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I final discharge Notice It hwrefcy given that one " month from thle date, on January 31, 1<H1 l will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my Anal return aa Administratrix of the estate of nun-ell D- Gardner, deceased, and on iho same date I will apply to the said , Court for a .Anal discharge as auld Administratrix, Wl^lB O. BARFIELD. ' Administratrix. Camden. S. C. December 31, 1940. notice -r Ml parties Indebted to the estate of H i. Schloaburg, deceased are hereby uoiillod to make payment to tho undersigned. and all parties, if any, having Maims against tho said estate will present them liHowise, duly attosted, !v ii hiii tho time prescrlbtHl by law. CAUL H. SCHlvOSBURG. BMHU B. SCHIXJSBUHG, Executors. ( Iiiinlot^ 3. C.. December 17, 1940. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITOR8 Ml parties indebted to tho estate ,,f Joseph M- Smith, docoasod. are hereby notllled to make payment to ili? undersigned, and all parties, if H?y, having claims against tho said estate will present them likewise, duly attested, within the time described by law. wihhIE DAVID J DEFERS SMITH Executrix % Camden, S. C., December 31, 1940 FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Saturday February 1, 1941, I will make to the probate Court of Kershaw County my tinal return as Executor of tho estate of Mary Jane Boone, deceased, and on the same date 1 will apply to tho said Court for a Anal discharge as said Executor. J. H. McLEOD, Executor. Camden. S. C. January 1, 1941. Five Lynchings Last Year New York, Dec. 30.?The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced today that five persons, four of them Negroes, were lynched during 1940 and that the deaths of 10 others suspected of being lynched were under Investigation. The lynchings, one more than were recorded in 1939, occurred In these states, the association said: Georgia, 2; Alabama, 2; Tennessee, 1. Finds Name on Road Signs Sumter, Dec. 30.?A tourist getting gas and oil for his car at a service station here glanced casually across the street at a highway sign, frowned ami then went over to examine the sign more closely. fiack he bounded to the car, puUed out a camera and began snapping pictures. The service station attendant was puzzled. He looked across tne street at the highway sign which gave the mileage and directions to the towns of Elliott, Lamar and Darlington and . saw nothing unusual. The tourist explained: "My name is Elliott Lamar Darlington of New York." Kills Big Rattlesnake IV. B. Harrison out hhnting with a pnry of friends Saturday afternoon, sa>* ho was in the act of stepping civ- r a small log?in fact one foot was sw.ady over, but just at that vew :t.< mont he looked down. A very la-ae rattlesnake, colled, with head | am! tall straight up?where "Tick's" foot was about to settle. rFortunately he dl(l not toucji the snake. Mr. Harrison says (we bet he did) he svpped back in less time than It takes to tell it, and as soon as he could "pull himself together shot the snake which whs sporting 18 rattles and a button, and measured 6 feet long. I was nev r so scared in all my life," Mr. Harrison said.?Calhoun Times. Beware Coughs from common colds That Hang On Creomulston relieves promptly because it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION For Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis Way "Build-up" Helps Will Interest Women The cause of a woman'? periodic suffering from headache, irritability, cramp-like pain, may be funetional dysmenorrhea due to malnutrition, a condition that la often helped by CARDUL Principal way CARDUI helps la by stimulating appetite and the flow of gastric juices. Thus it may aid digestion) help build up a woman's strength, energy and narva-forca; so increase physical resistance to periodic discomfort. It also helps reduce periodic distress for many who take it a few days before and during "the time." Your confidence in CARDUI is fat* b *tted b j its 60 yuan ^popularity. ? ... Invalid Law Student Finishes Cum Laude OMAHA.- Otto Spieh'agen offered a helping hand?literally? to his brother Herbert so that both could enter the legal profession. Herbert suffered from ^ rare malady that made him unable to walk. Five nights a week for four years Otto carried Herbert to the -University of Omaha law school for their classes. ?. Both were graduated cum laude and passed their bar examinations. ??I. i > ????J- * tesafltra'Xj:BSSjfcjgaEZ_.V- r3&Bc 65,000 to Drill in Biggest War Game ,, , 4 f Second Army to Set Vp Hose In Wisconsin. CHICAGO. ? Speed, a dominant factor in modern warfare, will be emphasized next August when the Second army sends 65,000 regular troops and National Guardsmen into central Wisconsin for the biggest war maneuvers held in the Midwest since .1918. The troops will be equipped with 4,500 motor units and the war games will give thorough training in swift movements of troops and supplies. Lieut.