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I STYLE IN OAK FLOORS I I Is i>ow possible in every home. I I Today, every house, pretentious or modest, I | may boast a floor that contributes every qual- I | ity a room should have I Beauty. Durability Economy I II Let us send you literature and advice I I ' on a^ny flooring prohlem. J I |1 I Columbia Lumber & Manufacturing Co. I | COLUMBIA, S. C. I I OAK FLOORING BY RITTER I ^ Rat Causes Auto Wreck York, Feb. 2J5,?A rat running around his feet as he drove his car resulted in the RgJ. W. G. Summerville of Guthriesville, pastor of the Ikthesda Presbyterian church, driving his automobile Wednesday into '% telephone pole, shattering the windshield and indicting on him a deep gash across the cheek from the ear to. the mouth. Kev. Mr. Summdtville was given medical attention here by Dr. P. W. Hunter, who then sent him to a hospital in Rock Hill for further examination. ? 1 FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Saturday, March 23, 1929, I will make to the Probate Court * of Kershaw County my final return as Administratrix of the estate of Wyley L. Jones, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administratrix. ALMA BERTHA JONES. Camden, S. C., February 18th, 1929. I WlRJNG i SERVICE WIRES BETWEEN WALLS Electric wires between walls and under floors are hid from view so long as the structure stands. They must be dependable under alLcpnditions. We specialize in efficient electric wiring. Let us give you bur estimate now. j G. A. Partin Electric Shop WEST DeKALB STREET | Heart To Heart Talk (Written For The Chronicle by Dr. John Joseph Gaines) Changing This is an era of changes. And we relish them to the point of hearty welcome in most instances. Those who do not change once in a while gradually drift into that lethurgic state of mind which we call a rut? and everybody resents that. TJve^same suit of clothes worn for too long a time grows tiresome to our neighbors, if not to ourselves, though the garments are by no means worn, out. People relish contrasts, especially when the change is for the brighter, the newsier, the more attractive. And this applies to our reading matter, I think, fully as much as to mere physical appearances. So the readers of this paper will notice our abandonment of things and words with the medical tang. Ever alert for the best at his disposal, our editor believes that an inspirational diet will be relished fqr awhile; he believes, and I agree with him, that the mind should be refreshed as well as the body; so it is with no little satisfaction that 1 take up the pleasant duty to which I am assigned. There has never been a time when the thinkers of our beloved country have been sought with such positive energy. We are interested in everything good; the bad forces itself upon us, whether we will or no. "Prove all things; hold fast to that which is good." I don't know of any better advice than that. I heartily wish I could hear all of the comments that may be aroused by the things I shall try to say to you, dear friends, during the next year. Jdaybe some of you will differ with me; and some of my personal friends may even clip out something of mine?and put it in the scrap-book; T shairdream that way, at any rate. And I fully appreciate the honbr of taking the place of a beloved writer who has lately been called to the higher sphere. May I hope that there is just a little corner somewhere in your heart for me to creep into and be happy? Of the 3,108 new cars registered at Rio Janerio last year 3,105 were of American make. A Five-Year Plan S ' * *' v Cultivate a five-year vision, because what your ^position will be five years hence depends to a large ex- j tent upon how you take advantage of present oppor- j tunities and prepare yourself for future ones. I . ? ? * &{ V -V V. Loan and Savings Bank ? ? . .. . ? ... o Jm CAPITAL $100,000.00 - ? - - ' - - - ? - * Ir?n ? faT*. why a; Perfume# Should B? Kepi in the Dark Have jrou ever wondered why th* perfume on your dressing table feetm to chuug^ odyr from week to weekl Perhaps you have been puzzled because a fragrance which smell*!) agreeable at the time you bought t( become# commonplace or even tin pleaaant after you have uaed It a few weeks, saya the Kansas City Star. "Always keep perfume In u dark place," advises Lucleu Leloug, the Purls dressmaker whoae study of per tyftue has resulted In valuable nuggesHons for Its use. "Dhyllght will affect every odor differently uccordlng to Its formula and In extreme cases the perfume turns bright red as soon | ns U has been exposed te the sun." Jasmine becomes black in the light, other flower extracts darken less noticeably, but as soon as they change color, even slightly, the perfume changes scent. According to M. Le long, certain chemicals suffer similarly us a result of exposure to light. 