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^ER CALIFORNIA 5par?ely Settled Region f Republic. " 1 1,1 ci j4,lv i ???????? lla nJKHU wlllcll tllt'lV llHVtr J <xMilllcUug reiN>Nt? since thv jrt Ul?uvn U?e t'lilttMl Slab's {Jro ivached a crisis, is I ho sub g war geography bulletin Issued I KNtional Geographic Socicty yiilogtoa, Conc^rtitng this um territory of MexJoo. whns<? or Is reputed tn have declared f neutral with, resjHH-t to the ?uMk* mihI ?i*<1 wttblux 'or JJn, t<? tiif United States, the ii wi)s: M?r California, onee a land of roiiutii*^' ami thrilling adventure,! of the most sparsely settled re- I nf the Moxlcau republic. It has t <orreH|>oiidlng in sliso to that Atlantic Coast peninsula of hut with nearly 700 miles more Huts owing to It* extreme length miles. Florida has more than os hx ui any people. I ryhig hi width from .'10 to l.TO lower California Is a rugged, | | strip of land with a mountain* Lckhoiie largely of volcanic orl- j fror yearly two hundred years' Its discovery by the Spaniards It- J lioiiK'lit (o ho an island. I > southern |>ortipn of the ]>euin ?* aeuie rain, but. the northern !js dry and arid, producing cer 4mm), k ni lKks, cassava and hu iic only after being thoroughly Hi. The mineral resource* are Mind varied. Gold, silver, lead, salt, gypsum, turquoises, op id garnets are profitably mined. Iver mines of La i'ez were work the Jesuits as early ar 1700, years after the famous padre, lerra, started the first )>erma panlsli settlement In the land. fcer California owes it? early ax on at the hands of Cortez* lieu tenant* to the fact that ttu> region was NllplMMOd to. l?e the llUUIC of H WOnder fill race of aircns and amoaons whose majestic cities were paved with k'??id. In writing to hla sovereign In HVJi llui conqueror of Mexico said: 'They tett me i|Mt CiHUatlU Is an island lnhaldi ed by women without any men, altho at certain times the.\ are visited !?> men from the mainland, and if the women bear fem?le children they are protected, but if males . t i??*y are driven j from society They alst? t *?l I me that it 1h very rich in pearls apd gold, re s(>cctlng \vhlch 1 shall lnhor to obtain the truth and give your majesty a full account of It.' 4 ?The nauie California is derived neither froin Clguatau. hy which the region was known to Cortex, nor from Calhla Fornax (Hot Oven), the apt descriptive phrase employed hy some of the early explorers. The name was used In 'Las Sergus do Ksplandlau,' a widely read Spanish romance v of Cor to*' day, to designate 'an island bn tin* right hand of the Indies very near the terrestrial paradise.' Home com mentators suggest that this name was adopted In derision, for the barren "shores and desolate .black mountains of the peninsula could hardly have sug gested clyslan Ileitis to those seeking fertile valley and treasure cltlcs. "The magnificent Magdalena Hay, on whose protected waters, forty miles long and twelve miles wide, the Pa cific fleets of the American navy have conducted their target practice In re cent. years, was discovered by Francisco de Ullo In 1039 while on a voyage of exploratlou seeking the {tcarl* and gold of the a masons. MJU>wer California has two capitals ? ? La Kusenada. with a imputation of 2,000, 05 miles by sea from San Diego, Oal., and La Paz, with 5. BOO people, many of whom, earn a livelihood from the port's i>eaii fisheries which are among the most imi>ortant In the world. "In addition to Its pearl oysters, the waters of Lower California yield sponges, tortoises, speriu and gray-back I oil '11 want to hear this new record I of "Listen to the Mocking Bird" You know this charming old ballad-? the song * of your school days which enabled you to dem onstrate your whistling abilities. Once the most popular of American songs; and now it is revived by the Victor in a most attractive form. Alma Gluck gives a most de lightful rendition, with some real* /nocking-bird calls by that famous "Nature Singer," Charles