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Burns anascaIdelt ?EflOATW1 "Cools Aiu istr-an..; WiY %AS TRUMI1 -14RAG JIM0 CHIAINS Will -linke J)ral .for Aty -Stutie Elec tricity Found .InI Tanlk. Wash31ington1, -Ootoiber 'll.-A big tank t uuck trans porlin g gasotine ws 4 blown upj uy a territlc explosion 011 the sitreet .rnaontly -because a passerby who didn't know -what he was doing T 1 r'1 r "Our Family Medicine"'\ " WILL WRITE you in regard purely vegetable remedy, acting on A to Black-Draught liver mned- the liver, stomach and bowels. It icine, as I have beert using it is made from selected herbs and more than 18 ycars," says a letter roAs, and,6ntains no cabinet or from Mr. S. F. Mintz, of R. F. D.2, other mineraidrugs. Leland, N.C. "I keep -It in -my ft has beenffound of greatvalue, home all the time, for it -is 'mostly in 'indigestion, stomach trouble, -our -family medicine. 'Whern we sick headathe, constipation, and begin to feel feverish or sluggish, laaW liver, helping to relieve the with trouble from 'the iliver <or symptoms caused b -stomach, we take a dose -of troubles, and.to'put the digestive TIhedford's Black4Draught andthe system Intoproperworking order. trouble is soon over. ilimostly-buy (eta package of Black-Draught a dollar packege-at.a time, ,and it liver medicine trom -your druggis 'has saved meimany P:bill." ordealer, today. Be sure to get Thedfordfs Black.'Draught 'is ~a the genuine" ~Thedford's. Thedford's BLAC!KmDRA;UOET A peurely Vegetable Uver Medicine ismaefrm -secd h'rb an SCRAP I --RON Bring us your scrap iron of all kinds. 25c Per Hundred Hymen Lurey Bank with% Thedfr' lacragtJ oisf the EN ae-ll'd ir. fiancia Freoibly hatoabe foun 0.dK.in e fr SEREirone of allknd. Bein a Pem er akoHisNin alred te menHatouebnk isoe ureyat siog HI ofBanknetgehrfrteptetonfou deoitrh Whe umwr mnty 'is inmou b ayo aniGET Twhen youARAT fteas EN can weo aser finai esons ieiy a to oue Reound Ba. K.ndor we culd ecoe ad memer ofnt inthEERL.E SERVMsyse O bankOR Ten aEmerpBakifse National System means Dhat, ourbank is one C. a V Rvast, n CAIN of bak like toehrfrteprtcino u depositors Whe yor mtwyisin ur ankyouca GET:&v picked up a piece T chain. i4e ;0 t1he chain dangling by one end trom the truck and tholught he wou-Id pos sibly save the 'truck from being wrecked through fouling the -eJain in one of the weels.. The man didn't know 1he chain wias hanging there for a pur'pose. lie didn't -know, that gaSoline, unlke water, is a non-conductor of electrici ty. 'Possibly he didn't even know that flowJng gasoline, espeicially when strained through such materials as chamois skin .filters, 4ts ip consider able charges of frik'ional or static electricity. But that was what cause( the' truck's destruction. Usuilly wher the big tank -truck .itcks pl) to the till iag plug at a SeraIce station or othel Mforage place, the metallic nozzle fron .the truck tuchos the muetalic intaki plipe and tius forms a ground for an3 <charge of statk- ,electricity that miay wolleet in the truck. -Sometimes, how ever, the nozzle does not touch i ground polilt, .an3d with no orner me tallic ground from the truck the ca is perfectly insulated, standing as 14 does on rubber tires. Sometimes, alsc the nozzle of the truck outlet pi? rests against a 'wooden piece in the In take #.dpe and is thereby likewise i sulated, for dry wood Is also anl insa lator. While the gasoline is poured intc the storage tank a certain amount 61 vapor arises, and there is certain te be some albout the intake and the truck. The flow of the liquid will set ll) a static charge in the truck. As the charge increases, It may become strong enough to leap the gal) to the nearest ground, or the two points may 'be brougit into contact. There is a spark, a flash, an explosion and untold damage may' result. Consequently tUhu careful tank driv er always- has a metallic' part hanging from the truck to the ground, a rod or chain, to drain off the electric charge as it collects, as long as the gasoline Is being drawn off. The same basic fact has been the cause of numerous smaller fires and explosions in garages, both private and public. In one instance, a car was being filled with gasoline from a can. 