying po tentials between air strata, and al though it is generally held that electricity flows from a positive to- 1 ward a negative body, there is still evidence that a lightning discharge is, in most cases pulsating. Photo graphs, have shown not only a num-1 ber of parallel flashes, which ftp-l peared as one flash to the naked | eye, but they have also shown the! flash to have a width, like a ribbon.! It seems that a flash, if lasting I only a thousandth part of a second! may be composed oT aTfcTBV wnn b 0 1 of separate flashes having muchj smaller "duration. < "It has been held . that a light ning stroke differs according to the flash; as to whether the earth Is negative or positive, arid that *1*1 though" flaBhes are more common be tween differently electrified clouds or' from a cloud to the earth, still I they also ascend from the earth in I to the air. The vlolnece of the dis charge and Its effect^ are matters I of pressure or tension between the! earth and a oloud or a person, or, J indeed, between one person and another at the same time. After al discharge there is sometimes an ad justment of potentials known as 'choc de Jour.' "Has 'ball' lightning other names Yes, .it is also? called fire ball and globular lightning and* sometime loosely thunderbolts. Balls may dif fer from half an Ifach to several feet in diameter. They differ in form and motion from , linear lightning, but as both kinds are erratic (thelrj effects are sometimes peculiar. Balls may come from any direction, may move slowly or rjapldly, and may be harmless or deadly. They float thru open doorways or windows or- up chimneys. They may play around a lightning rod without being <attraqt ed, or may strike the ' ground and rebound without being dissipated. It would b? difficult to believe*, as some maintain, tha<t such an outlaw could not set fire to trees in the forests. * "Then there is still another kind. Ball should- not be confused with St. ]?lmo lightning or St. Elmo's fir the varpp santf.0, a blue or red elec tric discharge sometimes seen on the mast and pards of ships at sea, and more rarely on church spires! and.trees, and points of rock on land, or about the heads of persons. I 'Nor should It be confused with M*e ignis fatuus, elf fire, wlll-o'-the-^risp;j or Jack-o'-lantern, a self luminous glow sometimes seen fn swamps or I marshes." . Mr. Qlummer, who ha* made the study ot lightning his life work, and Who means to watch Its pranks for many ye%rs to come, understands thoroughly why many timid persons shduld show ffcar at the approach of a storm, but after being reasona bly safe he is unable to see the ne cessity of sliding Inclosets or be tween the covers of a iiandy mat tress to avoid danger. To him It is brought into close contact. j-tTT-tfe" - 4 ? ' ' ' See the pictures tonight. V : L jtf ? , ''.I -;, Zi. to' -'rffrV ? (L ? ? V i ' ' ' - Kqep Yowr Friend*. In an article In the Womuu'a Home Companion on the compensa tions that come to thosa who 'live uway from great ceutera of popula tion there appear* the following sound advice; "Wo are Idly Inclined to think that a real friendship, once begun, ought to aurvlve of lta vltalViy;hut slat*! all beauty in this world, from] a roseallp to a human soal, needa nurture, Nietasche speaka very ?corn fully of thoae who fanoy they dare show? themaelvee as they are to their frlendB, he sdvlged, 'wear every adornment'. . U la well worth wblle to save the blgheat cheey, the brig ht eat t hough ta, the gentleat at tentlouH for the friend. One ahould alwayu .keep aome lmperaonal top lea of oonveraatlon ready, ao that your thoughta together nhould not buddlo down to the aordld atmoa Pberu of narrow spaces. Be not only the auuahlne to your friends, but be a broad outlook and a wide vAaw! Love muat have space and air to thrive iu. "Human Ufe offers us nothlug else h? beautiful as real friendtfiilp; not love, not prosperity, not fame, are so fair, so preelous. 80 foster ft) I jet no distrust, no absenee, no difference of environment dim Aft* luster. Let death Itself be pow erleuH to rob you of Its sweetness!! Never break it; never lose it; it Is the uweetest touch of mortal life.' . TtT: ? v h' ? Poor Willie. "1 wan Hitting on my thought, a minute ago/' explained Willie, ac cord in k to The Cleveland Plain Dealer, "and all of a -sudden a chair hit me!" "Are you quite sober?" asked Marjorie. "Say that again, and say it very slowly." "1 Hay, as 1 was sitting on my idla, l was suddenly struck by a seat." "Willy, kid~-~ you've had a heat stroke 1 guess. Try it once more- ? and if you don't arrive at a bit of] sense this time I'll ring for an am bulance." ? 