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Kindly Shopper* Had Consoled Mary Ellen On a shopping sipedltlon In tht Christnias holldsys, little Mnrj Ellen had a dollar with which to buy a present for dsd. On the wsy down town with her mother they met her annt and little cousin. Arriving In a large department store, the children received permission to go to the toy department while some shopping In another part of the store was done by the elder folk. After about an hour the mother and aunt raw a crowd collected at the basement stairs and found Mary Ellen In the center of the group In tears, with several of the women weeping copiously, she having thought she had lost her dollar. Everything was lovely when mother explained she had her pocketbook and the present was then bought for dad. The next day while on another shopping trip with her mother, Mary Ellen had 00 cents that her mother did not know she had. “Where did you get that money, Mary Ellen?” asked her mother. “You know yesterday, when I thought I had lost my dollar, those women made me take It.”—Indian apolis News. “Old Sol” Classed as Quite Ordinary Star The sun is a very humble unit amid the great stellar population ac cording to a leading astronomer. It Is, he says, a very ordinary star about midway In the scale of bril liancy. We know of stars which give at least 10,000 times the light of the-sun; we know also of stars which give 1-10.000 of Its light. But those of Inferior light greatly out number those of superior light. In moss. In surface temperature, in bulk, the sun belongs to a very common class of stars; Its speed of motion Is near the average; It show* none of the more conspicuous phe nomena. buch s* variability, which excite the attention of astronomers In the community of stars the sun corresponds to a respectable middle class dtlten. It happens to he quite near the cen ter of the local star cloud; hut this apparently favored position Is dts counted by the fact that the star cloud Itself Is placed very eceentrlml- ly In relation to the galactic avatem (the Milky way), being In fart ne.ir the confines of It. We cannot claim to be at the huh of the universe. Bird* Datksd to Dootb According to authorities on bird life ths lighthouses of the New England coast cause the death of thousands ot sea fowl every vear lo their mlgra tlons to and from the southlands the birds, tf caught In a storm, try to And a safe haven The filed white lights seem to have the greatest attraction for them Ely- Ing at high speed they dash them selves agiilnst the thick lenses and are either killed outright or are stunned and fall to the rocks or the sea be low snd perish Strangely enough fln«hltig lights snd also red t»eaina ap pnrently repel them, hut the Minding steady white r*>* take heavy toll from their mnks Contniry to f»’pular rx-llrf. the fowl do not «w»ek southern climes to avoid cold weather. Death Valley in Java Exudes Poison Gases For years traveler! la Java have told of a “death valley** on the alopea of the volcano of Tangkoban Prahn. The bottom of thla valley, ao they re port, Is paved with the akeletal re mains of blrda and llsarda. and, ac cording to some, even the skeletons of a few venturesome human beings who dropped dead there or staggered out of the fatal howl only to die on Ifs rim. This valley has now been definitely located by the chemist of the volcanologlcnl survey of the Dutch East Indies. The Java valley, says Dr. E. E. Free, seems to deserve Its name, for Inconspicuous vents In Its bottom have been discovered by the chemists to be discharging not only carbon dioxide gas, which displaces the oxy gen of the air and might suffocate the unwary, but also a still deadlier poison, hydrogen sulphide gas. This compound Is the evil-smelling gas given off by rotten eggs. In the small traces set from such decaying sub stances, or as used In equally small amounts in chemical laboratories, the gas Is not seriously dangerous. Anal yses made In Java’s deadly valley show, however, as much as 10 per cent of this gaseous poison in the air —enough to poison any creature that breathes It for more than a few sec onds.