Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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>k from Augjs >r oh*#r Mrs. M. . Carola?? i*ooUt hb*> Ip through ihe Wliiisrtis left Krhlay College, roak.n* the oqant.T In hi* -anted by Mr, W. ?MH? ?nhroisi la epeodlbK a 1? his mother ?ad Wltftttot iff. delightful w4?k relatives In toinv 1_ ftt.ftt ISMO tju as.to .4? ffl.5? U 27.90 Democratic executive Wednesday, the et the club rolls any other bi stnesx 01?. At this meeting foe the primary will be of the city clerk ..ml rereafter be open for Of business with the t a. m. to 3 p. m. This the Jt tereet or bu*i bsd* k. nrlU enable the Work, e/ithoit Inter.-up Mtip>afternoon. The same ho able |e go more work wot* wp?n not subjected Interruptions at all houra _ ** fhey have heretofore .Jgp I*?** *ho bane bntlnsoa with, *yi?f|gho*n>k can without Ineonvenb ?4gaaa? *#m*g* to do no between > ami w;fftl>P*?v jbmt aa those who have fcsjsjgggdg* 'evlftfe the haaks^i rnnnact it tcttweee t end I o'clock ? sv '4M* ilagfttlatUerlon over the price o*>?insiiii k? probably justified, but theeW to no fair basis of comparison tth* pNoes that sre poid on the I Caeoima gwarhou biter in the a. Sb thlf giate tobicco la aold dod and In bulk, while In North lam tho'tobaece Is sold by grade A ?real domi of Booth Otrollna to tsjsoo IS bought by speculators, who afctp It to other aieittet* and base It owaedsad then resell It. usually at a hage^OOhse profit The principal objec? tion* to) the market log system In this MM?|dro the practice of selling the fgCdeeo ungraded and the short period the markeU remain open. The entire *9+P ? forced on the market within jj[ff* *W*k?h? ??>d the v.iwn< nt of speou Igglsm has a great (teal to do wtth the sjtoe* that sre paid Wwo have been dodging the payment of the automobile llootiHe tax. a*s? liable to resewi a severe Jolt any 4)gy. The enforcement ?genta or the ?late highway commission ere making a tour of ths Piste sear* hing for de HnrVoport reached the city today that ? SJOffro was killed Saturday night In IfSe county between Mareevllhi end ldpachbur* He wss ?tat bed to death hy another negru man i.i a row over IMVE MUCH ECONOMIC VALUE -r 1 ^Wtla; Of ??Uttum tf NtUirt* H.story 7 tilt Of Important* tf BaU In Jamaica. Ba4vm'nf recently from tlie Island tt Jamaica, In tht West Indies, where lit spent tour months on a scientific expedition, H. B. Anthony, associate curator of mammals at the Museum j ,vf Natura1 History, Drought back with j htm many fine eneetmenr of bats, j which art numerous on that and other . ! rands lo the West Indies,.says the) New York Times. | "The only mammals native to the 1 Island today,** llr. Anthony said, "are I 20 species of bats and one apeclett of ; rodent. These different bats rang.} in ' ?Tie from email bats, with a wing : rt pseud of tix Inches, up to very Jnrgo I Ma. with ? wing apasad oi from 28 tt 90 iTjchta." Ptoplo In tflo United States, where hfttn are coujpftratfvely rare anlir als, hhytxft> Idea ot the variety and aimn danr* of thean in such a place as on,<*f the important eemomlc Tftfhsft of tht bat. They are either In ?M eatingor feed <m fruits. The m ntcl scfctpg vartety are small for the nates part ?aud. hare considerable vftluoM insert 4estreyers, They feed ?* monqtitees^ad ou ft great variety tf vMnged tateet life, many of which ?re? eocs^rloua to man or injurious to ??tle^ure,. ? AUSTRALIA HAS MUCH IRON Beemoors Utam I -Immense Quantities Avallahlt in the Southwest Part tf the Country. aUidnc ?gtoeers have reported to traft Anetniian foveroraent Uiat ln> I mense quantities of iron ore are avail? able at Tftaanf ttnnd, In, southwest AuatraUa. The oathiiate puts the amount of ore ?*aJlftNt^at is in .?Hat ihore sea-lever-at 97000,000 '-?taft. The larger quantities. are on Keolnn Island, where the lode rises am feet shove the water line; the 4ode It ooar' 100 faet wide, und is traced ?rar neftrfe fear m<tee, but really ex? tends rtaftr through the Island. On Oorjathy Uand the height It 800 feet, Bit t Odo ygaiaig from and tn end of Iba intend The Quality of the ore )? exception? al, tWe It only 1 per*cent of silica aooftfthO tad* very little sulphur. These aaftlyaes oesapsre favorahly with the tatst known Inn deposits In the world. yawroattdland (Bell Island) ore is mtm per cent metallic iron, with O.M) [ per cent fttlea. The French ores run I to. 17^0 per cent, tht Cn?