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B\ MEET ME AT broad street lunch i ON TOP OF THE HILL j The Beet Nickel Hamburger Anywhere. I Milk?Bottled Drinks?Beer?Ice Cream' j COURTEOUS OPEN UNTIL I CURB SERVIC* ? 3 A.M. J I __v Government Helps In Great Problem Montgomery, Ala., August 10.?The goutb'a greatest social and economic problem, farm tenancy, today stands M i challenge beforp the Methodist Episcopal church, South. More than one hundred members of the church Including ministers, elders, and laymen, organized as the Council on a Christian Social Order, last week at Uke Junaluska, N. C., recognized the challenge and took the first step toward meeting it?they asked ? questions. | Lectures by Dr. H. P. Fairchild, New York University economist and sociologist, Joe Btarnes, member of congress from Alabama's Fifth district. Dr, Arthur R&per, professor of sociology in Agnes Scott college, Decatur, Ga, and Bishop Paul B, Kern, general superintendent of Methodism in the Carolines, were followed by four-hour discussions in which not a solution, but rather an understanding of the problems was sought by the church men. To learn what the Roosevelt admin-! istration is doing to relieve the condition of farm tenants in the South, the Couucil, which does not presume to act for the church* since it is not an official body, called before the sessions R. W. Hudgens, regional director for the Resettlement Administration, and learned of the rehabilitation program that Is helping back to economic Independence 50,000 farm families, including more than 300,000 persons, in Alabama, Florida, and South Caroliua, and of the resettlement program in which some 2,000 farm families in these states will be helped to farm ownership. ODD ACCIDENT8. t . A spectator at a South, Carolina ball game, Alex Putnam, lost an eye and suffered a fractured skull when a baseball bat broke, flew through a wire screen and struck him. Stanley Parish, au 11-year old British boy, was watching some mob cut down a tree, usihg a rope to direct its fall. He was catapulted 70 feet into the air and over a row of houses to his death when caught by the guide rope which suddenly tightened as the r bee crashed to thg; ground. , A bug flew into the eye of Jesse Hartzell of Kansas and saved him the remainder of his trip to the dentist. He lost control of his car .^.crashed Into a parked truck and knocked out three teeth. Jgg^rfsited a hospital instead. < George Lynch of New Jersey left bis companions in a boat and rowed ashore to escape danger, from an approaching electrical storm He was killed by a bolt of lightning as he dashed to seek shelter in a house. , A Wisconsin man, Warner Smoot, and the caretaker of his summer home, were instantly killed by a mysterious blast from the open fireplace. Some unknown explosive'was touched off when Smoot kindled k fire. Two Alabama men wound up in a hospital after a bicycle crash. They Were both one-legged men and went Ming on a cooperative basis?each furnishing power from one leg. During a brisk wind in Washington, D- C., a laundry smokestack dropped tarn the building and crashed through the roof and second flobr of the police department's garage/.-next- door, oomlng t0 feat in Towtor of Pisa styls, No Persons were injured or oars damaged.-?The Pathfinder. Geld Found By Worker Counterfeit N>w York, Aug. 5 ?A WPA worker *ho fished 53 coins out of the East N'ver yesterday In the belief they Ufr?' 120 gold pieces learned today joey wore counterfeit." Excellent copa s. rret aetiiMHl|Wfi:i^ifi? Hamming them, 'Jut nevertheless counterfeit. ' -r Many Uans Made i *" Home-Owners C-ohnnbla, Aug. of I3M28fWf COmtH rece,v"d * tot?' of (w!., the Home <>wner?' i0?? (>rpoi atlou during the *1 ? lod nf ...? . three year pert?r ? Ioflna"cing operations which terminated Juno 1't toon tn tu* ? . *w? 1936? according o the final figures received today ZlWa8"""!t?" > '-awronco M I Inckuey, state IJIrector for the Mai ' Emergency Council. ' ! Cen.ua'I'"* "" 1930 Unlte<1 "'ate. Con.ua report, there wore i;06ti of | owned non-farm home, in Kershaw j county. The Home Owner.' Loan Co" ^oration rollnaticed mortgage, on 16.3 Per cent of this number farm * * t0ti" ?f 6B'707 owne<l SBE Ownem"Z" V"? Btate' tha Home ?ZfT Corporation refinanced numbeT8 ?B ^ ^ C6nt 0f thls A? l^al of individual loans, amounting to 113,299,389, were made j to residents of South Carolina frpm durlnlTh6 ? neT*' lx>An Corporation during the three-year period. 