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that SMALL CIIANUli YOU HAVK IN YOUR POCKKT. . mi* Visually spend foolishly, would soon amount K1 \ NiCJfl LITTLE SUM. IF YOU PUT IT IN OUU CHRISTMAS BANKING club. >' JHST TRY. OWE IN AND JOIN. IT COSTS NOTHING hA lOIN AND^IN ONLY CO WEEKS YOU WILL THANK US 'roii urging you to io m UB?IPB? THE 1 CBNT, 2 CENT, ft CIO NT AND 10 CBNT ? iicrilEASlNG AND DECREASING CLUBS, WK HAVK ftO CBNT. |V.oQ, |5.00 OR ANY AMOUNT YOU WISH. 00MB IN AND LET US EXPLAIN THE PLAN TO YOU. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C THE NEW GOVERNOR If a Native of Irnmtm County ud Whs Reared on a Farm, (Krotn Wednesday^ Columbia State) Robert A roller Cooper, who waft yea .jerday inaugurated governor of South Carolinn, is a native of Waterloo Town ship. Laurens County. His parents wore llenry A. and lSlicabeth Jones Cooper, both of whom passed uWa^<se* eral years ago. The goveruorV\ grand father, the Rev. John A. Coope^was a Baptist minister, a man of vigorous intellect and an eloquent speaker. His grandfather on the maternal side of the house was Barber Archer Jones, a Vir ginian, who settled In I^aurena County about the year 18.10, and was best known as a successful contractor. As the son of a fanner of moderate means, Robert A. Cooper's .early school advantages were limited to a few jnonths in the year, partly by reason of the abbreviated school terms that- obtained ui most of the rural districts at that time and for the additional reason that his help was needed on his father's farm. However, he Improved his oppor tunities in a way that gave impetus to his ambition to obthin knowledge and to lay a foundation for future use fulness in n sphere probably removed from his environment at that time. At the age of 20 he arranged to -attend for n year the Jones High School in Ab beville, now Greenwood County, Wil liam P. Culbertson being the principal and who, it is said, gave the future governor much inspiration and daily encouragement in the prosecution of his ftodies. At the close of the term Mr. Cooper secured u teacher's certificate und taught school four years. During this time he definitely decided to take up the siuujf of law and in connection with his school work he began lug course in law under the late Col, B. W. Iiall. In 1897 he went to Laurens and entered the law trftice of tn<^ late Senator Irby, where he pursued a course. He was ad mitted to the bar in December 1898, and at once entered upon the practice of his profession. In 1809 he was ap ? pointed as magistrate for Laurens, to! fill out the unexpired term of a deceased official. ' T In the Hummer of 1000, at the age of 26, Governor Cooper was* elected to the house of representatives, and was reelected two years luter. He made an enviable record as a legislator and S3 vftv si th? members of the Body took his rank as a diligent, pains: taking ^representative through the four sessions he served. His aspirations, however, prompted him to branch out into larger public service which, by training and profession appealed to him strongly, and in 1904 he was a candidate for .solicitor in the old Seventh District, his opponent be ing Thomas 8. Sease, the incumbent so licitor. Governor Cooper made an ef fective campaign and received a patter ing vote. Early the next year, upon the creation of the new- district, the Eighth Circuit, Governor Cooper enter ed the race for solicitor with a former prosecuting attorney and won the nomi nation. He served 12 years and was generally regarded as one of the States leading prosecuting attorneys. During the tenure of his office as- solicitor he ? represented tbe State in a number of important as well as notable cases and I am now located two doors west of the Gonsoli dated Auto Company's Garage where I have a full stock of* batteries on hand and am prepared nowHx> re charge your old batteries. We also rent batteries while old ones are being repaired or recharged. handled -Mil matter* in kin offlw jwjth consummate skill and conapiciou* abilty. Wfth the ??