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30-Pound Bear* W Nearly Extinct r v ' i- . J * The dedlnlug census of Koimlnu, Austin I la's living teddy bear*, 1* urouHiiiK the Interest of animal lover* lu tho continent "down under," where u cuinpnlgu 1h In > tho inakliiK to preserve one of tho quaintest und attractive member* of tin* animal , kingdom. "Koala* are found In eastern and aoutheaatorn Auulrulla, but do not o< cur on any of tho neiKhborliiK Inland* or In the wontorn half of tho ontlnent," way* a bulletin from the Washington, I). headquarters of the National Geographic Hoclety. "They were probably once the moat common animal* In the Australian bush, but about forty year* ago a widespread epidemic overtook them and they died by fhou*nnda. "They hIho were hunted for tho *aku of their warm, thick fur, end a* u roHiilt are now extinct In New Houth Wale*. A few hundred are *1111 to be found, In Victoria, In carefully protected loculitlu*, and a fair number remain in Queensland Idttle I* known of the nature of the dl*ea*e that ho nearly exterminated them, but tudy 1* being given the HUbJoct now, with a view to pre*ervii)g .the remnants of thi* formerly ntimoron* specie*. "The Koala ha* a thick, gruyishcolored fur, a prominent black none, and Hlands two feet high. A good npeclmen weigh* about thirty pound*. It 1* one of the mo*t lnoffen*lve animal* Imaginable, doing no harm or damage to anyone or anything. "Kssentlully an arboreal and mainly nocturnal animal, the Koala upend* it* time In the bramhe* of certain HpecioH of cucalyptu* tree*, where It food* upon the tender young leave*. If approached, It will *lt and Hluro at the Intruder with a *urprl*ed expreHHlou, and only if danger threaten* will it climb to the topmost branches. The animal I* father Inactive, especially in summer, and often *itH In the fork of a tree, sleeping tho daylight hour* away. "Koala* have five toe* on eucli foot, und each toe I* armed with u curved, needle-sharp claw. The toe* are in groups of twos and throes, the two claws being in the form of a double thumb, thus they uro equipped to climb easily and also to grasp the branches of a eucalyptus tree and pull them down for the purpose of feeding on the leave*. "They never drink w:it? r. but are apparently abb' to obtain enough moisture from feeding on the juicy gum shoots I rout which commercial eucalyptus oil is extracted. "Koala.- are such quaint and attractive little creatures that they are uuiii in iPmniul as household pots. 'I hoy are very easily tamed, but a* lie y i?iw obb'i they are careless of the fact that their claws have a need bilk' sharpnn;*. which will easily I 11, e': , 11, tin thickest and strongest cloth "Although when living in the bush they take no liquid. In captivity they quickly acquire a taste for weak sweetened tea and starchy foods. This d'-pru \ i i \ is the cause of their undoing, tor if given such things in mistaken kindness, they soon begin to lose condition and in a few months die from indigestion. Kven when fed only on eucalyptus leave*, they are difficult to keep alive in captivity. I he Koala Is a marsupial, having a pouch in which the single cub? Moey,' in the language of the bush after birth in a very immature state, is sheltered and fed tor some mouths When about six Inches in length 'Joey' gradually leaves the pouch and spends I its time clinging ty its mother's thick Itu by means <>t its own sharp little claws. This is the usual position of the voting until it is big enough to look after itself, but if danger threat- i ens, necessitating active climbing OIl the part of tie- lumber, the youngster quickly . I a in tiers up,,,, |back, so as not to hamper her movements, it bangs on securely while she ' 11a:t - in satet \ Sightseeing Trip Costly To Visitor| < liarlesten. Hoc. US. ? William Wil- ! has:,-. Win-i.m Sal. in. N C . XVLMlt sightseeing in Hampton Park. Sum.-one had left the ,| , age of monkeys open, and fifteen of the Simian - vaqg.-.i the \ iMtm Cm o: t he monkeys bit Williams mi the leg While running away, ho tell and di -1. n ate,| -boulder. lie is a patient at a Charleston hospital A ki-s i- a -nitT in Samoa Sniff ">g is aid to have created the practi'e oi rubbing iium's among the Kskimos. Malay- in,I Polynesians. .Two fat" on the New York Stock' I. \i bang, tp.i-- week changed hands' at Mi'l.one and $|o.