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J0IX kiiinon Ix>r Aak**l fttotb Pm>rr. I April 7 Soiiwwhory Jfa hill* uf New Jor*;y iuvrtitor of America In iiiKlt'r tftianl on (tie r.,^ Thomas A. ICdlhon! 4 ?tt ks ?iI?\mtlnu [ ,1 ,11 ,'i lul?oratory, work-1 l> & hour* a day, with I ^wnL r,u js werkliitf on no ono lt,ver. H is Known that, ,Jh. hhvhI advlkory ixmn Avis U><?i " I* *?!? duty {?> Jill offeetlvo Witrfiir?? winch will cope ^.iu?rln<'s " ,s wnoriilly It Is h|m?h fhls that ?i ),riilu> 'i"s l??*??n ?v>n kiutf f?'r s?'vrral weeks. r^fr?-r ?1?rk whv i a little JqoMIc wlnd? slowly up Jrivc I" Mi'Wi'llyn I?trk li>i> chINm! tf a day.'" Um* tin- same llttlo Tint* (iiit of I.lowollyn park Edison Is off for work f. thr pivat I n von tor Is at his <?x|KTiinont8 Is not K,. is known, howver, to jwl h laboratory In some in tin* hil/I.N that Hur ler (luardii urn distribute Hit ll?' iv??odod hills nnd i.o ,-fd to cntor Into the re Hwks now tho American "denied himself to all call o*?iiliiii'(l himself to his bis homo it Is said that Jj}tilt> bur K.lrop there, and |/irn times \\ hen In* does not his lnh??rntory for i>4 I time. llj Mr Kdls??n appears at ate laboratories and far f'Vork.?J then-, only to dls- i wpiKwr again to his secreted work shop in the hill*. His huge man** of dally OQfl^lIKJilOQOB is Hli eaiod for by hlti Hecreturie#. Home days thtt inventor rest*?these are the days when iu? works hut 10 or 12 hourw. Markey Gets Nix Yearn, Greenville, April ?K. Curtis' Mack ey, uged 2tl, foripW cashier of the FMrst National Hank of I*au<<astcr, who was alleged by a federal indictment to have embezzled froiu that hank ap proximately $2ft,000, today plead??d guilty and was sentenced l?>* Judge Joseph T. .Johnson t?? nerve six years in the federul penltentlury at At Ian ta. The defcudcnt's yre> haired father and ids counsel, Claude N. Sapp, for nier cuudldate for Congress in the Fifth South Carolina IMstrlet, appealed to the Judge to deal lliflit l> with the Young man who, they asserted "is deeply |ieultent anil Is now ready to rectify his wrong." As his father made a striking? i?!??*? young MaeKPy'K eyes dlnolved tears that coursed down his ruddy clucks. The court was told that the young hanker had sold all his proi>erty ; had turned hack to the hank $8,000 of the $25,000 shortage. Young Mackey was arrested tnuue dlately after J. William l'ole. national hank examiner, had checked .up the accounts and found the shortage Feb ruury 21, 11)17. It was stated hy fed eral ollUlals that the defeudent had cleverly covered up tlhe thefts which they alleged extended over a" |ierlod of eleven yea ?x. Carl Nessler, a native of Germany, hut who for a number of years has been living at Wllznbeth, N. J., was arrested in IMackville, Ilarnwell coun ty last week, on the suspicion that he was a German spy. He was later re leased when the mayor of Kli/.ubeth wired the lllackville authorities that Nessler was above suspicion, lie Cost of Foods - f ith food prices in the skies, it becomes necessary tice discrimination in the selection of food products, ke every purchase count. Food values must be stud hie must get a full return in nutriment for one's THE HIGHEST NOT ALWAYS THE BEST any articles of equal food values cost much less iers. We can show you a line of food products 1 in a large measure ofTset the high prices of oth i'e can materially assist you in keeping down the Springs & Shannon The Store That Carries The Stock. |ie man with money (Hired. He figured Ktkmkin# somey his earnings fwhehcts oney. Who d?ts the Money you earn ? M of tiu. rj,.}, mPn yOU nff. so comfortable today, figured when vounirrr that they must have money in the bank to start ln> kind of business. So they started a bank account. ^ know the rest. That bank aecounf jtrew into a fortune. 11 ,an ?"* just the same with you. There's no luck about It. N T VOI R MONEY IN OI R HANK. F*e First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C ALL'S WELLTHATENDS WELL By HOLLIDAY GRAY. Denny Harhnugb came Into his grandfat Iter's library and Hung him self into a chair. "Hello, grandad!" "Good morning!" quavered a high, thin old volet1 from a window where the morning sun was streaming In. j "llow aro you this morning, air?" "Holten I" answered Denny. "What time was It?two, three or four o'clock?when you went to bed?" asked the old man with tin* Mareaam. "Five,' Maid Denny. "That is precisely the hour I turned ?