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I' I 1MKI.URNZA WWT8 r How to Stop Si>rfd ?f Malady and Avoid CaUhln* It Yourself. j 'j'ln- |m'ikiii who coufC and discharge* a ^>ray wore'deafly ban bullet* ?>r UOUtit H'"1 ,iUNi> a,,<> <"t>Vrml b>' * ^ttud loPfhit-f- Spitting 'i*? Public places ami |ry sweeping ?rt' <1wnn?*rc?iiK and unlaw 'ul. .j i)lnsm's and eatiug utensils which b?v<' heea ,,M>d 1,1 rants <?*' other mblic places, or even by uieuVfcers of he family, must bo sterilleed by wush h< <? lx>iliiiK water to destroy the flowna ticking to theiu. To avoid infection our lii>H should not touch -the mouth ,iw\? of a pul?He telephone. 3. The waiter whose fingers handle Jgwe# or eating utensils soiled hy <u*e bouhl uot touch yiour bread, the e<lge I your ffUsa, cup, plate or knife, or l,e t*>wl o?f your spoon. 4. The hands of a permm who has u tinning nose,, a "cold in the; head" or flu" art- smeared with genua ? therefore, you must shake his hand or handle article he has touched, avoid touch U your lips, nose or eyes until you have irefiilly washed your 'hands. Never eat itbout 'first washing your hands. 5. Kememher that tho genus of "flu ixl penumOnia sto discharged front the outh anil nose, uot onljr of one whom recoguize as (being aick hut often f a pennon who seenw to be healthy. 6. To avoM infecting your child do ot kiss it near the mouth; it is un ife to kiss your ChiM heforo washing >ur face. 7. Do not visit one who has "flu" or newnonix-. The sick person should ivp a separate room and eating uten Jb. 8. Those who 'have colds or "flu" ink their lives and the lives of others going to work or to school. 0. Keep yourself fit (by avoiding as uch us possible overwork aud over itiivg. worry, fatigue, lock of sleep, and iventilated rooms (in the home, shop, ctory or- place of mnusement. ' Hinges that a^Texan has patented ihr a door so close to its frame that crack is loft to pinch fingers. KKWKK NKW8PAPHHN Mail) Have UlfapfKirod In lb* Pat>| Twelve Month*. (New York Elvouing Poatf' lu New York the Sun and the Iftotatil have b?eu merged. La?t year In the MWue city the Yiddish Pay aud Wahrelt united in t lu* l>ay-\Vahrelt. The Stats Zeitnug bought the .tQOrulQg edition <?f the Ilvraid, and the Herald tin- evening edition of the Htaats-Zeitung. The Globe. Pemocratin Ht. Louis jmrehased the hi** topk itopuhlic, formerly the Republican. In Toronto the MtUI and JOmpire absorb ed the Times. The Bridge) Hirt Standard Amenican ?jnd the Telegram joined in the Standard-Telegram. Almost a half hun dred -fairly notable mergers could be OOUltt&tl in cities of lfS,(KHl to 100,000 inhabitants, Some towns, an Plqua, Ohio show triple mergers. The year 1010 merely continued a process Cor ?<*me time under way. 'Not loug ago Mr. Hearwt meiged tbo Chicago Herald with his anorning paper there. The Herald itself represented successive mergers of the Record, the Times and the Inter-Ocean. The New York Sun not long ago swal lowed op the Press, Jn Philadelphia the Public I^edger hna ab sorbed the Times, and .the Evening Led ger, the Telegraph. Boston cau offer her own instances?the Heralti for ex ample, having taken lu.the Journal, and at an earlier date the Traveler. Scar city of <papcr and the high coats of pro duction, enforcing economy everywhere, and the tendency of advertisers to con centrate their patronage, are the chief causes. Inevitable Question. FVidy Candidate - for Parliament?"I am now ready to answer any questions. Lady Voter?"Where did you get that ripping hat?"?-Le Hire. Capt. ?Russell A. Rabcock, Fofty-fourth regiment, coAst artillery corps,,.. United States Army, 'injured in a collision be tween a motorcycle and an. automobile at Camp Jacksou Sunday nigligt, died Monday at the camp 'hospital us a- re sult of his injuries. The first marriage of a Hindu widow was celebrated at Calcutta in 185(5. A very attractive home on Union Street- contain ing five large rooms, kitchen an4 bath (lot 110x220) is offered for immediate acceptance at $4,500.00. Mpre than $1000.00 has recently been spent in remod eling .this house and it could not be duplicated at ... j.... ? ? the price asked. The location is ideal, two new bun galows now being built near this property and plans already made for four more. Apply to L. A. McDOWELL, Agent Camden, S. C. Chevrolet "4-90" TOURING CARS AND SEDANS For Immediate Delivery Clever phrases do not make serviceable automobiles. Beautiful pictures do not always make f?ood-l6ok intf cars. ? -? n We claim good looks for the bodies and mechani cal efficiency for the chassis, but these claims we want you to confirm by such examinations and tests as shall be satisfactory to you. Power, Durability, Convenience, Beauty, Comfort, Easy Riding, Safety, and Simplicity of Design are all embodied in the "CHEVROLET 4-90"' With your order placed now, we can make immediate delivery George T. Little x -r~% .. . ' WATER IVES FOOD Sofeds and Tubers Make Good Stew With Meat. Dr. M, Q. Gilmore Learn* From In diana of Valuable Food Supply left Untouched. Itismarck, N. !