>ttled oonvictiou that ho could rondo r to the State a fuller mete-* ure of Kenlfe, Mr. Cooper catered the race for |??vfnior io 1014 and tnade what was regarded ha a remarkable ivtm |taiK>> . receiving iu the primary a Matlnctly handsome voto, 0|t that came Vfiiy 9?n?rly putting him in the gover ?mr's chair four years ago today. ? response to a popular demand he waa S Clltdldafc .fy? the governorship io lAlO and again ho M-orort high a* a Mihcrnatorial aspirant, leaving him W the logical candidate two years later. The campaign and itn issues are freak* in tho mind. Froia the opeuing dky t the campaign Governor Coopor was the <$S}trftl figure of his faction. 114 waa nominated over six opponents iu the first primary, u distinction 111 itadf that falls to vory few rncu v iu Soutl) Carolina. <!ovornor Cooper is the first Laurens "ounty citizen to become governor by the direct vote of the people. The late Chief Justice William I>. Simpson, a iU-tinguiahed citizen of Laurens, as lieu* tenant governor, succeeded to the office upon the election by tnf legislature of Governor Wade Hampton to the United Statt* sonate in 1878. While Governor Cooper dlllgeutly pei> "ormed the duties of his office as solicit tor and legislator, he found time and "ised his means in assisting in the pro* motion of new enterprises in the Laurena section, with Jhe Result that for a num* her of years he served k0H the directing 'wards of several industrial institutions, md for a long time he haa been presi dent of a Laurens development an4 trust company which has enjoyed ita share of prosperity and success. Governor Cooper has also been a leader in civic and religious thought and action. Ills personal popularity and woN kuown ability as a public speaker, his versatility and ready will* inguess to respond to all requests pos sible, have combined to bring him into close touch -with the people of the State :r. $ vita! sense, from the rural school nicnic to the classic halls of the StateV universities and colleges and from the county convention to th? hustings of the commonwealth. fi*wni-n?r flmpnt- linuhoAn n >f the Laurens law firm of Simpson, Cooper, and Babb for 18 years. He la ;i inciter and officer of the First Bap tist Church of Ivaurens and for a num ber of years has been the teacher of the Baraea class in the Sunday school* 'or two years, 1010-17, he was grand master of the South Carolina jurisdic tion of Free and Accepted Masons and in many other ways he has been sig nally honored. The nomination of Governor Cooper iast summer to the office of chief ex ecutive of the State was an honor in. which the people of his native county felt a just pride, it was remarked yes-' tcrday, and today they are happy in the thought and consciousness that llob ert A. Cooper will fully measure up to the responsibilities of his high office and add new luster to his name and additional laurels to bis wpH poised public career. , . ; Governor Cooper's Famfty. Mvh. Itobert A. Cooped, who today be comes the first lady of South Carolina, cam? down yesterday from Lattrcns to attend the inauguration of her .distin guished husband, and is the guest of Mrs. FitzHugby McMaster on Laurel Street. With her is her ten year old stepdaughter, Elisabeth. The proud young son of the new, governor** fam ily, Robert A. Jr., is remain ingat the* home in Laurens on account of bis ten* der age. Ho is but six weeks old. The Coopers will not roovrf into the executive mansion until March 1. Mrs. Cooper and the children remaining in Laurens until that time and tbo gov ernor haVing an apartment at the Jef ferson Hotel. Mrs. Cooper will be warmly welcom ed by the host of friends whom she has already Won here. She was before her marriage Miss Dorcas Calmes of Lau reus, who was for several years a mem ber of the teaebing faculty of the Co lumbia city schools. Her exceptional graces, her cordiality of manner and her attractiveness of person made her a gen eral favorite here? and will make ber_an ideal - and delightful mistress of the man sion. ? Tuesday's State. ? Mrs. LeBandy Exonerated. Mineola, N. Y., Jan. 21. ? Exonerated J>y the Nassau County grand jury of a first- degree murder charge, Mme. Jacques LeBaudy returned late today to her home in