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WHAT 01 TNI I >K ll.H THINK Ferry Hervfc* on Water** Itlvrr De? imrflml a* liMMlwjimte. * ? ?? ? , . 1 ? ?. "? ? . ^ 't in ? lUiwftif <^iaoiuitloftUan qddrMMdl v 10 tlio veditor of Uio Columbia ati'. ?ud tlffiula by ft. M. Woodruff; aiwared. mi t U.tt p?jH?r of date January 25; *'Wkj? <ho pUJM'Oi a lid orally uift debating the question >)t a bond i up foi road . i ' ie'i 1 ? one LuKUtutioa <?Anect?d with the jty.feU<5 highwuyw thai iidcmIn lqaflr?wetpeut ni<m? thai) any u?a<f in the Htate ppealbly could that ll| the fi^rry acroM tbe Watevee river at Oamdeu. "While tw?> niul a l?ul f 1 1 1 v q ? ?Inp .I II - i r*?N- I lie W*t?riH? bridge Wits washed nut, the only ph)|r6i| madA mo far towanl putting in another bridge. hits 111 t il ( he tiliilililix t?f Olio ph>i, I* v*?u wifit tho delay In raboMdiujt t !??? bridft* ilit- situation wouftl UOt he HO i fit* I .ililr if (he terry Dfire Operated Willi au.v degre* %tf efficiency. The leant risr in the river put* the f. i i\v out of eoinmistdou for from two or three days to two week#. At night It In aluiont to cross If one hahpers to he on the opposite Hide of the river from tho flat, us it in it Herculean tank t?? awaken the erew awl persuade theio U? wmo across. "This ferry It* ou probably the most -important highway in the State awl r.-tlinnly I be one lUgst uhciI b> tOUrt t? Pk4u th(' North m\ to the South. The slack and Indifferent miwiuer in : which it is operated can not help hut gitaj "II . vl?*i t??r? a had opinion of the' Mjau. I( Lin- county will no.i. Improve tin- ferry service, the legislature should grant a charter to ioiq? private party to operate a ferry aud then compel him t >, live good service." \\ It d i> aid of the world'.- Jargeht hotel, The Pennsylvania^ opened in New Yo,l: 1?m Saturday. It baa ?, 200 room* .?in i -MIOO baths Klcctricty hut hcen u -i d in t lie building, it is said, more thoroughly tliun in any other building in I he world. Fish Scrap Fertilizer We have .several thousand tons of Fish Scrap Fer tilizer for sale to the farmers of South Carolina at wholesale prices. Write us for further particulars. The Fisheries Products Company N'ATl^NAI, HANK BUM]. SAVANNAIli OA. PAY DUES ANNUALLY Now, while money in plentiful let me suggest that the (members of Live Oak Camp W. O. W. avail them selves <jf the privilege o? paying camp dues for the entire year of 1919, and thereby save themselves the trouble of making twelve monthly payments. M. G. HUCKABEE, Clerk. Just received a car load Hackney Wagons On which we are able to quote a very close price Bought before the advances Geo. T. LITTLE, Camden, S. C. Nine times in ten when your watch is giving trouble cleaning and oiling is all it needs. {( you bring it here you can depend 011 having ?!one <0 it just what is necessary and no more.. In any event we guarantee a perfect running time piece if you p u t r it in our care. 6. L. BLACK WELL (t JEWELER ft OPTOMETRIST CAMDEN , V SOUTH CAROLINA 4 ?top'8 Dru* Store Uephone 30 I ermometers and if you ask for Store TOP-WORKIf G SEEDLING PECANS. i ? Clemaou Oollogo.? tturceHs in top . working tho pe< an depends not alone on the art of budding. The pre paratory treatment ?ud attention pro vloys to the budding 804B011 la of prime Importance, aj?d best results an Obtained only by strictly obaorvtng alJ phases of the work. Although gran.! ei success la secured on trees tun Im liM . and undor In diameter, larger treei may be successfully worked; but im on extensive commercial prppositioi It la scarcely advisable. Preparatory treatment of the seed ling trees must be begun during tht dormant aeaaon, preferably In Febru ary. The general rule la to cut bad all liiubs to stubs from 8" to 12" i* length. 