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announcements d'artlfi uu<l?r this hoadiuft WlM Jw. ruu from iu)w ?utl| the primary at it* following rates: For all Statu ami County otlW-es utariajt rates ami county rouwulKHlonoiH, Cat?b u.ust .xnoiupany copy. . those wito have letteer au-ountH at thin oltiw.) FOR CONUKKSN VV, F. STEVENSON ' FOR SOLICITOR W. H. OOBB ? FOR SHERIFF BEN P. DeLOACHJO 11, I). GOFF ?> F. I* TRUESDEL J. F, RATEMAN It. H. WILLIAMS c. wf1.su W. W HUOK ? J. It. BE1.K ~j>. (J. FLETCHER "? S. H. MIOKLE ? K. T, KHTHIDOR It. B. HUMPHRIES J. 1). SINCLAIR FOR SITKRVISOR J. RoBT. MAOJLL M. 0. WEST 1?. M. KIRJvLEY FOR CLERK OF COURT JAMES H. 01, Y BURN U. a SINGLETON ? FOR REPRESENTATIVES D. T. BLACKMON T. K. TROTTER uKo. (J. ALEXANDER J. M. MARTIN NuRMAN S. RICHARDS NEWTON KELLY FOR SI'PT. EDUCATION ALLEN B. MURGHISON GRGVHK C. 0 ASK IN L J.UfcKENZIE THOS. H. YOUNG T M. MeCA SKILL" FOR MAGISTRATE (DeKalh Township) SAM'L. N. NICHOLSON I>. F. DIXON IL M. FINCHBIt \V. H. (GARDNER (Fpikt Division Wateree Township) T. W. STARNES < Flat Rook Township) JAMES T. TRUESDEJL J. E. CREED G. W, ESTES FLETCHER M. JORDAN F. G. PERRYX, < Ruffulo Township) W. C. RALEY J. E. SEVERANCE J. E. COP ELAND FOR TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONER (DeKalh Township) D. S. TRAPP 1). W. JOY W\ N. WEST J. X. MeLEOD (Flat ltock Township) L. B. OGBURtf J _ ? C. I AULKENBERRY ' Wateree Township) J. M. PORTER for coroner ; 1 G. L. DIXON W. O. HAY'S Automobile and Machine Shop Camden, South Carolina Equipped (he Equal to any in the South. We make any kind and size of spring. I>(*sf vanadium steel used, and guaranteed. Storage Batteries charged with the very latest motor generating set at a saving of tlms and money. Axle and propeller shafts made ?and guaranteed to equal the factory product in every particular. Casings and Tubes vulcanized ? all work guaranteed. Presto-Lite Exchange ? Styles B and E cylinders always on hand. Fisk Tires and tubes always in stock. We will personally see that you are satisfied with our -.service or we do not want your money. Oxy-Acetylene Welding ? Castings of all kinds of metals a specialty. Thanking you all for the hand .?<>ine support given me since going in liu<ine*s for myself, I am, Yours respectfully, W. O. HAY MAKING I ll(. II KXPMMIVKS. Mill Win Of Hazardous Work ?C Hopewell Plant. War of4j?ra for ainimiuit Ion and high eippHiv# for foreign nations af war are being rapidly tl I and many con tract# for ammunition an. I explosive* that were mailt' a yea r or more ago, Will wh)D expire, In the opinion of Mr. PrCston Irwiiu n former Charlotte Imy, who is at present in chaVgc of the gun cotton laboratory of the Pul'ont works at Hopewell. \ a. ^ . Ml. Irwin l?*lieVe* that the expira tion and completion of the llrst con tracts placed hy warring nations for ammunition and explosives, will soon bo at band, and that there will be a general renewal of contracts within tin* next few mi^^lJUiiUKb there api?ears froubt wiiether these contracts will be as large as the llrst ones plae ed. The Allies appear to be in better position today to manufacture all of! their beetled ainmnnltlon than t hey were at the beginning of hostilities. As Mr. Irwin told of the various pro- 1 cesses mpilrcd t ? ? make the finished gun cotton, he was asked if there were not great danger all the time in the work. "Weil. I sin add say there Is al ways danger," rolled he with a smile, "but s?? many precautions have I teen taken and the. employers exercise so much care, and so many selentltlc plans have been put in. use to take away* the danger that J think the num ber of accidents has lu>cn reduced to a minimum." In the Hopewell plant, it is ismslble to turn out l.(HKMHM) ihuukIs of finished gun cotton every 24 hours when or tiers are sutlieiently rushed to demand a full time o]>eration of the Immense llopewell plant. "While there were 25,000 meh work ing at the H<?i?ewcll plant a year ago, I should say , that the number now Is not more than 15,000," said Mr. Irwin today, "It is thus seen that the rush Is somewhat over, and that the manu facturers are now able to keep puce with the demands upon them* better than was |H>sslble a year ago. How ever, I should say that on account of the diittlcultles in shipping, that much ammunition ordered d ^vear ago 1& Just now reaching * Its destination among the countries which