\oerland (Chglaad) to 43.80 per cent, the Span? iah <BUboa> to 6U84r and the Algerian ?o ft tnenn of uhout 60. J ? i i In, ? Bolshevist Stud Farm. Hi the live Stock Journal of London a corrsejKmdent relates the observe Met jt tn Bngtlsh horse-trainer re? cently escaped from Russia: "The Bol? shevists went to nil the stud forms and divided tht) stock among themselves. Hie best stahlou in Russia, imported just before the war at an enormous espouse, was given to s possum, who took the horse off to his village n the interior to draw his cart Tor a few,days and then be slaughtered for food. The bolshevlsU then started an improved < stud farm under nationalist/ manage? ment. They made It up of tlx stallions and one mare," Location at Uranus The latent calculations, based on the perturbations ot Uranus, are stated by Dr. JBrlc Doollttle to show that the hypothetical planet beyond j Neptune Is nearly four bi llon miles from the sun, and requires 283 years to complete a revolution In Its orhlt It Is much smaller than other distant J planets, with a mass only six times ' that of the earth. This is a secret of Its elntiveness, and Its discovery is expected to reveal a minute body of only the twelfth or thirteenth magni tude^ Search Is now being made for this mystery of the skies near Gemini's | western bordev. .' I ft lope st Frecxsr In World. The biggest freeser In the world, with ft capacity of 60,000.000 pounds, baa Just been completed aud Is now in operation at the Chicago plant of a large meat-packing concern. It has been erected for the dual purpose of freezing meat products, particularly for export, and of storing products during ihe>period of heavy production, to insure a supply at all times. The building is ten stories high aud was erected at a cost of $2,000,000. Golf by Plane. Two modern touches In golf were Introduced at th? big professional tournament at Glsncagles, la Perth? shire, recently. Airplanes, bringing spectators, ar? rived^ at regular intervals from Glas? gow, 47 miles away, aud every com? petitor wore a distinctive number ou his Jacket to facilitate recognition.? Dfttly Mall, London. What Hs 8a.d. Paul and oerald, twins, were visit? ing their grandmother in a distant city. One afternoon grandmother ?valkel to the nearby grocery, taking OerrM with her, Paul being asleep. The grocer gave Uernld an apple which ho silently accepted. Grandmother turned to Uerald and said: "Now, what do you aayT "Give me one for Paul." , A Forfeited Distinction. / ?Why don't you write another letter to the p&per and sign it Taxpayer?' " Ml can't conscientiously assume the title. I'm on the del in quern list,'* Mr.' 1 i y_i PROUD OF THEIR CLIMATE1 .- i Residents of Eastern Shore of Mary land Relate Pretty Legend In Coo ncotion With It I went over to Baltimore to speak j to a Methodist conference some time ! ago. I met there a splendid-looking man, with a long, flowing, wh^te beard, sod :i said to film, "Do you preach In this section of the country Y* He said, "Yes, sir; I come.from the eastern shore of Maryland. Have you ever been on the eastern shore ?" I said, "No; I am sorry to say that I have seen every other beauty spot tin this country, I believe, but I never have seen that." "Well," he said to me, ??we love that country. I have been preaching* there for aixty-aix years. We are a strange people and we have some strange leg? ends, and one of them is that a long, long time ago when Adam and Bvg lived In the Garden of Eden, they fell aick, and the Lord was very much disturbed about them, and he called n council of his angels and wanted to know where they should bo taken for a change of air, so that they might Improve. ' *The angel Gabriel auggested that thej should be taken to tile eastern shore of Maryland, and the Lord ssld, ?No, no; tn?t would not be sufficient Change!"