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HOW TO AVOID BOLT. Expert Mrterologist 8aya (?et I nder (Oovm During Storm. About this season, as the old al manacs used to nay, expect thunder storms. Inevitably they bring danger to human life hut the hazard can be diminished considerably if the advice , of men who have made a thorough fctudy of the electrical discharges of 'the atmosphere are followed. One of these experts is Alexander Q. MacAdie, director ?>f the Hlui* Hill observatory, Boston, and professor of meterology at Harvard university. In the little build ing. on the wind swept ftummit of Blue Hill, the highest point iu eastern Massacuhsetts and in the ?iidM of the Blue Hill forest reser vation, he has spent many years in watching and analyzing the action of the elements. He has made a special study of thunder storing and some time ago he formulated a net of sug gestions to help people take care of themselves during such disturbances. Since that tiirtfc he says experience has borne out the value of these sug gestions and science has not devel oped any new means of safeguarding a person against lightning discharges. Get under cover, is his first rule. If you can't do that lie down. About 10 lightning flashes it) a hundred come down to earth in a straight line and the person who stands out in the open when such Hashes are seen in* vitus serious trouble. Bqt getting un der cover doesn't mean seeking shel ter beneath a tree because that will bring you in the direct ' line of the ?discharge and Professor MacAdie says more people are killed by lightning in this way than probably in any other. The doorway of a barn or the win dow near a chimney also are danger ous places to stand, because lightning follows to some extent any draft of air, especially warm air. When the flashes are heavy and numerous keep away from chimneys, trees, flagpoles or metal clotheslines, and cut out your radio. You are safer indoors than out. The probability of a person in an ordinary residence building being struck says Professor MacAdie, is very slight, and virtually safe. He defends the lightning rod, once so popular, but now largely fallen into disuse, as serting that if a house is provided with good lightning rods there is lit tle to fear. (ioing to bed doesn't do any par ticular good, but standing on {flags, rubber, a woolen blanket or any other good insulator will give one a little more security. The observa tory director advises pasKcngera in a trolley ear to sit tsill if lightning comes in and burns the fuse# because with the roar and blinding flash the danger is over. He urges that every effort bo made to resuscitate n person struck by lightning, It seldom kills outright, usually stunning the victim in such a way that artirteia) respiration will re store him to consciousness.. For the protection of livestock, which are often killed by lightning while at . pasture i he warns against tyiljig them near a wire feiu-i . Mules and liarn Hum. Bishopville was visited early Mon day night by an electrical storm, made up largely by rain. The stdrm was prfctty general over Lee eourity, judging from reports reaching Bish opville. ? There was no damages resulting ?n Bishopville except perhaps those whoHe nervous systems became ex? cited by the bright lightning and sharp claps of thunder. Two mules were either killed by the lightning or burned in the fire that destroyed a large barn on the old Reames place about three miles from town which was consumed by Ham<<* during the storm. The build ing was the property oY John F. Reames, while the mules and a build ing filled with oats were the property of the negrd tenant, Jerry Menu. Neither hail any insurance. Reports also reached Bishopville that St. John Methodist church at Spring Hill, was struck by lightning, tearing away one corner of the build ing and doing much damage to the plastering. Details of this are lack ing. There may have been other dam ages In the county, but no reports have reached Bishopville. ? Bishop ville Messenger. Card of Thanks We wish to thank each and every one for the kindness and Sympathy shown us