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A Born Undertaker Hy < A HhvM Sn) a husky <llf <*li < w ?'!?? Kiveu lite i? .1 ? <?f lili i v i UK | ,,ls an elephant, Urt.liiK no tools other than his hands, tic uilk'ht k|?i?Ud th?< he*| pari of Ills life tr.viiix, i*n*t iiii*l'l?*i?l?ll.v inluht wear otY his lingers and even Ids aims In the vain Hlteinpt to'fllve the ti iiAf** earen-ss Inirlal. Now siip|H>se we if lye ? tit r ditch dlKU? r ail tin* fdiov els, spade>, ph.kaves, and Ahec|harrows lie eouhl a?k for, and even (hell It \|/ou)d llkelji l??; wcfkn he f ore I In* pea lillt lov lim o|< I friend of our e I'm is days would eease to elllidier (ho land ftcapc. Now. (here Is a certain small hiseei. known as ;(|u* xexion heellt*. who In a few hours ran accomplish a task In pr?i|Mtriloh to Ijfs sjfc pially as ureal or c\ en vuicaler than thai -of. I he man and the elephant lie Is eall ed the sexton from a (pieei hahlP he |ia* of htiiylntf the hodlet of siaall hlrds nr small animals He is only ail llieh lotlK and is an evtreiiieh elieel* fill looking little fellow . iplh'k in Ills movements add alwu,* s In the hUtuest kind of a hurry, lie wears ;i sweater of hlai'k and onintfe, rather an Inap propriate mil'h for one of his uloomx calling Where he keeps hansel! when ? >i 1 1 of a joh m> one knows. He never loafs, Is never seen Just hanging around in Ihnt aimless way so sominon with many of Ids beetle eouslns. When not lit work he disappears, Just .simply fades out of sluht. and Is seen no more until a hurry call hrln^N him to an other Joh. If you wniit tu see a sexton beetle, llll .Vdll have to do I* to llll'iHV M dead mouse or 11 mole nut In ( 1?*' garden. You don't have 1 1 ? wait long, for in an Ineredlbly short time he arrives, Hustling. businesslike. and alert', In* walks around the mouse a few times, touching it here and there with his feelers as If taking measure of his Joh. Having satlstled himself as to the lay of the land and the size of the propo sition lie. is to tackle, he disappears under the hody and at onee begins work, ('ailed hy some system of wire less. his t wo or three assistants short ly arrive and without any delay work themselves out of sight under the car ejisM of the mouse. They do not die a lr?le, as one might suppose, t'umhle the i.odv in. anil then cover with earth. Their* I* a ditVerent met hod, more original -ami effective. .They work themselves liliiler the object to t>e in terred and throw up on it>> elites 1 1 1? > soli that was beneath it. This i< done e(|UilllvN under :t 1 1 parts of the hody. *<? ihmp i?.v lit ti*? it *jj6w.l> - 1 1 ? u - jhki winks aiul II it ally,: a atatfo kIiunI, ?l l^ji | ?) >4*ji r 'Si helo\y I !?*? If\ t'l, Willi till'-, mm li ai ?cnjiiplMird. i| i Mil i';i ,i juiif ' t ?? r in draw (lie plli'tl'U^ *'dl nvvr file I lanly, | <11 1 li (lnwii a 1 1 1 1 U ? . -.nil. i a litis of wax* and trash around, and mil' \\,iiiiii hfirttly i> i n 1 w tin ? ui fa<?? j had lu'rii 1 1 Ixt II 1*1 M??l , Tile ^4 ' \ I ? I U IH? *C|| V ? *1 1 ^T< ? lie does) iU'1 | ifiii i Ice Ills chosen pt'ofoHMlon merely t<? iyi'l Iinsl?litly i ?l iJtM'l s out of wlj/lit or f<?r any sanitary reasonn wlni t - 1 ineCi ll Is Hie call <?f the mother 1 ti slliict | lir 1 1 1 .-s 1 1 1 1 ? - 1 that toll* li I if i llif y oiiuu , heel Ion ean't live and prosper without tin' shelter. of just Mieh a homo as. he prepare* for them. Ills o 1 1 1 s object In put t Ink* sinttrly under u ro|i in I 1 1 M ? body |4'. ?Iho iiloUHO Is to keep it hi J lis I the iIkIiI condition until the Inuuiry ll(ili> urubs hatch out and hi'j-'tJi 4o 'all for their natural food. When I he uiousei has been tucked away and (ho mother beetles have deposited their eu'tfs In the carcass, the hurhil sipiad disappears, \\ <?! I satisfied with t lie w ork it has dune.' M (?Jledllsi'h, \vlu? made an exhaust Ive stud.