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kikty ybars of telethon k March 10th Will Mark Anniversary of Great Invention The 50th birthday of the telephone will bo celebrated March 10 this year i,v ;;:!0,UOO litll tclop^ione worker., hiuI thousands of others throughout the United States and 'Canada. In honor of the occasion men and women in the telephone industry tvtry Where will wear an attractive button, showing a telphono and the numerals 60, These workers during the twenty-four hour^period of cele bration -will enable telephone sub scribers to complete 07,700,000 mes nagfcs ? an almost unbelievable ex pansion from one sentence on March 10, 1867 to the millions of conver. sations March 1Q, 1026. Open house will be observed at tho local telephone office on March 10, in' commetoioratlon of the anniversary. Telephone subscribers and the general public have' been invited to visit the office during birthday week and see how telephone service is rendered. There are 20,600 Bell telephone workers in the Southeastern states who will join in the nation-wide cele bration. The South can claim with pride that the telephone owes a p^rt of its development to the reception given it in the South in its infancy. . Among the first telephone , ex changes established were those open ed in some ol the leading cities oi the South during the year 1879. Among tho cities in tips pioneer, list are Augusta, Savannah and Atlanta, Ga.;> Charleston, S. C.; Wilmington, N. C.; Mobile, Ala.; Louisville, Ky.; aud Richmond, Lynchburg and Norfolk, Vs. The first building ever erected to be used exclusively as a telephone exr change was constructed in Louisville, Ky., some fifteen years before tha Josd' Of the nineteenth century. Kour days after his tweuty-ninth birthday and three days before the first sentence was transmitted, Alex ander GrahamBell, an impetous young Scotchman, ( received his patent for the telephone. If he had lived until to day, he would hav5 seen his first telephone system of two crude instru ments, connected by a few feet of wire, and protected by a single pat ent develop into a system of 16,600, 000 Bell owned stations, connected by 61,000,000 miles of wire, and, pro tected by a total of 9,000 patents. There are 27,213,100 telephones in use NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING OF CAMDBN ICE CO. Notice is hereby given that there will be a special meeting of the stock holders of the Camden Ice company,] incorporated, to be held at Twelve j o'clock on Monday, March 8th, 1926, at the office of Messrs. Kirkland and Xirkland, CamJen, S. C., for the pur -poso of considering resolutions of the board of directors of the said com pany, to increase tho capital stock of the said company to Twenty-five thousand dollars ($26,000.00), to au thorize the execution of a mortgage or deed of trust, covering property^of the company, to secure proposed issue ?f bonds of the said company and to ?onsider any other business that may properly come before said meeting. J. H. OSBORNE, President. JNO. M. VILLEPIGUE, Secy, and Treasurer Camden, S. C., --Feb. 9, 1926. in the world tod.y, 0f which ? bet ? percent are located in the United a;s:,n; *<>?* ^ ??*? ?ro a pan of tho Hell hystcm. On March IP, fifty yt.nr8 ago, the , 1 ?entc?ce was transmitted over no telephone by Alexander Grahvm J*<U from his laboratory on the top ?'or Of an old hvuso in-B^ton to Wat;sv;n' }lis a -^s.an:, in ? Other room on tho same floor. The 'iiM words transmitted were, "Mr Watson, eomo here. I want you." Ihoso two men were tho solo active telephone workers at that time. The early days 0f the telephone furnish a thrilling atory of a des perate. struggle for life in a cold busi t?oss world which frowned on sinking money ,n a toy, as the telephone was ho,? called. Four men gave them elves without reserve to bless the world with the electrical transmission j of speech. Each made a distinct con tnbutibn. Bell contributed his in ventive genius; Thomas A. Watson, . 8, lled craftsmanship which fash ioned Bell'ft ide* into a working in strument; Thomas Sanders, the first financial assistance, which was in spiied by the love of his daughter for j the roh-mntic inventor; and Gardiner O. Hubbard, the first publicity man c 1 u' telephone, the personality nec <ssatj to acquaint the world with its i possibilities. The common contribu j tjpn of t acfi was faith and enthusiasm , that entailed sacrifice. Thomas A. j > ? a L:;L,n is the oiily member of thi3 group living today. ^ JJcvelopmept in business and organ ization backed by the patient toil of the scientists in the Bell research laboratories has' featured the tele phone's progress in receni years. Mutton Causes Death of Boy Ilarvey, the five year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Smith, who five just beyond thr? city limits on the Camden road, died Tuesday morning, from having swallowed a shoo button Mon day. The little fellow was playing in the