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Notts. tfarvlr 17.? It like it, Tin* bloHHoma HUll s indicate it, (**& ?k in Kote on. Several plant. <?**. wliwit unA gnWli, but fcU *y wltl get ,,n an ?t tifriw wariiu'i. a cold month. UrUiptt Ik Htill tore, nutf probably will stay for son u> t Iiih*. U? S. 11. I lut fleUl ami wlft> of OuMtn, spout tho wiH?k oml li??r? a?ul at ri.s?ttli vlsliin^ ivlutlvcrt and frUmilx. Their many frU?n?ls \vi?re #la?l to s?m? them. * The **nlUtmt?iit work of the Kershaw \HHorlutlon t tinuiu iu >?<! Siui(la^.,^t?Pi|K PERA HOUSE SAT. MARCH 20TH GREATER BIGGER, BETTER THAN EVER! BAND AND ORCHESTRA . EVERYTHING NEW EVERY SEASON BEAUTIFUL SCENIC ENSEMBLE. Neptune's Palace, Land of the Nyads AT THE BOTT O M OF THE SEA. Six Big Minstrel Vaudeville Acts Including the Imperial Musical Hussars . And the Screaming Farce "PACIFICATING MEXICANNO" Featuring Those Merriest Men of Modern Minstrelsy, Charley Gaiio and Nicodemus Glynn THE GREAT BIG FUN SHOW. 'i' ' Street Parage, and Band Concert 50c.; 75c.; $1*00. Seats Now on Sale at W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store* & ? - ? r._ FOR SALE E. 0. McCreight Residence on Lyttleton Street iv ? ibis is dne of the most desirable residences to be aSaiSO^cre. Lot 100x578 feet, on whiph js Swelling, built of the ^ fflateriaJ^^!|*iiyfSfflsbed throughout with wood floors, electric lights, water, sewerage tod all other modern improvements. The price at *bich this place is listed should move it SEE US. 1 1 ' '? l- CHUMP '^ssasSL^- Jutfttitfitim wM mw? wort* made by Or. W. J. Ijtugstou ami Ittv. S. li Hfttfleld, Tlio work will continue until' the uHstH'latlon Is gvue over. ^ This was iloiin lust yf?r ami 110 ?loi|l<t IllUl'h WHS dolU'. l*r. S. l?\ lit a si i u' 1 1 hi continues to Improve id place. i .1 ? i fall he hull! a uln house and reeeutly (tainted his Imrns and out houses rial. The dwell ing is mi ? i palntiMl In pretty color#. This Is tho old Harrows place H miles below Camden. Miss Sallle KogoiH Is visiting at Ntntchnrg. ' M i '-s Madge Itogers and Mr. .1. K. I>nl*re went to Htnteburg last Satur day to visit relatives and friends. The store that was shaking at thin place when we last wrote went dewn with a crash, never to rise again. Souie that went down have opeued again under different names. It seems that It Is quilt* an honor to break. K/VCH SIDK WANTS ITALY. Warring Nations Bringing Pressure to Hear on Neutral Country Koine, Mu roll 15. ? Political pressure j ui?oi? Italy to pledge its future eotfbto either to tho Empires of Central Eu rope or the Allies luis beeii augmci.t iiiK for smut; time anil Is today be lieved to hove nhout reached Its oil-, .max. ; . - A wording to thoroughly reliable sources Prince Von Ruelow, German ambassador, has given formnl assur ances that Germany will l>e able to overoome resistance of Austria and lh diu'e Vienna to concede to Italy terri torial concessions demanded, together ; with a free hand in Southern Albania, j In addition, the Central Empires would further Italy's ambitions In the Eastern Mediterranean. The German dlploilat pointed out that the marine supremacy of Great Bfi tain and France would have the effect of crushing Italy. Representatives of the Allies have presented the tnatter in quite- a differ, out light. They have united in say ing that tho defeat of Germany and Austria-Hungary was inevitable, : even jjv.Uh.out the participation of Italy ?.c_Iii case Italy refrained from taking 'part she would receive nothing from the allies when settlements are . matte. With the conclusion of peace, or short* ly thereafter, they argue, the separa tion of Hungary from Austria Is to be expected. This would lead to the ab sorption of the Austrian provinces of Germftn nationality by Germany and the consequent i extension of German dominion of Trieste, which thus