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' "I WIT I 1-4F"I P" . jll 1 VV ILL nLLI l| M?w?U.UU DRIVE STARTS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 M?3UU.UU I NEEDED THE CHILDREN'S HOME |NEEDED || THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES ~ ' III " - - " " ' r , ? KEEP THE CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL WE HAVE PLENTY OF RUBBERS and GALOSHES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS EICHEL'S DEPT. STORE j . . . *! ?? lfrlW.1 ! IM Ml IMIIIIW? ! I I a llllUBl I Mil? Berkeley Robbers Will (*o To Prison Mniick.s Corner. Jan 2^ lUcas*' Woodward. Aiken Miifphv ami John D Myr*l. ciittrto-d with the robbery of tli*' Coinioi Wiggins Cash nciiository here lasl month, threw .themselves upon tli** mercy of i lie court today and were sentenced to prison terms by Judge W i 11 iji tii II. (J rim ball. Woodward, son of a Hcrkeloy county deputy sheriff and (inscribed in a pur ported confession by Boyd as the one who planned the robbery, was sentenced to four years in the state petti teiitiary as was Murphy, a former Charleston prize lighter. Boyd, also of Charleston, was sentenced to one year. Kadi of the defendants is in his early 20 s. The depository was held up at pis- I tol point and robbed of $3X22 and in ! addition to the robbery charge the I three youths were indicted for carrying concealed weapons and for aggravated assault. After the pleas of guilty to the robbery charge, the other indictments were transferred to the contingent docket. DO YOU KNOW THAT The first bathtub in the United States was called a menace to health by doctors. The public debt at its present high of $30,000,000,000 and an estimated 30,000,000 families In the United States makes an average debt of $1,000 per family. Approximately one peraqn in every 100 In the United States committed a crime in 1935. The American merchant marine ranks last among the six major maritime nations of the world. There were only 27 millionaires in the United States before the Civil war. 2.34X before the World war. 5. VJti in 1919 after the World war. and 1 1.SU5 in 1929 at the peak of the Coolidge-Hoover boom, while latest tax returns show that only 32 persons in this < on nt rv had incomes of more than $ 1 .*mu,(inn in |934. I In re are more than 000.turn "unt*?ii? luitiles" in India > Mu i * ai * ap|iu>\iniate|y I '.".nuU Japan. s. living in ibo I nit. .I Slates t o.lay . M < >r< than 7 > wild animals a r> killed .-\.-r> day in the United States by antos. I'.! hio|Maiis ate allow e*l to iuiini grate to the United Stales ami the annual *inota is loo. The average freight train in the United States now is 40 cars long.-The Mathtlnder. DO YOU KNOW THAT? Twenty persons were lynched In this country in 1935, tive more than in 1931 despite (he fact that there were 53 instances in which officers of the law pi cvetit,.si lynching*. Drought ami grasshopper* are said to have driven more than 17,o0o peo pie from South Dokato sin**' 1930. Iiiiinigrat i?m laws have excludeil at i slimmed _1.Q00.000 aliens from tlu I lilted Stall's since late u.130. Sin* e. tlie b* gininning of tli,. l'.Ml century this country lias produ* ? * more t it ,i 11 t lie billion ounce?, of cold 12 billion ounces of silver, lu hilljoi pounds of sin*, l*m billion pounds o l?-ad. During the 1935 football season 75, 9(>0 players were injured on the grid iron and 30 players died from theii injuries. Sugar consumption requirements ii the United States for this year ar< estimated at 6.434,088 short tona. Fish and other aquatic animals d< not drink water ?The Pathfinder. ANIMALS IN ETHIOPIA liy. Ella M? 11 iva<??i ) Thus, who have I 1 caravans into Kihiopia. or who have had any contact with the people at all, tell ns that the I natives tor the most part treat I heir i animals conshlerat ely. In fact the] children and animals live together in carefree companionship. ' The little mudwalled cahins with J grass rooof usually consist of three' rooms, and one of these is reserved j for the smaller animals. Large uni-' nulls are kept in a shelter called a , thorn botna. They have to he secure-1 ly locked up at night, as wild beasts' t prowl about and wound or kill any i animal they can reach. The Emperor Hallo Selassie, is very fond of dumb creatures, and a small j playful dog is his constant coin pan-J ion Cubs, small monkeys, and other t pets