during the recent illness and death of our > loved one. And wish to express our appreciation for the beautiful floral offering. We pray that the dear Heavenly Father will bestow upon them all his richest blessing. K. T. Estridge and children. THE BIG SPRINGS JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY S FINEST PLEASURE RESORT EXCELLENT HOTEL SERVICK COTTAGES FOR RENT * SPECIAL RATES TO SUNDAY SCHOOLS, CAMP EIRE GIRLS AND ROY SCOUTS FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS ADDRESS THE BIG SPRINGS BETHUNE, 8. C. A Bank Is a Better Place The family stocking for the family cash is not a good bank to take stock in. Loan & Savings Bank CAPITAL SI 1111,00(1.011 1 Per Cent. Paid on Savings Deposits Whitman's Candy and Confections PROPERLY KEPT IN AN ICE COOLED REFRIGERA TOR CASE. niKSH SHII'MKNTS SEVERAL TIMES MONTHLY. W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store Phone 30 Delivery KODAK DEVELOPING ADMIRAL WILLIAMS DEAD. Wn Commander of De?troyer See* tion of Jfleet. Charleston, July. 17. (.jeorge , W. Williams, U. S. Nl, died just after midnight today at the naval hospital at the Charleston navy yard from an infection of the throat. He was 53 , yeafa old, and at the time of his death was commander of the destroyer! section of the fleet. Admiral Williams was brought to the naval hospital early Tuesday morning on the destroyer Sturtevant, having become ill at sea en route from Panama, the destroyer making a very fast trip in order to get the admiral into a hospital. It was pre viously announced thaf he was suffer ing from tonsilitis. , His mother, Mrs. Mary Williams of Columbia, was at -his bedside, His wife had been ' summoned and is on her way here from Philadelphia. ' Admiral Williams, who has been in the Pacific maneuvers as commander of the destroyers, was on his way North with the destroyers when he became illgn He had planned to put in to Charleston, on/a destroyer in order that he might visit his mother at Co lumbia. He had planned to go North from Columbia by train. He expected to reach Charleston about July 16, but when he became, ill the Sturtevant quickened its time and reached Char leston Tuesday. At first the physicians at the navy hospital did not consider his condition alarming and expected that he would be able to leave the infirmary within about ten days. Thursday, however, he had a turn for the Worse and it was found that he was suffering from se rious infection of the throat. His con dition became critical in the after noon and early in the night little nope was held for his recovery. Judge Admits Bias York, July 18.? Judge J. K. Henry today continued until the next term of court the case against Paul R. Bratton, prominent young man of Rock Jiill, who is charged with vio lating the prohibition laws, because, he said, his friendship for both grand fathers of the defendant might bias him. Other cases against C. |S. Spencer and Lloyd Wallace were put over for similar reasons. They in volved alleged violation of the liquor laws, also. Bratton, who is a grandson of the late A.sbury Coward, was arrested some weeks ago as the result of a raid on the Red Wing tea room near Winthrop College. He and the pro prietress of the tea- room were releas* ed under $500 bonds at the time. All three cases were ordered con tinued until fhe September term of court. Shot While In Melon Patch Spartanburg, S. C. ? Jim Carter, 22, of Woodruff, a mill operative was s'hot. through the right side ami prob ably fatally wounded last night on a fai'm near Woodruff. Carter alleges that Hard Rogers, a ^farmer of the 'Woodruff section fired the shot, ac cording to L)rs. J. B. Cash and I). C. Bennett ^vho dressed "the wounds at the General hospital. According to a story told by Car ter to Drs. Cash and Bennett, he and two or three other young men of the Woodruff section entered a water melon patch belonging to Rogers about 11 o'clock last night. While Carter was stooping over to lift a water melon from the ground, Rogers shot at him with a shot gun from the edge of a corn field about 30 feet away, Carter said. Carter clear ly saw Rogers who was described as an oid man, he told the physicians. About Bad Checks. Down at the .post office one evening t'ni.4 week a prominent merchant opened a letter from his bank. "1 wonder whose bad check this is?" said he as he opened it. "Laige amount?" I inquired. "Oh. only SI 1.50." ?aid he with a sigh. "Do \?'U gel many i hecks returned marked 'No funds?' " I asked. "One or two about every day," said the merchant. "\Vi;i you cvt r get the money?" "Perhaps I will and perhaps I will rut." Now. )V?:ks, the man who had the I bad i hei k ;s not conducting a rash bu v . nes * . Only receut!