\ id' tills ililerestliiK little "worker In clay." say* that "In a space of llft.s days four beetles Interred four fl'otfs, three small hlrds, two fishes, one mole, and two grasshopper*. he sides several plefes of heel liver!" Fit For A Lnwyer. An old lady walked Into a lawyer's otllee lately, When the following con versa t ion took place; Lady Squire. I ? *11 1 )??? I to see If you would like t<< take 'l.ls hoy and make a lawyer of hhn. i l-awyer? The hoy apiH'dPH rather young, madam; how old Is he? j Lady? Seven years, sir. Lawyer-- lie Is too young ? decided ly too young. Have you no ho.vs old er? Lady- < >h yes sir I have several; hut we have concluded to make farm ers of the others. ! told my old man I thought this little feller would make a first rate lawyer, so 1 calhsl to see if you would take him. Lawyer ? No madam, he Is too. young yet, to commence the study of the pri. f ?-sloii. Mut why (jo you think lids hov an.v hetrer calculated for a law yer than your other son^? * Lady ? Why, you see. he is Just sev en ? years old today. When lie was only live, he'd lie like all natur' ; when he got to he six. lie was sassy and Im pudent as any critter could he; and now he'll steal everything he ran lay his hands on.? Kxchange. * I ra < >. Hurton, who shot and killed l>avhl Langford. in Newherr.v several weeks ago. has heeh released from jail on hoinl. The South ('aroilna Medical asso ciation is t<> hold its annual meeting ill < 'harlesion April 1 v. 1?> and JO. HKMHKKTH NKW8 NOTKS. Itcinhcrt, S. A|?r, Tint drought Is affecting veuet a I lull Very *erluusly. cwr*f i-arrr ifrRw for wani of moisture while ^unli'iis it i *? iI.nIiik <>ii(, and wells Uoluy dry. Coi n t tin t h planted' < ai4*Y come up, hut tin1 ni In will come after 11 wllilc II I M I nature will pllt HI I . lii'W life, The wiip ami mills still arc here and likely to uliiy until they wear ? ?*? t . l^ull.e II spirited coldest is tfolntf on j aiiionu I lit* youpu ladle* in this county, j ninl e|newhere, f< ?r. several prison of money Mini nut < iiim >1 ? I less offered I?y ji paper. The girls know how to hustle for vofesaud they have friends wilt) are n I < 1 1 1 ik them, Kershaw coiluty litis m full' contestant In tin* contest llini Is hoh|)ui( tier own with the rest. I The political pot is heuluiiinu to sim mer. not ms much though ms in your county. In this magisterial district, Mr. J, l?. ( i II (.Is Is a cMinlhlatc for "re election Mini is OppUHC4.1 hy l? S, \ l II son a im I T. I'. Sunders, Jr. No other candidates in I lie county so fur. In lite state for governor. Manning will have in the |M?rsons of Idolise liiul CiMiper, foeinen worthy of his steel, Wilson will he nominated in (lie Na tional ( 'oiiventlon hy McclliiiMthin and he elected. The repnhllcaus are at sea as to whom they will nominate, hut it matters not who he may lie, ho will meet his Waterloo for when the sun sets on tin' 7th of next November the party in power will have another four years lease. Zack Kaxton, a \v?ntl?.v colored man, died hero a few day* ago. Ho waH In ? dustriou*, res|>ectful and honest, and I was highly respected by the white i>eo ple and a credit to Ids race. One by one, tlds old class of colored iwople arc passing away to the regret of all. 1 Leap year has not brought forth any forward movement hy the young ladles and i ) ?, > t likely to. Within rifle shot of the writers home are young ladles that wonld adorn any inisltlon In life. Reared and trained hy Christian moth ers. In ludnstry and deportment, and with becoming modesty that commands the respect of ."II Intelligent jK'op'c. The Only Drawback. "Well, - Dinah. I hear yon are mar ried." " Yossuin." said the former cook. "I.'se done ?ot me a man now." "Is he a good- provider?" "Vassnin. He's a mighty fine pro vider. lint I 'so powerful skeered he's gwine to uit kotched at It." ? Hirming ham Autvllerald. . dame* HnfT, a lineman in Oroen \ Hie. met instant death Tuesday morn ing when lie came in contact with a wire carrying volts. ?? STI{\N<^ T\I'K # HO VI S frijind Into Ser\ ire on Old RlVCfl Sime Tl??