Redpath to Feature Musical Production "An Alpine Romance" F* 0U3 FIECHTL YODLERS IN "AN ALPINE ROMANCE" A Il? hirnoe," the spectacular mimical production to Ixa pre ; : ' ! ,'ii niel't of Kedpath Week here this season by the famous I--.: ') > .< . U iike a glimpse Into the heart of the Alps. The. colorful c.i . c. ...e p.t ...t e. f|U3 Tyrol', fascinating Tyrolean melodies and quaint ful .s !''>' e an unf ir,;etable picture of life in the far-away Alps. ' " f '-"ii, Ftcchils came originally from Innsbruck, Tyrol, and have won ii treivcrid uis popularity In this country. With them are Yost and Wund'Tle, two well-known Tyrolean artists whose Victor phonograph records are known and loved by thousands. BETH I N K NEWS NOTES Happenings of Intereat uh Told By Our Regular Correspondent. Bethunc, May H.?A splendid four i act pljiy entitled "Honor Wins" was fiven at the school auditorium last 'riday evening by members of the eleventh grade under the supervision ' of Mrs. R. K. Tompkins. The play was well patronized and the entire j caste was much complimented on the unusually good performance. The School Improvement Assoeia- | tion held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday afternoon. A pleasing program was given by the school pupils and an interesting talk* made by the Rev. drier of Mayesville. The eigth grade won the half holiday for having most parents and friends present. Mr. 0. T. Hatfield has sold out his interest in the 'Citv Meat Market' to Mr. J mi Waters who, with his son, Robert Water*, will tvonduct that business in the future. Mr. Hatfield has opened a grocery store. Mrs. W A. (James of Sarasota, Fla., is visiting her sister, Mr*. M. O. Ward. Mrs. Anna Stevens, of Cheraw, spent Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald. Unfortunately she sustained a very painful injury by slipping on the wet steps and falling to the ground. No bones were broken, however, and she was able to be taken back to Cheraw in the afternoon. The Rev. J. B. Hillhouse, pastor of the Presbyterian church, spent last Sunday visiting one of his early pastorates in Cieorgia. His pulpit was filled by Dr. Barron, of Columbia, who is a "very attractive speaker. A number of people from Bethune 11 i j visited Hartsville the past week enjoying the many attractions offered 1 during 'Booster's Week.' Mrs. Hat lie Ileusliss, accompanied by her son, Clarence, visited her I daughter. Sarah I>ee, at Winthrop ! college last Sunday. Mr. Henry West, who has been at John Hopkins' hospital for som1; ; time, returned home last week much improved in health. The Rev. drier, pastor of the Presbyterian church, at Mayesville, and Mrs. drier have been visiting then i daughter, Miss Mary C. drier, wht j teaches in the Bethune schools. Alcolu Safe Robber ' Surrenders Money Manning, May 3.?The Bearch for the robb? r of the Aderman Lumber (company of the $4,760 payroll last 1 Friday, April 27, came to a climax today. The suspect that has been watched by the sheriff and other officials was made a proposition today by the Alderman Lumber company. The snipping clerk in offtce was the suspect, but no proof of the robbery coud be obtained. Finally, the lumber company made the suspect the proposition that if he would refund the payroll of $4,760, no prosecution would be made. He promptly accepted the proposition, handed the ! payroll of $4,760 to the Alderman 'company and left Alcolu immediately with his family. "Ben-Hur"A Equal in History General Lew "Wallace's "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ." that was :\ stage spectacle twenty-two years, and as a book enjoyed a circulation a> large the Bible, will be seen fur the first time at Majestic Theatre Monday and Tuesday, May 14 and 1 5. It comes here after long runs an 1 crowded houses . i:i New York.. Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia. It boasts a cast of 150,000. Fred NibJo directed the production which begins with the Wise Men and the Star of Bethlehem, pictures Jerusalem under the Roman tyranny and the condemnation of the Prince of Hur to the galleys. The battle 'twixt the Roman fleet and the Greek pirates was filmed with a great BenHur navy of antique modeled craft oflf the coasts of Italy. The cede bra ted Antioch chariot race, in whteh Ben-Hut and Messala contest for the palm, occupied three months in the making. Twelve quad- j rigss are driven seven laps over a course facing a Circus Maxim tut that! holds neafly "a hundred thousand j spectators. The exquisite love story of Ben-Ilur and Ksther is intertwined with the thrilling action. The tinal scenes deal with Ben Hur's assembling of legions in th< plan to establish a kingdom of Judea, the discovery of his long lost mother and sister in thfiTwVale oi llinnom, the procession of I>a!m Sunday, and the healing of the sick ones by the Savior, whereby Ben-Hui and his beloved Esther and kinsfolk a: v, reunited, l.u a grandiose epic that has taker three years for its completion an< included as many real-life adventur ings as an historic odvssey of th< Old and New Worlds, Ramon No varro (in the title role). Bettj Rronson, May McAvoy, Francis X Bushman, Oarmel Myers, Clairi McDowell, Kathleen Key, Nigel d< Brulier, Mitchell Lewis and Franl I Currier have prominent parts. Th< [ music for the production was writtei by