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TKfC FOOI/ AND HIS MONEY )i Wan Alway* ho nod hO It Will be Atomy*. ? There is nothing in the world tt?at yljl maki? a fool of a man ciuMter and Uioi;v effectually -"than posse&dou of more uuaioy than ho knows what to flo with. particularly In th? ca?e of a man whovo acquisition of wealth ha* boon V.m v rapid. In ?uc& a caxe a ruillstone IuhI io his uock and thrown into the s-(M prior to the possession of undue we?Hh would have been in^rcy Itself," *,vs flu- Texas, Nw?, We beg leave to differ, It laji't t frn im*qe.v that wako# a fool of tbo man who gets it? Ho was a fool boforo be it, but was not in, a position to dls )ii? folly to publicity, The rich' man who ffives monkey dinner*. the rich w.onuin who. haft to or shoe heels wet with iliainouiK and their pix>tl ijyu 1 son who spends his , substance on the tbat infest the* lund of riotous living <lhe.se are not fools because* they are rich. They would have lieen fools in ruty case. The poor luiiu who earns fl>0. for which be has uo inunodlate pressing ueeil , and devotes it to foolishness, is just as silly as tbo newly arrived mil lionaire who splurges conspicuously fba t lie may l?e talked of or gaped nt| \ Chicago young man jplned robbery parly and obtained $45,000 in cash ns his share of the loot. The others were apprehended and imtpvisoned. but bo made his -escape, carrying;, avoung wo man with him. He bought airships, automobiles and other spectacular lux uries. lies idea furlwlows -for bl? 'sweet heart. Soon bis money was gone, and o?w he iM in jail, sans lilierfy. sans ??ash ^.'ins. sweetheart, sans everything. It wasn't the money that made him a foul. He was a fool beforo he turn ed robber. All robbers have to be fools in order to take the robbers riskv - Dallas News. ? ? - ? i r / Reassuring. "Want to take a chance on an auto mobile, mister? Ouly one dollar.*' "Hut 1 don't want an automobile voting man." "That's all right, mister. Maybe you wnu'f *.'??; it." ? ? ? V BAKER GUNS For fifty years known to the trade as the best for } ? I scrvice. $48.00 to $385.00 Send for BAKER BOOK LKT describing the entire line. Baker Gun Company 31 1 Broadway, New York Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted M. H. HEYMAN & CO. Jewelers and Optometrists T. B. BRUCE % Veterinarian I * lilMon St., Phonr 114 CAMDEN, S. C. dr. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST ( rocker Building Camden, 8. C. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HUOER STS. 71 COLUMBIA, S. C. Mlfcs Ctiitiiingti&in Dfad. After several months of suffering. Miss Luttio Cunningham pa^ed away at the home of her father, Mr. II. S Cunningham, of Itjfttiopvlllft. early Monday morning. Miss CuiHiingltatn had boon iu bad health for .soiue time, and while the end was not unexpected, yet i ho ?*ho*k was ?rout to her family and friends. The funeral Her view were huld Tiies day a I mid-day at the homo, interment following at the Presbyterian ..ceme tery. The services being conducted hy Ilov\. T. W. Law, assisted hy Rov, W. v. nibble. Axvording to news reaching lliph [ opvUle Monday afternoon from Aine'rl. OW, <5a.. Wei don llearon, son of. Mr, Willie \V. Ifearon formerly of the Stokes lhidco section- of l.etr-county, ' was kiljed Monday in a collision be tween his automobile aud a rn i I i*ox? ? I train Hear Amortyu*. Several years a^o Mr. ilearon and IriK family moved from l.oe county f <? America*. G'a, and Slnee (hat time have made thtdr- hhim* Hiere, Youn^r Ilouroji was a travelling salesman and covered hi* territory in a car. ? Blshop \ illr Vindicator. Tf?e Blue-Bird. I*y r. A. l>. in rjreenvllle News. "Heauteous hit of earth and sky. With a hint of ocoaij. Was it at creation's dawn ' ? Thou wast s<?Jf in motion?" ?Inst over the loirs, hu a sheltered corner of the oriflmrd. stood, or rather leaned, I i k?? an old man reach ing for his crutches. an ancient apple treo. Most the top had disappeared ? tin* old tree's tribute to many storms of many winters. Only a few branches remained, and. these, all on one side, seemed ever trying to touch the fence that divided the orchard from the gar den. The trunk was gnarled and knot ted'. by the years ? and the bark wafc ?scarred and ringed by the Industrious bills of generations dead and fongotteu supsnekors. An old, rusted horse shoe prelud ing from the over growing fcark, pro '01 aimed the fact, that, at some tliAe in the past, the old treo had done duty as -a hitching post. Patches of snow lay here and there in the or chard which the April sun had failed to reatjh. and. the wliito buds on the aged apple tree were blushing pink