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W? II. lleon* l*?jm Trllwlo to the Kuiull Weekly l*?j>cr. The Hearst newspaper* have more than once called the attention of buutncMw men uikI eltlfceuu In gen *rul i<> iitn important work thai Ih douo by the editor* of tin* Hiu&Uer newupapura mu4 to the grout v?ln? of thoHe new?puper? uv ud verilizing, medium*, . U would be IffipOHlbl* to keep thl* )."v < i ii im, nt going, llMPO* ;M li'ital to I pi t teuUUiv# ttUd democratic government aii\<' In ihi? ooUntry if It were not for the thou* and* of nuwHpuper jMgitor* muttered i ii i < > 1 1 k 1 1 ? * 11 1 the land ov^n one ,,r Uieio u w ate tier and uu observer, a! vlJtgant policeuiBu In politic* and publ)< affaire. Whenever two railroad* f-r ohh In Out i-nltod 'Htutc* and thyre 1m a town or village, there Ih fortunate ly for the country- a local editor. ? Tilt; editor watcbcK the two rati road#, he WiitrlH !, iln- Affair# of ft 1*1 towuuhlp, county, State and union., ] lie tlllkH dally or wtMikly tp hiH fellow citieenn otm^rnloi affair* that moMt vitally inturuht thotu. lift 1h for them an eye that down not nleep, a man alert unddovOted to thoge that are hiu couHt it uontH, If the railroad crowning kllla too m Wiiiy , If the rail road h combine to ofturge top much or n?<rvo too poor ly, If the judge, governor or mayor HueitiH more of a railroad official than a people'* the editor in tftjrej t <? It'll about It, liig metropolitan newapupere withj Hrculat Iojih running Into many hun~! dredn of thousand** daily, havo a peculiar power of their own. Uut if y/ni took all the metropolit iH?WHpup(!?H of the O.hnlled Htate? and weighed thuin in the balance agaliiHt (Ik? p i"?;hh of ninall cltleH and towiiH of America, It would he aw! though you "'weighed a city office building againut I'lkc'H Peak- and tho local pre?H would ho Pike'n Peak reader* uh one friondn npotikH to another. * They know him by Night. Thoy know IiIh record. They know the hard fi k h I. that he haw madu and la ! making. They know for how Hinall a reward lio dors idTlcent, un-j selfish service. And ft word f roin : him moftns more than many cohimiiK; from home anonymous and unknown "ertltpr of the hip olty." Tho politicians of this oountr.vj knoAv well t lie power of the local' editor. They reapect it. and fear It and it |h a good thing for the: country that theyd o. ? . j A man writing fearlessly In Home: eongreHHinan'ti or 'Homo nenator's, home town can do more to ke?p : that- official "straight" than all the metropolitan newspapers put togeth-j Public men know the power of the local editor and of thelocal newn paper. It is a pity that the business men of the country are ignorant of that power. The man who han something really worth while to advertise could, if lie would use the local newspaper intel ligently, multiply his sales by ten, make himself known to millions tba do uot know him, and put hiniBelf at the head of his line of competition. IT the automobile man u fact urera who attract attention Just at this moment put their advertising intelli gently iu tiie local newspapers pay ing a good,* fair raLo and offering a good value they could very soon change the output of automobiles in America from I4#t000 in one year, which, was the record of 1910, to 500,000, or 1,000,000 in one year? and* this is no exaggeration. The smallest, of the Country news papers has among its readers one or five or ton or a hundred men that - could be made to buy a car no,w and; will buy sooner or later. Home in-! telllgent automobile manufacturer with the right kind of product will realize this and sol Ik tens of thoua-j ands of cars through the local news-j papers before his competitors know what has happened. The average of prosperity and of ' wealth among the. readers of a coun try, newspaper is far greater than among the readers of a metropolitan daily, and in proportion to the cost of advertising, intelligent publicity through the country newspapers gives by far the best results. What we have said about automo bile advertising refers to advertis ing iu other lines. The dwellers in the cities, readers of the metropoli tan dailies, have hefOre their eyes the temptations and attractions of the great stores, which cannot he reached by the reader of the coun try newspaper. If our business mon realized their opportunities they would fight for parcels post,,. and they would make of evfiry-^coiintry newspaper an active distributing agency, doubling and trebling the country's prosperity and industrial activity. This we have !