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I PROVE It DUPES MW I i Annually i'Stocks. Bslble, from all dvanced year of minded* New itch of the blue r.evtn a few whole empyrean one, for u fact, 9 atate attorney Imt the gullible " "??J their felre Investing up>f Good United y In Just such itid thlsMn ap> that the I history Is hitrs. The ante some of the and the wide rket apparently hatevcr In their a * 1. nat rose to such I SO many paper 10 rode with It ; has gone thorIt Is posslte average New In almost any mind, provider rom the slump ment. vested." ? "investments" m last calendar 352,405, accorded by the state j which was set 1 neraTs oflicc to | 'blue sky" venhave been eon- ! ? thnn 1,'sH) of I t<? the burenu avenging their u part of their nstrumeuial in on of $1,735.3(53 114 of the eonstub "stock" f receivers and jromoters huled tsecutJon. But, tows, this was ;et. olclng that subbeing made In j is driven to the tiat "It is probble investor will but It Is hoiied , of the Martin 1 ubllclty,coupled rous experience l wildcat speouto educate the ! In the selection . ' J.nd Go. ct, as amended ; general is ernnianent Injuatcjlling fraudulent to prevent their ies. Such suits 1 in closing oat ps and kindred year. Howeveir, j ing up in their t f fake salesmea j ; every one put w. As one obicmment recentsalesmen seem ! fact that a seen is on. it-of the known big proportion , nheritances are j rounders, and filled with the bereaved ludles Is to -say them de Tells U. S. Vault rensury has a uiblic view, tellinto the treasnow under conk book of blue ed sheets in the se Treasury dely be e?nmlne<3 lti/.ens alike. the locks arei keys required ly one to close nins how strong rete are to he ow an Intricate k. rtuicnt said It cracksmen, no might [vore over Stone J in Church lo.?A fVvo-hun: carved stone . Mary the Vir ilnrhingtey, Snr In the new St h to he erected urrey church Is of MaJ. W. A. operty here and of the church t?r Now ok a blow torcli ft fAddle Rirge, k took a dare to t an iron post In t A piece of hl*J r Fish Sleep More Shrewdly Than Most People Suppose The sleeping tmbitu of Ashe* have beeu studied by uu Australian (under, and be concludes thut u fish sleeps more aiuewilly than we do. "We go to bed," the expert declared, "close our eyee and snore. Once usleep we ure beset by dangers- Are, burglars, murderers. A tlsli sleeps 1 with his eyes open! He to born with- ' out eyelids, except in rare Instances." 1 Apparently Hie eyes of a Ash fuqo tlon even when the Ash Is asleep, fee It has been observed thnt It Is practically Impossible to "catch a Ash napping." If a person tries ever so carefully to poke one wltfc u stick, he says, the fish is immediately galvanized Into action, the eyes having sent the alarm to the sleeping body. Uulcss rudely interrupted la his slumbers, however, the Ash appears dead to the world, so still Is Its body whesi It Is resting. The breathing docreases until Uho 'body shows pfckctlcally t*o motion and this frequently leads ' persons observing sleeping fishes in aquariums t? believe that Uiey are dead. Fishes sleep much more In the winter time than In the summer, often "'hibernating" without food for days at a time. During these periods they draw on Hhelr body fnts for susbemance. Arizona Meteor Theories Fail to Solve Mystery Scientists have advanced two .additional theories regarding tho meteor which to believed to have struck the earth causing the great meteor orater In Arlaona. One of the 'theories advanced is that the so-called Arizona meteor was actually a real comet which collided with the earth. The other theory Is that thls'comet struck the earth at an estimated speed of *10 miles a second during the Thirteenth century and annihilated all the aboriginal -cUlT dweller? when It hit. Science generally recognizes Meteor Crater as one of the three known places in the world where ?i great meteor struck the ground. Rut so far no scientist or scientific group has been able to locate the meteor In the ground. Of the other two known meteors, one Is In Siberia and the other In the Sahara In North Africa. The one that fell In Siberia is known to have knocked down by the force of Its wind, ft'll the trees hi forest? for many miles around. Scientists believe meteors to be fragments of suns or othor worlds.? :Pathflnder. Scrambled Aphorism* At a lecture before the llotary Chlb of Colombo, Ilotarlan Cucry, of the Dorking club, mentioned that most of the native servants have a fairly sound working knowledge of English, but they are unable'So comprehend the finer points of English Idiom. A native, excusing himself for not attending to his work because his mother 'had died, wrote: "The hand that rocked the cradle has kicked the buctoet." Another, In the course of an argument, said: "You have:buttered your bread on both sides, and you must lie on 4t." Another pleaded that he was "so p?oor that he could not keep the cat ?at of rthe bag."