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NOTED (;A.NGfcTKKh CONVICTKD fIn*- fiet# Death and Two Othrra (>H Imprisonment For l.lfe liciiton III., July t\ After t w c r, ty two hours of heated wrangwng, the jury in the Charles Birger gangster trial reached a compromise verdict at I o'clock this afternoon. Birger get* a death sentence in the new cle< trie chair and his pals, Art Newman end Hay Hyland, are given life irn* priaonment. Three jurors held out ( all the Ion* hours against inflicting j death punishment on both Newman and My land The three prisoners were escorted from the jail hy a squad of deputies | srrm-tl with rifles arid machine guns. They were handcuffed and the irons were rait removed in court. The verdict was read hy Judge Miller. Birg cr received it with stoical fortitude.' Neither ins color nor expression (hanged. Newman and IIyland seerrfcd pleased to esCajx- the < hair Birger and Newman were convicted of plotting the murder of Mayor Joe Adams of West City last December. Myland, according to the testimony, drove Harry Thornasson, nineteen, and his younger brother, Klrno, now dead, to Adams front door, where they shot and killed him. Harry ThornasHon pleadod guilty, was sentenced to life imprisonment and was the State's witness against Birger, Newman and Hyland. After the verdict Had been read and the prisoners returned to the county jail, State's Attorney Roy C. Martin, who spent months gathering the evidence on which he based his case, said. "This ends the terror of the machine gun in Soythern Illinois and restores the supremacy of the law." That was his only comment on the jury's decision. "We decided in the first hour that all three men were guilty," one juror said. "After thut it was a question of punishment." The defense offered no evidence during the triul. Birger is now under indictment in Washington County for the murder of Ixirry Price, a highway policeman, and his wife. Art Newman told the authorities the mauner of these killings Motions for new trials will he heard Wednesday. j "When at the opening of this trial we challenged the jury panel because no women hail been placed upon it, we injected a federal question into the case." Attorney Karch for the defense, said. "On that question we will go to t lie highest court in the land. It i< our highest court that the nineteenth ammendment automatically abrogated all State statu-' tes on jury service." Birger. who lived in the Kast Side of New N <u"k until he was eighteen years old. said: "1 have l>eeri characterized as a pretty had actm I guess I have i?oen some, but ri"t quite so had as they have made me nut to he 'g>r guilty of a:': they have charged me with. "I want n<> sympathy from any living soul. "My only concern is for my wife, my sister and my children. If it's laps, all right. I served in the war and I am ready." Sunday Island, in the Pacific, is i said to lie the tallest mountain in thi-1 world, as it rises 'J.OOtl feet out of five miles nf water; this makes its | height nearly .'10,(100 feet. 9 HBO BBBBBB i DuU 8 | Headache j and Sluggish Feeling } "We ar? a healthy family and ] B haven't had to uae much modi- B B cine." eaya Mr. J. H. Adama, of B Z Blahop, Oa. "But I have found B* j it n?c?eaary to take tome E madicino. "I had hoadachaa. My head B 5 dull, and like I couldn't 9 Bj hold it up. "I had a bad taata in my mouth; felt aluggiah and tired. "I brought home some Black- j [ Draught and took a few doaaa, E B A"d I got good reaulta. I felt B eo much batter. My head clears B j ?d up. I wai hungry and want- J ? ?d to gat out and work. "Black-Draught has proved B I ea tie factory and w? hava ua?d 9 it avar eir.ee." B Thoueonde of other familiee hava had equally aatiafactory S W axparienoea Bold everywhere In 26 cent I g and >1 package* | r/v-.jr lor Abfjlior.a L.ltlc Use J in Tibet 7. . i ? ,if?' >ufu/u? w u) ? of curry Im .. .u i urriuK***, lb lbs mmih I p of h|i'>n.i)cr >(i 11 blanket or fuliit'l n?i k, or |>il W Jin- 