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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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(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
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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.
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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
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Sanitary Plumbing and Heating I 1
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Estimates Furnished ch Short NoHo* 1 1
ELECTROL OIL BURNERS V 1
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