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Wm H? , Wiu*te<l, Conn.?Durii* the tolling of ,e Mvt^uxliwt rburvh bell in o*l?4>ratiou (h.- inauguration <>f constitutional pro bUiou II uxh? pawing nU?n* Main street ppjtwJ jiud uMttnl tb? reaaou, ??That's tlit* funeral dingo for John irlwcHi^n." be wan informed. "JJuiimhI if 1 be wu* II Mot by ? hi 'before," mumbled <tbe uiaa, ami be rut on hi* way, Fifty fivv !??'?" ^ewt of the total ii.ijK.ils iij<?t<?? vebicloti iu Hontb AfHot W0f6 !>l?iled by American manufacturers. Oklahoma Hunpeml.' Okietumhu City.?Hard time# urc uhead fur kiiihU ivuntry new spa pern of Og)?> iHMiitt, it wan khhI ut u convention of inure than 100 member# of the Oklahoma Pretts A^jWX'latkm meeting here Finlay ami. Saturday. ? The short a of news* print und (he hint? coat of labor, it whs declared. hud mused 280. Oklahoma newK papor* to ?u?{M>ml Bluet* 1U17. Tin> iiiti-rutti copfibttiiion motor --i?>? petroleum spirit, Invented in 1SBW, wan the lirsi stop toward the production of the modern self propelling roud vehicle. Beautiful Monuments in To mark the sacred placet, where dear , ones rest, we supply Marble ??" Granite Tt moderate cost. Home Marble & Granite Works 1112 Laurel Street ' Columbia, S. C. GARDEN SEED Onion Sets ' ? Seed Potatoes W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store felep '-Mtie 3Q For Sale A very attractive home on Union Street- contain ing live large rooms, kitchen and bath (lot 110x220) i< offered for immediate acceptance at $4,500.00. ? A-I*?ro than $1000.00 ha * recently been spent in remod # ( 1 ithis house and it could . not be duplicated at Ih<*.price asked. The location is ideal, two new bun galows now being buil": near this property and plans already made for four more. Apply to l. a. McDowell, Agent Camden, S. G. Chevrolet "4-90" TOURING CARS AND SEDANS For Immediate Delivery ' 'lever phrases do not make serviceable automobiles. Beautifu.l pictures do not always make goo'd-look ?'? cars. r We claim good looks for the bodies and mechani '1 etliciency for the chassis, but these claims \vc want V'ju to confirm by such examinations and tests as - Mall be satisfactory to you. Power, Durability, Convenience, Beauty, Comfort, Easy Riding, Safety, and Simplicity of Design are,all embodied in the "CHEVROLET 4-90" With your order placed now, we can make immediate delivery George T. Little DOING I, S i WHOLESALE. Easy to Sec M'ny Advant?a?? In New Meth?d? R. I d y B' Ing Brought to f?ei f.ction. Heretofore wt? have bought medical ?ervice lit reiftlL Now tiins^iu is try ing out u plan to sell medical service vlllltfsjlll', Willi< asgow Ik striving to do Is tills: r>;\ul,. the city In districts ?nd provide free dispensaries mid,five doc tors to all who need medical utteuUon. It U fltUu?"d thm such a scheme will reduce tin* dentil lute, because many 1??'<??? people now skimp their families In rtie mmrcr of health precautious. And the doctors Hk? It, also. They work fewer hours and a standard pay Is -guaranteed. Withal, the Olasj^tw plan ??f wholo sale doctor ng Is said to he cheaper than our old-fashioned retail method. "Olrnrd" writes in the Philadelphia Press. Amerlean cities have made half u step toward such doctoring of the peo ple In wholesale lots. ? We have hoards of health and health bureaus. They administer''.In a'gen eral way and they administer In whole sale doses. An order goes out and it goes for till the people. It Is economical and wise, as every one knows, during such an epidemic as the "tin" was last year. Poctorlfig by wholesale saved mil lions of lives In that one calamity. 