?Franklin K. Lane in the National Geographic Magazine. NAPKINS NOT JUST SUITABLE j ? But Man Meant Well, and Fortunately the Teachers Had a Sense of Humor? Ihe parents of the pupils of a large Indiana ward school decided to give the teachers a "surprise dinner party. Accordingly they took charge of the building one evening, herded the teachers in one room and made ready the table for the dinner. But just ga everybody was about ready they fotnd that they bad forgotten nap? kins. Ope of the hostesses accord? ingly telephoned her . husband who worked In a department store. "The colors are pink and white so bring something appropriate," she told him. He bought, them?pluk and white. Be t when they were opened they dis? played storks holding In their mouthy thi? time-honored new babies. The he Stesses were horror stricken .but this teachers, ready to grasp the awk? wardness of fife situation, led in laugh? ter. ? But that man, says that he will move out of that school district be? fore there la another banquet for touchers.?Indianapolis News. DidVt Look Like Police. Spbrt la making great stride* In j Finnce, but the police occasionally mike 81range mistakes when they see a long line jf runners sprinting along the roads and across country. Not long ago at Vincennes a number of young athletes from the military school of sport were indulging In a pfiper chase through the woods when they wertj arrested by gendarmes for being improperly dressed. They were all in white vests and running shorts. The gendarmes, however, had appar? ently not heard of such articles of at? tire or of the military school of sport. Protests made by the colonel in com? mand had no effect. A few days later, however, when the local gendarmes made? a fresh haul of a dozen athletes, they realized their er? ror, (for the leader explained that he was an inspector of police and that tie runners behind him were all Paria policemen enjoying a fortnight's train? ing.?From the Continental Edition of t ie London Mall. Side Whisker Back In Lonlon. ' The London exquisite Is doing his i test to cultivate side whiskers, a fash- j Ion that was somewhat frowned upon ) I. few years ago when Lord Roeksav tge attempted its resurrection. But that was in the days before the war and probably It Is as a change from 1he regulation military mustache of the last five or six years that British Ifoung men of today are growing tufts of hair In front of their ears with most hideous result. The earl of Lonsdale and his broth? er, the Hon. Lancelot Lowther, have ilways been famous in the fashionable world for wcartug "sideboards," but in Ibis hirsute face fitting they are dsual ly credited with a desire to suggest the "sporting" atmosphere in which they are generally to be found. A Passing Jest. We should have thought of this Joke before, but even yet, If we hurry, a gentle reader here and there will know what we are talking about. Rfgga?Yon might not think it to look at him, but there ia a great deal In that young UAH. Dlggs?No; he carries it well, bllt I sruelled It on his breath. Can't Make Knife Handlea. The scarcity of camphor, tho output of which Is controlled by Japan, is taring I serious effect on the cutlery trade In Sheffield, England. For cam? phor Is an essential Ingredient of cel? luloid, und the cutlers find It impos? sible to get enough of this for knife handles. A Paradox. "It Is the vote that does the talk? ing." "Yes. und they say It is the allent vote, too."- Baltimore American. Expsrlencs Teaches. Teacher?"Jimmy, give an example of minority ruling." Jimmy?"When th?'ie is a baby in the family."?Boys' Ufa, SNAKE-EATER* IN SON ENTION GatheNng Which It Held Annually hi NortA Africa Munt Pa a Re? pulsive Sight After a lapse of five years, the an nual convention if the snake-eaters of northern Africa has lately been held. Seventeen of tlm most renowned rep? tile consumers from various parts of Tunis and Algeria took part. An extraordinary feature of the con? vention was that most of the snake eaters served Ii the French array during the war, many of thera wearing the medals they won in Franca More than four hundred small snakes of various sizes were carefully measured and distributed to the com? petitors. A score-keeper watched each man, and ie tpectators cheered the "eaters" at the top of their voices. The "eating" consisted of forcing a snake into the mouth as quickly as possible, but nj bunching or rolling up of the reptiles was allowed. The snake had to he forced in head first, und as soon as the tall had disap? peared, which it usually did with ex? traordinary rapidity, the competitor quickly snatchfd It out of his mouth and inserted another. The man who finished his 24 snakes first was adjudged the wluner, and was presented With a prize consist? ing of a round ball studded with brass nails and hunf with brass chains, to which were Attached silver and gold coins. MIGHT BE CARRIED TOO FAR ! - Physician Cou d Hardly Be Expected to Rejoice In Patient's Exposition of Imagination. Perkins was feeling decidedly queer; he couldn't ge: on with his work; he couldn't do arytWngl So he decided 1 to pay a visit i:o the doctor. "I don't feel up to the mark," he said to the mai of medicine. 