Kellogg. Victor Red Seal Record 74468. Twelve- inch, (1.50. | The "Lucia Sextet" and the 'Rigoletto Quartet" on one record You'll be interested to know that you can now get these two imous operatic masterpieces on one Victor Double-faced Record. I hey are the nuiubers which have heretofore been available inly on single-faced recWds. Sung respectively by the Victor Opera lextet and the Victor Opera Quartet. In this new form they are ne of the most attractive combinations ever offered. VWter tSUm Let*} Record 550M. j .. .1 . ? r jgfig. . Two popular concert ballads by two instrumental trios ITie Neapolitan Trio (violin, ute, harp) and the Venetian Trio* nolin, 'cello, harp) are two organ lations whose sweet-toned and de ghtful renditions may justly be ronounced perfect examples of ure music. The two well-known umbers now presented ? "I Hear fou Calling Me" by the Neapolitan, nd 'Little Grey Home in the Vest" by the Venetian ? seem es ecially attractive in instrumental >rm, and show to advantage the till of these players. N? pollUn Trig Victor DouWf.ced Rtocd 17079. Tm-M* 78 ??U. These three recorda are among the New Victor Records for May Come in ami hear them ? get a complete descripti\e . he numbers. And while you're here, ask to hear any nu ippeal to \ on. We will gladly play them for you. Camden Furniture Co. Phone 30. Camden S. C. iVOFFORD COLLEGE SPARTANBURG, S. C. Pounded in 1854. AChristian fcndards and ideals. Lo crated llffu courses. - |ue Ridge Mountains. Offers full and o Library. fxi session opens September 20th, 19> . _ id special information address Hatufy Wofford College Fitting School i A high grade preparatory school for tow. \\ attention. Careful moral training. *oin<me an(^ *xt session opens September 20th. For ca ecial information address I HEAD MASTER, SpaMkurf. S. C. "imhw, ? hll,. I? |?, V1,(K- ulM ,? ???.??.? ?r ,h, ,.?*( uaiois un> ii(> found," GO\> UX4>K WOKH rOR MH TH < AKOI JN.\. h TT"' 'any not I** the 'T' 10 ,M> H Houn 01 otherwise p, Hjuynr at advantage tilt l?C? |{?, l|s j| ,.r s,?v<>ssf(l, , ? Man lit* Is stM-vh.K his State well of 1 hi hotahle evidence tf this Is (he f?,.t (1)411 }?. , J J wived by the National < lover nment III V au,/>[,u* of aiOie than oxv In* ui id long past due hy this State be tiuiso of the loose ways or the Nation H ml1.111 of Sout,? ^'nroitim. I his <ici>t when -.Mr. Mauulm: came Into ofttco was $1ti|,ooo, lie has sue ?ve<le?l In get 1 1 UK It all removal from the b,M?ks. This debt was not the fault of the present administration j1( ,hJ Adjutant < Jeheral's otlhv, for Mr Moore has a tickler for system in ert \! In iVr0<.,m :>f ^"VTiiiiiwir prop < n,\ In the hands of t ti?> Nat hum I mml, a, Hi ?tr?lrs ,??i !| the nnniwnkw 11 r ?? Miik k, i,| III ? business-like way. thSSJr & "ff ;>r^?ho many l.ljc Sat 1?'?* .done for the tuiinii'ii 1. V! a "tMV methodical Hi. r o" ?? ?'?<' Nfate Hospital ?0,, ,W"S. S,msl 1,1 1,M% a ui nearly as much as the IJoveruor l?K2lIC ?,V<>(1 for <?uard. liv reminding the bonded debt of the able atee.* 'm ,IUIMU,,t of voider and^f'h!, !h,S rvi<UM,<v <>f economy II, v1 r,Uass ??<*?"?. ???s opinments "S ^ a,v#,,,ak,?? a ?'i? fuss over ta creating of new offices" as it is ;????! (.rami Juries for the Increas of tho efficiency of the offices that put ytMVfrTWwMUI ,H' tho ?^tler way to Ml/Vni '?lPt> nQt, t,u> who make for I'M* H TV tUo vt'vy who ! Mars op|K>se<l eompulsorv attend1 ZT U,Km S(;htX,ls? AW they not the \or%\ t ones who have opposed medical inspection of sehool children? j Arf hot the very ones who ai> rn^nmiJ? foriu<>r Htlmlu 1st rat Ion for mai.uniiUin* practically ail of the prisoners at the Penitentiary? The State board of charities, which seems to ?lve greatest offense, Is doiinr a quiet and effe<?tive work in the State I to Improve the coutlltinns of Jails and prison j>ens. That Is why their work s recehed with execration, i>erbaps because some persona muy not wish to see removed the causes which