'Limbs over 8" In diamotei should be cut back two to threa feel from their bases, or to where the 41 ameter ia not over 3". In cutting bad trees of 4" and over In diameter aft waya 16ave some of the smallcs branchea and aeveral of the largei onee to furnlah leaf surface until thi tree can force out new shoots. In some cases, the height of th< tree haa also to bo considered. Top ping should be done at & place when aeveral branches are well plaoed t? form a baala for a good head. Thii height will vary with the diametai and the number of branchea. The toi should be removed with a eloping cm Just above one of the stubs or a smal branch. eThla promotes healing and prevents rotting. Apply a coating <* white lead and linseed o41 to all cu; surfaces. The trees are now in shapi for forcing out shoots upon whiqh th< buda are to he plaoed, and will da xnand no further apecial attention un til summer. About the middle of June thin out some of the numerous shoots, loavinf two or three well placed vigorous octet on each stub. This will increase thi development of the remaining shoots so that they will have attained mifTt dent sise for budding by August. Budding. ? In this article ring bud ding ouly will he considered, as it ii the most successful method. Beforv ring budding season, late July thn August, a specially constructed knlfi must be obtained and waxed cloth pre pared. The -budding knife is nad? by securing two ordihary -buddlni knives to the sides of a small blocl of soft wood so th*t the ctatttafl blades will be parallel and one lnci apart. )? For budding oloth use ordinary bl-eaching. Toar into strips 12" wld? and roll tightly on smaM round stcka Tie and submerge in a hot melted ?o lution of grafting wax for a half hoar The formula for grafting wax !?: rosin 3 V6 lbs.,, beeswax 2 lbs., tallos 1 lb. Put them Into a pot, melt, and mix thoroughly before placing th? ciuih ihwreiu. Bud wood should be selected from well developed shoots of the preeenj season's growth, from healthy pro ductire , trees of known variety. Bj wrapping bud wood hi moist borlai and placing in a cool shady place ft can be kept for a week or tea days ?but it is best to have It delivered la smaller quantities every other day. Varieties suggested are Staart Schley, 'Moneymaker, and ?Curtis. Performing the Operation. ? The op oration of budding is simple, yet ra quires practice and carefulness. The buds are usually set about 6 to 11 laches from the base of the limb aod on top of it. Always select a smootl round plaoe. With the knife ring th? limb being careful to make the cati straight ?o that they wlH coincide when they meet. Select a good bud from tho budstick and do likewise Now remove the bark from the limt by slRtingt it down the back and prizing it up with the point of the knife. Remove the bud right likewise and insert it* in the cut made on the limb. Tear a strip of waxed cloti) about V4 inch wide and 18 inchwi long, and starting below the bud, wraz it firmly in place. Leave only the tl| of tho bud out. If the bud ring ol bark is of greater circumference thai the limb, a small piece may bo takev out so as to make it fit closely to the limb. On the other hand, if the bud ring will not meot around the limb. ? smell strip of bark may be left on the limb. It does not matter if a small open place is left between the edgei of the ring. In fact, some budden make this a practice, for this glVee room for the swelling of the bud ring, Howevcr^it is essential that the ende of the bud ring come in close control with the bark of the tree. After 21 days the wraps aro removed from th< buds, and at this time, under favor able conditions, you can tell whsthet the bud has sot or not. After Treatment. ? When growtl starts the following spring, all topi should be removed from branches ol which the buds are living. Tlmse tops are cut off about 10 inohes above tho bud. and the bark skinned ofl from 1" above the bud and; Upwards i The shoot from the bud is tiad to thft ! 10" pieoe of limb to prevent lfcs helm broken off by the wind. All sprout* coming out on 'the branch most be removed and onJy the Inserted bud I should be allowed to grow. Some tlm? I during the following winter, the toiv J inch stubs to which ^fhe bad shoott | have been tlod must be cut back clos4 I to the shoots. That Mime form of proteis (skin millr. bMiftrmilk, tanka<ge, or *ieal scrap) is needed to keep ?p wiatsi ?gg prodnctlon? 