—Pathfinder Magazine. Slumber Long, Advice of Woman Physician Dr. Stella Churchill, repeating the saying that a man slept six hours, a woman seven, a child eight, and a fool nine, remarked during a talk at the Institute of Hygiene. Condon, ‘*1 am glad to say I am numbered among the fools. “After the age of three, hnman be ings do not require daylight sleep, except on Sundays, when the national had hnblt of overeating makes them drowsy. The more one eats, the more •leep la required. - “For an average person i advocate between eight and nine hours' sleep. “Crowing children should sleep on a hard mottn-ss, and the bed should never he placed against a wall. “One’a Judgment Is Impaired by lack of sleep. v ftlrls have married the wrong man and refused to marry the right one Itecnuae their Judgment haa t»een at fault following sleepless night a “People should not he wakened from sleep We ire still suffering front the old fashioned Idea that there la something shameful about being asleep as exemplified In the h)mn a (tout the sluggard who la dis inclined ts wake up.** I On* of th« Band Sat unlay uflerntMtu was a d iv km apart for the village Mam! to Indulge In Its weekly practice march. On this particular day they hnp pened lo half outside the loonl Justice of the |h*.ue’s house. The latter was s very Irritable man who hated bands Consequently, he was far from pleased when the sound of martial music fell upon his ears. “Look here!” he cried, rushing up to the bandmaster. “If you don't stop that Infernal din, I’ll go and fetch our policeman !’’ But the bandmaster was equal to the occasion. “You can’t do that, sir.” he smiled. “That’s Mm playin’ the trombone."— London Tit Bits. Hat* Denote Wealth The Vamis. who live on a little Is land south of Formosa, have two am bitions—to build tine boats, whose sides they ornament with beautiful de signs, and to possess silver hats—the larger the better, for by the measure of his silver hat Is the prestige of the Individual judged. The first requirement Is a quantity of silver coins, which are laboriously beaten with a stone Into thla strips The strips are then made Into cone shaped hats. Some of the hats be longing to the more affluent of the eol ony come down to the shoulders. An oblong opening Is left for the eyes, so that the owner may survey the admiration his large hat attracts. Jacwbit* To**t When thruugti an ot might no fin ger bowls follow your dinner, Ju«t be philosophical, remember that for 313 years the B«ittab royal family gtM along aomehow without them. But It wa* fur from an otentlghi with the klnga and queens of Britain. After the exile In IdHH of Jaine* that Old I'retender, the Jacotiltes, hl« adher ent*. Instituted the clever custom of lifting the gtaasea In auch n manner a* to bring them over their finger l*owl«, mid mi were In reality toasting the "king over the water.** Suddenly finger bowl* were conspicuous hy their uhmenie mid the Jactdiltes knew their deception wn* delected. It was not until Edward Nil !>egsn reigning In l'.*U that the tmwl* reappeared.—I)e troll News. Furfural I* Now Cheap Once m chemical curj<»si!y. selling for $.’50 n pound, furfural, widely used as an Insecticide, now sells for 10 cents a pound as n result of recent discoveries by chemists who have sue ceeded In producing it from ont hulls and other waste farm products. A discovery by Prof. Orlnnd R, Sweeney, chemist at the Iowa State college, has opened up an entirely new source for furfural In sugar beets. Aft£r the sugar has been extracted from the beets, the pulp Is put through an additional process which extracts the chemical. Besides serving as an Insecticide, furfural Is used in making synthetic resins.—Popular Science Monthly. Word's Many Definitions Of the 414,825 words defined In the Oxford English dictionary, completed after 70 years of labor, the one that gave most trouble to the editors was the three-letter word “8et.*’~tt has many meanings and so many exten sions of meaning. The Living Age re porta that the editors were obliged to devote a 30,000-word treatise to It alone. The sun sets In the west A surgeon •eta • broken arm. A woman give* birth fo three seta of twins In five years. A yachtsman watches the sei of his •all*. R la an untiring word, as anrful at fools that boys used to Lucy Cable Blckle, In her biography of her father, George W. Cable, In eludes a letter in which the novelist described his meeting with John Drew, the actor; “Margaret and I,*' reads the letter, “went last night to hear John Drew In ‘The Second In Command.’ . . We went behind the stage after the play and saw him and his daughter. He said, ‘This Is the first time I’ve had a chance to tell you how I cried over “The Cavalier”—over the cap tain’s death.’ I said, ‘You make me proud. Did you cry?’ He said, ‘Cry 1 I bawded!’ ”—Detroit New’s. Tit’ for Tat Down dropped the policeman’s arm and immediately the traffic stream was in motion, one car shooting out In front of the other vehicles. At that moment a pretty girl made an Indiscreet dash for an Island In the center of the roadway. She would have been knocked down by the swiftly moving car bad not the driver Jammed on his brakes. “Women and donkeys are alwaya lo tbe way!