give ex cuse for pardons by the wholesale. If an efficient board of charities had/been at work in this State for the last fif t,u' Ihiprovement in i>enal conditions would have been such that there would have l>eeii an entire ab pence of excuses for pardons of many who were set free. And who will at tempt to argue that freeing prisoners was not an economic loss of tens of 1 thousands of dollars to the State? As one of his opponents, Mr. Des ( humps, said at Anderson, the ]>eople w S"ut,h Carolina do not understand lr. Manning If they fall to appreciate the really big and certainly useful things that lie has endeavored. His administration has been busv It has been full of jolts. i? addlthin to the ruts and rocks and roots al ready in the road some jieofile were ever busy muktng new obstacles to the safe and comfortable passing of the car of State, and not one of his oppo nents ever once went to the driver and saldj "F/ook out for the bad places the road, just around the corner." That road was badly worn by fac tionalism. was dangerously cut up by prolonged reckless political driving, was full of weather-worn pitfalls ami leg-breakers. It would have been easier If Mr Manning bat! lightened the load, b?l lie has undertaken the big job of try ing to make a road and carry a load, all at the same time, and uncomplain ingly. Who comes behind him will have a smooth way and few Jolts.? Editorial in Columbia Record. Epidemic ^kmong Children. There is very great concern in New York and in the country surrounding because of an epidemic of infantile paralysis, centering In New York and spreading throughout the country. There have been about 250 deaths in New York sinCe June 1. This many have been reported : hut there is r?j#tej son to believe that there have l>e<?fll many deaths that have not been jge I>orted. The public, health services ftf New York and of the Federal govern ment are giving the matter most in terested attention." The medical ex pert# are most concerned to know how tl*e contagion is being spread and they are working on that problem. Quar antine of the city has been consider ed ; but has been abandoned as im practicable. The physicians have ad vised the keeping of the children away from picture shows and all other gath ering places and adults have been ad vised also to hold themselves aloof from contact with other people. Woman (Jets lxmg Sentence. . Harrisonburg, Va., July 5. ? Mrs. Margaret Sipe, 58 years old, was sen tenced to five years in the State Pen itentiary today for sending poisoned Cindy to young women at Grottoes, Va., who she claimed "exerted an erii influence" over her four Mrs. Sipe confessed that April ? 1 fhe sent the poisoned candy to a Miss Kyger and Mr. Hattie Kyger Baugher, A younger sister was made desperate ly ill, but the Intended rictinis cs caned. 4? ?' ? Mr. J. N. Poyell, counsel for the C. C. & O., died in Spartanburg Sunday. Knocked Oat. A youthful physician had been sum moned as a witness In a cam which depended on technical evidence, and opposing counsel In cross examination asked several sarcastic questions about the knowledge and skill of so young a doctor, relates The Pittsburgh chron icle Telegraph. "Are yon," he asked, "entirely fa miliar with the symptoms of concus sion of the "brain 1** : "Then I should like to ask your opinion of a hypothetical case. Were my learned friend, Mr. Banks and my self to Wink our heads together, should we get concussion of the brain?" "Mr. Banks might," was the dls coocerttaf reply. BIRDS' NESTS A DELICACY | Edible Dear to Chinese Constltutea an Important P+ri m the export " j Trade of 8?am. Au Important Item In tho export trade of Slum consUti of edible nests of Hwlfts, or swlftlets, as they are 1 alao cull yd. The principal markets for this trade arc China, Hongkong and Singapore. In Hongkong. It la aald, tho demand often exceeds the aupply. and price* range from $15 to $25 per pound, according to quxllty. The tirat nests