>. Tons of food Ht peacefully undisturbed In the bun* dred* of nm's'of wpter Miles through out Hie Dulled Niuies. according to Or. Melvln G. Gilmore, curator of the North Dakota Historical society, who Ik eiuruged In research work covering North America to determine the possl bill ties df native products. As a result of the ftrst stage of hit Inquiry. findings of which were pub lished recently In the thirty-third an nual report of the American bureau of ethnology. Dr. Gilmore declares devel opment of America's wild plant life has been practically nil. J'ln the 800 years that the whltt man has dominated the western hemi sphere." the scientist asserts, "he hat not reduced to cultivation from wild stotk a single natural species except to bring under semi-domestlcatlon the pecan and certain grapes of the east.* In connection with this assertion, Dr. Gilmore quotes tho United States crop report for 1010 as giving a value of $3,000,000 to crops of thl? country alono grown from plauts first brought under cultivation by the Indians. He sees the greatest possibilities for advancement In tills direction In wild fruits, nuts and roots. An Instance IS found In tho "Nelumbo" type of water Illy flourishing largely In the ponds of the east and central west. The seeds and the tubers of this species are good food, Dr. CJIIinore declares, and make good stew when used with meat, particularly beef. Such stew was orig inally concocted by the Ir.dlnns, as were many other dishes which, It Is said, could be economically adopted today. . /. ? "These uses of wild plants are no longer experimental." the Investigator says. "We could iiave learned all about them from the Indians, but we didn't go to them and Inquire. "I have spent a number of years among them trying to learn more of their habits of domostlcatton rind mean to continue the work while the older of the tribesmen still live to hand down these lessons.". BONES IN "BLUEBEARD" HOME Pari. Police Say Wife and Childron Aided in Alleged Slayer's Crimes.' Paris.?Police officials Investigating charges against IlenrI Landru, the al leged "bluebeard," who Is accused of slaying a number of women and de stroying their bodies, claim to have found about fifteen pounds of human bones In a house where he lived. Among the bones was a skull In a good state of preservation. Some of the bones had been cut with a saw, the teeth of which left peculiar marks which were easily recognizable. It Is said the saw has been found and that marks*made by Its teeth coincide with those found on the bone fragments. Inquiry as to the operations of Lan dru's wife, says the Eclair, shows that she was a "devoted accomplice" of her husband and "knew of everything he did." It Is also charged their children aided in disposing of property secured by Landru in the course of hit al leged crimes. DIET IS UNIONIZED IN SPAIN Organized Workmen Also Demanrf Beds With Two Mat tresses. Washington. ? Industrial troubles in Spain have the question of diet added to the prohlonis of wages and hours, according tp a report at the department of commerce. Before making a contract to cut a crop of sugar cane, Spanish workmen recently made the following demand?: A dally wage of 10 pesetas ($1.75); three heavy meals?breakfast of eggs and meat, dinner of soup and meat stew, supper of bacon, green vege tables and "gazpacho"; hours of work ?from sun to sun, with two hours tdji siesta, or noon-day nap, forty minutes for each meal, three smoking periods of twenty minutes each and one for thirty minutes and a bed with two mattresses. Eighty Widows Drawing Pensions for War of 1812 Kighty widows of soldiers of the War of 1812 urf* still on the government pension rolls, ac cording to the annual report of Secretary of the Interior Lane. . Pensioners included 215 surviv ors of the war with Mexico, and 2,739 widows of soldier*. Names of 271,891 Civil war veterans are listed. Deaths of Civil war veterans last year "numbered 27,703, compared with 80,446 the year before. Pearls In Oysters. i Spokane. Wash.?Ten pearls from a quart of oyaters that cost him 43 cc-nts were taken by one customers of * lo cal flub market, and two pearls were found by another, the dealer reported. He, fcirttudf. found ope, be said. The pearls ana said to range in ralaa team 12 to $10 ea<-h. Scholarship* For Soldier*. Fx service men have many advantage* oyer tho ex-soldier of fifty years ago. For example, thou food men hnd their education out short by war, dnd the next generation, especially in tho South felt thit> handicap, Hut now, not only the tioverninent js providing certain voca tional training for its soldiers, hut comes forwaard the Y. Nl. 0. A. with au offer of l.? to 200 scholarship* for South Car