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Hermitage Community New?. The Hermitage Christmas commit-, tee consisting of four ladies and one gentleman motored to Columbia Tues day and talked to Santa Claus for the kiddies of the village. It is planned by thi? committee to have a Christ max tree for all the children of the village. On last Saturday evening the S. O. I). H. Club girls gave a foot and inch party at the Community House. Va rious games were played after which deliciotis refreshments were served. The tierean-FidelU Class organized four weeks ago is to be congratulated upon having increased their member ship from three boys and six girls to thirty-seven boys and thirty-Ave girls. The boys being victorious, the girls Have planned a dinner at the Commun ity House on Saturday evening, De cember 15th, in their honor. We are indeed glad to have Mr. N. C. Arnett back with us again after a week's absence from the ofAce on TAX RETURN^. OfAce of Auditor Kershaw County Camden, S. C., December 10th, 1923. Notice is herbby given that the Auditor's^of Atfe will be open for re ceiying Tax Keturns from January 1st, 1024, to February 20th, 1024. All persons owning real estate or personal property must make returns of the same Within said period, as required by law, or be subject to a penalty of 50 per cent. The Auditor will attend in person or by deputy at the following places in the county on the dates indicated for receiving returns. Bethunc, January 14th and 15th. Italey's Mill, January t(5th. Nod's Creek School House, January "TlTth.? ? I Kirkley'S Store, January 18th. Kershaw, .January 21st and 22nd. Westville, January 23rd. Liberty Hill, January 24th. Lugoflf, January 25th. Ration's (^oss Roads, January 2Hth. Illancy, January 29th. Aii persons between Luc in 21 ? ami (?0 years, inclusive, are required to pay Poll tax; and all persons be tween the ages of 21 and 50 years in clusive are required to pay a road tax, unless excused by law. All Trustees, Guardians, Executors, Administrators or Agents holding property in charge, .must return same. Parties sending tax returns by mail must make oath k to HHmc before some officer and All out same in proper manner or they will be -rejected. B. 10. SPARROW, Auditor Kershaw County. account of illness. Mr. and Mm. H. H, Young are the I proud parents of a tine little girl. Custom officers boarded a rum run ner off the New Jersey coast early Tuesday morning in true pirate style, boarding the vessel by fighting their way over the rails. Dozens of shots were fired by both the officers and the ruin runners. Followed the Advice. A man seeking advice from a young solicitor on how to uvoid his creditors was instructed to place all his prop erty in his wife's name. Later the Kolicitor presented his bill for services rendered and received the following reply: ?"Dear Sir: I took your advice and placed all my possession* in my wife's name, and now I have no money to pay your services." * RUPTURE EXI'EUT HERE SEELEY, FAMOUS IN THIS SPECI ALTY, CALLED TO COLUMIHA F. H. Seeley, of Chicago and Phila delphia, the noted truss expert, will personally be at the Jefferson, Hotel, and will remain in Columbia Friday only, December 21st. Mr, Seeley says: i'Tho Spermatic Shield will not only retain any case of rupture perfectly, but contracts the opening in 10 days on the average case. Ilcing a vast advancement over all former methods ? exemplifying instantaneous effects immediately appreciable and with standing any strait) or position no matter the size or location . Large or difficult cases or incissional rup tures (following operations) specially solicited. This instrument received the only award in England and in Spain, producing results without sur gery, injections, medical treatments or prescriptions. Warning? All cases should be cautioned against the use of any elastic or web truss with un dcrstraps, as sam? rest where the ? ? ? * -i..; a i I I it 1 1 1 1 1 IM <11111 inn- n iiiiv tiic u|ivintift producing complications necessitating {surgical operations. .Mr. Seeley has documents from the United States Government, Washington, D. C., for inspection. He will be glad to dem onstrate without charge Or fit them if desired. Business demands prevent stopping at any other place in this section. !