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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I?. Nik* n.Ml \ JILR | \ .Fubllnhed every Friday at 1100 No firoMti Street, nod entered at tbe Oam ?lao j?c.si otfl< v ax tM*oood claaa mail mat er. Price p*r unimm fl.flO <'amde?. H, IN?e. ftth, H?ll> ACl'TK HIIOHTAOF. IN I'APKK l.argr .Amount of Advertising lias Cmum> c?l I'iiumiuI Consumption. Kaunas City, M'f, N?>v. IX. Maoj of the smaller daily ????< wetkly p4p<?r?? of thin section of th<- country fare -ukp? m h{od of publication*-- unit iu xonie in baukroptay? 8? a reiult of the serious news print fhortnice, which u.>w confronts t !??-tn J , A rfhUiiu1 of the nitiMition lift*1 develop, ??d t li<* follow! ii k condition*. !pho smaller newspapers are unable U> obtain any lots and in many in* <tnt)(VH those vsIkmm* largest orders UIH ton lots en n not get them filled. All jobhfcr* are cutting d^pru th*ir cuj Kvoicn*' order* to just enough to .keep the customer supplied for two. nr at the outside, t h r**<* wwIck, Carload lots of flat new- print, are generally fold out, *oin<'ttaw twlct and ihrt* times *>ver, before the ca r has been *?t to the jobber'* t ruck, aftih- it? arriv al hrre. johlxTk ;ir?' not takiiiR on any pew ac ? uniii. Where at** nXHAbor* of a string r?# b<?u?o<v a* are most of those in Kan sas City, whru h shortage owui* in One hou?c t Ik <*tbjpt> help Out. sending tl?o news- print by express. The jul?ber>,. to a man, contend that the oau*e of the shortage of news print for the Mint II dailies ami weeklies is to V placed entirely *at t lie doors Of the f.irscr rity dailies. There j? no possible chance f . *r the situation to In* changed for the better in the immediate future, re rtainly none bp-fore next spring; ami not than, unless there !?? jhi increase in production and a decretive in r<iiiMimptiou. The I .??.rue amount of uation-wid?< ad vert i.Mujr. pohit'ed out as the niH' jilt portjiut - factor in the shortage. l'nlens the dailies can do something to out dOwp ?'lii- advertising, there is little no.s ? l)j f i I \ i'f t li ?? '??>??? I i t i*?ji being intprov- | ' - ! 1 lie jidibecs hi Kansas City and thia -eetimi id i lie country, according to re- j ports re.ee i veil ret the houses here, arc J not making nny attmnpt to mipply the : larger papers, but arc devoting nil their ? (Torts to the little fcllowa #ho cannot K<t their ?haro except from thein. 'I'll,, situation in Oktaboutu, Kansas, Iowa, MiNKourl mix' Nrti'mska ha* beeu a^ioUH for aoaiV t i 1 1 1 ?? . Keccnt ly, be of the shortage, ?vvcr??l newspn 1 1 . ? awh#rt f tfif poMiblUty of -^ii pension altogether. Appeal* were nude tr? the joM>*r* for help, bill they were unable t?> do more than alleviate the trouble for aevcrul weeka. < ?in- prominent Ktiinax dnijy> owiied hy h i <> i vi h i t-oogrcMhniau, gppmlad. to Ihf Western N?'wk|)H|m i I'nion here. Af t?*r attempt* to acciire paper from the \V. \ I ho n. in this territory, itn appeal wh* aent to the purchasing agent (It < NdhIik He Informed the Kanaai t'irv house that while he waa not only too glad to give aid to a customer, that ther?? was nothing that <*ould he done t.? help the situation. The Chr.ttanooga New a comment* on t!i< situation as ftilluw*: "The new?p?p?r bu*iuf#B is /ah ng the gravest erlxls in the supply of print pip?r that has ever occurred. The shortage , during the war period la noth ing to that which is now existing. While the production of piper iu the tftiited tttntes and Canada has increased very IJttle in the i?nnt two yearn, the eon vumptfon hnjn groyvn enormously. No one i* ?blo to predict what the price will be, or whether any newspaper will get art adequate, supply of paper. > The volume of advertising being carried by the newspapers of the country is un precedented. The campaigns of nation al advertising which were put ou by man) concerna with an idea solely of creating good will, and with little ex pectation of profitable returns, have been km successful that they have been in creased. "I>e*pitc almost universal increase in advertising rates the patronage has con tinued fo grow. Many newspaper* hfcvo heen compelled to put a limit \>U their ni/,e. Th? Washington Star now limits its edition to .TJ pages, and daily leaves ? ?tit many columns of advertising. Hut seven 1 of the Xi"w York newspapers are running over this number of. pages. "The Detroit News prints from .'Ifl to M> .pages, and of this W? per cent Is advertising. "(Jiving as its reason that regulation hv the government has made it impoft ?