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first to teach philosophy I hp"*" '? ThilM, Who K? tablithed ? School Which exorte* Wld* 4nflutnco. ' ?riu- ftr#t school of philosophy was ;#itil>l'*hcd ill MllltVI (AhJ? Minor) !by Thtlt^ ??ne rtf tbi wl?? men. unit wsa ?? remarkable institution, ririiin,: un influence for morn than ? century Thales seems to have given more entirely to this school rjian to toy of hia other undertaking*. There In h legend that he never married, and wlieu hi* mother pressed him to do ?o he said: 'it Is not yet tliue." After his youth was passed she again urged l,tin io marry and he said: "It l? no longer time." WM ^iaiiy of t he/subjects taught In 'ills M'tiool, sueh as astronomy, geometry ?ml geography, show the Influence of Kgypt and Phoenicia; hut (he phi losophy* was probably an original prod uct, for while some of the sciences were somewhat advanced, the phlloKO phy was apparently a first attempt at mii explanation of the origin of the world. It originated a movement which culminated more than a century later iif7he Idealism of Plata. We may perhaps understand Home thing of the attitude of the eom uon people toward Thales* school of philosophy from the story of the old woman who laugbed when the paster fell backward Into a ditch afte>\ gax lag too long at the Mnrs. The old woman nf>t only laugbed, but *he Is Mild to have called after him: "if you cannot see what Is under your feet, how cnu you understand what Is In heaven ?" Tlio geography abd astronomy taugbit in this school were very prim itive: The earth was flat, the sun circled around (t horizontally, helng concealed at niglit by high liilb. One writer of the time describes the world hi the following poetlcul way: "God makes a mantle, large and fair and embroiders on it eurth and ocean and ocean's dwellings." different kinds of speed Aviator and Motorist Didn't Have tha Same Kind of Comparison as They Traveled. ?r The motorist was taking an aviator friend; recently returned from the army air service, out for a spin. 'Chinking of the 125-mlle-an-houiNspeed to which the airman was accustomed, the motorist felt that It was incumbent opon him to "let 'er out." His friend, he felt, would feel badly ambling along st the land rate fol$s are used to trav eling. So he cu^ loose and the car was zipping along at something like BO miles an hour. , Then the motorist felt a hand laid upon his arm.'. "Going pretty fast, aren't you?" re marked the aviator, a trifle uneasily. After the motorist had slowed down he asked: "Why, I thought the best speed I could make wonld seem slow to you. How is It that it appeared so fast?",, ' . "You see, in tfie air, even at our greatest speed, we seera more or less stationary unless we look below us and #ee objects flitting past," explained the aviator. "You know speed can only be reckou^ visually?by tilings one is leavingbehind. Now, the gait' you were moving a few minutes, ago looked mighty fast, uncomfortably fast I might say, to me. I kept noticing things we are leaving behind." "Well, I'll be darned," said the mo torist. "I never thought of it In that way before." . And the hand of the speed clock Jig gled back to the 2*5-mile marlr^Kan sas City Star. If yt Only Were! The late Klla ' Wheefer Wilcox, though the most popular poet of mod ern ilines, steadfastly refused to enter New York society. The most exclusive Fifth avenue portals were open to her, !>ut Mrs. Wilcox passed them indiffer ently by. A New York magazine editor ouce sought her out with an invitation to a Fifth avenue dinner party. "I'm sorry," she said, "but I can't *o." "Oh." said the editor, "you must ac cept this invitation i" "Why ruust I?" said tire poet. "Our host," the editor answered, "is rich?rich*?a multimillionaire. You must accept." "Well, I would." said Mrs. Wilcox, with u smile, "if It were catching!" He Was No Mollycoddle. A neighbor's son was entertaining *bout twenty of his tittle boy amLglrl friends at his birthday party. The children were supposed to return to their respective homes at eight o'clock in the evening; however, they were having such a good time when the going home hour arrived, its passing ?till found them hard at It. The moth er of the little host suggested to him 'he advisability of intimating to his tittle friends the lateness of the hour. This Is how he did It: "Say, it's nine o'clock; I'm getting *leepy, and you kids have got to go t?f>me!" ? "What's that? (Jo home this early?" ?aid one of his Indignant little guesta. "I thought this was to be an all-night ifTair!" Some Old. ~ i "Ho you've been In the array, eh?" \*ked the old gentleman kindly. ?'And ?H me. did you do much shooting ?hlle ye* were over there?" ~I wis $30 the first day I landed la ^sne*,'* answered the gambler. pr?ra4? BIKD HUMtK!. CLEVER TRICK Mat Vii of Northern Nigciu ANbiiW RiHfflblanci of (h? Quarry They Are Seeking. Someone mu.V hu\e called yuu "a t fcird" with exchiututory ?iCcents ?f ad miruilon, but Iihv?' you ,ever tried to act ilko a bird ?.?r to appear like a to uldiKt it f?