* War Began. \ ? ' ' All kinds of hIiI|?h of win and of t? ?i ? 1 1 1 it - 1 . ?? ||UVt? hecii pressed info mt vlec In tin* tfi'eat Kurojieuu conflict. There are sea hunts, ou t lie water bout* ii ii< I undersea hoata! there arc super dreadnoughts, Inn 1 1<* crulscra and disguised commerce raiders, there arc Kreut (Mean Krcytiomids that yester were Ileal Im.' pu lares of the ocean, carY.vliitf I lie wealth and heauty of civilization on their udmalluus across the sea, hut that today are kiIih havens of surrerlnu, where the wail of pain ami the shriek of aturulsh have suh stituhMl the carnival of music and the sound of mirth. Hut strangest of nil the kinds of floating enulpntent that the war has drafted Into service I* tiie Kelek. lie scrlhltiK' this strange l??'iit, the Natlou al < JeoKrajihlc Society says: "The kelek is pmhahly one of the curliest fornix of w'ater transportation URcd hy our ancestors In Asia, it con sists of floatsklus Inllaied with air, tied heueath a framework of lltfht |k?Ics, Often as many as N00 such sklus are used to ?ive the hoat the do* sired buoyancy. ( "Tlii' cargo Is loaded on to the kelck Just as Munich it were a tlatbot tomed Ikargc, after which the craft begins Its Joruncy down the Tigris or the Eu phrates, projM'lliMl or Ridded by oars. When It reaches Its Journey's -end It Is broken up and sold as skins and tim ber. "The two great rivers of Mesoi>ota mla are very crooked and very Irregu lar In their depths. The air line's distance between* Dlarbeklr and Bag dad is 400 miles, while the water route via the Tigris Is about 1,000 miles. At many places the river Is deep enough to accomodate boats of considerable draft, but at others It is so shallow that a man has difficulty In swimming. Hut. even over shallows, where a man can not go as a swim mer, a well-laden kelek will tloat with out accident. "For thousands of years this buoy* ant boat has helped the people of Meso potamia to move their commerce over the shoals and shallows of two of the earths moodiest rivers. a,nd has now come to play its small part in the greatest war of human history." According to a story appearing in the Now York Times. It. Sherwood Dunn, former Hull Moose leader in South Carolina, was killed in a Zeppe lin raid on Paris on January .'50 last. \V.\K TO KNU JI NK 17. For what it 1h worth Uio following stor,\ from the Financial World. of Loudon. lx rcprlutodhvre: In I h?* luttor half of last your mu ru i ik a I. ojhIoii legend .an mlfcer called ? oil his hank manager with regard to (Vital II dlsposit hills (if his balance pre para lory t?> his departure for the front. "You won't ho away loiijt." said the utaiitttfor. "How do you know?" was t lio reply, "You will ho hark in unite a short time. wounded in the hand." NVIieu the oilieer actually returned, with a wounded hand, and in a short time, lie was puifcled. However, his wound healed, and he was off a^ain. He went to hjd "<}ood-hy" at the hank. "Anv more prophecies ?"