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i Methods Save Rubber Co-operate to Keep jlace on WheeU; Vy New Ideas. NGTON.-Confronted with ng shortage of tires Amer:urned to "Save Rubber ive driving clubs and laxis" as the only way to populace on wheels for the it ion, every invention insupplant rubber on wheels ?ven a chance tfc prove its here are thousands of such, Tom contraptions of wood ngs, to "tires" made of ng and oil. are synthetic substitutes, iey too will.b? needed for purposes, Aey won't be to civilians. ince the government ban iers have been seeking , keep 'em rolling on such they still have. ^ owners just gave up and cars away. Commuters Walk, iters who had been accusdriving their oars a few , the railroad station have walking to the station, ho drove from suburban places of business in citiow using trains, buses or S . ! ^operative spirit is manitself in many "Save Rubis," composed of automoiers who pool their cars k. them on schedule. 1 Petroleum Co-ordinator Li. Ickes, in a recent anent, called on motorists to ;h groups, and also urged 1 start co-operative bus servip Taxis" are helping solve -hour traffic problem here, expected to spread throughr large cities. | ary of Commerce Jesse iys this country eventually iuce enough synthetic rubiake up the deficiency. But i essential-industry needs st, and there will be little nost of the 32,000,000 civilian ehicles. daile the nation's inventors ing. They've been seeking itute for rubber tires for ars?and today they're realDusy. There are 40,000 patents tgistered which are calculated to ree automobile owners of dependince on rubber for tires. Since our war began the National I nventors' Council has received learly 2,000 suggestions. J Try Wooden Tires. j Most of the new gadgets are of rood. A wooden tire, composed of Our sections of oak with a sawdust illing, has been devised by Harry 1. Johnson, a chauffeur of Brookine, Mass. Johnson keeps the sawiust moistened to prevent the drying wt of the tire, and sections are held together with pegs. i Using sections of old auto leaf springs, William Cunniff, a Kansas City plasterer, rolled along in his :ar without undue bumping or vibration at reasonable speed. 1 Normally U. S. motorists buy 1.000,000 new tires a month. Under the present rationing only 327,159 Qew tires were distributed in April among civilians. There are hundreds of thousands of rubber trees in Brazil, once the world's principal source of rubber until the trade switched to the Neth- I erlands East Indies many years ago ?because it was found cheaper to operate there. Brazilian officials now seek U. S. help in revitalizing its rubber industry. j The government is vastly expanding the production of synthetic rubber. Twenty-five companies are building new plants, and it is hoped production will reach a rate of 700,000 tons a year by the end of 1943. The planting of guayule weed, a ource of rubber, is also being encouraged. Scientists are at work, too, on dandelions, corn and wheat u possible sources. Altogether, it is plainly a golden opportunity for anyone who can perfect a workable substitute for the vanishing auto tire. Cookies Meant for Army I Boys Go Little Astray ELIZABETH, N. J.?Tha girls of Grover Cleveland high school baked *ome cookies for the boys In the crvice and, not wanting to play favorites, chose a camp at random from a map. They chose Fort Lincoln, N. D. Recently they received a "thank you" letter. R was signed .by a man named Guenther Schultz and fbe envelope was maTked "enemy mail." Eort Lincoln Is an enemy internment camp. ? Luck at the Drawing Favors Candidate Twice ALLEGHANY, N. Y.?Charles A. ?tofer retained his village board J**t in the same way ha won it? a boy drawing his name from !1 hat. . _ . _ Shafer and his opponent, George Ajton, each received 98 votes In a J^fege election. Officials rssorted to " hoy and hat to break the- tit. **1938, Shafer tied the tecum bent .vSftnidaU, thwi -if4l?-draeh?J Rice Planting In Lee County Thursday, August 27, in company with Mr. W. U. Bridge mid Miss ltuih Parker, of tho local Farm Security Administration office a trip was made to tho farm homo of Mr. Lelghtou Atkinson, who lives between Mtshopvillo and Klliott, some nearer Klltott than Hishopvillo, Tho trip was by courtesy of Mr. Bridge and was taken to Inspect several acres of rico which is now growing somewhat in tho ripening stage. Tho rlco Is of tho upland variety and is called Carolina Blue Rose rice. This particular acreage of rico, a sample of which was previous to tho visit brought into tho office of this paper, is possibly the best of tho whole acreage under tho direction of tho administration. It is about four to four and a half foot in height and is planted in rows about two feet wide and 8 to 10 inches in drill. There are about four acres in tho field and is of uniform height and has stooled ^out considerably. The heads aro well tilled out and tho grains seem to bo well formed and about tho slzo of tho whole grain rice that Is purchased on the market here. It Is larger but shorter than Honduras rico as to grain. The land on which this particular rico Is growing is level bottom land inclined to be moist. As rice thrives better on moist or wet land, the peason seems