-Gen. Stanley H. Ford, commander, indicated the type of training that will be given the soldiers in his first training directive, which said "the maneuvers will provide mobilization training, mo.vement of troops to and from the concentration area, tactical operations and the organization and function of the various supply services in the Second Army." The directive added that the troops will be given training in defense against mechanized attack and protection of both the front and rear lines. This emphasis on speed and rear line defense is an indication of the lessons the American army is learning from Europe's present war, in which Adolf Hitler's fast-moving German troops have demonstrated the effectiveness of encircling movements. The general headquarters will be set up at Camp McCoy, where they will be maintained during the course of the games that begin August 12 and close August 31. Included in the men participating in the maneuvers will be 20,000 regular troops. The National Guard, will send 10,755 from Illinois, 9,212 from Ohio, 5,994 from Michigan, 5,164 from Wisconsin, 5,089 from Indiana, 2,915 from Kentucky, and 2,098 from West Virginia. Lightning Plays a Game Of 'Follow the Leader' SWAMPSCOTT, MASS.?A flash of lightning resembles a .swift game of "follow the leader," G. D. McCann, an engineer of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company, said. Reporting that his company had undertaken research designed to protect electric power lines against lightning's damaging effects, McCann told the summer convention of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers that investigators had used a fast camera to get data on how lightning operates. He said a weak, almost invisible preliminary stroke, known as a leader or pilot, picks its way haltingly through the air at the "relatively slow speed of 100 miles per second." When the path to earth has thus been broken, he added, a full-fledged powerful stroke comes charging along the same route at nearly 20,000 miles per second. On its heels comes another, and perhaps another, at the same speed?the entire process lasting about a second, and constituting a single "flash." Wild Animals of West Thrill CCC Boys of East BUTTE, MONT.?Wild ainimals in their native habitat provide eastern boys in Civilian Conservation Corps in Montana with some of their biggest thrills, according to L. M. Stewart, assistant Deer Lodge National forest supervisor. "Youth from New York and New Jersey at the Flint Creek camp near Philipskurg have seen every kind of animal in the forest and they get a big thrill out of it," Stewart said. Frequently the camp foreman is called upon to identify animals and explain the difference in deer, elk and moose. "But they all know a bear when they see it," Stewart said. Novel School Teaching Rabbits How to Run! ABILENE, KAN.?George Kibler teaches wild Kansas jackrabbits to run for their lives. The jackrabbits are trained by Kibler to act as quarry for hounds in the National Coursing association's races held each spring. Twice a day Kibler drives the wild rabbits through the racing coyrse, teaching them to run from chutes directly to the escapes at the far end of the park and to slip under them. Rabbits cost from 75 cents to fl each and each one that fails to elude the hounds goes down in the loss column of the association's books. . Blue Stamp Plan Helps Sale of Farm Products "One important agricultural aspect of the food stamp plan deserves emphasis," says Secretary Wallace. "By making the blue stamps good only for the 12 or 15 surplus commodities which are in the worst 'price position from a farmer's point of view, an extraordinarily high consumption of those products is brought about, considering the income of the families using the stamps. This would not be the case if the blue stamps were good for all of the several hundred items in a grocery store. "A leading poultry publication recently made a survey of egg consumption under the stamp plan in Springfield, 111. It found that the consumption of eggs, among families using the stamps, increased 560 per cent after the program was inaugurated. This is about the same percentage indicated by our own studies. Such an astounding result is possible because the blue stamps narrow purchases to the relatively few surplus products which are most burdensome from a farmer's standpoint. Those using the stamps, however, have a much more adequate and a much more varied diet than it was possible to make available through distribution from commodity depots. The effect of such an increase in consumption upon farm income will |J^ecome apparent as the program expands." Snake Charmers Use Most Dangerous Snakes t There is in Burma, at a little place called Popa, a strange family of snake charmers. They scorn all ordinary snakes and use only the fiercest and most dangerous snake in the world, the Hamadryad, or King Cobra. This snake is probably the only snake in the world which does not fear man. It attacks on sight and owing to its great size and strength, cannot easily be killed or evaded. Its bite, like that of all the cobras, is certain death; and 'yet this intrepid band of snake charmerp scorn to remove the fangs or poison bags from their charges. A modern Popa snake charmer, before he goes on a hunting expedition has to propitiate the Nats (Gods?) and solemnly promise that the captured snake will be freed after six, nine or 12 months, as the case may be. When a snake hunt is on, the leader goes to a place where snakes abound, taking with him four or five men. They search for the most suitable snake for their purpose, and on finding such, they all surround