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Why I'ewplr Drtmn Out in Central I'ark Lake the other day Ernest Kidel, mternationftl canoe champion, nearly drowned when he fell in the water, because the hundred* who were watching him thought that his antics were only foolery. And surely this was not an unusual slate of affairs Almost all of u* can recall the aftermath of some accident in the water, with everybody having the aame story to tell: "1 had no idea lie was - in trouble. I thought he was only fooling. 1 could have reached him easily, but I never knew he was really going down;" and so on. Why is it that ibis ghastl) comedy recurs so often in connection with swimming? O/ie reason, of course, is that pranks are so common on swimming parties thut the members are soon in a giggly frame of mind, interpreting every gurgle and splash as a ruse to pave the way for a ducking, but, another reason is that an accident in the water occurs in a way quite different from the wuy in which most of us have visualizes! it. A drowning man, we have often been told, goes down three times before lie finally sinks futhermore we somehow have formed the idea that he floes this in very leisurely fashion, probably holding up one finger to indicate that he is going down for the first time, two fingers the second time, and three fingers to indicate thut the situation is really serious. Thus, when we see an actual drowning man, we are either so dumfounded that all our co-ordinations are puralized or else we do not realize he is drowning. For a man does not drown in the way legend has it, with u lusty call for aid and three distinctive dives toward the bottom. The first sign he gives that hi* is in trouble is when he rides low in the water; he is having trouble keeping his nose out, and gives queer lurches to get higher. His bobbing at this stage is probably what has given rise to the belief that he goes down three times. His next sign is a hysteria of fright, when his eyes roll and his mouth emits curious noise. It is his aptions at this stage which strike his friends as so comical. His next sign is when * lie goes down. When he goes down he stays down and there is no X to mark tin'spot so that heroic rescurers can dive and bring him to the surface And all this takes place in the time it would take to count five. The rapidity of it, indeed, is what makes an accident in the water so terrible; you look, you see a distorted, bobbing face, and then you don't see it?that is all there is to it. If people knew the truth about the way things happen in the water, there might be fewer fatalities.--New York World. Leper Escapes Again New Orleans, July 11?^John Early, leper, who several times has escaped from the leporasarium at Carrville, again has vanished, officials of the institution said today. Officials of the various state health authorities have been warned of his escape. Early, whose home is at Ttyon, N. C., as believed to have returned In that seet on 1 am a [ I should be killed ! 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This ordinance provides that every year six contractors for sweeping chimneys shall be elected <wie for every two wards; and j their duties are specifically outlined. People are required to allow the sweeps to clean out their chimneys every month, and pay the sweep for the service, the charge being ten cents u story. Pines are provided in case anyone should refuse to have his chimney swept. In these days of furnaces and grates, however, the ordinance has been allowed to become a dead letter. There are few of the old-fashioned large fire places left and these few are cared for by special arrangement. The chimney sweeps used to be picturesque characters. They were little negro boys. The filthy little gamins used to go about in groupes from house to house, with their brushes and scrapers. They climbed up the chimney, cleaning out the soot us they went. When they reached the top of the chimney, they bellowed forth a prolonged, resonant ?Ko? Rooo!" Then down they came aguin, their sooty covering darkening the already mahogany tinted skin so that the whites of the eyes gleamed more/than ever, and the brilliant teeth shone with the luster of ivory. Clothed in rags that were even blacker than their bodies, the urchins were undismayed by the sootiest of chimneys. They seemed to take u certain joy in their work, and a professional pride in the rapidity with which they were able to clamber to the top of the tallest houses by the "inside route." route." Nowadays, the chimneys are burned out with chemical preparations, o?