to have suited the t Ice crop well. As an Illustration, it can readily be seen that cotton and peas planted on similar lands and close by on the same farm are seriously damaged by too much rain, while the rice is fine. So we feel that this rice planting, while in the experimental stage has passed beyond an experiment, it has succeeded. It is estimated by Mr. Bridge that this acreage of rice will turn out 30 bushels per acre, which is good. As rice calls for 40 pounds to the bushel, it can be seen that this field of rice will turn out well as to pounds. Mr. Atkinson is well pleased with his venture in rice planting that he says he wishes he had planted the whole place in rice. Aside from the plantings on the Atkinson farm there are others in the county. Mr. Bridge reports that there are under the F. S. A. direction 104 acres and.that the rice Is of the same variety. These farms operate under the county Farm Security Administration which loans money for operation of farms. The 104 acres will average about fifteen bushels per acre and the character of land best suited to the rice is such as has been described to the article. This is the first year on above scale. It however does not represent all the planting in the county but such as is under the direction of the F. S. A. Just how many more acres there are lnr rice in the county we do not know. / One problem facing the local rifle grower is the reaping and threshing. This is done by hand or by combine. Another problem is husking and polishing. This has been met by the Bishopville Milling Company. This progressive concern, awake to the interest of the farmer, has a rice mill now on hand and will have it ready for use when needed. This mill will husk and polish the rice. An interesting matter connected with this rice growing is the number of families engaged in the industry. The number is 1,600 and the average acreage is about 1-2 acre to family. As the rice planting seems to be on the whole encouraging this year it is more than likely there will be greater plantings with more farmers engaged in what is still in the experimental stage in Lee county. Recently therb has been a rice famine in Bishopville because the local merchants could not get supplies of rice. One merchant, perhaps getting tired of saying he had no rice placed about a half pound bag on his show yindow with the statement, 'This is all the rice we have at present." People hunted all over town for rice but could not find any. only getting some rice later on from limited supplies. South Carolina people are rice eaters and hardly know what to do without rice. South Carolina was at one time the banner state In the Union as to rice growing, but along with the disappearance of another big r.nd at that time important crop, indigo, the planting of rice was eclipsed by cotton and now is only grown in a limited way as to the ftate. -experiment this year established tteTaCt that rice can be fully^rown in Lee county and it Is {o be hoped that the growing of rice w?, become an Important part or farms haTlt.fr anltabl. >?nd for ?*? Miss Psrlrer snapped several pictures of the field on this visit. a 72 000 acres of deer foreet Scotland have been taken tiTiwuah mlaiatrr WrlwOture totaheep paatmrap. 8TORY OF AN EQQ AND ITS TRIP TO ENGLAND - i This is the story of an egg and of the extraordinary things that befell it. It is also the romantic story of a brand new culinary development hav-1 ing to do with winning the war. with probable sequels in the peace after-1 ward. ?But of that, more later, writes Richard L .Stroul in The Christian Science Monitor. The cackle of a hen is lifted up in a Wisconsin barnyard telljng all the I world in excited and exultant notes! that a brand new egg has entered the world. Shortly after the farmer's! daughter, Elizabeth May, garners in! the egg. It is just the last one need-1 ed to round out the final dozen that Lncle Charles is taking to market. Now you might suppose that there is no connection between that egg and j winning the war, but you are mistaken. A peculiar thing happens to that I j egg. It goes to an egg-drying plant. I An egg-drying plant is Just what its name Implies. Up to 1925 practically! all the dried eggs used In the United States came from a few large egg-1 drying centers in China. Now a' Chinese egg, it seems, is smaller than an American egg and more are required for the process we are considering. But we needn't go into that just at the minute. -Anyway, there are 80 drying plants now operating throughout the United! States, with an annual capacity after drying of 285,000,000 pounds. That is 142,500 egg-tons, which is a lot of eggs. This is what happens to the egg Elizabeth May gathered so blythely in the farm yard a few hours ago. 1 It is broken, strained, and emulsified, and then it joins a lot of other eggs. A thin film of liquid egg travels on an endless belt which traverses a warm chamber through which filtered air heated to about 140 degrees, circulates. When it comes out again its own mother wouldn't know it. All the moisture has been evaporated off. Elizabeth May's egg joins the other eggs, and since It is a lend-lease egg it starts for England. By the end of this year purchases of such eggs will probably