placed their orders in America. "The Hopewell plant," said Mr. Ir win, "used far above 1,000 hales of cot ton or 1 Inters each day when running ?at top speed making gun eotton, the sole product* of the great Hopewell plant. It Is estimated that 100 i>ounUs of cotton or linters will make 150 pounds of gun cotton. This is a fair Imsls upon which to calculate. The Hopewell .plant is capable of making at least one million pounds of gun cot ton every 24 hours. V Wm. L. Kirkland SURVEYOR AND CIVIL v ENGINEER Office in Crocker Building, - Corner Main and DeKalb Streets CAMDEN, S. C. Chestnut Park Lodge Waynesville, North Carolina Open for Summer Visitors from June 15th to October 1st. This is one of the most unique Hotels to be found in the Mountains of Western North Carolina. Situated one mile from the Southern Station right iq the mountains Fine orchestra and a good time for all. For rates and detailed iiiforhitft!/>n apply to E. G. GILMER Wayoesrille, N. C. ? - r ? ? . I Our Soda, Otitr Service pL 0A . - ? \ ; 30 BOTH ?0D Phone 30 Rir k . ' "- : ~T", . . . T" ? pure products, cleanly put together, nicely served. M ICE CREAM ? e from tested dairy products fir a sanitaryfactory. W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STORE a . T i c F A C t-O B * DELI VE RY MOST. SATI& THE bailey-lebby company STATE DISTRIBUTORS CELEBRATED G. & J. TIRES AND TUBES MaDufaUuiad bf U. Si-TIRE CO. VEEDOL OILS AND GREASE A FULL LINE OF AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES CHARLESTON, S. C. Mr. 1 ?*\n I it !^>]U JutMnwIlit^y of the TTiln|Tncated processes UkimI hi milking gun cotton, "StrAnue though U may uveal, there 1? an almost uultclicvahlc quantity of water U>*hI In itiiikinic gut) colUm. Tliis is due iii (M?ri to tin* mini \ WffshlllfN, l>ath- and boililigs, to \\ It i? li the tflUI cotton is subject cd 111 (llO ef fort tu extract all surplus acids from the mixture, ami to get the product as j clear of all foreign matter as It Is i jmsslblu to do- with modern acleutlllc methods. After the llnteis or cotton have I mm 'i i thoroughly cleaned uml bleached, they are 1 1 i 1 1 1 ?? 1 1 Into adds. nitric and sulphuric ?p helug | used, unci this imparts to the cotton i it* IIM essentia) qualities as an ex ; plosive, In order to prevent the dcto | uathig of the explosive^ the gun coi t??n Is kept In a very moUt state all the time, ami Is never allowed to In come ilry, for that would mean client j leal dOnnuiiositioii and possibly an ex plosion, The KUII rot toil Is |>ackcd. very moist. in air t l^lit boxes. ami J thus the moisture In jlio cotton or lin 1 IMs Is retained and the danger of an j explosion Is removed. The Hopewell plant makes only gun ! cot ton, and if it 1~ desired to take. (his j product and turn It Into the large or! Sltinm main powder for hlx jjuns. tor jiedties, etc., It is sent to other iini?-li I lug plants of the Mut'ont (\?inpan> an<l ? there uiulced into the pmiicr size. Tin* , gun cotton from Hopewell, said Mr. i Irwin, Is sent away In the form of pressed cakes or cubes. and has a white appearance, and in this form It has been subjected to enormous pressure in the making of these oaken or blocks. j These, of course, are highly explosive, ; wJien properly detonated, hut Inodcrii precautions ar$ such that there Is a | minimum of danger in handling thin product. In reducing these cakes of gun cotton to iKi^iler, various process es are used. The gun eotton powder for the huge guua of the warring mi tloiis, is very granular, the grains be lug as hirgi> as plums, but very Irregu lar, when Intended for the big guns. The rifle powder from gun cotton Is of much smaller grain. It Is hardly |>ossl ble to detonate this jiowdcr by ordlna ry hammering or jarring, ami' It Is only when the proi>er fuse IV< attached that this terrific explosive ;rets in Its dead ly work. Often charges are used that weigh from 200 to 400 |k)uik1s, declared Mr. Irwin, when the largest guns of war are fired. ?Mr. Irwin, who is in charge. of the gun-cotton laboratory at Hopewell, has the task of iiispectiug and testing the manufactured gun 'cotton, and though the work be considered very danger ouh by the outsider, careful prepared I ness against accident has rendered the 1 work comparatively safe. The Hopewell plant represents many | million dollars expenditure and was one ot the most quickly erected plants j <if lt> kind in the