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FOR YOUR
THANKSGIVING DINNER
Mince Meat
W Fig ttiwi Plum Pudding
Nutr%nd Raisins
Canned Pumpkin
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Cranberry Sauce
Fresh Potato Chips
Heinz Chow Chow
Fresh Tomatoes
Celery and Lettuce
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Children's I(ook Week Contest
The week of November 11 to November
17th was celebrated throughouth
the nation as Children's Book
Week. To develop the child's interest
in books, to create the reading
habit in the young child, and to further
the taste for the best in literature
were the aims of the Book Week
Program.
To the parents of the young child
is the following message. "While
the mind is sensitive to every impression,
give the child good books. Ia?t
them be well-written and living,
whatever their subject, so that a taste
for reading as a vital and enriching
part of life may be a natural heritage.
The child is so pathetically
eager. It is stupid to feed that engemess
with dull dissertation, cheap
sentiment, or horror. There is so
much that is fine in the world?exact
knowledge, wonder, merriment, courage,
beauty, the multiple pageants of
time and space?that every child
should have his imaginative share im
them before he begins to shape his
own life. I^et the child follow his
own preferences?there is room for
each taste?.but let him be given
spring water in his cup."
The Corner Book Store, hoping to
further interest in reading among the
young children offered a prize for
the best composition on this subject
written by a pupil of the 4th, 5th,
<>th and 7th grades. The winner of
this contest wijs Miss Laura Green,
age 11, daughter of Mr. Henry Green,
with the following composition:
"Why I Like To Read"
By 141 ura Green
" 1 he most plpasant and profitable
pastime I know is reading. By means
of books we are able to profit by the,
experience of our ancestors. Sinco I
time began, people have written their!
deeds or ideas in one form or another,
their glooms, mistakes, pleasures, disappointments,
victories and defeats.
"I like to read because I get so
many new ideas. Inspiration keeps
one pepped up. When I am tired,
there is nothing I enjoy more than
a good books to divert my weary
mind. I can go to sleep with the
pretty thought o,f some novel, poem
or history in my- mind.
"I think I especially should be
grateful to books because I am not
Quite like other children.. I have to
rest a great deal. Books are really
my friends. I forget my handicap
and renlize that it isn't so bad after
all to have an excuse to rest so that
I might lose myself in the past, with
the Greeks or Romans, or maybe a
fiction love story. All literature
broadens your mind and helps you to
be a good leader. Just what this
world needs so badly today is some
one who knows."
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THE TERRIBLE EXPLOSION
Thnt terrible explosion in a Newberrv
hnrdwam nforo
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t"> show the danger that's always involved
in the presence of high explosives.
There are countless ways
in which a terrible disaster can be
brought about, and it's strange, perhaps,
that there are not more of such
occurrences, with resultant loss of life
nnd Mmb. It's the duty of municipal
authorities everywhere to check-up on
the presence of .explosives in sufficient
quantities to create a menace,
and see that they are stored and
handled in a manned to minimize as
much as possible the likelihood of a
disastrous explosion.?Chester Reporter.
WHY TUB GOVERNMENT SHOULD
FEED 'EM
Following we have what are purposed
to be excerpts from letters, reported
to have been received -by various
ogvernment agencies, PWA,
CCC, FDRA, etc. A reader sent them
in to Letters, fortnightly published
by Time:
I cannot get sick pay, I have six
children, can you tell me why it is?
This is my eighth child. What are
you going to do about it?
Mrs. Brown has had no clothing
for a year and has been regularly
visited by the clergy.
I am glad to say that my husband,
who was reported missing, is now deceased.
I have been cohabiting with several
officers at headquarters but without
results.
Sirs: I am forwarding my marriage
certificate and my two children, one
of which is a mistake, you can see.
I am writing to say that my baby
was born two years old. When do I
get my money?
Unless I get my husband's money
soon I will be forced to lead an immortal
life.
I am sending my marriage certificate
and six children I have seven
one died which was baptized on half
a sheet of paper by Rev. Thomas.
Please find out for certain if my
husband is dead. The man I am living
with now won't eat anything or
do anything until he knows.
I am very annoyed to find that you
have branded my oldest boy as illiterate.
This is a dirty lie as I married
his father a week before lie was born.
