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NOW IS THE TIME TO ROOF With Asphalt or Aibeitoi | j VENEER wiu. Asbestos III PAINT With Moore's Paint I j YOU CAN PAY YOUR BILL BY THE MONTH BASS ROOFING & PAINT CO. Distributors of 1 RUBEROID ASPHALT & ETERNIT ASBESTOS SHINGLES ? BENJAMIN MOORE & CO. PAINTS 1610 Sumter St. Columbia, S. C. p. P. DUVAL, Camden Rep. Tflephone 2S, Camden, 8, C. | : * . I 1?_jsr=rr*^^WEEKLY BULLETIN ==*7r=s____. ll s.cgame ^Fish Association Jhru biaieioidc (p-operation Game, Jisn 4 Joresi can be Materially^ increased for iheBenefii ofJm. XI .'T "" ' j" '"j" .VT.-.Y,"-,- r' " | ^STANDING AUTHORITIES ATTEND GAME CONFERENCE olumbia, S. C., April 6.?Among outstanding authorities who will ) part in the State Game Conferj in Columbia on April 15 is Her, L. Stoddard, Dr. Havllah Habi, president of the South Carolina e and fish association, announced ty. Icrbert Stoddard is recognized as foremost authority in the counon the Hob White quail," said Dr. cock. "For the past thirteen years its devoted himself ' to studying, Imenting with, and raising quail i extensive scale, and his book te subject is accepted as the ird treatment throughout the ry. For sometime he has been ing the Cooperative Quail Study r 0 ?- ? . -- I Association of Thomusville, Georgia. "1 think I can confidently buy that there. are few men in the United States, If any, who know so much about the Southern partridge, the most superb game bird in the world, this mild-mannered man, and we are most fortunate in having him for our. conference." Stoddard's special field of experimentation and the subject of his address in Columbia is "Uand Management for f^uall Production." He will discuss the factors necessary to quail increase and explain how the average Southern farm can greatly augment its crop of birds by a little timely cooperation on the part of the farmer. West Jacocks, secretary of the State Association, today expressed the opinion that Stoddard's coming will give South Carolina sportsmen, an unparalleled opportunity to confer with a man who has more first-hand information about quail-raising than any other. "What Mr. Stoddard has to say will be of special Interest to ev-j ery land-owner and blsd-hunter in the state, and we hope to. have a large attendance. Those attending the conference will have an opportunity - of discussing with him their own local quail-raising problems. Everybody is Invited," said Mr. Jacocks.. In addition to Stoddard, such other authorities and officials as Dr. Ira N. Gabrlelson, chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey, Frank T. Bell, U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries, Charles E. Jackson, deputy commissioner of fisheries, a number of game commissioners from other states, and other interesting and informed speakers will take' part in the conference on April 15 in Columbia. H. L. Stoddard ~ I; MISSIONARY UNION MEET IN ORANGEBURG i annual meeting of the Woisionary Union, aurri11iiry to t state convention in South] will be held with the.First! lurch of Orangeburg, beglnan evening session on April ntinulng through the afterlie 15th. Mrs. J. B. BoatMullins, state president, will itative program which has nged carries the names of it of state speakers, notably iu being Dr. J. B. Lawrence, of the. home mission board, la.; Mrs. Carter Wright of Ala., Southern W. M. U. rep and Miss Inabelle Graves publicity secretary of the Mission Board, Richmond, e are also to be seyen miaou the program as follows: Mrs. I. N. Patterson, of Afis Cornelia Brower of Chile; line White of Brazil; Miss hide, of China and Miss larratt of China. Speakers iin the state are to be Dr. Jones, secertary and treastlie Baptist general board; h E. Burts, president of the tale convention, oiling sessions on.Tuesday nesday will be outstanding The Tuesday evening sesbo devoted to work among k people in charge of Miss >vence and Mrs. Charles M. At the conclusion of the session Miss Coleman will bring a message on foreign missions which will be of interest to the young people. She has recently made a tour of mission fields in China and Japan and has mapy interesting and challenging facts to relate about her On Wednesday evening the' pageant, "The .Frustration of Luther Rice," which was presented by a Columbia cast last September and received favorable comment by Baptists an& people of other denominations all over the southland will be repeated by the same cast with one or two exceptions. This will occupy the major portion of that session. The day sessions will be given over to the business of the Union and to inspirational addresses. The reports of the officers of the organization will show progress in every line of activity. More money has been given, more mission study classes have been held and more organizations have rated as A1 on "their respective standards of excellence. > - The year has been exceedingly successful from beginning to end' and the coming together of the Baptist women in Orangeburg will be an occasion for rejoicing over the-progress that has been made It is expected that representatives will attend from every section of the state. The Massachusetts senate, by a roll call vote of '30 to 6, has rejected the child labor amendment to the federal constitution. The house had previously rejected the amendment by a vote of 188 to 13. ' I USE FAT LIGHTWOOI) POSTS ft fence your fields, pasture? and gardens so they will fenced. We have the Lightwood Poste-?most rabie of all wood?the kind that lasts a life-tiroe. Ifite for priced on any size and length you need. Hine Products Distributing Company Patrick. Soutl> Carolina - V'-y^ K. > .. - -J i-.' . ' .