total 200,000,000 pounds. Our original egg is now in a 5-ounce package with 11 others ready for their journey. One small package like this has the nutritive equipment of a dozen eggs. After a while the dried eggs reaches England. There was a little doubt, right at first, whether the British public could be educated to use dried eggs, but the proper officials saw to it that they were served as scrambled eggs in exclusive London hotels and restaurants, and now they are increasingly used. They can be used, It Is said, in cakes, flours and noodles, and also for scrambling and j for making omelets. And that is what is happening to eggs from all over America this year. Total all-out production of 1942 Is expected to be 300.000.000 pounds of dried eggs, meaning that somebody must break up 10,000,900,000 eggs. That is quite an omelet. The eggs are only part of the story. To grow somewhat more sedate and the ^ct that there is a dangerous submarine menace off our shores and ships and cargo space Is at a premium. The experts gay that most of what we eat is water anyway. Eggs and meats are three-fourths water. Some regetables contain 90 per cent water or more. Now there, is of course, plenty of water in England already. So why not take the water out of the export foods In the United Antes and then mix it In again after U? COBCtm. UTlTtf. : That 1b, in fact, exactly what is being done. The story of war growth of the dehydrated food industry is little short of miraculous. More and more is being done to make these foods appetizingv All sorts of things are being dehydrated, from fresh vegetables, which squeeze down from 10 pounds to 1 pound after the moisture comes out, to milk, where 11 pounds of the original fluid make 1 pound of dried skim milk. Meat is being dried, too. Up to the end of May about 2,000,000 pounds of dehydrated vegetables had been purchased for lend-lease, and the only immediate limit is production facilities. Another big purchaser is the United States Army, Put in practical terms, one food ship can do the work of nine when the food is dehydrated. Plans to dehydrate all sorts of new foods are underway and postwar plans make this industry a rival of canned goods. The food as it arrives in England is chock-full of vitamins, minerals and such like, it is declared. Take a crate of carrots, ' for example. It weighs about 198 pounds. They are reduced to 17 pounds of dehydrate which fill two five-gallon cans. A bit of solid carbon dioxide is dropped into the cans, to give an inert atmosphere, and then the lids are sealed on with shellac. Vegetable soup is made by spraying cooked and pulped vegetables on hot,* revolving drums, and then scraping off the dried product, which peels like paper and crumbles into flakes. Dehydrated apples make fine piefllling, it is stated. Then again, 26 cases of oranges make a small case of powdered concentrate to which corn sugar is added. With the addition of water at the other end, the 1,200,000 gallons t>f such concentrate thus far shipped on lend-lease orders will be re-constituted to about 9,600,000 gallons of orange Juice. Haile Gold Mine Stops Operations Oold-mining operations at the plant of the Haile Oold Mines, Inc., in this county are being discontinued, the company announces, for the duration of the war. "Since gold mining has been eliminated from priorities it was only a question of time as to when it would be necessary to cease production," said president Hewitt 8. West in a statement to stockholders. The Halle property was the site of an extensive gold mining operation many years ago. During World War I it was mined for sulphite, and thereafter remained Inactive until mining for gold was resumed some five or six years ago by the newely-formed Haile Co. With' the higher prices of gold and improved flotation methods, the company soon began to make money and to pay dividends on its common stock. Its statement for the last fiscal year ending June 80, showed a profit of $107,143 before depreciation, depletion and federal taxes. The Halle Company has entered into contracts with the Defense Plant Corp., the Metals Reserve Co., and the Reconstruction Finance Corp., tc operate under lease a crucible flake graphite property in Clay County Ala. Some crushing ahd grinding I equipment and all mining and by jdraulic equipment now at the roll mine here will be mowed to Alabama ' where operations are expected t< ' start la twe month#. Watchmen am ' caretakers will be stationed at th< property near here.?Lancaster News Citronclla Grass or Quinine . _____J MAN IS OK LITTLE IMPORTANCE In the life of a female mosquito, the only kind that drill* a hole In a human being. Hut If offered a choice of menu she would rather have a bird or a field mouse. And for real pleasure she loves to bite a hear?on the eyelid. Hut few mosquitoes of the dangerous malaria-hearing kind have a chance to bito a bear on the eyelid or any other place. Thpre are no bears In tho warm climates, so when the mating season in the swamps is over and the female mosquito yearns for red blood she will get hold of the nearest creature, usually a human being, and like It. Strangely enough, nature has pro - - tected us by creating a guardian against mosquitoes in the form of a