'Can ybu give me a goo I tonic?" With pursed lips the doctor sur? veyed him for a moment or two, and, rising from hip chair, remarked: "Has it ever occurred to you that there's a greit deal in Imagination, Mr. Perkinsr "Certainly, doctor," answered Per? kins. "Then go cut of this surgery and imagine that there's nothing the mat? ter with you. Come back in a week and let me know how you feel!" The patient wont, doctored himself And returned to the physician at the appointed time. ??Ah, ah," said the doctor. "You are ! feeding better now, I can see. Didn't I tell you there was a great deal in imagination?* "That's true," said PerklDa. "What W your charge?" "Five dollars'," said the doctor. "Well, imagine you've got It I" said ! Perkins.?London Tit-Bits. Says Mosquitoes Punctured Tiro. The biggest big mosquito story of the season in credited to Fred Zavat- , kny, employed by the New York and ! New Haven Railroad company at Win- * sted, Conn. With a party of friends he ' motored in his car to Riverton, three | or four miles distant, on a fishing trip, j He left his car near the village and I upon-return!ag from the brook, be no- i tired that a spare tire fastened to the rear of the car was literally covered with giant "skeeters." They all seem ed to be lr working order, too, be? cause when Zavatkay had to use the new tire to replace a flat one on the ; way home be declared he found It had been \pvnctired by the huge mos? quitoes. Humming Bird Awee Woodchuck. "The dimensions of an intruder were not I considered at all by Sir Ruby," says R. L Brasher, writing of a humming bird. "A flat lazy wood chuck, sitting upright on his hind legs, j calmly chewing a sprig of leaves and I surrounded by an admiring circle of Leghorns, was Informed in no uncer- I tain manner that he was outside of j his domain. He returned to his | proper tenltory with an abruptness which scattered the hens in a wild flurry of cickling. Perhaps the sud? den changn from lethargy 4o action aroused th<? suspicion that he was a fox in groundhog's fur!"?Boy's Life. Rabbit Drlvea in Washington. Jack rabbifs to the number of 35,000 j have sacrifced their lives In the drives recently undertaken in eastern Wash iugton under the supervision of the biological survey. The demand for the meat in the larger cities of the North wagt proved to be good. White-tailed 1 rabbits brought $2.50 a dozen, and tin' | black-tailed variety sold for about j Preference was shown for those which bAd been shot rather than hurried and clubbed. The carcasses, to be salable, ! should be drawn as soon as possible j after they are cooled, it is pointed out. An extension of the CtunpiAlgU 1? planned. Radical Notions. "I heerr tell," said Qap JOBftAOtt of Rumpus Ridge upon bit return from the COUnty seat, "that they are tigger ing on putting a pipe organ into the new Church In town." >4YVel|, it may be all right for them thAt likes it that away," severely re turned M ?. Johnson, "but as for me I'm plum ag'ln sniokbY In church!"? kausal 0 ty star. Sure Sign. "Wife darted housoclennlng ret?" ?Qufhg fJO. Sin 's begun telling the neighbc?' that I'm not n bit of use around the house."?Detroit Free Press. METT?ESDAY Motorization of Street Depart? ment Giveji Careful Consider? ation by Council THREE TRUCKS TO BE PURCHASED City Manager Recommends Purchase ol' Motor Driven Pump for Water System and That Wello Be Deepened \_ At a regular meeting of council held Tueday evening in the council chamber Mayor L# D. Jennings and Councilmen D. U. McCallum and J. A. (Kafneld were present. The minutes of JlU' 13 were read, and approved. The matter of additional help in ihe clerk's offlc? was further discuss? ed, and also the advisability of chat.;; Lnjl the Office' hours from $ a. cn. to 3 p. It). to ena'jle the present offlce force, with the help