80S U-BOATS SI'NK Germany Vatrf Pear Price Kor the llnvur Thry Wrought, Lundou, Jau, 25. Of th>4 203 German . . .1 1 i n ? In , i during the VTAft U i* ? (iinuti.il here hemi officially . J3? Wtr? link with all on board and that in the, other? mji average of half the cow per ish??i], 4 Tt}" ?s>n>|>I??inc*i t <?f the German mb* v .ii ii'i!. mil bogia had ; '-n}y thirty btMHWl* vvUiUi tUtt cictt' f a lont of the' erulM'r type averaged t\v "ii ftfty and sixty. The Iliitish navy during tin* war lost ifty-nine submarine*, thirty-nine of -which were destroyed by the enemy. Of the remainder, four were lutftrued by neutral*, seven wero blown up iu 'he Haltlc Sea, four were sunk by ac cident of trial cruises and five Were w rocked in collisions. Columbia Postmaster Dead, ('oluinbia, Jan, 127. ? < *?>1. W. 15. Oole nan, postmaster at Columbia, died sud lenly at his home here tonight in the seventieth year of his age. Ho la sur vlyed by his widow, several daughters ind on? son, W. H. Coleman, member of the Columbia city council. The de ceased was a bravo soldier, having serv ed with distinction through the War Be tween the States. He was for a num ber of years sheriff of Richland County and was considered a very efficient of ficer. Col. Leroy Springs has received by express a part of a German airplane brought dowu by his son, Capt. Elliott \V .Springs, which was shipped from "Somewhere in France" more than three^ months ago. It is a part of the body ?nd is made of veneer and on one aide s the German black cross with which ill the German machines were decorated. U is on exhibit in the window of the Lancaster Light and Power company. ? Lancaster News. The Oyster. Nearly every oue ia more or loss fa miliar with the personal appearance of his quiet little creature as we catch -llinpaes of him floating around among bo crackers in a steaming "stow" but "'is home life in the shell is not So well known. In a soup or stew where we generally MM>t hjm. he allows up as n rather shape 'oss lump of putty-colored substance, ?villi the one talent of slipping out of 'he spoon, when we think we have him securely caught, and sinking out of sight igain. Hut this !s not the oyster at his lest, to fully appreciate him we must call ?t his pearl-lltied bungalow before he has 'teen "shucked," and observe him when he does not know ho. Is being observed, 'or. if he thought he was being looked it. l\c would shut the door right in our 'ace and lock it on the inside. No one knows when and where the first oyster was eaten, but it was certainly several thousand years ago, for we are told that *he old Romans served them up as a Treat delicacy, at their feasts. The im mense heaps of shells found about the Tndian mounds, indicate that the Red nan knew and appreciated their valuo is a food. They are probably swallowed !n all the world; just place an oyster 'n your mouth, and before you know it, t ha? slipped down your throat without wen tirckljng the palate as it passed. The human throat and the oyster seem ?nade one for the other, and the one | *an slide down the other as frictlonlesf^ is a piston rod in an air. pump. Though being eaten is the end of the >yster, it would aeem that the episode vould form a rather p?easant break in 'he monotony of its existence ? an event *o be looked forward to as an exciting ending of a life that has had but few hrills. The books say that a fair sired, healthy oyster lays from sixteen to aixty million eggs in a season, but as they go on to say that the eggs are so small 'hat they cannot be seen with ,the naked ??ye, we are wondering how they were IjKCEP YOUR SHOE! NEAT I "FOOTFRS" F * MmJl o CLEANERS AND DYERS OF WEARING APPAREL AND HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS OF ALL nrsmiPTiON^ WE DYE AND CLEAN ARMY CLOTHES. l'arcel Post and Express Sttpmcnta Given Immediate Attention FOOTER'S DYE WORKS, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND J. FERRIS