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'I .. y ' * \. .V :;. NOTICE We ere buying No. 1 end No. 2 Pine Logs, 10 inches diameter and up. Prefer lengths of 6 feet and 12 feet. See us for prices delivered at Camden pbmt. Guy Planing Mill and Lumber Co. Surveys Made on County Highways 'V- win ?' HI The highway planning survey was oiKiUiised a, year by the State Highway Department in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Public' Heads to bonduct a series ot scleutUlo surveys, the prlutary purpose of which was to unearth facts on which to plan future road building and im. provement programs. During the past year, the survey inaugurated many different studies la all of South Carolina's forty-six counties, and in Kershaw county the fol-, lowing work has been done: The rural road Inventory, the' field work of which Is now complete, ty-. eluded a descriptive Inventory of every mile of public road In Kershaw! county. Draftsmen are now at work on field notes and after several monthB, the most cpmplete map ever made of Kershaw county will have1 been completed. I At selected stations, ny a series of scheduled traffic counts covering an entire year, the traffic on all primary highways has been and is being counted. At some of these stations, trucks are being weighed to get a fixed idea of the amount of freight that goes over the highways. Already, an ex-' tensive preliminary count of traffic on Kershaw county rural roads has been completed. Bach month, at representative stations, recounts are being taken, and by 1939, the average traffic on every road will be known for every day in the year. The financial survey is studying the tax' situation in South Carolina to? discover how much is paid in taxes each year and for what purposes the taxes are used. Particularlyt the survey is interested in the tax expenditures lor highways. In the road-life survey, the "life" of our roads and the actual condition of our present system is being determined, as well as the cost of maintaining it in its present condition and making necessary improvements. Every important road in Kershaw county has been checked to discover all locations where the sixty-mlle-aahour-motorist can not see at least 1,000 feet ahead of him. The kind of obstruction was noted in each case so that conclusions could be drawn as to the advisability of removing it. Existing physical conditions at all | grade crossings have been examined, and when these have been considered in the light of the railroad traffic and the highway traffic at each crossing, we shall be one step nearer eliminating some of the danger.traps open to motorists. Science applied to our social and economic life has resulted In building for us the most progressive civilization of all times. Science applied by the State Highway department to our- present road systems will probably succeed in developing for us the most useful, as well as the safest highway system ever known to Kershaw county and South Carolina. WELL BROODED CHICK8 MEAN LOW MORTALITY FOR POULTRY "Records Kept on (arm flocks throughout the Btate (or the past ten years by P. H. Clouding, extension poultry upecialibt, clearly show t)?at In flocks where the mortality of chlcka 1h high the net profit per hen lb low and that In flocks where the chick mortality la low the net profit per hen Is usually high," says W. C. McCarley, county farm ageut. The agent points out that the best ussurance toward raising & high percentage of chicks is to have gdod chicks at the beginning. Chicks that come from diseased stock or from unselected eggs or eggs that have been improperly incubated never live or grow well. Chicks that come from pullorum-tested flocks that have been well fed, stand up well, have heavy bones, and are active as soon as drJed off will usually grow off with very low mortality, he states. To aid in securing well bred chicks Mr. Qooding has revised and tha Extension Service haB reprinted Circular 130, Brooding Chicks, copies of which may be had free from the county farm and home agents or from the Publications Department at Clemson. Six brooding essentials listed in the circular are: Start with vigorous chicks from pullorum-tested stock; hatch chicks early; use clean portable house with dependable brooder; use clean range separate from mature stock; use clean, well balanced feed; brood each hatch separately. New York's retail trade the last week was 3 to 8 per cent greater than was the business of the same week of 1937, says a survey by Dunn and Bradstreet. n t. el" C hrlttmi Return Each Month with a subscription to v? BOYS' LIFE An ideal Christmas present for ail boys c^p **Tell me what a boy reads . . . and * I will tell you what he will become c^p _ A Issues packed _ AA 4 mm with wholesome X 4 QQ I m adventure stories, ~ I I Jy thrills, action, | Scoutcraft , . Mail subscriptions direct to the BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 2 Park Ave., New