it, (the leader being opposite the head. If by chance the leader is bitten, he will probably live, for he possesses powerful antidotes against snake poison. - - ' Scientific Aids Haystacks with chimneys and mechanical vegetable "tasters" were exhibited to more than 1,000 western Washington farmers attending the second annual field day of the western Washington experiment station in Puyallup, Wash. The farmers were studying horticultural experiments, poultry and farm animal feeding practices, and exhibits of grass plots, berry field and dairy herds and barns. The chimney - topped haystacks were exhibited as an experiment in a new method of curing hay. Although results of the experiment are not ready for publication, researchers explained that early studies of the new process already indicate success. The mechanical vegetable "taster" was demonstrated in the frozen foods laboratories in connection with the station's research in new methods of determining tenderness of Vegetables by machinery. Sword point Records Exploit "Here was the Gen. Don Diego de Vargas, who conquered for our Holy Faith and Royal Crown all of New Mexico at his own expense in the year 1692." The above Inscription carved with his swordpoint on Inscription Rock, El Morro National Monument, is Kirhaps the most glamorous of all e autographs incised there by the Conquistadores. They were discovered in 1848 by the first Americans to explore this section of New Mexico, Lieut. J. H. Simpson, afterward General Simpson, and the artist and writer, R. H. Kern. They added their own names to the autographs, which include five of the early Spanish governors. Among them is Manuel DeSilva Nieto who succeeded Onate, founder of Santa Fe, as governor of New^ Mexico. Don Diego de Vargas is buried under the altar of the old Spanish church in Santa Fe. Hardened Lenses Protect Workers Hardened lenses are finding wider use in safety goggles to protect the eyes of workers engaged in occupations with unusual visual hazards, reports the Better Vision institute. The hardened glass In such Tenses has remarkable resistance to breaking and shattering. In a recent demonstration a steel ball weighing 16 grams was dropped on the center of such a lens 50,000 times from a distance of IVi inches, without causing a breakage of the lens. The impacts on the glass represent a total _ of 3^90 foot-pounds of energy. With the new hardened glass it is pussIIlis to drive s nail info a pine plank, using the spectacles as . s hammer. - Knowledge Ii Effective Weapon Against Cancer Know led is tin* most effective weapon against the disease of cancer, Dr. I. Mtilnn of Mexico City, writes, in an article in Sintcsis, and ignorance and isolated facts about the dreaded disease confirm in the public mind certain superstitions that have no reason for existing. The most common fallacies regarding cancer are that no one knows what causes it, the doctor states, "But we do Know what cancer is, and we also know what causes the development of certain forms," Dr. Millan says. Cancer is a term used to designate a large number of addictions whose common- characteristic is the growth of unlimited cells that perform no useful function to the res.t of the organism. In almost all of the known cancerous conditions, the direct cause has been a prolonged irritation, The disease can be caused by defective or decayed teeth and cancer of the lips is frequently found in people who smoke pipes or cigarettes.' Persons who handle dyfcs or chemically treated lubricating greases and farm laborers frequently develop cancer. Medical science, according to Dr. Millan, has bursted the fallacy that cancer is contagious. It is possible to avoid cancer by removing the cause of irritation, and second, if cancer develops in a definite locality, it is not difficult to remove the growth by surgery. 'Jay Walkers' Are Not Same as 'Jayhawkers* Jayhawkers and jay walkers are not synonymous terms. There is not, in fact, the remotest association, even of ideas, in their etymology. The term "Jayhawker" attained widespread recognition during the controversy over the admission of Kansas to the Union, begun in 1854. It was applied by Kansans to those who advocated that Kansas be admitted as a free state and who aroused the antagonism of the proslavery group. Prior to this date, however, the name was in use and had quite another significance as applied to a group of young adventurers who left Galesburg, 111., in the spring of 1849 for the California gold fields. Later, in the region now included in Death Valley National Monument, these gold-seekers were for a while traveling companions of Lewis Manley. The expedition but for his courage would have perished in the desert. Indiscriminately all those who attempted the journey in 1849 were called for years afterward "Jayhawkers." However, the__men and women whom Manley brought out to safety 1 never belonged to the Jayhawkers, nor did the Jayhawkers themselves | suffer such hardships as they endured. It is to this later group that the region owes its name?Death Valley. Women Top Film Editors One more proof that women have as much sense as men, if not more, as is probably the case, is seen in the fact that top film editors at Paramount, Twentieth Century-Fox, Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer, Columbia