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r \ ?. HAVEN'T YOU AND YOUR WIFE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT "BUYING A HOME?" WELL, IT CAN BE DONE. IT BESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU. THE FIRST THING 18 TO COME IN AND START A BANK ACCOUNT, THEN REGULARLY ADD AH MUCH AS YOU CAN NI'AHK. KEEF THIS IT AND IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL YOU CAN BUY THAT HOME, AND YOU CAN BUY IT CHEAPER FO* CASH. YOU WILL RECEIVE FOUR PER CENT. INTEREST. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C FOOTER'S AGENCY IN CAMDEN IS ONLY ONE OUT OF MORE THAN 200 SUCH AGENCIES SCATTERED OVER THE UNITED STATES, BUT THEY ALL REPRESENT THE SAME^OOTER'S DYE WORKS OF CUMBERLAND, MD. / AMERICA'S GREATEST ciEANERS AND DYERS Represented in Camden by .. j. ferris Mcdowell Telephone 145. FOR SALE Twenty-five Good, Young Cotton Mules. Also Four Pair Good Heavy Wagon Mules L. I. Guion, Lugoff, S. C. Red Cedar Shingles LAST INDEFINITELY WE SELL ONLY THE BEST ANY QUANTITY j g AT LOW PRICES JSHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED DAVIDSON & COMPANY TELEPHONE 104 <#The Middle Town Yard" ? Main Street, Next] to Court House. NYE WAS 'WAY OFF j How Humorists Were "Stuno" in Business Venture. ' Anecdote James Whltcomb Riley Um4 to Tell, Dealing With the Wile. t Of the Publisher ? AH They Got Wu ? Feed. Anion* the Iimny COinlCHl atOflM told of Jahtee Whltcomb Hljejr'f expe riences with Nye was the history of a book called "Nye and Klley'a Hallway Guide," which gave them a broud per aonal and legal experience with pub Ushers. From their first tour In 1886 their fancy ran riot with the Idea of a comic railway guide for Just such poor, Ill-fated travelers as they them selves proved to be, for the man. aa tbey wrote to the introduction, "who erroneously geta Into a car which la sidetracked and swept out and scrubbed by people who take In cars to scrub and laundry." "Nye and I," Itlley used to aay, "thought a little book made from our readings might perhaps stanch a long felt public want. In fnct, we grew en thusiastic as our eyes swept the pros pect. Nye, Indeed, thought there was money In it I remember that, in his optimism, he wrote; 'Let us m*ke some money, be gosh, and. put It In our Inside pocket. It feels bully.' lUley always chuckled reminiscent ly at this point in the story. "Well, we went to Chicago to look for a publisher, and there we found one Ketchem & Sklnnem who had a sign on the door, 'Drop Mf&S. llere.' We dropped ours and went away feel ing pretty good." II Hey then told of a long wait, dur ing which they wondered whether the manuscript would be accepted; then bow glad tbey were to find the book on sale at the news stands, and Anally how they paid a visit to the publishers to inquire timidly Into the matter of royalties. The door was locked. Some months later, In response to their let ters, came an invitation to a banquet given by the publishers In their honor. Hopefully they presented themselves. "As we filed In to dinner Nye whis pered to me, 'Think they'll hand checks with the cigars?' Well, when the cigars were passed at length the publisher at the head of the tnble pushed back his chair, put his finger tips on the cloth, benmed on us, and said : " 'Gentlemen and publishers, we have met to do honor to our two illus ' Trio lis humorists tonight in an un jisual way. AVe appreciate their bu rn o?, especially thnt which has made our book so successful. And In token of our. appreciation we now present to them one hundred shares apiece In our great company. Ahem ? I heller? that Is all !' "It was all. Nye and I hoped at first for the best, but neither of us secretly could find' any market for our shares and the company never paid any dividends before It went out of business." ? Harper's Magazine. His Fortunate Investment. / flosthene Gallals, former wholesale, oyster and lee cream dealer, who en- ' tered Into business In St. Louis as a scissors grinder, and who accumulated a fortune estlmnted by his family at $3,000,000, through investment, several