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For the (purpose of clearing out tttomp* and atones In (lie eutover latuls of the various Mates, i in- war depart ment has turned over tu the bureau ?f public roadii l2,r?00,(XX> pounds of picric acid, a surplus war explosive. Mouth Carolina.' with H.OP 4,000 acr?y of cut over lunds is eulitled to 480,000 pounds. For t)><- distribution in South Carolina, the bureau desire* to co-operate \v 1 1 It the agricultural college of the state, or if the college cannot perform the du ties of distribution, then with agencies of the state or counties which might be agreed upon. Communications must he Kent to the bureau of public roads, Washington, and orders must be for carload lots. /The estimated cost N ten cents per pound, including freight charges. The acid Is located at spar ta, Wis., and Fort Wlngate, X. .\1. *? i. A jury at Cleveland, Ohio, has con victed Mrs. 10 v a Catherine Kaher of conspiracy to murder her husband, I >a ul ul F. Kaber. The trial wa* long drawn out. It whs shown that after fit 1 1 1 iik to poison her husband, Mrs. Kilber had hi in stabbed to death. The ? ? . . y ' jury brought In a verdict of guilty with a recommendation to mercy, which means that the Woman nin-t no to the penitentiary for life. Tbe Confederate College No. 62 Broad Street CHARLESTON, S. C. A iH>AUl>lN<? and DAY school fur girls. lU'gins its session Sep tember -7, 19'JI. Historic Institu tion situated in a healthy locution. Ail -van topes, of city flfo. with la rue college yard for outdoor R|K>rts. A NVfOldVl?t/A\\i:i> Course of studies in a homelike atmos phere. A IW SINKS S dlll'IISK open to Seniors and. Kleetive course' to .1 it li rot's and Seniors. MATTIK F. DAVIS Artistic Hair Dressing, Marcel* Waving mid Mnniriiring Scientific Facial Mas^iges, shampooing a specialty Call English Harbor Shop Phono 211-J Dr. C. F. Sowell DENTIST (Office Over Bruce's Store) CAMDEN, S. C. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DKNTIST Crocker Building Camcfan. 8. C. During the "Buy at Home Pay Up Week" W e will Sell Anything in our Store at a Re duced Price m. i'. :i::vman & co. Jewelers and Optometrists Saves So Much Work! Use Red Devil I -ye washday ? makes hardest water soft a! rain water. Then just soak the clothes and pet rid of most of the washboard drudgerv. Use Red Devil I.ve to mop or scrub, and h.ive yourself ba<k ac h e ft c I c a n ?? <|iiickly. Disinfect* at the same (un^ Use Red Devil Lye in vour kitchen work a little in your dish water cuts the grease out in a jiffy. Makes Good Soap Save ail your grease and kitchen scraps ? it's easy to make te?i pounds of good soap with one can of Red Devil Lye. Full directions on can ? try it ? lave money. k A Too r grocer "" K ked Devil 1,ye Sttrets Strong/ Wm 'SCHIELD mfo?co. ?t. ixh;h, mo., v. %. a. 4 Letters From The People Hlauey, S. C.. July 1 K, Iftjl Editor Camden Chronicle. Camden, M. ('. I>car Sir*. In the lust wcck'a i??ue I noticed the presentment <?f the Tirana Jury to | li?