11 a product such us ludol has beeu used In the perfume it will forpi ether and emit a foul odor soon after It hae been allowed to stand In the sun. So carefully njust the elements which compose a perfume be guarded that many of the morq fragile extracts ure bought In a discolored state by the perfumer to prevent darkening ufter they have been mixed. Discolored llorul elements cost a great deal more than flowers in a nutural state, and they are reserved for expensive perfumes. The need Is evident for keeping perfume flacons tightly stoppered. Air, sunlight, will harm the scent and carelessness In keeping the odor air tight results In a noticeable loss of strength and quuliiy. Why Rainfall It Heavy After Lightning Flash That It often ruins harder after a vivid flush of llghtnlpg and heavy peal of thunder Is a fact well known to meteorologists, says the Pathfinder Magazine. Strictly speaking, however, the "rain guf?h,H as weather expert* cull It, Is caused by neither the lightning nor the thunder. According to the United States weather bureau, the phenomenon Is explained as follows: A cloud Is electrified when raindrops are produced by a, rapidly rising mass of warm, humid air. Ths greater the4 quantity of suspended raindrops, the greater, In general, win be the quantify of electricity, therefore, when there Is a large amount of rain already formed in a cloud therf Is often a correspondingly- heavy diecharge of lightning followed by thun der. The light from the discharge, the thunder and the raindrops all start down at the same time. But the light, being much faster. Is seen before the thunder Is heard; and the drops, being slower even .than the thunder, follow immediately. Thui the action of the rising air on the raindrops causes the lightning, and the lightning- causes the thunder." Why Thermometers Err Even thermometers grow old, and consequently Inaccurate with aged mercurial Instruments rending too high and spirit Instruments too low. In the former case the bulb appears to shrink, thus forcing the quick-silver too far up the stem. This grudunl shrinkage Is supposed to be due to. the . fact that external preseurt on the bulb may be considerably higher than the internal pressure, the air as far as possible having been removed before the glitos Is sealed. On the otber-baml.-the spirit thermometer Is sealed with the bulb covered to a freezing mixture, In order to "lock up in the glass as much air es possible. The Instrument thus start* with the Internal pressure which In time appears to be reduced either by expansion of the glars under the Internal pressure or by leakage. Why Rainfall Is Lessening During the last half-century th? world's average rainfall has, accord* Ing to weather records, decreased about 1 per cent. This har; been considered due to outside Influences euctr as variation in sunlight, but an Indian weather expert has put forward # suggestion for ttie decrease. He suggests that the tack of rain may be due to an oil film, less than a millionth of an Inch thick, spread on the surface of the ocean by ships that burn oil' for fuel. Evaporation ol ocean wnter Is the chief source of rain, and this film of nii may be sufficient to retard evaporation. Why Hook Doesn't Hurt Fish There are very few nerves around the mouth of a fish and consequently It feels little pain when caught by a book. This is proved by the ftict that often the same fish can be caught over and over in the same day. The fact Is, fish seem to feel very little pgln In any part of the body. They do. ef course, feel some pain and discomfort Why Called "Blue Lodge" ~ In Freemasonry a Blue lodge is s symbolic lodge In which tflC firsT three degrees of Masonry are co*4 ferred. It Is so called from the color of Its decorations, a Master Mason. Is a Freemason^rho has been raised to the third degree.?Bxchtange. Why KtoliccJhk Bible _ Certain words in the Bible are italicised where It seemed necessary use additions) words to make the translation from the original manflF! script Intelligible to the readers ef I the mmh twii ? 1 Simmons Shunned i 1 By Fellow Senators , Clinton W. Gilbert, in his "Daily t Mirror of Washington," in the Philf adelphia Ledger, says: ' ' One has only to observe the set)' ate to understand what boiling the ; Democratic ticket means to a > Southerner, .Senator Furnifold M. Simmons, of North. Carolina, bolted Governor Smith, the Democratic, can i didule for president, last November. Probably for the first time in htflifo ; he supported a Republican candidate , for any office. He> u lonely figure | Hi the senate today. Naturally, moat , of his associates in the senate were Southern Democrats, for nearly all of , the members on his side of the chamber came from the South. He is obviously cold-shouldjered by most of his fellow Democrats. They spoufc . to him courteously when they moot ' hlm- hut they plainly enough do not I seek his company. A good many of