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BIG FKRB TOWBR ft f Be Conatrueted i* HautfcXsi'Near Magnolia CludeM [^rl?eton, S. C., Aug. 17-?South fimt forest ft re tower, conycted by the Cooper River Timber openy in cooperation with state rttry commission And the United ties forest service, has Just been npleted on Uods owned by the tiracowpany near the SummerviUeuieeton highway, not far from the pwlia and Middleton place fwr<h? tower is of ateel construction, I i? 100 feet high. It is equipped h an iqpide trap door at the top * cabin aeven feet square. The ,er walla of the cabin are of galaxed ateel and in each of the four 1U are two large windows, providan unobstructed view in every dition. be cabin is equipped with a map the surrounding territory on which re is a machine for the detection exact locations of flres. By sightover the cross bar of the instrunt and getting a bead on the Are, machine wilji register the exact ition on the map. i telephone connects the tower h the residence of the caretaker the property, who, in case of fire, sound the alarhi to the crew of i whose duty will be to protect area. ranee produced 892,410,000 gali of wine in 1926. P*-RELIE^^S | REFRESHING 1 ^ We have u^ed ^ Thedford's Black* ^ Draught for years I I in our family. I can highly recommend ^ it for many aili Bmenta. We take it ^^for colds and for constipation. I *1 have four chil'^Bdren, and 1 give it '^ to them. When my r<^Bittle girl gets bilir '^Hous, or complains of ^Bneadache, I give her ^ a treatment of Black-Draught, M ! Vend ahe is all right in a day Ijl I "Sometimes whan I have in* Kj digestion ftom improper eat- H 44Ihave headache. Then I II Blade-Draught. I always H fresh^and lave more HH . :|^^(CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, W* ff'iii9y?m.rv. women who need a tonic ahoold A j M hke CARDUL In nee over 00 year* J Your Shoes ncomfortable feet make j ours long, distance long, patience short. Let's I ftp the feet by rebuild- I Ik RED BOOT Shop e*t Door to Express Office I II 613 Rutledge St. I I CAMDEN. S. C. I |abram m. jones "S Proprietor" i 11E. CHEWNING I w* ' ' < ^tractor and General I Builder j; SO Years Experience I Wfigure on yoar pext |1 building job. j| I ^1 MAY (M'I'OBIS SHBALY (iov.rn? KJchardA M.j, s?.k <Mh?r 0?l? >t KiphmUon of Term. Columbia, Auguet 18?Rumon that Governor John O. Richards will oppose J. w. Shealy, commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industry in the imp primary gained consider' awe credence among politlciana at the "tate capital during the pust week, and ^>td in Charleston on the occasion of the opening of the Cooper riv$IV bridge. The breach which occurred between Governor Richards and United States Senator Ble&se in Columbia during the session of the General Assembly Hat March, ia believed by some astute followers of political destiny to have >een less serious than was believed by closp personal friends of the two officials at the time, and in Charleston there was said to have been noticeable evidences that such a breach, if there really was one, was on the mend. If the breach has healed or is in the process of healing friends of Senator Bleaso believe that this fact, if no other, will serve to nullify any ambitions which Governor Richards may have had to oppose the junior senator in his campaign for re-election. But from unofficial sources it is learned that Governor Richards has other reasons for entering a race for an office which may be considered to be of less importance than that of goverHe i? acutely interested in the program of the natural resources commission, which was bora and is being developed during his tenure of office. He wants to see that the state ns a whole prospers from the discovery argued originally on the floor of the House of Representatives by Dr. Patterson of Barnwell county that South Carolina grown fruits and vegetables will prevent and cure certain types of diseases. When the natural resources comi mission was in process of formation, Commissioner Shealy was invited to participate in discussions had at the various meetings, but if his interest' "was ever otherthan iukewaTtrt, tt'^as not apparent to those who attended the meetings. As chairman of the natural resources commission, Governor Richards has had part in directing the policies of the group, he knows what persons have given of their time and labors unselfishly to advance the commission's programs, and he is said by his friends to be of the opinion that he, better than Commissioner Shealy, can advance these programs to advantage of growers and packers and for the economic good of the state as well as the physical good of humanity in regions where at least a portion of citizens are afflicted with goiter or other thyroid ailments. Other reasons have been advanced by friends of the governor why he should run for, commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industry. Rendering unto Ceasar the things that are Ceasar's, it cannot be denied that he cemented many old friendships and made new friends by the way in which he handled the labor strikes in the state, particularly * at Ware Shoals. Organized labor in the state, speaking generally, approved his actions ultimately. There is talk of organization of a state department of labor to handle such differences between capital and labor, and to assist