constructed In the ! soason which are composed of pur* [ saliva, are held auperlor for eating ; purposes. They are gathered on com | plot ion before the eggs are laid. The ; birds then build again, and the sec ond nests. in which the saliva la mixed j with rootlets, grass, etc., and often j shows traces of blood, from the ef- j forts made to produce aallva. are alao | taken on completion. A third nest la : then constructed of extraneous sub- | stances cemented together and the 1 whole fustened to the wall by a little saliva, the How of which seems to be practically exhauated. The birds are. allowed to rear their young in these nests, which are afterward deatroyed by the nest gatherers, ao as to compel the construction of fresh nests the following year. tCdible nests of swift- j lets ure found In the Malay archipel ago, Austrulla, and many of the Facltlc Islands. In northern Borneo certain caves inhabited by theae awiftlets pro duce $25,000 worth of nesta every year and show no diminution, in the quan tity, despite systematic robbery for seven generations. FOUND PATIENT A PROBLEM Authorities of New York Aquarium Will Admit That 9oa Cow Was a Hard Proposition to Handle. The big manatee or tea cow, which disports in a 20-foot tank for the edi fication of visitors at the New York aquarium, has been troubled with a salt water rash which cfjled for treat ment by the fish doctors. That was .easier said than done. The manatee weighs 900 pounds and is as strong as a horse and far more difficult to han To scoop the sea cow out 6f the tank with a landing net and a derrick did not seem practical. To treat the big patient In the water was equally im possible. So they let all the water Out of the tank and, while the manatee flopped helplessly at the bottom, the doctors went to work. The treatment was a success and the 12-foot exhibit is now as well as ever. The sea cow was caught in the wa ters off Florida and brought to New York. It is a fastidious eater, show lng a prefereuco for eel-grasa and let tuce leaves. It haa no Tront teeth. Its strength lies in its beaverlike tail. ? New York World. Primitive Christian Hyn\n Book. A fonous English scholar. Dr. Hen del ffarris, has discovered a venemble Syrlao verslan of "The Qdes and Psalms of Solomon," a collection of ancient hymns that are almost as old as the books of the New Testament in their present form, and in part even olden In speaking of his discovery, Doctor Harris said: "In this little book, if my Judgment is correct, we have for the first time recovered a book of hymns of the ear ly Christian community, and these hymns are marked by all the charac , teiistics that we associate with that great spiritual revival that marks the early Christian church. They give us a key to primitive Christian experi ence, just as the rediscovery of the Olney hymns, or a volume of early Methodist hymns, or Saint Bernard's' Latiq hymns ? supposing any or all of these to be lost ? would help us to i understand what really went on at the? Methodist revival In England, or in' the great monastic revivals of the middle ages. "The little book In its first form can scarcely be later than 150 A. D., and it may be earlier. It may bo as early as the uucanonlcal but very valuable 'Teaching of the Apostles.' In any case, It brings us so close to the dfcys and the spirit of the New Testament writings that when we read them, or sing them, we are in the aureole of the first and great confession. ? Youth's Companion. . Gold You Can 8ee Through. Gold, which becomes so Important in war time, is an extremely inter eating substance In many ways. It can be beaten so thin that 126,000 leavso of ft pBid on top of one another would only reach an inch in height. When beaten Into the thinnest possi ble sheet It becomes transparent. Gold, too, can be drawn into the fin est wire of any metal. Michael Far aday* the great British chemist, once calculated that he could make a gold wire from four