In answer to your letter I have
j given birth to a boy weighing ten lb.
I hope this is satisfactory.
My husband has been put in charge
| of a spittoon (platoon). Now do I
get my money?
You have changed my little hoy to
a girl. Will it make any difference?
I have no children yet. My husband
is a bus driver and works day
and night.
In accordance with your instructions'
I have given birth to twins in
the enclosed envelope.
I want my money as quick as you
can send it. I have been in bed with
the doctor for two weeks and be does
not seem to be doing much good. If
things don't improve I will have to
send for another doctor.
Mr. Kirkly Dies Here
Kershaw, Nov. 20.?Waddy I).
Kirkley, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. D.
M. Kirkley of the Flat Creek section
of the county, died at a Camden hospital
last night after a short illness
of pneumonia. The passing of this
young man will be learned of with
much regret by his many friends and
relatives in this section of the state.
He is survived by his parents and
the following brothers and sisters,
C. B. Kirkley, Kasley; Mrs. O. B.
Flagler and Mrs. G. M. O'Rourke of i
Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. B. Harold Rucker
of Columbia and Mrs. J. R. MoLeod
of Detroit, Mich.
Funeral services were held at the
home today, conducted by his pastor,
the Rev. R. R. Tucker of the Methodist
church, with interment in Kershaw
cemetery. The members of the
young men's Bible class of the Methodist
church acted as pallbearers.
Patient?'What! You charge me $5
for pulling a single tooth?
Dentist?I'm sorry to do it but I
have to. You shrieked so loud that
you scared away two other patients.
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i Great Eucalyptus Trees
of Australia Tallest
j We are accustomed to think of the
; great redwood trees of California, or
I their sisters, the massive sequoia, as
j the tallest trees In the world. Bqt
! the grout eucalyptus trees of Australia
are much taller, attaining at times
a height of 470 feet, according to a
writer In Tit-Bits Magazine. The euculyptl,
however, ure of comparatively
small diameter, ranging from 10 to
lft feet. The sequoia and redwood trees
In certain localities grow to 400 and
JlftO feet respectively but are of much
greater diameter.
There are 800 species of eucalyptus,
tallest of which are the 10. Iteguans
and the Amygdallna. They ure Indigenous
to Austrulla, except a few species
that are natives of the East Indies
and the Malay peninsula. The eucalypti
ure valued for the gum reslo
in their trunks, the volatile oil in the
leaves, the tannin In the bark, the
fiber In the Inner hark and. uhove all,
for their timber. The oil Is stimulating
and antiseptic, and Is used for affections
of the nose and bronchial tubes.
Eucalyptus trees have been planted
with the belief In their beneficial
fects against malaria. This may be
| because in swumpy ground they help
I to dry the land and prevent the mosquito's
growth.
They have been transplanted to
?mnny British possessions, and also to
California. A common species, the blue
gum, is known for its ability to withstand
a long drouth.
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"Tin Can Island" Gate
Mail by Canoe Delivery
The Island of Nluafoou, or as it is
popularly known, 'Tin Can Island," U
one of the Tongan or Friendly group,
and la located in the Pacific ocean
some three hundred miles from Samoa,
and about midway between Honolulu,
Hawaii, and Sydney, New South
Wales. Tbe name of the Island, notes
a writer In the Chicago Tribune, Is
said to mean "many new coconuts,"
and while the island Itself amounts
to little, It has the distinction of producing
the largest coconuts In the
world. Nluafoou has s lefter writing
population of five or six and one of
these, with time on his hands, conceived
the Idea of the Tin Can mail.
A vessel of the Union Steam Ship
company of New Zealand was engaged
to call at the Island and put off and
receive mall In sealed tin cans, which
were carried to and from the stenmer
by native swimmers, for the nature of
this volcanic island Is such that vessels
must anchor n mile or more off
shore. Some time njrn the Tin Can
method of carrying mail was supplanted
by a canoe line, due at least In purt
to the sharks which have a special
fondness for swimming postmen.
Peafowls
Peafowls are indigenous to Asiatic
countries. They are plentiful In the
large forests of India and are found
also in the mountainous regions. They
have been quite widely domesticated
In America and in England where winters
are not sever. There arc four varieties
of peafowl, known as Black
Winged, Common, Jnvnn and White.