in executing the provisions of a workmen's compensation bill, which will be introduced by Senator R. M. Jeffries, of Colleton county, at the 1930 session of the General Assembly. There is also a possibility that the people of the state may elect a governor to succeed Governor Riohards who will not be so keenly interested in the work of the Natural Resources Commission. Gets Fortune For $50 Ola, Ark., Aug. 14.?Cheetel Law, of Kingston, took a chance. He purchased for $50 three boxes sold for storage charges by the Pacific Express company. Opening' them he found $9,800 in bonds^ stocks and notes which are negotiable in addition hundreds of valuable trinkets, rings, bracelets, some diamonds, amethysts, turquoise, cameos and minerals of some' value. - The boxes Law purchased were left fct the express office fifteen years ago by Charles Baker, a mining engineer. He left instructions to ship the boxes to him when he gave directions but he was never heard from gain. Little was known of him except ?fcat his wife and child are dead. Riohmond, Vs., police last Wednesday arrested, three men on suspicion of theft of an. automobile. It has since been learned that the automobile was stolen at Birmingham, Ala. The three men are also suspected of being^Batpanalbie for tfaa burglary of a store at Florence in this state, when a bag contai?h? $150 in coin was =gjjs--iCV _ --Jg tv"1 ' ' ~ - -i MAGAZINES EXPLOIT IODINE Southern Banker and Public Health Journay Both Carry Articles Columbia, Aug. 14.?South Carolinian* will be interested in two article* upon th^ iodine content of South Carolina foodstuff* recently appearing in out-of-the-state magazines. One is by Henry S. Johnson, secretary of the South Carolina Bankers' association, which appeara in the August issue of The Southern Banker. It goes into details of the organization and work together with the. < results being achieved by the commission. The other is an editorial which appears in the last issue of The American Journal of Public Health as follows : "An interesting study which has great possibilities is being carried on in South Carolina by the departments of physiology and pathology of the medical college of the state (the field force of the state board of health), and several physicians. "In 1928 the legislature created a commission anc|( provided funds for studying the mineral elements of foodstuffs growing in the state. The prime mover was Dr. William Weston, a pediatrician, whose interest was aroused through the problems of nutrition. The analyses are being done by Professor Remington, of the medical college. "While similar data for the entire country are not available for comparison, it cab be said that the vegetables grown in South Carolina contain from twenty to thirty times as much iodine as those produced in California and Oregon. An unexpected finding is that the vegetables from the Piedmont region are somewhat richer in iodine than are those grown in the coastal belt. The green leafy vegetables show the largest amounts of iodin?> and nre also the richest ill vitamins and iron. The root crops are also rich in iodine, but grains, regardless of where they are grown, are poor in this element. "It has been found that the river* water which showed the highest content of iodine is some 150 miles from the coast. This particular stream did not contain other salts, which would indicate that they were derived from wind borne spray from the sea. These findings are contrary to the former theory that iodine and other salts' were obtained from the ocean through wind-blown spray. Another theory seems to have been disproved by the analyses as far as they have gone. Nitrates from Chile have been used, to a considerable extent as fertilizer, and some have -supposed that iodine was derived from this source. However, Chilean nitrate contains only a few hundredths of one per cent of iodine and the section of the state which shows the highest goiter incident' land the lowest amount of iodine in the foodstuffs is that in which Chilean nitrat^as been most largely used over a number of years. On the other hand, such vegetables as peas and beans, which contain large amounts Of iodine, are not fertilized with nitrate. "The examination for service during the World war showed that those drafted in South Carolina had an incidence of simple goiter or 0.25 to 1.00 per 1,000. The findings, so far, indicate that in "South Carolina, at any rate, the vegetables are a more important source of iodine than the water supplies. ' Certain preliminary analyses indicate that those foods which are rich in iodine are also relatively rich in iron and manganese. It has already been pointed out that the vegetables which arO richest in iodine are also rich in "vitamins and iron. "The sturies are to be continued with feeding experiments. The results are interesting and important, and we hope that they will serve to broaden the investigations on endemic goiter from a study of waters, to which they have so far been largely confined, to the elements concerned in nutrition." In a recent issue of the Journal of Commerce of New York the workT of the South Carolina Natural Resources Commission was called attention to also, and the article in the Journal of Comiherce has caused numerous letters from canners and packers all over the United States to be written to the