yard when he found the button, j and when his father learned that ho j had swallowed it he was immediately j brought to a doctor. An X-ray failed ' to locate the button, and as it did not appear to give any trouble, he was re turned home. Again Tuesday morn ing: Mr. Smith brought the child to Bishopville. Another examination was made, and it was thought the child I was all right. On the way home how I ever, "the little fellow became ill and began coughing. Mr. Smith started back to the doctor, but before he reached his office the child was dead. ? ? Bishopville Messenger. j. Truesdale-CoHins A marriage of interest to a num ber of friends and relatives was that of Miss Celeste Truesdale to Mr. Waddell Collins, (both of Camden, which occurred on Friday evening, February 5th, at the Methodist par sonage in Camden with the Rev. J. T. .Peeler officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Truesdale and is a graduate of the Camden High school and also a grad uate of the Georgia-Carolina school of commerce. Mr. Collins is a young business man of Camden. ? Cor. The Oxford student who gets home after ten o'clock at night must pay a fine to the gatekeeper. CAMDEN OFFERS THE BEST VALUES IN REAL ESTATE IN THE SOUTH WE ARE NOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE MAN WHO HAS LOST A DOLLAR BUT WE KNOW QUITE A NUMBER WHO H/VVE MADE IviAMY DOLLARS IN BOTH RESIDENCE AND BUSINESS PROPERTIES 6-room cottage, lot 180x200 feet, I,akev;cw .. .. .$ 5,000.00 $-room new residence, corner lot facing park . 9,500.00 '-room brick bungalow, beautiful outlook ... 9,000.00 brooms, on park, large lot 14,000.00 fi-rooms, adjoins school property (need# Home repairs but there is^a good profit in it) at 3,500.00 IVrooms, 4 acres, wonderful setting, one of the best umall hotel propositions in the South, worth $50,000, can bo bought on good terms for 30,000.00 a ^ o have closerin acreage at very attractive prices and building lots that soon must double in prices. I/et s talk it over before the inevitable advance. C R DuBOSE & CO. First Floor Loan & Savings Bank Bldg., DeKalb Street Phone 43 Night Phone 321-j-N. C. Arnett, Realty Dept. "Don't forget di when you need Fire IiMfince^ Hastinfr'Seeds JPr& rfcww 5m4s fa*"Ybu You OA n ?ot 6 packets of soeda ot R different and very beautiful flowors froe. Hastings' 1926 Seed Catalog tells you all about It. j Hastings' Seeds are "The Standard of the South." They gtve the beat re sults in our Southern gardena and on our farma. Hastings' new 1926 Cata log haa 112 page* In all. full of pic tures - from photographs, handsome covera 4n full colora, truthful, accurate descriptions and valuable culture dl rectlona. We want you to hare this catalog In your home. It telle all about Haatlnga' garden, flower and field seeds, plants and bulba. Write for it today. A post card request brings It tq you by return nmll. H. a HASTING8 CO., SEED8MEN, ATLANTA, OA. EDDIE PtANK DEAD Was One of Baseball's Greatent Left Hnnd Pitchers Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 24.? Eddie Flank, one of baseball's greatest left hand Ditchers, died today, only four months behind his greatest* right handed rival in world's series battles, Christy Matthi wson. He was 51 yea va old. * ? Stricken Monday with paralysis that left his once powerful pitching arm and his whole left side helpless, the jportside star of Connie Mack's fu minis Philadelphia Athletics never spoke after the first two hours. He was conscious only for intervals. His widow, his ten-yar-old son, Eddie, Jr., and Ira and Luther Plank, two of the pitcher's three brothers, were at the bedside When he died. His parents were unable to make the trip to town because of illness. Quitting baseball in 191 i while playing with the St. Louis Americans after losing a 1-0 game to Walter Johnson, Plank opened a garage >\jsi ness in Gettysburg but retired three years ago to take life easy. During^ the last year he had not been so well. He devoted much time to his father and mother. Sunday night he retired without a sign of feeling ill and was stricken when he arose Monday. Plank was in the majors 17 years and left a record of the greatest number of games pitched by a left handed, a record said to have been excelled by only three righthanders in the same .time. In his career he] won 320 games, lost 190, acted as relief pitcher or was relieved in 80 games and pitched five tie contests. In his major league work he faced 15,907 batsmen and his 17-year average as a winning pitcher was .627. There are 4,105 Masonic lodges in England. ANNOUNCEMENT. Subject to the rules governing the Democratic Primary, I hereby an nounce myself a candidate for Mayor of the City of Camden In the ap proaching election. If elected, I shall advocate a progressive Administra tion consistent with good business. C. P. DuBOSE. FOR ALDERMAN WARD FIVE I hereby announce myself as a can didate for alderman of the City of Camden from Ward Five