?Ceylon 'Dally New*. Yucca "Wood 'In the Southwest, especially *n southern ^California, the yucca attains real tree -dimensions, although the various species of yucca are not considered as taees. According to "Lumkter and Its 'Uses," nearly 200,000 feet of ^ lumber Is annually manufactured from yuoca. The wood to very light t? weight, fibrous, tough, and when wet, pliable and-easily molded Into dealred forms. It la used largely for woodenware and novelties, bat jr. considerable quantity is used In mflhvork in California, and Ha that start* It Is used more than any other material In making artificial 'limbs. Jack***, surgeons' splints and corsets. Curvature of the Earth The curvature ?of the earth Is about eight Inches to (the mile and varies as the square erf the distance. For two miles the curvature is four timet eight Inches-; for half a mile it la onefourth of eight inches, and so on. Tht curvature of the earth, making allowances for refraction. Is about 229.5 feet for 20 miles. A ship 200 feet high U 1 completely out of sight at a distance of 20 miles, assuming the eye to b? near the level of the sea. Palm With Monster Leaves The Jupati, a palm Artind In tideflooded lands of the lower Amazon and I'nru rivers in South America, probably has the largest leaves found In the vegetable kingdom. Although the trunk of this palm rarely reaches a height of more than six or eight feet. Its feathery leaves have been known to measure JSO feet long and the leaf stalk Is frequently 12 or 15 feet long below the first segments of the lenf. In the Teme Valley of Wales Knighton Is a charming little town on the Teme In the Welsh borderland t-of Shropshire. The surrounding hills have the dignity of mountains and provide many fine views. For the lover of antiquity, the naturalist and the angler, the dlatrlct has many atj tractions. The great C*ract*cua waged many battjes here and his earthworks can still be seen. There Is sic# t Alls of a fortress st Hopton Castle dating from~tbd century of Edward the First I . . 1 7"- -- --V- * ' ONE AIR DEATH IN 9 MILLION MILES Aviation Makes Good Record in Last Half of 1932. # Washington.?Afore (han 9.000.000 passenger-utiles flown for each passenger fatality 1 That's the startling new safety figurecomputed for the last half of 1932 Sty the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce. The figure 9,113,072 passenger-miles, to be exact?-la a notable Increase over the ot?e for the Art* six months of the year, namely, 8,970,590 passenger miles per paasenger fatality. These compilations ami many other Interesting statistics concerning relative Hying safety appear In the latest Tgmie of the Air Commerce Bulletin, ptribljshetl semimonthly by the aeronautics branch. * ^or Instance, during the hist1 six months Of 1982 there were 4S accidents of all kinds in 20.204.W8 mites of Hying by scheduled air-transport operators. la Che same 1981 period Oft accidents occurred in 27,198.002 miles of air truvefl. Theresa quite a run In statistics these days. American-operated air lines carried 540,081 passengers during the calendar year 1932, an Increase of 18,000 'bver the previous year, according bo the results of a survey Just compiled by the aeronautics branch. Air'express also Increased In volume, hut air mail declined during thp year. Of the total number of passengers carried 474,279 traveled on the domestic >ulr lines nnd 00.402 on Atnerlcanopcrated air lines extending into Canuda and lurtln America. A summary of Cnited States airtransport openitions shows 134 In opem t Ion as of March 1. 1933. classified as follows: Mail. 98; passenger. 