1'ncle Sum did the Insuring of his own soldiers hy wholesale In the last war. I'ubllc sehools supply education In wholesale quantities. Our spiritual wants are supplied In a faslvloi.) wholesale through the churches. So wholesale doctoring is only an other day'-s uiareh in the general <11 reetlon of a .socialistic empire. MAKES NEW USE OF ECHOES Inventor's Idea Miy Do Away With the Old Practice Known as "Heaving the Lead." An Inventor in Oakland, dhl., has j found n new and practical *iso for echoes. and as n result the time may w hen tin* practice ?f "heaving the lend" ?f sea will l>e known only In historical novels and old maritime history. The rnarimeter, as the new device Is called, sends a sound from the keel of the ship to the bottom of the sea; the sound ii,(init!S bhck as an echo, and tli<? journey, automatically recorded on a diaphragm, Is translated Into terms of length.' The report shows the depth of water between keel and bottom, calculated from the known speed of the sound-wave In salt water, and the knowledge may he acquired at the rate of four soundings a minute, which is very much faster than by.the older tuothods* The nmriiueter, to he sure, has only recently gone to sea. If indeed the steamer Governor, which will carry the first of them, has yet left, dry dock in Seattle, Wash. Hut the instrument promises to add . ma terially to the security of ocean truf fle. Sciencc and Soap Bubbles. .Sir James Dewar. the Knglish pro fessor of chemistry, who has made soap huhides which .he kept intact for more than a year, says that when a soap bubble becomes very old. say In three or four days, it offers the only possible example of the molecule vis ible to the naked eye. Tti the soap bubble ordinarily there are about 1<M) layers of molecules but* scientific treat ment has produced black spojs In which thwe is only a single layer, so thin that Sir James. estimates that it would take one and one-third mil lion like It superimposed to make an. inch. Insures Crusoe's Musket. The tntmket said to have hern given to Alexander Selkirk when he was put ashore on the Island of Juan Fernan dez. iOO miles otT the Chilean roast, has- h?*en going the rounds <if TJrltlsh museums. It was Selkirk's adventures upon Which was based De Foe's famous story. "IJoblnson Cruso^." The mtisket. Is inscribed with the name of "A. Sel- , kirk Largo. 1771." It was purchased hy Randolph Perens for $fi.2.r>. but the owner has insured it for $10,000. SclHirk owned a tavern near Clnp ham. Kncland, btir tiled in 17'J.". at ?ea as a lieutenant ahohrd a naval vessel. Mennonites Make Trouble. The Menmtnitos In Canada are tizht- ; incr the compulsory school law. insist ln:j 011 sending tbi-ir children to tljelr Awn parochial ?eh*?ojs. As a result, a little s< bn<ilma'am has sat at her desk In a schoolroom !n central. Saskntehe- J wan daily 1.. iv&Lfng i In vain f":- pnpiN :<? come t.> o? ec,py j the en-pl y liem he^. Put Over "The grinI emu 11 ilNrlaim* flnv ? knowledge nf n hnre ? fii'.-d "pent i In his he! a If." "And \?>'i will ?.l?s*.| \ e I. ?? d<i?'S so j \\ ithout r:?-or." "Quite >?>. I :i I *>? ? o?..r- tliat the! gentleman v a*-' ?*I? ''ed. which may ex- J plain th?? absence <-f rancor Salt in Holland. Holland ha* becrn to prorfur** srtlf j from well* drilled ??vj* rhm ntally In ; two province- and n?ay be :.hu? to ob tain enough fnf all of its needs. New Metal L^fWe Invented. For w?vUers- with inelred metals i '.ndlft 1 been Indented 1hflt ponn? frr*rn the bottom. leaving the dro?i ao? Impurities behind. FKI'DIHT KKKKI) FROM JAIL fUUMU KrnturKy CIimimimmi WIio W'iw Dyliif In I'rtHOii I'nnlviml. l.t-^iujctoii, Ky.~ Flottdior Oe?toii, So Voftr* old, Connor Hirnthitl o<?unty feud* )k(, a ft-oo num. Ho wan pardoned by OuVcrnnr Morrow on aooount of his iititifc lloaUh, uftt'.r M'rv'utjc ei*ht vnirs of a life tiontonoo ft>v <\unjdidty in tho assassination of Kd Callahan, "oonior HreatHhttt county feud lender, who. was slain from ainbtu.lt in V?H2. iNsttou was hero ou his way homo and uuver exports t?? <vwl o( HjpcatkUt foiuity akuiu. liuvefuov Morrow had thvlarcd ho would n<d pardon any 0110 until aftor : Ik 1. Ki>l?Uiuo had ? ? ;?