*.nid before, and we shall say It again. Inasmuch as there nre no- Hearst newsnanern In the country, Inasmuch as our news papers are published exclusively In the great cities of the country, we shall at least be credited with un selfishness in making a fight for local editors that deserye the thanks and appreciation of financial encour* iigemet of every good citizen. Very few realize what it means when a man undertakes tho publi cation^, of, a dailly newspaper In a ? small place. ' The editor risks everything, pov erty, bankruptcy, indifference of the public, and at best his reward can ??e very small. This is why we have in the past and today and shall in the. future try to impress on our readers and on big advertisers the fact that they - should do their share toward sup porting the local press of this coun try. There would be and could he no philanthropy about it, simply wise self interest should make every citizen buy his local paper and make every advertiser contribute accord ing to his .means to the support of the local press. Tho cltizon that buys his local pa- 1 per gets his money back many times over In protection of his interests. And the man who advertises widely and wisely in the local press gets Hie people should not bo niggard ly Ui liupport of thoae that OwOOd work, BuainHi men and th? public generally should be espwlally broad* inlnded ?nd liberal In their- support of the hxal newspaper* that repre i??nt and luteusify public oplnioi: throuahoot the country.- -'New \oik. . American. ? 4 GOT HIS NOTES MIXED UP * ? Ab?cnt-Mln^od Ma*- Has Some Diffi culty At tliQ UuCffc' Store and the Groctra'. Ah the !UUo man walked abaent mindodiv aiurg lie sud denly 1 . fr?w;t of a bookstore It reculV.i ? i 1 u 'he meaning of that I }>!(?<>,? :i - and wftb ! a lr \ ho entered. ?* i:*> fftifl to the , ], ' ' ? "I "?o t?> fc?t | a b< ' ' rt?r < certain novel who's | iM itnl it .goo'i <!? : . ! ,'s ? .o.i i , 1 imilt And : i! , ,i\ ? mo. Hhe wn i; o ; i mi a *ltp of paper, j'ft i.i d I. pet ?t in y. pocket." Aft'"? c? ? ' bf0 fumbling ho pro duced t : .? I i: i r paper, and laying it on U tool oujj Ms spec tad' u| .i : 1 1! .'in on his none. i J; ?? i, ! e- -Cobb's Corna lino. VfM ' It." "!? -I'm ..;ih| 1 don't know the book. >,lr," ,7;-1d ,t V c clerk apologetical ly, ''but I'll look through the Hat of now ones." And ran bis eye over the Jtfit on t)i< . ?*!!. "'No) I'm ?orry to way 1 can't Hud It hero. You are Hurt* of '' ?? initio'.'" "Yen, jv'd right hero on thle piece of pa.i;, r." "Wall. I'm afraid v.'c havon't got it theh;" "But? btr 1 dpn't dare to go home to my v.lfc without it. I promised to g<*t it for ih i.v' The clerk called to another In the .back of the store, wlio came forward. To the other ho said: "Hay, Bill, do you know of a book called Cornutlne, by a follow named Cobb?'-' ? "What's th.at?" h" ,-:nked In sur prfno. Tiu? old gent Ionian brokft in: > 'Tobb'H Coriiatlrie. Here, aeo for t yourself. J "I'm afraid, you've made a mlatuke," | ?ald the new arrival with a tv/inkle. 'Cobb's Cbrnatlno l:.i ;? now breakfast food." "All, now I see why the grocer didn't understand me when I asked him for a package of CJiieod," remark ed the customer In manifest relief. . ? G, Kaommcrl.Iiii4 In Puck. WANT B 1). A reliable young man who is willing to work to take charge of small farm near Camden. Apply to It. H. Plttman, 57 Broad St., Char-,.' lesion. For Hal e. A tract of land containing ninety- j two (92) acres, situated five and one-half (G 1-2) jollies Northwest of the City of Camden. There Is a four room house on this property, also a good spring of water. About one-half of this land Is cleared up. For terms apply to I. C. Hough or li. A. Wlttkowsky. I)r. Alfml A. I'tttitoiwn, and l>K K. If. Kerrlson DKNTIST8 Sut'CCHHors to Dr. Li. W. AlBton Offices in the Mann linildiii^ lMmiie 18f> : Removal Notice. | . m . ' . . . We are moving to one door above the Pepsi-Cola bottling works on South Main Street where we will be bet ter prepared than ever toj do your bicycle repairing. Work guaranteed to give satisfaction. I H. E. Bssrd ^ Co. i ; For Sale or Rent. The Blair farm, formerly owned by F. M.