and Cecil De Mille plants are all feminine. The reason for this is that a woman may have not only the same accurate idea of dramatic values as a man, but, in addition, a more emotional nature. This is invaluable in building up the sentimental side of the picture. As soon as the photography on a new picture is completed, the miles of celluloid are turned over to the film editor. The latter is necessarily one who has a wide knowledge of drama, literature, music and comedy, a feeling for rhythm and asense of entertainment values. So the film editor takes the celluloid and cuts it down to the proper length. He must decide how much of each scene is to go into the finished picture and also the proper sequence of scenes. It is he who glues the pieces together into the play's final form. A lot of the success of any release depends upon the film editor, and women are more than holding their own in that difficult field. ktlarj for Wives? The demand for adequate remuneration 'or wives has been made often, and has always met with contempt?especially from husbands. Perhaps at first glance it does seem illogical to ask for more money for women who already have too much. But, apart from the vague idea of "personal freedyn," it is the idea of self-earned money which fascinates women. Why not? This country has made money its yardstick of personal worth, and why should wives be the only people excluded from trying to measure their value by it? A woman should be paid by her husband in proportion to her competence, and to the amount of work and responsibility she assumes. In most cases 25 per cent of her husband's income ~ would be fair. This arrangement would offer a fair chance to all those misunderstood women who feel that early marriage and lack of self-expression have denied them business careers. It would also give them a chance to decide how much they wanted to pay for their own laziness, or theft desire for excess.ve entertainment. Thev wotrlrl rrf rsr r"' b* forced' to do v.o u " ] o: v. inr genuinely lie. jv? is .n Largest Star The largest star of all is the Star of India, a giant of 503 carats, which is part of the Morgan collection of gents at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, The second largest star sapphire is the King sapphire, which was owned by the late William Ct. Willmann. This gem weighs 392 OHfjits and 75 points, and is about it*' size of a small egg. The Star of Artaban, owned by the William V. Schmidt company, Inc., of New York, weighs 310.95 carats. It was named after the character in Henry Van Dyke's "Other Wise Man," who sold all that he had to buy three jewels for the Christ Child. Itird Benefactor Lewis F. Whitney of Kockport, Mass., according to the American magazine, qualifies as a real benefactor of our feathered friends. Last summer he found a humming bird, starved and helpless, with its beak shut tight with road tar. Whitney nursed the bird back to health, and in the fall sent it south on a transport plane. The hostess cared for the bird, and freed it when the plane was over the Carolinas. New Tail The animal that can grow a new tail is a peculiarity of lizards. When seized by an enfcmy from behind, the tail breaks off at one of the joints of the backbone. The severed part continues to wriggle for some time, holding the attention of the pursuer while the lizard escapes. Some species will abandon their tails even before they arc seized and immediately start growing new ones. Domestic Castor Beans Castor beans, source of castor oil, are being raised in Texas and Florida, says Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Until recently they were all imported from Brazil. Three or four crops can be obtained during a single year, the plant occasionally growing to the height of 35 feet. Beaver Pelts More than 2,000 beaver pelts were sealed and recorded by Agent Jack O'Connor of the game commission. A limit of 10 beaver skins brought trappers an average of $200. Most of the beaver were taken from the Susltna river drainage but pplts came in from as far north as Broad Pass. New Carbon The new heavy carbon which Is one-twelfth again as heavy as ordinary carbon, will serve as a sort of tracer bullet, for the various carbon atoms can be tagged at the start of a test. This will help science to understand the basic principles of life. Puttyheads Americans who oppose our intervention in the second world war are "puttyheads and potbellies," Representatives Dihgell of Michigan told Jimmy Cromwell in a telegram of congratulation to our former minister to Canada. Pocket Knife Violin Violin making?both in miniature and standard size?is a hobby of Anthony Klonaris, of Youngstown, Ohio, whose only tool is a pocket knife. Klonaris has been making violins for the past three years. Deepen Channel U. S. army engineers have asked for $50,000 to deepen the channel at Seldovia to a depth of 24 feet, and the removal of obstructions in the entrance of a channel near Watch point. Scrapping Ships The total cost of scrapping ships of the United States navy in accordance with the Washington treaty limiting naval armaments was $272,256,610.74. Dyea Road J. L. Frolander of Skagway is foreman surveying the scenic Dyea road on which the government is expending in the neighborhood of $25,000. West Point Fortification* The earliest fortifications at West Point were among the works constructed by Thaddeus Kosciusko, the great Polish general and patriot. Restoring Rags Fiber'rugs which have become dingy looking can be restored with dye such as can be had at a drug I store. Flag Flies Always The two places where the flag flies day and night are the Capitol dome and the grave of Francis Scott y - Postage Stamps Postage stamps are manufactured at the bureau of engraving and printing of the treasury department. Alien Votes Joe Williams, a native of Wales, voted. 