years ago, of $30,000 in Oklahoma land, on which oil later was found, died re cently at his home in Tulsa, Okla. Gallals' rise to riches Is one of the most InterestJLngu of the many oil ro mances In Oklahoma-. His original In vestment had lain dormant for years and he did not know that oil had been discovered on his land until he received his first royalty. Since then his wealth had Increased by leaps and bounds until It enabled him to become the largest Individual property owner In Tulsa, caused him to erect a 10-story office building there as a monument to the city near which he found his wealth and carried him into affluence. The Kalserln'a Baggage. The knlserln seems to have been more fortunnte than some queens In the matter of luggage in her flight to Hollnnd, since her luggage, though de scribed as rather shabby, was appar ently plentiful. As a rule escaping queens have been badly provided. , When Charles X nnd his entourage were turned out of France one who went down to see them remarked that they had nothing In the way of ?furnishings." though they had money. Louis Philippe and his queen crossing the channel as Mr. and Mrs. Smith, were ill-provided, and there Is the case of the ex-Empress Eugenie, whose message to a friend when she reached England was "Come to me; I have nothing ? not even a handkei* chief r Deoay ef Mourning Wear. Nothing is more remarkable In oUr social life at this time than the rar Ity of conventional mourning, says London Dally Chronicle. There are millions of bereaved people In these Islands, yet It Is uncommwi to en counter anybody who wears the "trappings and the snlts of woe. " We haye found a Juster way of showing respect for the dead than by change lng the hue of our clothes. Only at the two extremes, east and west, will you now discover a woman wearing widow's "weeds.'* Crowns to the Discard. Dentist ? What seems to be the trou ble today? Tour face Is all rwollen. Pstieat? Why some of my teeth have started, a revolt and havs picked oft the erowm jro* put on mj back tootk. GROWING SWEET POTA TOES. An Easily Grown, Profitably Crop For South Carolina. CliniKon College.- -There are few crop# so well adapted to South Caro lina conditions that can ba grown with equal success and profit as can the sweet potato. This crop offers to the grower every advantage that Is offered by other fields or truck crops, says Geo. P. Hoffman. Bxtenslon Ser vice horticulturist. Soil selection, preparation, fertllti inn. careful fitting and planting, and cultivating are the essentials of anc cess in the growing of ? tro* ol sweet potatoes. Soil: The sweet potato adapts it self to a great diversity of soils, but it delights In and thrives best on a well drained sandy or clay loam un derlaid with a clay subsoil. But re gardless of the apparent ideal physi' cal condition of t'ie soil, tkis crop must he rotated each year. Bweet potatoes may follow corn, cotton, small grain, and leguminous cover crops, and may be easily and effect ively worked into any well balanced three-year rotation system. Preparation of 8oll: The soil may be thoroughly and deeply prepared by turning twine to a depth of 6 to 8 Inches, followed by cross discing. Crooked and Irregularly formed roots result from shallow preparation of the soil. Therefore, deep and thorough preparation is very essential In the growing of marketable potatoes. Fertilizers: Both barnyard manure and commercial fertilizers are recom mended, but the former must be Judi ciously used. Because of present shortage of potash the element of plant food most needed *n excess In potato production, liberal applications of barnyard manure will be found to be very effective In helping to reduce this shortage and to correct the physical condition of the soil. The fertility and physical condition of the soil should determine the amount of the applications. Ordinarily, both com mercial fertilizers and barnyard ma nures are applied In the drill, when the soil is being fitted for setting the plants, and, later, as a side dresser. Fitting the 80II and 8ettlng the Plants: Preparatory to setting the plants lay off rows 3^4 to 4 feet apart and apply the barnyard manure (8 to 10 tons per acre) or commercial fer tilizer made of two-thirds 16% acid phosphate and one-third cotton-seed meal applied in the drill at the rate of 400 to 600 pounds per acre, and thoroughly mix with the soil. The planting beds of medium height, de pending upon drainage, should be thrown up and dragged down. The plants or vine-cuttings should be set ? 