299 389hVn<tlre a,m?Unt ?f loan8' *13.' *yy,389, it is estimated that $710,000 went toward the payment of taxes and assessments, The estimated average of tax and assessment payments per loan in South Carolina was $125. More than 98 per cent of all money involved for the refinancing of I distres^ejl homes by means of long term replacement mortgages which | are to be fully amortized over tha term of the loan In small monthly payments. The balance of the money advanced went for the restoration and conditioning of properties. ^ Donald 8. Mathc.on 1. the state Manager of the Home Owner.' Loan Corporation. HI. office 1. in the CentU"'on Bank Building. Columbia. Drought Relief Based on Need ~ " - - , Col. James D. Pulp, state commissioner of the temporary state department of public welfare, which is in charge of investigation and certification of drought relief applicants, again called attention to the fact yesterday that relief would be administered 8trlctly_on a basis ojt need. "It does not seem generally understood," Colonel Fulp said, "that a person must be reduced to drought irelief status In order to receive help because of the drought." He also pointed out it would be impossible to secure enough^ federal funds with which to assist everyone who has suffered crop damage because of dry weather. "No effort Is being made W reimburse anyone for his loss," he said further,."but an effort Is being made to locate those persons who are actually lu need . . . Unable to provide food or actual necessaries for their family and stock." More than 2,?00 families In Anderson county alone had applied for relief, he said. "It la easily understood," Colonel Fulp decrade, "that unless relief is given only those who are most in need there will be many suffering for actual necassaries during the winter months."?Sunday's State. 1 Catch Two 8awf!sh * Charleston, Aug. 11.?Eugene Oliver and two helpers on a shrimp boat operating from here caught a 15-foot sawfish after a battle of more an hour. The fish had a saw four feet long and weighed 900 pounds. It completely destroyed a new shrimp net that entangftM it. ?-, . Follow Your Bent Whatever ydu are by nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of tfile&t. Be what nature intended jrotF for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you will be ten Uiuusand times jsrorse than nothing ?Sydney Smith. ^ i?? " , ~r . y r . J. c. COX | Sanitary Plumbing and Heating TELEPHONE 433-J ' Estimates Furnished on Start Notice j We.t Ireland Ha* Wealth That Ha* Brought Fame All West Ireland Is rich In literary I associations. Just off the coast, across the mouth of Gal way, loty, lie the Aran Islands, where John M. Synge went t<> live after he imd decided to write plays of Irish peasant life. They arc amotiK the Inst homes of Gaelic In Ireland, and long before travelers came to see the fascinating native life on them, scholars had come there from all Kurope ?to etudy that language. according to a writer In the Los Angeles Times. Kyuge told of the life of the Aran J fishermen In his "Itldera to the Sea," I' and many .times acknowledged his debt to Irish peasants such as these. One of the most conspicuous features of the Islands Js the great slabs of limestone on them, which In some places tower up a thousand feet. Be-1 cause the surface of the stone Is so slippery, the Islnnders all wear a soft] rawhide moccasin. held together with I thongs, and In pluce of rowboats they get about In "curroghs," light canoes of wlckerwork. fPieB? ure covered with canvas, and ride over the waves of the Atlantic like chips on Its back. Frail as curraghs appear, the Islanders often transport domestic animals from one Island to another In them. North of the islands Is Sllgo, where William' Butlor Yeats was born. Sllgo Is built on a wide bay with many In-1 lets, and across from It Is Knockjjarea, I where "the host Is riding." ! On Benbulbin, the chief mountain of the section, died Dlarinuld, with whom | Qranla fled from Tara, jilting ber oth-1 er suitor, the giant Finn MacCool. Later when MacCool came asking hospl- | tallty, Orana persuaded Dlarinuld to give It He and Finn went hunting together, and on Benbulbin he met his death through Finn's spells. MacCool then went off with Oranla, who became his queen. Bale Nurse Their Young I Like Most Other Animals Bats aren't blind, as the stories go, but they are so fond of darkness that they never venture out Into daylight unless they're forced to by some Intruder, and then just long enongh to find another quiet, dark place. Then at dusk they stretch their wings and ] begin to take an Interest In life. And even when It'o pitch dark they know | how to dodge things when they're fly- I lng. Their eyes are small, but they probably have such keen ears and noses that they're quite well ofT without bigger eyes. Scientists haven't determined which of their senses Is sharpest, says a writer In the Washington Star. Although bats fly like insects nnd j birds, they do not lhy eggs and hatch | < them as