1 ilM'tali Hoinaii I* Obliged to re sort to Hi*.' uii'thod last named. tt? she In:* no perumbuTutor*. or ''go" cart*, iii iiff i|in|niniil 'A by tliif tusk can uot in* assigned to father. iliu strong t-r rtiol l*-i??i induslriou? of the two, la unintelligible liut liuliy," apparent i> resign* himself to tli# situation. mn?J Ifn i<J*-iita(l) enjoy* hi* Joy rl<l*-r? ! Tlii? Oral event In '"baby's" life I* Ma nr?i (mix] last) bulb! This Is attend' id with due ceremonial Well may It be, for It 1m h red letter duy In bla e* lutence. mm be 1* only oiled thereafter I The reason Im explained by the fact that Tibet bum of the lower claaaea never wmmIi during the cold aeaaou, and very sparingly at other limes, becauae It Is alleged that the stdu of the face cracks end ulcerates from the cold. If water Is applied to It ! The people of toVvim, who do not go much outatde their houses, wmmIi occasionally. liut the prejudice Is strong against ablutions of the person, and It Is equally extended to clothing, which, accordingly. Is worn In a filthy and greasy state ('oiisequeritly, soap Is higher priced, and little used In Tibet! Oil, on the other hand. Is In much requisition as a preventive against cold. It Is not surprising, In the circumstances, that infant mortality in Tibet runs blgh, and that the babies that survive ure so vigorous that they can endure filth and ex[s>sure without Inconvenience. and, Indeed, hear with Impunity much rough usage. Geophysical Facte The earth Is largely Just the same as meteorites, our only Importations from outer space. In experiments at the geophysical laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington that simulate the conditions of extremely high temperuture und pressure of the earth's Interior, I>r. I^euson II. Adams and Dr. ltulph E. (Jlbson have found that rocks huve much more elasticity than was formerly supposed. In a report to the National Academy of Sciences Doctor Adams suld that they hud found that the least silicons of the silicate rocks, known In geological parlance as Diinlte, when subjected to very blgh pressures wus threefourths us rigid as steel. The calculations of the two experimenters have ; been found to tally with selamologlcal data which definitely establishes that the main part of the earth consists of perldotltlc rock or the stuff that me icorn arc made of, Wind Withers Entire Crop The Chinook is an ever-wehtime wind, hut there Is another hot wind ihat Is' decidedly the reverse. I arm ers In the West und Southwest have j seen their crops withered In s feu hours by the coming of this visitor ! vays an American Magazine writer Several years ago this hot wind atruek the West at about 11>:> a. m., aad In less than three hours the temperature had mounted to alums? 120 degrees. In Kansas two men died while trying to go from tola t<> Humboldt, a dis tame of eight mile*. Three others i were out with their leant* at Humi hohlt. The horses died and the uien | almost vuccu;nbed. i S< itrcelv a chicken was left alive In that section. Hogs and cuttle dropped In their tracks, suffocated by the rush of hot nlr. Family Newspaper A unique newspaper is printed In New York city, with correspondents all over the world and a circulation confined to the member* o< a single -family. It wus established by downtown broker, who Is one of a very large and widely scattered family, as s cleurlng house for news from his many | relatives Each ? ne Is pledged to semi In. ut stated tntervuls, all Items of Interest for the Information of the I others. AU the letters ure printed, Had thereby each Is kept posted about the affairs of the others. The broker's private secretary bus the Job of editor o this odd Journal and rejoices thHt the family name Is not Smith. Hope to Find Treasure The treasures of lost ships hurled I under the sands of the Yellowstone and Missouri river* are being sought i by KJinore K. W? nner, a prospector, who has spent some 25 years guther ng Information as to their location ; Mild possible recovery. He believe! that there are still large quantities ot the cargoes of priceless pelts, gold | silver, etc.. In the skeletons of thes? treasure ships, the value of which gov ; eminent reports Indicate to approxi male $.">(1,000,1100, His Investigationhave disclosed that altogether sonic .'75 steamers were sunk In the Mi-ourl and Yellowstone rivers belweei ISIfi end D1iS.? Pathfinder Magazine Ch;na Has Largest Army China Is said to huve the largest army In the world. Its organised armed force numhortng, early this year, about 7,000.0(10 men. a* com pared with only 212,000 In 1PM I>en mark, on the other hand, has probabt) the smallest with only 10,000 men The Russian army at ttata time la a matter of oonatderuble conjecture, es tlrnate* placing It at from 000.000 to 1.300.000. The T'nlted States soldier) aumbera 188,000 on last estimates and that of England and France about TOO,000 each, with tkaat of other teas tries ranking lower. - - r -.I- ? 1 J * HOW FAKE AUCTIONS GET YOUR MONEY ey W. R MOREHOUSE Public Relation* Commlulon. American Banker* /.**?' .at". fTk*? M (/?? o/ * 4?r?4? o/ 8rllrl<l fjv-ilny Cftr I utter your mtonry > i NEARLY everyone is ready "to take a fling" at getting nornething for nothing or at least for less tha Y it is worth. Be j cause of this many are dtiped into paying more than regular mar ket prices for things they buy. This class o! people in especially susceptible to the appeal of anything resembling an auction. Fake auctions with the cards stacked against the buyer are very common. They r\nk high among the fraudulent schemes of the country. The "here today and gone tomorrow" auction faker rqyts a fine looking house in some high-class section of the city in which he plans to operate. He furnishes this house with the cheapest imitations of high-class furnishings, with here and there a fine piece which is to serve for bait. Certain pieces are alleged antique# with a thread of glorious historyeehind tuem. Of others it is claimed that they have been handed down for generations, originating with some person noted in history or with some famous Southern family. Of other pieces it is maintained that they are made of rare and precious woods imported Trom far across the sea. The overstuffed furniture, it is claimed, is all high grade of standard manufacture. Regardless of it* superiority and antiquity, the furniture uiudi u? boiu ai once, lor the < owner Its compelled to take an extended trip, the family physician having ordered travel and a change ot climate as a meana of saving his life. Nothing la to be spared and the deep slashings of the auctioneer's axe must go on with no price too low. Individual pre-auctlon sale*. of course, will be arranged for persons who are unable to attend the auction. The day of the sale Is here. Pur chasers are arriving. They are met at the door by the woman meipber of the outfit?a dramatic person who knows when to shed tears at the thought of having her happy home broken i up and her valuable furnish- p. V they And hanging In the front window a Blgn, "For Rent" The birds have flown, without leaving any addrees Fake auctions are not exclusive to residence*, but are sometimes staged In stores. We have report* of a certain furniture Arm that failed, hav lng on hand stock Invoiced at $42,000 An auction sale was announced. As usual the stock nrust be closed out to satisfy creditors within a few days, regardless of cout On the windows appeared glaring announcements of bargains. Al though represented \1'': , as a legitimate sale, jf 1? YfMf had the earmarks ftm*- Pi of aq Auction by M-JsL I her sad story?how she must leave her home and go to dietant lands with her husband whose health la broken and life In danger But she Is resigned to her "awful calamity" and will sell all her lovely furniture even at a great sacrifice As she directs attention to certain pieces of furniture her voice quavers. She almost sobs aloud as she names the price she Is forced