keep the royal grounds full of j excitement One sees a great variety of animals in Ethiopia. Mules and horses are plentiful, and do much of the work. Fine Arabian steeds, gaily decorated, carry the many chiefs about, and horses of humbler breed transport heavy louds of hides, firewood, and other materials along rocky trails. | When the roads are too dangerous, mules are used, as they are very sureI footed. Despite their size they have great endurance, and can carry large packs a great distance. In the rainy season it Is often necessary for both 1 horses and mules to ford streams, and I this is one part of the Journey that finds no favor with them. | Oxen are the mainstay of the Ethij opian householder. They pull the old j fashioned forked-stick plow, and then when the grain is ripe they thresh it by treading upon it, Just as was done in Biblical times. A variety of millet, called teff, is the principal crop. The ! women grind the flour at home in a rude stone mill, and muke their bread in two large pancako-likc louvt^s. ' There is an abundant supply of the humpbacked variety of cattle in Ethiopia. and countless sheep graze on rteh pasture lands. Aninlals must constant!) be guarded, as the everwatehiltu hyena is read) fo pounce upon a Ip'td if someone is not always on the lookout. In tlie mmiiIiivii part of Ethiopia I alia Is are Itlole lemtlloii Here water botes at'c scarce, and as camels can no without water for long periods, the) ate in valuable for bnglby jour i noys , All the wild animals known to Afri. ca ate found in the forest and rooky biding places, ami their cries axe I beard at night. Ethiopia is known as the naturalist's paand those who expect to i \ islt thr* -land some day surely have something about which to dream and ' to look forward Pr. Arthur t'omptoii told the St I .onis convention that the w eakest cosmic rays are 2.0o0 times stronger " than a bolt ot lightning i A Johns Hopkins professor. U. W. , Wood, has reported the discovery of .i new explosive so sensitive fl CftU l>c set off b\ a tlx lighting on it i I . Production Loan Office Open > t' j We n??\n* have an office of the <Ker shaw Production Credit Association on the second floor of the Fashion r Shop Building, Camden, 9. C., to which you are cordially Invited to 1 come and dlBcusa with us your prob3 lem of financing your 19S6 crop operations. ? W. T. RKDPKARN, I President. Promote Livestock j In Lower Carolina CleniHon, Jan. 25?TJvestoek out-' look meetings in several lower Htate1 counties, to be followed by ir sulo of: purebred sires at Walterboro, will be ' held under direction of livestock specialists and county farm agents during' the first two weeks of February, to! promote more and better livestock ou ' farms, announces C. (J. Cushman, extension dairy specialist. At the outlook meetings, which haw been scheduled for the weeks of February 3 and 1 o, tlivestock spec* lallsts and the dairy specialists of the hxteiish II 'Si-nice will discuss with inWrestt-d farmers throughout that section the present outlook for livestock and dairy production." says Mr. t'ushman. ' his series of meetings will be concluded by a purebred sire sa^p at Walterboro on February 14 when up-' proximately 2u purebred and special- ' ly selected sires representing dairy | cattle, beef cattle, and hogs will be! sold at auction. '1 hese sires are now being fitted by breeders throughout 1 the state for delivery to the sale on that date." The schedule includes meetWfs at Charleston. February 3; St. George,1 February 4; Orangeburg. February 5; Ham berg, February 5; Allendale, February t;; Jasper and f>eaufort counties (definite points to be announced), February 7. Similar meetings will be scheduled for several points in Colleton county | during the week of February 10, pre-! : eeeding the purebred sire sale In Walterboro February 14. County agents are fcWing publicity I to the meetings and the sale so that farmers may know and take advantage of this opportunity to increase aud improve their livestock. Early Chicks Most Profitable Clemson, Jan. 25.?February is the i most desirable time to hatch chicks of the heavy breeds and March 1b the most . desirable time to hatch ohicks of ttve light breeds, advises P. H. Gooding. extension poultryman. This ad, vice the specialist bases on data he I has secured from a comparison of (early and late hatched chicks and a comparison of the relation of percentage of fall egg production, labor income, and other factors. '"These comparisons clearly show," says Mr. Gooding, that early hatched chicks make more profitable layers than late hatched chicks. "These comparisons indicate that a : high egg production during the fall ^ months means a high labor income. It is known that early hatched pullets arc the heaviest producers of fall eggs. ! 