Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Water ee Lumber Co . Wholesale and Retail Owned and Operated by Mr. R. A. Carpenter. ? Do Large Wholesale Business in Addition to Local Retail Trade. The W^teree Lumber Company was established approximately one year ago and from ita inception has made . a splendid ? growth. The company does a wholesale and retail lumber business and ships many car loadu of its lumber into Eastern and North ern markets in addition to a gooc retail business in this vicinity. The firm Is well known to the building trade. The plant is modern and up to date in every respect. The pro ducts from nine saw mills are used by this company which means that a large num/ber of Kershaw county peo ple are furnished employment by the operations of the Wftteree Lumber ' Company. The business is owned by R. A. Carpenter who has had twenty five years experience in the lumber business. One thing this firm can pride itself upon is that their custom ers have had no occasions to make complaints regarding quality or from any cause. Mr. Carpenter is a native , of North Carolina but is a firm boos ter for Camden and Kershaw. He has shown .his faith in the future of this section by investing his money and his time here. The firm takes pride in the affairs of its town and the sec tion in which it operates and has shown a willingness to join in pro gressive movements that would aid his section. Wateree Lumber Co. And Surety Bonds Wc congratulate The Wateree Messenger on its 48th Anniversary and remind you that we will be pleased to handle your Insurance business. Camden Loan and Realty SlSi Company Mr. J. E. McKajn Represents Minn. Mutual Life Ins. Co. One of the Young Business Men of >the City, Wjho is Rap idly Forging to the Front. LAFAYETTE INN ' The Lafayette Inn, qpe rated under the direction of Mrs. Carpenter^ is one of Camden's finest tourist hos tel ries. Six nicely furnished rooms are of fered the traveling public at the Lafayette Inn, while the meals served by the Lafayette dining room have become famous throughout the land. Tourists passing through Camden have learned of the superior kind of entertainment the Lafayette Inn af fords and make it a point to stop overnight in this splendid Southern ^hostelry. Do you have trouble keeping the) back buttons sewed on the children's underclothes and sleeping garments? Try removing the button, sewing a piece of narrow elastic in the cur rent place, then sew ^he button se curely to the end of the elastic. The elastic gives as the child bends, and as the threads are relieved of strain, the button stays in place. ? ? * Many houseworkers have the un sanitary habit of shaking the dust mops out of the window, possibly thinking that it saves time. The time used in trotting to the window can be saved if the housewokrer will use a fair sized piece of papejf when the work of dusting the floors be gin, placing it on the floor at one side, dust that part of the floor near est, shake the dust on the paper, moving it as one gose about the room. When the floor is clean, fold the paper over, put it in the trash basket, and save time? labor and earn the good will of one's neighbors. '* ? * If a little square of muslin is sew ed at the top of the baby's stocking just where safety pins are u^d to fasten them to the diaper, the stock ings will fjive twice the service. ? ? ? When woolen blankets have worn thin, instead of discarding them, cover them. Silkoline is an excell ent material to use. Lay a blanket between two sheets of silkoline in the color used in the room into which this "comfort" is to do service. Bind the edges, tuft with worsted about twelve inches apart. A most satis factory comfortable is the result and at no great expense of money, * ? * ? ? It may seem an extravagance that we feci wo must match our evening gowns and our sliippers, for the slip per does of course get soiled more quickly than the frock. After sever al cleanings the slippers lose their color, but are never worn not. If taken to the shop where they were purchased, they may be redyed a slightly deeper color, and still be quite as attractive with the Mm? gown, or if they are very light to be gin with they may be dyed a differ ent color entirely. If the slippers were pink, they may-be dyed red* or even a dark blue or purple, and If | none ot these Are needed, there is ways black.-, And as every ofie i a pair or two of black Mr. J. E. McKain has been district agent for the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company in Camden for not quite a year, but during that time has budlt up an unnsually nice busi ness, and added a great many friends to his already large list. ' Mr. McKain represents the Minnes ota Mutual in Camden and Kershaw County. This company has been op erating successfully in South Caro lina for many years and is one of the strongest life insurance companies in the country. Mr. McKain was with the Loan and Savings Bank for about five years, before going into the insurance bus iness. He is a native of Camden and has spent practically his entire life here. He h&s a very pleasing person ality and, no doubt, will go far in the I insurance business. The Camden Cher?* Cola Bottling Co. Congratulates The Wateree Messenger on its Years of Service. An Excellent Line of Bottled Drinks Made in a Modern Sanitary Plant. J. E. McKAIN District Agent IN ? Camden and this Section for the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company of St. Paul, Minna. Congratulations to The Wateree Messenger on 48 years of Public Service. We congratulate the Wateree Messenger on its Forty Eighth Anniversary and for the good ser vice it has been to our people. We believe in Progress and Growth and now is the time to start growing. We are working hard and getting business. Our idea is to give the finest materials possible at the lowest prices consistant with sound business practices and we feel that sue . cess will come from such methods. We want to co operate with our community in any way to help it grow and we believe that right here in the ridge section of South Carolina we can build up such a city that all of us will be proud of. Lets go1