* recent term of court iu which they mentioned the audited eou <11 1 l(?n of all the county officer* hooka, (IImI iu that they May thut the Criminal docket* of Magistrates Clyhurn, of west viiit*. ii mi i; Hihion, of Hlfluey, were not turneit in for cxamim ut lou. Now Mr. Editor, I do not know anything about Mr Clyburn's books, |? <114 or did Hot turn It In. hut in Justice lo myself, i am lit a position to prove t ha t 1 did curry my Criminal l?ockct the court house the day I, was rcqut'tited and left ii with the public accountant himself. In the Com missioners office. and called hack in about a week or ten days and Mr. It. dC. Sparrow, clerk of the board of county commissioners. delivered It hack to uic a lid If lhe> did not examine it. It surely. Is not my fnu.lt. Mr, Sparrow will hear me out in this. I iiiii certain he rememhers it. I do not think tluit 1 should have the General puhllc criticize me on .account of a mistake on the part of someone else," and If you will publish tills and the statement Is not corrected, I will have to take it up with the foreman of the tiraml Jury. aiSil Mr. Jones, I believe is his name, the man that was employed to examine the books, and have It corrected, because I am not in fault, bnt on tin* other hand I always try to lie obedient to any official com ma ud. Yours very truly. < I . il. 1 1 i uson, 'Magistrate at llluney. West v ille, S C. Julv j(>. iP'Jl. Editor Camden <'hronl?lo. Camden, S. C I'ear Sir: In the presentment of the zi'iuul jury published in The Chronicle last week I noticed that tin- statement W made that I. as Magistrate of West vllle. "failed to present my docket for inspection-, although notified to do s<?." Inasmuch a- this. statement Is mis leading. ami in juvti.-e to myself I w i*h tirst.ite that when notified to hrjng my boek> I did ???>. and left them with Auditor W. I*\ Itn-sell. who can testify to thi-. fact. I have always tried t" do my dut\ n< a 'public officer and always will Ver.v respect fully . S S Clyhurii. Magistrate. Hermitage Mills News. A inoM delight fill oeeasion mis ihe birthday party given l?v little Miss Irene Matt ox at her home on Hermi tage Street. relocating her eighth birthday. < James were jfiayt'd and en joyed both indoors and in the yard. And su^h a surprise a waited them when t he.v were invited into the dining room. Lemonade and cakes, candies and nuts and all other tiling dear to ehildreus' hearts. Darkness came only too soon and one little girl said she ho|K>d Irene would have another party next night. Those present were Misses Margaret Myers. Lois and Nellie Mae Loveless. Kvelyn and l.essie flelle Play er. Hue|ah Morris. Arlina Williams. Irene Mattox. Mary < I i s t Fleming. Itoryl Itiley. I'mrlir Welch. Messrs < 'urt isKih'.v and Clyde* Ma t |o\ . Mr and Mrs Han Harris have gone to Si 'h l'< >i'f ; eld . \ a to spend souie time ulth Mrs Harris' mother a great ilea! of interest wa>j ?- 1 1 . ? v\ !i ill "the Kelt. ! Lal>\ I'olltest whi. h was hel l 1 : i - r Thursday at the hot.,.. ..f Mi** I 'leini n.' Mi- < >.lei;. J Ln' i. I l?- i 1 1 !i V ill-- ! : :i ? I i ||:i ? g. . .f . |tlu- .ni.iivi .in, | w .i - . . - - i - ; ? ! h\ Mr* : Margaret M.II.r. 1 ?r MC.idJi: ;ii).|! Mi*- I'lemiiig \ ! ' n oV!o.-k. the j I a pp. it, I e? I hniir I- i l i> * 1 > . ? g : ? 1 1 l<> arr.v'e j .11.1 ^ Hi h I >:i I >i< * ' We ?an | u - 1 ! v >a *: ; ? ? I .'iir t >.i I ? i i ?? ' I " h i i ' > : v\ . . wet.- Weighed . , i! iu< I -II red . i til adelmid* j . \ . i 1 1 1 1 1 ' d i 1 1 ? a ii 1 1 r . . ? * * i : ?! * k i n t r . > 1 1 1 ? I ? ? * , t'. . j - fans kid im: . d \\'i ? a r> -.iv (In [.'villi- w . r. e\ . . .i t ? v . ! . \ pi . : i : n - > . \ ! a Me- a \ > ? r.i g>d j h ??? !?? c?U ar I I'lJ r : -! pvi/.e ? \ v . ?? _? \ . ii d p r i x i - a ? I tli> in. i !\ . ? f fin r.