\ S. ? Every statement in this no tice has been verified be f of e the Fed eral and State Courts.- ? F. H. Seeley. Home Office 117, N. Dearborn St., ? Chicago. The Talking WILL BE AT O U R S // O W It O O M DECEMBER 14th and 15th DON'T FAIL TO SEE IT! IT TA LKS ! IT SEES / IT HEARS ! IT PL A YS MUSIC ! Free Admission OPEN TILL 10 P.M. CAROLINA MOTOR CO., Inc. STUI) Eli A KER DEALERS NOTICE! We are booking NITRATE OF SODA orders for YV. R. Grace & Co. / F. M. WOOTEN BROKER f ^ rr *'M'T ? ? U i 0* l .i hi.., Vv* v -? vJ FOU WHITE GUIS fpH Construction on Institution to Start in f^ar>land. i Washington.-- A new national train in-; school fur girl* Is to be eatab ll.shed on the Ludlow farm, Prince C.o.ge's counfy, Md., in the liumedt Hie future, it was learned following the recording of the Male of the Lud |ow farm silo to the government by Oliver K. Pagan. Construction of Hy ing quarters for the girls will bo ttarted immediately, It was Mid, nod the Pagan borne will be converted Into an administration budding ud i home for the teachcrs. The aale waa made to the Depart ment of Juatlce, under which the in stitution la conducted, for $28,000. The ?state comprises ten acres and accom modations will be provldsd for 160 white girls. i The present training sehoel was re | ported Isst year to be Inadequate^ In a survey of social welfare Institutions in the district, madu by Dr. Hastings II. Hart, director In the department of child helping of the Itussell Sage foun dation. An appropriation of $52,000 was made by congress toward the erection of a new school for white girls, with the expectation that the present school would ^ used for cei ored girls. The institution Is maintained jointly by the district and the federal gov ernments, girls being committed there by both tin* District and the United States courts. It has not been decided, however, whether the present school will be used for colored girls, or whether the grounds and buildings will be sold and the proceeds used to build new mod ern cottage schools, for both white and colored girls. The population* of the national train ing school for girls now averages be tween 100 and 110, although the build ings are designed to accommodate 121. Negotiations for the purchase of the Ludlow farm were completed when thie SSl? W!t? In f V* ? \fiirlhArn court house. The farm lies o? the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, between Ammondale and Mulrlclrk, and ad joins the government experimental farm In Prince fJeorge's county. Chemical Formula Puts Pep in German Worker# Baltimore. ? Both man and beast will he able, to work very much harder than they do now and will get fat on It If a report from Oertnany proves to be ttue. This secret of tremendously Increas ing working; power without fatigue Is said to lie In a cheinlcat formula de veloped by Prof. Oustaf Erubden of Frankfort university. Sodium dihydro gen phosphate Is said to have been given to German troops In the form of u drink during the war under condi tions arranged by Doctor Embden, and the reports are thar It enabled them to march much farther than their com rades who had not been given the drink, and without fatigue. Since the war it. is said to have been given to | coal miners with like results and ex periments have been conducted on oxen. Local physicians have not yet learned the detailed results of the ex periments. pomp say that -continued use of the aa it has resulted In Irrita tion of the digestive tracts dangerous to health. Boy And Girl Saved From Wrecked Motorboat Brockville, <)nt. ? Three young men and three young women of Watertowa nnd Alexandria Hay, N. Y., stood for 40 minutes waist deep' in the heavy St. Lawrence river, after their motdr boat had heen wrecked, while two passing steamboats failed to answer their distress signals. They were res cued eventually hy another motpr boat. They were Gladys McIIenry, Lulu Toushette nnd Ruth Campbell of Wa tertown. anil Roland Hollaway, Early Bailey and Newton Russell of Alex andria Bay. The party 'was motor boatlng from Hrockvllle' to Alexandria Hay when their craft struck a sub-, merged shoal nnd settled. xBy clinging to the half-sunken boat In the swift waters and holding to the meager foot ing afforded by the shoal nil six man aged to hold on until assistance aiv rived. New Glider Record Made by Darmfttadt Aviator Gersfeld. Germany. ? A