*i,oou each The | last pt'ev j,i -ale was at $0 7. "no. I he food shortage of Germany is so o lite that housewives are being urged to styv, I.r-lv to their families for dinners CITATION 'I he State of South Carolina. County of Kershaw I'y N. C Arnett. Probat)- Jmlg Whereas, W. Craig Clyburn and James H. C.lyluirn made suit to me to grant them Letters of Administration of the Kstate and effects of Minnie A. Clyburn. Those are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred ami Creditors of the said Minnie A. Clyburn deceased, that thoy be and appear before me. in tho Court of Probate, to be hold at Camden on Thursday, January 14, 1937, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock In tho forenoon, to show cause, If any they have, why tho said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 29th day of December Anno Domini 1936. N. C. ARNKTT, Judge of Probate, Kershaw County. . JLU1_. .... Ji-U CITY OP 8UPSR4-ATIVE8 It City of Buenot Aires, Capital of Argentine Republic. What 1h the world's largest Spanish-speaking city? Madrid? No, Buenos Aires. What Is the third lurgest city In the New World? Not Detroll or Philadelphia. Buenos Aires. Whore Is the world't largest ineut refrigerating plant? Chicago? Wrong again Hueuo# Aires! And that's only a beginning. "Superlatives crowd fust upon one another when one describes the wealthy, hustling Capital of Argentina, where the Inter-Amerlcau^jLoufi'ienco Is scheduled to open fctt i^u* (cmher 1," HityH a bulletin froW Wushlngtun, I>. headquartering the National (Jeorgraphh- Society.^?' IluenoH Aires, "oily of good aire, , though little known to inosl North 'Americana, la one of the great cltlea lor the world. Sprawling far over wide, flat prairie a like Chicago; buay aeaport and bnatling marl like New York; center of urt, culture, and guyety like J'urM Buenos Alrea rolla them all Into one and adda a flavoring daali or the Argentine that makes it different from them all. It la more inllos from Now York to IluenoH Alrea than from Hun Franclaco to Tientsin, China, but miles mean little toduy. You can fly down to Buenos Alrea in live daya or pick nil your telephone und talk to unyono there without leaving your room. Hut don't uak about the autumn weather, for in Buenoa Alrea now It'a aprlng! Stop the ateady How of ahlpa to and from Buenoa Alrea and milliona aoou would feel the pinch of hunger. Wheat, beef, pork, mutton and butter roll in a ateady stream from the vaBt painpus or the Argentine into Buenoa Alrea, theft out ugain to the markets of the world. A alngle ranch among the many that feed their products into Buenoa Alrea has been known to possess 50,000 cattle, 25,000 hogs, and 1,200 horses, and the city to ahip 4,000 pounds of butter dally to England. Railroads and waterways spread [unlike into the hinterland from Buenos Aires to bring In the agricultural products that are the chief source ot its ama/.ing wealth its world record size refrigerating pluut can handle a,UOO cattle and 1",U0U . lieep a day. Ships move in a steady procession 12 - miles up from the mouth of the mighty and mtnldy Rio de la l'lata 1 river of silver) to lfuenos Aires, ris-! mg on the flat river bank only 30 feet j above high water level. Tho one of i the world's busiest ports with traffic j rivalling the Panama ( anal, it has no j natural harbor. The river at Buenos j Aires is so wide that you cannot see across it except from a high building j on a very clear day, but so shallow ( that ships formerly had to anchor miles from shore. Two dredged channels bring vessels from mid-stream direct to the great docks and ship basins that line the busy water-front. On shore, Buenos Aires is laid out in checkerboard fashion with one hundred parks and magnificent broad avenues. l,iku Washington, D. C., it' occupies a federal district separate from the provinces. Despite rapid growth it is a "planned" city except in the older sections. There narrow streets, now lined with tall buildings, are choked to capacity with traffic, 11ut in one of tho most congested, i a lb- Florida, the long suffering pern airiau comes into