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Bank at Home IS LOYALTY TO HOME IDEAS, HOME IN STITUTIONS, HOME INDUSTRIES AND HOME , FOLKS. THIS BANK OFFERS YOU ALL THE CONVENIENCES AND SAFETY OF AN IDEAL HOME BANK. A CHECKING ACCOUNT COMES IN HANDY Loan & Savings Bank OF CAMDEN. 3. C. STRONG SAFE CONSERVATIVE BUY ? AT ? HOME v. No need to go elsewhere when you can get such a large selection from one of the largest firms deal ing in General Merchandise. Our stock is large and varied and has been recognized for years as one of the leading firms in this section of the state. We carry all of the heavy groceries and farm imple ments for the planter as well as the housekeeper. Springs & Shannon CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA Member of Chamber of Commerce Banking at Home Xo matter how well planned a n industry that has failed to establish faith and confidence in its superstructure and cor porate body, Is doomed to fail ure. The First National Bank has faith and confidence in itself, its depositors and its communi ty. It welcomes the business of individuals, firms and cor porations who adhere to these principals. Supei stit.ous Bulgarians Dread spirus ot Evil Ob??rvo Many Odd Custom* Whit* v They Bcntve Qf Immense Imp^r Urtcs to Their Welfare. Are you one of. ih??M? Wlio will not walk under a ladder, rulse mi um breiia in tJU'M or nplll the suit without casting a few grains over your shoulder? If you believe m these or the kindred M||HM'*|UiollS fast dying out In this eountry, you will feH a device (|f; kinship with t lit* av erage Unitarian peasant. For there 'lire so many things a Bulgarian may uol do, writes Temple Manning, in th? Cleveland Plain Dealer. Among the many customs of rural Bulgaria, to neglect which Is consid ered unlucky airtl even sinful, are ths following: To bring flour into ths house and neglect to fumigate It with ?pedal Incense, Thl* must be done to drive out of the flour any demon which uiay have entered the sack. When the housewife or her daugh ter goes t?> the spring for water, site must not neglect to Spill a little on the ground before even starting with lbs pail for the 'house. Tills 1h done to furn out any elemental spirit which bus been Scooped !nto the pail. If it Isn't done the spirit may take up Its ? bode In the house, ami may even en ter the body of one of the family who drinks the water. If you are linked to sell a loaf of bread you must not part with it with out llrst having cut or torn off n small piece from an end. The spirit that has helped you make the bread must be gKven a chance to fly out of the loaf and still linger in the house he loves. Under ho circumstances may you give a child n spoor, to play with. I do not know just why you may not do this, but It is considered exceed ingly unlucky. Nor can I account for the belief which is common in some far farming sections of Bulgaria, that it is very unlucky to give a child under seven years of age. a .bath. The child may wash Itself, but that is its own look out. The mother may wash the child a little also, but not give it a bath al| over at one time. Imagination easily accounts for t h? prohibition against cleaning a stable, selling milk, fetching water or doing any of the many other farm dutie? after darkness has fallen. But how Is one to account for ths Bulgarian belief that to permit a dog to .sleep on the roof of a house will disturb the rest of the dead members of the family? These and countless other super stitions rule the daily work and hab its of old Bulgarians nnd the youths who live and work In many a shut-in section of that hilly land. Bitter Joking. Elinor fllyn. the novelist, wns talk ing to a reporter about hop long visit In Spain. "The deaf!) rate for babies is fear ful In Spain." she said. "If It wore not for that sail faet the world would soon contain more Spaniards than Chinese; for the Spanish are a re markabJv prolific race. Families of lf> and even 20 children are not un common among them. "Hut these children die off in their infancy because their mothers are so very ignorant of hygiene. I om e heard two Spanish doctors Joking -- jok ing bitterly, you know? about this ma ternal Ignorance which. does so much ha rm. " 'Ves,' .said the first doctor, *I>on na I'ilar's new baby died otT. off. <>f course. At tlio age of two months sh? was feeding it on pork, cheese and w ine.' " '1'ork, cheesy and wine- a g?nni ? diet. that, for a two months' old haby,' ; said the second doctor. 