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Bargain Period Extended To April 10th 7 "? . - V ~ ' ~ r~ THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER announce** the ex tension of its Special "Bargain Period" to April 10th.,. Until that date New Subscriptions will be accepted at the rate of .$0,00 per year for the Daily and Sunday. $1.50 for ;* months trial subscription. The Observer's Special Leased Wire News Service froin Washington is worth the subscription price. "The Foremost Newspaper In The Two Carolinas." KKATHKKKI) C0NCKKTK MIXKK. How The Bird of The Desert Fills His (dant Stomach. It In mighty lu?r<l to think of an os trich as being a Idrd, at all; and it is harder still to speak of him In the nan e breath with a blu?! bird, or a wren. ' . Hut, he really and truly Is a hlrd, Just us much a bird as yonr i>ct ran* nry, ??r that mockingbird singing to the moon. 'j hero 1m little need to t??l I you how an ostrich Hooks, for evety ^Flrst Speller" Informs the rising generation that "(> stands for Ostrich," and there* ho Is, more or loss correct ly drawn, .standing Just a little to the* right of the big, round And then, no zoo Is quite cifmplete without one of those queer birds; and a circus Is n very poor elreiiM, unless the olown drives one of these .feat li ens! steeds around the ring. So the most of tiN have, at least, a working Idea of bow an ostrich looks. When Nature built him she must have Jnst finished making a camel, as the general outlines of the bird large ly follow those of that lumbering old "Ship of the ' I >esert!" lie Walks like a camel, and the curve of his 'neck, his humped up back, as well as his legs and feet, all reminds us of that unhappy beast, whose place In a circus parade, Is usually right In front of the elephants. The ostrich is entirely too big for any enclosure and, seems out of place anywhere. except on a fifty mile stretch of sandy desert. He falls to harmonize with any other surround ings. To be happy lie needs room and plenty of It. When be gets Htarted running In real earnest, bo wants a mile at loust, In which to. atop. lie Is i iot. provided with the elaborate sys 1 4*ir? of brakes, shutofTs ami clutches (hat so easily controls machines, much larger than he. Ho lias never learned to stop all of a Midden, so lie has to slow down and consequently ho requires space. The serious business of an ostrich's life. Is to keep the opposite sides of bis stomach from touching and grind ing themselves away. It would seem that eating would do this, and- so It would If food were plentiful and he a, to all the time ? but when provisions run short, he must till that stomach with something else for at all hazards the sides must he kept apart. Ilence, the ostrich dumps in any thing ho .happens to" come across. Flinty stones, pieces of glass. nails, railroad spikes, old horse shoes, rem nants of barbed wire, dollar watches, anything, so It Is hard, and has some size about It, -will give that stomach something to grind on. Thoughtless people have fancied when they saw an ostrich swallowing, a foot of rubber hose, or an assort ment of nuts and screws that the bird was entlng and enjoying It as much as a catbird the cutworm she Is bolt ing. Hut not so, that ostrich Is doing lust what miture has taught him Is the only thing that will make him Immune from stomach ache, in its worst form. It i s true he is not as particular about his food as the humming bird, hut he luis lils likes and his dislikes, when dining. If he can't get what he likes he tills up on ^vhat lie does not like and. unlike the average hoarder, says nothing about It. Almost any green thing that grows In gratefully fiiti'ii hh hiv jiImo, Jjujw. grala. trim hoppers, Hazards and toad t rojpi. Hut of tor a hearty meal, a dessert of (fiftetn of twenty little, fms?y, yel U?w ducklings causes his $20 plumes to quiver with delight. hi her Oftflye state tho wtricb U h ifjosl devoted Q)6t!l0Fi tbo story that lie leaves her eggs In the sand for the nu ii to hatch, to the contrary. It's true on account of the heated xand ipon which the eggs are laid, she Is not - obliged to he a>* careful about leaving the newt as are birds .of colder -llllUltCH. nut when tho chill of night nettles ??ver the desert she never neglects- to '.over her collection of faded foot l>a 11m. For a day or two after they are hatched the 'young are helpless and weak hut are soon able to keep ahead of a "horse when it come* to a race. The foot of tho ostrich Is unlike that <>f, any- other bird, having only two too* both 'pointed forwards. The Inside toe Is nnn-h longer than the outer one and Is armed with a - law of formidable dimensions. A squarely delivered kirk from an ?strleli would put that * ? f a mule In a Ins* along with love pats and honey moon caresses Happily the (?strleli Is a mute when Nature was assorting out the voices* among the birds, she skipped him. .lust suppose he had been given a voice as much out of proportion to his size as that of a wren Is out of pro Portion to her size, Imagine if you can, the volume of Ills song. .Steam whistles and en Hones would '?e relegated to tin* junk pile, and a singing ostrich Installed in their places. ? <\ A. !>., in (Ireenyllle News. News Notes From Abney. Kershaw. S. C., rfd 4, Mar. 21. ? We have had some severe weather and high winds, as we usually havo hi March, hut we are having some flue weather now. Kvery day makes us think more about spring. The farm ers are very busy plowing and prepar ing their lands for another crop. But very little fertilizer has been hauled, and don't think there will bo much used, as the price is too high. The wheat ami oat crops are line and near ly every farmer has both wheat and oats sown. Kven one-horSe- tenants have their grain sown. We are glad to note that the health of this community has somewhat Im proved. John M. Taylor, one among the old est citizens, died Tuesday morning. March 21st, and was burled at Buffa lo Baptist church- Wednesday at (10 "o'clock. He lias a large circje of re latives and friends to mourn Ills death. Politics beginning to boom up In this part of the county. You can see the boys smiling around. We are al ways glad to sco the hoys. Heyward Pickle, William Tolly and Fred Tolly, young boys of Anderson, were more or less seriously burned last week when a jar of nitrate acid was broken and the contents of the jar spattered over them. DEMONSTRATION OF THE , Free Sewing Machine MARCH 31st 2 DAYS APRIL 1st On these days, at 3 p. m. in the afternoon, we will hold the biggest demonstrations that this town has ever seen. Every so often, there is brought forth in this world a revolutionizing invention. The spinning wheel, the battle axe, the hand written parchment, all gave way to an arti cle which did the work easier and better. The Old Style Sewing Machine Must Go. DURING THE DEMONSTRATION SAI E We will buy your old machine at a liberal price, apply it on the special introductory price of The FREE, and allow you to pay the small re- (? | .00 maining difference on terms as low as A a week No, Ihis is not a music cabinet. It is The FREE Sewing Machine Mr. M. E. Walker, an expert from The FREE Sewing Machine Co., has promised to be here, and he is going to tell the women of Camden the story of THE FREE SEWING MACHINE ( Invented anil Patented by W. C. Free > that epoch-making invention that is shaking the sewing machine world to its very foundations. The FREE will supplant the old style sewing machine as surely as the rifle has replaced the battleaxe. SATURDAY, APRIL 1ST WE WILL GIVE AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE one of the handsome Free Sewing Machines, to the person holding the lucky number. Call at our store and get a coupon, and let us tell you all about it. To any person Inlying one of The FREE Sewing Miielilnes before the demonstration will be given twenty-five extra coupons, and if you are presented with the ina?<hlne at the demonstration the money you have paid will be refunded. Only one coupon will be allowed to any one adult, except as noted al >ove. Children cannot hold cuupou*. CAMDEN FURNITURE COMPANY Telephone 156 Camden, S. C. CAMDEN KLKCTION dWlt. Mwond Klertiou For Alilwman Ward 1 and Commissioner Public Work*. Th#.;eloctlon fur city oflleyrrt passed, off vory ipilctl.v. Mayor (' H> win not opposed In his fact) for u sec ond tortn. nor wax \V. It. Italjoaehe, alderman from Ward 5, Three enter ed the race for commissioner. of pub: lie works, as follows: W. J. Dunn, who received 1.IM5 : W. .C. Moore, 171, and J J. Workman, The vote for alderman was as fol lows: Ward I, T. ('. Chidden, 13: )V. Jaekxon; 3*J : .1. K. Smith, 20; Ward 2, H. M. ( jlffohi, ,21 ; It, 8. Wll Hams, dl ; Ward 3, W. II Pearce, 01 ; W. Hohln Zenip, 02 : F. M, Wooton, alderman from Ward I, did not seek re-election, and <J. A. lUiamo was un opposed. - in Ward <1 former Senator W. It. Hough defeated W. II. (Jard nor by a vote of 1 1 to 10. A second election will he held be tween Messrs. Inmn and Mooro