York, N. Y. Publishers of Boys' Life or through your local Scout office Bronchial Coughs Need Creomulsion Just aaetamon cough, a chest cold, or a bronchial Irritation of today may lead to serious trouble tomorrow. They may be relieved now with Oreomulsion, an emulsified Orcoeote that la pleasant to take. Oreomulsion is a medicinal combination to aid nature In soothing and heading Infected mucous membranes by allaying irritation and in"animation aodwiuaiiy in lnosnnlnff and expelling the germrladen phlegm, a The Medical ProfMaran has for many > ears recognised the bnncflnlsl effect of scechwood Orsoeote In the treatment of coughs, chest colds, and bronchial tstlnrie ft snieiislni uncus was dialed out by achemKTKrblSSnf Oreoeote I with other Ingredients and-now In | Oreomulsion you get a real dose of 1 n?T^TTSgS genuine Beech wood Creosote which Is palatable and can even be taken frequently and continuously by both adults and children. Creomulsion la one preparation that goes to the very seat of the trouble to nelp loosen and expel the germ-laden | phlegm. When coughs, chest colds and 1 frn COBUttOO QOldt ! ?hang on, get a bottle of Creomulsion from your druggist* use It as directed* and If you are not satisfied with the relief obtainedfthe druggist Is authorised to refund every cent of.your money, creomulsion Is one wocd?not two. and It has no hyphen In It. Ask for It plalnI ly, see that the name en the bottle Is Creomulsion, and youH get the genuine I product and the relief that you want. Adv ' J! * THE WORLD'S ?OOD NEWS If A i "'C^' will come to your home every day through H | fTHE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR f Ai An international Daily Newspaper ? It record* for you the world'f jhwA contractive doings. The Monitor (V W <to? uo4 ?<?UU erlnw or mom tun I MRMT Weilt nuore U?em. ft) | > a^^aasygi: ??** "* S _ The Cfertsttea gsUaoo FubiUhra* Boetety > ' ? A % ' Omm, Horny street, Boston. ibmechuMtta 8 ffmlr tuil^Ttmmau ^ ^ 8 * AAinam ?-? S "* In i Ti l T i???Q?ni i i , I 1 eifewoniilili1 1 n ri-1?1 " "j -*???*( ? *' ' ---^' -*-rL^~ r;STC,X-> On* of Hongkong'* Pisturesque Streets. i Great Britain's Hongkong and ? Other Seaports of South China PitMrcd by National Olographic oociaiy, Washington. D. C.-WNU Sarvlca. HONGKONG, like Singapore, is a tribute to British commercial enterprise in the Far East. Ships of the Seven Seas enliven the harbor and bring business to the vigorous city that now rises on the once barren islands where dwelt a few fishermen, stonecutters and bands of pirates. "It is a delusion to hope that Hongkong can ever become a commercial emporium like Singapore," wrote the despondent colonial treasurer in 1844. But instead of delusion, the miracle has been achieved! Large business and government buildings along the water front, palatial houses clinging boldly to the precipitous hillsides, schools, universities, shipbuilding docks, cement factories, and sugar refineries; a strategic commercial and naval base? this is Hongkong. Several times tonnage figures have .placed it among the world's principal seaports. At present, approximately 50,000 vessels, carrying in their holds more than 40,000,000 tons of cargo for foreign trade, cut furrows in and out of the harbor annually. And British colonials find romance, not dull figures, in these shipping statistics, because, except f6r a few articles of local consumption, Hongkong is a free port. Consequently, its very existence depends upon its service as distributing center for all South China. To be geographically accurate, one should call the city Victoria, but, save for official documents, the port has taken the name of 4he island colony, derived from the Chinese Heung Kong (Fragrant Streams, or Good Harbor). To the mountainous Hongkong colony, Kowloon, on the mainland opposite, was added, later to be extended again by the inclusion of the specially leased New Territories. In all, this oasis of British-controlled activity now embraces 391 square miles. After you have explored Hongkorig's Chinatown, splashed with its colorful hieroglyphics, the stairstepped streets, markets, and curio shops, take a ride up the caWe ! tramway to the Peak; or, if you ci<sire, you can makd the steep ascent in a bobbing sedan chftir, carried on the shoulders of perspiring coolies. Here, high above the noise of commerce, you are among the palaces of the wealthy. Looking Down From the Peak. At your feet the teeming city spreads like a mighty sweeping sickle along the harbor. Lying along the Praya, tied to midharbor buoys, and churning up slender white wakes in the jade-tinted waters, are the argosies of half the world. A mile beyond, sprawling white on the red earth, is Kowloon, with its hotels, warehouses, and jutting piers. A' plume of white steam rises above a liner's funnel?another ship is off for San Francisco, London, or Marseilles. Tiny junks lift their matting sails; back and forth between . Victoria and Kowloon. ply