\ I heard this : same man's competitor >tfy, "I am going ln^e J."i per cent <?!' the charge; account* on my books that have been running a year or more." Why, in the name of common sense don't'these men get twgethe: and stop a bad prat t ie? Why not cut out the dead beats entirely which would enable them to .sell goods for less, thereby giving good pay customers the bene fit ? If th.s was done old Monroe soon wou'd he on 'he map as a trade cen- ' ter. Let us remember our town is like unto a big corporation, with its va rious department, and <>ch (Mpujs^ ment prospering as the wfiole pros- j pers. < om petitory live in another Town, or are tne m??l ord?-r houses, J&vho, by selling for ca*h, may under sell us nnd t^u-'get the business to which n-r entitled. Monroe Kn- ' quirer. Alaska, does an annual export and import business in excess of $100, 000,000. j IS PERMANENT MIRAGE Arctic Land, V Any, Li?a Between Pole end Alaska If any new , possessions are added to the United States by the Mac Milla'n-Navy expedition, which in volves no special of fort to reach the North Pole, it is believed the land must be found somewhere between the pole and Alaska, says a recent Chicago dispatch. But in previous explorations mirages, soundings and tidal conditions have been the only encouragement th^at something other than ice exists in that region. Admiral Peary on his polar trip stood at one far northern point and saw what he believed to be land some fifty miles away. He called it "Crocker Land". Commander Mac Millan on his special Crocker Land expedition wiped this spot "Crocker Land" was supposed to exist, it was as far away as when he started. ; \UcMillan returned to the point from^'ttfiere* Peary had sighted this supposed land and he, too, BeHeld this imaginary country ? rugged hills and wooded stretches. It appeared to be a permanent mirage, off his maps, because after traveling 150 miles across a field of solid ice to a point well beyond where Mac Mill an took a number of soundings in the territory, however, and the current indicated* there might be land. Tidal observations taken at Ktah and Cape Hubbard, checked with thbse taken at Point Barrow, Alaska, showed also that the tide at Point Barrow ar rived four or five hours late. Some obstruction causes it, according to MacMillan. The ice formation also favored the presence of some huge block. Up to 150 miles the ice was as smooth as a billiard table, but after that it ?fvas almost impossible to travel over it because of its roughness. Mac Millan described it at that distance as resembling a group of city build ings which had been squeezed by huge hands and jammed together. Oldest Indian Squaw Passes Gradually the race of v the Red Man, who once roamed Undisturbed through the depths of majestic for ests, who led his tribe to victory or defeat, followed the hunt with keen eyes and sure arrow, and thought, above the curling white spirals of smoke from the peace pipe, of the Great Spirit and the Happy Hunting Ground, is disappearing. What few forests that are left are his no long er, and he is forced to live in the cramped quarters of reservations. His former roaming freedom is gone, gone with his warlike* prowess. Now, one by one, and seemingly in swift succession, the straggling few In dians of the reservation are being gathered to their fathers. Seven o'clock Thursday morning marked the passing of Mrs. Emma George, the oldest tribeswoman at the Catawba Indian Reservation. The aged squaw was born in 1843 and spent almost all of her