his own every afternoon at I p. in. At that hour all j \ chicles are barred from the street I j lor hours, and fashionable Buenos , Aires parades on sidewalks and in the street on its way to tea (whichoften is coffee.) "With a population fast approach-! ing 2,250,000, the city is busily widening streets, extending diagonal avenues and lengthening t lie subway lines already in service. Nealy onefifth of all the people in Argentina live here. In many ways Buenos Aires would make an American feel at home, for 4ie would find not only subways, but air-conditioned theaters, a 30-story skyscraper, tallest in South America, many movies teveu shown] tree in restaurants), a financial center that resembles Wall Street itself, and enterprising newspapers full of world news in every important language American money has helped huihl Buenos Aires with investments in put king houses, public utilities and hanks. Fortunes are made, and displayed, in the Argentine capital Veritable palaces, homes of tho wealthy, line the fashionable avenues. On tho Imposing Plaza de Mayo (named for the month of May In which Argentina won Independence from Spain) stand the vast rambling "pink house," popular name for the rose-colored government palace, the Banco do la Nacion and the pillared cathedral, suggestive of Paris's Madeleine. "From the Plaza the broad Avenlda de Mayo, lined with fine hotels, clubs, cafes and business buildings extends more than a mile to the Plaza Congreso, where rises the domed Hall of Congress, resembling the Capitol at Washington. So eager is Buenos Aires to beautify herself that an annual . V-* Says Feed Cowpeas To Laying Hens Cowpoutf are Helling uuuHually cheap in most Hectlona of the Htate and for (IiIh reason can be uttcd hh an economical feed in ratioiiH for laying hens, W. C. MeCarley, county farm agent advises Kershaw county farmers. The peus muy bo substituted for part of the grain with excellent reHullH. They are higher In protein content than corn, wheat, or outs, and lor this reason they may tend to increase egg production. The county agent quotes P. H. Gooding, extension poultryinan, that it Is not advisable to grind cowpeas rto use in mixing up a mash since they iftin be fed in the grain with the sumo Results; also that One-third or as iinuh us one-half of the gruin feed may consist of- oowpcuH. FAM.OU3 EDITOR 8UC0UMB8 TO HEART ATTACK New York, Deo. 26.?Tribute came from all parts of the nation toduy for Arthur llrisbano, editor and columnist, whoso death at 72 took from American Journalism one of its best known figures. | The noted writer, in failing health for several months, died in his sleep in his apartment yesterday as newspaper presses rolled out his last column?a Christmas message ho had dictated only a few hours before. Brisbane suffered a heart attack Thursday afternoon, but insisted on dictating the column. He slept that night under an oxygen tent, but succumbed ubout 6:30 a. m. Brisbane's passing closed the amazingly successful career he began fiftythroe years ago as a "cub" reporter on the New York Sun. He became America's highest paid ' newspaper writer, drawing an annual salary of $260,000. President Roosevelt led in messages of sympathy sent to the writer's family. He messaged Brisbane's daughter, Mrs. Sarah Brisbane McCrary: "Mrs. Roosevelt and 1 extend our sincere sympathy and wish you to know our thoughts ace with you in tlie loss of your father. 1 had known him for many years and took keen delight, whenever J had the opportunity, of exploring with him the teachings ot history and the philosophy of our civilization." Brisbane had been associated through most of his career with William Randolph llearst, both in newspaper and real estate enterprises. Hearst eulogized his long-time friend and associate as "the greatest journalist of his day." He was a native of Buffalo, N. Y. He worked on The Sun and as managing editor of The New York World before taking over the New York Journal, owned by Hearst, in 1897. Public funeral services were held Monday At 10 a. m., in St! Bartholomew's Church, at Park Avenue and 60th Street. Interment was at the Brisbane estate, Allaire, N. J. Besides his widow, who is the former Phoebe Cary of New York, Brisbane