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SEEK RARE METAL IN TASMANIA ISLAND find of Osntiridium Lure for Ad venturer a. . pens are tipped wl^i osinirl'lliuil, lis owsof I He* world's in I*.* metuls. Tasmania, lying off the of Australia, Its ?vow the lurg ? -i producer of the* metal, two-third* (,f the entire output coining frotu , i hero. Osiulrldluui Its white In color, wrj Iteuvy and Hoiuewhut resoluble* nielli llliiiga, 11 l? ulwuyB found In nilu\ml wutth li|. the vicinity of out4 roj>s u f serpentine rock, so called be , mise of Its snaky, green, mottled ap11-aranee. A new fleld recently was dls, iixcred on the Adams river, 80 miles iroui a railroad station, In the wild,-t, most desolate part of the Tag iiutiiiun hush. It lu reached hy a cor .'atoy trail through the hush. Conditions are as primitive in the oiinp as they were in the old Klondike <ln\s and living Is almost as expensive and difficult.. During the winter seum>ii, which corresponds to our summer, there ure torrential rains ulmoat daily, with frequetft^Sftowa. faie mud i- knee deep, while In places there are p..iholes Into which a man may sink to hi* waist. In summer the lieat l/s often oppressive and when It Is dry the scrub catches tire and destructive hush conflagrations result. In spite ..r these conditions there lius been a rush to the fleld. ,Tbe resultant cuinp possesses all the characteristics of the wildcat of the "Wild West" communities in the days when gold was the chief attraction In California. The methods used In mining are of n primitive character. There ure claims as Jn the old mining days lu the United States, each man under the TuHmanfan laws being allowed an area of 50 square yards. The separation of the osiulrldlum front the gravel, sand and rock, in which It is formed, is usually effected by washing. When water is scarce this Is done by hand, otherwise by sluicing. Mining for osmiridlum appears to be more a matter of luck than of sound Judgment -.Hundreds of men on the fleld, according to the Sydney (Australia) Mail, are not making wages. Others ure cleaning qp several hundred dollars a week. The octal is sold,-Jn the London and New York markets at ?36 ($180) an mince. It is thought that the Adams river diggings *r4 quite thoroughly pegged out, but that in the wild, almost unknown country lying beyond (Ids fleld thefe may be other deposits of equal richness. Transpacific Bees Dees have not yet given notice of striking for up eight-hour day, but they may yet get together and protest against the double-season - work started by an ingenious beekeeper in Ilrltish Columbia. To make.his bees ka tiier Wo crops of honey per year Instead of dhe, be has adopted the plan of t keeping them In British < olumbla during our summer months 1 "d then?shipping them?across?t+re~ Uquator . down to Australia when winter conies to the northern hemisphere. After the voyage across the l'aclflc the.1 bees are supposed to emerge from their hives and start to work on their second summer of the" year. How long the beekeeper In-, ends to keep up this shuttle system has not been learned*. Not Concerned A business man 'euches a class of small boys In an Indianapolis mission Sunday school. In the clan's are several youngsters to whom the. slang term, "hard-boiled eggs," might well be applied.; The teacher makes it a rule-each Sunday to djrlve home some practical thought concerning right living and get tin gah ead TnTthe" worj d. On a recent Sunday he laid particular stress on taking advantage t>f opportunities. Suddenly he halted, and, addressing one of the "eggs," said : - T " " "Qeorge, what do I mean when I say: 'Make bay while the SUB shines?'" George's face took bn a don't-askiue look, 'then he blurted: "I don't know and I don't <are l" Sea Growing Safer For the three years from 1922 to 1924 the number of ships posted missing at Ueyd's averaged 20; last year there were only 10. it Is believed that thl? Is due to the law which requires all ships of 1,600 tons gross to carry wireless. Of the 10 ships missing l?gt year all but 1 Were without wi relet*; ^1,.. lost on the voyagftZlo Ainaterdnitf, wag 1,550 ton p. If It had bad wireless it would almost certainly bave been saved. No doubt the law will soon be altered to include smaller vessels. The one ship with wireless that was lost sent out its 8. O. 8., and many ships rushed to the