Natural Resources Commission - ^ The newspapers of the goiter re- , gions arc giving large apace to the work of the commission as are also the newspapers in other regions where capital is seeking investment in the South. Last of Po?y Bxpreaa " Sacrementb, Cal., Aug. Ik?Thomas J. Reynolds, 81, believed to be the last surviving pony express rider, la dead. Reynolds helped carry the news of the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Pacific coaat OFFICERS GET BIG STILL. Coetly Out At Taken On Ballard'* Hill On Sumter KoU. Chief of Rural Police Saule and Of Accra J>ollard and Tiadaie captured a large and unusually complete whiskey atill near the fo*>t of Ballard's Hill on the Camden ixxid this mornit*. The atill was located in a little ravine through which a stream of pure spring water rum. From this stream the bootleggers had been drawing their water with a gasoline engine pump. Twenty-three 600 gallon vats of mash, part of it ready 'to run, were ranged around the still and a section of Are hose was arranged so that the maeh could be drawn from each of the vnts as the mixture finished fermenting. A big ten horsepower boiler provided the steam for the operation of the still and 27 sack* of cok? were piled nearby ready for use. The boiler was fired up whon the officers arrived and it is believed that a run had been planned for today. The outfit wns capable of producing about 200 gallons of whiskey a day. Other materials taken in the raid were 51 cases of empty fruit jars, 14 sacks of wheat shorts and rye mixture, a small quantity of newly made whiskey, three tents and a complete cooking outfit, a set of setters tools, a gasoline water puipp; 400 feet of copper piping .rtfcngin? from an inch ; to four inches in size and 300 feet of iron pipe. Situated on a hill rising abruptly from the site of the still towards the north the distillers had built a. lookout, from which a man could pee any moving object approaching from any direction, making it impossible for an officer to slip up unnoticed. All of the equipment worth anything was confiscated by the county, while the vats and barrels were broken up nnd made useless for-further operations. The value of the outfit and the materials seized was placed by the officers at approximately $2,500.?Tuesday's Sumter Item. Whooping cough cases reported t-> the state healtl^officers for the week ending August 10 totalled 209. Influenza came next with a total of 126, and typhoid fever cases reported 2br the state totaled 76. tfj11 ? THEE MEN SLAIN | Filling Station Man KIIIh Two Ban* ditn but I/Oses Own Life. Sanford, N. C., Aug. 14.?Olu and Iiee Birdsong, of Louisville, Ky., and Gaither Edwurds, Sanford filling station operator are dead and Mrs. Edwards is in a hospital seriously wounded as a result of a battle at the filling station early today. The Birdsongs are alleged to have tried to rob Edwards who resisted. Mrs. Beulah Montgomery of near Ft. Bragg, N. C., who, with her 18months old baby was in the automobile of the Birdsongs is in the Lee county jail pending investigation. Her baby was turned over to a nurse. Mrs. Edwards told officers that the Birdsongs had approached the filling station at about 3:30 -o'clock this morning. When Edwards appeared they attempted to hold him up. Ed- j wards drew a pistol and started firing. The alleged bandits returned fire.. Edwards fell mortally wounded but killed both of the other men instantly. Edwards died before help could be obtained. ? The Montgomery woman told officers that she had been offered a ride from Kentucky to Ft. Bragg by I I the Hirdsongs. She .stopped a pussI ing motorist who took Mrs. Edwards | to a hospital and notified officers. ' Mrs. Montgomery said she knew nothing of the Hirdsongs' plan and that she was not implicated in the robbery. > ! Men worry a lot about their hair? when it's half g?,ve. The Chinese wall la 1,250 miles long. Your tongue tells when you need (alotaDs m TRACK MARK ftKO. Coated tongue, dry mouth, bad breath, muddy akin, groggy nerves and sour stomach suggest fits use. I " ! .Ill | IX I I. Ill I. .III >111 Am* I I I II 1 I II II NOTICE! " - - ' ** Use of Bridge Tickets and Passes. The public is notified that the rules with regard to the use of bridge ticket books issued for passage over the Wateree River Toll Bridge will be strictly observed as printed in the said books. No tickets will be accapL?ed for passage if detached and the books and tickets are not transferable. The passes that have been issued to ministers and officers are good only for the passage of those to whom they were given on official business, and on proper identification. The bridge keepers have been instructed to carry out these rules to the letter and the public is respectfully requested to cooperate in this matter as the abuse of these rules is causing loss in the bridge revenue and calls for prompt and positive action by the County Board of\ Directors. By order of the Board of County Directors, LAURENS T. MILLS, Clerk August 6, 1929 ft Free From Worry I The man who has money ahead and has learned that by keeping , a bank account Qie can make his money work for him is free from I ?i worry for the proocnt and anxiety jor the future. The First National Bank v v Of Camden, South Carolina I r -> y , - ? . . o ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN KERSHAW COUNTY |