- ?l>le for it to earn a- profit, the Inter na ti^ruil Paper <\?ivpany, which makes H) per cent of the news print usc<P*fcy ] Ami rican papers, recently cut off urhi trarily over a dozen Southern n"W*pn pei> and ninn.v Others over the United States. "It luis . Miiioiinced that MO, 000 tons ? ?f p.* per formerly manufactured as news' prints would ho changed to kraft and ; wrapping paper. There is a much l>et - ter profit in t.liese lines. , . "Tbl* Mt^|? oif the part of the Inter national rreuted oumternation in the ii(<\vH|>K.|H'r profe*?lon. Many publUhera ho UK tit in vain elsewhere to supply th?ir II. ???(Jn. "Oilier manufacturer* have pursued o xiiuilur policy. UM ??f tin* largest WW** paper* in the South ban been unable to nVntravt f< ??? it? 11)20 hupply. "Ah repiehenUtlonn were made to the International by a committee <?f South* cin publisher*, it baa ?k? ?-?*l that iu Mead of cutting >>ff hoiiic new*paj>er? ar bitrarily ,lt will prorata it? supply to ;>ll further cutftoniein. Hut thin will no. roHsitaUvllll newspaper# reducing their >-i*e. /' That South Carolina has no petroltifar in itM rock bed* au<l prospector* who are inviting their- money digging oil well* in the Htyt?? are throwing their money to the w in. I- , it. the oplnfou of Stephen 'Pafoer, atate geologist and beat! of the department of geology at the I'nlverwity of Mouth Carolina. HI'OK DIAMOND IN FOUND. Second Urgent Stone In World To He Chipped I p. 1 ? 1 *m Chicago, Nov. 22? A tiny fragroeut of the second largest diamond in the world eventually may sparkle on the tinger of your stenographer or telephone girl or the pretty waitress who takes your order for hanr ami eggs in your favorite ros tuuraiit. The second largest diamond recently was fouud in the Premier Mine In tyoutb Afrlea, according . dispatches from London. It is said to be flawless and to weigh t.fiOO carats in the rough. Its estimated value in placed at $f?00,000. The largest diamond ever found was iu Culliiian, which in the rough weighed :y \ oa/ at*. It also cauiA from Uie l'remier Mine. Since then* arc un'ly a limited number of people who can afford to invest half ;< million dollar* in a diamond, it is ex pected the great stone will he cut up into iMtUiero.UK, sm (til gems. In this day of high wages ami a craze . for diamonds, the working people have 'become the world's . greatest diamond buyers. So t. X' in cut from tin- second largest diamond i< reasonably not beyond the dreams of tin- "poor working girl.'N Shows Start af N O'clock. >j 'On iHvnDnt of 'the 'order of the fuel J ndniinUl ration re<piiring that theatres ? ?: * i 1 . < ????*?? at 10:.'{() p. m. aP shows at I'iif <"ii" I'M; ' hM'i a House will star* ,*t-? ; it* ; it I ;? " o'clock, during the en t'r>r<TiniMit i he fuel regulations. Theatre ^r-ti'ofis it !?Mpie>ted to hear this iu mind. Miina^eineut Camdfm Oj>era Hou>e. CHEVOLETS FRANKLINS and CHALMERS AUTOMOBILES For Immediate Delivery GEO. T. LITTLE Mr (V?rt De?A Mr. Willie U. Croft, u younjt tnau of ubout .'50 years of ago, died lust Thurs day nu I ho farm of. Mr. George T. little uear C'auiden. He hud iwu iu had health fur jt pumber of year*. Ingram-f authen. MU* /n|n K. I (iterant ,of Kershaw, and Mr. Walter >S. Oauthen, of Lancas ter, were married midday Tuesday at the ltaptist parsonage. the IJev., M. M. Hen soy officiating. Notice. ""??Mrrrnwrc <?f our < 'hriHtnraf: - Banking Club may draw their deposit* Dee. 10 and 11. Members whose names begin, with h*i i <? i s from A to M may draw theirs hoc. lot h. and members whose nam?<> h> gin w-ith- letters fiou> ,\ l<t Z m:i v ilr; w theirs De?', lit!). Fir.