McDOWJEUU AGENT, CAMDEN, 8. C. ? ever counted. Tho tiny little eggs, that in several million together, look like a small milky cloud 'floating in the water, and as the bay oysters hatch they drop down to tho bottom and in. a short time fasten themselves to some stationary ob ject fftich 40 a stone, an old bottle, or even another oyster shell. Once having settled down the young oyster is anchor ed for life, and can no, more change its position than a pine tree could pick up its roots and walk. In tho coming years if there is to be any chang^ of scenery, the scenery must come to the oyster, as the oyster can | never go in search of it. When first it looks liko a little dot, and then it grows to the size of a pii\, head, and when a year has passed the pin head has swelled into the proportions of u silver quarter, and the oyster is wefl started on the road to a full-grown oys terhood. After that, if everything goes well, it should grow about an inch each year for the next three or four years. After that they stop growing, and have nothing to do but get old and wrinkled. As the oyster grows the shell crows, too. by putting on layers on the outside, and as usually one layer is. added each year, by counting the layers, you can come pretty near telling the age of the oys ter. It is not known just how long an oyster will live if let alone but shells have been found nine inches thick, it would seem that, under favorable condi tions, they must live to be a green old age. The oyster is one of the most cu rious, as well as one of the most inter esting of all tho ocean folks, and he is descrying of more careful study than we can possibly hope to give him on ?the short trip from plate to mouth. One very strange thing is he has no head, but does have a mouth. The mouth is juft a little slit in the narrowest part of the body, ~it has neither teeth nor tongue.Jbut to make up for this deficiency it has four Irps, the sea water gives up minute particles of vegetable and animal mnttor, and these form the foooK-^fv the oyster. The stomach is a kind of a\>ag arrangement placed just back of the mouth. The oyster has a liver, to get out of fix, as well as a pair of lunga thnt work like the gills of a fish. But it has neither eyes, nose or brain, and' seems to get along very well without them. He lives in a low, flat house, con PRESERVE THE LEATHER : stating of a cm-led roof and a tloor, fastened together on one side bj h pair of self-acting hinges. The entire bouse can be thrown open or closed it will. When the oyster lias nothing oa hiH mind, and wtjeri everything i? quiet down at the bottom, he opens up hi* housp and the salt water flows in and out, bring in its freight of air and food. The people who work with oysters hare a way of speaking of them as if th?f Wore plants instead of^ living, breathing creatures; the places where they art fouud nre called 4tbeds" or "farms", the act of gathering them into boats is knowa as "harvesting'1 ; getting them out of the shells is "shucking tho annual yicll is called a "crop" and so it goes.? 0. A. Daviid in Oreenvilft News. BUY WAR SAVINfiS ? ? ? m ? rn m m w STAMPS v' ? r J' i ?f*> CONSTANTLY The -Constant ^ Mender , unwell men and'wotnen is medi cine. Never let a sickly system ran alonf. It iret worse, not better. It has served ypu promptly % many years ? it is your duty to, serve .it wbeajt fails. OUR DRUG DEPARTMENT is the medical army of a competent doctor. It waits to combat any ally of disease. We are always Interested in our customers and genuine interest achieves satisfaction. r"." r ' f:~z Zerap & DePass Call Mr Phone N?. It We Buy and Sell Homes ' - /? y/ u for others, also all other classes of Real Estate. * . jv * , . ' i-\ , ^ ^ * > a- i ... Doubtless, we have just the home you have been looking fo but could'nt find. ' . ^ ? ..." If. ?/'?'. ',/S.? 1 ?' . -i* ? * See us, buy a home, get a stake in the community, and let your influence be given to the building up of society. * ' \ !> v ' ( . . ? i ??w. , ? ' -ij C. P. DuBOSE REAL ESTATE