They are bred purely for ornamentation.
The Common peafowl is the variety
most common In India. The Jungle
fowl Is a breed with fairly Ion#
tall feathers. This name is applied I
to the wild fowl from which It U
Claimed the modern domestic varieties
have descended. Red and gray -varieties
predominate. They resembled
the Rhode Island Red or the leghorn
chickens In body formation.
Turtle* Check Water Mark
On the shores of the Amazon lives
a apecles of turtle which lay^a lta eggs
iiKthe sand a few feet above the line
that will denote high-water at the
time when the young are due to appear.
The eggs are laid weeks ahead
of the actual rising or falling of the
river, and In some seasons there may
be a margin of at least three miles
In lta width, but this tortoise or land
turtle never makes a mistake, always
depositing them In a secure spot Just
the right distance above the Una
which later will show the high-water
mark.
V**si Ha* Dens* Atmosphere
Venus has a very dense atmosphere,
heavy clouds hiding the surface from
our view. It Is not definitely known
how long It takes the planet to rotate
on Its axis. Probably It is considerably
longer than our 24 hours, but it Is
very doubtful^ Venus, like Mercury,
keeps one face perpetually turned
toward the sun, for If it did. the dark
aide would be extremely cold, whereas
It seems to radiate an appreciable
amount of heat.
. Illiterate People
In the moro restricted and technical
sense of the term an Illiterate person
Is one who Is unable to read and write
his own language. The tests of this
ability vary greatly, but all are a? aim
pis that a person could easily pass
them and yet be Illiterate In a wider
sense. It has been estimated, very
roughly,-Uytt about CO per cent of
the wo#kP# population over ten yearn
of age cannot read or write.
Uncle Sam la Ware
Wars in which the United States has
participated Include the Revolutionary
war, war with Tripoli, war of 1812,
Merlcan war, Olvtl war, war with
Spain and World war, not counting Ionian
ware, the Philippine insurrection,
expedition (a the Boxer rebellion la
fhisi,
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General News Nd|J
Command of the 260,000 Boy
of Yugoslavia, has been placed In tbo
hand* of Tomislave, 0 year old, b*0titer
o* the U-year-old king Ot the
nation.
Four brothers named Beer were
married at KaUeiadorff, Cxechoalovakla,
to four relative*, all of tbem
named Beer. Some brew. Will their
children be steins or 'mugs?
Guillermo llall, professor of social
science at Boston university, (fives it
as his opinion that the best Engludi
in America is spoken by educated
Virginians.
Councillor Kooppen of the reichbank,
was jailed in Berlin last week
because he evicted a tenant for nonpayment
of rent. He hanged himself
in his cell.
President Do Valera's party in convention
at Dublin, Ireland, adopted a
resolution reaffirming its determination
to secure unity and independence
for Ireland.
The Thanksgiving parade in New
York will include a rubber Mickey
Mouse 40 feet high and 23 feet wide,|
filled with helium gas, and requiring,
40 men to hold Mickey "in the road."'
New life insurance to u total of
$004,718,000 was written in the Uni-1
ted States during the month of Octo- j
bcr, as compared with $057,362,000
for the same month of last year.
Muriel Hunsucker, 26, shot and killed
Dorothy Weber, 16, high school j
girl, at Medora, Ind. They secretly j
I married a year ago and when the
marriage became known recently the j
girl refused to live with her husband.]
He shot her down and then committed
suicide.
A Jersey City policeman walked to
an automobile iri the center of a traf- j
ftc jam, and roughly demanded of the
I man at the wheel, "What's the mat-j
ter with you?" There wasn't much
1 the matter, except that the car driv- ]
er was dead.
An Alabama delegation called at
the White House to request the president
to intervene and ask Governor!
Miller of Alabama to stay the date
of execution of the negroes convioted
in the Scottsboro case, pending further
action by the supreme court.
General Jan C. Smuts, Boer war^
leader and at present minister of justice
in the South African cabinet, has
come out in advocacy of Germany
having equality in arms with other
nations, and revision of the treaty of
Versailles.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, war
Hying ace, made a round trip from
Newark, N. J., to Miami, Fla., in a
big passenjjer plane, 2,390 miles, but
failed to make the trip from dawn
to dawn. He reached Newark cm the
return at 11:27 p. m.