? said he, Jocularly. "You will ho away longer this time," replied the manager, "and then you will he rather badly wounded in the loK-" When the ollleer was wounded in the lejjf and came home, he sought the first chance to interview his fur-seeing friend at the hank. "As you can foretell my wounds, can't you give nie the date of the end of the war?" lie asked. "The war will end," said the mana ger, "on June 17 next. Hut I shan't live to witness It. I shall just about see New Year's Day, and that's all." He died on January 2. The ottteor is now looking forward with extra ordinary interest to June 17. Former Governor Smith Dead. Baltimore, March 81. ? Former Gov* ernor Charles A. Smith, of South Car olina, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital today "tlfter a long Illness, ery&ipehiM developing after many months. .Suf fering from heart trouble was the di rect cause of death. Mr. Smith had been at the hospital two months. -He was about r>h years old. The former Governor's home was In Tlmmonsvllle, S, C. He was presi dent of a Tlminonsvllle bank and was prominently known In Baptist educa tional circles. As Lieutenant Governor under Cole HI ease, he succeeded to the governorship <>n Mr. Mease's res ignation a few days before the end of his term. Mr. Smith's tenure as Governor covered the five-day period from .Tan miry 14 to January 1!). 11)15. . A widow, four sons and three daimh ? ? tors survive. \V. 1. Witherspoon and James Can sler. both of York county, will be in tfee W?V WKttlu year fur rHtlinnd CfUllluiHsliUH'r to HUmHHl McOulHo llumptou. ?**$$!? 9V Mammoth Yellow Soja Bean promises to be one of the most profitable crops for southern farm ers everywhere. Makes a forge yield of beans, which are reudliy salable for oil-producing and food purposes, In addition to its use for forage, soil-improving and stock feeding. Splendidly adapted to our southern soils and climate. The New 100-Day Velvet Bean the quickest growing of Velvet Iknms, promise to supercede Cow Peas very largely as a soil-Improv ing, forage and grazing, crop throughout the South. Cheaper to Seed per acre than cow peas. Write for prices and "Wood's Crop Special" giving full in formation in regard to Sola and Velvet Beana, Cow Paaa, Millet, Seed Corns, Sorghums, Sudan Qraaav ate- Mailed free. T. W.WOOD & SONS, SEEDSMEN. - Richmond. Va. W. O. HAY'S Automobile and Machine Shop Camden, South Carolina - ? ? ? r , ? ?"???? Equipped the Equal to any in the South, We wake any kind and size of spring, beat vauadlum steel used, and guaranteed. Storage Batteries charged with the very latest motor generating set at a saving of time and money. Axle and propeller shafts made and guaranteed to equal the factory product in every particular. Casings and Tubes vulcanized? all work guaranteed. I'resto-Lite Exchange ? Styles B and E cylinders always 011 hand. Fisk Tires and tubes always in stock. We will personally see that you are satisfied with our service or we do not want your money. Oxy-Aoetylene Welding ? Castings <?f all kinds of metals a specialty. Thanking you all for the hand some support given me since going in business for myself, I am,, Yours respectfully, W. O. HAY In view of my intention to retire from business, I am offering my entire stock of FURNITURE & HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES ? V at such prices which are bound to interest you. This Sale Begins on April 13th and Lasts For 30 Days Every piece of my ftock will be sold in that time, including: BED ROSJI^SUITS, BUFFETS, BEDS, BUREAUS, CHAIRS, PARLOR SUITS, SEWING MACHINES, GLASS AND CROCKERY WARE. It is an opportunity to furnish your home cheap. If you don't get this stock it will be sold to a busi ness firm and you'll have to pay regular prices. Why not avail yourself of the opportunity now. DON'T WAIT. COME EARLY AND GET YOUR PICK BEEORE IPS TOO LATE TEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT OFFERED ON ALL ACCOUNTS SETTLED IN THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS W. GEISENHEIMER A MERCHANT IN CAMDEN FOR 36 YEARS CAMDEN S. C