Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Postal Brings This Book It is free- ? it tells how you can have local and long distance telephone ser vice in your home at very small cost. > Send for it today. Write nearest Bell Tele Ph one Manager, or FARMERS' LINE DEPARTMENT SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 24 OS. PRYOR STREET ATLANTA, OA. GENTLEMEN FOR APPEARANCE .? " . . ?. r y - -v ?*. -4T" as well as hygienic comfort, your Business Suits, Dress Suits, White and Fancy Vests, Top Coats, Over Coats and Gloves, will serve you best when frequently cleaned and "form pressed" by our superior methods. FOOTER'S DYE WORKS CUMBERLAND, Md. > 7 TO THE PUBLIC I am still in the Drayage business and solicit your work. All orders for Coal and Wood you will kindly give to The Camden Fuel } ^ Co., as 1 have sold that part of my business. J. B. ZEMP Health Insurance Is^a Necessity Eor You LOOK INTO THE h >? 1,1 no ? 1 ? S way to inquire nor ' MATTER NOW! Wlll you ll(?ubjeeled to annoyance ? we simply lay the matter before yon, showing the liberal terms of policy, soundness of the company, lovvness of rates. I hink^o.f a ceitain steady income when you re ill ? arrange for it Now. WILLIAMS INSURANCE & REALTY COMPANY ? ( Incorporated. ) ? 1012 Broad Street Camden, South Carolina NORTON'S WOLF DECIDES By DON LA GRANGE. Aii iucldunt and a rumor had tlu vt IIuum of Cold wat* u-buzzlliK T h e incldont ' was tl,mt Mr. Nor ton, the livery stable mau, hud bought a wolf. The rumor was thttt MISS JOBSli) Payne, the belle of the village, whk loved by tw( youriK men and didn't know which one to accept An old mun had co mo down to Coldwater front the north wood with a wolf In a cage. He had started out to 6x hi hit the wolf a* flvu cents a peep hut the public had hung hack. A debt was contract ed with the liv eryman, and he had to take the wolf for payment. He would keep the animal uutil a olr cub came along. To keep children away from the Htablea It wa? given out that the animal had killed and eaten no less than five different persons, and was on the watch for others. It was declared that' if he should break his way out of his cage, the ?daughter would ho something terri ble. The rumor that Miss Jessie Payne was hesitating between two lovers had some foundation. She was not en gaged to young Stephen Allaire of the village bank, but everybody suid it would make a match. For months he had had no rival. Then young Albert Morton came from the city to visit rel atives. He had been introduced to Miss Jessie and had fallen in love. One evening the livery stable man received a caller whom he was sur prised to see. It was Mr. Allaire, and In a careless way he asked: "What about that wolf you have here?" "Oh, he's a wolf, all right," was re piled. "I hear he-Is a-very savage beast." "You just ought to see him attack a piece of boof." "If he were muzzled he might be let out?" "Bless you, man, ho don't need any muzzle on to walk the street. He is no mote dangerous than an old hen. He's an old wolf on his last legs. He was born in captivity, and has played with children for years. I have to toll of hlo savagenesa to keep the chil dren away." "Mr. Norton," said the young man nftor drawing a long breath, "if I should want to take your wolf for a walk (his evening ? " "Take him right along." ' At seven o'clock that evening the skaters began to gather on the pond, and at the same hour rame (he report that Mr. Norton's wolf had escaped from his cage, and was roaming about. | He had already bitten old Mrs. John son and Deacon Skinner, and other ?victims would be heard of. The skat ers began leaving the pond. They didn't propose lo take any such risks. The last of them were just leaving when Miss Jessie Fayne and Mr. Albert Morton Came down to the pond and heiird the news. "Why, if that is so then wo can't go," said Mr. Morton. "Hut why can't we?" was asked. "Look at the risk! That wolf may be here at any minute!" "And ho may not be here before next summer!" "Hut if he is loose he will certainly mako for the pond." "Then let him come. You can pro tect me from one old wolf!" "Hut he is a savage animal. Mips ! Fayne." "I earne down here to skate. Mr. i Morton, and it will take more than one old wolf to drive mo home again. (1* you are afraid?" | "Oh, no, no, no! It is solely on j your account." ; "But you needn't mind me. Come on ! " | Away they went up the river, sido by tide, sho smiling contemptuously and ho glancing back over his shoul der at brief intervals with an awful dread In his heart. It was an Inher ited fear, and he could not control It. j, Of a sudden, after one of hi* glances back, he caught the girl by the arm : and almost shrieked out: "The wolf! The wolf! lie Is after^ 11s! " ! "lie can't be!" she replied. But he was, and if they had looked a little closer they might have made out a skater not far behind the ani mal. "No's coming! He's coming!" shout ed the young man as he twisted the girl about In his excitement. "Then fight him off!" Three seconds later Mr. Morton was skating 'or the shore, and alone! Thf vvolf came up and b^gan circling tho pirl. as If preparatory to a ?pr:ng. but before ho had closed in th?< skater arrived and stretched him dead with a bullet from his pistol "Oh Stoph^n!" 1 "Is thi? you. Jessie"" The next morning Mr Morten went hpTe He had neither *?y ,,r.r farewells. In two months '<!