olina. the only condition of eligibility be i?K that the applicant ha* boon honoru* bly discharged. These scholarships are distributed among all tho States out of Fduca-tioual War Funds left over when the War closed, and each County in al lotted a pixt rate share of lie. per capitt.. A County Committee in each County will receive ami pass on the applicant* and scholarships range from $50 ?aul up* wauls iH-r man. The Probate Judge, the County School Superintendent, and the Principal of the High Schools ^t, the County Seats, in Counties where there is no local "Y," will ad as Couuty Com mittees. Public-spirited men aud educa-; tors please take -notice ami help to Ret the right men in touch with these com mittees at once! Tho opportunity closes Septcnkhcr 30, 1020. South Caroliua gets at least IsCT.OOO in scholarships from the New York offi<*e, this being unused War fund*, not connected with homo work. The applications will be passed up at one? to u State Committee locuted at Columbia composed of Prof. Wilsou Qee, chair of ttural Social Science^ University of^S. 0.; Mr. Julien 0. lingers, VICO* 1'rvsUlont Liberty Hank. mid Ilrof. l.uoco Ounter, Iturul School Supervisor. Mr. Kugeno H. Pendleton 1m* beau asked to. supervise (lie work to get a fair distribution and will be glad to furntah ho.v information or assistance in his power. ? Negro soldiers will receive their pro* portion according t6 numbers, and award* arc open to marine*, liohHcrs, sailors in camps or oversea*. The wide] range of Conines offered make it possible for the man with little or no elementary education to participate in the benefits on an equal basin with those more for lunate in the matter of education. Com prehensive and practical agricultural (Hnmie* ar-e offered in the lloiue Study courses, along with commercial, academic professional ami highly specialised onov l>r. l?oui* K. Hanbot, the Charleston drnggUt, who was convicted in the fed eral court at Columbia, during the pant week, was *eutencod to pay a fiuo of $1,000 and to serro threo months in the Florence county jail. Thla sentence was pronounced by Judge II. A. M. Smith Saturday morn In* after he had previous ly declined to grant a new trial. This ca?e was pcrhapa the most important and most iutereatlug tricil ut the two week*' term of the court which adjouru ed Saturday. l>r. BftiixH wm a well known druggist in Charleston ami whh ut otto time n member of the faculty of the Charleston Medical College. He wty< eh a rged with *? violation of the anti-narcotic uct. There wort* about tfl ?s>unt?> and the defendant wag oobvlcted on the majority of these. Ho wg* rep rexout?xl by John 1\ than*, mayor of t 'harlf?ton. DeKuo'* Minstrel Coming. Hilly Peltue ahly demount rates the fallibility of the ??1<1 saw : ''There ia nothing now under the sun," JThr droll jests Mini merry quiiw all hear the hall mark of originality. It him been trnly 8ftlU that Hilly Peltue and J*ew I>ock Htador mdely evolve the rearing abwurdi ties which constitute the '?tock in trade of the vast awny yf imitatorn on the Aiueriean stage. This seasou he baa a new line of talk for his monologue and a budget of side-aiditting parodies of his own writing, which is a Nutholeut guarantee that they will please. 1I?> w?ill be seen at Camden Opera House on Thursday Fob. 12 with Heltue Hens' Ideal Miu?trel?.~adv l'u limited supplies of iron ore haw beeii reported to exist in the Transvall by a government geologist. "? ? Flooring, W 1 Brick, ?1 l? I^oeks. WW 1 ? Lumber, Building sir Hardware, Casing, < Plaster, ? M - ? 1 Grates, n ? . /"\#1 Mouldings, Fiie Urlrk, IVIAiPIIAI Hatchets. Kaijlta IJlIC Framing L.umber, Fire Clay, Id* Saw*, * ftllllOj " * lied Cedar Shtugfes, Sewer Pipe. Hammers. Pine and Cypres* Shingles Stove Flue, l>oor Hangers, Metal and Composition Shingles. Terra Cotta Thimbles, Carpenter's Tools, Doors, Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and Stains. Taint Brushes, Porch Column and Ball asters, Water Proofing Mineral, Paints and Oils. Beaver Board, Corrugated Metal Roofing, Inside I>eeorations, Valley Tin and Ridge Boll, Asbestos and Composition Roofing, Calamines and Cold Water Paints. W'IRK FENCING, IRON ANI) WOOD POSTS. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE booth & mcleod, inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA Protect Your Property AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE If you are not insured you have good cause for worry. You cannot protect yourself too soon. A small insurance premium may save you thousands - * ... . -> of dollars. t , .* 4 ? . * t. i C. P. DuBOSE & COMPANY Telephone 43 Real Estate and Insurance Crocker Bldg. i Is essential for the families of salaried and professional men whose income will be cut off at their death. Southeastern Life Insurance Co. Greenville, South Cerolin* L. A. McDOWELL, Agent r CAMDEN, S. C - ? -* - - ?