is survived by five children: A son, Seward, and four daughters, Mrs. McCrary, Emily, Alice and Elinor Brisbane. INQUEST IN BROWN CASE HELD SATURDAY IN BISHOPVILLE The coroner's jury which met Saturday afternoon in the court house returned a verdict that Mrs. Margie Ann Brown, aged Lee county woman, came to her death at the hands of tieorge McDuffie. a negro bo> about eighteen years of age. Mrs. Brown's body was discovered Wednesday morning by two neighbors, W. 10. Elmore and Robert H. Davis, lying in front of her fireplace with her skull crushed and in the fireplace. I wo negro boys, George McDuffie and Prince Blythor. were arrested on j suspicion and officers said McDuffie I quickly made a confession that lie I had killed Mrs. Brown by striking her I with an axe and that he had then robbed her. Blyther was released af ' Iter this confession had been obtained. | Elmore and Davis, together with Sig| mo ml Player, Lee county deputy sher, iff, testified at the inquest and the jury immediately returned its verdict. Just when the case will come to | trial has not been given out, but it is supposed at the next session of criminal court?Bishopvllle Messenger. Dr. Claudius T. Murchison and a party of leading cotton spinners, of the L nited States, are en route to Japan, in the hope of reaching a voluntary agreement for the control of Japanese textiles shipped to this country. prize la offered for the best-designed business and residence buildings. Argenttnos aro Intensely proud of their capital, which not only is tho largest city in South America, but the largest south of the Equator as well. It Is ono of tho few large cities of I-at in America where people of European ancestry unmixed with Indian blood, form practically the entire population. If Holiday Partners!! IJ Helen Galsford Waterman !| Deck the hall with boughs of holly. .. ,w' '* ,tt ' ,ttTli the season to be Jolly. "fa. la la AY, Jen, where's the star for the top?" Dick Dartmouth smiled , down ut the girl who stood at the foot of the ladder*, "How does it look?" lie usked. I "Fine, Dick. It's almost like being home," she exclaimed, and then her face sobered. "Here!" said Dick, and descended. "Don't you dare let me down. It's a darn shame that the whole school piled off .for the holidays and left you behind' with me, but still, if you hadn't stayed, what Would I have done?" "And if you hadn't stayed, what would I? I couldn't nearly afford the trip home." But at least, Jen, you have a home.'^he said wistfully. >,know' * ^ been thinking of that. She straightened. "Come on, let'.} get through. What shall we do with the mistletoe?" I 11 take it." He began twining it around a lamp fixture. "Do you know, Jen," he said musingly, "I'm surprised some of the other girls didn't invite you to visit them." was s'len* *or a moment. . They did, Dick. But I preferred to stay here with you." "Honestly, darling?" He laughed happily. "And I turned down three chances just to stay with you." I And quite naturally he discovered what to do with the mistletoe. ? Western Newspaper Union. JC r 9 ^3'e I Each in His Own Wav -hy* * Pranc0tGrimtead wS5fc53553555555553555555 * I 7 VERY family has its own way p* of celebrating Christmas. Do f you have the tree on Christmas eve or Christmas morning? It seems all wrong to me to take off its gifts at any other time than the dark early morning of Christmas itself. Yet I have a friend who considers that Santa Claus can only arrive in the candle-lit twilight, so that visions of sugar plums already seen, as well as those to be found in the stockings at dawn, may dance through the heads of the young ones. Among my Christmas memories are years when our household could not afford trimming a tree, and there was no mantelpiece for hanging stockings. Some people might think that a combination to-knock merriment into a cocked hat! They should have seen our excitement at hanging a stocking from the back of each chair, and the delighted squeals when we discovered in the morning that Santa had filled the hosiery with appropriate gifts. If they were cheap and the tinsel and holly conspicuously lacking, only the grown-ups knew it. These was always a box of dominoes in somebody's stocking, since my father liked