rescue, but It had cfl sappea red _ when they reached the spot. ' ? Beet irrigation Methods If wheat Is being grown In a dry country where there Is little water, It Is benefited most by a downpour when it la still in the early stages of growth. Prof. Alvln Keser of the Colorado state experiment station, la a report to the American Association of Cereal Chemists, described a~ series of Irrigation experiments In which It was demonstrated that arater applied while the wheat was still youtig I>r<H duced a lower yield, but the final product had a much higher food ^^^ycn darlag the Ifttttr. jgfjP* BARTON TO HEAD', jBAPTIST PROGRAMI Misioyr an Will Lead EWcrt tj i%- ! jb, creosb Mis<?icn ?nd Dene vole *?t Dud-jet ? I I * *" * I CHURCHLS CIVL TOO LITTi e 8urvey Reveals Low Standard* Maintained by Many?Plana Aro Laid For Improvement in 1927 | * ' Y | To )ead Southern Baptists In greatly Increasing their budget for the support of missions. Christian education and beuevoh :?ees, Dr. A. J. barton I of Kansas C * * t y, Hupor tntendent of Baptist work in Missouri for (he past three yours, and our of the inOat prominent men In tile denomination, has accepted the position of jo ?orai director of the baptist ( a operative Program, und will move to Nushvillu. Term., to assume his new duties at once. Southern baptists are seeking to ratee $9,000,000 for the Co operative Program during litis convention year and I)r. Harton will seek to enlist the aid of every agency and church of the Southern baptist Convention in the accomplishment of this tusk. Hai 8erved Denomination To his now position Dr. Burton brings a wide denomlnutlofnU i adpublic experience. He has held prominent pastorates in the South ami has served as associate secretary of the Foreign Mission board, field secretary of the Home Mission Board, general secretary cf the Arkansas State Mission Board, and Secretary of the Te*,.. bapt'.v Education Com miasion prior to caking up his v/orb In Missouri. He has also long been* prominent in the cause of temperami*. For sixteen v"? v,? has tieen a member or tne executive ana legls latlve committees of the Anti-saloon League of America, and during his Incumbency as superintendent of the Anti-saloon League of Texas he saw prohibition written into the constitutlon of that state. . Bringing the Baptist churches of the South to a higher standard in giving to the missionary, educational and benevolent program of the denomination, known as the Oo-operative Program, will be the first and chief task to which the new 'general director will address himself. According to a recent survey of the record of the Baptist churches of?lhe j South, compiled from the letterfc of the individual. churches to their district associations for 1925, made by Dr. D. P. Alldredge, statistical secretary of Southern Baptists, 6,927 churches listed as co-operating with the Southern Baptist Convention, gave nothing to missions and benevolences last year. Other Interesting Information gleaned from this survey reveals that 12,319 other churches, or slightly more than one-half of the total number of churches, retained from 76 to 99 cents out of every dollar coming into their treasuries fori purely local work; 1,665 churches applied from 67 to 75 cents, and 1,565 churches from 51 to 66 cents out of. every dollar contributed to.their own local Work; whereas, only 601 churces in all the South gave 60 oents or more out of every dollar.coming Into Cheltt treasuries1 to/ missions and benevolences beyond the borders ofvithelt own communities. The Southern Baptist Convention has established an ideal of' a fifty-{ fifty distribution in., that it Is recommending to the churches that thOy endeavor to give /half of all this money raised by them to the general work of the denomination, retaining the other balffoT their own local expenses. Included in the plans of the Coop eratlve Program is an every-member canvass this fall in every Baptist church with a view to enlisting every member in making a subscrtp tlon to missions and benevolences. - Another effort 19 that of enlisting at least 500,000 Southern Baptists as tithers, or giving one-tenth of th4ir incomes to religibus work through their churches, tn this connection the number of tithers which state in ths Southern Baptist Convention will undertake to enlist M given as .follows; Alabama, 37,850; Arkansas, 11,360; District of Colum bt*. *.0W: World., 65 950; Illtnots, g.700; Kentecky, H950; Louisiana, 1M00; Maryland, 450; Mississippi* 30.000; Mlssoeri, 31, 400; New Mexico, 1.500: North Carolina. 