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WHY YOU SHOULD PATRONIZE THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPANY Because: Its service is prompt and reliable It has first class lines and modern equipment '!? . ? It reaches every important point in the United States and Canada and via Commercial Cables all parts of the world* It Maintains Genuine and Aggressive Com petition. The present low rates and good service have been ob tained or\ly through its competition. We are twenty per cent Cheaper to points within the State and no higher than any other Telegraph Company to points outside the State We will run a monthly charge account with all patrons who are telephone subscribers . The Postal Telegraph Long Distance Telephone Service reaches most of the cotton and principal business places in most of the important cities at very low rates Its employees are intelligent, diligent, energetic and courteous and their constant effort is to render the beat and fastest telegraph service These are a few of the reasons why you should send your telegram, night telegrams, day letters, night letters and cablegrams by the Postal Telegraph. Local Of f ice: 607 DeKalb Street Telephone 11 ; - ; R. L. Blaine , Mgr. BIRD STUDY NEEDED In School* of State Says National Audubon Society.. v A bird in the bush is worth two in the hand. Such is the modern twist given to an old adge, and or nithologists everywhere are famil iar with the array of cold figures which prove this statement in the most convincing manner. The mock ingbird, the robin, the partridge ? nearly all of our native birds, in fact, aro not only creatures of grace and beauty that in many cases delight us with song or wonderfully develop ed instinct. They are each worth a not inconsiderable sum of money to the agricultural interests of the na- 1 tion, and hence more or less directly to the individuals of any community. : J! And their collective value is enor- i ? ? i mous. The National Association of Audu bon Societies was established in 1901 for the protection of wild birds and animals, and today so high a value is placed upon the services to man kind of our furred and feathered friends, that the Association has available and is disbursing $30,000 for this purpose. Professor J. D. Corrington, of the Department of Biology, University of South Caroli na, has recently been appointed Field Agent of the Association for this State, and he in thin week com municating with all County Super intendents of Education in an en deavor to secure their co-operation in advancing nature study in our schools. This work is being conduct ed as part of the extension service of the University. Our native birds are able to cope ; with their natural enemies, but stand ! in need of protection from foes in troduced by man, such as the Eng lish sparrow and domestic cat, and especially from man himself, princi pally in the form of the pothunter and the small boy, proud possessor of rifle or sling-shot, or perhaps with nest-robbing proclivities. ( $here are sufficient laws already upon tho books to secure such protec tion, but these' are not enforced in many localities. Just as in the pres ent case of prohibition, the people as a whole must be behind the law and approve its justice before it n)&y be enforced. The Federal Migratory Bird Law, for example, recognizes that our common and very useful song birds are not the property of ! any one state or people, but of the ! entiro nation, and imposes penalties | for their destruction. How many communities in South Carolina en force this law? How many, in facl, even know of its very existence? Birds are of inestimable service to mankind as destroyers of noxious in sects and weed seeds. ' These pests are their natural feed and will be kept in check if only the birds are encouraged and protected a little in stead of meeting persecution. The loss to agriculture in the United States from insect depredations alone runs into the millions of dol lars annually. This question then affects the farmer directly, and the city tax-payer but slightly less, though it is difficult for the general public to take such matters at all seriously. Let us hope that the peo ple of the Palmetto State will re spond while there are yet birds to assist and save. The National Association wisely saw that the proper placo to conduct such educational work was primarily in the graded schools, though all high school students are urged to assist and affiliate with clubs. Chil dren take naturally to subjects deal ing with outdoors ? with plants and animals. Nature study now forms a large part of the weekly program of the majority of American schools, and no other department of instruc tion succeeds as well in stimulating pupils to a work which is all play. I Good Printing . . . - ? ? -- ? ? The efficient man would as much think of send ing poor unattractive printed matter as he would an unkempt , careless , or ill-bred salesman. Your printing often introduces you to your bus iness prospects . If it fails to make an acquaintance ship, it9 8 an unsatisfactory job . Particularly does it apply to the stationery you use ? as well as other printed matter . We are equipped to handle any printing job you may want and we take pride in turning out only the best work . i Try us. , We have four competent printers to serve you . The Camden Chronicle BUuiks, Booklets, Stationery , Office Forma, Etc, 1 v I The clasoea identify the many kinds of brida and atudy thejr habiU, I watching especially their neat-build- j I ing and rearing of the young; they construct nesting boxes, winter feed I ing stations, and bird baths, Uefore long the destructive instincts of the I genus smallboy Americana are trans formed into constitutive activities. He becomes a more broadly educated and tolerant citizen, and tfhe State is the gainer thereby ."both in man pow I er and bird power. The Association operates through I Junior Audubon Clubs, which it cs I tablishus and assists in the schools of thi country. Teachers in rural schools usually welcome the opportu mty for service of this' nature, and in every school in each town ami city of the State there should bo at 1 lea^t 0I|0 teacher who will be suffi ciently interested to form one of I these clubs. To Juno 1, 1U22, there wcif 72,252 Junior Audubon Clubs I in the schools of the United States I and Canada, with a total member ship of 1,893,816. Each pupil wishing to join such a I club brings ten cents to the teacher, I who sends the collected fund to the I state agent. Twenty-five or more j pupils form a club, which may re I eeive an appropriate name *of their | own choosing. The state agent then I forwards to the teacher for each 1 child enrolled a membership button I (did you ever see a boy or girl who I didn't like to wear a pretty