~Zemp. Apply to R. H. PITTMAN 57 Broad St. Charleston, S. C. October the Beet Month for Planting Oat* In the South Compare* Well In Profit with Corn I Hy (i H. Alfurd, of I It C 8?rvic? From October 1 to November 16, ^wording to latitude. Is the beet time to aow oat* in the cotton belt. The area In oats should be fully as large as ! tbat In corn Great enthtiHluHm new ; prevails In regard to corn, but let uh not. forget that an u feed fur stool* and cash crop, oata ia one of the bent crop* that can bo grown in the south. / The chief crops grown all through the cotton belt are cotton and corn. Am an average, for th<< period from i jttOO to 190t?, there was planted from ten to fifteen acres of corn for each acre of oats in the various cotton belt states. During the mime time;, ilie average value of the oat crop per [ acre wuh $10,09, while the average value per re of corn was $11.02. Figuring the cost of growing an oat crop afrid a corn crop we find that the oat crop was the more profitable. . There are several Important reasons why we should sow millions of acrea of oats in the cotton belt. It would reduce wuHhtng and leaching to the minimum, furnish grazing, a<l<t to tlm deplorably deficient supply of humus, and add to the always short supply of feed stuffs, ?' ? ??? ? ? ? ' Of coursA, tlwre are better winter cover crops than oafs. Hurr clover and crimson clover rnul the vetofaes, and In jioms caH?? some of the other winter cereals arc better. We do not claim that oats alone, or that oats and hairy vetch combined should be grow ? for the sole purpose of supplying a cover crop. However, In view of the fact that oats will grow on poor land, poorly prepared, and that tt costs lit tle to seed m? acre, It is a good win ter cover crop. , Two and on?? half acres were planted In oats at the experiment station ?'it Baton Rouge, f.a., for gracing experl* nient on September 28. On October 29, seven poland china pigs, weighing In totnl 27ft pounds, were put on this plat and were given no feed but the green oats during the winter. By February 17 the pigs weighed a total of. 568 pounds. There was an average gain of .37 pounds per pig per day for 110 days. From October 20 to January 1, forty-five head of sheep were pas tured on this same field. Of this number eight ewes and nine Iambs were pastured continuously thereafter until February 17, at which date the lambs averaged sixty-eight days old and weighed 35.5^ pounds each. Al lowing six cents per pound gained by the Iambs, we have a return of $13.40 per acre, plus the pasturage of sheej^ not considered In the estimate. The loss of humus from the soil results In decreasing Its power to store up and properly supply crops with water. Soils with a liberal amount of humus are capable of more effectually withstanding drought than Blmilar soils with Icsb humus. The oat crop Ails the soli full of roots, and the stubble also adds much humus to the soli. The oat grain is a very valuable feed, especially for young animals, because of the moderately high con tent of protein and the large amount of ash or mineral matter. Pound for pound, oats are not as valuable for feeding mature animals as corn, four pounds of corn being equal to about five pounds of eats. In attempting to build up worn out cotton lands we must depend very largely upon the leguminous crops. Now the oat crop Is harvested early enough to permit the growing of u leguminous crop. The leguminous crop may be plowed under or It may be used as feed, and the manure re turned