certain kind of grass that grows in Venezuela. This ally of men was discovered only a short time ago. The great curse of a largo part of Venezuela Is malaria. This disease keeps the population down to 4,000,000. Malaria-bearing mosquitoes swarm in billions during the rainy season. The malaria spread by these. mosquitoes would kill off countless thousands of people wore it not for the strange grass. This drives sway mosquitoes by means of an oily substance which has a peculiar odor disliked by the finicky lady mosquito. Hardly a mosquito ever ventures into a pasture of this luxuriously green grass. The odor is pleasant to human boiugs, but the tastes of men and mosquitoes obviously differ. The oil of this plant is so heavy that a man can gut his boots greased by walking through it. Although it is poison to the mosquitoes, it is one of. the richest of all feedty for horses, cows, and mules. Probably the grass could bo planted throughout the South where the mosquito is no less dangerous than in Venezuela. But it would tako years to have enough of it planted to stamp out malaria. But the South has access to a product of another plant, the bark of the cinchona tree from which quinine is made. Although almost all the world's supply of quinine came from Java which is now in Japanese hands, the supply in the United States is sultlcient to last for several yeara. Quinine does not drive away the pesky mosquito like the grass in Venezuela, but It actually kills the malaria parasite injected into the human blood ?tream by the biting mosquito. Six grains of quinine taken daily during the malaria season will deter the disease from taking hold. And daring the malady it's better to take a dose of twenty grains a day for a period of 6 to 7 days. j'S. C. Speed Lovers Given Stiff Setback South Carolina's speed lovers yes* torday were given a stiff setback by Ned W. Cox, siuto Ol'A tiro ra? tloning officer, who threatened discrimination against persons who apply for tires and who have used their old ones unwisely, "It Is within the discretion of rationing boards," Mr. Cox said, "to I turn down applications if there is evidence that the applicant has abused his tires by excessive speed or otherwise." The state highway patrol, and law enforcement officers of all kinds will be called upon to warn anil make note of operators of private cars who are driving faster than 40 miles an hour. New tire quotas for South Carolina have steadily decreased, mouth after I month and figures for September, announced by Mr. Cox yesterday, were 28 per cent below the August allotment. Official quota figures for the entire state were as follows: 1,931 new passenger car tires, 3,299 new truck tires, 5,481 passenger recaps, 4,669 truck recaps, 4,047 passenger tubes, and 4,165 truck tubes. The announcement followed a conference by Mr. Cox; (J. Ilerber Bui-I lentine, president of the South Carolina Tire Dealer's association; J. S. Williamson, chief highway commissioner; and W. W. Goodman of the motor transportation division of the state public service commission. The conference was called for the purpose of discussing means of curbing tire abuse. Principal outcome of the meeting was a decision by the public service commission to issue an order restraining busses and taxi-1 cabs under the commission's jurisdiction from operating at speeds of more than 40 miles per hour. Opera-1 tors of vehicles which exceed this speed will be required to show cause. I When the war began, an official said yesterday, we had about eight million tires in our national stockpile and about 800,000 tons of crude rub-1 ber. Yesterday Mr. Ballentine, after the conference, remarked that passenger car tire production ceased when the United States entered the war. The public has steadily been drawing from the passenger car tires that were in stock at that time, he said. He would, however, make no estimate as to the size of this passenger car tire stockpile now other than the remark that it obviously must have gone down considerably. j Mr. Ballentine pointed out that pro- J ductlon stopped only for passenger] car tires. Truck tire manufacture has] "continued right along," he said. Commenting on possible relief by synthetic rubber production, "As fast hb new sources of rubber may be developed, they will be cqnsumed by I rthe fighting forces of the United Na-j tlons," Mr. Ballentine Baid. I Concensus regarding the situation yesterday was that the tire situation, if anything, looked even blacker; if passenger cars were to keep running for personal use they would havo to run on wooden wheels. j When New York Had Five Phones On August 5, 1877, The New York Sun reported "there were five telephones in practical working order in New York City. [ To brihg the report up to date after sixty-five years, it can be reported that there are now 168 exchanges and 1,772,630 telephones in "New York City. The five phones of 1877 bad been Introduced by two well-known New Yorkers of that day, Charles A. Cheever and Hllborne L. Roosevelt .They, like many others, felt that the telephone was a scientific toy, but had decided to gamble on It by acquiring rights and telephones from Alexander Graham Bell's associates In Boston. Actually there were five pairs of