** be shrieked furiously at tba fid. “Glad to aee you’ve tbe mnarera tc put yooneif laatr retorted tbe girl cootlj. ^ Quarterly re pod of orer of school claims paid for tbe quarter ending March 81st, 1929; J. B. ARMSTRONG, County Trea. District No. 24—Aahlelgh. Blackville Hardware Co. .. $33.65 Lula Rountree . 50.00 Nan A. Martin __ _ 90.00 J. H. Lancaster . 5.00 Mrs. B. B. Kammer 117.96 Mutual Trading Co. . 25.02 Lula Rountree . 50.00 Mrs. B. B. Kammer 117.15 Lula Rountree . 50.00 Nap. A. Martin . 90.00 Total 628.77 District No. 33—Barbary Branch Isadore Ray __ __ . 40.00 RosaMe Reid _ 114.35 Rosalie Reid ! - 110.75 Rosalie Reid __ _ 111.40 Rosalie Reid 110.75 Isadore Ray _ 40.00 Isadore Ray . 40.00 Total 567.25 District No. 45.—Barnwell. W. W. Carter, Supt. . 187.50 W. W. Carter, Supt. 1715.30 W. W. Carter, Supt. ...75.00 W. W. Carter, SupU -- -- 400.00 W. W. Carter, Supt. 1610.55 W. W. Carter, Supt. ,__75.00 W. W. Carter, Supt. 400.00 W. W T . Cartcr^Supt. • • ^ 1689.55 Total 6152.90 District No. 4.—Big Fork. R^alie Smith 35.00 W. H. Moody . 43.80 _Rosali$ Smith .. 57.50 R .H. Moody . 32.55 vRoaalic Smith 42.50 HALL 6 COLE, Inc. t 94-102 FANEUIL HALL MARKET. BOSTON, MASS. ;; Committion Merchants and Distributors of ASPARAGUS One of the Oldest Commission Houses in the Trade. Send for Shipping Stamp. ! % : SEND US YOUR ORDERS FOR JOB PRINTING. : -x~x~x~X"X"X-x*<~X"X~x~x~x-> *x^x-x-x**x-x**x*«x-x-:**x- X*X*<~X"X* Tomato Plants / I have reversl thousand tomato plants now ready for transplanting, They consist of Hastings’ best varie ties and were grown in the open. \ / ... ... / . V Prices: lOc/per dozen, 40c per hun dred. Special prices on large quan tities. E. E. GOODSOy, Barnwell, S. C. <"X"X~X~X~X~X~X~X"X~X~X~X~> ToUl 211.35 District No 19—Hlarkville. Rank cf W. Car., Int. on Bds. 990.00 G. Frank Posey 250.00 G. Frark Posey 500.00 G. Frank Poaoy 1607.50 Lydia B. Mrys 50.00 J. B. Armstrong, Tress., . Note and Inter**! .... 5185.00 G. Frank Posey ......... 400.00 G. Frank Po»ey .......... 180.00 G. Frank Posey .......... 75.00 Lydia B. Mays ...... ..... 50.00 G. Frank Posey ......... 400.00 G. Frank Posey ..... 1607.50 G. Frark Posey r 500.00 G. Frank Posey .......... 76.00 G. Frank Posey .... 400.00 Total 12270.00 District Na. S3.—Cedar Grove Georg'* Mitchell ...yc. 250 Folk Bros. 52.92 Geo. Mitchell . - - - - ... 10.00 C»eo. Mitchell . - - - - 5.00 Katherine Green ... ... 40.00 Rob* i i pYweil 10.00 Katherine Green ... 40.00 Robot t Powell ........ 10.00 S* rvic* Garage 16.20 Folk Bros. .. .... 71.17 Katherine Green ... ... 40.00 Total .. 297.79 District No. 50.—Diamond. Olee A. B. Holly 35.00 Eliza A. A. Hankinson 35.00 J. H. Boyles 19.50 Olee A. B. Holly 40.00 Eliza A. A. Hankinson 40.00 Barr.well Filling Station __ 21.20 J. H. Boyles 1... 23.00 Ttoal 213.70 District No. 20.—Double Pond. Mrs. Dot Hammet Hair 90.00 Mrs. W\ C. Buist 117.10 Mrs. W. C Buist 127.011 Mrs. Dot H. Hair 91.25 Total 425.35 District No. 12.—Dunbarton. H. H. King, Supt. 1219.90 S. VV. Cromer 40.00 A. Chas. L. Arbouin 207.50, Mozel M. Bush 50.00 S. W-. Cromer 40.00 H. H. King, Supt. — 1211.44 A. Chas. L. Arbouin 207.50 Mozel M. Bush 50.00 S. W. Cromer 40.00 Mozel M. Rush 50.00 H. H. King, Supt. 1307.00 A. Chas. L. Arbouin 207.50 J. B. Armstrong, Treas., Bonds and Interest 1632.58 Total 6263.42' District No. 21.—Edisto. Thelma Ellison 40.00 Thelma Ellison 40.00 Olive Parker 102.25 Thelma Ellison 40.00 The GENERAL EL E C T RIC REFRIGERATOR ‘ SALE -> STARTS THIS WEEK APRIL 1STH SOUTH CAROLINA POWER COMPANY Special Sale terms on all models $10.00 CASH BALANCE IN 30 MONTHLY PAYMENTS Make a point of stopping at our nearest office and inspecting the new models. Any employe of the company will gladly quote you prices installed in your home and explain our liberal budget plan of deferred payments. Display Rooms at tbe office of tbe SOUTH CAROLINA POWER COMPANY BARNWELL BLACKVILLE WILUSTON DENMARK The Lyric Theatre at Blackville Total 222.25 Has a Vitaphone! Think of it! Open every night in the week to the public. Showing ALL-TALKING PICTURES Formal opening Wednesday, April 17 th with “TENDERLOIN,” a Warner Bros. All-Talking feature and Eddie Cantor in “That Party in Per son.” This program will be shown Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Programs change every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Plan now to see every program every week Think of it! A VITAPHONE IN BLACKVILLE And you can SEE and HEAR the great VITAPHONE pictures every day in the week. i) (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.)