117, and express 111. rii aviation circles there is a great deal of interest in the establishment of a new government group to Include the Interstate Commerce commission, and the Commerce department's aeronautics branch. Scientists Will Freeze Atom to See Why It Ticks Pasadena, Calif.?Absolute zero. the point at which all matter censes to move, has been the goal of physicists for centuries. Yet in the new cryogenic laboratory at the1 California Institute of Technology here, scientists hoi>e within the next few months to approach within ;a fraction of a degree of this frigid point, 459.4 degrees f-'illirenhelt below ' zero. IMiysiclsts hope by freezing the atom, to be able to determine what makes It tick. Tech's new laboratory Is under the direction of Dr. Alexander Goetz. a wizard at low temperature problems. TThe steps taken In developing low 'temperatures nre successively comHpfession and evaporation. FTieESentary" physics tell us that evaporation lowers temperatures. Air Is liquified by compression and evaporated, at the same time that hydrogen Is subjected to the increasing cold. With the hydrogen llqulHed it. too, is .eva|K>rnted, and helium is liquified by the succeeding evaporation of the hydrogen. 'When the helium Is evaporated, after having been subjected tie an -enormous pressure, the resultittg temperature should closely approximate .absolute zero. American Exodus Taxes Paris Warehouse Space Paris.?'Hundreds of thousands af dollars' worth of packed and sealed property lies In a warehouse here, mute testimony of the retreat of Americana. TV exodus, which was most pronounced last yenr, now has virtually ended, aooording to the statistics of the warehouse and moving concern, which has a special department for handling American business. The hnge barrack-like structure contains everything from Dresden china to an airplane stored by a French industrialist, who has had to give up amateur flying for 'the present. The American exodus, caused by the economic situation, has left unoccupied dozens of chateaux nnd country houses which had been rented or purchased by Americans, in some cases long before the war. Hen Helps Mother Dog Care for Her Puppies Fort Worth. Texas.?A black Inngshan hen has adopted five puppies at tiie home of W. E. Andrews here. 'Die ben clucks them to sleep beneath her sheltering wings, yielding her position mm kennel nurse only when the mother dog arrives-to feed her young. Use Vacant Lota Milwaukee, Wis.- The downtown an tomobile parking problem has been solved here with the wrecking of many untenanted buildings, some of them old landmarks. Ban American Jazz on German Radio Berlin.?American Jazz musk*. ea peclully that brand produced by negro orchestras and Hinder*, which (Jernmna call "Vemiggerii?K," has been banned from the Berlin broadcasting station under the new government radio restrictions, it wns announced. The ban was placed in accord anca with Chancellor Adolf Hitler's cultural Ideas, It was iald. ^ Monte Carlo of The 0rientMIMi Street Scene in Macao. / . , ? *\ *% r ACAO, which has long hoe? \ \ one of the gntnbllng centers IVI of the East, now, with modern improvements, la earning the right to the sobriquet "the Monte Curio of the Orient." It l? the only place in the world where fun-tan ( houses, opium fuctorlesoand lottery tickets finance a Colonial government. | Macao Is hut the tip end of the island of lleungslmn (also known as Macao Island). All of the Islam except the tip belongs to China. 1 he Portuguese area, which Includes two snn.ll adjacent Islands, embraces less than a dozen square miles; hut theie are few places In the Orient where a dozen square miles contain so mm h o interest It Is the oldest European setI tlemeut In Jhe Par Past and was for Ion" the onlv haven of refuge or ( tressed mariners in the China sea. Its modest light house, on Port Guin, was the first that ever Hashed a beacon from the coast of the Chinese empire. and Its little cemetery was for manv year the otn.v spot where a European might find- an unmolested ^Mnny wealthy Chinese live here, not merelv because they find the climate more salubrious than that of Kwangtune province, but because their beads rest more securely on their shoulders here, under the Portuguese (lag. The Praia Grande is a cool nnd restful avenue and leads appropriately to a plaza which Is the vestibule of the grotto and garden of Camoens. ' The plaza is to be seen at Its best on Sunday* nnd holidays, when the band from -the .Portuguese garrison play* Classical selections with the same ease and perfection that endear the (Constabulary band to the fill pTnos. On OTTB 'ThrpbiTrt adorned with the elite of Macao, 'with Chinese and Eurasian children of tho , "cunning" type. ;and with dark-eye 1 Portuguese girls, who flirt discreetly (but -none the less effectively) with ;the young officers from the garrison. Bcenee <*>n the Plaxa. Thls eomantlc plaza in Macao serves ithe traveler like :a page torn from a school geography. : Here, stalking grandly across the aquare. one sees a swarthy oriental noncommissioned officer with his head draped in a striped turban and wonders what the Hindu Is doing here. Some one .explains that he beiongi hene. that -tie belongs to the battalion sent here from <Goa. the tiny Portuguese colony In India. Then another apparition catches the eye. >the silhouette af a -row of lvoryblnck soldiers, topped off with red fezzea, festooned over the rail fence in front of the barracks. Plainly they are net Portuguese, nor Hindu, nor Chinese. . . Suddenly one of the dusky soldiers lavs his ihead back and laughs?laughs loudly and Jong. The Identification ia .