them hurry away when they have re1 pfied to a greeting from him, as if ( the press of busing* made any conj. versation with him impossible. And , I am told that the member a of the housu from North Carolina who used* ; to follow his leadership now are indifferent to him. Yet Mr. Si pinions has been one of i th" ,nost pbwerful members on the Democratic side. He is one of the oldest senators, the ranking Demociat in the s^nat^ finance committee, the most important committee in the upper house, and a very capable politician. The overwhelming vote by which the senate rejected Senator Heflin'.s resolution regarding flags on naval vessels was another illustration of the dislike with which bolters are regarded. Had any one but Senator Heflin introduced this resolution, it would probablyyhavr carried. But most of the Democrats wanted to show what they thought of bolters, and nearly everybody else wished to show that he was not animated by the prejudices which influence Mr. Heflip. Incidentally, a good many senators are worried by their vote against the Heflin resolution. It will be interesting to see whether Senator Simmons dan get himself renominated and re-elected when his present term expires in 1931, Generally in the South when a Democrat has bolted his party's nominee, even for some minor office, he finds years afterward that he will be defeated for nomination in any Democratic primary in which he offers his name. A good deal will depend on' whether there is a single candidate Against Simmons in 1930 or not. Simmons is ar clever politiciarTancr* may divide the opposition to him.1 He is also an old man and will have! the sympathy of a good many voters. But the chances seem to be against his being able to come back to the senate if he seeks a renomination' next year. Northwestern university is to benefit to the extent of about $8,000,000 by the will of the late Milton H. Wilson, one of the founders of the firm of Wilson Bros., Chicago manufacturers and wholesalers of men's furnishings. " wmw9 Gettys Makes Report On County Schools County Superintendent J. Team Gettys, in company with I). L, Lewis, supervisor of rural schools, has rpiido a survey of the school* of Kor*huw County and hus submitted the/following report to State Superintendent of Education, J. H. Hope: "1 respectfully aubfhit below review Of school conditions in Kershaw t ounty, hk observed by me during tho week beginning October 28, 1U28. "In company with tho County Superintendent I visited the following schools: Hluney High School; Concord, one-teacher school; Crescent, one-teacher school; Char lotto- Thorn pson High School; Antioch High School; Midway High School; DeKalb, I two teachers; Locknart, two teachers; Hanging ltock, two teachers; Gates torn, two teachers; Lugoff, four teachers; Pine Grove, three teachers; Wateree, two teacher*; Trinity, two | teachers. "A most constructive piece of work hus been done in Kershaw County along high school lines. Every section of the county is within reach of a good high school except a portion between the Wateree River and the4' Camden-Kershaw public road. Last year Kershaw County had more high jichool pupils enrolled in proportion to school enrollment than any other county in the state. "While the county is thus well supplied with high schools, the elementary schools have hot taken advantage of their high school opportunities. The great need in Kershaw County is, affiliation of all clumontury HchooU with the high schools. Such affiliation should be accomplished by legislative enactment. The county should be divided into high school districts, the act making the division designating into which high school each elementary school should be affiliated. No elementary school should retain more grades than can be thoroughly tuught (not more than two giades to a teacher) the other grades being transported to the associated high school. u< ?.?!lAhe element?ry grades in the high school group should be supervised from the high school, with a view to keeping the work of each grade as nearly as possible on a par with the work of the corresponding grade of the associated high school. There should be a uniform county-wide high school tax with corresponding reduction of local district taxes.? (Such a tax would equalize the high school costs throughout the county, just as the present seven mill uniform county-wide tax equalizes all school costs. "In such organization, Trinity, Concord, Crescent and Blythedale should be affiliated with Blaney. If, on account of lack of enrollment, more than two grades should have to be given to a tpacher, the entire elementary school should be transported to the high school, as no teacher can successfully teach" more than two grades. This rule should apply to every elementary school in the county "Ohkland should to Affiliated with either Antioch' or Midway. Pleasant Grove should be affiliated