\il liinl': . >>ii, so ,\oij hliVGU'l, fur 1111 s Uu*t (In- wax wt In tlil? country go hunting. even though We 11t.iy In" I hi i;u??i j,I drill o| Spptt* un*n. It ih, however, one Idrddiuuting method In Africa, writes Temple .Mun ulug iu the St. Louis iu'|>111<i11 A reoent i11 un i rut ion ??Iiown how a dusky heuu seta out to t'wscinatc one of flu4 leathered iiuIivcm of the woods aud plains of ourtlioru Nigeria. If was in liasaa, to be ex&Ct, where i lit* pho tograph froui which the picture ,1a drawn was snapped, And the person who was caught In the very net ot en ticing a bird belongs to the tribe which goes by the name of Munshi. Industrious and very good tillers of the soil as they are, the Munshla are s^ld to be ? quarrelsome aud great lovers of alcohol, which they sometimes contrive to smuggle 4n and to drink with vast speed, it may be, Indeed, that this Munshi hoped to cuteh his bird for the drink It would bring. At any rate, he was most serious as he wopt about his bird-acting. Clad in a straw shirt to give the effect of the scene In which he moved, the hunter held t he artificial ^ bird's head close to his own and begun to stalk his quarry. To human eyes view ing him from a distunce be looked more like a strange caricature of an ostrich than anything else. To bird eyes perhaps he appeared Hke a scene from the surrounding country?that is, a bird teetering on u coal-black branch, swaying above a field of grain that moved In the wind. It seems odd that so simple, an ex pedient should be so successful. It Is true thai the hunters sometimes return empty-handed, but more often they come hack laden with the birds they set forth to get. In this country aud in these days, when huutcrs sometimes seem almost as numerous as the bunt ed, it would be exceedingly dungerouH to appear like tjie quarry, for a bullet most certainly would be the reward. But in Nigeria tlie method is a success, although it requires much practice to imitate a bird well enough to deceive the birds themselves. Procession of Splendor. In-the whole gallery of war pictures, It may be doubted if any could have been more colorful than those com posed by the remarkable British cam paign in which Colonel Lawrence, archaeologist by pre-war profession, gathered and led the desert host of Arabs. "The order of march," says Colonel Lawrence, describing the en trance of the conquerors Into the town of Kl-Wijh, "was splendid and bar baric. Feisal rode in front dressed in pure white. I was on his left, also in white, and ou his right was another shereef wearing a red headcloth and a tunic and cloak dyed with henna, and behind us were Bedouins carrying three banders of purple silk, topped with gold spikes, aud behind them rode three drummers playing a march, and they were followed by a wild, bouncing mass of 3,000 camels that constituted our bodyguard, the men In every variety of colored gown and headdress, and the camels equally bril liant In their trappings, and thp wfeole crowd - singing at the top of their voice* a war song in honor of Felsal and his (arally." Memory runs over accounts of conquering hosts of all ages and finds nothing, as the English itfourr baric and splendid. / Scout* Keep the. Law. Kvery now and then soine judge or Juvenile couft worker bears testi mony that scouting keeps boys out of toischlef, that scouts keep the law and are good citizens In embryo. Recently U. K. Harnien, nn attorney of Tacoma, Wash., made the following statement: "Of all the boys passing through the juvenile court i?the last year, not one was an active scout." There are 700 boys affiliated with the Tacoma coun cil, so this statement really means something. Vot one boy who came up as a case before fhe court was an ac tive scont, and tiffon investigation It was shown thnt 1n only two cases were the offenders boys who had had any connection whatever at any time wltti scouting.?.Tames R. West. In Boys' JJtm. v A Hybrid Mariner. "An old salt, eh?" "You might call hin^ that." "He's the sort of sailor. I presume, who feels sorry for us poor Landlub bers when there's a storm at oea, knowing that chimneys are tnmbling about our ears and roofs being blown off while he's snug and safe In his berth nbourd fhe Many Ann or the Liza .lane?" "lie l?n'f that kind of an old suit, lie's employed on a liner, one of those big floating hotels, and 1k? doesn't see much more of th<? ocean than the aver age haggaKe man In a land ho^el."