*?. ? 11 ' ? 1?rn Peanut Declared Member of Bean Family; Not Nut The peunut is not really a nut. It is ? vegetable, belonging to the bean family. In the South it goes under the lowly name of goober or pindar, states a writer in the Detroit Free Press. The peanut has an interesting personality. It is often called the burrowing bean, because after the flowdk fudes the plant stems bend over from a height of about eighteen inches and, like an ostrgch hiding its head, bury the pods in the ground to mature. In tho late summer and autumn the nuts are ^hrown out of the ground with a digger, and then dried in pjles or stacks for four to six weeks. The peanut plant originally came from Brazil, was carried to Africa during our colonial times, and thence arrived in the United States on slave ships. Before the Civil war the peanut was little known outside of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee; but when the Union troops went back to their fhomes they took along with then; a liking for peanuts. United Stutes production is still less than one-tenth of world production, some 70 per cent of which comes from Asia and about 20 per cent from Africa. , The peanut is essentially a tropical plant and grows only in our southern and southwestern states. About half the domestic production comes from the three states of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. The other half, almost, comes from SoUth Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. Copperhead Snakes Have Hour-Glass Shaped Spots The distinguishing features of the copperhead snake are its two tones of copper coloring, with patches of dark coloring in the shape of an hour-glass being imposed on the lighter dopper, or almost tan, coloring of the snake. The patches of dark coloring run at right angles to the snake, with the l.arrow part of the hour-glass beipg on top of the snake's back and the broad portions spreading down the sides. The Copperhead never gets to be more than three feet in length and its fangs are on an average of one-tjuarter of an inch long. Like all of the venomous snakes, writes Otto Fuerbringer in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, it is a pit viper and has a distinguishing pit mark on the side of the head between the eye and the nostril. This, however, can be seen only at a close distance. The banded, or timber, rattle- | snake is the largest and most poisonous one in this area. It will attain a length of six feet and its fangs get to be three-quarters of an inch long. It has a geometric arrangement of black chevrons on a gray background and its tail is all black. For this reason it is sometimes called the velvet-tailed rattlesnake. Monument to a Leg A monument is to be found in a corner of the battlefield of Sara-, toga, N. Y., where it was erected in 1877 by Brevet Major - General; John W. de Peyster, second vicepresident pf the Saratoga Monument Association, in memory of the "mos't brilliant soldier of the Continental Army, who was desperately wounded on this spot, the sally port of Burgoyne's Great Western Redoubt, 7th October, 1777, winning for his countrymen the Decisive Battle of the American Revolution and for himself the rank of MajorGeneral." Arnold's name is not mentioned on the' monument. One side of the marble slab carries in relief a column carved like a. Revolutionary cannon, over which are a boot, an epaulet and a wreath, with no inscription. The other side has the inscription quoted above. The Fine Pearl The outstanding characteristics of a fine pearl are its perfect shape, its subdued luster, and its iridescent loveliness. While there are many kinds of pearl - bearing mollusks and many classes of pearls, the finest and most valuable are the best pmong the oriental pearls, fresh water pearls, conch pearls, and abalone pearls. Some other classes have a certain amount of beauty but are considered to be of less vr^lue. First Iron Works The first iron works were erected at Falling Creek, Va.f near Richmond, in 1619, by the Virginia Co., but Indian troubles and the revocation of the charter of the cotnpany in 1624, caused the foundry to close. The first successful iron works were located on the Saugus river, near Lynn, Mass. There works were built in 1643 by John Winthrop, Jr., and teh other Englishmen, .forming the "Company of Undertakers'for the Iron Works." : - J <. . . , A True Prophecy The fate of the kingdon of the Rajas of Gonda, Indiq, was said to be bound up with a Chibil tree which, like many of the sacred trees of India, had sprouted from the tooth-twig of a saint. The kingdom was to last till the day ~* monkey was to be seen sitting in ode of the trees. This occurred on the day the Indian mutiny broke Cut which ended in the ruin of the MNHMHHHMMMkHHHiM SOME FACTS ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN KANGAROO. (Uy Kweu K. Patterson in Our Dumb Animals) Although t ho kangaroo 1h undoubtedly the best known of Australian an-' iinuls. being familiar, as a Zoo animal or in pictures, to millioua of people who have never visited Auatralia, it la only in their native land that theae splendid animals are seen at their best. They are still fairly plentiful in Australia; in Homo states they are closely protected by law, but in otln era, unfortunately, the so-called "sport" of kangaroo hunting is still indulged In. Years ago kangaroos were as numerous in the Australian