life at the reservation. She was widely known in and around Rock Hill and. the stories She told of the early days have long been told and retold by the members of her family anrd race. Mrs. George has witnessed the participation of the United States in four of the major wars. When the War Between the Sections was waged she was a girl of 18. She is reputed to have outlived the greater num ber of her children. Had some of them survived they would now be nearing the allotted three-score years and ten. Surviving the deceased are one son, M. J. George, and three daugh ters, Mrs. Dovey Harris, Mrs. Rachel Brown and Mrs. Davis Ayers. Funeral services were conducted at the reservation at 3 o'clock Thurs day afttynoon by Klder Blue, and she was laid to rest in the reserva tion cemetery near the spot where she had lived since the memory of ; the oldest of her tribe. ? Rock Hiilj Record. flay At Antioch There will be a paly given "Mothei | Earth and Her Vegetable Daughters" by the club girls connection / witj) the School Improvement Association, at Antioch High School Tuesday ' afternoon, July 28th at 3 o'clock, j The public is cordially invited to at-i tend. Admission fret*. "Whipping Boss" Goes I-'ree Cross City, Fla.. .July 17. ? Thomas j Walter Higgirrbotham, former Dixie : county lumber camp "whipping boss" today was found not guilty by a t circuit court jury on a second degree murder charge in connection with the alleged slaying of Martin Tabert, : North Dakota youth. A year ago Higginbotham was found guilty as charged but a new trial was granted by a Supreme Court | decision. He Changed His Mind Mr. Sapp: "I've a great mind to rock the boat and frighten you." Miss Sweet: "Once before, a young man like you tried t)\pt with me and the boat upset." Mr. Sftpp: "And what did you do?" Miss Sweet: "I swam to shore ami notified the coroner.*! The rat population of Britain if aa numerous aa fta human population. The murder rate in the United State* is forty times as high as that of .Switzerland. CLAIMS PASSED BY THE COUN TY BOARD OF DIRECTORS J1TY7, 1925 E. L. Bowen, salary member board Co. Directors $60,00 A. ('. Rose, tractor repairs and parts . . 11.70 Blaney Mercantile Co. supplies 530.40 W. K. Taylor, salary second quarter 100.00 1 1). M. McDonald, gas and oil , . 1.65 , 1). M. Kirkley, salary member Bd. Co. Directors . . . , . . 50.00 Kershaw Lumber Co, lumber * ,463.36 R F. Gregory, salaries and I wages, main force . . . . 214.00 S. R. Kirkland, salaries and . I wages . . . 449.45 WiR. Taylor, .salary magistrate 16.65 F. B. Truesdale, supplies . , . . 6.69 Catoe Bros., supplies- . . .. .. 681.82 J. H. Sowell, salary member board Co. Directors 50.00 W. W. Cauthen, blacksmith work . . ? ? ? . 27.50 McDonald Service Station, gas oil, etc. . 29.71 C. M. Mahaffey, salaries and wages, hired gang .. ., .. 556.75 A. T. Huckabee, blacksmith work . . . . 1 1.60 S. B. Kirkland, work at jail . . . . 6.00 G. vE. Hinson, salary magistrate 50.00 T. M. Keith, salary and expense conveying lunatic .... . . . 53.00 L. T. Gregory, M. D., lunacy .. 5.00 L. P. Thompson, salaries, self Xnd F. B. Floyd 100.00 DeKalb Pharmacy, medicines, etc. 6.30 C. A. Branham or bearer, salary magistrate, 3 months . . .. 50.00 A. R, Collins, two coffins . . . . 20.00 Mrs. W. J. May field, vice-chm. nurse approp. .. 800.00 J. E. Copeland or bearer, salary 3 months and supplies . . . . 130.00 C. W. Birchmore, publishing and T. W. Tablets 141.75 J. W. Sanders, salary and ex penses 83.3 1 G. W. Monroe, repairs at Court House . . . . . 14.00 Kershaw Merc, & Bank. Co. ..>19.50 Camden Wholesale Grocery, hay and oats 68.9 1 Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 2 gross pens . . . 3. GO W. L. McDowell, salary and lunacy 36.66 Walter Jacobs, salary court house janitor . 40.00 The R. L. Bryan Co., 1 gross pens and postage 1.57 Camden Chronicle, advertising 141.75 Newton Kelly or bearer, service board of regis, . w .. . . .. 12.50 Speedway Filling Station, gas, oil, etc 84.81 G. W. Huggins & Son, blacksmith work 24.80 W. L. Stokes or bearer, salary and expenses 155.00 City Filling Station, gas and oil 80.53 D. M. McCaskill, court vouchers, salary and post . 