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LIGHTS OF IMMENSE POWER Rays From Points on United States Coast Are Visible Seventy Mile* I Cut at Sea. J The highest beacon light maintained by the United States for warning navigators is at Cape Mendocino, CaL, 422 feet above sea level. It has a range of 28 miles. The brightest light and one of the most brilliant in the world is at Navesink, N. J., on the highlands at the entrance of New York bay. It is 25,000,000 candle power and its zlare has been seen from 70 miles out i in the ocean. The largest lighthouse "lens" is at Makapuu point, on the island of Oahu (Hawaiian group). Its beam at night brings first news to voyagers from L the United States that they are nearing the mid-Pacific archipelago. It is called a "hyperradient," the inside diameter of the lens being about nine feet and that of the glass lantern inclosing it 16 feet. The lens of the Navesink light incloses a powerful electric arc. But, generally speaking, kerosene is the preferred illuminant for many lighthouses. A lens frequently is built up of glass prisms arranged in panels, the object being to concentrate the light into a beam of maximum brilliancy and range. Some lighthouse lenses are so arranged as to revolve, a contrivance of the sort, weighing perhaps 6,000 pounds, being floated upon mercury and thereby turned so easily that a small bit of clockwork actuated by ! a 100-pound weight will operate it. GOT FACTS SLIGHTLY MIXED Representative Osborne Evidently Had Not Taken Keen Notice of Position of Sherman Statue. One of the best speeches in the - T> .nMAMAn^a _ I House in years came irum xvepicacuiatlve Osborne of California the day of \ the Pershing parade, says the Los An geles Times. Having been one of the soldiers who .marched up Pennsylvania avenue at the close of the Civil ' war for a final review by General Sherman, he was nble to draw a beautiful and striking contrast with the return of the veterans of 1919. At one point in the address the representative spoke feelingly of how Sherman, at the head of the column, at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue had turned on his horse and looked back at the advancing veterans. 'Thus," said Mr. Osborne, "the figure of Sherman, cast in bronze, sits today at the head of Pennsylvania avenue, as he sat that day more than fifty years ago." The reference to the Sherman statue aroused great interest and many were the pilgrimages made to the statue within the next few days to see how Sherman looked gazing down the ave- nue. But horror of horrors! It developed that Sherman was looking not toward the advancing column, but toward the White House, which stands in an opposite direction. ; Now Osborne is looking for the man who placed it thus. Laya Under Ranger Field? Geologists believe that continued oil* operations in the Hanger field, should they attain a depth of one mile under the surface, will prove the existence of a live lava bed, a Ranger (Tex.) correspondent of the New York Evening Sun writes. In the region of j Caddo oil drillers have discovered that j bits of the drills show evidences of intense heat within 3,200 feet of the Surface, and the heat at that depth is sufficient. to discharge shots of nitroglycerin without the use of a fulminating cap. A peculiarity of the Ranger field in Stephens county is the number of crevasses encountered in drilling through the black lime. These crevasses are filled more or less with oil-yielding sand and when this sand is "shot" the flow of petroleum rushes tQ the surface. Whether this rush is aided by the subter^nean heat is problem- | atlcal, but it is believed that the heat has a great deal to do with the rush f the oil. Btby and His 0. Santa Clans brought an educational board to Baby Jack Woerner, son of Hr. and Mrs. C. A. Woerner, Jr., 3818 1 Graceland avenue. He took more interest in the new board than in any of his toys and after a few evenings of diligent study, with mother as instructor, he could pick out most of the letters of the alphabet. 