A farmer of Cabarrus county, N.
C., committed suicide by shooting
himself with a shotgun. He left a
note in which he said: "My life is
being made miserable by a fool woman.
I can't stand it. I want my son,
Nelson, to have everything." Sameold
gag, blaming it on the woman.
Frank R. McNinch, chairman of
the Federal Power commission, in ah
address at Washington, says that privately
owned power plants must face
the New Deal test and asserted that
the Tennessee Valley Authority has I
established a new yardstick by which!
power rates must be measured, approximately
40 per cent of what has
'heretofore been charged by privately
operated hydro-electric plants.
j Wall street is coming to the opinion
that the awakening of the urge to
build throughout' the country, is one
of the -best indications now extant
of economic recovery.
Christmas clubs throughout the
country will in the next few weeks
distribute $370,000,000 to 7,600,000
! members of the clubs. It is eptimat'
ed that three-fourths of the savings
will at once be turned into the marts
of trade or circulation, paying taxes,
insurance premiums and so forth.
The Home Owners Loan corporation
in Washington, has closed down on
further loans because of the fact that
it is out of money, and will accept
| no further applications until more
money is available. With more than
a million applications on file there
is yet $1,200,000,000 on hands, which
will take care of about 400,000 re1
quests.
j A Los Angeles, Cal., woman, aged
76, died of a heart attack. A big
shepherd dog would not let police
enter her home. They killed the dog.
Then they found a note in which the j
woman requested that her body be
cremated, her ashes scattered in a
French cemetery, and also requested]
that herv dog be destroyed. It was,
before her note was read.
A Chester, Pa*, service station operator
on his way home after closing
his place, was attacked by two mask-j
ed bandits. He yelled for help. None!
came. The bandits beat him with
their pistols. He became desperate.
Pulled a pistol from his hip pocket
and shot one of the bandits dead. The
otker escaped, and was arrested later.
Tbey were brothers.
is claimed that Italian investigators
have discovered methods for
making a wood pulp fibre to be used
in place of cotton, that will tend to
reduce American coton exports by
about $100,000,000 annually. It is
claimed the new process will turn out
a cotton-like fibre that will render
1 Italy independent of American cotton
*t about one-third the cost.
'it"a beginning to look as if this
country now is composed of two
classes: Those who are securing relief
from the Government, and those
who are raising hell about it.?'New
Orleans States.
DE PRIEST BITES THE DUST
A most 'unusual thins: happened in
Chicago on election day. Oscar De
Priest is the only negro congressman.
He was beaten by a negro Democrat,
Arthur Mitchell. So far as we are 1
concerned the joy would have been
practically undiluted had Mitchell -!
been a Republican. Any honest pro- 7]
ceeding to put* Oscar on the scrap
heap would have been welcome, He
is a bad egg. Hit able stock in tradt
is hatred of the white man. It is a
peculiar freak of human nature that
the narrowest, bitterest hatred for
the Caucasian is often found among
so-called leaders, With a strong flow
of white blood in negro veins. Born
and reared a Southerner, his animus
against the South is profound.
^Sprinkle this country pretty generally
with DePriests, find L'Ouventures,
San Domingos, and the fate
of the Indians would soon follow.
Among the other blessings resulting
from the Roosevelt landslide, the
scrapping of Oscar De Priest is one
over which we rejoice,
Pope's dictum that a little learning
is a dangerous thing certainly applied
with interest to Oscar.?Calhoun
Times.
Mrs. .Brown?I think your husband
always dresses so nice and quietly.
Mrs. Smith?You wouldn't think so
if you we-c around when he finds a
collar butt, n missing.
"Is a ton of coal very much, papa?"
"That depends, my son, on whether
you are shoveling or buying it."
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Formerly sold lor J 2.95 **4 *3.95
NOW ON SALE FOR - '
$1.00 and $1.95
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Join the rank* of the "lay-away"
shoppers this Christmas. Get the
cream of the grift assortments while
you still have time to shop leisurely.
This year as usual, we are prepar
ed to assist you In solving: the most
difficult of your grift problems?both
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men and Women. For the men especially,
see the new Wedswortk
gift sets ... belt buckles, tie clasps,
and collar clasps of precious metal? .
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aside for you, to be delivered.
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