'The rl? It llo i mars, though, have a better one for their youngster. They give it for din j tier every evening a brace of chops, fried potatoes, sweet pudding and a ? stiff whisky and soda, with coffee, liqueur and a giKxi strong Havana d ! gar to follow.' Aviation Marvel Found. ! An airplane capable of landing with out the need of a large aviatb-n field, . able to rise without a long run before, i uble to 'travel more than .'<<?" m'.b s an hour and, if neirvNiry, to meander along ut b'ut a few miles an hour, is annoumed as the invention of an Italian engineer, J-*pamiin>mla Her tiled of Koine The inventor claims that l;e already tried out the machine oft a -mall s. ale and regards his first e\ pet ) n . *- ? ? t * as in dicative of the success nf the inden tion. The new machine is primarily intended for aerial war ?having and is ' to be Rrrr.eii with a machine gun It Is a monoplane. Remedy for Ants. Here is a belpfu. paragraph In a New York paper: "To rid the pantry ihebes of red ants. wipe them with denatured alcohol every few weeks." Now. how are you to catch the ant ? MImI >{<ve Uilii that u.i'ohul hath.' I Ite cussed iiTtie things ju.-J wiand ? till. ? .htekaou News. The Crowning Aggravation. To i.take matters wnr?e. w I en your COl Ih r is w 1 1 f ed J W hen yoti \ >< ? I i !,i f a ? between a desire to . nu, not ?nli i?Ie atid h <le#tlre to threw ::p the Job and wander off to some cool mour.talofop ? to r** t r PT* the crmt :rran to ' "Huy your winter fu#*l now."- Ix>ul# , rl'le Courier Journal FRENCH CLING TO OLD WAYS Prejudices Hamper Work of Re- ! building Artea Devastated by War. DON'T TAKE TO NEW I0EAS Hard to Convince Inhabitant* That What Wat Good Enough for Their j Grandfathers Is Not Good Enough for Them. New York. ? Model cities and til lages will Kooii be springing up lu. Ihl war districts of France provided the Inhabitants, can l>?* convinced 1 1 ? ** f what whs good enough for their grand father* Is not gwd enuugb Cor them; There In t ti?> rnh. The civic Idealists, many of them Anierlelfus." who set out with ii vision' of model towns rising from old ruins are running* up against the same quirks of human nature encountered by Sir Christopher Wren, when he tried to rebuild a London beautiful after the great fire of l(W5d, remarks the Llter ar.v Digest. If left to themselves, .loan and Jeanne would rebuild their homes and Shops exactly a* they were before (Tern) an artillery reduced them to ditet and tender memories. A sln>f? keeper fears that his customers will not find his shop unless It Is the replica of Its; predecessor.. And madam would like to have her spinning wheel sot as It was when she stopped spinning In the summer of 1014. Habits are Strong. The habits of centuries are strong among the pollus. Nevertheless, the re con struct ion 1st s nro hopeful. Outlines of plans for model towns to replace those destroyed have been appearing ofT and on In French and other period lea Is for some time, and one of the latest projects will he tried out as an experiment, with the financial , having of an American Committee. This plan was prepared under the auspices of the French organization known as l,a Renaissance des Cites, which is seeking to have spring up on the ruins of northern France communi ties which shall combine modernity with ?he char in that Is so striking a characteristic of French towns many centuries old. La Renaissance des Cites has al ready helped over 200 towns In north ern France to prepare reconstruction plans. In addition. It is doing educa tional work1 of various kinds In' the rest