'Don't be silly. What I wanted to say, before you interrupted me with your bally nonsense, was this: A fewmoments ago I was Bitting quietly on an Inspiration. All at once I was smitten by a bench. I ? '? "Oh Take him away! Attendant! This gentleman 'has become mad. Qet an ambulance and a straitjack et!" s And yet, Willie was only trying to say that, as he was sitting in his chair, a thought struck htm. It <appeara to have knocked him out. I TAX NOTICE. Office of Treasurer Kershaw Co., Camden, 8. C., Sept. 20, 1912. Notice is hereby given that .-the books will be open for ^ collecting State, County and School Taxes from October 16th, 19l2, to March ist., 1918. A penalty of 1 per cent will be added to' 'all . taxes unpaid January 1st, 1913, 2 per cent. Feb-| uary 1st, 1913, and 7 per cent. Margh 1st, 1913. -- ~T The rate pdr centum for Kershaw] county is as follows: Hills. State taxes 5% County taxes .... 4% Special taxes .... mm 2 % Road taste* .- . . . .......... 2 M SchOOt taxes . ... . . w : vrrf ^ } Total ~ 17% The following school & districts] have special levies: Special school tax DIst. No. 1 4%i| Special school tax Dlst.) No. 2 1 ft Special school tax Dlst. No. 4 8 Special school tax Dlst. No. 6 4 Special school ;t ax Diet. No. 7 2 Special school tax Diet. No. 8 2 Special school tax Dlst. No. 10 6 Special school tax Dlst. No. 11 5 Special school tax Dist. No. 12 4 Special school tax Di?t. No. 13 4 Special school tax Dlst. No. 15 3 Special school tax Dist. No. 17 I Special school ta* Dlst. No. 18 3 Special school tax Dlst. No. 19 2 Special school tax Dist. No. 21 2 Special school tax Dlst. No. 22 4 Special school tax Dlst. No. 24 ? Special school tax Dist. No. 25 3 Special school tax Dist. No. 26 ? 2 Special school tax Dist. No. 27 6V Special school tax Dlst. No. 28 2 Special school' tax Dlst. No. 40 8 Special school tax Dist. No. 46 8 Special school tax Dist. No. 47 4 ThO poll tax Is $1. All able-bodied male persons fron *he age of twenty-one (21) to sixty (60) ^y ears, both inclusive, except residents of the incorporated towns of the county shall pay two dollars ( 1 2 ) as a road tax, except, minst ers of the gpspel actually in charge of a ^o^gregatlon, teachers eniployc in public schools, school, trustees and persona ; ,i>erfnanently disabled in tho mIUtar~ service of thla State, and perSOjs who sorted In the la,te wa^p#iween the States, and all per sons actnally %mpk>yed ia the quar antine service of this State, and- all students who may be attending any school or college at the time when the mid tax shall become due. Per sons claiming* disabilities must pre sent certificates from two reputable physicians of this county. )ii AttlnformsHon._ea to taxes wUlJ be fvnil^ed o?oa ^plleationi^^ D. M KcCASKILL, i Conner rmmunt.l M " gw.J II -ipjl POHTUMCHIHIiV FAMOUS All Hurli (%lldreu KuclU) Attention? Homo <;??|??t>rltUNN. ../, t *tf. ? " The birth of h po?thumoua child of John Jacob A at or arouaou aspe clul interest and sympathy bucuubo of l ho tragic death of the father lu the Titanic diaaster. aaya the New York Sun. Yet ail posthumous chil dren excite such sentiments. . Bom# of these children have moreover at tracted udditiouul nttention from the world in after life through their own achievements. ' Alexander the Oreat has been aaid by some historian* to have been born after the death of hla father, but according to other au-l thoritiea Philip of Macedou lived to enjoy the companionship of hla own avn for several yearn. It may be that Alexander'a stepbrother wu* a eosthumoua child, but that haa not een proved. Hen Johnson, the Elizabeth dram atist, whm born in 1673, a month af ter hla father'a death. Ho waa for tunate in acquiring a atepfather who waa aAgood friend to him and gave him 4m excellent education. Thouiaa Herbert ' waa of postlm^ mous birth, so says hla elder broth er, Lord Herbert of Cherbury. He la remembered chiefly as the broth- ' er of Lord Herbert of 'Cherbury and of Ueorgo Herbert, the poet. ' Early In the 17th century anoth er child can^o Into the world under almllar condltlona. Thla waa Abra ham