1 he hatching date on the average will have more influence on the fall egg production than any other factor Oth , er (actors, such as housing, breeding. if ling, and management. enter in. (but hatching date is probably the most in fluent ial Another thing in favor of early j hatched pullets is that they usually j grow off faster and the cockerels can I he disposed of as broilers at a higher price, which boosts the income for the I flock and the labor income per hen. I Hens that molt late are heavy pro, tim ers of fall eggs. The late inolters I in the flock will depend in part on j the breeding and feed and care that jtli?\ get during the summer and fall, j Hens that arc properly housed, fed. land kept free of parasites will lay j much longer than Mens not so treated." . one of th?> three negroes who scaped from the Jail at Conway was I captured, he said he had left another j of the trio in -n big swamp, his legs frozen and apparently dying front cold, after they had waded and swain three miles in the Waccanniw river. The third negro in the escape was found frozen, with his neck broken from a fall, in the swamp not far from where the other one was frozon to death. , A committee of 28 prominent Geor *Un? will select a manager for the Roosevelt campaign in that state where Governor talmadge 1s battling against the president. WHERE WE GET 8PONGE8 Tarpon Springs, Fla., Gives Us Most Of Our 8upplies. Flush of a gold cross sinking through the blue waters of Springs Bayou, the splashing of divers who leap to recover it and bring it to shore, then lite blessing of the Greek church for the lucky rescurer?January tl brings Greek Cross Day again to Tarpon Springs, Flu. Thus at Kpiphany do the Greek sponge divers enter upon a new year of the dangerous calling. "Colorful pageantry of Old World religious ceremonies, church banners, release of a white dove, parades, and brass bands have, for about 3d years, attracted visitors to Tarpon Springs on Greek Cross Day from far and wide," says a bulletin from the Washington. 1). headquarters of the National Geographical Society. "The fete was transported almost complete from Greece, as were most of the sponge divers or their parents. "Tarpon Springs, the 'Pride of Pinellas county" as it calls itself, lies about halfway down the west coast of the Florida peninsula, just above where the Gulf of Mexico bites into it to form Tampa Hay. It contains many miles of navigable waterways?canals, small blue lakes, picturesque Springs Bayou surrounded by a natural amphitheatre. and the Anclote river flowing through the city into the Gulf. Palmshaded streets are bordered with cottages painted gaily, yet not so gay as the flaming hibiscus and poinsettlas that encircle them, or the purple flowing bougainvillea vines almost covering them. ! "The natural beauty of this semitropical city early attracted the distinguished American artists George Inness and his son, George Inness, Jr., explained that he esteemed Tarpon Springs because of its picturesqueneaa. As a result, the Church of Good Shepherd proudly displays two valuable Inness paintings. Artists not alone enjoy the city. Sportsmen come there for tarpon fishI Lng and golf, and one major league | baseball team has chosen it as a win| ter training ground. "Mystery still surrounds the lithia | springs which give the city part of its ' nam?,- Although soundings have ' reached 200 feet, their real depth has 'not been fathomed. They take their place among the 'bottomless' springs of Florida, even the engineers have suggested that they are an outlet for I>ake Butler, several miles away, from which the municipal water supply is drawn. Strangely enough, the water level of the springs rises and falls with the tide In the Gulf. "A unique feature of Tarpon Springs is the cooperative Sponge Kxchange, tile only one in the I'nited States and the largest in the world. Here captains of diving crews sell their catch to packers. 