button?) I , showing the red-headed woodpecker, j attractively colored, the emblem I chosen for the present year. " E&ch I child also receives six study leaflets I of as many birds. These leaflets I supply the teacher with material for ) six lessons, and include a colored pic l ture of the bird, an outline to be col I ored by the pupil, and a lesson for I study ,and recitation. , In addition, I each teacher forming such a club rc 1 ceives gratis a year's subscription to I the Association's excellent illustrated J magazine, "Bird Lore." The cost of I this equipment greatly exceeds the J ten cent fee per child, but is made I possible by Association funds avail I able for this use, which as before J mentioned amount to $30,000 for the j current year. Professor Corrington I wants to see the children of South I Carolina receive their share of this I national appropriation. J It is impossible at the present time I to communicate directly with every I teacher in the State, but it is hoped I that the co-operation of the County J Superintendents, of , the Press, and I of interested parents will bring their I attention to this matter. Any teach I or interested in the formation of a I Junior Audubon Club in her room or school is urged to communicate with the state agent, who will for ward literature further explaining j the purposes and methods of the As sociation. If a sample copy of the study leaflets is desired, enclose five cents in stamps. The agent is also able to supply other equipment, such as charts, books, etc. Professor Corrington intends reaching directly ns many parts of the State as possible in a series of talks on birds. Schools interested in securing such a lecture, designed pri marily fpr graded school children, should communicate, stating whether or not they have a projection lan j tern available for the display of colored lantern slides. All expenses incidental to such talks are borne by the National Association. What Is a Baby? A two-guinea prize for "The best definition of a baby" was once offer ed by London Tid-Bits. The follow ing is a selection from some of the best definitions submitted: The bachelor's horror, the moth er's treasure, and the despotic tyrant of the most republic household. The mominj? caller, noonday crawler, midnight brawler. The latest addition of humanity, of which every couple think they possess the finest copy. A native of all countries who speaks the language of none. About twenty-two inches of coo and wriggle, writhe and scream, filled with suction and testing apparatus for milk, and automatic alarm to reg ulate supply. A thing we are expected to kiss, and look as if we enjoyed it A mite of humanity that will cry no harder if a pin is stuck into him than he will if the cat won't let him pull her tail. It's a swoet and tiny treasure, A torment and a tease, It's an autocat, an anarchist, Two awful things to please. It's a rest and peace disturber, With little laughing ways. It's a wailing human night alarm. And terror of your days. That which makes home happier, love stronger, patience greater, hands busier, nights longer, days shorter, >' pursea lighter, clotbea shabbier, the _ past forgotten, the future brighter. - Payment and adjustment of com* - pensation due ita employes by the United St* tee Government la In the haodi of Mr*. Albert Braegfeman, recently appointed chairman of the employe** oempenaetion commission. Are directed to this store when you want anything carried in a great big general store. We buy in large (/nan tities, therefore can make prices that are inviting. See u$ for Hay , Grain , and all Heavy Groceries . Springs & Shannon WATER IN PLENTY. Rome Celebrated for the Number of / It? Fountains. Among the specialties of old and modern % Rome travelers greatly ad mire the puro cool sweet water that comes to the city through magnifi cent aqueducts. There is plenty of water to provide for the wants of the 800,000 people and to supply the several hundred fountains which embellish the squares and gardens of Rome. . Tourists on their arrival are greet ed by the imposing "Fontana" near the station, which faces the Via Na zionale. Even if they are in a hurry to reach their hotol, they stop to ad mire the beautiful four bronze groups representing the Naiads. They may turn then to the right or to the left, they may choose to go up town or down town, to remain at the center or go to the outskirts of Rome, there will bo always a foun tain waiting for them. Even the colossal statues watching the Quirinal palace, representing Al exander the Great taming the Bucep halus said to be the works of Phidias and Praxiteles, have been richly en dowed with running and murmuring water. < The majority of the working peo ple prefer to live near the fountain of their district. Even "Little Jeru salem" has a garden and its fountain, and the poorest of the comunity has at his disposal a quiet spot where he cun find fresh air and the inspiring murmur of water. Energetic men, who prefer the noisy falls to the gentle brooks, can settle near the "Fontanone" on the Gianicolo hill, where the fountain is an artificial fall, and water runs with such a remarkable violence that It is used a 8 motive force for a paper fac tory and several mills. But beautiful - things have to be I hunted for.. The lovely "Turtle Foun tain"' is placed in a corner of old Rome and tourists havo to reach it through entanglements of many kinds and after a long pilgrimage through narrow streets. Tourists know that, throwing a . penny in the "Trevi's Fountain/' they will see Rome again. Keen observ ers can see in the picture the bottom ' of the fountain just covered with coins by a party of visitors. An obelisk that belonged to the temple of Isis, and very likely never saw water in its early days, now is facing the Pantheon surrounded by several springs of pure water. It certainly inspires compassipn for its poor brethren left on the desolate sands of Egypt. Piazza Navona has three fountains. The central one is decorated with complicated groups of Bernini, rep resenting the most important rivers of the world, the Nile, the Ganges, the Danube. Those at the two sides have impressive statues, and each of i them has a symbolical meaning. So old Tiber is playing a respecta ble role in the life of modern Rome. It took centuries to bring the 14 dif ferent kinds of w^ter to the city. The fountains represent the work of gen erations. Miss Constance Curry, of St. Paul, Minn., wait foreman of a jury which heard fifty witnesses and returned sixty-seven indictments ? all in six hours. Why Not Now ? Between Christmas and New Year is a favorable time to make resolutions to save in 1923. Why not use us for the purpose? Loan & Savings Bank Capital $100,000 E** ^ i STRONG , SAFE CONSBRVATTTK ^ ?t-4- * v ? f/* " "fi1. 'j.1 ^ v. 1