-ma i : i ig numl*. " . so j-. ? . . ?, ' The f i r - 1 pr : /? ( ? a! - ? : . Me:. !. ? I Itak-T llaM . Mv, : h.. / Ii... ' Id i L-.t i \| \ I I i . W I i :i III - I 'id H :i r I el/ Sllii 1 1. Se. ,.i.l prize i. . , i i ? < ;i:i.l\ * Ma- 1 j M i -I |" I-..l:t,e ! ;. V in M i r v I ?..dgir. j ? \\ Srt i ; i : >*>!? I ' . i > r i 'id Sara j \\ e : , !i Till- r ! ???? We!'.* !.!'!>? pill*' |ah ! rr j- g;vi *; ' v Mr* K H I'iH- ; | M i-*i - I- :i T ? i !??: . l>..--*ii ? ' i . ?\\ 1 . ? \ ! J i ri i. ? "r. ?w ' . \ I i \ \\ . i * !. K ,i ' e ; I ? i ? ;? r 1 1 1 1 ? i Ma :\ 1 euting I ???ra '.ard i I I !?? I' ;i I id 1 'es ?> ii M \ J .<? i ,. I . i , . , i i; . he \ | T!. I r-.Vi \ .1 't \ I - : . M * * j l ?. |e! 1 expert- I ? >' \ .1 IU !i.; r - hi > ? . hildreti I.r III'.- village f- ? r a leiio.d-' ; :tt:m vn-ii- W?* t ...n i Jli.- , I . V , ill' Itii.l. fo>l. ell I V .1 -i?e. t.l . . - : . . 'Ill 1 1 1 )g I ? > rellnn . di r. M : . V e ' *j'.l - . i * , ,i.| ad. -re. id- I \ I, - - i.reeii 'I'wi'tv . v;-i::;.g I I fe.i th >?.n;.g? Mis - MaleoiOi lieijiUin- i.f liar : s JviMe * v , - : ! i :. g Mi*ses ? "r -vrley 1 P FROM C1JCMHON COMJKOK Does Not KiiAirM Formula Published U?4 Week. County Agent Handera had mo many Inquiries froui cotton planter* i lit* past week regarding' the poison formula for 1h?U wet?Vlls published last week that lie took (hO rtiatter up with Clciuaon College and Prof A. P. Conradl tele* graphed Mr. Manders a.s follows: "We do not endorse clipping you mailed Jul/ It*. If condition* are right for poUontng we advise dust." The wire wa? followed l?y the fol I < iny letter : " riu' use <>r sw? ??? i i'i um| pofoou Is nothing jiew, but Is almost a quarter of a century old. As far hacV as IWMI poisoned awee.tK were employed early In I h?* Reason and applied by means of a stick, putting n few drops on tlx* cotton plants, The only dlf fereneo between the concoct Ioiik of those days and the formula reeom mended at this time is in the particul ar materials used. The formula of early days consisted of molasses and ' -I I'a rls green or molasses and white arsenic, one formula attracted spe- ' eial attention In those early days, bo cause due to its very complicated nature, li appealed to the farmer as something Unit ought to be pretty good. j It was made up of molasses. Paris green, white arsenic and arsenate of load. As all of these poisons have, arsenic us. the active Ingredient, no one has ever heen able to see why nil this array of comi>ounds. y "Instead of using any of the above < mentioned imlsons in the formula now advocated by some, the use of calcium arsenate Is recommended. Calcium arsenate, however, has no greater ar senic content than Paris green or v. hlte araenie of earlier day?. "A* t^e early opplhatlon of poisou v\a* to kill a certain per cent >>f weevil#,, the Mwcetcned poison appeal <*] to many farmers In each state whenever the boll weevil appeared. In the course of twenty four yearn tht* material ha? not gained a groat amount of recognition, although thu weevil In the meantime limpled eleven states. "Buch a slight degree of control wan obtained by thlw method that It would seldom |?ay for the expense of treat' lueiit and It therefore was generally abandoned by the various states Inyad ed by the weevil. I "Moll weevil* rarely prosper in con finement and thin fact has led many experimenter* to overestimate the value of their proposed coneoetlojjs. There are uumberless substances t hit t will kill weevil* when brought in con tact with them, but which offer no way of practical application under field conditions. 