64 ?y ears before becoming a. U. S. citizen. Panama Canal Zone The Panama Canal Zone now has 01,830 residents, according to the recent census. t Vice Presidents Finish Six vice presidents have finished out presidential terms. A ?' Japs in China Nearly 250,000 Japanese have settled in China since 1037. - General News Notes Claudius Uuiuler. Jr., auu.- of Lire Gorman airplane manufacturer, bus boon dfi?it'tl a further extension of his visitor's penult In Gils country. The Department of Justice, announcing tills decision, salil Hornier had born In tlio I n Red Siutca since Jul> I'd, iuai). Tlie axis powers are "deaf to any proposal of fftMtcc, the Fascist press declares. and stand ready to Hitiko back at the I'nHed States for any new aid to Itrltain which they might deem an act of war, The press asserted that Japan is expected to join Italy and Germany ittf an> surh^ reaction. Final returns from the 1910 census, puis lite total population of the Fulled States and all its territories and possessions at I .">0,021,231, all Increase of .s.8 per cent over the 133, 139,009 counted In 1930. The 1940 lliial Mgures for the continental Fulled States was 131.669.275. or 7. 3 per cent tnoro than the 123,775.040 of 1030. Theodosis Daskaloff. Bulgarian war minister, In a New Year statement to his nation, told every Rulgar to "stay on the job andfj||valt orders fropi the king. Nineteen forty-one will be a year of decision and conflict In which circumstances more than over before will make It necessary for the people to prepare for sacrifices," ho said. President Roosevelt discloses that Great Britain and other nations receiving arms under. Ills proJe<ted "loan-leaso" plan, could repay ' this government with vital raw materials, such as rubber and tin, as well as munitions. - Ho said at a press conference the replacement policy would bo one under which two friendly nations could operate. Tho war department announces, the award of contracts totalling $31',680,600 for equipment and operation of two government ownod ordnance plants. Tho Proctor and Gamble Defense corporation of Cincinnati, wus awarded a 124,720,000 contract for aperatlon of tin ammunition loading plant to be established near Humbolt, Tonn. British off ieial?circles welcomed President Roosevelt's Sunday night fireside chat "as further proof of the courage and realism" of the United States attitude toward the European conflict. One spokesman said: "Ho said two things plainly enough for any child to undorstand. There was danger ahead. It could only bo averted if America made herself tho great arsenal of democracy." Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain has Issued a decree calling for tho "urgent" expropriation' and acquisition of territory at I^as Palmas in tho Canary Islands for construction of a large artillery base. The decree was submitted to France by tho war ministry. The Canary Islands are strategically located in the Atlantic ocean about 60 miles off the oast coast of Africa. / Good food is planned for the draftees In the fourth corps area, of which South Carolina is a member. The army bakers and cooks school at Fort Benning. Ga., has enlarged its facilities and now has 1,051 students enrolled in its four courses. Many of the prospective cooks and bakers came to Fort Benning from posts throughout the southeast and will bo returned to those posts upon completion of the two-months course. The Chicago headquarbers of the National Safety Council estimates that approximately 34,500 persons were killed in automobile accidents during 1940. This figure is almost 2,000 higher than the total for 1939, when 32,600 persons were killed. The nation piled up a tojal of 30,980 traffic deaths in the first 11 months of this year?seven per cent more than the 29,060 total for the same period last year. The freighter Severance is In trouble again. The Severance struck the Cape Fear river draw span near Wilmington, N. C., several weeks ago and sank with a split in her hull. A concrete patch was put on the hull, but she sank*again. Another temporary patch was applied and the ship left for Newport News, Va., for temporary repairs. Another leak developed, however, and the freighter returnea to port at Wilmington. . President Roosevelt asserts that the United States is not negotiating with or planning to ask Eire to throw open Its porta and.bases La. Groat Britain as a means of protecting Britain's Atlantic life line. He made this known at his press conference, In reply to a t question regarding whether such a move was under discussion between? this government and the Irish Free, State, or wap contemplated In the near future. * According to reports recently rs? ceived, during the early part of 1*41, SCO airplanes a month will oome fim Canada's aircraft plants.