- 1 National Hank of Camden. i' ? ?t.v. latm- eig.ry eve m i- tint are alfeeted ou the left side. i imi.vI;1 i- nearly a- livrge in area as the whole i.r Fnroprv .. ?JnV.mnesburg Now Metropolis. Johannesburg, with a population of 283,274. is the largest and most cos mopolitan city In South Africa. The tastes of the people are varied, rang ing front the simplest requirement* on the part of the natives to the most ctil'ti ?> .1 ;.?<! wants. Music of some form lp one of the means of snrl^^lng those wants. ^ ? How Old Was Methuselah? The I-adics* Home Journal says: Men who love to dig into what ordinary mor* tals accept as fact* and wonder at them now and Hay that the ancients of Bibli cal day* reckoued time, not by solstices aud equiuoxe#, or by the sun or the move ment of the earth, but by the mo?n. Thus k year with, them was -a lunar year, or every time the moou came around they called it a year. Roughly speaklug, there ave a little .more 'than 12 1-2 lunar months t'f oppi'?xim utely 20 days each in a year This makes it easier to under* stand how Adam lived OttO years; ae? cording to our present reckoning he real ly lived t?> ho 71. Noah's WW) years be entne 7<l ycKTN : and the daddy of them all. .Methuselah, with his JMll) lunar years, turn* ?ut really to have been. 77 yours, uroordiiiK to our way of figuring. Later, of conrsc, the equinox was* considered, ft i ? ' ; ' jtnd six moons, or approximately, six months, became a ''year." Hence Abra ham'* I7f? years becomes about 87 years of our time. All of which sounds more plausible about these supposed tdng-lived patriarchs. v ? New .Machine For Ilay's Garage. Mr. W. O. Hay of Hay's Oarage has in trar>it by express an electric VLlve grinding machine and will be installed in his place soim and will be a great time aud lal>or caver. The ?ftdphin .s believed to be the fast :'st swimmer in the seas. The High Sckol Hropeil, for'sale i*ubllc 8<lU*r? TnTfT ir?i ft. if f ?i a 3 ?u $ WIl fool : . 5 ?A- * V '.I, im foot c ^ ? - -4? '.v | 3on ffet ? I 808 feet ? ^ 3 *s 8 808 /eot ?? *-> 3 & 8 308 feet H s / 4 V* A J 3 . ? 8 Campbell Street I The Trustee* of School District N?. I 1 iuvite bids for the punftase of tbe ' High School property in Camden, for | ancrly the Doitoer residence, f routing three hundred and three (303) feet cm |%Monument Square and extending back r'Wwit ctghtr^hundred and forty-nine (840) f? ot to Carropbell Street. Bids may be for yie property as a whole, or for on* or more of the 6ight lots into which it hnp tteen divided, an shown in the abate diagram. Dots A and B have a front lige on Public Square of one hundred and fifty -One (151) and one hundred tad fifty-two (152) feet respectively. Lot A include# the school building. Lots C, I), E, F. Q and, H each front one hun dred. (100) feet oh Laurens Street witb a depth of three hundred and three (303) feet. A plat of the property and sub divisions may be seen at the office of Thomas J. Kh'kland in Camden. Bids to be sealed and accompanied^ a certified chock for five per cent of the amount of the bid, and to be delivered to any one of the undersigned Triu$ee?. Checks will be returned to unsuccessful bidricv. ? KidT will be openedat twclvft^'ctGtk ~ M. on Monday, December 8th, 191fc Bight reserved to reject any or all bids. Terms cash. * THOS. J. KIBKLANP. J NO. T. MAOKBY, H. K. IIALLETT, Trustees School District No. 1. CAMDEN OPERA HOUSE, SATURDAY DECEMBER 6th HARVEY D. ORR Presents His Latest Musical Comedy n Dircct from One Solid Year 37th Street Theatre, Ne*v York. 40 40 Broadway's Prettiest Chorus. FEATURING THE Honeysuckle Trio The Show With a 1000 Laughs. Gentes Jenson rn? Belgian Prima Donna .BOBBY JACKSON and some of the "High Steppers"? one of the big Dancing Features with Miss Bloe Eyes Mail Orders NOW ? Prices $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 ? Seats on Sale Thursday Booked by V, HOBART authofof "EXPERIENCE" Lyrics by SILVIO HEJN and EDWARD PAULTON Composers of Flo Flo Ziegfield Follies 30 Musical Numbers Gorgeous Gowni Special Scenic - and Lighting Effects ' "t 3 Ads? 3 Scenes Numbers That Please -<-4 ? (grit That Teat*