doublenosed ferries, carrying 35,000 com* muters daily. Come up again at night, when the city lights have sprung to life and naval greyhounds are conversing in flash-beam semaphore; you will see a magic land. Day or night, it is an unforgettable panorama. On several occasions Hongkong has been visited by the typhoons i that brew their viciousness in the ' China sea. These storms, in which ! the wind blows as much as 120 or j 125 miles an hour, have ripped through the harbor, causing great havoc ashore and among the ships. Sets of signals, however, are arranged to give sufficient warning, so that the launches, junks, and sampans can And refuge in the three typhoon ^shelters and larger ships e^njget to safe anchorages in proNninriottag and strewing bet dies and babies over the a tee rag* deck?it is sailing time for the local steamer, bound for Swatow and other ports to the north. Northeast from the narrow Lyemun pass through which you sail is notorious Bias b?j. Ever since early days this district has had unsavory reputation as the headquarters of pirate gangs who infest the coast. Outwardly the settlement of 10,000 people of Bias bay is agriculturist, but the activity is less serious as farming than as camouflage. Pirates of Bias Bay. During the old sailing days these freebooters usually intercepted passing vessels by stretching a cable between two junks; then, as soon as the rope was caught by the victim's bows, the junks would be pullfed alongside, so that the boarding of the vessel was an easy matter. With the coming of steampropelled ships, their techniaue chapged to boarding.?4hft?^teamers as passengers and at the opportune moment taking possession, then forcing its officers to sail the ship into Bias bay for looting. When riding a coastal steamer today, you are comparatively safe fifom becoming the victim of these piratical attacks; but you do experience the feeling, strongly suggestive, of traveling in a floating patrol wagon, for the first-class accommoby heavy iron grilles. Many thrilling tales are told of these menaces to coastal shipping, some of which contain accounts of unusual bravery against heavy odds. Officers have accounted well for themselves in cracking pirates' heads with deep-sea leads and other weapons, and British judges have brought some of the cutthroat leaders to unpleasant "necktie" parties. In these South ,China waters, too, are other pirate groups, some led by women, who specialize on fishing fleets and lighterage junks. Acting under the guise of "protection," they reap heavy tolls from the owners of these craft. Spreading fanwise on the silt land built by the Han Kiang, Swatow has little to recommend itself from a visitor's viewpoint. Its main importance lies in its service as shipping point for produce coming from Chaochow and other Chinese towns along the lower portion of the Han. Needleworkers of Swatow. Its chief exports are linen embroidery and laces?and Chinese coolies. Fifty years ago the latter were in such demand that many traders began the lucrative business j)i kidnaping the natives and taking them to distant lands, where they were sold into what amounted to slavery conditions. With the hatred that these acts soon engendered, foreigners were barred from Swatow for several years. Now thousands of Chinese leave Swatow in legitimate emigration. A Woman sitting beside the doorway of her home working deftly with needle on a piece of fine linen or grass cloth, is Swatow*s chief symbol of industry. Walk through the aide streets or visit the surrounding villages and you will find hundreds of women and girls thus employed. The delicately embroidered linen, laces, and drawn work which they produce, usually under foreign direction, are exported almost entirely to American markets. Amoy, of tea fame, was once considered one of the dirtiest and most backward cities of all China; it has been undergoing complete transformation during the last few years. Wide streets are being cut through the old ramshackle settlements; men and women are breaking rocks for the new roads and an extensive Sund, and are literally carving away some of tije rock hills to make room for new developments; a park, the finest in all South China, ham been recently built. Across from-Amoy Is the island of Kolongsu, where are located the torelg^concesaions. Hundreds^ ti^e ships that ancli^^^ lit mi^lstremn. Kidnaper Captured ^ 'Playing the Ponies' Ia.h Angeles, ??" 