of the communities In the devas tated lands- ? aggregating about 2,100. In order to further the work of re construction. La Renaissance des Cites decided to create a model vil lage. After studying more than l,.">oo towns and villages throughout the devastated areas, It finally selected the village of IMnon. on accownt of Its hav ing a population typical of northern France, both from the farming and Industrial points of view, and also on account of Its being near Paris on direct r.ill and road routes, which will make It easy of access both to Frenchmen and foreign visitors. Natives Grumble. IMnon was completely destroyed In the war. At least one member of practically every .family that liveil there before the war has returned, to live 1m some sort of hastily built shack, waiting for the old homes to be rebuilt. At tlr?t most of the na tives did not favor the Idea <>f havlm; IMnon used as * model village, but offer lonir discussions they decided to let La Renaissance des Cites create one for (hem. The general plans were drawn up bv Charles Ahella, a winter of the tnu<-h coveted I'riv de Home in architect ore. An American committee has been (..fined to get funds front Hip I'nKed Slates to t.e expended in the reconstruction of Pimm. This com mittee ha? representatives in many large American cities. I he committee plans to turn over ti> the French or ganization an amount sufficient not only to rebuild one devastated town, but to prox ide a number of homeless war victims with permanent shelter The planners continue with their work, but some of (he old natives are reluctant to take tip these "newfanclert fads." GETS A NEW BOARDING HOUSE Man's Fake "Meal Ticket" Lands Him in Cell at House of Correction. 1'hl In ?!??! | ?J? in ? A doubting restriu rant keeper converted a note for crt*d:r < >ri a meal into evident e that hronyht h Jail sentence when Kdward <*!ark New York, wiis sentenced to three months in the house of correction f*>r Ids art of deception. Clark came to the restaurant > f .lake I.evy for breakfast In lieu of payment he produced it note which he Mid was from his fatlier, asking 1> r rretTtl for the meat. I. err doubted the man's "lorj it, ? ! marcheil him tu the itaticn huUM around The corner, where he ndndfed hts deceprrn-n ami Mngr^Trnte i mrr'i ertv sent him tn jaii. ?> Arrested for Spanking Daughter Hancock. Minn. ? Arrested r? ? ?-n ? 1 \ for trying to "spAnk" his crown daughter for staying out too inv ? ? ? , h^r escort. T,nnls Krenf/ wn* before Judge George XV. Hei*c ;n n:u niel^til court In MnrrT?. Minn. and released on A^-day*' pro; at .. n, ?iti, a y nf n t er. .*c tr Jrf ? hr entered. fct I^TIuaAT^bI joe ouoT^iH^J jEKfflSKsS There-, fiteecfafness and Bwt' neither Opium, MorpJUne nof MineraL Not Nahgotk IJLl. jr .. - AhelfrfulRemedytbe Constipationand Diarrtuxi And Fevcrishness and Loss of Sleep rcsulti n g ttorefrora in Mkacft fac-Sirailc Sitfoaferof Jhz CbntadrCompamtJ' NEWTORIT, Exact Copy of Wrapper. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THC CENTAUR COM* Mothers IMPROVED SERVICE Via I Southern Railway System A complete Double Track Line From Atlanta to Washington ONE HOIK AM) TEN MINI TBS Ql'ICKER TIME Augusta and Columbia to New York EFFECTIVE SI NDA\ Al GI ST 14th, 1921 No. 152 No. ?'?'? Augusta SiKM'iiil Leave. August.i, 12:15 p. m. liOave Columbia, tt:20 p. m. 5:10 a. m. Ijeave.. Itot'k Hill. (5:22 p. m. 8:05 a. n>. I^eave Charlotte, 7:25 p. iu 10:15 a. ni. Arrive Washington, 7.:i0 a. n>. 11:00 p. m. Arrive New Vorit, 1 :M0 p. m. 6:45 a. m. Ivniiy morning r?iiini?ft inii? made at Washington for Hnffalo. IMtts l >n ru and all \W-hTii N?*w York ami I Vnnsv I va uiu points. Till: AICI'STA Sl'KCIAL IS KAMitl'S FOR ITS RWU'LAKITY < "i >ii vt ii iciit - i < I ?? line coiiiii'c. i<?n- at junction points. Iliirli ?nai'hf< t ??? W'iuliinirtnii. Pullman drawing room sleep ing rai-s in New York. Mining ?ar? for all meals. Tra\cl on the Southern Railway for convenience and comfort. CAM. 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