'While the entloye ran the gas into the can -he strained it tnrough a chamois dilter in a funnel. To make the funnel sit up straight ill the hole in the tank a wooden ring was placed in the hole and the funnel was placed in that. Thus the can was isolated. After pouring some .gasoline into tile tank, the man brought the can spout into contact with the -tank. There was a spark, a 'flash and the resulting ex plosioll. A mai was pumping gasoline into a can ill ils own *garake. .He hung the pail on the hook over the spout of the puib:). lie did not notice that the pail had a wooden handle. By reason of the wooden handle the pail was in sulated from the pump. The flowing gasoline set up a static charge in tile pail which leaped the gap to the pulll) and another -fire was started. -Friction of silk cloth will i)produce static electricity, and fires have been caused, it has been replorted to gov ernmlent agencies, whlen silk clothls soaked with benizine or gasolinle were used to ru'b -the grime .off mlechianics' hands. S~parks are a prolific course of gasoline fires, esplecially sparks froml open flames, broken electric lights, and from friction. EIven tile clash 011 a concerete pavemnent of tile nails in shoes have -heen known to form sparks whlich resuitedl ini fires whlenl gasolne vapior was1 Present. . If gasolinle is storedl in all open .place, such as ' a pail, the Un ited Stgtes bureau of mlineg~ reports, the rCom in whlich thle 1laii is left will shortly be illied wVithl an easily ex iplosive mlixture. Tihe limits of explosi bility al-C betwveen 1.5 peCr cen~t an~d t& per' cent ol' gasoline vapor ill all-. Iln other- wVords, only a little gasolinle vapor is needled to render all- exiplo sixe-one and onle--half feet of gaso line vapor- for- each 97 1-2 feet of air. One gallon of gasoline cani under- per' feet condition, r-endoer 2,100 feet of air ex.:l osive. LONEJ liSE MAltlS TH'IE CO)TTION MAiIKETl Lowest aime in tihe Fjrst Two Ses sionis While Highest lienlced on (lose. Neil Orleans, .Oct. 22.--A long rise marked the cotton mar-ket last -week, lowest prices colmng in tile -first two sessions while hlihest prices wer\ reachled 'on tihe closinlg session. Froml declin'es uind'er- the close of tile preC ceding week of fifteen -to tbwenty-f'ouri points thlere was a rise to advances of 117 to 142 points over, thle r'ange of fluctuations being (37 to 157 points. After trading as low as -21.72, Decem ber~ rose to 23.22 and closed at 23.17i gents. Spot clrices gained 125 points on mkidling, whichl closed at 23. cents against 18.25 011 tile close last week 'a year ago, Tile nmain r-easonls for tile advancl es iwere to be found in the spot depart ment waher-e the dlenand constanltly broeadened while offeings precepitibly lessened. A ideep impression was made early. l9 the wek by messages from poihtts in 'i'excas stemting that: in .some case, tile entire day's offerings of spots consisted 'of a single bale. Later, Textis replorts stated that both foreigh and domestic spot hous es had in'atructed their buycrs to get cotton, regardless of the price. On the closing session no little buying wis aroused (by the claim that fari ers' narketing bureaus were tying u) from 25,000 to 30,000 bales of spots daily. All sections of the belt sent in reports that were etqually as bullish as the Texas aceounts and in the e- -n helt it was said that cotton mill; ore reaching out. into the territory st rounding them and ignoring ntiddle ien and railroads, were buying up cotton and shipphig It to theit' exare honses on their own motor tI'ucks. Fu rther reports of a la'ge buisiness being done. in cotton gooils intensi fied the effect 'i'o nSt . 'The eeii nus Ibro au will issue itli report ol 911iningr to (t-toiier 18, 'edtnestav an1d the figures may hima an imlpmt-'llit bearing on the net reSt'lts of the week. Loso Leaf imedgers. Etc. Advertiser Brinting Co. Orea (Ckffihrg Stie. J. C. 'burns & Co. ' LAND SALE State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. M. V. Brown, Plaintiff, against .1. C. Langston and Planters (G rocery Company, Defendant. Pursuant to a Decree of the Court In the above stated case. I will sell lit pitblic outcry to the highest bidder, at I1U urens, C. II., S. C., oil Salesday in November next, being .\onlay the tli day of thf monhi, during t he legal hours for such sales, the following de scribed property. to wit: All that certain tract, %:iiece. or par vci of land, having the following boluidaries: Situoated inl Jacks Towna ship, County of I latrens, Souith Caro luna. an( knowi as the 011 Wlit mtore Place, ald fountded as follows: oi tile niorthi by Iive hain1ds, now owied by William Coleman, oi the east by hinds of William Coleman. on tl( sooth by anuds of Ms. 1.. 1P. Langston and (Gus I'avidson, an1d west by lands of W\'il liam Coleman: containing two hun dred forty-three (2 1:13) acres, more or less. Terms of Sale: Cash. 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