-instantaneous and complete; there 1? no mistaking thai laugh; it ia the same that you hear on the levees of the Ohio and the Mississippi. It was made In Africa, and these are native troops from a Portuguese colony "somewhere along the hot, steaming coast of the dark continent. To those who have sojourned among the frontier forces of the French in the Senegal, of the British in Sierra I eone of the Siberians at Monrovia, or of the Sudanese on the upper Nile, the spectacle brings hack old memories. Near the Grotto of Camoens Is a hallowed garden, one seldom visited save bv the few who seek It. It is | the little "God's Acre" of the English ' chapel, the lonely burial ground of the pioneers who died in the China sea in those early years whert there | was no "Happy Valley" at Hongkong. Where Portugal and China Meet. But these details are not for the speeding traveler. He gleans the esHentiirt facta from a guidel*M.k en route; hi* all-comprehending eye sweeps The landscape while the Hongkong Macao bout leisurely makes its way n11 to the dork, where the Jinrikisha coolie is* waiting to whirl him around the circuit nnd hack to the gangplank. A stroll past the grotto of the poet, a snapshot of the imposing facade of ruined Sao Paulo's, a brief glance at a fan-tan game, a twominute detour at the opium factory, ten minutes at the fire-cracker works, a whirlwind finish at the Barrier Gate, and Macao has been "seen"?at least on the average tourist schedule The Barrier Hate, designed like an arch of triumph and now wreathed by the -'branches of venerable trees, wakes an arresting silhouette, especially when you pause to consider that this Is the only place In the world where Portugal /Is hounded by China. The spot Is more historic than the average visitor realir.es. This little neck of the Island Is the place where, | In the Western World secured Its first foothold In the Far Kast. It ; Is true that Magellan had landed In the Philippines earlier, but It was not ( until 1T?tl7 that l.egaspl established a j pertnaiient settlement at Cehu. ; In 1 r?.*?7 the unwelcome Portuguese | Invaders were officially given perttilsI sloti to remain In Maeao, and In ir>(3 | the Chinese government liiiilt a burI rier wall across the nock of the island ! to fence them out. Six times a month ' the gate was opened to permit snp piles to he Imported hy the Isolated foreigners. who held tenure hy virtue of the payment of an annual rental. This.arrangement was abruptly terminated in 1 SItV when the Portuguese governor general refused to pay rent any longer and ejected through the gate the Chinese officials sent to collect It. The present Harrier Cute was then erected to commemorate the event. With a guard of Portuguese soldiers oh one side of the gate and representatives of the Chinese republic on the other, the Harrier Cate reminds you of the Neutral Strip at C.lhraltar, with Britain and Spain on guard at each end. Making Firecrackers. Returning along the beautiful driveway, you find It convenient to stop at the outskirts of the city and take a few lessons In the craftsmanship of. firecrackers. The process of manufacture Is so simple that even the twohour tourist miry learn to "roll "tits' own." First, you make the tiny paper tubes and paste red paper around them.