to the land. If we are going to build up our soils and raise good stock we must grow oat crops and- fol low with legume crops. Oats will prove about the best paying small grain crop that can be grown over practically the entire cotton belt. The same soil that will produce one bale of eotton or forty bushels of corn per acre will produce sixty bushels of oats per acre. At an average price that has prevailed for oats during the past Ave years, the sixty bushels will sell for from $36 to $40 and the straw when baled will often pay for growing the grain. ? After using the disk harrow to cut the corn stalks or cotton stalks, plow the land deep, then disk and doublet disk and harrow and cross harrow until every inch of the soil has been Btirred and broken as fine as possible.. A mWtnrA nf snn nnunds of sixteen per cent acid phosphate, H>0 pounds of cotton seed meal, and 200 pounds of potash. followed In March with a top dressing of fifty to seventy-five pounds of nitrate of soda per acre, is good fertilizer tbr oats on average soil. The best varieties for fall sowing in the south are of the red rustproof type. The original red rustproof, the Appier and the Bancroft, are so nearly alike that no one can tell them apart If sown side by side. The Burt oat is for spring sowing. /There are three methods commonly practiced in planting oata ? sowing broadcast, open furrow, and drilling, Drilling of the seed is to bo preferred, since considerably less seed may be used if drilled by machine; the acode are covered at a uniform depth, come up, grow, and ripen uniformly; the small ridges made by the drill afford a slight degree of protection from cold; and the yield from drilled oata Is usually greater than from broad cast oats. The seed saved,' and the larger crops that usually result from drilled oats will soon pay for a good drill on tho Carm. ANG'S PHONE 2 Suggestions For This Week: < Georgia Cane Syrup Buckwheat Flour tr ? *? - yf'T-' Fresh Mackerel Sweet Mixed Pickles 25c per qt. Mince Meat Seeded Raisins Cleaned Currants Citron Shelled Almonds Mixed Spices for Cakes PHONE US YOUR WANTS IGH GRADE GROCERY FOR ? Y ' y'l -V ? : ?' tjr-r ? Lowney's Chocolate Home Made Candies * , - Celery All Kinds of Fruit i Call at Camden Candy Kitchen 'Phone 78 Of course you want a heating stove to save fuel, to hold fire over night and all that sort of thing, but the most impor tant thing is that they heat the room properly and that they u Villi so tl??y "A'ill 1 ivj* ' We don't have to sell our stoves on the claim of fuel sav ing alone. In the first place, most people don't keep any record of the fuel burnt so that a far away catalogue house is pretty safe in making exaggerated claims in this direction. ,f f We are right here where we have to make good what we claim; compare the sizes of our stoves, the weights and you will find we give you fully am much for your money, to say nothing of seeing what you get, of delivering your stove the day you order it and saving you freight charges. There is a good deal of difference between a guarantee ?covering "defective^n?ter+al workmanship" and our guaran tee of perfect satisfaction. We are willing to leave the decis ion to your judgment, but we want you to see our stoves and make the comparison before you buy. It will pay both of us. A. D. KENNEDY CHARLES ?. CURTIS Thi* in a tUory that begin* t? xlgwttjp and ends 111 the < aiiitot Wnnhlrtgtonr-the utory of u ^rtdtkij who I rl*en high In tlu (ouudifM the gov< rnm? nt vs ith whom hi* rw^ have warred the ft<*y of tb? aril Indian senator Cbarle* k Cwtk who wan once Jokingly culled only American tn the United tjtau* seuate." < u.UH watt born In ;i 0f ^ Kuw tribe, in Kanaaa, in 1H0 Hit mother was a Kaw woman and bU (%. ther ^ French olllc-rr l,? tt au urphtt at tbo age of three, the future 8*nttor Bpent hla early {boyhood In tbe wig, W8m of hl? mother's people De#r Council Grove. Kan. One of hl? flr*t recollections Is the Hight of a Ksllop ing. painted war purty of Kaw bra?r? duelling forth to battle aguln?t tbflr foes. the Cheyennea. ^ Boon after