\it. at your ago. May f nsk what you were doing?" It pleased Denny to tell the ItHtfh. "Usual thing?show, eaharet and club." "Why don't you get married?" Denny spread his hands. "What on? I haven't two cents." "Why don't yoa go to work, then, pick out a nice girl and settle down?" "I have picked out a girl," said Den ny. springing up and pacing the floor, hands in pockets. "And that Is Just what 1 came to talk to you about. I want to work, but the education you have given me doesn't seem to count much." "I believe you're right, boy." The old man closed his book and tapped It thoughtfully. "Of course you know that some (lay you'll have all I've got. Hut I hope to be here for some time to come and In the meantime?show, cabaret, club! I'll see how much you mean what you say. You see that set of Shakespeare I bought last year? Well, I'vt? decided that It's older and more valuable than I at first supposed. There's no record of It that I can find, but If you can find out the date and history of the edition I'll give you the start In life you need." "It's a go, sir!" That night he went to see Mary Page. "Mary. I've never before been In n position to tell you, but I believe I see daylight ahead. I love you, dear little girl. If I succeed will you mar ry me?" "Only waiting to be asked, Denny," she replied promptly. After a season of rapturous silence Denny explained. "Grandfather has some rare books, you know. He's u dyed-in-the-wool bibliomaniac. I>ast year he bought a rare old edition of Shakespeare, but there was no record of It to be had. Rosencran*. the man he got 11 from. Is dead, and no one knows where ltosencrtynz got it. I'm to hunt up the history of the thing and after that grandad will start ine in business. That means you, Mary. It's worth working for. Isn't it. dear?" Then started a period of study and Investigation for Denny which meant more application, hard work and self denial than he had ever before under take!'. In his gay young life. He hnunt cd'hook shops and collections, libraries and publishers to get some clew that would lead to the discovery of the history of the books. He studied bind ing and processes, modern illustrating and old illuminations. Hut this, side of the Atlantic yielded no information on the subject, and Denny determined to cross the water in spite of German submarines, to pursue his investiga tions in Kngland. Then Mary, who tyttd taken it keen Interest In his efforts und had follows! every move he had made, decided to do something. There was something she had known about the book a all along that she had not told Denny. And, going to her trunk one day who took out a paper, yellow, creused and brittle with age. That night, knowing Denny was away, she went to the great house fac ing the park. Instead of ringing the hell, she tried the front door softly. It gave to her touch end opened without a sound. She slipped through the soft-carpeted, high-celled hall Into the library, keeping close to the velvet cur tains. Tiptoeing to the case that held the precious old hooks she searched until she found one volume with a much-worn hack. Under the discol ored calfskin she slipped the paper Kite had taken from her trunk and theu, replacing fhe hook on the shelf, she quietly closed the door. "When old Kosencram would give me only two hundred dollars for the set, 1 am glad now I didn't tlnd the paper until after he sold them, Father always said they were worth ten thou sand dollars, as they were In the col lection of Queen lClUaheth. But they have served their purpose and 1 aiu satisfied." The next morning Mary ask^d Inno cently: "Denny, why don't you search the hooks thoroughly? Sometimes old hooks have ihiugw stowed away iu them we never dream of." "I hare looked1" declared Denny, "hut hefore 1 ^o abroad I'll make sure. You may he right, Mary." And then came the wonderful dis covery. Denny called her on the phone. "Mary, I've found the paper. You were rl?ht. It was under the cover of 'All's Well That Knds Well.' And think of all the time we've wasted, dear. It makes me wild to think of It. with this paper under our very noses." "Listen Denny, dear. Don't you realise that you have learned a lot this year?that now you can go Into the very business In which your grandfa ther made his fortune?that you know hooks?" "You're right, I do., And gfandud is so happy tor insists on our getting mar ried right away." (CopyrlKf'J. M18. by the McClurt Ncw*pa. per Syndicate.) Characters of Birds. The federal government Is Investi gating birds with u view to discover