world. They big con tracts for ammunition seem ort the eve of slowing up now that the nations! have better organized their home re sources. Mr. Irwin Is much Interested in the plan to extract nitrogen from the air. as he states that were the supply of nitrates from Chill cut off. this country would be without means of making am-, munition, unless the nltrogen-from-alr ju'ocess is made more efficient^ and cheaper, though under stress this source may be capable of meeting -the demands, as it has done in Germany, ?which, says Mr. Irwin, is now secur ing its i>owder material, so far as ni trogen Is concerned, entirely from the atmosphere. .This field Is a fine one for ex|>eriment and much Is looked for from this source in the near future. ? Textile Manufacturer. VERY FEW INJURIES - ?? On Southern Railway lines During Year Just Ended. Washington, D.> July HI. ? Fair fax Harrison, President of Southern Railway Company. said today; "During the fiscal year ended June 1910, Southern . Railway Company carried nearly seventeen million 4tas scngers. among whom there were four fatal Injuries: two lii a rear end colli sion at Salisbury, N. O.. on November 24, 1915, due to a human failure, the disgrace of which the management feels keenly; one at Jamestown. N. (3., on March 19, 1916. when a truck fail ed under a freight car passing a paa^ seiiger train on double track. caualtig damage to the passenger train; and one at dtlco,1 Tenn., on May K, 15)16, when a jmssengef, in violation of the rules made for his safety was leaning out from the steps of a passenger car and was struck by the truss of a bridge. "It may be re|K>rted also that, tie spite the greatly increased volume of business (lone this j#?st year as com pared' with the previous year, there was a decrease of fifteen fatal Injur ies to employees. While this record is far from perfection. . the manajro ; inent Is encouraged to believe tTTtit Ita earnest ahd "organised effort to pro mote the safety of railway travef and to reduce the risk of casualty in -rail road employment is showing results." GATE POST SECRETS By O. A. D. The rotted-out hollow in ait old i**t that had l>oen holding up Its side of a heavy Kite for so ma ny years that It had to loan far l?ack to keep from dropping its hnrden, offered a tempting building site to a pair of bluebirds, who had Just arrlvf*! from their win der home. The bluebird, especially the Temale, Is one of the most matter-of fact business-like of all our feathered neighbors. There Is not. a particle of j*>?ftnee or sentiment In her make-up. Their courtship Ik of the briefest, ?nd all the devotion and love seems to l?e oh the aide of the email blue-coated male. He works himself into a rhap sody of i>assion, as he flutters aritoind the jobject of his attentions, but still, he does not look lik? one who would r/mimtt suicide if she should happen to say "no." The little lady takes it ail as a matter of course* and regard* her im pet otis lover, as something to be admired. When she glances in his direction at nl L,. it htin the -m<*t lm Iteraonal way; she appear* to find no pleasure In tils s<>dety, and looks de cfderiiy iiorsd whenever he is around ?he_knowa that to - the -eeonomy of bluebird life, a man about the housdj !-> .t hctvssa i\\ ?-\il, v.? she ivhutanl ly gives her rolls, III. and lit once sets out to 1) n? I a suitable place for the Uest i hut |s to U>. 'rho chdliv sivuik to lie entirely with her. though thr bridegroom | Hit lout 1y tags ahum U* hind. and Ri>viir omv allows her 'out Of Ills w|g|lt. Hi' applauds every thing she does. 1'iit < I* hvs not offer any li?>l |? ; he i , tlic ornamental lucutliet of the ilnu. w Idle she attend* to the li|is|noss end. She ilrst examines a last gear's wood' |RH'ker s hole, hilt nhjtvls to it oil lie* count of tlm p4?or ventilation ; then she has half a mind to use, a corner ? ooni In Uu. plgoon h ou so, hat decides that It Is too i?|H'n aihl drafty; hastily l.Usp??ctlng it dlsrat'ded swallow's nest undfli' (ho oaves hoi" eve faM^j&K.i lie old gate post wUh i.4**WfrW,,w> lit ,,l?' lop. It lias a promising look so sill' goes Inside, Huns round a few times to see If || u big enough. hops ??'if. ami gives her luato to understand that she has made up her mind, aial that the matter Is settled, and that they, will move In I hi iuih I lately. He pops in and pops out without oven looking at It.