0 became bis favorite letter, however, and anything resembling that letter in shape Was an 0 to him. One evening mother was asking him to point out his eyes, n+n nrh1r?)i hp did pose, ciiiii, Luuuui, .. ? v- ? With much success. Finally she pointed to his ear and asked: "What is that?' After a short pause, he glanced across the room at his new educational board and answered: "That's my O."?Indianapolis News. Wild Section in Southern France. An almost forgotten region lately pointed out by Samuel Wells to the Liverpool Geographical society is southern and midland France, with the desert lands on the Mediterranean. Here the wild horse and a breed of buffaloes are still extant, acd great rocks, gorges and caverns are features of the country. The immense caves abound in remains of the stone and bronze ages, while wonderful stalactites hasg from the roofs. The buildings show architecture centuries old, specially that of the Bom^n period. k I REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD [ If you wish to buy or sell | I Real Estate See I I CARTER, CARTER & KEARSE \ | LAWYERS BAMBERG, S. C. j I STOVE DEMONSTRATION I Friday, May 8th I I You are cordially invited to come to our store on p the above date and witness a free dem- ?1 j* r?n I* r ^ j onstration 01 tne iamous jw I Red Slar Vapor Oil Stove I by a representative of the Detroit Vapor Oil Stove Co. We will promise that there will be much to interest you whether you wish to buy or not. || IG.Q. SIMMONS! jg . BAMBERG, S. C. B f IJ ^lOMPLETE cleanliness is your best assurance against 1 y j tooth troubles. There is no dentifrice so well devised to give supreme cleanliness as Klenxo. The creamy, quickly soluble lather whitens the teeth, hardens the gums, and brings to the mouth that Cool; 11 Clean, Klenzo Feeling. Step in today and get a tube. Macks Drug Store BAMBERG, S. C. I Tires At Wholesale I We have no dealer in Bamberg (home town, you B know) and so we are offering Tires and Tubes at g wholesale prices to individual customers. Tires are I guaranteed by us and by the factory for 5,000 miles IS of good service. Prices on different sizes follow: if Casings Heavy Tubes m 130x3 . plain $12.67 m 30x3 non skid $14.27 $2.54 I 30x31/2 non skid $17.34 $3.00 I 32x3i/| non skid $20.97 $3.24 I If; 31x4 non skid $24.11 $3.84 B g 32x4 non skid $27.64 $4.00 if g:; 33x4 non skid $28.87 $4.17 ?1 34x4 non skid $29.67 $4.34 H ?[ Write us for prices on larger sizes and on our |? T /-> i rni nz ~ lip Iiu.uuu mile guarantee uenerai uora Mire. un a us ? a trial?we ship on day order is received. Send I check with order, please. B I Extra Special?We have on hand limited amount 11 Ford sizes in the "Morris" Tire, guaranteed to be M "firsts" and free from manufacturers defects, that B we can sell you in 30x3 non skid for $10.00; 30x31/2 B non skid for $13.50. fl B. & G. TIRE COMPANY I H. J. Brabham, Pres. and Treas. m Phone 4031 726 Main St. Columbia, S. C. B i f i sragzgjgiggajg?g? rpHERE is a deJL finite reason for the oval shaoe and A rounded surface of Staggard Studs. There is a reason for their precise number and the exact location of one stud in relation to the other. Staggard Studs scien- 1 tifically produce | maximum grip with ? minimum friction. j They reduce shock and side swing be- ?j cause the tire travels % alv/ays on rounded jgjj surfaces. ||j The Prodium Process of compounding the rubber assures slow, Mb even wear, compar- lj| able to the contact of H? metal against the i| road. 11 The Republic, thanks to the logical con- fig struction of the Stag- 1J gard tread, is in our SMI opinion, the best and sg probably the one I truly scientific non- | sfcid tire THOMAS BLACK CO. Bamberg, S. G. f I X WE HAVE A FULL STOI X MULES. OUR STOCK IS f MEMBER OF OUR FIRM], X THE JONES BROS.' G1 X WHAT THAT MEANS. "V f MULE, DON'T FAIL TO CC X TAKE PLEASURE IN SHC X WAYS IN GOOD CON! 4 SOUND AND SOLD SOUN! f I Buggies, W WE HAVE A SPLENDID HARNESS, LAP ROBES, \ BER OF STYLES IN BUG CAN SUIT YOU. WE I Y HICLES TO BE HAD, AN] % RIGHT. 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