Westbury, where on Jan uary 11. she shot and killed her eccen tric husband, the self-styled "Emperor of Sahara." ,v The Story of Sim. In the sixth century two' Kestorian monks who had* lived a long time in China, who were familiar with the cul ture of ' silkworm were persuaded by the EmperoF JusfHHanTd nrike a ptt? grimage to that distant land, and when ithev ' retnraed to Constantinople to in diderrtally bring along with them sa npr ply of the prideless eggs of the worm. Now* this was a mission of no little risk as the lawa of China demanded the life of any one ijrho attempted to carry the eggs of the country. But these crafty oh) nrpnks were equal to the emergency after the manner of their** kind, they wed pilgrim Ktatt*. and it wm an aaay !ob to make ,tho*e staff ? of bamboo and *o fill Ibf l.oiiou part with MilkWom 'gg*. From these eggs smuggled out of 'hi nu in the year W5 A. l>.. all of the tlkworua of Buropa, A<ia Minor *u'f S merlca wers deacended. The pilgrim tuffs <?f these two uionkx hold to their Hollow stations a vast world-Industry !t? embryjn aj?d the puaalbUitif* W \ wawlfinoM and tho future vestments of kings it ltd queens. ; It is hard to realize that at 000 time bo world'* supply of silk lay dormant U till' leaf of t he mulberry, until a Hilly worm cjiine along, chewed up the 'nafi and from the resultant Htlok wax* pirn tho thread that was destined to "eed the hungry* humming looms. The not her of the ailkworm la a very modest little im.th, about ait inch long, of a whitish eolor WMh brown mattings on her Wings, She is what a breeder ol r?>wla might <*?11 a "good layer", her output being aeldpuf loss than four hun dred and rarely uiore than aoven hun dred ?>kkh. When freshly laid the egg* are yellow, but hoou turn green, and vhon they cake on their permanent color* blaok. Unlike hen eggs, If kept In. a ?ooi place, they will "keep" indefinitely, it ml can be shipped long dlstauces with out the danger of becoming "addled." The eggs are lakl in the Summer, usually <?n sheets of paper, .provided for the pur pose, and tho paper is hung up in some i ?( 'i>l , dry place until the next season when they are hatched. When the time cautes for hatching, the sheets of paper are put to bed in a warm room and carefully covered with cloths. Sometimes ?hey are slipped between the bed quilts, 'tnri the warmth from the bodies of Bleep ors assist in the incubation. llut If tho season is getting late, and if they want them to batch in a hurry, the Chinese women placo them next to the skin under their clothing, and hatch them out us they go about their household duties. v When the baby worms iirst emerge they look like little black hairs. Their first meal qonsbfts of very young mul berry leaves chopped fine, with a sprink ling of bran. They are the champion eaters of the insect world, it being Said that "an ounce of clogs will produce nhni'iflli um-mu tn nbout n ton of leaves during their short lives.'M Oaring for the hungry worms is u man's size job, as they have to be fed many times a day, as well as at stated times duVing the flight. /One can' almost see them growing, as they eat without a moment's rest for about ten days, when they all curl up aiid go to sleep. After a nap of JS hours ' they wake up as hungry as over nod again start in devouring the leaves. After an unbroken meal last ,n* several days, they again drop off to' sleep. They usually take lour naps before they becomo regular lifUrpi lists and begin their spinning. While they are sleeping, they got a new akin, as they have outgrown the old Ones. At the end of thirty-two days they are sup* posed to have attained their majority, and if they stopped eating long enough might exercise the right of Iranthtfte. From a tiny little hair-like thing that "FOOTER'S" 1 . . i.Wy :%tE ? &&&?+?& ? . 