for foiimil.s.sloner^of pnhlle works and Mes sors Jackson and Smith for alderman from Ward I, next Tuesday. Adding to His Shop. Mr. W. ( >. flay, proprietor of Hay's (iarago and Machine Shop on Itroad street announces receiving two social Instruments for locating trouble in automobile starting and lighting sys tems. Another on the way, Is an automatic urease machine that tills automobile differentials and transmissions in a few minutes at a saving of both time and prease. Card of Thanks. I wish to thank my friends both white and colored who so kindly as si.sted us In trying to save our prop erty when It was destroyed by tire Wednesday, also to all those who have so liberally offered to help us and fam ily. May (Sod bless each and every one Is the prayer of P. L. MeNautfhton and family. Rethune, S, O., March 23, 1910. ITEMS OVER THE STATE Short News Notes Gathered From Our Exchanges. (.'has. (I. Croon of Spartanburg has leased the Clenn Springs Hotel. Covernor Manning left Columbia last Thursday for a short visit to Florida. St ol>o Ilalley. of Laurens 'county, was sentenced to die in the electric chair on April 2S. J: K. I treed in, of Manning, has heen named superintendent of the State Anti-Saloon League. The monument to he erected at Havana to the heroes of the battle ship Maine will be made of Winns boro granite. The state commissioner of agricul ture has recently completed a census of the hogs In the state, indicating that there are approximately 940, 000 hogs in South Carolina. !{. \V. Ilnyden. of the Victor Cotton Mills, at C'recr, S. ('.. has received in formation from Crnnt l'ass, Oregon, that his father whom lie had not heard from in a long while died there re cently leaving an estate valued at $25,000. Forty-six students and teachers were injured when the dormitory of the State* -colored college at Orangeburg was burned at an early hour Monday morning. The h>-;s is estimated at $00, "t 000. There were .'?.i0 Inmates of the dormitory who escaped. rfMost of the injured suffered sprained ankles caus ed by jumpim; from windows. Janie McClester, of Camden, was among those slightly injured. The students lost all their clothing. Miss Willie May Adams, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ad ams, who reside on the cherry farm near Look Hill, was found dead in Laurel wood cemetery at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. An empty bottle which bad contained poison was lying nearby and the silent story of the tragedy was thereby made known to the keeper of the cemetery when he found the body. Miss Adams was a vivacious young woman, and a short time before the discovery of her life less form In the cemetery was seen by friends and appeared to be In her usual good spirits. No reason for the suicide has been assigned. Thurston I*. Vaughn, who Is In the State penitentiary under death sen tence for heinous crimes which he confessed to have committed while he was superintendent of the South Car olina Odd Fellows Orphanage, Is to be Incarcerated In the State Hospital for the Insane. Solicitor P. A. lion ham stated that he will apply for an order from the circuit court to transfer Vaughn. A test of Vaughn's sanity ^111 l?e made while he Is in the State Hospital. If the tests show Vaughn to be Insane be will escape tho death penalty. Vaughn ras con victed on October 20, 1012. and was sentenced to be electrocuted. His at torneys have appealed his case to the State Supreme Court and to the United States Supreme court, which tribunals sustained the judgment of the circuit court. A decree of Insanity Is the only thing that can now save Vaughn from tho chair. I'll V OH HOSPITAL BIJBN8. Cheater Institution IVactiridly De stroyed \ViU? Heavy lx>ss. Chester, 8, <\, Mar. 2tt.--Tho l'ryor Hospital tui Saluda street wan piactl tally dest royed this morning hy tire, whleh also damaged tlu' residence of Mr. W. \V. fjoogler ami seriously threatened the homos of Mrs. Annie 0. Mutton and Mr. S. ]), t 'rows before fi nally subdued. The nuraen' home, in the rear of the main hospital build ing, was uninjured by the Haines. A $0,000,. X-Hay machine and other ex pensive parts of the equipment were partially destroyed. The entire lot of X Hay plates, representing tnueh lndl vldual study ami investigation were a total loss. The entire loss Is e.stlmat (Ml at *too.o<io. The UJI patients who were In the hospital at the time of the lire wore saved, all being expeditiously borne opt to a place of safety, and apparent ly being none the worse. The