David Mendosa and William Axt the composers of "The JBig Parade.' The offering is a Metro-Golwyn-May er picture made by special arrange ment with A. I* Erlanger, C B. Dil Itngham and F. Ztegfeld, Jr., and i coat $4,000,000. ?a% I Put Implicit Faith in Flower "Oracle*" Perhaps ihe most fumlllnr of all ways of consulting fate hy uieun* of m flower Is ifie pulling off of the (refills. But tiii? in ifof ihe only way An American In Kngluiid. vlslilng mm ninleiti^iinii remote country 111fi one Way missed lor w ii y In miliMIng ?'or rlifortr iind tied thread head downward from lis pin, began to curve Its stems npward until they stood upright nnd finally the tips burst Into hlooin?then all was well, and they might expect to marry ami live happy ever after. Shakenneare Had to Wait for Recognition In reading u British review of Wii Hum Shakespeare's life and works I found many interesting statements Juck Mo lone observes In the Chicago Dally News. One of these depicted the "Bard of Avon" as hnvhig no rating whatever with the arbiters of literary excellence?Bacon. Marlowe and Green These critics Ignored him utterly, refusing to publish any comment0 either pro 01 eon, their studied si lence attesting a desire to squelch an nctor who presumed to Intrude upon their particular Held?literature. This Intensely Interesting and grip ping article asserted that the above trio were considered the "cream" of Elizabethan authors, with the (tower to make or break any upstart seeking to compete with them. So the "Iin mortal William" was suppressed, and during the next loo years remained a dim legend. Then came s plea for his rehabilitation among authors of Pope's time. Shakespeare "fans" became more nnd more numerous, his dramas anJ verses were collected nnd read, and the habit was formed. And finally. '2-10 years fallowing his death. Shakespeare's fame was secured or (i11 time! South Seaa The Pacific ocean was formerly known as the South sen. due to ti>? fact thai Vuseo Nunez do Balboa Spanish governor of Darieti, first saw It In l-'llt when looking southward He named It "el .V.er del Stir." or tin 'Sea of * he South." Almost from tin beginning however, the English used i!e term In the plural form and up p!i??d It to nil the '"titers of the south tii hemisphere. In l-VJX, only I" years after Balboa first beheld finI'.M-'tic. a man named Thorne wruie I" lletiry V il 1 as follows; "Ventlil they collie to thee. South Seas of tinlirlies < k'chh Mali. In English liter a!lire "South S<\iV refers especially to that part of ti;e Pacific ocean south 01 the equator. "The South Sea Is lands is a general term designating the more remote and less civilized islands in that region.?Exchange. Flower Names The names of many flowers find ii -ir origin In proper nouns. Back ot ?hem there nre of:en hingrnphles. Tin beautiful Japanese flower, wistaria discovered by Nuttall. was not named after "him. but In honor- of one of his sclent I lie friends, Casper Wlstar. n professor of anatomy at the Unlver pity 'of Pennsylvania. The gentian 1 get? Its name from the lllyrlan king dentins, who was tlie first to discover Its properties. Quassia was named after Quassi. a negro slave In Surl mime, (dutch Guiana, win. used Its hark as a remedy for fever.?Mentor Magazine. I New Test fo~ Diamonds A method by which the quality ot dhottoiuls can he definitely determined end iodlHUoHe.j .lelei-led lots ?>t*et! dts covered hy M Malaval. chemical head l of the police laboratory at l.yons it ( eo'i I...ration with Professor Lorard The stones are photographed uudi i 4 c light of ultra violet rays M!,er??.| h:? ugh a screen. sunlight being i,? ?1?. used for the purpose. diamond? of the first wutei m !,, a hi iit.ant Image, while Inferior s ..... , ? ar? unrely shadows, e ' Not What He Meant "Perkins." tlinnriered the farmer t. his new assistant, "I told you to g,. an unswer to that letter 1 you to deliver I" "Well, sir. they Just wouldn t k|T( me one. I did the best 1 could." "Hid the best you conld, eh? Wen that was a pretty Idiotic effort. If toed known fool was (oing Pd havi !*>? myself r s. v-- . . -* Where Courtship /? Privilege of Women i Not only docs the Chum maiden iu sonic districts of indo China make the 1 propositi, but with her also lies the lultiutiv# for divorce. Moreover, when J divorce occurs, which it docs often, j the wife retains the home, the chll dren, und one-third of the property. ^ I'ven more favored is rtie girl of' the "maternal kinship" tribes of As suin. Site proposes, und, if he accepts, the marriage lakes place and the husband must then come and live with her people. And the wife may divorce her husband when she pleases By so doing, indeed, site gains much, for she not only keeps the children and her own property, but all tier divorced husband's property us well. If a husband divorces his wife he must still surrender Ills entire property and the children to her. The maiden of Bopda I'orjus In southern Indiu resorts to a severe test when selecting a husband. The chosen man has to accompuny her Into the Jungle, where she applies fire to his hare back. If the pain draws a yell from him, he Is contemptuously rejeofed. She takes him for husband only If he suffers in silence. In Borneo, among the Kalublt peoples, It Is always the girl who con ducts the courtship.?From the Con tlnental Edition of the London Dally Mail, Production of Honey Important in Quebec. In the "Jesuits' Relutlon," dated 1038, it states the Indians used to make u decoction containing alum und honey as a remedy for typhus. The Indians called the English bee the white man's fly. it Is said that the first hive wus Imported Into America In 1038. The first agricultural statistics of, Quebec hardly dnte as far back as 1870. The first census showed 41,285 hives, with a total yield of 048,000 pounds of honey. In 1880 the harvest had considerably decreased, and this year gave only 650,000 pounds. The 1800 census gave 48,418 hives, with a production of 759,000 pounds. The growth for the following years was nothing short of a wonder, l.OOI.