gilder rec ord was established here by the Darm stadt aviator, Rotsch, who covered a distance of 19 kilometers In a flight of one hour, attninlns nn altitude of 254 meters. Martens, one of the lust year's prite winners In the glider competition, covered 14 kilometers In a one-hour flight. Wed* Fiaoco'? Brother. Empire. O. ? When the time came for the ceremony which was to make Albert (rtino and Miss Julia Mahalko. of this city, man snd wife, Albert had disappeared. A wait followed. Then Albert* brother Michael, whimpered to the bride-to-be, she nodded assent, and live minutes later she rvas Michael's wife. Bounty on Rats. Iron wood. Wis ? So numerous are rats and woodcliucks becoming that the county board of superviaors has placed a bounty of Cfl cents each 00 ! ritta and wrtaifchuck*. CAMERA FAST AS LIGHTNING ! Mschlnsa Invented In United 8tates I And England Capable of Maying 5,000 Etposures a Hecond. The Invention In the United states .and Knifland of two revolutionary types of "alow motion" moving plc tore cameras, capable respectively of j making 3,200 and ft.000 exposures a | eecond, which permit the photograph ing In elaborate detail of auch actions mm the burating of a ahell against ar mor plate, la Announced. Under the eye of the super-high, ?peed camera a rubber ball dropped te the ground lg shown to be flattened al moat Into a hemisphere at the moment of Impact, a clrcumarance which, by ahowlng realllency In detail, la of scien tific value to tire Manufacturers In de* elding on the deeign and construction of their products. Other secrets of rapid mechanical action dlacloaed by the cameras are expected to lead to In Industrial And aclentwic Improvements. The amaahlng of a glass vacuum bulb by it hammer, an' action which occupies something less than 1-100 of a second, Is shown by theije cameras In about fifty pictures ? more, than three feet of film ? ^hlch at normal project ing npce<i would be run off on the acreen In between three and four sec onds. This enables scientific study to be mhde of each stage of a process that the fastest camerus hitherto devlaed have pictured as Instantaneous, The American machine was devel oped by C. Francis Jenkins of Wash ington. The British camera la known as the Heape-Gryll rapid cinema ma chine, They are large contrivances (weight of the Kngllsh machine Is four tons) operated by electric motors, and are started and stopped mechani cally, since the human hand is too slow to operate the switch at the pre cise Instant of the action to be photo graphed. Olant searchlights and chemical flashes are employed to fur nish light, slnc6 photographic film Is incapable of producing Images under such short exposures as Is given In these cameras ? often less than 1-100 000 of a second. ? Popular Science Monthly. Lake That Sharpens Razors. One of the most curious lakes In the world Is to be found in Ireland. j This lake has the power of petrify i ing any fchbstance that may fall into It, Of course, the petrifaction Is Hot ab solute, but the substance Is coated with a layer of stone, which is found dissolved in, the lake, and the stone then hardens and forms a shell over the substance. A well-known cutlery firm In Kng land heard of this and sent a man over to Inspect It. He selected several pieces of hardwood, whiWi he sank with weights, and then marked the place with small buoys. A fortnight later he returned and took up two pieces of the wood, which he found to he jenrtly petrified. Two weeks after he drew up the other : pieces, and found each piece to be os hord as Hint. The firm then made several experi ments with the wood and found that at j a certain stage of petrifaction an ex 1 eel lent razor hone could he manufac tured from it.? London Tit-Bits. Might Not Suit Jefferson. A London editor says of Mount Ver- j non : "Here can be seen and visualized the life of an English gentleman In Amer ica in the Eighteenth century." And then, applauding the effort to [ make Montlcello a national possession, j the editor adds; "If a similar atmosphere can he in- i troduced into Montlcello as a memorial ' to Thomas Jefferson tlje committee will deserve the thanks of all lovers of democracy." But not the thanks of T. J. himself, remarks GIrard. To be regarded as an j "English gentleman in America" : would tickle him just as much as it would please Mr. Bryan to be labeled \ agent for John Barleycorn or Senator j Brookhart to be called the right bower of Henry Cabot Lodge. ? Philadelphia Inquirer. A Bit Mixed. I I A tourist in Scotland was boastfully told by a resident of Tain that the ! place was a most noteworthy one, be- ; ing one of the old royal burghs of the j country. "Why," his Informant went on, "its charter was granted J>y King David himself." "Dear, dear me !" exclaimed the tour- ! 