1*- Relentless lepari nirnt of jt^tlre agents. at the .nil of a four mOitlIt muiihunt, mark Liii the kidnap-slaying of Charles s |{i,hs of Chicago "solved'" toduy a? I)ii*> secretly whisked the confessed Killer back to Chicago to stand trial. .1 Edgar Hoover, thief of the led ral bureau of luvepttgftfIon, auoouta ; fil I'eter Anders, UO, former logger. j idmltteil he slew Itosa two days after the I&0.000 ransom ?i>* paltl near ^ Koekford. Ill . October H, 1U37, ami ihen shot ami killed Ida eonfederate. I antes At wood CI ray. Andora waa tracked aerosH the L-ountry by a trail of ranaom bills' ho spent lavishly at race tracks, Hoover said, and last Friday was taken Into custody here at Santa Anita park Agents recovered 114,402.28 of the ransom on Anders and at his hotel, Hoover said. A 27-page statement was made by the prisoner, but not released to the press, before he was started eastward last night, either by airplane or train. The bodies of Hoss and Gray have not been recovered, Hoover said, adding: "We are certain the bodies are not in the state of Illinois, where the act-1 ual murders took place. This fact gave the federal government Jurisdiction in the case." It was Anders' irrepressible urge to "play the ponies" that led to his captiir? lie "'?5 puooiiig some oi tne ransom money through the pari-mutuel windows at Santa Anita, Hoover i said, when he wds seized. Previously he had been trailed to Spokane and Seattle, Wash., Portland, Ore., Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, I). C., Miami, Fla., and New Orleans, with federal operatives "close behind him on every move," Hoover related. A trap similar to that set In the Lindbergh case was baited across the country as the government sent a complete list of Berial numbers of 5,2f?0 bills given the abductors to police, newspapers, banks and business houses froiii coast to coast. Officials of Suntn Anita, and bunks here were credited by Hoover with final help In springing the trap. Anders was said to have at least three aliases: Albert March, Marshall Eaton and Ray Crantz. Hoover said he also confessed to participating in the robbery of about 20 banks. About :50 years old, five feet, ^-iglit Inches in height, the slender, wiry prisoner once worked as a logger near. Spokane, Hoover said. The abduction of Hoss September 2f> had appeared fated, until Anders* surprise arrest, to go down In history surrounded by the mystery of another Robs kidnaping?that of 4-year-old Charles Brewster Ross In 1874. The boy was never seen again. A retired manufacturer of greeting cards and Valentines, Ross was forced from his automobile on a lonely Illinois prairie, while his former secretary, Miss Florence Frelhage, pleaded with his assailants that the 72year-old man's health was poor and they would endanger his life. Ross and Miss Frelhage were returning to Chicago from nearby Sycamore, where they had dined, when gunmen blocked their way and seized the wealthy victim. Army air engineers have made the astounding discovery in experimenting with airplane propellers, that a half propeller on a plane, apparently giveB the machine more power than does a complete full length propeller. The Idea has been so far tested only on small planes. y<rt+AJCL<Hrt Tt&i4 Tuberculosis Dangerous Enemy j Tuberculosis tilled fifteen graves is Kershaw county last year. a Serious, yes, and the thing that makes tuberculosis a really dangerous enemy is that It strikes most heavily at those In the prime of life. Heart disease and cancer destroy life mostly in the older groups. Tuberculosis picks its greatest number of victims from the group aged fifteen to fort five years, when life 1h most precious and useful. Among them are: Students in high school and college; parents of young children; wage earners; business leaders. Besides the loss of lives, we must also consider the blight on those who manage to recover. For months, or years they are forced to a life of inaction. Their progress in life is curbed. Worry about the outcome of their illness torments them. Such experiences nro tho spirit. We must press forward with efforts to drive this enemy from the community. To date the Christmas Seal Sale _ ^ has brought In $1,261.63. The goal Y set by the Kershaw County Tuberculosis association for a full year's work is $2,000.00. Your cooperation will help provide the additional amount needed to carry ort the program without interruption. The treasurer, Miss Faith deLoach, Crocker building, Camden, yilt be glad to receive your contrtytflljph. rr? W Two men walked into the Tower of London op Tuesday, and lold ? ser- ~ vant that they had come for a radio to be repaired, and walked out with zrr? it. Nearby were tho crown Jewels of England under glass covers, but nviivii guarded by a strong guard. An incipient revolt in the ranks of the army and navy of Portugal, this week, was quickly checked by govertt- Y7 * -itt forces, by the arrest of a large number of persons, one of them a wo- ... ..Y man, who made sensational disclosures concerning terrorists plots with Communist connections abroad. - ~ ^ A H ^ IFARM IMPLEMENTS]! | McCORMICK-DEERING =, INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. ' V-v?" - I Farm all Tractors Tractor Harrows Disk Harrows Plows En skies Grain Drill* I Mower* I Hay Raima I Reaper-Binder* I I We carry a large stock of REPAIRS for above I - Expert Machwifc it yoar urttef . I INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS | WH1TAKER&C0. J