ing whether they /ire harmful or help ful to mankind. Of forty or fifty spe cies, exclusive of hawks and owls, thus far put through this scientific third degree, only oue has beet; found harmful?the English sparrow. This quarrelsome little creature is an un qualified nuisance. All other birds of the group mentioned are either innoc uous or helpful, and many of them are worth well-nigh their weight in gold to the farmer and fruit raiser. Of hawks and owls there are 75 species found in this country, only six of which are injurious. The rest either do no harm at all, or more than make up for occasional depredations by their services in keeping down ver min. The moral seems to he that when In doubt about the character of a bird, give it the benefit of that doubt. The chances are about fourteen to one that even the suspected hawk or owl Is a friend in disguise, and other feathered creatures, with the single exception of the sparrow, are Just and righteous al together. Better Farming in the South TO USE FERTILIZERS MOST PROFITABLY Fertilizers Supply One or More Plant Foods Without Which ,Crops Will Not Be Profitable. .. The ambition of every farmer is to make the larg est crops possible every year, arid it it his duty to make them when he can. But har vests of large crops remove large quant itites of plant food from the soil. This de crease of planti food finally pre J. C. PRIDMORE vents good yields. Agronomist And unless some provision is made lor restoring and then maintaining production, low yields and unprofitable returns will continue to be the result. One can not draw money fso<n a bank unless he han friendH there. Neither can tfee plant draw upon the soii and get the necessary food elements if the soil d?#es not contain them. Plan For Good Yields Every V?r Every farmer should adopt for bin land a system of farming that will give him good yield* continually year after year. If this Is done, he must feed the plants; for plants, like ani mals, must feed to grow. While plants require some ten or more elements for their growth, all, except three, are supplied in abuadanoe in most soil*. The three elements not supplied abundantly are nitrogen, phosphorus and i>otash. All these are generally deficient In most southern soils, and, therefore, have to be supplied in some commercial form to get profltatble yieldn. ' For a farmer to get the largest acre returns from his Investment in fer tilisers, it is necessary for him to know something of the conditions un der which fertilizers may be used most effectively. He naturally asks: "Un? der what conditions will fertilizers prove most profitable?" Fertilizers are used primarily to sup ply one on. more'plant foods without which crops will not be profitable. But there are conditions other than plsot foods that mav influence growth. It if very necetcsry that rood growing conditions bo piovidod for the plant ho that khe fertilizer used may enable tke plant to grow mo?t vigorously. and, therefore, bring about the biggest yields. Vigorous 8eed The fundamental, good growing con ditions making possible the most ef Icient use of plant foodH, are good seed, a good seed bed and good culti vation. All planting seed must have strong vitality to germinate ami grow rapidly Seed should also be ?f a variety adapt ed to local conditions. Time and rate of plartfing must be given attention, for either one of these may very ma terially effect the yield of the crop Good Seed Bed Conditions required in the soli for best plant growth, and biggest acr? returns from fertilizers used, are good, welt prepared, finely pulverized seed bed. It should be mellow and Arm, so as to enable the roots to penetrate freely and deeply in search of food and moisture, and to allow suf ficient circulation of air. It should be well drained. It should be well supplied with organic matter, which aids in absorbing and holding moisture and improves the structure and tilth of the soil. Good cultural methods must bp employed so as to destroy weeds and retain noil moisture. If the preceding conditions are sat {?factory for plant growth, then, and not till then, are crope able to make the most efficient use of plant food* within their reach. If any one ol these unfavorable conditions exist, a plant cannot fully utilize the fooda jnipplied in fertilizers. Under good growing conditions fertiliser* are used very profitably, proof of which ia fur nished by thousands of fanners all over the South. Fertilizers contain genuine plant food, and, of coarse, have a marked beneficial Influence when applied in sufficient quantity and tbe plants are otherwise given a fair cbanc*. The question now la Are you striving to so Improve your soil condition* that you may utlliz? the value of fertilizer to fhe fullest extent ? Kitd of "Wlrkedrat City." Port Said, Kffypt.? When the war hroke out l'ort Nald Itold Uto reputa tion. as lmltMHl It had held from tinu? imnuHBoriiii of i>.