of one additional clerk, which was authorised by coun? cil, to balance up and close the book.4 for She day's work. Due notice will be given the p jiblie when the revised office hours will go into effect. The letter of resignation of Mr. E. H. Lynam superintendent of the Are alarm system. i\as road to council by the city manager. As soon as another man call be secured for this work. Mr. Lynam will be released. Motorization of the street departs ment of the ciiy again received care? ful consideration by council and it was decided to purchase three trucks for tue present. It is Mi. Stlllwe?'s plan to place one truck for the collec? tion of garbage only; one for the work at the electric light plant;, and one to be equtped with a body suit? able for carrying hose, ladders, and minor fire-fighting equipment, placed in thv l ire Department as an uuxil iry truck Tbis piece of apparatus will remain in the Fire Depart? ment until the new apparatus arrives when it will replace the Ford equip? ment now in tise. In response to inquiries regarding the purchase cf garbage cans, the best bid, that the C tv Manager was able to* obtain vvas from the Sanitary Supply1 Company of Atlanta, Oa. This com? pany offers for sale a garbage can of approximately 25 gallons capacity at $2.r?o f. o. b. Atlanta. These cansj are of the ve *y best make reinfore? ?1 throughout and with eovers^said cansj having been used by the United States army and guaranteed to be in first class condltioi. The Council author? ized Mr. ftttlhVel) to purchase 600 cans for the present. An ordinance, in ref? erence to the use of such cans will be drafted and approved by Council at a subsequent meeting. In reference to an additional boiler at the u tter works plant. Mr. Stillwell stfuort that he bad further investi? gated the matter, ascertaining that a boiler to meet all requirements would cost approximately jk.ooo, and in his Opinion an electric driven pump would be more economical to install, and giv? greater reliability inasmuch as the electric light plant would be in a position to furnish power to drivt this pumip in the very near future. Mr. St ill well wot, instructed to pur- ! chase iaioV pump and install same &tt quickly aa possible. Mr. Stillw-'M'*! recomnu ndr tion in regard to htcrefl I ed water supply was that present wells be thoroughly cleaned out and possibly driven deeper. This tecom jnamdeiion was approved ard t h<? work wi'l proceed as rapidly as possi? ble. Duo to the fact that the. deposit ol $2 on e'ectric meters was too small to cover the many losses sustained lit the city, on account of parties leevttlt without paying the'r monthly hi'5*. ir wits decided by council to inercise tlio deposit to, S4. effective at once Council dhen adjourned. Population of Georgia Announced Washington, August 2.?The popu? lation of Georgia, the first State an? nounced, with one enumeration dis? trict missing, 2,?03.uur They Ji crea^ed 10 9 P#r cent. Oil Produces Life's Necessaries. It has been said that every possible necessity of a man's life, save the water he drinks and the air lie breathes, may be supplied, either <R rectly or Indirectly, through the u?e Of petroleum products, and even wa? ter may te pumped by a gasoline en? gine. Arctic Night Viewed solejy as a matter of optica, the Arctic night is as dark as any night ^Explorers In high latitudes any, however, that there are many allevia? tions of the obscurity. The stars tlf.sh keenly, the moon comes along in a regularjsticci.ision of phases, the snow surface relieves the gloom under con? ditions oi the utmost absence of lifcht, and the aurora borealls is the fines! kind of illuininant. Explorers all agree that their men pass the winter DAffct without tuuch dltiiculty if only there uro means of amusement. M f.qual to the Occasion. *Spcnl:lug of accommodating hots' managen," said a traveler, "the bean I ever tuet was In a provincial town I rettcNH the hotel late in the evening .lust before I retired 1 l?er;rd a seam perlng under the bed, and saw a cou pie of J trgo mfs Just escaping. I at once complained at the olhee. Thi manager was as serene as a summet breese. Til fix tha* all tight, sir." iw said. 