Chester Sanatorium promptly offered Its ser vices, which were accepted, and a num ber ol' the more serious cases were con veyed there. The Da Vega home on \y.vlle street has been rented by Doc tor l'ryor and his associates, and will be used as a hospital until a new build ing can be erected. Speaking on this subject this morn ing Doctor l'ryor announced that the hospital will be rebuilt at once, on a far more handsome and imposing scale, and will be brick and tire-proof. Spring reparation. Don't burn corn or cotton stalks. They furnish the land with soil fer tility as well as soli ability and lessen danger from draught. Don't plow laud tho least bit too wet. It makes sundrled bricks, kills soil bacteria and lessens production sometimes for years. Don't do it. Hemember that preparation is half of cultivation, and far easier, cheaper and better done before than after planting. Hurry is often like worry, it doesn't pay. Itev. S. II. liny Iuih resigned the pastorate of the Presbyteriau church at Marion, to accept a call to. Moores v II le, Nr C.f riiul Rev. I)r. J. M. Holli day of Virginia, will go to Marion. George Ham and Charlie M. Young, policemen at Olnntn, were acquitted of killing Sam Lee in a riot some time ago. The trial occurred at Florence and was hard fought.. i HufgeitU ft Change. Noting M)W t?'?ra cotta phuod on th. akiewalk ti? frout of the Presbyter^: dhurch, 1 would nuggest that tlu'-enrh iiif. Ik? inndr uniform at tills i)l^v?, m us to correspond with tin* othor |Hir tlons of tho -uurblug, ou l>eKnlb HtnYr ' It would add greatly to the lookn Tf 1 the roftdw&y. ' In order to start thU movement I pledge $5 toward havtu* thin rtuuiKe made. II. $avi|? Camden, S. C., Mar. 22, lUlij, The cast! of Ira <). Burton, charge with the murder of David A. ford, at Newberry, has been co,,^. nod. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Council Chamber, March 0, luiu. By order City Council of Camden, S. Cm an election will be held In ^ City Of Camden, S. C., on TuMftr Apjpn 4th, ti>10, for Mayor and six Aide ruien, ami one (I) citizen of tb# City of Camden, S. O., an Conmdsaloo. ?>r of l'ublle Works. The polls wUj lie open from 8 :8^ a. in. to 1 p, iu. lj | each ward. The following managers have lx*# appointed to conduct said election: Ward One, Opera Iiouse~J, jf Good ale, T. .1. Wilson, France (W bell. Ward Two, Itruce'H Grocery ? p, (j Fletcher, T, It. Bruce, Frank I>avl?. Ward Three, Bruce's Stables? W. c Brown, II. 0. Singleton, W. A. Nchroct' Ward Four, Schlosburff'B pianta-j; B. Arrants, John Whltaker, Jr.i A. H. Brallsford. Ward Five, Kirk wo ml Grocery? ? Williams, J. It. DoLoacho, II. K. Do. Bose. Ward Six. O. E. Taylor's piazza-*, O. Moore, O. E. Taylor, B. F. Ball*. Ballots and ballot boxes can be <&. talned at the City Clerk's office. C. II. YATES, Mayor. J. J. (IOODALE, City Clerk. Geraldine Farrar in "Temptation" I The Majestic Today. No. 22. \ STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF BANK OF CAMDEN Located at Camden, S. C., at the Close of Business Marchj j 7th, 1916. . Resources. Loans an<l Discounts $333,r>16.6M Overdrafts 2, 623.8M1 B^nds and Stocks owned by the Bank Furniture and Fixtures 2,M6,iSl Banking House I33tii>.4jfl Other Heal Estate owned 2,278.4? Due from Banks and Bankers Currency 6, 358.00M Gold 557J0B Silver and other Minor Coin ?. n 6ttf.-fi? Checks and Cash Items 5,6i3JSM 1606,3808* Total Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid In ~ 122*!S2I Surplus Fund - ? Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid i oip Due to Banks and Bankers ...., i'^'j Dividends Unpaid Individual Deposits Subject to Check ,...207, KPT. 49 Savings Deposits 107,199.52 Total 315.397.fi State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. . ? Before me came C. II. Yates, Cashier of the above named being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is VB condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. C. H. YATES, Cashier. ? Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of March, 1916. ,hH,? H. G. Carrlson, Jr., Notary Pu ? Correct ? Attest : II. G. Carrison, W. (i. Wilson Directors. Leo Schenk, For Columbia^ Siivaflnafc 8onville and Florid* Stt* Seaboard jii'r :trq Leave Camden ? 6:59 a. m. 5:24 p. m. SCHEDULE: For McBee, Cheraw, Hanil^ and intermediate Stations. 6:59 a. m. 6:51 p. m. 11:15 a. m. 11:19 p. m. 10:35 a. m. 11:19 p. m. I For Cheraw, Hamlet, Raleirt J Richmond and Eastern Citfog For Columbia and intern# diate Stations. C. W. SMALL, D. P. A.