-in ? the wickoiM olt.y of tho hU>Ih>. Into this |M>rt (It** flotsam ami Jot warn of the underworld <lrift*Hl frotu all |Mirt? of tiio universe. Here every ty|M? of vlee ImaKlnahle , was represented. llut today, after thirty months of military ruk\ the 'Nlnkhole of (he Kast* is well nigh ft model city, the Iron Imml <?f the army liavtiiK eleaned It up as no other pow or euuld have done. That str**<<t of International notorl oty, Hue Hahel, so named iMteaUite of the many lan^ua^e^ spokeu hy Its In habitants, has ivastsl to thrive its tin* leader in tlu* world's Iniquity. Moulin; is one of the mo:?t eftWt ive punishments usisl to meet the sit uation In Port Nit ill, ami it is no mine ory ohastLseiuent that is mWed out hy the military authorities. All Out of Proportion. Inmativ- Thi' Judge didn't treat me s<juan?. < Juard?llows' that? In nut to?Pin only *20 ami ho gave ?no the same sentence as that old man >\'or there. <?uard?What was It? Inmate?Life.?Ntar of 1Io|h\ Sinn sin^ Penitentiary. mu ilOTKI. HUKNKO. Is If of I'iiIiiin HoM IMroyod Tfcwm dajr Night. Charleston, Ai?rl 1 ft.?Fin* of un un known origin totally destroyed th? l*tqp~of l'ulms hotel early thla u?oro Ihg, the widely popular Juontelry,, val ued at |Ml),(MMI with total InHuranc* of JpTi>.(MM), helng consumed to <in)u* lietwecn the hourH of " :tK) and a. hi. The blase wan . tlUteermiUk* for many miles u round, U'lng plainly fist hie in thin elty. Nothing hut the ehlni neyn of the 'JiH? room building now re main. A high wind fanned the tin nut* to fury In a short while, ami t.'lwiv waf no ehnm-e of Having the InilUling or any of its <*outents. No othev vroin'r ty at the summer re?*ort was touched ?>.v thr thum**, J amen Sot tile l* i?ivf4 dent of the corporation own lug the hotel. lie wart at h**s t<Hlay to ac count for the starting of the tire, uh electrical current hod tn^on cut off last fall when the hotel cloued it* ooa son, and no simpfe'lous pornou had Ihhmi observed near the building yea terday or after the tire this morning There Is a theory that trami* ma) have us<hI the east wing, whore tlw tire startinl, as a hedging place, how ever, and win' careless with lighted cigarette*. STUDEBAKER "18" I have just received a car load of the famout Stude baker pleasure touring Cars, and to those anticipating the purchase of an automobile 1 would ask that you give me an opportunity to demonstrate one to you be fore buying. I would like for you to investigate our service proposition, as we obligate to keep this car up for a period of one year from date of purchase free of cost to the buyer, and to those who do not know me or for any reason would not care to take my personal guarantee for this upkeep I will execute a bond bind ing me to render you such service . "Isn't that fair?" I can also arrange to carry a part of the purchase price of these cars to any responsible buyer. Allow me to go over this feature with you. I propose to conduct this business on a high plane and only invite those that want and expect a square deal... Hoping to have the pleasure of doing some bus inesa with you in this line, I am Respectfully yours, R. L. MOSELEY, Agent K. M. I'crr.v, Pros. J. K. Williams, So<\ ] >. Hit7.el Firlk, Lorn) Muiiafrr Kershaw Lumber Co "Everything in Lumber" OUR STOCK OF BUILDING MATERIALS Bld BRACES EVERYTHING YOU WILL NEED IN THE ERECTION OF YOUR HOME. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF SASH, DOORS AND COLUMNS. LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES BEFORE YOU BUY ELSEWHERE. ALL ORDERS LARGE OR SMALL GIVEN SPE CIAL ATTENTION. ????q?I I i I ? i I. i i I I? TELEPHONE 340 CAMDEN. S. C. A Store Full of Fruit That's just what we have and more too, for we carry at all times anything that you want in the candy line. Fresh vegetables of every description are always carried in season. It's impossible to enumerate the many tempting things that we have, but whatever you want, it's here for you and we want you to come here and get it. Camden Candy Kitchen, 4 % Spero Beleos, Prop. TaltpkoM 71