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SECURITY LENDS ITSELF TO OUR DEPOSITORS Your funds art? safeguarded by ample re sources, strong management and constant national supervision. The First National Bank adheres closely to the bed rocHprinciples that charactrize America's most powerful financial institu tions. The continued growth of this bank is the re sult of progressive and^ efficient Service. J. N6.0BM, rrw. u. w. VMljuuttadu. 8. C. Ta>j?r, AtiKistaiit Cashier "You Can't Beat 'Em for Real Tire Wear" ?seems to be the agreed opinion of Ford, Chevrolet, and Maxwell owners around here who have the new Goodyer All-Weather Tread Clincher Tire on their cars. Ai-least,-?? . ????? And they certainly must mean it because after they've bought one of these tires it's usually just a question of time until they're back for^more of the same for their other wheels. ' * The New Goodyear Clincher is bigger, bet ter and stronger. We'd like to start one on your car. Kershaw Motor Company Carndfiij 8, C. Save Your Potatoes BY USING Stonecypher's Potato Bug Killer, at tfrst appear ance of bugs.' We have most of the other protective igents also: Paris Green, Lime-Sulphur Compound; )owd. Arsenate of Lead; Bordeaux Mixture and to )acco Soap, i ? ?. W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store I ? ' Telephone 30. . US i PLOW QUICKER AND CHUNK WITH THE CLETRAC ? is the tfactor you will eventually buy because ? ?>is only $1,1195 and does <dl kinds of work ? ' inii, harrowing mowing, harvesting, snaking thrashing grain, sawing wood and any job ?vine,, yon need power. Works grea? in sand and '??'?d. Write today ancLlet.iis tell yon flbtjrtit THE CAROLINA TRACTOR & TRUCK CO. 1214 Assembly Street. ' Columbia, S. C. ALEX. G. CLARKSON, BOYKIN, 8. C. - Sales Manager for Lee, Sumter, Kershaw Counties. Mention Dm cjbm^rU Wkia Writia? A<hr?rti*?r* HOW NHOKN AHK MADK It Is Mainly a Matter of Modern M?rhiner,\, f<?r tin* fwl we* took for uurnt <?<1 until their higher prhv made them lua\ily mi OUr miiuK I'* sln<l.\ ??f its makiiiu ir?nsft?rins Hie humble shoe Into an ??f Amer ican Ingenuity and ^klll. according to \N ill lam Joseph Nhowaltcr, who writM to rhe National Olographic Koidety a* follow*: "fl'here aIX' fouv general (>^*ss cif footwear, according to the manner In which tlu> aoles hiv <utt4?-li?M to the ?upi^r**,' The leading type t* the welt. It ha> a >ma 11 strip of leather sowed fast. first to the upjier, and then to the su that upper and solo are not joined dlwvtly. Felt soles are used mainly In hlgt}crs;rado men's and lx?y*?' shoes Hint In women's walking nhom, , "The McKay sowed -shix> In the soe ojkI type, In It the nolo Is .?nm| di rectly to the upi?er. The clnviper grad*?s of stiff-solod wnn'd ?hoes are made by thU mot hod. "The turned shoo Is the third type., In It the sole Is joined to the upper with the whole shoe inside out, then turju-d, Women's pliable soled shoes aw made in this fashion. "The nailed, i begged, or screwed-on sole represents. the fourth type and goes with cheaper grades of shoes. As uppers leather' come* Into the factory It 'Ims the irreguLar outlines of a hide or skin as Indebted as the coast of Maine, and by hand could l>e meas ured <*k\v toy a master of trigonometry, through a long proo?*ss of calculat loins, hut a machine has l?een Invented that can calculate more areas in 'half a minute than .a mathematician could hi halfr-a day. "Fifty uuu^ilncs, a hundred people. iUid two hundred processes are em ployed in tlio making of n i>alr ??f shoes. "In the linings dopartuicnt are hlg machines that out uppers cloth, tjwen Ty""t<> forty thicknesses at a <atp. ~irs easily as a cake-cutter (.nits dough. "ltoyoiid is the uppers leather de <partinent. Here ? trained man, with stubby-Waded, razor-edge knife, takes tiic skin, lays it on his cutting board, and running his knife around his sev oral alumminnm iMittems. cuts out vamp and quarter and toe picce with accomplished art in getting .the -maxi mum of jticce.s out of tihe minimum of skins. W'hwn lie lms finished with s skoi 44->*lM4pal?W4 **trlug? bordering a series of irregular holes. "In cheaper grades of shoes the yeather also is ?*tit l>.v ?drinking'' ma chines?^mechanical cake-cutters ap plied to ^I'ocinukiug. Only om? ply Is eu't at ii time, but there are serlrw of dies for the different parts. "After tiie quarters. vamps. toe tups, etc.. have !>een cut the leather nnist be 'skived.' so as to prevent any raw edges showing la the finished shoe. The.edges are feci through a ma ehln that sluives the unflnfrch^l side down to a bevel. This is then covered ?with Icemen t ami the thin edges folded over, muet as a seamstress lays a hem. * "The linings go'from the assembly | room to be transferred from individual prices into the canvas counterpart of the deatihe!' upper. The quarters are joined at the back und stayed with a reinforcement. The vamps are cement led into shape ready for Inclusion in I the finished upper. "The tips go to the toe-cap room, where they are perforated at the odge to give them a pleasing appearance on the foot of the wearror. Fourteen different poreessos are required to transform a piece of tip leather into a finished cap. with its box to (hold the shape of the shoe and canvas lining to protect the ho**' of the wearer. 