(KK) pounds being produced by 60,068 hives, the value of honey production and hives being over $500,000. The annual production In the prov lnce of Quebec amounts to 4,000.000 pounds of extracted honey and 800.000 pounds of comb honey. Hessians in Revolution "Hessian?" Is a term In American history for the German conscripts who were hired and sent over by England to help subdue the revolting Colonists. They came from six of the small states of Germany, hut as over half of them were from Hesse^Ca^sei and HesseDarmstadt, the name "Hessians" was generally applied to them. They were first commanded by Lieut. Gen. Phil Ipp von Helster, but he was succeeded by WUhelm von Knyphnusen In 1777. They took a prominent part in the battles of Long Island. White Plains! Trenton, Bennington, Brnndywlne. Ger mnntown, Guilford courthouse, Yorktown and several other smaller en gngements. Of the approximate 30,000 who came over to Atactica, only 17,000 returned to Germany. About 2,200 were killed outright or died of their wounds. Ten Plagues of Egypt Contrary to the popular notion, there were ten plagues of Egypt, it is a common error to speak of the -seven plagues of Egypt." The ten plagues according to the Bible, were at f,,b lows: The turning of the Nile IniV, blood, covering the land with fr,,gs turning the dust Into lice, sendinswarms of Cies. killing of the cattle by a murrain, afTILn.ng the Egyptians with boils, raining fire and hail covering the land with locusts, covering the land with a thick darkness for three days, and tlie destruction of the first horn man and beast?Exchange. Work for the Blind Among many remarkable pictures In the annual report of the British National Institute for the Blind, perhaps the most striking are those showing the blind engaged in world Industries. A blind man Is ringing coins at the I royal mint; a blind woman Is assembling parts of electric motors; blind ' workers are assembling toys; a blind girl \s employed in photographic en vol ope folding; While blind girls wran sweets and fold cardboard boxes. First Thought It was little Javky's first experl once In a train ?r,d the succession of ' wonders had reduced him to a state 1 of astonishment. lot""""u<- I'lunuM Into ? tunnel there cm., it..,,, hls I sundry grunl. In,Ileum.. ?lsulnv suspicion. I hen ine In.in rushed Into dnyllRht npnln sn.l ? ,?|,., In profound th.nkfnlne,, ??? 1 ' Mamma ! It's tomorrow ." By Force of Habit Jane Is three years old and wise ,M. yond her years. She U a erv.o r h^nir T,:,rr t hamled her some candy -What must you say to the man?mother said, warning her daughter 1 the etiquette attached to the gift ' *" 'h? citation ' -o The State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. By W. L. McDowell, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, S. P. Sullivan made stilt to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Jacky 'Sullivan. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Jacky Sullivan deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden, South Carolina on May 23rd. next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in j the forenoon, to show cause, if any I they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this iHh day of May, Anno Domini 1928. . _ w. l. McDowell, Probate Judge for Kershaw County Published on the 11th and 18th days of May, 1928, in the Camden Chronicle and posted at the Court House door ^orf the time .prescribed by. l#w.. Brigadier General Francis Moore, 87, retired, veteran of the Civil and Spanish-American wars, died at SanAntonia, Tex., Wednesday. BHH^ Works Hard, Dances, I Gains 3 Lbs. a We r ' 1 ' - "I work hard, dance and b gained 3 pounds a week since t ing Vinol. My nervousness is most all gone."?Mrs. F. Lang. Vinol is a delicious compound i cod liver peptone, iron, etc. Ne ious, easily tired, anemic people i surprised how Vinol gives new p sound sleep and a BIG appet The very first bottle often adds s eral pounds weight to thin child or adults. Tastes delicious.? Robin Zemp. Druggist. 4. ? , From 150,000 to 200,000 pec were in Miami, Fla., last week attendance on the annual convent of the Ancient Arabic Order Nod: of the Mystic Shrine. A negro physician admitted in New ~CQMX$c ^ & there were fifty-five doctors in t city, most of them negroes, who a gested to accident, victims that t turn over their claims for dami to a certain firm of lawyers. mm t ^PURB'PAINT will cover (hide) and protect more surface per gallop because it contains 20% to 40% mott: pure lead. 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