and red under the kisses of early sfpring. (>f a sudden* a bit of blue, as if torn from fcho blue of the sky flut tered. down, and seemed Jo lodge on a nearby fence post, and, a efferry tru-al-ly ! tr.u-al-ly!, the mellow song -of the first hi mo bird proclaimed to orchard and garden that the spring procession Itmi started. Presently the singer was joined by another small rift from the sky. The new coiner's color was a duller hue, washed with gray," 'and the cinnamon-red of throat and breast was a paler shade than that or her soft voiced mate. This pair of hi no birds *were out inspecting sites for their, slimmer home. They gravely dived down in several rotted out cavi ties*. iti post holes, but none seemed to Ik* just what they were in search of. A half dozen or more deserted wood peckers' holes wcro* peered into, but voted no good. Sidy l>v side I hoy flitted ow*r to the old apple t roe in the corner <<t the orchard. Just tinder the splintered top they noticed a crevice, that seemed to hohl Hilt some possibilities. This the little azu^e clad lady carefully ex amined. and nearly fell over herself with Joy when she discovered that It was a passage way leading directly into the >hell-like trunk of the tree. Disappearing in the opening, she soon popped out, her little eyes showing how glad .she was. even if her hill was too rigidly set to smile. She flew to her lover's side, and, in almost inaudible twitterings, told him they <ertainly were the most fortun ate couple in all the orchard ? for the aj>plo tree apartments vv erf* ideal ? the front door opened toward the south, insuring plenty of sunshine ? and the big living room was simply a dream And. fo crown it all, last year's occu pants had loft a nice, clean nest, al in < t as good as new. All it needed was a little fre^diening ill*?- a little new. dry grass here, and a little rft lining there, to make it as jxjr feci a nest as any bird could wish for. These last year's dwellers must have b?'cn real nif-e folks, too. for they had left everything in such splc and spnn order ?x crumbling egg .-hells littered the' floor ? and, the passage way looked as if it had boon freshly swept The n<>xt moruitig. Mr Illue Bird forgot lo eat his breakfast. ?o eager was he to fcet t'? work, rebuilding the nest in the hol low aptnle tr*>o lie brought the loVelie?il dried grass he could find. and. 'soino beautiful pieces of red cotton string, find give then j t<> his lady love, who patched here nnd patted fliers- -until no living bird could iinve told It from :i nest just built. When the last finishing touches had l?een fjiven-the dainty little architect ?tepped bjK-fc, cocked ?jer small bead to owe side, much as an artiM views his canvass, h till pronounced it perfect. The husband appluuded with Ntiatches of song the houwwifely activity of bis wife. but he geoertmsly allowed her to do all the work? and contented him self with the decoration of her virtues. The nest finished, the two flew gayly down to il^o bird cafe? the woragly old Obiua tree back of the barn, ami luuchcd luxuriously *0h the slirlvelley, yellow berries. Iu about a week's time, five greenish-blue eggs fifiVO the last domestic touch to the home IU the tree, and the mother'* time wa? well taken utp with her indoor cares. IV wiled on a nearby gate post, the small, neatly groomed husband, re peated for hor beu?*u, again and again the tru al ly J tru a)4y ! of his song ? never ouee waiting for an encored atoppin# occasionally, just long enough to present bet* with a lutteh of early berries, or u toothsome Insect. When ihe babies emerged from the eggs they were nearly 14a<*k- not so much as one little dash of blue to show their an vfsi r> . If this was a disappointment to the fond mother, she, kept.. the so t-ret sorrow to herself, but she was pleased beyond measure, one day, when n neighbor blue bird exclaimed : "Why ! the babies are the living image of their father- They don't look a thing like you.. Sirs, liluo Bird!' About a week later. One beautiful morning after the children had been fed and the nest, tidied tip. the mother left fur a little outdoor exercise. While *he was away a newly mated pair of Knglish spar rows? a very aggtvusive, ill-Jbred aip jkearing pair they were, too, spied the crevice in the old apple tree. They at ouee proceeded to .Investigate with a view of building. The long slanting passage, and the roomy hollow within looked ;rood to them, and with an ut ter disregard of others' rights, they began carrying in all manner of straw, rags, chicken feathers and strings, and J began at ouee tl(e building of their [ own nest. The blue birds' babies did I