^lt Is like the traditional method of making doughnuts?first make the hole ; and then mold the dough around it. Next, you take a double handful of the little tubes, stand them on end, and tie a string around the bundle. Then you paste white paper firmly across the top and the bottom, so that the openings of the tubes are covered. With a crude Instrument that looks like a nail punch you perforate the top paper rapidly to admit to each tube first a layer of clay, then the powder and the fuse and another layer of clay. Finally you string together the required number, wrap them in a net package, affix your fancy label, and the work Is done. The Chinese have been making firecrackers after this fashion for many centuries and have acquired amazing dexterity. Fan-tan Is another monument to the patience of the Chinese people. It Is one form of gambling with which the Western World Is not likely to become Infected; It Is too slow for the occidental, who knows many ways of arriving at the same results mors speedily. How Fan-tan la Played. The paraphernalia of the game Is all downstairs, but the aristocratic gambler prefers the second floor. In the center of the large room Is a sort of light well surrounded by a railing, over which a motley crowd Is always leaning. Since the gaming table Is directly beneath, every movement can be seen to advantage. On the long table are charts bearing the numerals 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the game issimplicity Itself. You may bet on any one or all the numerals and you may wager any amount you rhoose. Your stake Is lowered to the table In a little basket and placed on the numeral you designate. 1 When the crucial moment has arrived the master of ceremonies, who sits at the head of the table, pours out a gallon or two ?f m*ht. the fn- " miliar Chinese coins with square holes In the center. Then, with a little rnke, he begins rapidly to draw them In, four at a time. The spectators on the mezzanine floor stop cracking watermelon seeds and eagerly wait for the last motion of the rnke. It takes about five or ten minutes to reach the fateful termination, and the Issue depends upon the number of cash left for the last move. If you have placed your bet on number 8 and there are three caah left, you bare won twice the amevint of yom; wager, bm 10 per cent eotn mission. If there are 1 or 2 or 4 caah , r afrit?Oft ye? hire M, J .y . - . gfcj Bank Is Paying Off J 100 Cents Per Dollar J Albemarle, N. C\, April 20. State banking officials refused to permit tho Hank of StanltelO in Stanley county to reopen after tho banking holiday until certain requirements were met so totikiy tsho institution was paying ite depositors 100 cents on the dollar. Approximately $20,IKK) had been tied up in the 'bank since the holiday. Until yoon Monday depositors had withdrawn about $10,000 and others were ivoftifled to "come get your money." The situation was said to bo unusual in banking circles and was made possible by officials of the bank after (Jurivey P. Hood, banking commissioner, refused the reopening license. WAKE ur YOUR ! LIVER BILE- I WITHOUT CALOMEL And You'll Jump Out of Bed in '|1 the Morning Rarin' to Go If you feel sour and sunk and the world look* punk, don't swallow a lot of aalu, mineral water, oil, laxative candy or ohowitig turn and expect them to make yon suddenly iL~-{$ sweet and buoyant and full of sunshine. For they can't do It. They only move the bowels and a more movement doean't get at the cause. The reason for your down-and-out feeling ia your liver. It ahould pour out two pounds of liquid bile into your Dowels daily. If this itiln ia not flowing freely, your food 0 doean't digest. It just decay's in the bowels. (Jits bloats up your stomach. You have a thick, bad taste and your breath Is foul, skin often breaks out In blemishes. Your head ? aches and you feel down.and out. Your whole system is poisoned. It takes thoso good, old CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS to got thoso two pounds of bile (lowing freely und make you V, feel "up and up." They contain wonderful, hurmless, gentle vegotublo extracts, amaaing when it coma- to making tho bile flow freely. Hut don't ask for liver pills. Ask for Carter's % Little Liver Pills. Look for the namo Carter's , Little Liver l'ills on the red label. Resent a substitute. 25c at all aloroe. ? 1931 C. M. Co. TAX NOTICE Notice is hereby given that u on? < per cent penalty has been a^ded to all 1932 state, county and school taxes left unpaid through January 1, 1933. And on unpaid taxes after February 1, 1933, an additional penalty of one per cent will be added to regular assessments. V---J \ S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer Kershaw County, S. C. Camden, S. C., January 26, 1933. 01 KERSHAW LODGE No. 29 * I A. F. M. c/n\^^eKu'ar communication of ^is lodge ia held on. tha first Tuesday in each month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren sre welcomed. N. R. G-OODALE, JR., J. W. WILSON, Worshipful Master. 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