522.35 Sam. Nj Nicholson or bearer, salary 75.00 O. T. Gardner or bearer, ser vices bd. of regis. .. . . .. 25.00 W. L. Marshall, salary for six months JL 00.00 1 W. A. Branham, salary . . . . 50.00 B. E. Sparrow, salary and S. V^*tkin?," iala'ry' and ex, 57 55 penses . . . . ?? ,f , . , , k , , 155 oa L. W. Fletcher, salary constable 5q<K J. H. Clyburn, salaries clerk, elwsk to clerk, etc 4*1 u T. Of Fletcher, salary .. . . 50 00 W. F. Russell, salary and post. 42*15 J. H McLeod, salary (June) .. 10000 L. B. Otfburn, salary bridge keeper 100 00 G. C. Welsh, salaries sheriff, and kerosene . . . . * 104 rt Standard Oil Co., ga s, oil, jail janitor and jail fees .. 284 2(1 Standard Oil Co., gas, oil and kerosene ,, 104.13 K. A. Jenkins, repairing and parts 103.80 M. H. Deal, salary (June) .... ioo!oo G, F. Cooley, salaries and | wageq, etc r,l5.50 Gulf Refining Co., gas and oil 246.00 S. II. Mickle, salary (June) . . i2f>.oo , L. T. Hornsby, salaries self | and J. L. Thorn 175,10 G. R. Clements, services bd. of registra 12.50 S. C. mr^eadale, gas and oil . . 15.44 S. W. ?ose; salary bridge keeper . . . , . . . . . 100.00 Camden Hospital, 3rd quarter approp. .. 1146.18 Park View Filling Station, gas, oil, etc 37.47 *3. K. Lee, steak, sausage, etc. . . 6.00 J. L. Kirkland, Sr., 15 bu, corn at $1.50 . . . . ; 22.50 City of Camden Water and Light Plant, water and lights ... . . 6.75 J. M. Moseley, salary briUge keeper . . . ; . . 100.00 Threatt-?Carson Co., hay . . . . 43.41 DeLoache Motor Co., repairs' and supplies .. .. .. .. .. 27.30 The Bank of Camden, drafts pai4 ...... . . . ? .... . . 849.50 Laurens T. Mills, pauper fund 150.00 Laurens T. Mills, salary Co. Atty., $150., salary clerk of board $50.00 . . . ? 200.00 Farmers Grocery, 14 bu. corn ? at 1.65 . . .. . . . ...... . . 23.10 H. G. Garrison, salary chm. board less materials purchased through county . . . . ? . . . 83.93 J. B. Zemp, freight* . . 5.84 Lewis and Christmas, groceries 162.00 Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., tel. rental .. 19.00 Lorick atid Lowrance, merchan dise .. . . .. .... 35.00 Burns & Barrett, supplies . . 125.94 Puritan Chemical Co., supplies 73.17 C. L. Mays, gas and oil .... . . 82.98 Carolina Motor Co., Inc., gas, oil, etc. . . . . . . ...... v 200.48 R. H. Hilton, Master, type writer and stamps'.. ?? ?? 102.00. W. L. Huunicutt, salary, mile age, etc ^ 96.75 W. J. Dunn, M. D, medical attention, etc . . . . 66.90 R. & Williams, groceries, x hay and oats . . 237.02 MackeV Mercantile Co., supplies 66.45 J. B. Zemp, freight .. . . . . .. 27.72 W. O. Hay, welding .... . . ? ? 8.00 Gulf Refining Co., gds and oil 315*79 L. J. Whitaker, overalls, shirts and sox. .. .. ?? ?? Standard Oil Co., gasoline . . 7.06 Elizabeth DuB. Boykin, salary, travel and short course ? * . . 176.36 Laurens T. Mills, copy act Bank Dep. fjfend call in re. same . . 2.35 TotaV .. . .. .r. $13,452.08 L. T. MILLS, Clerk. JUST RECEIVED A LARGE CAR OF Galvanized Corrugated Roofing t o" , We have a very large stock of black and gal vanized pipe. Large stock of rubber belting. American steel split pulleys 3 in. to 50 in. diameter. Oil cups, lubricators, injectors, pumips. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY 823 West Gervais St. Columbia, S. C. Those first twentydays! (when baby chicks win 6r lose) It's no trick to raise. chicks three weeks old. ? It'3 the first twenty days you must be careful! Baby chicks need baby food. Coarse, careless mixtures are very costly . Prattft but termilk baby chick food ]s always a saving ?a saving in baby chicks. Th cre's no imagination in the amazing health and energy of chicks fed this food. There's no mystery or magic about it ? it's what they get in this perfect baby chick food? the purest, sweetest qualities of grains and feeding stuffs? and the buiiermi/k! It is a complete food. Baby chicks need nothing else ? and should receive nothing <Mse those first critical days. Your dealer will tell you! Buttermilk &oM mt%d gumrmntmmd by SPRINGS & SHANNON. Inc., CAMDEN. S. C.