- and In Ids cheeriest not t?s slugs out : "The finest over! the llnest ever/' She at once tiles away In sea roll Af material for the founda t ion. elosidy followed h\ her orna mental es<*ort. binding a dried grass stem she tiles to ihe hole In the post, and lays the onner stone of the blue hlrd bungalow. The male goes In and inspects the results, and entiling out, nearly falls over himself with delight. Then she doe* every hit of the actual work, the male only acting as gener al sii|>orvlsor, and honorary hotly fcunrd, as sjie gathers material and fashions the home. It must he said to his credit, however, that lie never ??hjects to anything she does, neither does lie offer the least criticism of her work, hut applauds her to the echo, lie is not the first hushaud who has aeeomiUUlidd his helpinete <hi il tour of house hunting, and arranging the furniture, and he realizes 1iow foolish he would lie to offer any mere man made suggestions. /? ? When the nest Ik finished and the live little greenish-blue eggs laid, house keeping settles down t ? ? a steady roipid of duties. It Is at this time that the small husband proves his usefulness; he (hies all the marketing for the fam ily. and there are few hours in the day that he can. not he seen bringing the fattest worms, and the reddest herrles to the little woman as she broods. When not feeding her. he is lurched on some nearby twig, cheering her with his latest songs. He is de votion Itself, strange to say, as lie has mighty little encouragement from his Indifferent mate. She accepts his deli cate attentions, with a nonchalance that seems to say: "Well, what Is lie for anyhow, If not to wait on me?" If anything should hap]>cn to him at this busy time, she docs not even put on mourning, but promptly fares forth, in her house dress of sky-blue, and finds souie unencumbered heart-free bachelor, who has been Overlooked in the general spring pairing off. brings him home, and makes him understand just what she expects him to do. Meek ly. he accepts the situation, but. with out. any particular enthusiasm, devotes himself to feeding tin* porky little widow of less than a day. By the time the eggs are hatched, the' little Htejvfatlier. 1ms acquired the habit of looking like lie was really Interested In what goes on in the hollow |?ost. "When the hahies are hatching, they are almost black, and they show none of the blue tints of their mother, until they are nearly ready to fly. when a blue feather, here and there, suggests their heritage of. color. Two, and sometimes three broods in a season tax the mother's energy to tin* utmost, and when October comes, she is |>er fectly willing to take six months off, and rest un^il spring reminds her that another hole must he found and an other brood reared. It would be hard to get along with out the bluebird, as his color seems to add Just that touch that the green of summer craves. His throbbing "Trii ally trually trually!" is the bugle call of hird-dom, telling us that the win ter is past, and summer has come, again. John Burroughs says, when na ture made the bluebird, she wished to propitiate both sky and earth, so she gave the color of one to his back, and the other to his breast. Garbed iu the blue of the summer sky, the hluehird seems to have in ( herlted thin calm serenity of that sky, as he never loses his temper, or al lows his nerves to get the upper hand. He has no note expressive of hate or anger; he may Ik* worried to death over the loss of eggs or babies, but you would never know It from the tones of his voice. He is quite friend ly with his bird neighbors, and can get along beautifully with the orioles, cat-birds, and eVe;i the blue Jays, hut when It comes to English sparrows, he draws the line sharply, and at onee. The same neighborhood is too small for them both, and if the sparrows stay, you will be sure to miss the hlue blrds. .Among the British birds, tiiere are noti? who wear blue feathers; while we have besides the bluebird, the jay, the indigo bird, the kingfish er, and the Mue * co>-ben k, nnd many others that have a bluish tint to their plumage. Maybe that is one reason why the little gutter-snipe from Eng land finds nothing In common with our "rift from the summer skies." RUB OUT PAIN with good oil liniment. That's the surest way to stop them. The best rubbing liniment is Good for the Ailments of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Qood for your own Ache*, Pains, RheumatUm- Spmms, Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c. 50c. $1. At all Deslef*. ? . - - ? NKttKO HAS WKKVll. ANTIIMITK. C Im ims Me lla* Succeeded III Keeping (olloii From His Farm. ,1 < tin i MclHittle, a Ue??ro planter, *1\ miles east of the city, has Worked ???)