this light ho was nent to Tfcpeka to school. Hut ho wag tuo used to the ffee Outdoor Win of an In dian youth to relish the confinement of a schoolroom. Moreo-er -accord lng to white man's standards he |y poor; and he found It mroggary to turn his hand to some meana <?f livelihood, A Jockey and a "Bad" Horse, He went to work as a newsboy then aB a peanut .vendor; then as j bootblack. Hut none of these jobs promised wealth nor even nn especial ly comfortnble living. So ho Bought for better work. Here hln boyish ex. perlence In riding bareback the wild Kaw bronchos stood Curtis in good stead. And when his chance came he wa,p re^dy for it. He obtained a job in a racing stable' as a jockey, and rode many a winner. * He and the veteran Jockey Fred Taral struck up a warm friendship In those lace track days. The Kansas City Interstate Fair as sociation was holding a meet in 1877. One of the horses entered for a cer?' tain race was known to be very speedy, but had a bad way of bolting and becoming unmanageable when every ho reached a certain point on the track. Hence he was looked upon ag ?L ??jj6rJoser. Curtis? a Blendar, b lack- haired, dark-skinned wisp of a lad ? was assigned to ride this "craiy horse." Unlike the usual story book hero he did not "win the race against fearful odds." On the contrary, the horse hurled him against a high board fence with such force as to leave scars which the senator still bears. This practically ended the young In dian's racing career. He next became a hack driver. While he was working at this unin spiring trade he became smitten with a longing for better education. H? took to studying law in his Bpare fo ments. While waiting for "fares" be was forever delving In BOme musty law book he had borrowed. It was during this time that he managed to forget the Indian dialect of hlB motfc er's people; because his white friends laughed at 'him for his use of the un couth speech. Today he remember# scarce a phrase of the ancestral lan guage. Two years after he gave up racing Curtis was admitted'- to the bar. A little while afterward he bad made bo good a start In politics that he wm sent as delegate to a near-by conven tion. At twenty-four he was prosecutv Ing attorney of Shawnee county, and In 1890 was an unsuccessful candidate for congress. But In 1892 he made the congres sional fight again in a "whirlwind cam paign" as vigorous In its way as any waged by his warlike ancestors on the plains. And this time he was elected. to congress. From Wigwam to U. 8. Senate. - At the capitol he quickly made his presence felt. Brilliant, a tireless worker, a stanch partisan, he was not content to be merely one of a host of representatives, but at once won an individual name for himself. ? Curtis served three terms In con gress; thenv in 1907, was sent to the United States senate. He was the first Indian to sit in this august body, where his career includes more than one* strenuous effort for the better ment of the western red men's condt tlon. Prom tepee to capitol; from Jockey to senator; from the ranks of Uncle ; Sam's hereditary foes to a place among the government's foremost law: makers! It Is a record thai weir w" titles its owner to high rank amonf "Famous Indians." (Copyright.) Scared Several Business Men. ? "I heard a good one on the news papers today," said Alderman Wil liam Coleman to a crowd of alder men and newspaper men In the city hall. "The editor of a small paper to this state "v^s scandalized at the be havior of a business man in his town who posed , as a moral and upright citizen and a pillar of the church, So tha editor, to put a stop to it inserted an advertisement in his paper that read lilto this? w "'If that business man who hug* and kisses his typewriter every day doesn't atop it right away we print his name in our paper.' " "The very next day a dozen of -IM most substantial businefH mon in the place called on the editor and told him that he shouldn't listen to? every thing people talk about. As each de parted he left behind a good voluffl? advertisoment."-rMy"ankeo Wis con tin.