would rprever l>o lost to Italy. In addition Italy would be forced toabanrton Av lona and ' the Aegean Islands. What is believed In high quarters to be an authoratatlve outline of Italy's territorial demand and Austria's, posi tion regarding them Was obtained to day. The difference of views, as thus Indicated, appears to be so great that well Informed perftons can see no like lihood of an adjustment. Roughly speaking, Italy wants a sweep of territory north and east, which would extend her boundary around the northern end of the Adriatic Hea as far south as Flume, on the east ern coast. That would include the Austrian naval base at Pola, and the provinces of Trent and Trieste. Con cessions which Austria is tinderstood to l>e willing to make are insignificant as compared wltlrtbe demands. It Is regarded as probable that* under pressure from Germany, Austria may be -induced -to^ grant larger concessions, but the belief Is generally , held in re sponsible quarters that the extreme Austrian concessions would be Insuffi cient to satisfy Italy. Italy's demands, as outlined today, are set forth as follows : To' the north, shetfdeslres the entire province" pf Trent, bringing her fron ?ier to Verioste, Pass trie amTBreoie. in cluding the districts of Reverto, Trent, Rossen, Merart, Rresanone and Bru pock ; to the east, she wrints to expend her frontier to the Julian Alps, includ ing the provinces jof Gorltz and Istrla, with the-^dtetrietAof Tolmeln^ florliz, Trieste, Pola and Flume. ^ Resides, she wants th.e Dalmatian Islands, especially Veglta, Chereo, Lunga, Rrazza, Leslna, Curzola, Meled and LIssa. , The only rectification of the frontier, which, according to this, information. Austria Is willing- to grant is session of terrtory" 5?hlch would give to Italy (possession of. Lake Garda, with the town of Riva and the valleys of the Chlepe and -Ailigg rivers, including the towns of Itoverto and Tione. hut ex cluding Trent, and to the east the val ley of the Isonzo River, Including Gra disea, but excluding Goylto. '? It Is understood also that f^r such territory as she I* willing to cede, Aus tria asks a large sum of money and also the renunciation by Italy of am claim to other territory within the /irastro-TTnngf]ri?rl?^lre Which Is in habited hy Italians. In -return {or these concessions by. Italy Austria U wiling tomake certain local grants, including the establishment of an Italian univer sity at Trieste. - - -T- - : .-v "V Flowers, of HlxhomHle. spent the week end with MIfS Willie Dixon. H. ? ? BARHIt'S LITTLE JOKE ?"A"" H? yV?? ? Failure aa ? Presiding Officer ~ and Ha Kmw It. There Is only um< recorded instance of Sir M. Bsrrle's a* ting a* ebolr Bin it of n public* minting. In tin* Cen* tur,\ Mngiixlue Mr. .Inhn D Williams told ili?* story to tti?' American public* It was on iliu oc?uslon,of ii Bums cell* 1. ration llurrlc took the chair as presiding of deer unci then kept to ll (Irmly. Throughout the entire proceedings be (I Id not utter a single word, but re iiiuliied as If Killed to tbe horribly oou sptcuotts chair, lott tiling bin prod le u went, but Inwurdly uinused at tbe ex pressions ou the faces of all about hhu. which luudu cMsmally clear the fact < that be wan a failure an a presiding of doer. NY hub the meotlug >vua almost Inilf 'finished llarrle took advantage of a talkative group In front of hlin and quietly stole away before any one bad u.jcIuiuci* to mlas hlui. Hut the next week " well known Saturday review piiutcd a satirical article called "Mr. llarrle In tlie Chair." The thing was simply withering In lis Ironical account of the dumb presiding officer who eventually tied, leaving a rtioetlilg to preside over Itself. 