7T ? ?' ? .? ... a , CLEANERS AND DYERS OF WEARING APPAREL AND HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. WE DYE ANp CLEAN ARMY CLOTHES. r*rrcl Fust and Kjjmww Ktapmrut* Immediate AKralWu FOOTER'S DYE WORKS, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND oould curl itself up iu the head of u i?iu, it ha* swelled out into a husky eaterpiLlar, fat and round and about two nu-hna long. The mulberry leaves grs spread over ahallow trap# and the worms placed uj>on them. Wtien a number of them are feeding at once, the aouud of their chewing can be distinctly heard, and the noise they make when ftpinnlng, has been likened to the souud of a gentle rain,- At thin time they are very nervous and muat be kept as quiet aa possible, if thoy are to produce the beat results.. They aeem to become accus totned to the ministration* of their reg ular nuraeH and reuent the presruce of strangers. ? ?? V Kvery thing about them must be tyept scrupulously clean, an they positively re fuse to work if all the surroundings are not just us they should be. Borne smells are highly repugnant to them, and they show the good taste to object moat seriously to the odor of wine and to bacco, and a whiff of musk will cause them to go on a general strike. The time finklly comes when the desire to become ninths overcomes tho desire to eat, and they drop the mulberry leaves and clitrtb up on a little pile of 4traw that has been prepared for them, and begin Spinning tho cocoons. This is per haps . the moat Interesting stage of their interesting life. The worm assumes the shape of a horse shoo, and as a gummy kind of silk exudes from its mouth, it - begins n , monotonous swinging of the head from side to aide ^7' as you have seen an elephnnt do, when the life of the too got on his nerves, and . Mb thoughts went back to the jungle days. As the worm swings and sways the silk comes out of two small holes tn ? tiro upper lip, which come together and from a single thread. At first thero seoms to bo little method in the spin ning, as it flings tho threads about in a hop-hazard manner, as if it did not core what became of them. But a}l this time it is fashioning the outside of the cocoon. Then it hangs itself up and begins work on the interior of Its wonderful , home, Within a few hoars the worm has disappeared in its wind lings of silk, and in about three days look* very much like a fussy peanut. As small as the cocoon is, it took s good two miles of silk to m?|ts it, but only about half of this can b^ successfully unwound. If left to itself, in about ttoenty -days the worn comes out a moth like its mother, but the hole it would have to cut .would injure the silk, so tho silk farmer dips tlje (hkh'U" lo boiling water aad the worm Dover wakes to bocoroe a moth. *Vhw cocoons cau now be dried out and kept for a long time/ Only * few are spare* ikp hot bath, Just enough to auppjy the moth* that art* to lay the eggt* for the nt'xl eeatiou. ? O. A, D*vit), in Tfcr Greenville Daily News. "The Reason Why." B. A. Thomas Btook Remedies ana me best, tney are scientifically made and all modiolus. They keep the fcealtk tip, and the feed bill down. There la a a ea\i?e for every effect, remove the cause and the effect removed itaelf. The Poultry Itemed lea are especially made to relieve all the diseases in the Fowl family auch aa Cholera and Roupe and makes the Hens lay. The Hog Remedy. will positively keep off the Cholera, and If given la the first stages, will cute 90 per cent Don't forget to keep on band a bot tle of Karris' Colic Remedy for Horses. It is ao simple with dropper, that a child oan give it. Also a bottle of Fer ris' Healing Remedy for Outs and Bruises on man or beast. They nover fall. Those remedies are all guaranteed to you by your dealer, to give satisfac tion, or your mouey back. Made by Old Kentucky Manufactur ing Co., PaOucah,. Kentucky. . For sale by Springs & Shannon, Cam i ion. 8. C.~ adv. June 8. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crocker Building OuMknu & C. Collins Brothers Undertakers for Colored People Telephone Jf 714 W." D.Kalb St. COLUMBIA LUMBER MANUFACTURING CO MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS ry AND LUMBER PLAIN *' HUGER STS. Phonm 71 COLUMBIANS. C. ANALYSIS 8-3-3 ? 8-3-2 ? 8-4-2 ANALYSIS 8-4*4 ? 8-21^ 8-3-0 ? ANALYSIS 8*4-0 : Jl: :ii|L0j^Q-4 lu. fi^0-4 Acid Phosphate, Potash and Nitrate See my prices and terms before buy. 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