insects and birds do. Instead, I, they nurse their young like monkeys or cows or squirrels, and so they helong to the mammal family. The body of a bat looks much like J' that of a mouse, and Its wings are I very different from those of a bird. A J bat's wing Is made of skin stretched ! over long toes. And Insect-eating bats have a long tall that helps to support the wings. But the big fruit/ bats, which live in the tropics arfd whose wing spread Is often two feet, are without tails, so the skin of their wings is stretched from the front to the hind foot. The long, slender toes of the front foot spread out like a fan and support most of this Immense wing. Only the thumb Is l?ft free, so that It can clutch at branches. It Is with theW bind feet that hats hang, heads down, for their long day- ] time naps. > I Belong to \yiilttfiik Family Ichthyologists tell ua that clscos belong to the whlteflah family. . They |, greatly resemble tbe "lake herring'* | | that makes up a considerable part of j tbe commercial hanl from the Great Lakes. Since tbe fish found In Lake | | Geneva and some of the north- ] ern Indiana lakes differs somewhat from the lake herring, the name "Cisco" la especially fitting. Believed to be of Indian origin, It la distinctive | and not likely to be confused with any other. The clseo, usually caught in - water over 00 feet In depth, on 1>eadlike'lures, paaaes the early winter and i . summer In tbe deepest parts of lakes,, it artves Into shallower water during I i the earing, while searching tor food, j I and also during the fall spawning sea-1 eon. * ' ( ->? - "I $ . ; Massing of Comody j la general a comedy is light and I | amusing, rather than serious, keeps I ! the audience In a cheerful framg of I mind, and has a happy ending. It may not bo a rdaily fanny play, and | may even have a falfly serious theme, but Its amus|ng characters and lines | distinguish It from tragedy. It may represent the foibles of humanity or tre B-rottrUrportrayal contemporary | ttigTrnerit Tls refineWehr df tone and j, delicacy of treatment distinguish It from the broad farce or burlesque, j The early Greek word, from which 1 "comedy" is derived, referred to the] ' village revels, parades, and festivals | In honor of Bacchus. Dtonyslus. etc. These -led to the development of J dramas designed to arouse mirth. | ,> I Had Faith in Hb Sen' When the Union army was biting the mud u Vtctcshurg nnd the North | was fearful that the absence ^>f news] from that battle front would he broken by "bod news," Jesse Grant, father of I the /Strops Ocngral Gram, declared: "CTtyiMwtf #111 work until he gets * JCPtVjrad wheff Ire geti a grippe nover | Mm go,.pud ho will take vicksburg." I 'V v. ~ -y The Bicycle j Comes Back The bicycle 1* back. 1-ant year, factories in the United States turned out 760,0^0 machines, neurly equating the peak production of the gay nineties. In 1933 a survey by department stores showed bicycles fourth on the list of things youngsters wanted for Christmas. In 1935 they stood first. Four million Americana now pedal along the highways, and there are hundreds of cycling clubs. A "bicycle breakfast" was staged not long ago in New York, a horde of riders gathering in Central Park, to pedal In parade formation dowu Fifth Avenue to a restaurant. Special "bicycle trains" are belug fun by railroads to curry enthusiasts and their wheels to scenic spots for one-day outings. There are bikes with three-speed gear shifts, automobile-type steering wheels comfortable rubber-cushioued chairlike seats. There are tandem machines, three-seaters, six-seaters, and one "centlnede bike" cart-vim* 1U riders. A special racing cycle is made of aluminum alloy and completely equipped, weighs only 13 pounds. For use on trains, there is a collapsible trailer which can be extended into a six foot bunk. _ J. The bicycle is bringing new sports, bicycle polo having appeared in many parts of the country, and also a combination of cycling and archery, popular among movie stars, a game In which teams of two contestants each, riding tandem machine^, circled a flx-4 ed target. Cycle racing, once a major sport, is also coming back. Last year there were races in 20 cities. Cycle paths are being established in city parks. Recently, 165,000 fans in Chicago signed a petition, and as a result 100 mileB of cycle trails are under way. Detroit has "handlebar paths" in several parks, as have Washington, D. C., Oklahoma City, and New York City. Cyclists are now permitted at certain hours on Atlantic City's broadway. Cycling organizations are urging the construction of special pathings along the shoulders of roads. About 1932, agents for Hollywood movie stars began to run out of ideas for publicity. Someone conceived the idea