'The greatest re gret was naturally expressed by those who bad persuaded Barrio to come to tbe Hums celebration, and among bis friends tremendous Indignation was felt and vented. But some day tbey will know, if tbey Irnve not already foiled out. that the article was written by Barrte himself! NAVAL .TORPEDOES. Intricate Meohanlam of Theae Awful "?J Enginaa of Dattruotlon. At the torpedo's bend Is an explosive chamber which holds damp guncotton. Thin Is flred by means of a rod which, on contact with the walls of a ship, Is driven in upon a detonator... This fires a primer, which In turn explodes the guncotton . The next chamber stores compressed air to the pressure Of 2.000 pounds'" to the square luch. This Is pructlcally the boiler room of the torpedo, for it supplies the motive power to the four cylinder engine which drives It through the water on Its errand of destruction Next comes the wonderful gyroscopic control of the air motor by which the rudders ure adjusted. This Is where tb* Intricate mechanism of the torpe do Is so clearly demonstrated. Should It rise or dip in the water this gyro scope actuates a motor which in turn operates rods related with Che rud ders and at once readjusts any deflec tion from the course originally set. The motor mentioned is but a few inches in length, yet the power It ex erts by means of compressed air Is such that the pressure of half an ounce operated by the steering ge*r produces n pull of 160 pounds oh the rudders. This terrible fish's tall holds wheel rgeaftng~?or the driving t of -two pro pellers and the manipulation of the rudders. The propellers revolve in op posite directions, thereby preventing the torpedo describing a . circle.? Lon don Answers. Woman and the Old Olympic Gjamaa. Oue rule, of the original Olympic games could not be followed .nowadays without provoking serious troubles. Women were not allowed to be present or'even to be anywhere in the district when the gables were being celebrated on pain of being hurled from a precipi tous rbek. This rule Is believed to have* been defied only once* when the offender was pardoned In consideration of tbe fact that her father, brothers and son had been victors In the games. One particular priestess, however, was not only exempt from this taw, but was accommodated with a special front seat on? an altar of white marble, and women were allowed to enter chariots for tbe races, though they might not be present to see them .win. 'v. . i i i H&\ Was She. ln_jB_pollege fOr women where tbe faculty consists Chiefly the gentler sex a meeting of/the academic council was In progress Here and there a lone manv sat surrounded by learned ladles., An amendmenr\had Just been proposed*. J ? l ? , . "Where. Hihe-nersoip^ho offers this amendment ?" Inquired the president "Who Is she?" Whereupon Mr. . Skeets, tbe popular young professor of a favorite subject rose and replied depreeatingly, "I am sbe."? New York Post PtoMMIMk . "And what," asked tbe cannibal chieftain. In his kindest tones, "was your business before you were cap tured by my men?" "1 was q newspaper man." answered the captive. "An editor?" "No: -merely a subeditor." r ? "Cheer up. yoilng man: Sfiovtly aft er nty cbef has finished bis perusal of tbe cookery book you will be editor In cbef."? Londtm Answers. . SHopvfrWff Goetfi Barred. ?That's h v??ry handsome painting. SSht tbe visitor to th?. home of opu lent*# "Is It by one of the old mas ten?r* *? should say not," re?)