( a novel and ??H'n>li*jfly certain mean'* of eradicating ( lt?> indl wivvll. Ho has ) two hundred and fifty ??'?w of the I tlm^t cotton probably In ? Ills* county, which Is full *?f blooms ami nut' a sin #ie weevil is t?> t?e found lu ,H. <b> ia? Inu asked how lie killed them, be said | he <lUcs not kill them, but prevents their coining to Ills cotton. MePntlle Is mi hitclllveul man and originated the uioiIumI of running them hway hi ?*> - self. If It Is u fact, iH Is claimed, he has found tlm lung sought mot Iwd of preventing the waste of mlllloustof tlol lars In the south through the ravages of this first Mexican evil. The tnehoil I* simple. Meimitle takes crude oil, tar and camphor gum. He puts these lu ii pot and bulla them, With KUlllclent oil in the mixture tu make the Ihpihl, he wot* common em kus sucks In the. mixture, then s<picc%cs them as <lry as he thinks accessary, lie says If too much of the mixture Is used It will kill the youiiK cotton The wet sucks arc fast ems I h,v a drag stick attached to the plow beam. Hacli week tin* crop Is plowed and dragged over with these saturate) sacks, both shies of the cotton ucttlng a touch from the fumes of the mixture. t>u trolim down one side, and then when the plow re turns It touches the other able. This method costs about It f toon cents an acre Mclhittle says. He says he used the method with success last year and that he Will get live more bales |km- horse this year by having the wee vils out ol' the way. If t,t Is a suc cess, ami it seemingly Is say those who saw bis whole crop which stands to show for Itself, this negro has solved a problem that has confronted the best brains lu the south for the past ten years. -Montgomery (Ala.> Advertiser, Kw Magistrate HuflftUo Townahlp. v ' W'O desire to announce Mr. J. K. t\i**land mm a candidate for rtt-elttc I tuli to the olllee of Magistrate at lie tlmiie. Mr, Copolaml him made an ewllent otlhvr ami iU^tvvs tho sup jHift of , t]u> votera of thin township. Voters of llnlYalo, NOTK K OK FINAL IIISdlYKtl Notice Is horcl^ jjcIvou tlml one month from ihU ?lul?s Mopdajr, Anjjtwt 1 1 1 Ik, Hi HI, I will apply for letters dla mlssory as administratrix of tho es tate of I .owls I ?, .1 onos. iIihhiiihimI KhN A K. JONKS, Administratrix. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice Is hereby ?l\ou that Iniunt K, Kid retire, tluardlau of Dorothy Kl< drodtfo. Harlmra W I dredge and 10s telle Kldfedtfo. minors, Inis this day made application nnto me for a tlnal din* oh a rge from his trust as (iuardlan of tho art It) minors, and' the 51 h day of August, 101 41, at 10 o'clock A. M., ut llus I'rolwtte dtllee of Korslnlw County, has hoen ap|Milntcd for the hcariinr of t hi* said petition, W. I,. MchOWKI.I., .Indue ??f Prnhate Kershaw County, (ViiiiIoii, X. C,, .July 5th. Ill 10. FINAL DISCHARGE. Not co Is hereby ulvet) that one month from this date, on Saturday, July JOth. 11)10, I will make to tho Probate Court of Kersha w County iny Una I rot urn as Administrator of (ho ostalc of \ Morgan, deceased, autl on tho same day 1 will aak from tin* sahl Conrt it tlnal discharge aa Admlnlst rator. All parties, if any. having claims against tho sahl estate will presout them duly attested on or before that da to or ho forever barred. N. K. McKlNNON, Administrator. ( 'amden. 8. 1*., Juno 21). lttlO. HENDRIX HOUSE AND LOT on LaFayette Avenue House has 5 rooms. Good condition. Two room Servant House. 54x250 Feet. Price $lf800 Terms Easy. Kennedy & Workman REAL ESTATE AND RENTS, CAMDEN, S. C. Progressive men conduct our National Bank. MEMBER ffiRE-RESERVE SYSTEM OF BANKS j We want you to do your banking business with us and don't mind asking you. The United States Government found oUr bank worthy jj of membership in the Federal Reserve System of Banks. H This enables us to take our securities to our Central Re serve Bank and get . money any time. When you put your money in our4>ank You4 can get it when you want it. v Put YOUR money in OUR bank. We pay 4 per cent interest. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C