* else swept out from the top by letting down weights tied with rope. The chimneys are inspected regularly by the fire department. Chimney sweep contractors have not been elected by City Council since tne early part of the century, and there are only a few chimney sweeps left in custom.?Charleston News and Courier. Physician Confesses to Murder Plot Franklin, La.. July 8.?Dr. Thos. E. Dreher, Morgan City physician, today confessed to Sheriff Charles Pecot that James J. LeBouef was murdered at his instigation as LeBouf rode on Lake Palourdo Friday night. Dreher. Sheriff Pecot said, joined Mrs. LeBouef in charging James Beadle, fisherman and trapper, with the actual commission of the crime. Three boats were on the lake the night of the crime, Dr. Dreher said, asserting that LeBouef had gone for a ride, followed up by Mrs. LeBouef who was in another bbat alone. The third skiff was occupied by himself and Beadle, he said. Dr. Dreher said that while he and Beadle talked he pullttd the skiff to within a few feet of the one occupied by LeBouef when Beadle laid his shotgun across the wale of the tiny craft and fired into LoBouef's side. The boat containing the body uas towed to deep water, he said, where heavy irons were fastened to it and it was pushed overboard. Later Dr. Dreher said, he and Beadle washed away the blood stains and returned to the shore. Rockefeller Spends 88th Birthday New York, July 8.?.John D. Rockefeller, Sr.. still the ruler of the destines of the Standard Oil Co., and the central figure in one of Wall Street's greatest struggles of the last 12 months was 88 years old today. In extraordinarily good health, the man long known as the richest man . in the world decided to take his hit thday on his estate at Poutico Hills, follow his usual daily program nth only slight deviation. Work and golf in the morning, i drive in his automobile through the ! Westchester Hills in the afternoon, | followed b\ an afternoon dinner with i his family and few friends, was the 1 announced course of the day. Omi's1 s.on of a brass band and other features that once formed part of the celebration was explained as merely due to the desire to spare the magnate unnecessary fatigue. In the last presidonta'. . lection out of sixty million men and women privileged to vote, less than thirty million placed enough value upon the right of suffrage to drop their -ballots in the box. Those who failed to vote outnumbered those who voted. / I I Out-Bamming Bal>e ^wrvvrrrTnT ' T" > I*u Gehrig, slugging first base nan of the leading New York Yankees, who has stood t>??ch*ll on Its head this season by his sen national slugging, passing Bsbe Rata In home runs and bidding lair to be one of the biggest "finds" Iff! "Abrogated" .-T5Tr CSSTU oF^ongrcss, 0 . Mr on the $1,000.00 national spelling b<* prize when his last opponent, Rtlph Keenan of Waukon, la, mitted on "abrogate" and he Mu<" correctly. Keenan won 'Til We Meet Again ?-Former champ Dcinpsey and Jack Sharkey of Boston in a hurried and very forma! handshake ' aft?r signing for battle to be staged at N V July 21 How It's Done i j Beach tS^SeTThis year hav*-: 1 tamed to flannel swimming suit*-*\ ~ . r - TT RIFLES PREVENT RESCUE A? 1.20U Slug Sing Convict* See Three Boy* Drown. Otfboning, N. Y. July 4--Pri?on rules tpday held dozens of willing rescurera jji the til as three yvung CIMttlftl drowned In the Hudson near Sing Sing's gray walls. The canoeists, whose identity will not be known until their bodies have been recovered, were thrown into the river when their canoe, raked by a stiff wind, capsized near the Sing Sing wharf. Sing Sing's 1.2UU prisoners watched j the three men struggle to save themselves. Some wept, and others be-j seethed guards to allow them to leap over, the fence that protects the dock. Hut the guards covered the men with rifles and threatened to shoot any man who went to the assistance of the drowning men. The wind had blown the canoe near the wharf and one man was reported to have drowned about fifteen feet from it. The tragedy upset the prisoners and some refused to eat an Independence Day dinner served later. Warden Lawes said that previous faithfulness of prisoners had actuated the guards, who feared prisoners permitted to aid the drowning men might attempt to escape. The canoe had two sails and two seats and bore the numbed 63,777-17. A recoverd lunch basket was marked "J. H. A., N. Y." One Witness Dead Mrs. Nannie C. Putman, 68, died at her home, 211 East Stone avenue, last night at 9:30 o'clock. She had complained of the heat earlier in the evening, but was apparently in her usual good health, when she was stricken suddenly, and passedz-^away in a few minutes. Mrs. Putman, had she lived, would doubtlessly have figured as a witness in the trial of Mrs. Ethel Willis and Henry Towr.send on charge of slaying Sheriff Sam D. Willis at midnight June 11. She told investigating officers that while sleeping near a window in her home, she was awakened by the report of shots. Arising from her bed, she heard foots steps. She looked through the window to see a man, bent over, dart by traveling toward