?onded Mrs Newru-b lnd?guiLutlx_ ;'Wliy. that pic. r tire Is in tbe very latest style/*? ' Rk'biuoud Tinies Dispatch. i Cynical. .. When We ? own *aj that he thjin * . mtlMnu pnnrnb* we nre remind rd of ?rbnt Hnrld Mid all men were. Loudun Standard v. A klw in rime an res trouble.? Lon don fttandard KERSHAW NEWS NQTJES. Happennings of Interest In Our Neighboring ToWn. ( From The Kra ) Minor i\ Hard nor died at his homo lu the Flat Creek wH'tl<in Saturday ? night after a ? extended Illness with pellagra, aiu) was buried at Flat Crook church MoiMlay uiornlug after funeral wtrvl?vn hy Uov. T. A. Dabney. The MaHonlo fraternity and Junior Order CJounoll, ti> which orders he belonged, conducted the customary funeral cere monies also. J. M. ('arson, one of Kershaw's loading business men and progressive spirits has engaged the services of (J. L. <?arner, an expert tobacco grower, who lust year managed the tobaeco crop of Mtickey and Workman ut Do Kail), and will cultivate this year a crop of about til acres. The plants are already growing, the barns have 1>oen constructed and everything is in readi ness for the transplanting when the season arrives. * The follow Ink young people partici pated In a pleasant week end house party at Hallo (Sold Mine:. Misses Kathorlne Zotnp, Harriet Shannon, Vlr gin lit Taylor, .loan Lindsay and Louise Hlakeney. and l>r. It. 10. Stevenson, of Camden: Miss Margaret Itooso, of Kershaw; 15. L. Williams, A. L. Hum phries, W. Y, Uillard, W. ijL. lOanley and A. K. Hlakeney, Kershaw. The party was chaiH'roned by Mrs. 10. 1> Hlakeney. Mesdrtmes Jno. T. Stevens and Fred B. Cutvern, Miss Sara Hen ton and 10. 1>. Illakeney were visitors there also. The Kershaw Pharmacy was badly damaged by lire Tuesday night of last week. The lire was discovered at about 11 :flO o'clock by (Jus Welsh, who happened to be passing and noticed that the store was lifted. The stock of goods and fixtures wore badly dam aged by the heat and stuoke and water and will entail considerable loss. The stock of dry goods of K. V. Truesdel, ,in the room adjoining, was also con siderably damaged by water, the dam age being covered by insurance. The origin at the tire is unknown but it is, supposed to have been accidental. The night, following, at about 2 :30 a. m.. the livery and feed stable of H. W. Pace was set on fire at {wo places, kerosine being used by the incendiary ; and had it not been for the timely discovory of the lire by parties pass ing, the building would certainly have been a total loss and some of the stock of Mr. Pace might have been burned. The tire was started at the partition which divides the mule -pens from the stalls ? one blaze being start ed near where the straw bag hangs, which is used as a seat by the wag^n driver, the other in the loft on the opposite side. Will Have Ball Team. The Court Inn employees who have the reputation of having one of the fastest semi-pro. baseball teat^s in the north are daily working oui at the Court Inn grounds and expect to have a much better team in the field this summer. Among the boys who are ^working out are Jack Cleary from Qt Harrington, Mass., who will hold down second base ; Leo Wells who will take care of left field ; Bill Colby will play 3rd base; Roy Wells will take care of catching ; Jim Cunningham will play short stop; Jack, Casey will do the pitching, - There are several other boys trying for the team. They will try tr arrange games with teams in Camden before they dei>art for the north. Pennsylvania iavnihkk Said to I hi Ouo of (lie largest Fighting VettwU Afloat. Newport News, Va., Mar. 1(1.? Spou* wtrwl by Mis* E)lUata>tb Kohl of <!???' maptown, Pa., tho giant U. 8. droad naught 'Pennsylvania sllpis*! from tho ways \od.iy and took her place as the most |?owerful fighting machine yet launched. In tho presence of Secretary of Nnvy Daub is. and other oifiotals.