to play. We usually spent Christmas morning in a family game, and I have just this moment suspected it wasn't the children who started it! I've another friend whose father insists on making popcorn balls Christmas morning, and her mother must always fry sausage. So, Merry Christmas, each in your own way! ? \\ csifi n N"o\ stijppr Union. FAIR WARNING Wifey?Christmas demands have i been very heavy, hubby. I'll have to buy you something cheap. Hubby?In that case, wifey, I prefer socks'to cigars. Christmas and December Christmas is not nearly as old ! as the month in which it falls. Dei cember was the last month in that | old ten-month calendar of ancient i Rome. The name comes from the Latin word, "decern," meaning "ten." In the beginning the month was known as Decembris, but during the many centuries that followed the name changed so that it I now comes to us in its present form. The old Saxons, recognizing December as the beginning of winter, called it Winter-Monath (winter month). They also called it Heligh-Monath (holy month)- because of the fact that Christmas fell on one of its days.?Pathfinder Magazine, #, J | I 9UCCKM (A guest editorial by James B. Wait, Editor of Boy's I4fe) $ I have eald, again and again, that believe the young people today are' finer than they ever were, and that | conditions today affecting youth should not discourage any ambitious ' boy. it Is true that many young poo* pie, especially young people in their teens, owing to uurest and economic conditions, have been suffering under , a handicap. But there have always | been young men who have suffered , under handicaps. The boy, Benjamin Franklin, wulking the streets of PlillI adolphla to his work,' hungry and | with practically all his worldly possessions on his back, suffered under a handicap. Abraham Lincoln, studying by candle light the few school books he could get, suffered under a handicap. Theodore Itoosevelt, frail | and sickly as a boy, deafened In one ear and with weak eyesight, suffered under u hundicap. ' There are few handicaps that cannot bo overcome by the boy who Intensely desires to do so. Young people today are suffering, as young peoI pie always have, from many haudi| caps that they make for themselves. The boy who Is selfish, who doesn't try hard at anything, who likes to get other people to do things for him instead of doing them for himself, who goes along hoping "that things are going to come out all right somehow," has needlessly created for himself handicaps far greater than those faced by any of the men to whom I have referred, One of the greatest handicaps that young people create for themselves Is lack of purpose. Have a goal in life! Decide what you want and what are the reasonable steps to achieve it. In accordance with determination and your capacity you will succeed? provided you really do try. But you must work for It. You can't ride to success in an automobile, you have got to walk every step of the way. - I have been very happy to find In the course of my talks with thousands of boys all over the country, that very few of them have as a goal tc make a lot of money just for the sake of piling up a fortune. Alost boys select as a goal a life work In which they can take a joy and satisfaction, and which they can carry on effectively. Right now you can make progress toward this goal by securing such general education as you can, and trying out different lines to find out .what you do most easily and successfully. Are you better at making mechanical things than at managing Jour club, or studying languages and literature? What characters in history and fiction do you most admire? This gives you a guide to your general inclination. Consult your teacher, your Scout Leaders and others who know you, about your abilities. When you have decided what you want to be?go ahead and work for It. Don't be stingy in your efforts. You will find the results are very meager if you do. Remember, furthermore, that too great absorption in one thing will make you dull as well as selfish. Have hobbies. the map who knows only mmmmtmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmm one thins in Ufe 1? apt to he bored. ! If you are interested in aviation learn ~ something about radio, too. If you illlce football, get out and support the track team as well. Ufe will be Just that much more Interesting for you. Whatever you achieve your success will be fundamentally measured by what you yourself really are. If you have a rich,, generous character, with many friends and a warm interest in other people and desire to be of service to' tbem you will be successful. Midway Club Met The members of the M14HSX..liQnie Demonstration club held its annual Christmas party on the night of December 8, at the home of Mrs, 11. 