00,000; Oklahoma, 17.000; Boatb Carolina. 39,600; Tennessee. 37.500; juw. 71.100, and Virginia* 30,000. j 'iiiii r I r ii mm* DR. A. J. BARTON ; ^ New General Director Boptlet <Qf$H eratlve Program Refuted to See \Phone aa Anything hut Toy Most' peoplewho attended the cen? tenutul exposition In 1'hUedelphlu in 187b and examined Alexander tSriihtnii Bell h now invention of the telephone re^.tnliMl ?N it toy. and. in fact, tunny of thorn believed It whk controlled by Koine one atnOmed lit the boMi iiierjt, whose duty it wits to make the kouikIh which enutiiuted from the Instrument. It was a common sight during that summer of fifty years ago to nee people milking a careful examination of the floor under the telephone, instruments In the hope that they might be able to locate the source of the "hoax."' Some people would come time and aguin in order to make the most careful scrutiny, determined if possible to solve the problem and to find out Just how the contrivance w^s manipulated. In connection with the exhibition of the telephone at the centennial, It is also interesting to note thut so little was It regarded at first that It wus given no more than eighteen words In the ofll.cjUU..,Catalogue. Not until it bad been acclaimed the wonder of wonders by yir William Thomson, later known ns Lord Ivelvln, and hy the venerable Joseph Henry and other noted scientists did the crude little Instrument attract any attention among the centennial officials. Then If was lhat It was removed freai an out-of-the-way corner and placed in u position where It soon became one of the most Important, most Interesting and most discussed exhibits at the exposition. Directing Him "Well, I'll tell you," said flap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. "Clo along this roud till you come to n house with a tollable fair-looking woman on -the porch-? thours my pluce and wife?and fourteen of the smartest durn children anywhurs around, nineteen of the peartest dogs in the world, and under the house a passe! of hogs?If they are under there and you holler 'Poo-wig: Poo-wig!' a few times and they all rise together they'll lift the house right up, and? "Yes, but how do I get to Torpidity?" asked the motorist who was trying to learn the direction. "Aw, keep on past my house a piece, and then turn north or south ?I hain't right shore which, beln' as I've never been there. I always do my trading at Tumllnville."?Kansas City Times. Afid ocean Hotels And now it Is mid ocean hotels that are envisaged by a Philadelphia engineer of high standing as a realizable prospect in the not-distant future. He forecasts superplanes on a route between Atlantic City and Plymouth, making the voyage In 80 hours and landing at any one si eight 100-acre floating landing fields, which he calls "seadromes." These, like icebergs, would have the most of their displacement beneath the waves. Exceeding the fancy of the novelist, the ambltlous water nlan of the audacious but not Impracticable scheme puts hotels, Aiel tanks, food supplies, machine shops, and even meteorological bureaus under the surface of the sen. Slavic Lese Majeste The offense of lese-majeste has been reduced Jo the ridiculous In Yugo-Slavla, according to a Belgrade report to thev Frankfurter Zeitung. An ex-soldier called an Idiot hy his wife during a family dispute pointed to his war decorations. The Irate woman merely shouted that whoever had given her husband such things, must also be an fdlot. The abused benedict nppenled to the court, which decided that as King Alexander himself had bestowed the decorations Mrs. Matfcovltch had bben guilty of lese-majeste and must serve three years in prison. Nature?* Own Anesthetic ' The fixx In the pep bottle has gone up in the world, says Popular Science Monthly, for surgeons are considering seriously its use as an anesthetic in the operating room. At a dlnlc Recently held In Philadelphia Dr. Ben Morgan of Chicago demonstrated Its * use before the Eastern Society , of Anesthetists. Carbon dioxide, Doctor Morgan explained, is the nonpolsonfras anesthetic used by nature' Itself. ; if you are hart badly in an accident your breathing is lessened, and an ' excess quantity of carbon dioxide In your blood makes yon fall asleep. 