her back yard. There he swerved his course to avoid a wire fence, and made his way on to Elizabeth street, she stated. Her home was but a few doors west of the Willis house. Mrs. Putnam had been a resident of Greenville for 14 years, and was a native of Laurens county.?Monday's Greenville News. He Said Something Sonny had just returned from his first attendance at Sunday school. He beamed proudly as he announced that the minister had spoken to him. "Well," said his father, "what did he say to you?"1 "He told me to keep quiet," replied sonny. Tapioca is a product of tapioca flour, which comes from' the root of the cassava, a tropical plant similar to our sweet potato plant. Most of our supply is imported from Java. MASTER'S SALE State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. (Court of Common Pleas) Mamie Carlos, Plaintiff against Charlie Carlos, Defendant. Under and by virtue of an Order of the Court of Common pleas in the above entitled case, made and dated the 30th day of May, 1?27, I will sell to the highest bidder at public auction, before the Court House door at Camden, S. C. on the first Monday, being the 1st day of August, 1927,1 the following described real estate: j "All that piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being, and situate in the county of Kershaw, state of South Carolina, in the city of Camden, and bounded as follows: North I by lot of estate of Coleman, on the East by Miss Minnie Clyburn, on the South by Singleton Wood, and on the West by Campbell Street of the city of Camden. Said lot has a frontage on Campbell Street of forty-five (45) feet and extends back of a uniform width to a depth of One hundred 1 seventy-five (175) feet. Terms of sale, cash. Anyone desiring to bid at said sale h except the plaintiff herein, or her attorneys of record, shall first de| poSit with the Master the sum of Fifty C$50.00) dollars in cash or certified check as evidence of good faith. Any such amount so del posited by an unsuccessful bidder to f l be returned at the conclusion of said sale. R. H. HILTON, Master Kershaw County. | July 12, 1927. MASTOrTsALll State of South Carolina, \ County of Kershaw. W.'; (Court of Common Pleafl K. S. Villepigue, PlairitiflJ a gatnat 1 J. C. Chapman, Defendant. \ Pursuant..judgment of io closure made in the above entit case, dated the 24th day of Ju 1927, I will sell to the highest bidd at public auction, before the Kersh County Court House door Catn< S. C., on Monday, being the 1st of August, 1927, the following scribed real estate: All that certain piece, pared lot of land, situate, lying and \ in the city of Camden, couni Kershaw ?tate of South Carott Market Stndat, between York Rutledge Streets and fronting on Market Street ninety-nine feet more or less, and extending! eastwardly of a uniform width i depth of two hundred (200) more op less, bounded north by now?or formerly of Charlotte I East by< lot now or formerly Taylor Lewis, and lot of Strat and West by Market Street. Terms of sale, cash. Anyone desiring to bid at salfl except the plaintiff herein shjfl deposit with the Master thtfl One hundred ($100.00) Dfl cash, or a certified check, ujJfl responsible bank for a like? as evidence of good faith. Alfl amount so deposited by al? cessful bidder to tya returned elusion of said sa)e. R. H. HILTON 1 Master KershafC^ July 12, 1927. Southern Railway Systel Announces Greatly Reduced Round frip EkotQ^^^ Fares to ATLANTIC CITY AND NIAGARA FALLS I The following round trip fares will apply from stotioJi i shown below: To To f I I From: Atlantic City Niagara pj I Camden $22.95 Cheater - 22.20 g2.{gl I Columbia 24.15 g^X Lancaster 22.95 j Winnaboro 24.15 i Proportionate Lares from intermediate points. I j Tickets good for 18 days including date of sale. ! 1 I ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. M II Selling datea: via P.R.R., June 21; July 5, \M j August 2, 16, 30; via B.&O., June 29; July 13, ? I August 10, 24; September 7. M Excursion fares as above also apply via Norfolk, M I Reduced round trip fares to other New Jersey gl I Shore resorts. I NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. j | Selling dates: via P.R.R., June 22; July 6, I August 3, 17, 31; September 14, 28; via B.&O., I 30; July 14, 28; August 11, 25; September 8, M I October 6. m I Stopovers permitted on return trip not to exceed ten? ] days within final limit at Philadelphia, Baltimor? j Washington, etc. j j Call on nearest ticket agent for further information? I reservations, etc., or address: | B. H. TODD, D.P.A. W. E. McGEE, D.PjS j! Columbia, S. C. Columbia, S. &1 Help Your Crop f Now is The Time "~1! ?s " We Have on Hand J / '* v *"' Sulphate of Ammonia Top-Dresser. ..'- .-r-r? ? Can deliver promptly and will make you the -lowest possible prices. See us before you buy. * . . - r ' Springs & Shannon, Inc. . .V?- --?_ f:A