?? Birmingham Age-Herald. Rice Fields Increasing. Rice growing was first begun in .Manchuria by the Koreans who moved Into that country, but now the Chinese are principally engaged In this indus try. The Japanese are also opening cp wild lands for paddy fields along the railways In various parte of Man* chnrla. an<1 the area of rice fields fa inert rx'-z-g each year. The present i Lxfce crop sipotints to stout 3,WHW0j MjiMSp- ~*kmi 8TATKMKNT Of tbr ownership. He. required by the M( of C?n?|rtw? of August 24, 1990, of The CMndfO Chron I?-lr published weekly at Csnidr?t. S. V., for \|>ril 1st, 1M0. Ntaio.of South (\iroH-iui. t'onnty of Kershaw Itefpro we. it Notary J'ubliiO In and for the State and tV?unty aforesaid, iM'isou lUy K, N. MWKnvrll, Who, having befeB ?WOTO a>tx?r?l Ing to Taw. depots and sh.vk that ha is tllC* iwbllshor of The Oannleii Ob poll' lelo and tbal tbe following I?*, to tbe U-M <>f hU knowledge ami belief, a Imo statement of the ownership, man a?< inont .etx\ of the aforesaid poblbnr writ- for 'the date shown <11 the above eaptiou, roqulNK) by tbe Aot of August 24,' 1912? embodied la Mvtiou 44>% IV tal Ijiwh and Kegulatlous: 1. That the names and uddn-^ses of tho publishers, editor, 'and business managers ure: I'ubllshem-rfl. I>. Niles and K. N. AtelKmoll, (Camden, S. t\ Wrtltor and managing editor- II. 1>. Kttaft <A?indeii, S. <\ ItU^duesa manager- K. N, TUolVwvoil, (Vtmdon. S. O. V. That (ho owners ate. II. IV N'il. s uinl K. N. MolKwvell, t\amden. S. <\ That tho known b<u id holders, nKnigag<<\s nnd other security holders a iv None. E. N. Mc1M?WK>L1a Publisher. Sworn to and subscribed t>efore mo I liis I*t day of April, 1820. John 8. lAmtsay, ' . Notary Puhlhv ANNOUNCEMENTS fok ?i t iiK or mpRt I h^9?b.v Huuoums' my.sol/ us .t caudl late (or reeknstlou to the ottk-? <>(' (,'ierk of for K?*rshaw (Vunty at th*' iirui>Mt\ t<? !*? h??h| this summer. If ^eeteU I jtrmntac to faithfully p?-iforui tW (hulw i>f th?> tti?v in tb<> future a* ! hav?- in tbo pw?^. lAMKSj II. t'l.VIUJKN'. I<1)K SUIT. OF MUTATION 1 borehy aomrmw>> myself us a candi date for Kup??rlntejKU'ut of Kducntion f?r KcnAvotv County in tho appuutchiux 1 K<jxwh'?v?11o primary election to bv hfkl In Aumntt. I myself t*? ? Mtrict discharge of all tho dutle*. uf tho offi<v.m ALLRN 11. Ml'IM-IIIHON FOR MA4.INTKATK I hereby myself us a csu didatv for rrrumiination to tl?e otlice uf Magistrate ?>i IVKall> Towiuship. Ker shaw <'ouiit^v, t?> tin* rul*h of th?? Democratic Primary, ?SAM I'KI. N. NICIKM.SON Kt)R CONGKKMS I h-reUy Hi>tKWtMsk tn the rotors of the Kifth t.Vug rowrtcnul I > 1st riot of ftouth r^pr.ljna, that I h'o h <'Htk<!Wftte for re? n,.Ti\lnution U.r in said Dis trict, Kivbjwt to th^ not km of the Demo rruthr Primary election; ami 1 take thiw occasion to thauk th?? ixKerN for their "WftOPt iu the past *io<l to a*?Urc them If eJeeUKi to i?nvo them in tho future to the t?o?t of my ubiKty as- 1 have endeavor ed to do in the past. w. r. stiovrnson, ?m.'j :?:?.?:?_? v K1NAI, |>IMH;IKtiK XotU*> ix hi-rvVy Kivou that ow? month fin^i tliis <h?t?\ v>n Suturd;iy. April 24, i l!0?. I wilt Jir;lk?> t>? U?<' PmtMto < \?ui I , of K?*r.>h.rt\Y t\?u?ty in> flat) r*4um us I A.ljiunvMrut! | v of I ho Vktutc oi DaVtl '? ? . J ' I ltuthfrfont, wihI oil the stunt* dM ? I will ui>i?iy t<? the *ai?l <V?urt for a final ?tix(har$v as >-uWI A?lm'n?i.s1ratri\. 1IATT1K JOHNSON KuwcrJy lhvttio Uuthcihml. ?\iu>vhlto, s. <\. March iHHh. 1920. 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In body, power plant and chassis, it is distinctly a Paige product? setting standards of comfort, economy and dependability such as haw never before been present in a car of moderate price. c Although it has been before the public no more than four months, - it is destined, we believe, to revolutionize the Light Six field. Its new six'cylinder motor?designed and built in our own shops?se a feature which, in itself, entitles the new PaJg& Glenbrook to a pkoc at the head of America's finest five'passenger motor cars. When you see this latest Paige model and ride in it, you will agree with us, we believe, that, from a mechanical as well as an point of view, there is no finer five'passenger car on the market That this is now quite the general opinion among motorists is mrKcafted fey the number who have already made arrangements for Spring deliveries. Let us suggest that you give early consideration to the question of placing your order with our dealer while it is still possible for him to take care of your requirements. PAIGE'DETROIT MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT JManufacturers of "Motor Cats aftd Motor Trudy CAROLINA MOTOR CO., Inc.) * ? Camden, S. C.