'The joining of the quarters and vamp roust be done with great care, so that there Is neither unevennesn nor roughness. It is the most diffi cult tnrik in the amking of the upper of a shoe. Judgement and care are re quired and much- strength of hand. Other minor processes follow.' and presently the finished upper fares forth) to meet its sole-mate in the mak ing department. liefore it goes. If it be a laced upper, a glr) puts it through a machine that laces it up and ties It In the twinkling of an eye?a machine that would be a glorious aid to a fat man. "Preparatory f<? its alliance with the sole, tlie upper is lasted. The insole (has been tacked on the last, and the upper i? now pulled tightly over the last with a machine that has pincers which act like human fingers. Th*y [ draw the wflole upper In tlghcly over the last, so that there Is not a wrinkle left, and tack it. down on the bottom. The toe and heel require a little extra attention and are held 'down *?y a (piece of fine wire. * "The lasted shoe next goes through a trimming machine that removes all surphw leather, while a mechanical hammer pounds the leather smooth. Then, it goes to another machine, where the toes and heels are beaten smooth, making the shoe ready for welting. "The welt Is so prepared that it can f' / lie sewed 10 the itt sole and the \ipp?>r hi one ^>viug, ami later haw the out nolo aewtMl to it. After the joining of insole iilul upper to t lit* wok, the' ghoe U missed (ilmtuuli the insoam trlu} nilii^' mio-liine, Next it uoes to u ma chine where a small hammer glvoa tho welt a terrific beating. The In-solo and welt are then cov?*r6d with rubl>er ce ment. us In the waiting sole. When this has dried slightly, the sole Is laid ??ii and the shoe I* put Into a pressing machine. w hone the <<emei?t dries. "Next it go?v* to the rough rounding machinc, which rounds sole and welt, allowing them to extend out from the Uj>J)er at all i?oints, hooking at the v|i,h? Q|i your foot .you will mv that thK extension is less at the shank thun at the hall, and lewn on the outer side than on the Inner wide of the foot. The polish roundlngiunchlne also euts a little groove around the bottom of the sole fqr the inityoso of receiving and <?o\erlng. the stitching to follow. The welt extends back only tothe heel. The latter ha? no welt, but has its own special treatment. "One shoe factory in Massachusetts lm> a dally outi>ut of 14,000 pairs, eat<b pair umrehing tlirough tho factory lix fourteen days In ordhuiry times." (taogmphic al listers MlxsKose ask?nl her eighth grade: "Wllwt Hif1 the tester States?" ' Mabel answered: "I am not sure, hut I should think they were Miss Ourl, Ida Ho. ? Mury T^and, Oallie Fornla, Lous Ih Anna, Delia are. Mtnne .Sota, and Mrs. Klppi." Tho ruM' of .loseiili <*<alltaux, charged with treason, under consideration for .several mouths, has reached a verdict. In whkh the former premier Is found to have Jeopardized five welfare of his country because of his Own person a-1 .ambition; hut the finding does not car ry tho death sentence. Mkmday at the Majestic seo Marlon Iiavles in April jFolly, Bank With Us DON'T LONGf FOR THE COOK OLD DAYS (?) OLD DAYS WHEN A DOIIAK WAS WORTH A I,OT AND A MAN WAS WO*RTH VERY'LITTLE, RUT TAKK A GOODLY PORTION OK THESE CHEAP DOLLARS YOl) ARE COLLECTING AND DEPOSIT THEM IN THE WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS ? Loan & Savings Bank OF CAMDEN. S. C. . ? '' ...... . . . /? .? v ?? STRONG SAFE CONSERVATIVE ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICK 4lTl parties' indebted to tho etitate of j. A. Shanklin, deceased, are tieneby notified to make i>aynient to E. II. Khanktlu. Administrator, (Ireer, S. 0.. and alt parties having claims against the said estate will present them duly attested >v(thin the time prescribed by law. R H. HHANKiLIN, (}tmllfied Administrator of th?> Estate of ,1, A, Shanklin. ('amUen, M. C., April 7 th, 11)20. FINAL DIKCH/IKGK Hotk*> is horehy Klv?'it that one month from this date, on Monday, Mu.v 10th. 1020 I will mako to-tho Pro luito Court of Korsluiw county my Until rot urn as Admlnstrator of the efdate of Mrs. Louisa S. I/anjc, de<vaHcd, and on tin- samo date I will apply to the mid <Y>urt for a littit 1 dlaehanre as said Administrator. W. I >. MoDOWALL, Camden. S. April 8th, 10i!0. The lasting friendships made by M A XWE LL are due to fine steels * Yon never forget the lusting qualities of fine shoes, fine gloves, or fine furniture. They linger in your memory. So it is with u Mux well. The tasting friendships for this remurkuble cur multiply day by duv. These/are friendships built iifKm steels, fine steels. Steels thai equal* pound for ffound, those in <my ear built Thev are steels that muke possible that wonderful com bination of light weight ami great strength. For a Maxwell i^ built fo? be light in weight. A light ear means economical trans portation? if its steeIs stand up. Therefore, only those steels that are of brute strength com bined with . <| utility into a Maxwell. That means paying the very toj> price for its steels. Hut it has earned' ever-in creasing friendships^ for Maxwell. It has given impulse to M ax well sales, It has spread ail Over the world ready ac ceptance for Maxwell. Hedueed to figures, it showa nearly 400.000 Maxwells now in operation. 100;000 more in I92o7 ^ et this nuniher will supply hut 00 per rent of the demand. Carolina Motor Company (Inc.) Camden, S. C.