'In good seasons they handle perhaps a million dollars' worth ot business. The Kxehange's open quadrangle is surrounded by large eov ort'd stalls, in which the captains store their sponges, dragging them out into the sunlight to dry and expose their lejoarre, then locking them at night behind wooden stall doors with barred grills for ventilation. "While natural beauty and agreeable climate may have made fftrpon Springs a favorite resort, a. luyky ac,(blent made it the sponge capital of the world. ? Tradition reports that In 1S73 flshormcfl, catching turtle ofT Anclote Key in the Gulf, caught sponges by mistake. Formerly the Key West region had been the best known sponge grounds outside of the Mediterranean. But thereafter Tarpon Springs became#he base for sponging In the Hay Grounds, an area in excess of e.OOO square miles. It lies largely beyond th,. three-mile limit and is .therefore subject to little Federal regulation. It is maintained, however, that sponge beds are not being depleted. "For years sponges met their faie by hooking.' a procedure that required little equipment and only two men in a boat. The hooker scanned the ocean bed through a water telescope,' simply a tin bucket with a glass bottom, and fished op visible sponges with a three-tlned hook on a long pole. "About thirty years ago a Greek colony transplanted Mediterranean equipment and diving methods to the Gulf. A small sloop was imported from Greece as a pattern for diving boats. Expert Greek divors, swarthy I and mustachioed, arrived with their i families in a 'sponge rush.' | "Now the dock at Anctotc Harbor Itr j lined with sponge fleet and teaming ; with boats of every kind, from gasoj line launches to little two-men 'hooking dinghies." Diving sloops . are brightly painted, and aro slightly convex. like a very flat crescent moon. An essential feature of each vessel ' is the sturdy Jointed wooden ^ladder by which the diver makes hie clumsy entrance and exits, burdened down with 200 pounds of helmet, aVmor, water-proof suit, and lead-soled shoes. Nearby are boatyards,\the Sponge fixchange and a cluster of restaurants and curio shops displaying lurid paintings Of divers fighting off sharks." | ? 11 H " 1 1 . M? ' " " ' Liquor Dealer Brings Action ?? I The South Carolina lax coUfmiaaion , haw been ruled to show cause at the next term of common pleas' court in j Kershaw county beginning March 9,1 why Its findings and order revoking j the retail liquor license of J. C. Wright of Camden should not be reversed. The rule to show cause, issued by ; Judge S. W. G. Shipp, also requires! .the commission to certify to the court j their proceedings, findings and ruling j upon mutters set out in the complaint, j The commission, according to C. K, j Wingate, general counsel, has 20 days j in which to answer the complaint and , return to the rule to show can < . ! Wright's license was revolt J lowing a hearing before the commis-' sion on charge that lie iiad sold liquor ' at the Log Cabin camp, near Camden,' on a Sunday, which under the state I i law is illegal. His license was re! voked December 3, the first to be run: celed by the commission after the en! actment of the new liquor law. Al! though other licenses have been re-1 i voked by the "comm/ssion, he Is also \ | the first to bring, action to have the ' j crder of the commission reversed. ! > WHAT A MAN! ? ; A tall, gaunt young man entered I the office of the manager of the earn- . j ival. "1 want an engagement with j your outfit as a freak,'' lie said. "What's your ,act?" inquired the i j manager, as he peeled a hard-boiled, j skeptical eye on the stranger, j "I'm Enoch the Egg King," answered the freak. "I cat three dozen hen's ' eggs, two dozen duck eggs, and one j dozen goose eggs at a single sitting," j he said, proudly. "I suppose you know our policy," put in the manager. "You know we give four shows each day, while on Saturdays we often give six or more. Can you do It?" "Sure thing," said the freak. i "And on Sundays and holidays we sometimes give a show every hour. Your appetite wouldn't give out, would it?" , The lean young man hesitated. "In , that case," he finally said, "I must , have one thing plainly understood be. fore I sign up." ( "What's that?" snapped the mana, ger. The slim freak replied: "In that case, no matter how rushing the business may be at the carnival, you gotta . give me time enough off to eat my , meals at the hotel. 