14 to 18 inches apart, the period for setting the plants Is from May 1 to July 15th. To correct the packed con 1 dltion of the soil brought about through the transplanting process, the water furrows should be harrowed "TOr otherwise shallow cultivated im mediately following the setting of the plants. For late plantings, the one-leaf vine cuttings 8 to 10 Inches long are more .desirable than are the slips v or "draws." this being especially true in the growing of seed stock. Varieties: Nancey Hall, Porto Rico, and Triumph are the leading and most popular varieties grown in this State. Triumph is one of the earliest yarleties, and should be planted when potatoes are grown fojjftarly market. Cultivation: Frequent and shal low cultivation should be practiced until the vines have covered the ground, during which period the greatest of care must be exercised In the turning the vines. At the first cultivation, which consists o? a care ful hoeing and siding with a broad furrow, <a side dressing of a mixture of one-third cottonseed meal and twe thirds 16 per cent acid phosphate should be applied at the rate of 400 to 600 pounds per acre, and thoroughly mixed with the soil. The Orangeburg sweep or heel bow and shovel will be found to be very effective in cultivat ing this crop. A Record of Profits: The following record of expenditures and returns on an acre of sweet potatoes in 1917-18 was furnished us bv a grower in Rich land County. South Carolina, the crop having been produced in 1917 ?Jid marketed during the late winter and early spring. Expenditures. Rental value of land f 8.00 Turning and harrowing twice 4.00 Bedding ground 1.50 Compost ? 10 loads at $1.00.. 10.00 Spreading compost 1.60 Plants? 10.000 at $2.50 16.00 Setting plants J. 26 Hoeing three times 3.00 Plowing and turning vines.. 4.25 Cotton8eed*nTeal; H ton at #48 *4 00 Applying cottonseed meal.... 1.50 Harvesting and storing 12.00 Total expenditures I 97.00 Returns. 270 bushels No. 1 potatoes at $1.60 f 412.0<f 30 hushels culls at $0 50.,.. 15.00 Total I 427.00 ? Profit I 330.00 Alt deep cultivation should he dona before the seed are put In. The bene fits of shallow cuKivation Are: 1. It prmrents formation of fallow crust on the surface. 2. It forma a duirt mtttcH. whkA prevents loas of soil moisture. 3. Tt lets air Into the sofl. 4. Tt nukes plant food available. K. ft destroys weeds and trass be fore ffisy fel a Arm bolt ft* Chs ML ?? 1 -? . WILL HAVE A CARLOAD OF hupmobiles SOON- GET IN YOUR APPLICATION NOW Can make immediate Mirer, on ClmWeU ?d Franklin*. Goodrick T.r?? and Monogram Q,l. GEO. T. LITTLE. Camden, S. C Always Ready , ... V* The big advantage of a regular feed store is th*t you can always And what you want, without runjtfjig all over town after it. Just geti in the habit of com ing to us for anything in the grain and seed line, it is here for you. Patronize a house that provides lor your every want. \ \ o ' . ' ? ;? V " ----- V;- ? Springs & Shannon The Store That Carrie* The Stock. -.v . "? ? ??' ?/ I .. - ?' ';v; ?' :? v-. 9 Can live in comfort J in old age by sav ing: when young. We invite every young person in this com munity to open a savings account with us. $1 makes , the start. Four per cent in terest makes it grow. ? ? ?? . ? . 1 Loan & Savings Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C. Satisfaction and Service We give both. p We set a fair price on staple and fancy groceries at the same time that we set your table. The most particular palate is delighted with a breakfast, dinner or supper of our high grade gro ceries well prepared. 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