with Midway. Central should be associated' with either Midway or Bethune. r> Gates Ford, Hanging' Rock, Thornhill and Three C's should! , be affiliated with Kershaw. "Lugoff, Pine Grove, and Wateree should affiliate with Cnmden. Yarborough, Cedar Creek and per- j haps Central should be associated < with Bethune. "Ned's Creek should affiliate either ' , with Mt. Pisgah or Kershaw. "Stoneboro and Liberty Hill should , be affiliated with Heath Springs. "DeKalb, Westville, . Lockhart, ' Truesdale, Flat Rock, Cantey, Pied-! . mont, and perhaps Providence And f Whitty, should co-operate to form. ft j : ^???????? centralism! high school. Providence might be associated with Midway insteud of this new high school. "Certainly those elementary schools, Ave or six in number which are now attempting to teach high school Sades should send all grades above e seventh to the high school. To retain theae pupils in the high school grades of the elementary schools deprives them of the opportunity to obtain a good high school education and a high school diploma, k also tends to limit the school vision of the patrons of these schools, making them elementary-school-minded insteud of high-school-mlndec|. "The work observed in the high schools visited was admirable. The organization and administration in the Blaney High iSchool were par-' ticularly good. Penmanship Is us well taught in the Blaney High School as has been observed anywhere. The > school has an excellent supply of supplementary reading for all of the grades, and has a very complete. record system. The first grade in the Churlotte Thompson High School will read eleven readers during the term. The first three grades for all schools should each read at least six readers during the term in order that these grades may acquire the mechanics if reuding. It is unfortunate that tIIc enrollment in the Charlotte? Thompson High School is so low. "Some weakness in discipline was observed in two or three of the schools inspected. Where a teacher has lost control of the discipline in her classroom it would be better, either for this teacher to bo given other work in the school, or for another teacher to be put in her place. It is difficult to regain control of discipline once lost. . "The great problem In Kershaw (bounty at this time is the financial situation brought about by the almost complete crop failure. Many children are unable to go to school on account of inability to purchase either books or clothing. The situation is t pathetic. Some of the schools, Blaney for example, aro making arrangements to provide clothing and books for the children. It is hoped that this can be done wherever necessary throughout the county in order that these children may not be deprived of the opportunity to attend school. "The school outlook in Kershaw County, on account of the excellent high school organization, is most encouraging, if thp further changes in organization suggested above can be made, there is no reason Why every school child in Kershaw County, should not be given the opportunity to obtain a good high school education. Furthermore through such organization that close and related supervision'can be given Jo every school in the county which will keep all of the grades of the elementary - -j schools Up to the standard of the corresponding elementary grades In the high schools, and.will make the transition from the elementary to the high schools easy. The county superintendent absolutely does not have time for this close fcnd related supervision and the method suggested above for such supervision is the only feasible way in which it .may be obtained; '"If the organization suggested above cannot be carried out, Kershaw County should put on a system of uniform county-wide seventh "grade examinations as a prerequisite to promotion from ^the elementary ichoels to the high schools. Such a system of examinations will set a standard of attainment for the elementary teachers,- will prote$? the ligh schools from insufficiently prepared pupils, and will set the eyes of *11 of the school children on the high 5 school." . Jfcfew York city had 25,949 fires during 1928 with losses aggregating >1?,W4,381. r?rrj ...... / I CONGAREE SOIL-BUILDER FERTILIZERS There is one thing about CONGAREE SOIL-BUII.DER FERTILIZERS: They are always the same in good times and bad times, in t j hard times and flush times. We had a bad .time, last year and have to r overcome it with success this year. The greatest aid toward accorti- j plishing this is the use of the BEST .FERTILIZER you can get. I' . .J We are positive that the BEST IS CONGAREE SOIL-BUILDER. - :B j | This has been proved by actual test, covering a period of years right I _ I jj here in your midst. Ask any man who has ever used it. It costs no Mil? more and is worth more. .SeO us before yw bay. 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