bush us were buffaloes on the American prairies, but as the bufTf aloes were exterminated by hunters so ure the knagaro'oB being wiped out in Auatruliu, for, being mass-eaters, they are considered a pest, und in the Stuto of Queensland alone the Government bus paid bounties for nearly 10,000,000 kungaroos destroyed in the last 20-odd years. A creature that bops on its bind legs und carries its young in a baglike pouch, especially developed for the purpose?that id What the kungaroo is, as probably every one knows. At birth the baby kanguroo is a very tiny creature, not more than an inch or so in length. It is blind aud devoid of any fur. Immediately after birth It ia transferred by the mother to her pouch, and there the little one obtains its milk food. The baby is carried by the mother in her pouch until it is about eight or nine months ol<l, when it is able to run about and fend for itself. From time to time the baby leaves the pouch to nibble grass and to play with other young kangaroos, but ft never goes far away from its mother, seeking refuge again in her pouch at the first sign of danger. The little animal actually dives into the pouch head-first and turns a complete somersault, ending with its head at the opening. Sometimes the baby when making a dive will miss its mother's pouch and hit the ground instead; it then cries in a thin, reedy voice uutil its mother comes to the rescue. It is well known,- of course, that kangaroos possess remarkable powers of leaping, but it is in their native | haunts that the animals excel in this respect. In the Australian bush kangaroos have been known to do with ease a high jump of over 12 feet, and a broad jump of more than 30 feet.' The average- distance covered in a hop, when the animal is traveling at high speed, is about 17 feet. Some species of kangaroo are even able to climb trees. This fact is not gener-| ally realized outside Australia. Until; recent years the animals were believed to be monkeys; they live in the tree tops in the jungles, and are amazing acrobats. They can run up| a tree at an extraordinarily fast speed, and It is astonishing from what .heights they can jump down to the ground without injury. I have fre quently seen them leap down from a tree to the ground 60 feet below, and without a halt bound away into the bush. Kangaroo hunting is a poor sport, but the courage those noble animals display when they are hunted is Inspiring. At bay a kangaroo can be dangerous to any person who ventures within range of the powerful hind limbs. Many hunters have been badly wounded by the big kangaroos. With its back to a tree the kangaroo will fight gamely to the very last, and the females will do anything to protect their young. Often, when pursued, the animals take to water, standing in wa,ter Just deep enough to compel their adversaries to swim | while they have a firm footing. In such cases the animals can generally evade the dogs employed by many of | the hunters,, but against man they have ^o chance. No other animal has been so much honored In Australia as the kangaroo; It Is represented in the Australian natlonal^coat-of-arms, and the most popular set of postage stamps ever issued In Australia were those bearing a picture of a kangaroo. Because of that, it Is tragical that the animal should now he regarded as a pest and be slaughtered sq ruthlessly. I. I- I 'I I III I. Ml Automobile truffle deaths in tho United States during Januury totaled 3,150, and in February tho total wus 2,350, making a total for the first two months of tho year of 5,500 a decided increase over the same period of last year. ThiB is believed to bo partly due to increased tt-avel incident to a mild winter. WI8DOM IN WIT ~ Congressman Will ltogurs, of Okluhoina, enlivened the dull-too-hoavy , Congressional Record the other day with a bit or verse that is well worth remembering. It may be familiar to you but it is really now to us. Hero it is: v IS "A lion met a tiger T As he drank beside a pool. J3aid the tiger, 'Tell me why you're Always roaring like a fool.' "Said the lion, 'That's not foolish', With a twinkle in his eyes? Iraa 'They call me king of all beasts? It pays to advertise.' "A rabbit heard them talking And he ran home like a streak. He thought he'd try the lion's plan, Hut his roar was just a squeak. is "A fox came to Investigate; He had dinner in the woods. ji Moral: Never advertise ^ Unless you've got the goods." At first blush you might think this applies only to merchandise. But on second thought many other applications will suggest themselves to you.?Greenwood Index-Journal. - The Soviet government of Russiar has .warned government officials, responsible for the lag in spring sowing :%3I campaigns, that criminal action might ' . be taken against them unless they get busy and accomplish results. /A bullet fired at a Chicago policeman ricocheted from his flashlight, ; penetrated his overcoa^ and his unl- * . .) form coat and lodged against his sepctacie case in an inner pocket He was <. not hurt A bullet from the police- ' man's pist9l lifted the hat of the ' g would be robber. He escaped* I "GOOD PENF'N MOTOR OIL Kehued from the highest grade of I'eunHylvuuiu crude under the jnoat ad valued vacuum tower proceaa. Trtple ttltered; heat restating, retain* all natural oilnosa. Come in tamperproof can. Can' $1 -49 ^ Any S.A.E. I FED. Grade | TAX PAID I "CARDINAL" MOTOR OIL 2 Gal. I"T _ lQO Per Cent Can ? ^Pure I Western Auto Associate Store I ; CAMDEN, S. 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