to accept. "Leas than half the original cost, but price ie no object We must take the train tomorrow." and she wipes a tear from heT eye. Fully convinced the sale is genuine and sympathizing with the unfortunate woman, buyers clamor for the furniture But no sooner are the articles transtarred from their setting in the slightly darkened rooms of their original owner and displayed In the sunlight of the purchaser's home, than the truth about the sale begins to dawn In the mind of each new owner Close examination reveals that evidently thla wonderful collection of furniture vm but odds and ends and unsalable places picked up from second-hand stores by these fly-by-night fakers, i Some proves to be the rankeat of tmi- ! tatlons of the cheapeet grade, and the overstuffed la so poorly constructed tliat It squeaks and weaves under the llrhtest weight Th? Birds Have Flown When those who have bees cheated sh back to the house the nekt day, ent on making It "hot for the faker." I A tuturr arltrlr wili prritnl ? to Mjiarulf pood frviii bad t*a t Messrs. Catch em and Skla em An Investigation of the store mad* six months later disclosed that Mtr stock was then larger than the day It announced the auction. Its sales lu the Interim had exceeded JGOO.OOO The facts are that two trucks had backed up to the rear of the store nightly and unloaded new merchan dlse, principally odd lines and Job lotpicked up here and there at a bargain Under the guise of a legitimate aui tlon, or private sale at auction price.fourteen times ap much furniture was sold In the six months eua the store contained at the time of the failure Comparison of sale prices discloses that^ victims were persuaded to bu liberally on the assurance they were getting sacrifice prices, when as a matter of fact they were actually paying from five to 25 per cent more than re | liable stores were charging for bettei goods Fake auctions and private eales are ; used not only for furniture but also In the sale of Jewelry and other merchat. dlse. The lesson which this ator> teaches is that thers 1? nothing to b. gained by patronizing such sales. On the other hand, there la a better thai 50-50 chance of sustaining a loss Not all auctions are fraudulent, U some are conducted fairly and hones ly, but before you draw your saving from the bank and spend them for am lion goode It will pay you to get th facta For your own protection mak It aD unbreakable rule to confine you expenditures and investments so r. liable firms and Individuals In dea lng with them you art assured square deal to toii orooktm vumutm wilta a*4 ??? t Victims Clamor for Fake Fleets Itira tnrn frnm hpr Siba inll? .1 MORE WOU6 E V , l TRU9T COMPANIES RANK NE WSPAPE R , ADVERTISING HlOHE'T I I The >utHt?n<11 *iv I'M**- t*'i III ? i- | of tti?- 1'iiiiHii >.<, ?*? ?i> n is* tlt.t ere pu-neer.- Tti ? .h^i * vertt- tix a i me. n-* of sell the ? -rfwu* . ( Sp?'?K?" ."olo a "jilHH Ml I of M l- | coin|<?it<* ? In ul in .New '? u , \ He ocftiteiit e.i Mie > o.iitr .? A qtiftui. . aaire aent nul ti> Me Tin v"* Division Aniern* . B..rU?-r A-uccIm ik>u muk nit an inquiry n .>> h a* I v?ru*lng practice* of 1n?t at ion <!. [ lag a iruat oualnaaa Tli r.-t <?.?, , ?ory four trual eom\?an:tP aot'tn. v ' ng&IMl in ixuod bji iruat *?iv. I ?*f? found <o n* *4v?rtla t\g 'P.atoa ?u ?xpr?aa*d By i|t? ay* Lhat their growth would closely follow the amounts spent each rear for ad vhrtfslng * *? The w?v-ai newspaper ?? the moet ? ghlv regarded idvarnstng medio n t war disclosed In all ootn|iauie* .'is* in* the qiirHtlontiM.r* useo ?he oral p'iKrr and tXH did not The n ilttr.ions buy ng npj -e in 1 cal papers .re v ? tiIv divided atnoti. all ?ec?i?it?s if th<- . ouniry Com pa Itog six -itedia or aeillng |>eraotval trual awrwues and n?kler ng their effect vonea* *r- ru .e atandpnlM of producing reaulta. .h? speaker declared thai the local w* papers should head the 1UL Fold r* and bookleta can reaoh a limited iudlenca. he observed. but the nr?? >aper te the beet tnedlufn for *c?i nr ug p-eerie* and uhmi circular? ? ? i abouio newer he wiuilhed. he ergao Excavating Cava of ^ Sleeper* of Ephmaa* A rave, for centuries (be accredited resting place of the Seven Sleepers of Kpheeua, la new being excavated by Austrian scientists at Kphesus, thirtyone milea from Smyrna, In an attempt to ohtuin light en the ancient legend. Seven young men of Kphesus, ui?on being persecuted for refuging to wor whip ui| Idol, ran Hwuy and hid In a rave, acordlay to the legend. ' The emperor ordered ihelr cave to he s?