Cowley, the English poet. H1b father, who had been a grocer lu humble circumstances, died ahortly before the birth of the aon. Thanka to the unflagging atrugglo and de votion of hla mother, the boy re ceived a good education Und hit* po etic genluM had opportunity for de velopment. Dean Swift waa born, a tew months after hie father'a death. Kindly dia poaed relatives helped hit* mother wkh hla upbringing and education. Adam Smith, author of "The Wealth of Nationals," put in his ap pearance In this world some four months after the death of his fr iher. Still another Englishman poet waa a posthumous child. Ths waa Thom as Chatterton, who wsb born in Brls? tol about tho middle oftho 18th cen tury. Andrew Jackson, seventh Presi dent of the United States, was born in a little log cabin on the border line between North and South Caro lina. in that same cabin his father, who had como to America from the north coast of Ireland, died a few days before the birth ofhls son. ?. ^Rutherford Richard Hayes, the 19th President was another posthu mous child. He waB born In Octo ber and his father died in July pre ceding. The present King of Spain, Al fonso XIII, was born after his fath er's death. - Mary Queen of Scots Just escaped posthumous birth, her father dying when she was a few days old. Rich ard Wagner, the composer, was also left fatherless very soon after his birth. vv_ THKOUjmK'ti HAIX'HKT. The OtMurir Tree U'gwid IImvUm] to l>k?1 *ud K\|>luhtMl. A Boston render of tty> New York HUu hu* the following remarks to make of h ceriuln celebrated mas una u scarcely less celebrated fable: "ThotJUuru having been presented by hi* rather wltb a hatchet showed bin gratitude by chopping down a favorite cherry tree of hi* father'*. His father, having witnessed the act, Haiti; Theodore, - you have , ruiued my favorite tree.' Theodore, who even in eariy youth wished to do all th? talking himself, at once Inter rupted. 'Father,' said he, 'you are various kinds Of an objectionable liar. I am now on my way to the poi|tofflce to mallaletter written to myself this morning. For the pur pose of the record l dated It early last month. In thislotter 1 aay that cherries are the food ofthe plain peo plo, and 1 instruct myself never to injure a cherry tree. I further di rected myself in a cane I Mhould have cut one down before receiving the letter to restore it to Ita origi nal condition. No honest man cau question my absolute sincerity in this, matter. I have never done any thing wrong. Any one suspecting me only betrays his own inflhlte baseness as well as that of his sis ters and his C9uslns and his aunts.' Theodore's father turned away sad ly, and Theodore produolng the hatchet from under his Jacket, and addressing the reporters, said: "My hatchet kuows no father, I simply slugged then over tho ropes.' " A Hmlle. ' Nothing on earth can smile but man! Gems may flash reflected light hut what Is a diamond-flash compar ed to an eye-flash and a mirth-flash t flowers can not smile; this Is a charm thajt even they cannot claim. It Is tfie prerogatve of man; it is the color which lovo ^ivears, and cheerfulness and Joy- -these three. It Is a Ight In the windows of the face, by w;hlch the heart signifies It Is at home and waiting. A face that cannot smile Is like a bud that cannot blossom, and dries up on -the stalk. Laughter Is day, and sobriety 1b night, and a smile Is tho twlllghi. that hovers gently between both? more bewitching than either.- ? Heu ry Ward Heechor. An Important Notice, We aro making deliveries of Coal and wood now. Why can't wo put in your winter supply? You will Bavo money by buying now, as the price of coal advances Jrom Sept. 1st to March 1st. A coal dealer can't tell what it will cost two or three months from today. We are in position to do you? wood sawing at reasonable price#, and expeot to start out our saw out fit this week. Prices will be made on application. 8. M. MA THIS, Coal and Wood Yard How die Telephone Pays ?MMqrk MMf The farmer who has a telephone in his home can meet a business situation whether he be at home or in town. Can you call your home on the telephone like this farmer is doing ? If not you are losing money by not using the greatest convenience of modern times. The cost is so small that telephone service is within reach of every one. 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