'Ho far as ? wee is are 'concerned, we have no evidence that boll weevils are attracted b.v them. Kvery year new territory is invaded and new irroiip* of farmers became pa nick, \ and in 4'lhied to nibldde ? ? 1 1 the bait ? > f m??st any hook that Is I It row n out to them. .?"We believe (hat weevil poisoning on heavily infested hij^h yielding land, provided It Is dime properly, will be a very Important help -in producing a cot ton crop. Uogardless of the amount of poisoning one Intends, to do. we urge that every farmer stand by Ids crop and give it better attention t.hab ever i?,r? ? before. 1'olsoitiug can never be de pended upon to secure a cotton crop tin less the cotton is < > 1 1 good- land and under a system of gootl farm manage ment.." Fire! Fire!! . ?' ??? ?' . ? <$ WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOUR HOME WAS DESTROYED? ARE YOU PROTECTED? YOU ARE LIABLE TO HAVE AN AOCIDFNT WE CAN INSURE YOUR PROPERTY. PLAY SAFE. INQUIRIES FOR INSURANCE OF ALL KIND INVITED. ? Camden Loan & Realty Company L. C. BERRY, Manager nnr.i'WfmyriTfi WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY By Making Your Old Clothing Serviceable We are doing it for thousands of others ? why noi for you? We believe a trial will convince you. FOOTER'S DYE WORKS Cumberland, Md. ?*5> Kansas lia^ twent v ! v e women of fi<v holders. Loudon women are now shopping by nirplune. z7he standard tire likes nothing better than to prove its service THE U. S. USCO TREAD Hare is the U. S. Usco Tread, with * long-estab , lished standard of service among motorists who have an eye to value, as well as to price. While selling for less than the other tires in the U. S. Fabric line, the Usco has earned a reputation for quality and dependable econ. omy which is not exceeded by any tire in its class. PEOPLE used to be se cretly envious of the young fellow who came tearing up the street and stopped his car with a jerk. Now they are inclined to criticise such abuse of tires. A mark of the growing con sciousness about tires ? their service, their work, their value. This same respect for a good tire is the reason why the four square tire dealer has passed up odds and ends, "job lots", "sec onds", "cut prices" ? and come out squarely with the standard quality) service of U. S. Tires. of people. The substantial cit izen. The man who knows that you can't get something for nothing. The steady cus tomer ? not the bargain hunter, ? ? * To the man who has not yet learned the standard tire serv ice he is entitled to we say ? Go to the dealer in U. S. Tires and make him show you. Here is a man in close touch with one of the 92 U.S. Factory Branches ? a constant supply of fresh, live U. S. Tires. The U. S. Tire you buy is a tire built for current demands. No overproduction. No piling up of stock. No loss of mileage by United StatesTlres arc Good Tires U. S. USCO TREAD U. S. CHAIN TREAD U. S. NOBBY TREAD U. S. ROYAL CORD U. S. RED & GREY TUBES He is getting a bigger, and also bet ter, tire business than he ever had before. He is dealing now with his owif kind hanging around on the dealer's racks. Every way you look at it, a par qual ity tire at a net price. Ht?r* is * trtftrt in cJn%" ? mj h with ono uf the 9 J L' S F j . f j:y United States Tires United States Rubber Company J. C. COOK, Kershaw, S. C. CAROLINA MOTOR CO., ( Incorporated) Camden, S. C. G. B. KING & SON Bethune, S. C.