^soloMU vov eatonics were conducted, While sailors and marine stood at attention, and an big salute Kans boomed forth. MIsh Kolh dashed a bottle of Champagne over tho how ami ehrlstonded II nolo Katn'8 list h battleship tho Pensylvanla. As tho enormous fighting machine plunged iikto tho mvaii, who presented a strange oontrast to tho Delaware launch In tho same yards- the Newport News fthiphulldlug company's yards tn innn. Whore tho pelowaro lia<l a displace* iiiont of J0.000 toiiK. the giant Pennsyl yuan, brlxOiiiK fivmi her side*. wort* .14 inch typo? twelve In uuihhor ? against the Delaware's ton 12-lncU guns. In addition to hor larger guns, tho ' Pennsylvania carried four submerged torpedo-~iuhfs, through which she t'Ull shoot underwater at an onomy ; and 88 "5 Inch 51 calibre rapid flro guns, four three pouudor saluting guns, two one ismmlcrs, for boats, two throo Inch field plooos and two 30 callhro maohlno guns. Hhe will carry 65 otllcors, a crow of 863, nnd a marino dotachmout of 74. Thirteen million dollars was tho cost to Uncle Sum of this latest addition to the navy which is far and away hotter than anything the navy has ever asked before. From top to bottom hor equip ment js strictly modern. Oil burning Curtis.^ turbines instead of coal engines will propel hor, and sho in lit tod to carry <104, WW) gallons of fuel. Other figure* showing what a giant sho Is follow : Length oyer all 080 foot} breadth, 87 1-2 foot ; speed, 21 knots. The Keel was laid down In February, 1018. The Pennsylvania, In some resiHK-ts will be the most powerful vessel afloat. While not as sjieedy as tho greatost British warship, the J9ti?a beth," which hurled its projectiles with deadly effect 1n tho Dardanelles bom bardment, the Pennsylvania's weight, of broadside Is 8,000 pounds heavier^ than the British rival, and her protec tive armour is three inches thicker. . A comparison of the two ships, each illustrating different Ideas In naval con struction follows : . Pennsylvania ? Displacement. 31,400 tons ; big guns, 8 15-inch ; Armour ^midships, 16 Inches; speed 21 knots: weight of broadside, 16, 202 pounds. Queen Elizabeth ? Displacement, 27, 500 tons ; big guns, 8 15-lnch ; Armour amidships, 13 inches; speed, 24 knots; weight of broadside, 13,400 pounds. Droadnaught No. 38 which has not as yet been christened, is a sister ship of the Pennsylvania. American naval experts declare that while flhlpfiP of the Queen Elisabeth type might out range the Pennsylvania, the latter's protective armour is so heavy that the projectiles would not do any appre ciable damage. (Mncinnatl. O.? The Methodist Min isters Association has formed a secret body of 100 men, who will report to parents .and employers... the n nines of^ ? II young persons attending dances, heatres, etc., thought tO tfe Improper. nhe investigators are voluuteers. ?^hoy rill rei>ort, also, all other law viola Ions they discover. 7 2 Bank No. 235. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANK OF BEJHUNE Located at Bethune, S. C.? at the Close of , Business March 4th, 1916. Lags y- " ? 1 ? ?? ' ?? ' ? 1 " ; \ 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? : ... ! ? -Resource* ? - - r Loans and Discounts r , $51,040.45 Overdrafts ? ? ..... *~.... M0.18 Furniture and Fixtures *JL- 1,600.00 Ranking House ~ I 1,482.00 Due from Banks, and Bankers ? .. 4,732.50 | Currency ... ? ? . .. ?.... 2,800.00 flold - .......... ........ ???v.. 25.00 Silver and Other Minor Coin 638.34 1 Checks and Cash Items ? <131)75 Other Resources, viz: Collection ? ....^ H8.20 Total I-* *03, 875.37 1 r? Liabilities Capital Stock Paid- In - ? 15.000.W Surplus Fund v ? ? ; ? ? , ? , ? - 4,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Rxpeo <es and 2S4.4V Individual Deposits Subject to Check Time Certificates of Deposit 10,184.08 Cashier's Checks 2 '0.70 Bills Payable, Including Certificates f.?r Money. Borrowed 4..r>?ooo Total ... ? - $03,875 37 * V v ' V??/ ? ?? VJ . .f...,. ? i ' STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Kershaw h Before me came J. A. Stone, Cashier of the above named bank, ^hn. l e-l Dg duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement Is ? tru?- khmO vlon of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. 4 J. A, 8T Sworn to and subscribed before me t?ds 18th day of March, 1615. *" r " ?? r S. T. Gardner. Notary PuTmcT rjwitm'mt ii I ? Directors. m