'Loots! Take a cat to ruoji II at once.' ? General Confla; in Dublin T! ARMY BEING RE More Frequent and Battles Between Ti Republicans DOblin, July 31. Kcara Irish .situation, which is dailv more tense, may burst into' a1 conflagration at any moment pieawed in reftponsible <ruart A the present there s vlti civil law south of tho Hoyne pi that administered by Ri civil u cepf tl euurts. It is estimated that, there ?1 tveen 60.000 and 80.000 iulrj p ?>(! British soldiers in Ireland they are betnfc reinforced daiPj '1 en arriving from across the 4fl As a ^vsult thero are more*-*! a ad more stubborn 'battles hi the troops and the. Republican porters, who for a time had nir.c-h th' ir owe way. There hav? heen more arrests for carrying and neditiouK literature, as rept courtmartial show. Jt is egpet rumber of these arrests will im if the government succeeds in lag its "drastic measures"-in the ( f commons next week. Reprisal* by policemen and (tiers on villages suspected of horning men responsible for ti against the armed forces of the lire also expected here, the poll Inf particularly aroused over the' i.'icas made on their fellow ineigi n the meantime the Sinn r'einei carrying on their campaign, have :ual!y cleared the country ?~ ?arks. They are now turning* mention to country houses f, tniTrtary forces might he housed, i number of these have been bin" li.ring the last tm days. Attacks coast guard stations for the pai of capturing explosives have stopped, it having been este.bU that this practice was imperilling lives of seamen, who could not warned of marine dangers except these guards. Homes of coast gui are not immune, however, and a ?L ber of these have lately r^reived at? tention, in fact, it is commented;" nothing In Ireland is safe at present that mipht either be used against th}0* Republican movement or that might assist it. _ , Irish banks which do business wijth the Bexk-'of England and necessarily "1 make periodical shipment?, of butllOn to the letter institution have cslled\an the military ?.uthorittes for armed guards for the lorries that move the bullion at night. This has led to re? ports that hank reserves are being moved to England. Death The many friends of Mrs. Tda Ma? ( ole will regret to bear ot her death. She. died of typhoid fever after a days Illness in the Greenville hospl Sunday. July 25. Her body was brought to Burnt and was interred in the Sul cemetery, at 3 o'clek Tuesday p.^ She Is survived by her husbSi Mr. R. 1>. Tote and parents, Mr, at >irs. J. J. Johnson two brothers five sisters, of Sumter, 8. C. Aerial Compai Many difficulties had to be overcoaH In the production of a satisfactory rdmpass for aerial work. C'hlef among ?hese wps that of neutralizing the mag? netism of the engine (and in particular the magneto) and of preventing fJsjft effect of centrifugal foros, which cawed the card or dial Inside tho coct pass to swing in a direction quite 1?$4> pendent of north when th^ atrplfcUe ws8 banking on a turn. However, a truly excellent compass la now in The Old Story. We a*acd at our bo?*e for a mr^A that wo i'd make for plain living f.ud clear thinking, and they gave us an alligator nearsalsd with pomegrsmtta .r^eds dii l Th.m^u.nM^nO dressing*-* Rapids Presa ^^^w - _ ->r? A taood Friend. A good friend stand? by you when in need. Sumter people tell how Dean's Kidney Pills have stood thW test. E. W. Vogel, prop, furniture store., of 20 K. LlOerty St., Sumter endoro ed 1 Hun's eleven years ago and aga *? confirms the story, OouM you ask for more convincing testimony? "I suffered with kidney trouWe and pains tit rough the small of my bach several years ago," says Mr. Vo* gel. "Sometimes I would be to bad, I could hardly stoep over. My back was weak and I had to grve up work several tlmea I tried many different kidney remedies, but they didn't do me any good. At last I read about Dean's Kidney Pills and got some at Kemp's PharmadV. After using one box. all 'he pains dlsap pea red and six boxes in all cured in*." Mr. Vogel gav*> the above state? ment February 8, 1808 and over ten years later, or on February 14 1911, he added) "l still have great tal'V Hoan's Kidney Pills. They certathtr have none me worlds of good snd 1 am glad to contlrm the etrtement I gave some time ago " Price 60c, et all dealers, slmplv ask for a kidney remedy?git Dean's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Vogel had. Foster-afllburn Oo.. Mfgra. Buffalo, K. Y.?Advt. (T4)