0. McCoy, with about forty-flye present. Following the president's oaJl to order, Mrs. Lena C&toe had charge of devotional, reading the birth pf Jesus, after which the lord's prayer was repeated in unison. All sang our project song, "Joy to the World," and the members received their pictures for the month, "The Slstlne Madonna." The secretary, Mrs. H. C. McCoy, called the roll and each member answered | with the Christmas gift she woula like for her husband to give her. It wag Interesting to note the different things each wanted. The meeting was then turned over to Miss Fewell. She read a very Interesting article on "War," which we hope will never sweep our country. She then introduced to us, Misses Marguerite and Sara Ingram, who had charge of the games for the evening. They had lots of them hh<l new ones we had never played before. They were gr6atly enjoyed by everyone. Several won prizes for doing different things best. Around 10 o'clock everyone was called to the dining room where very,, delicious sandwiches, cakes, cocoa and coffep^were enjoyed,. After refreshments Mrs. Herbert Horton gave out the presents each Inember had brought the other. Names were drawn at the November meeting. After this, some began to leave; others remained and chatted. Each minute was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone, and especially the nice games we learne|d through the Misses Ingram. We only wish they could be with us each month. We shall meet with Mrs. J. J. Young, January 8, in an all day meeting. James H. Malone, resigned his job as head of the Philadelphia police department, paying him $6,500 a year, to take another job paying but $4,000; the trouble being that the mayor of the city is interfering with police work in a way that Malone is not willing to countenance. The First National bank at Centreville, S. D? has been ordered closed by the comptroller of the currency, after it was found that there is a shortage of $170,000, and Lieutenant Governor Robert Peterson, president of the bank, has been arrested on charges of embezzlement. The Mexican war department has placed additional troops along the United States border In the vicinity of Laredo, Tex. There is ijiore or less piystery as to the why of the increased patrol, but rumor says it is to guard against the shipment of arms and ammunition into Mexico by fac-, ists. Speaker Willlant B. Bankhead, of Alabama, discounts talk of possibilities of serious breaks within the ranks of the big Democratic majority in the 75th congress. tH ^^222^2ZIIZZIZIIZ2ZZZZZZ2Z2IIZZIZZ2IZ2IZZZZZZZZZZZZZ2IZZIIZIIZII2ZI2Z22IZII22IZS2Z2ZI2ZZiriII25I*SII? LOGS AND BLOCKS WANTED _ Sweet or Sap Gum, Elm, Ash, Maple, Beech, Birch, Hackberry, Sassafras, Bay, Sycamore, Holly j and Mulberry timber. Diameter, 12 inches and over at blossom end. Any length between 11 feet and 40 fleet, and reasonably straight. Also blocks in above species 32 inches long. j Timber must be fresh cut, straight grained, and | j ! free from defects. Log with tapering hollow accepted provided it has five inches or more good timber be- i tween outside of hollow and inside of bark. Red heart r% and calico heart gum and red heart sycamore not wanted. Deliveries may be made by truck or in carload lots via A. C. L. or S. A. L. Railroads. Timber may be mixed as to species in load. J j Price $16.00 per thousand feet B. M. Doyle Rule delivered our mill. Payment weekly. ; The Company reserves the right to cancel timber purchases, contracts and agreements at any time. ; Brooklyn Cooperage Company SUMTER, S. C. ? " 1 11 i^????I ' I' , m >? Sanitary Plumbing and Heating I 1 I Estimates Furnished ch Short NoHo* 1 1 ELECTROL OIL BURNERS V 1 j