not understand all this hub-bub and commotion, neither did they fancy be ing stepped on. and prodded by sharp end* of straws and twigs as the spar rows worked over them? so they net u|p a voinmotlou of their own -their * flvo yellow throats wldo open unci t*ry ing for all they were worth. The mother bird hurrying homo, and hearing their frightened yells, rushed in and ma do one dive for tho bold, biamon feuialo who lmd invaded her home. She getting the best of the feather pulUugVournamont when her husbaud appeared on (ho scene, drop ping a fat cutworm, lie didn't take time to rotuovo bis bluo'Voat, but rushed to the assistance of his bravo little wife. The fight soou changed Jnto a complete rout for tho sparrows. They wero hustled and scratched, peeked and pushed, until they were glad to csc a ik'. With many heated re murk* about MnglisfJ) .sparrows li,i g?o eral. tho excited bluo birds returned to fhoir nost, mtfoted tho babies and straightened up in the dishevelled apartment. The damage they found to Im? but slight, most that needed to bo done^wa* to carry out the trash the intruders had brought l??t and to an tangle a string that hud become twist ed around tho legs of one of tho chil dren. In another week, the young bird* Were gradually coming into their splendid heritage of color, and tile I duo of tho sky was showing on many of the largest and oldest feathers ? nnd not ninny days would fhe.v have to wait before they would dun the bright bluo top coats, and tlip scarfs of oin namon- red that are the accepted dress of all blue-birddom. Wedding I Jells Ring For I-Jirry iianll (Crreonvllle N?ws. ) Friends throughout this section of T. Larry (iantt, w?<fl known newspa per writer, will be interested in the announcement of his w<?dding Ln Ath ens. Gtt.. to XftsR Willie Callaway of that city. t Venida Hair Nets Single mesh for dress and double mesh for long wear and economy. Both at same price, 2 for 25c w. Robin Zemp's Drug Store SWe Uroad St.* IVInplMne 30 Mr. <Jantt liflflf Uu a great many years at Spartanburg and formerly published a newspaper there. Hp is quite w<?U known throughout thix- see tlon. For ?<>n*e luonfhs past ho hjis b?s>n writing a series uf artkios which have aj*poarod in The Greenville News, dealing with jnbvrcttting events in tihe Hcntth's history. Mr. Gantt at tousled the State Press- Convention rr? droouvillo and In a talk before that ho<ly Ugclannl that he was ouo of. the oldest members of the profession In the state today. He took'tif: keen an interest us ever in the affairs Of the publishers. ? ? *? i 'Hie following sjVviii'l from Alliens j to the Atlanta .loumal lolls of the I . ? ? . . . ' ? w<Hidiu? : AMhmis. f?n., Wiv. 1*7. T. I,hit,v CJuntt, who is at i?-<*s?<ut u foutuiv t wr.lt or for isbo Athous Bonttefrllertld. ami Miss Wllllo Callaway, also of Atlkms. wi'iv ?>arrUxl at tlio ntuii.v uf J>r .f, < \ Wilkinson, jwstov of tin* Ft in i Mft jH iM rtiiir'f^l of Atlvon*. \Wlm?Mlay at hi-^li iumiu. Only a fVw of tlto Ui(i?>ato fiioiwls of tin? t'<?ntnuojJ,ng iwu'Uoh utnl Uio f;nalln>^ altt'iKlcil I ! ??? wiklding. Misv ( -uMa'vvay Is tin1 dauffhtiM* of Mrs I!. A <"a lawav. of Allien^, ami ?vin?<*s from :i !om? tin- ??! dMIanuKli p? KoUvvvini.' tin* rt'Vomouy (Jir nowlywriN l??f t for a ?.hurl w I - (Dux trip to Athknta. EAGLE "MIKADO" ^Pencil No. 174 For Sale at your Dealer Made in five ASK FOR THE YELLOW PENCIL WITH THE RED BAND EAGLE MIKADO EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, NEW YORK^ At Eight Miles an Hour, or Eighty WHETHER crawling along at a "siiail^s pace in coii^^Um] traflic or hitting the* high spots on an open country road4 "Standard" Motor Gasoline i 1 1 fire smoollily a n<l burn lip completely. That is why its sales are climbing out of all proportion to the increase in total gasoline coiisim: ntion. Experienced drivers who have tried a filling of the improved "Standard"' Motor Gasoline would cheerfully ?ro far out of their way to place repeat orders. Hut that is not necessary. Reliable dealer* handling thi* % ideally balanced motor fuel are to he found on both -ides of the highway Wherever you travel. ! b< \ charge no more for "Standard"* Motor Gasoline than otbe ?? a-k for inferior grades masquerading under fanciful nan::-. If your motor is sluggish have the car'ioi. cleaned from cylinders and spark plugs, empty the old diluted oil from your crank case, and after washing with a pint or so of kero sene, fill with POLARENE of the grade specified for vour car. Then put "'Standard" iVlotor (Gasoline into vour fuel tank and see what a good car can do. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (NEW JERSEY)