3f. . ?? ' i I. Signatures by Wholesale By means of a device known as the stenograph it Is now possible to make 20 perfect signatures by signing the name once. Each stroke of th$ master pen sets 20 fountain pens working simultaneously, and all that is necessary Is to fix the material that Is to he written on In place. The Urilted States treasurer's office has h?<J crude devices that would make /jfour to six signatures with one signing for some years, and ttjese have been used In signing greenbacks or other official papers. ? . - ,? New York Safety Zona Among, the caverns that mark ^|preetsyln New York's financial region ~may"fce found the single haven for pedestrians who at other times must dodge continuous -streams of autoa. Bltad street la closed to traffic at the qoon hour each day and there thousands of clerks and stenographers from the broker^ offices promenade In summer until summoned hack to work by the euaging of Trinity church's chimes at one o'clddC."."V -r * ^ u -? - ; v ?. ) ioi' Live Clcd Complete oj? of Nan cy ana Icrniy to Describe Groups D.es Table. |,y (he fn.i ,t rilMivi. 1/. ..ji t tii< ii. ' ot A fr cull uii< ) I * need lor blaiidurcl murkiclashes uikI jiradtM of If\i? oto.-U l< emphasized by tliu United Stales He [ iMirum ht uf AgWetdttirc hi u bulletin I which sets ford) ? HtMiKlurUIssullini program. "Uvea since the establishment of contra I live slot-It ftiarltt-iH," says the bulletin, "there has |>?(.n considerable confusion, much disappointment, Und untold lo?s and waste, ltooiiu.se of the ^difficulty In describing market transictlons |n sUcli uJ tvay that the pro- I duccr on the furm or on the range" I Hu hluughterer at some distant pinking center, the trader on another market, and the student In his classroom, ??uy understand exactly whut happened on the -market. Havo Own Standards. "Practically every live stork market has Its own fitundards. Its Individual preferences, and Its own methods of doing business. All these matters ure thoroughly understood by I those on the market dully, hut when ..up attempt is made to describe mur kct transactions to some one ut a dls- I tance, or to one who is unfamiliar with practices prevailing at that pur-J ticulur market, difficulties ure en-| countered. "Much of the confusion," the department continues, "arises from the fact I that a certain set of numes and trade trims are rather generully used (o describe live stock & Alt markets ) ihe meaning of the names and terms, I however, varies between markets, hotween Individuals on the same mar-1 ket, arid frequently with the suiue lndivldtial qu the same market at differ- I cut times and different seasons. "One result of this vrrlety of dellUltloris of terms and shifting of standards is that producers having shipped live stock to a certain market In the I belief thut prices were highest there,! frequently ure disappointed to had that prices actually ure higher ut some other market which they might have patronized.- Frequently live I stock Is forwarder! from one market J to another because the shippers believe the second market Is higher than the first, when subsequent events show the opposite to be the case. In nlost Instances of this kind the difficulty Is due, Tlot to any Intention to deceive on the part of anyone, hut merely to the fact that the fi'ame~"of~sTiiinarT terms carry different meanings on dlf- J ferent markets and \Wivu used by different individuals. Deslrabf? Conditions, view of such conditions it would! seem highly desirable to have a complete set of terms and names with which to describe the vurlous groups .Into which live stock Is sorted at cen- j tral markets and, for such names, definite and fixed definitions which can oe understood and interpreted In the same way by producers, shippers, commission men, traders, packer buyers, or anyone else connected with the industry. Such an arrangement must facilitate live stock marketing and tend to eliminate disappointment, loss, and waste." * The set of standards and definitions for the lending kinds of live stock ure published In full In Department bulletin 1300-D, ."Market Classes and Grades of Live Stock," copies of - which may be obtained, as long aa the supply lasts, by addressing the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Soy Beans Prove Great Value as