in the ap proaching primary subject to the rules of the Democratic party. R. M. KENNEDY, JR. FOR MAGISTRATE ? I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Magistrate for DeKalb Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. W. L. DePASS, Jr. FOR ALDERMAN I hereby announce myself as a can didate for alderman of the City of Camden from Ward Four, sebject to the City Democratic primary. C. C. WHITAKER, SR. For Alderman Ward Foar I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the office of Alderman from Ward Four for the city of Caw den in the coming Democratic primary subject to the rules and regulations of the jttimary. LEON H. SCHLOSBURG. FOR TREASURER I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the office of Treasurer of Kershaw County in the coming prim ary, subject to the rules and regula tions of the Democratic party. S. W. HOGUE. For Judge of Probate I hereby announce myself as can didate for the office of Judge of Probate for Kershaw County, subject to the rulesj of Democratic primary. SAMUEL N. NICHOLSON. For Alderman Ward Three. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election as Alderman from Ward J Of City of Camden; subject to rules of Democratic primary. J. H. OSBORNE FOR ALDERMAN WARD ONE I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of Alderman of the City of Camden from Ward One, subject to the rules of the City Democratic primary. W. L. JACKSON. FOR ALDERMAN WARD TWO I hereby announce myself aa a can didate fVom Ward Two in the ap proaching. primary subject to the rulea and regulations of the Demo cratic primary. , - LANE C. SHAW. *1 . -run ?V"I I ~ YOUR WIFE'S NKXT HUBBY (iw (Jives Home Point^ra on How He'll l/ook and l)o Of couise you can't imagine how your wife's next husband is going t?? look. He may bo tall, but he may be slim, however he may bo low, but he's the guy that's going to spend some of your insurance money. I know you can picture him now picking his toeth with a fork and eating with his knife. He dou't pass anything at the table and wont let anything pass him. He will smoke and chew, and your wife is only ac customed now to- a husband that smokes. He will have your enlarged picture taken out of the parlor and put up stairs iu the garret. Ho will never brush his teeth, nor will he ahave but once every ten days after he has been married two months. He will be slow about changing his socks, and he will leave his clothes scattered all over the room. He will forget and slap one of "her" children some time, and presto: he will leave home a week. He will sell your old Ford and buy himself a Super-six. He will cease painting his mustache after 6 months. He will also stop wearing starched collars and a tie, and he will likewise talk in his sleep and snore. He will sleep till 8:45 a.m., and eai his breakfast in bed. He will radio till radioing is no more. He will not ask the blessing, nor will he attend church after seven months of irrides ent matrimony. 1 He will talk much and long. His vocabulary will bo interspersed with "I taken a walk today," "I seen your Aunt Sue down town," "taint so," "which-ern?" and "Cousin Joe teach ed school 2 year before., he tuck up the minister." He won t lace up his shoes, but he will lick the molasses pitcher. He will hire somebody to move the hen house from the place where your pre vious husband knew it ought to be. He will kick the dog and cuss the cat, besides drinking four cups of >coffee for dinner. He will brag on his ancestors, and low-rate yours. Ho will sleep in his underwear, and dry his face on the bath mat. He will strike matches on your walls and squire tobacco juice on your fire-boards. He will sooner or later talk back at his "old lady," but will call her "honey" no more after the first year. f > . He will begin talking about "my wife" and "my house" and "my auto mobile" and "my farms" and "your younguns'j^ as- soon as he gets fully acclimated to what he has married into. Yet, I have known it to pay handsomely on both sides for the wid ow to get somebody to help her spend "his" life ihsurance. It's easier to dispose of with a man to assist you. Dr. Jeans, president of the Uoyal Astronomical Society, states that re cent discoveries indicate that the earth is not far distant from the cen ter of the universe. . . . . , * . "v *- v ' . ?. ? Yes, You Can Have Goodyear Tires Maybe you haven't" got a corner on all the nioney in * ? ? * the world. You can have Goodyear Tires, just the same. We have Goodyear Tires for everybody, every car, and every purse. Our stock and our prices prove it. You make a mistake if you deny yo urself the best. REDFEARN MOTOR CO. CAMDEN, S. C. What Goes With It. Doing business with this bank is valuable for what goes with it. The sense of security, readi- . - ness for opportunity, the right kind of business acquaintances, habits of order, and prosperity it self goes with it. f J The First National Bank Of Camden, South Carolina