-iiled p|< In A I?. 47!l ii wnrk"ia(l, digging the f, * ii in In t Ion m nf h home. broke Into the ii >nd foiiiid hoven men asleep in It. They woke up wlieu he called to i hem mid gm e iiiiii money to buy iireml ii nd wiiir for I hem. The coin* were of a variety minted more tluui i,ai ynirn previously. ami the seven iu??n were dec-lured to he the game a* those w idled up In A. It. i>0. 1 lo* ii if.iir was olllrhilly "firoclalined a mlr sole. The sleepers kikiii sank into a coma again and died, the legend rung. Their remains were Inter removed to Mur gel I leg. France. "Antipodes** Too Often Term Wrongly Used The term "antipodes" Is strictly up piled to any two peoples or places on pposite sides of the earth and ko alt mited that a straight line drawn from me to a no Uier passes through tie* enter of the earth. Loosely, however, die term is applied to any place on lie opposite side of the earth from is <'hlrin Is popularly supposed to Me the antipodes of the United State* ml there Is an old saying that If one were to din a fade deep enough he vmihl fall Into China. Hilt this Is g dscoiu eptlou. for China and the '"lilted States are both In the north rn hemisphere The true antipodes f the United States Is a region In lie Indian ocean west of Australia \'o p'trf of the North American cmiImni fins li* antipodes In any lee ? surface. The antipodes of Sooth America fall In the region of China the Philippines and Borneo, while the antipodes of ICurope and Asia are In fiie South Pacific. The approximate antipodes of London Is Antipodes Mnnd. nenr New Zenland.?Pathfinder Magazine. ? <: There Were Others The young man hesitatingly en tered her father's presence. With a preliminary clearing of the throat and a nervous twitch of his fingers, lie sa'd: "I have come to ask 1^ I may marry your daughter Gertrude." "Yoti may," said the father, prompt y. ns he pnssed the cigars. "And. n<>\v in i.v I take you Into my confidence?" "Why?er?" exclaimed the happt ttlMfl. "W oil. my hoy," said his future father-in-law, "I Just want to say that as you puss around among ypn> friends. I wish you'd get some of them excited nhout Margaret, Dorothy Leila, and Nancy. And put a couple of cigars In your pocket." Old Indian Reservation Formerly what Is now the Uncom (inhere forest was Included in the UiIndian reservation. Many of n,-* streams, mountains and valleys In thforest still bear Indian names. In rhe Durny division Spanish ntitmabound, reminders of Its former con necflon with Mexico and Spain. Sot tiers were early attracted to t!-. Ouray country hy Its rich mineral do posits, from which ninny slzuble for tunos have been wrested Among If* mines are the famous Camp I'.'rd Itevcnue. Atlas. Mountain Top, Mid den Treasure. Ruby Trust and others of lesser note Light Helpt Police Criminals who alter documents with any Ink that contains Iron can he do 'ected by oltra-vlolet rays, according o Professor Bruning. Berlin scientist In Popular Science Monthly. Postal hleves who open letters and rosea I hem also are branded guilty by the ays; one kind of mucilage, for In *tance. glows with a fluorescent llghi under the rays, while another doeii' not. Artificial pearls, however skillfully made, are revealed as false, as are Imitation dlarmsids. The finest genuine diamonds shine with a magnificent purple light under rays of tlie ultra-violet lamp. Birthdays Take rare to remember the hlrth lays of your friends and relatives (Jnmindfulness In this respect Is often regarded as a slight not euslly overlooked. How many people, espech.llx 'hose who live alone, are heard to ex uress their disappointment, in that no me renumbered them, no one came them on their birthday! Life Is leetlng Our friend* ami dear ?t,c* re here tpday and K,,iie tomorrow. Therefore. If there is anything *r. can do any kindness we can show that will brighten theb lives, let us do It while opportunity Is still here . ? v Old Religious Sect Shakers is ihe popular name applb ' h set founded In 17HO by .lam . iirdl-.w and .lane, his wife, under lh. ?f "The United Society of p.. vers In Our Ixird s Second Appcu Arm Lee. a follower of the Wntd j 11 came to North America u? unded a community settlement I lanner of Hf?. th^ resemble - fl j Junkers. They pay much attention r" ducat Ion, ?ud make no effort to ? | "nverta Sees Snake Per^na Gtorgt* Uupgclle oT H9W in the U. S_ ?? he?4o( aanisatlott' which *nniul|T ftiinates 11 million saakits i Ar<u in India and Im. plaint here thai Chart? hand?it deadly?but really tit breeding and full of 11 titty" when you know her MASTER'S 8aU State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. (Court of Common PI Mamie Carlos, Plainj against Charlie Carlos, Defendant, Under and by virtue of" of the Court of Common* the above entitled ca?e,4j? dated the 30th day of M|M will sell to the highest bidde? auction, before the Court H at Camden, S. C. on the {fa? being the 1st day of Auaf? the following described "All that piece, parcinl of land lying, being andttl the county of Kershaw, 1 South Carolina, in the city* den, and bounded as folios? by lot of estate of Coleman* East by Miss Minnie CJyburn,! South by Singleton Wood, J the West by Campbell Street! city of Camden. Said lot has a 1 age on Campbell Street of fort} (45) feet and extends back of s form width to a depth of One hu seventy-five (175) feet. Terms of sale, cash. Anyone desiring to bid at sal except the plaintiff herein, I attorneys of record, shall fii posit with the Master the J Fifty (>$50.00) dollars in cJ certified check as evidence faith. Any such amount I posited by an unsuccessful be returned at the conclusio* Sale' R. H. HILTON* Master Kershaw* July 12, 1927. MASTER'S SALB I State of South Carolina, * County of Kershaw. * (Court of Common Pk? K. S. Villepigue, P'uaJ against -JmI J. C. Chapman, Defends? Pursuant to a judgm? closure made in the ak^^| case, dated the 24th daj* 1927, I will sell to thehiP^B at public auction, befon County Court House do* S. C., on Monday, beinf of August, 1927, the M*? scribed real estate: All that certain piece? J? lot of land, situate, in the city of Camden? Kershaw state of South Ca? Market Strejet, between!? Rutledge Streets and M? on Market Street ninety*"? feet more or less, and extern eastwardly of a uniform k? depth of two hundred (?J? more or less, bounded nortAl now or formerly of CharlowB East by lot now or Taylor Lewis, and lot and West by Market Stteew* Terms of sale, cesh-v^i? Anyone desiring to bid et W except the plaintiff herenr** deposit with the Master tw* One hundred (>$100.00), ^3 caBh, or a certified che?tW? responsible bank for ^J* as evidence of good fan?- *1 amount so deposited JTfJl cessful bidder to be rd?"11 a elusion of said sale. itT)rn>j| H. H. BttTOl Master Ken***-! July 12, 1?27. J f CITATION 1 State of South Carolina '* County of KershSW By W. U McDowell, K*!?*? Judge. ? Whereas, G. W. McGirM* to me tb grant him l***? ministration de bonis n*? tamento annexo of the ?? J. McGirt. ?. These are, therefore. J admonish all and siitfj? red and creditors of McGirt, deceased, that ? appear before me, In rj? Probate, to be held d J? on Monday, July ,?"? publication ^thereof, at JM the forenoon, to show yrjjm they have why the tion should not be ? ' Given under my ? day of July, Anno W. L. McDOWPJJ Judge of Probate for K? J PuhPsh^-? on the I** " dwvs nf Julv. 11*27, .J* ? rhrontciA srvt doer for ?" W IHK . - mm