-s ,i< Fayne became Stephen A l a MUST GROW MORE LIVESTOCK Prosperity of South Depends Upon Diversified Farming and * Stock Raising. ERADICATE CATTLE TICK The South, Adapted to Live Stock Growing, Should Lead the United States In Production of Cattle ? Do Not Import Food Product* ? Keep Money at Home. Oy Q. H. ALFORD, Agricultural Ex tension Department, International Harvester Company of New Jersey, During the lust ten yearn our aero yield increased, but not half as much us the increase in population. Wo have alL heard the old Dutch proverb quoted before, but wo rati not quote It too often: "No gratia, no stock; no stock, no manure; no manure, no crops." Holland ia almost entirely a grass and stock country, and landa are worth on an average $500 per acre. These people have found that they can maku moro out of iu:id from grass and live stock than they can by cultivating it. Unnumbered acrea of hill land in the cotton belt are making less than one-third bale of cotton per acre, and at the same time making poverty for those tilling them. The cost of com mercial fertilizer applied annually is appalling. The razor-back terraces, covered with weedB, 'grass and briars, and the circles and short rows pre vent the use of labor-saving Imple ments. We are sending millions to the northern states every year to pay for pork products, dairy products and beef. This money should be kept at home and deposited In our banks un til they are full to overflowing and th* rate o/ interest lowered to, say, six per cent., because of the abundance of money. Then we will have the necessary money to build Rood roads, to pay good teachers better salaries to teach longer terms, to improve our farms and to build comfortable homes and put telephones and libraries in_ thenar Then our boys and girls will Btay on the farm, and we will behold prosperity in every department of the commercial world. The south has an overwhelming ad vantage over every other section in live stock raising. We have great climatic advantages that permit out Dr. Tait Butler, Memphis, Tenn., Sec-! retary Southern Cattlemen's Asso ciation. door pasturing and feeding during thG ? whole, or the greater part of the year, j We ean obtain large yields of oats,: leguminous crops, Johnson and Ber muda grasses, sorghum cane hay, and an abundance of corn for the making of silage, the most economic form of carbohydrates. The keeping or' good' cattle and the intelligent use of thor oughly good permanent pastures and grazing crops, and the economic ubo of the fcilo and cotton seed meal will make our lanHs rich, keep millions of! dollars at home that are now sent to j the north and west, and make our j j people prosperous. j In the cotton belt live slock farm-; ing has been avoided mainly for two: reasons: tl) Because all-cotton farm ^Jng^aid better until the soil became! poor; (2) because of the cattle tick.; Now, millions of acres are too poor j to grow cotton profitably, and we can easily eradicate the cattle tick. Since the work of eradicating the tick was; inaugurated, . nearly 200. 000 square miles have been cleaned for all time; this is an area over three times aj j large as Alabama. The tick ..njurc^ | the hide, reduces the milk How at ! least ten per cent., makes it very dif ? flcult to fatten cattle, prevents th? in-* j traduction of good cattle to breed up : our native cattle, lowers the price of : our cattle on the markets and de , stroys more than enough, cattle every j year to pay for its er.i location. The d..ju of :h ^ tick are numbered i The last tick v. ill 5;c destroyed in u few years, and ? :i the south will -dopt a pi rniam nt system of ftgricul- i ? ; ; . ....rily to present j SIMPK1NS' PROLIFIC COTTON ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Puts the farmer at an advantage because he i* first in the market with hit crop. THE EARLEST COTTON IN THE WORLD. Ninety D?y? From Planting to Boll. Crow# Mor* Cotton to the Acre. SUPPLY IS LIMITED? ORDER QUICK The Only Genuine Sold In TJbie State. W. H. Mixson Seed Co., Charleston, S. C. Sole Distributor* for South Carolina Also All Other Seed# Writo for Catalogue YOUR CHANCE ' 'J. ? - V - to make a safe and profit able investment is at hand Ih Wateree Building & Loan Assn. . .. : - '? ? -i ?? ?' :r" *,*: *'? ?, ''?* : . . . . .. * ?. ... ? . ? Will issue its fourth series next month. The time Is getting close itt lmutl. Shares $1.00 Gacli per monjji, Put aside a few dollars TO GET A HOME while the chance Is up to you.% This is no "'hit or miss" game you play at ? it makes a hit every time. Ask any of the hundreds of people who have tak en stock in the Huilding and Loan Associations if they hare ever had reasons to regret it. NAW is Your Time 1 lVf V? t0 Subscribe for as many shares of stock as you wish. One (1,000) shares 1 will he sold. Six hundred and sixty-six (666) of these have al ready been taken, " and the subscription list is less than ft week old. " Call at The . 4 The First National Bank and subscribe for the stock, Mr. John T. Mackey, Secretary and Treasurer, or subscribe to the list Mr. W. R. Hough has when he calls upon you. ' . . i Camden Steam Bakery MANUFACTURER OF . ? ? BETTER BREAD New Every Morning Fresh Every Evening ' * I Ask Your_Gr_Q?.eiLor Phone Us for Better Bread # \ Camden Steam Bakery A. J. BEATTIE, Proprietor ' ? ' - TELEPHONE 49 CAMDEN, S. C." S. C. Buff Orpingtons FINE YOUNG STOCK " . FOR SALE - And Eggs For Hatching ALSO FEW BARRED ROCK < PULLETS FOR SALE BELLSHAW DAIRY FARM MRS. A. S. WHITE, Proprietor Pay Your Subscription