>.(til to fonotioii in Mil roll, hut uwtdo an 'exception in tho cast* of )>oat<n, to prevent his probable death in the state prison at Frankfort, < 'a Ha turn's assassination was. |h?* re suit of a ph*t alleged to hiU'V boon hud ?it I b aton's Ivouie, and in .which Mix or, eijplit othor member* of the l>oaton fac tion wore concerned. Callahan. as hoad of tho IInrgis Oallahftn clan, th(e strong est JVud organisation in tho mountains, wa* alhgtMl to lwive h'oi>n responsibly for tho killing of sovoral HeatonO, Aftor ou?' attempt on his lift* die hull! a stoek ado around his homo and stored Kin ally. however, Callahan grC\V ?-;nv!?'ss um) ouo day ;*s 1k> stopi**! from hi* *tyro t?> swoop -.the xtriM ho was shot ?Idwm. Ho died in u hospital ho had KiVoii monoy (?> buikl. Itrenrhitt ottU-ials nmdo no lioiutwuy in mi in vest inn lion, t*? Calla* han'* <l?ukhti-f. l.illian, took up (ho task, i?|HM-iUiiiK tit night,, a* whoii iho slayers of h?r fiithoi- hoard uf her investigation tho'y throafeuod U? kill her on Xho siwlimlly drovy the not about the I>outon*, At h\Mt mIio t?>*?k her to t hi' ooiint.v oftuial* at- .luok?ou -4iuil ariosts followed. Two of tho ucouKod ?\Wff?>vd thoy |i r?M I tho shots whiojl killotl Callahan. Tho <vnfossion* involv oil Flotohov Moaton, mid ho, with sov oral others, wan oonviotod, (>no ukmi'w sin siiyoil htmsolt hy turning state's ovi di tuv. whilv "l lin > mo -li'l i!> .pvi-ou How It Happened. "W'hat is your last namo. anyway?'' salii itho Whalo to Jonah. "My last name is <\>nu:ulrum, yoilvd J.mah fixnu tho Whale's innrds, ViVinunUrum'!" mused, the Wlmle. "Woll, I nuOss I'll have to give you up!" ('Uu'lnuHtli Knqulrer. Tho world's hns]o*t tratHo point is at Colinuhus oircle, Now York, whoro iiioro motor oars pass than any other spot known. There Is an average of 3,0U1 ears per hour. February Will IIhvo Viyt Sundays. This is a lt?ni> your ami tht* month will have 'fho iimiiil twenty nine d?ya allot ted to FobrutrtoH whU-li leap. )j Hut Febnrury wiH huvo aoinothlng very mutual this your ^onn-thinK that no February ha* bad (V?r forty years- tlve Snydayw. Mau.v people have bad their otirioaity uttntnerl by the fiiyt that thn?* nnmtli with it'* inoa^r twonty nine ?hiy* will huv? one nmro Sunday thaw oither Itocoiubor or .huurnry rontd nfFnrd with t>;l;tr full nuotu ??f thirtyono duy?. Mnu,\ impiirioK havo eotne, u*HIuk "When clitl February havo livo Sunday* before,' UjnO when will it ?>?vur ajfainV In IT >?!, 17*1. IS'JI, IN.YJ niiil i.xm? Foluruao had tivo Huiutoy*. uiul lu. UN&i tho month will u^ain huve live Sundays. The lM'i'iuilioity of tho livo Sunday e<i Folu'uurj *ooin? to ho ~N and 10 yoays, mi that a person may he horn, in ft pry ami have livo childi-en ami pass to "that U?nrne fiv.in wUMt no traveler return*, eth," and novei s<'?' ? F*?hrunyy \v)lh. livo Sunilu.vv. Tho vvtml "Sedan" i>? probably one of tho oldest terms applied U?. a vehloh' for 11uUKih.rUttlon. It w?H U*od for tho lii-t time l,ii Fram-o, ami takes ils oil Kin fivm the l-'reneh ?-iI> of that name. . Tin i.' were I,'MS automobile?- in u*?v in Frn.m-e in |XP1>. 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A small insurance premium may save you tnousands of dollars. C. P. DuBOSE & COMPANY Telephone 43 Heal Estate and Insurance Crocker Bldg. Life Insurance V Is essential for the families of salaried and. professional men whose income will be cut off at their death. Southeastern Life Insurance Co. Greenville, South Carolina L. A. McDOWELL, Agent CAMDEN, S. C.