1st. "You don't tell me so. Was that J the ? er ? gentleman -who wrote the Psalms?" ? Boston Transcript. Ths Mule's Definition. A donkey looked over h hedge and | mw a flivver car standing by the roadside. "What are you?" asked the donkey. "A motor car," replied the flivver. ! "What did you say?" asked the don- ; key. "I said I was a motor car," repeated the flivver. "And I'm a horse," said the donkey. Relapse. He ? What do you say to a honey moon in Europe? She ? But, dearest, you know how afraid I am of seasickness. "Yes, but you ought to know that love Is the best remedy for that." "Perhaps ? but ? think of the return, trip." ? Korsaren (Christlanla). Business Sense. Saleslady (to storekeeper) ? Gentle nan asks If this undershirt will shrink? Storekeeper ? Does It flt him? Saleslady ? No, It's too large. ? Storekeeper ? Yes, of courss It afcrlaka. . * Before you buy your fertilizer for another season, be sure to see me, for I can save you money in quality at least. I handle the Southern States Fertilize? Goods, Acid, Kainit, mixed goods of all kinds, NilJrate of Soda, "Muriate Potash. ? - ' . - ? * . _ ? ? . 1 ? ???_ . ? . * . ? * ? f< ? Telephone 18 R L. MOSELEY V ... ? , - . T_-_- . . ?_ fy "THE BIGGEST STEP FORWARD IN THIRTY YEAltS." Is what one man connected with the U. S. Department of Agriculture wrote us, after reading our literature on "Nat!oi*Brand Open-Formula No-Filler Fertilizers/' r "If the Farmer would buy his fertilisers with ttye same care he does other merchandise, he could double his crops and get rich." "We think/your plan of leaving out the Filler is splendid and will be appreciated by those farmers who give some, thought to what they are using under their crops," *. Don't see how cheaply you can buy a fertilizer, for cheap fertilizers are not always good investments. Don't merely ask for ans8-3-3, but psk your dealer what it's made of, how many pounds of each ma terial are used and ho\V much filler, and if he caflnot answer your questions, then ask qur representative, W. R. HOUGH , at Camden, S. C. To explain our Open-Formula No-Filler Fertilizers. You will find we put a, tag on every bag showing exactly the number of pounds of each material that we use? <and we use the finest of ingredients, such as ? tho Genuine Peruvian Guano, etc., and you will find our prices rea sonable ? and furthermore, will find that after we mix all the ingre dients that are necessary to make an 8-3-3 or an 8-4-4, or any other analysis, we stop ? we don't add any dirt fi liar or sand, but we ship you the pure ingredients only ? leaving out from 200 to 500 pounds .of worthless filler, which does you no good and only means expense for freight, handling and hauling, etc. Don't continue to be satisfied to ask for an 8-3-3. Find out why you . heed certain materials to give you the proper balance Of plant food, '- then insi.st upon your getting theih, thereby steadily improving your uup yields ar.d at the same cutting some knowledge of th? func tions of the various fertilizer elements. Get away from fertilizing like you did five or ten years ago, for you haven't started to get the results you can obtain from fertilizers if you buy and apply them with a full knowledge of the facts. NITRATE AGENCIES COMPANY, Wilmington, N. C. FARMERS > Before buying your Nitrate of Soda, Cotton Seed Meal, Fertilizer and Fertilizer ma terials, get our prices. CAMPBELL & SMYRL Don't Wait Until a freeze comes. *1 Get your COAL now and be prepared JohnM. VillipigUe & Co. PHONE 14 R. L. Moseley Brokerage Agency Wants To Buy your cottonseed, corn, oats, hay, milch cows, beef cattle, etc., and to sell you fertilizer, horses, mule*? buggies, harness, etc. t We trade for almost anything of value. We also have some good city and country property that yfe would - sell. "See us.M % ? - - - ' z R. L. Moseley Brokerage Agency - ?> 3S2