Instruments and were Intended for demonstration purposes. Four of them were In Mr. Cheever's office In the old Tribune building and 170 Nassau street and were connected by separate lines with telephones In the Champion Burglar Alarm Company, 704 Broadway; the Law Telegraph Company, 140 Fulton street; the law offices of Dlckerson & Seaman, in > the Staats Zeltung Building, and the telegraph supply shop of 8. J. Burrell in Broad street. The fifth line ran from J. L. Haigh's office, at [ 81 John street across the unfinished ; Brooklyn Bridge to his wire plant in t. South Brooklyn, five miles away* The telephones used on these lines i were "box telephones" ? the type i first used commercially. They were [ oblong in shape, about twelve inches long and six Inches square. The I mouthpiece, at one end of the box, ? also served as a receiver. This dual > vee gave rise to Instructions not to 1 "listen with the mouth." To ? the telephone at the other end ef the llae, the user tapped the Inside oi ? ; -~r ?' - ' V .T- .A ? _ 7. rr ?.Jqfr L ZL-, ?* i. _ . the mouthpiece with the end of jj ? pencil. Cheever and rfoosevelt established no exchange system. Their rentttW was not a success, and after tin months they were more than willing? to sell ont for $18,000 to a group headed by Theodore N. VaO, later president of the American Telephone and Teiegvgph Company, who in 1878, organised a new company In New Tor*. Delighted at harlng rid hlmaelf of what he considered a bad lnyeetmemt, i Mr, Cbeerer la reported to hare te? marked, 1h$, Mkin not all ^ NOTICE OF AN ELE.CTION FOR COTTON WEIGHER AT KER. SHAW, S. C. Notice Is hereby given that an election will be hehl in The Town of^Kershaw, s. C., on the fourth Tuesday In September, 1942, this being the 22nd day thereof, for the purpose of electing a Cotton Weigher in The Tuwu of Kershaw. Couutlos of Kershaw and Lancaster, to serve for a period of two years. Said election will he hold in the City Hall In Kershaw, S. C. l'olls of said election will open at 8 o'clock a. m. and will remain open until 4 o'clock p. in., when said polls shall close. AH qualified voters who have registered k with Town Clerk and Treasure* 'will bo entitled to voto in said election. The following are hereby appointed managers to conduct said election: A. J. Neal, J. A. Whitley and T. 3, Bell. Done and ratified In open Council this 27th day of August, 1942. C. F. CLYRDRN. Mayor, Town of Kershaw, S. C. Attest: L. U. Blackmon, Clerk and Treasurer, Town of Kershaw, 8. C. 24.26 sb. NOTICE OF OPENING QF BOOK8 OF REGISTRATION FOR COTTON WEIGHER ELECTION IN KER. SHAW, S. C. Notice Is hereby given that the books of registration for the register-, lng of voters In Kershaw and Lancaster counties for voting in cotton weigh* era election in the Town of Kershaw, 8. C., on September 22, 1942, will be opened at office of clerk and treasurer of Town of Kershaw, 8. C., at City Hall, on August 28, 1942, and will remain open until 4 o'clock p. m. on September 16,*1942, at which time said books will close. All persons who registered two years ago will not be required to register this year. In order to register all persons are required to present their county registration certificate before being allowed to register to vote in said election for cotton weigher. L. R. BLACKMON, Clerk and Treasurer, Town of Kershaw, South Carolina, City Hall. 24-26 sb. TAX NOTICE The tax books for the collection of State, County and 8chool Taxes for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1942, will be open from September 15, 1942 to December 81, 1942, Induslve without penalty. When making inquiry about taxes, please state the school district number In which you live or own property. The following is a list of the total . levies for the various school districts : DeKalb Township Mills School District No. 1 48 8chool District No. 2 38 School District No. - -4 ..??-n ..... 87 School District No. 8 39 School District No. 25 24 School District No. 43 24 Buffalo Township Mil's School District No. 3 46 School District No. 5 24 School District No. 7 26 School District No. 16 ..... 24 School District No. 20 82 School District4 No. 22 48 School District No. 23 82vSchool District No. 27 V, . 86 School District No. 28 26 School District No. 81 84 School District No. 40 47 School District- No. 42 24 Flat Rock Township Mills School District No. 8 86 School District No." 9 86 School District No. 10 26 School District No. 13 29 School District No. 19 86. School District No. 30 26 School District No. 83 26 School District No. 37 26 School District No. 41 25 School District No. 46 28 School District No. 47 24 Wateree Township Mills School District No. 11 29 School District No. 12 42 School District No. 16 26 School District No. 29 . 24 School District No. 38 24 School District No. 89 24 . C. J. OUTLAW, Treasurer JVflj Kershaw County, S. . NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All parties Indebted to the estate of Lannle Burroughs are hereby notified to make payment to the unde* signed, and all parties, If any, having claims against the said estate will present them likewise, duly attested* within the time prescribed by law. CHARLIB BURROUGHS, Administrator Camden, S. C., Aug. 12, 1942 7^.- = mRP