Swine Forage Ten years ago soy beans were little grown In Missouri. At that time the college . of agriculture was experimenting with hundreds of strains and varieties, trying to determine'the eco nomlc possibilities of the crop for Missouri farmers and trying to select out of this large number the best strains I and varieties. Today Missouri farmers grow 850,000 acres of soy beans for seed and forage and 500,000 acres in corn for hogging down and for silage. EJIghty-ftve per cent of this great acreage Is seeded with four varieties determined by the experiment station to be the best among the hundreds tested. Man likes a variety of foods and a change In the menu. This applies also to pigs. Change to fr^ali pasture occasionally. Fire buckets should be kept handy for emergencies. - , - . ' Silos should be tight enough to keep the Jnlce in and the- air out. A good rotation of crops Is necessary to maintain soil fertility economically. * * v* 5 Cement makes n good floor for the chicken house. It is economical, easy . to clean, rat proof and ^urable. It Is desirable to thoroughly renovate and disinfect the laying pens It) the fall before pullets are transferred to them. ... A good way to store seed corn so It will dry well In to nail Woven wire renrfhg the WtutMfng bv the ham and lie the com by the hnaka to lb mf mx * xk) 1 < su* ! KING OF ICELAND HAD BRIEF REIGN Two Month9' Sway Probably Shortett on Record. Ireland 01 ire luid u k111 ic of its own but its Independence wuh short-lived and wlthjn two months tin* inland was under tlm Duiiish Hug. it wmt during tlm first yours of the Inst century, when Napoleon whs all hut muster of Europe. Milting Britain with uli IDs heart, tie endeavored to cripple her tliue and attain by closing all Continental ports against British ships. Hut taking time by the forelock, the British navy blockaded Copenhagen in 1K07, captured the Danish fleet and Interrupted all Intercourse with other lands. . , ] It Wan at this stage tliut Iceland, the stpuiiest and nioNt remote country in Europe, suffered indirectly for Napoleon's sins. For two centuries Denmurk hud enjoyed the monopoly of trudo for supplies of all kinds. Hut with the cupture of the Danish fleet and the British blockade, shipping to Iceland became almost Impossible, und the Icelanders were reduced to the verge of extremity. At lust Hrltuln, hearing of the plight of tho Islanders, took meuns for their relief. A ship, under the direction of a young privateer captive? Jorgen Jorgensen-?was allowed !p 1808 to take provisions to Iceland. Jorgensen decided to take matters lu his own hands. He captured the Danish governor und Imprisoned him on his ship; took over tho reins of the government, culled himself king and proclaimed that Iceland was no longer a Danish possession. He conUscuted property belonging to Danish residents, declared Iceland at peace with Britain and opened the port to ships of ull nations. Tor two mouths Jorgensen remained^ at the head of the government, the people greeting the revolution with Joy, for It put an end to the extortions of the Danish merchants. But one day a British cruiser arrived, heurd the Imprisoned governor's story, arrested Jorgensen and restored Iceland to Deumark. Jorgensen's sovereignty passed without bloodshed. Just as his capture of the Island had been effected. He was taken to London and Imprisoned, but later allowed to go to Tasmania, where he died In 1845.?Edinburgh Weekly Scotsman. Price of a Knife A friend was showing a Scotsman round his cutlery works at Sheffield. "Here's a ..souvenir for you. Mac," said he, when the visit was over, and handed him a presentaflon pocket knife. "But," he added, "you'll have to give me a halfpenny for It so ns not to cut our friendship!" With some reluctance the Scot searched his pockets and at Inst produced a penny. "Hae ye got change?" he asked anxiously. "Sorry," replied the friend, "I'm nfrqld 1 haven't!" Mac thought for ft minute, "Then you can Just give me another knife I" he said. * Ancient Steering Gear Paul E. Oarher of the Sinlthsonlun institution says that the rudder of a Spanish galleon swung on pintles fastened to the rudder by Iron straps, but free to turn In the bend of similar straps on the htill. The rudder straps were above the hull straps and the pintles were recessed Into the rudder, flush with the hinged edge. The rudder