sovereigns long enough to go around the earth. It la because gold oan be beaten so thin that tobacconists are able to uee real gold for tipping cigarettes, and yet mot charge an exorbitant price, for tkan. ?r ; OM Illustration. Th# Bachelor (after the proposal) But are you quite sure you betters la second love? . The Widow ? Certainly, ay dear. Ifow euppoee a woman buys a pound of ?tpir; it is sweet, isn't It? Tha Bachelor? Tea, of course. But? Tha Widow? Well. when that's gone she naturally wants another p^und? and the second pound is just as sweet as the tat, isn't It. H S(|( Alts K>K MAKKIST. ? V. * * , ? ? * - . , riemspn caUetst'., s. July rjvr? 'file production of Mjualts j'or market rc tnCToa^Hrii . r^tnaTy * throughout ' I li*v nlHie, ami pivaitaido jvturm? are. iv l?orled. The main reason f?u' tUiH In creasing ifiterest (a M|iial> hiw<l.fujf It* tlwtt all | a have lettined where Mie be*t markets me uwated and ?\\ Id prepare squabs fur these market*. 1^*11 1 1 recently. what piteous were not $ohl tn Hiatal pairs for hreedtiiK. were sold a live to a linn In rhlcajto who purchased live white pigeons for millinery and fotnl purpose*. A inuwh more satisfactory market has now l?*yh discovers!.- The sipiahs a iv kl IUm I at four weeks ohl, before they leave the WV*t. and their feather* are tviitnvwl, The\ aro not drawn, as they -are starv ed over night and their crops ami lie testlnes a iv empty. They are I'lidl^l hi hv water for several hours. then packed In boxes and shlp|?cd hy the evenluu express to Now York. The boxes nh> lined with heavy |mi|hm', af I t??r whh h alternate layers vof" n arked | lee and squabs mv paeked. The lop price In New York .lnl,\ 1st ; was $ for one do*un squabs welult liitf ten pounds. I leereastnu prices are paid for squabs weltfhluu eight, seven ami six and one half pounds jkt doxen, It has heel i found more profitable to ohtaln for breeders, pigeons that will produce squabs weighing about a pound each when ready for market. Two popular broods aiv t h$ NVMilto Kings 4ihl tho Oarnoau*. Th*w |vro Huee (?Miii heavy, \vhlte-iueatw1 Pln?ai> w|\>nl?s llttt tirtror top T\n?^s, at al, what. b oqnally Important. tho\ tu...l as many squall a yoa v ax any of tho *unillor breed* who, n given similar troafiuout. Tito old ou?dout ? ?r allowing pltroons l ?? fly at llhorty and gather what food they could from the tlo|dx is no humor lu voum' among breeder w ho w Ish to make money from plgoonw. They will breed factor, produce |thutt|N*r squabs, ami can ho kept without hl*a from their unmoroux. ohomlos In wired -In tt>lng ikuis attached to Inexpensive hoiix?'s. This subject of squalt raising will ho studied at (ho summer school at ( 'Iouimmi. l\?lloge July III to August 5, to whh'h all mon ami women are Invited. Tho oxponso Is nominal ami no thaw Is ma do for tuition. Any who cannot attend the summov school mil obtain full Information by writing tho I'oultrv l>lvlsh?n. Clomson College, S.,<\ Mrs. Mattlo Nplnucr, a widow of oiympla, Columbia, has- fohr sous In tho National Ouard al Camp Mooro autl one lu tho regular army of tho Culled States. There aro a number Of parents throughout tho stato who liavo two ami three won* lu tho Na tional (5uard. A watch is intended to tell you the time of day. Unless it does this accurately it is worse than useless, for it7 is like the man you cannot depend upon. Many a man has twenty-five or thirty dollars tied up in a watch which is worthless when if he would invest a dollar or two for having it?- repaired he would get the full value of it. Often a watch which does not keep proper time needs regulating for which we make no charge. If it needs re pairing our prices are more than reasonable, and our work is guaranteed. G. L. BLACKWELL Jeweler and Optician Camden, S. C. ?.V? t ;V > "v W- ; \ . V !% .v".- .r' :? ? t * You can get your Chmro-Cola "In a Bottle? Through a Straw*9 at Soda Fountains and other Refreshment Stands. Everybody knowe it by its name