of photographing the stars riding bicycles. Then some of them adopted the bike as a pleasant form of exercise, others as an easy way to pedal off a few pounds. But the majority continued to ride because cycling was fun. What started as a publicity stunt turned into a craze which has Bwept the country?John E. Lodge in Popular Science Monthly. A "temporary" dictatorship, approved by the .King, George II, took over the government of Greece on Wednesday, and proclaimed martial law "to thwart danger of bloodshed" in what the government described as a Communist-promoted general strike. ^ I nitXZliRm mmSTSuu I ^'ii 1 ? - 1 .. - a"W^wppnB||wiw . . ' I VOTE FOR I Newton Kelly I | FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | I j j FROM KERSHAW COUNTY I j II A MAN WHO HAS BEEN TRIED AND PROVEN j <r.> ry^ /U' , tl j He will appreciate your vote NOW and welcome* your j j advice and cooperation when in the Legislature H 1 I This advertisement contented to by Mr. Kelly, ' I and paid for by hie friends. Historic Trowel / To Be Used Again Charleston, 8. C., Aug. 11.?At it recent conference of Grand Lodge officer* with General C. P. Summerall, president of The Citadel, the datetand hour of the laying of the cornerstone of the new chapel at the $tate's military college were fixed at September 14, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. The principal address will be given by the Right Reverend James Edward Freeman,, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese, of Washington, D. C., who is a speaker of national repute. In laying the cornerstone, the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina, Joseph E. Hart^Xof York, will use the Lafayette trowel, which waB used by the Marquis de Lafayette in placing the foundation of the monument to his friend, the Baron DeKalb, at Camden, S. C., on March 9, 1826. This trowel is said to be "the most priceless of the priceless relics that belong Co Masonry." Man's Body Is Found In Trunk New York, Aug. 5.?Trussed in a self strangulation knot and stabbed 48 times with an ice pick, the body of William Hessler, 81, a police character, was found in a trunk which had been tossed into Brooklyn lot | today. " _< j X- I Police, recalling the body of John ( Bazzano, Pitsburgh. night club owner,; had been found four years ago in similar circumstances, attributed the crime .to ganglan^. vengeance. Hessler had troth arrestedo twice, once in June, 1933, on a charge of attempted extortion, and again "in January, 1936, accused of kidnaping. He was discharged on both occasions. - r Roosevelt Collins, negro, convicted at Annlston, Ala., on a charge of attacking a white woman, had a narrow escape from being killed by the' woman's husband, In the court Toom Just' before he was being removed to the state prison by national guardsmen. ' i u i .... ' AAA Encourages j Acreage Increase County Agent McCarley announces that all restrictions have been raised on the planting of food and feed crops under the Agricultural Conservation? Program for the Southern Region. Provided that his diverted acreage has been devoted to soil-conserving crops and practices, a farmer now can increase his soil-depleting acreage In 1936, without penalty, If he makes this soil-depleting acreage Increase in food and feed crops, Mr. McCarley explained. > This modification in the program was made to encourage the production of food and feed stuffs and the growing of an ample supply of seed to meet 1987 needs on the farm, the agent said. There are still some food and feed crops that South Carolina farmers can plant on land where they failed to get stands in cotton, peanuts, or tobacco. Late sorghums and millets and sweet potatoes can still be planted, the agent advises. New High Mark Reoorded Columbia,, Aug. 12A new year high mark was recorded In residential permits of the prlniclpal cities of the United States for the | month of June, 1936, according to a study made by the Federal Housing Administration, which was based on data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and received today by Lawrence M. Plnckney, State Director for the National Emergency Council. The report of the Federal Housing Administration fortune records a total of 948,260,655 in mortgages accepted for insurance from financial institutions approved by the FHA. Of this i amount 3f}.39 per cent wpre for. new residential construction. In June, 1935, a total of $12,099,311 in mortgages were accepted for insurance, which shows that June, 1936, went 400 per cent ahead of June, 1935. H. E. Baitey ts Sthte Director pf~the Federal " Housing Administration with offices 'located in Charleston; S. C. , , , ,,M mi. i I May we do I IH J ilh.i! 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