extended above the water line / and was shaped Into the rudder post below the bend of the poop. The rudder post passed through the poop to the lower deck. The tiller had at? Its rear a rectangular mortise through which the rudder post projected. ? H or tele bb Horeethoee It any one feara that the game of pitching horseshoes will die out for want of implement* as the automobile replaces the horse, he may aft his mLnd at reft. "Horseshoes" that are not shoe# gnd could not be worn by hgjrset are now manufactured especially for tote In the game. Tpey come In palra of a regulation site and weight, painted and mun* bered for eaay identification. In most outward aspects, even to the presence of caulks, they resemble their prototypes, but they betray themselves for what they really are by the absence of nail hole*. " ' ? ? Not That Grttel JttwaaJKgfT JanW flrst week, mt school. Each day she hurried home with a story to teir mother of ;tbe day's occurrence. One evening she rushed into the house, saying to her mother; "Mother, do you know what the teacher wanted us children to bring her tomorrow? Cat-tails 1 She told every one who could bring Some to raise his hand. Bot, mgjher, I didn't raise my hand, cause we haven't any cats, and, anyway, I knew you wouldn't let me cut tbeli^ails off." WU? Old Cat ^ A London householder Is responsible for the latest story of animal sagacity, and Inasmuch-as We have had so many fates of **a 'uerpenamntrother such/ varmints. It would be cruel to cast doubt upon its verablty. " Tbw householder says thtj: fats pet tomcat developed the habit of begging for cheese from the dining table. AL_j watch was kept on the cat, and It was discovered ihat after eating the cheese he would go td s mounehole end'breathe heavily ffrwn it . ; ir jZ 2 '' AWr V A a*A*J I Run-Dowfi * {juve out easily K Aft ' M ^ boalth waaut any ao Kp Jm count ut all/' says Mrs. M 11. L. Cay ton, of Washington, IV <. glj N. C. "I would start to do K jfl; my housework and I would tjjjj give out before I had dona ffu vfl any tiling at all I did' not AM have any strength, and if I did the least thing it osemad to ? jfl tux me no 1 could not finiah. |u wi 1 was run-down aura enough. JJ "Several of my friends had TC H taken Cardui and they aald Hh jl to mo, 'Why dont yota try it?* K| Ok 1 kne>v I needed something to H* A1 build up my general health K II and to increase my strength. flfr |fl "Finally one day when I K| vl was recovering from a spell I AV of sickness, I decided to try IK 11 Cardui. I got a bottle and b#? Hp .jfl gan to take it. I could notice He vflj that I was improving as my V (Jl appetite got better and I did H. XI not give out nearly so quick. HP jfl 1 took several bottles and X K ufl felt lota better. jl "Two years ago I decided 18 to take it again. It built me H* IB up and made me feel like a K C| different person. It is the Bl A3 grandest znoflickus for women 1% 1 that I know anything about*' V CARDUI I I For Fern ale Troubles K " 11 More than 5,600,000 radio sots are in use in the United States SUMMONS. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, In the Court of Common Pleas. Mary R. Connors, personally, and as administratrix of the Estate of Ban Connors, deceased, and James Edward Connors, by his Guardian Ad Litem, Mary R. Connors, Plaintiffs, vs. Eunice Wade and Willie Kirkland, Defendants. Summons for Relief?(Complaint not Served.) To the Defendant, Willie Kirkland: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in thisr Action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber at his office in'Camden, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof*-exclusive-of--theday of such service, ancHf you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. * ? Laurens ,T. Mills, Plaintiff -8?Attorney, Dated at Camden, S. ., September 26, 1926. i " a d -"*? COLUMBIA LUMBER & ft MANUFACTURING CO. I MILL WORK I SASH, DOORS, BLINDS jj AND LUMBER I PLAIN & HU . ER STS. Phra.71 | COLUMBIA, S.C. J. K. GOO DALE PAINTING, PAPBRHANGING AND KALSOMININ6 -?s ALL WORK GUARANTEED Estimates Furnished Free " 40? Rutledce St. Phone 493-J CAMDEN, 8: C. ; ??? ;. icon / ; 11 y Ambulance Service Day or Night Motor Equipment of the Beet C. W. EVANS MORTICIAN ' Telephones 535 DeKalb St. 1 and 283 Camden, a CL PIANO^UNING LEWIS L. MOORE -? ^ I AU Work Guaranteed Talephona 242JV ^ Camden, South Carolina