1 All trained nurses must be regis tered in South Carolina before July 1 or they may lose their titles as such. About 2<i0 applications for registration with Miss Nell Cunningham, secretary of the hoard of examiners. Nurses from other states practicing in South Carolina must also register ! ! At Orangeburg, a jury in the conn* I ty court said it did not want to h?ar) any oratory or argument from the lawyers and was ready to go out and consider Its verdict, as soon as the Judge gave It his instructions. The lawyers were squelched. th? judge charged the Jury and it came a little while with a verdict of not guilty. M A Sock Fpr Mothcr-ln-Law Before Doctor Samuel Harmon I went t<> jail, in the days when hit fake accident and fraudulent claim a racket still looked like a? easy way 1 to make money, he had a henchman by the name of Pietro Trunio. Pietro I complained one day that he had to I support his wife's parents and they I were a burdensome expense. "Well," said the doctor slyly, ''they 8 could pay their way by having a lit-1 tie accident." Pietro instructed his parents-in-law in the art of accident faking, and an appointment was made with Vincent to be at a spot Sunday morning where the couple would cross the street on their way to church. The couple were there at the ap-1 pointed time and so was Pietro in his I role of director, but no Vincent with his taxic'ah. He slept through the? ringing of his alarm clock.. The "acl cident" had to be started over again. An hour and a half later they were all there and the "accident" went off as I scheduled. Vincent's fender Just missed the old man and lady, he stbp-l ped itis car with screaming brakes, I and the couple fell to the pavement? in simulated agony. Then quickly they were bundled off I to Dr. Harmon's office. That benevo-? lent practitioner did a job of hangiin^H the old man to make him look like he? li%A been hit by a cab. "How about me? I* have no^H bruises," cried the excited mother-in? la^. j "Yes you have," said Pietro, giving? her a straight jab to the face that! broke her nose. j That was one time a man hit hill wife's mother and got away withit.^H The mother-in-law's indignation wail soothed by the assurance that har| broken nose would be worth money? to her. The pair sued the t&xicab^H 'company and collected damages. Ba-fl ther, Dr. Harmon collected. Very 111? tie reached the old people. I Dr. Harmon and his accomplices all I thought they were getting away wltbl It. But in the end, the relentless un-^H | dercoyer work of the Index Bursal? System maintained by the- National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Un-^H derwriters, trapped them. Dr. Har-I j mon and the crooks and (tapes who? j formed his fake accident ring waral | convicted and sent to the penitcnti-^H ary.?Industrial News-Review. ffl j Young Man Under Bond j J. D. McLeod and Clyde Mllkr? j were bound over to the grand jury^H Saturday after Solicitor Finley canal j here to investigate the matter of thai ; death of Mac Amerson which occnr-j^H red December 28 when he was found? ; dead in the road near the Flat Great? high school. McLeod was charged! ; in a warrant with murder and Millar? j as being an accessory. Bonds wera? j placed at $2,000 each, which 'wera^^B made.?Lancaster News. j j MEDICAL BATHS? KIRKWOOD HOTEL I Telephone Connections j Electric Cabinet Massage and Medical Gymnastia.il Reducing Massage and Exsrcl***.? B Oil and Salt Rubi, Hot Foment*- H tlons, Etc. Scientifically done by Swedish M < Masseuse and Medical Gymnast. j? Treatments Given at Patients fl Home if Desired. Mpderats Prica^^B The above treatemnts will regu-il late and restore bodily functioBfcH increase energy of body and mb>&fl wonderful in nervous disorders. lieve pains and aches of almost e*'? cry kind, breaks up colds, clean* II out waste matter, softens stisl Joints, congested muscles, pains and aches disappear as in rheum*'? tlsm, gout, neuritis, neuralgia, lunt-B bago, arthritiSj etc. j All bodily Ills are due to poison? || B and no better method has yet bed*B found for elimination, than'thss*? baths, with massage and exercise*"? plenty of fresh air, and a diet cofrl slating mostly of fruits and reget*-? hies. After a while yon will the toxic poisons eliminated, tj*| process of nntrltfon stimulated, |sf | blood enriched, and a happy, b**>B thy atate of mfad follows.