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City Property For Sale : -I ?' ? ? ? . .. ? .. . % ? Property of Dr. John W. Corbett on Laurens Street. Dwelling* has 7 rooms, 2 bath rooms, 2 screen porches. Open fires and hot water heating plant. Gar age and 2-room servants house on the premises. Large and attractive lot. For price and terms apply . * . " ' * * : , . *1 ' -'vr^.v C. P. DuBOSE & CO. REAL ESTATE Camden, South Carolina Home of W. Z. Hilton Burns. On last Thursday evening, shortly after 7 o'clock, the' home of W. Z. Hilton was discovered to be on fire on the roof, but notwithstanding the quick response of many people and the- fur department to the alarm, there was no hope of saving the building, the fire having gained too rapid headway. The work of re moving the furniture resulted in sav ing only about a third of the con- 1 tents of the building. The homes of ?f. L. Sowell and Leroy Croxton, on either side, were endangered by close proximity, but were saved un injured. except from- scorching the paint. Mr. Hilton's home was k large two-story dwelling and was valued by him at above $6,000, with only $1,000 insurance. There . was only $1,000 insurance on the furni- , turc, which was valued at about $.'{.000. Mr. Hilton and family intended moving to their plantation at Liberty Hill last week but were delayed on account of their house there not being quite in readiness for them. They had all furniture packed except suoh as tiny needed for their immediate use, and it was this fact, perhaps, which contributed to as much of it being !?aved as was saved. "The fire " was thought to have been accidental and is supposed to have originated from an upstairs fireplace in a room where ironing had been done -that af ternoon. The fireplaco had not been used /for some time. The family were at supper, or had just about concluded that meal when they made the dis covery that the upper portion of the house was on fire. ? Kershaw Era. Election bets are being placed with a New York brokerage firm. Odds against A1 Smith, governor of New York, are 20 to 1 .that Smith will not be the presidential nominee; odds against Iftram Johnson are 5 to one, and the odds against Henry Ford are 3 /to I. The people living along the Yukon River in Yukon and Alaska bet when the great ice break will occur. They organize pools at Fairbanks^and Daw son, Where large sums are won and lost at the betting. A pole four inches thick and twenty feet high is frozen in the ice in the middle of the river. A wire cable connects this pole with an electric stop clock on the shore, N set to Standard v time. The second the ice moves the pole the clock stops, and that moment marks the record of (th^ beginning of the ice Break and decides all bets. The usual date is about May 10th. CAMDEN ICE COMPANY Thanks the people of Camden for their splendid cooperation, and we have two favors to ask of our patrons; one of which is, if you have a car, please drive down to to our plant ?on Sundays, and get your requirements, as it is not our desire to deliver any Ice except in cases' of emergencies, and this will be gladly done night or day. The other is, please arrange to have the pro'per change with which pay the driver each day, as thpy are checked up each night, and we run no charge account with anyone. Some of our drivers are i"Mng their jobs because of their inability to check in properly. Now we have asked you to do these two things, and if there' is anything that we are failing to do that we should do, won't you let us know, for it is our * desire to give you a perfect service and a square deal in every respect. f op t CAMDEN ICE COMPANY TELEPHONE 18 The thrifty shopper says ShoePolisH NotkiivCi else 'will do row get move / and Bettor sK^tves for your monffy. ? tfli.N. Y. ! FIRST OVER WIRE ? , . ? ; Professor Morse's Telcgraphio Message Sent in 1836, I . Record* Show the Words Were *At tfntionl The Universe I By Klr>(>. dome, Right Wheel t" Referring to the historical appreda tlon of Samuel F. H. Morse, Inventor of the telegraph, printed In the New York Evening Post, Woodman Morrison of the bureau of public Information of Now York university writes to the editor of the Kveulng I'ost us follows, according to u lute Issue that newsv paper : ^ "I wonder how muny who read the article by James D. Suyers In the Eve ning I'ost of yesterday on the 'celebra tion of the one hundred and thirty-sec ond birth unnlversury of Prof. 'Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, know that the first recorded telegraph ic message hangs on the wall of Butler | hull at New Y'ork university. The mea- ! sage Is not that famous one 'Whut wonder hath God wrought* ? sent by Morse over the forty-mile wire be tween Baltimore and Washington In 1844. "Almost ten yeurs before that Balti more- Washington telegram was sent this message was clicked over r wire : "'Attention! The universe! By king doms, right wheel.'* "This message was sent over a wire which ran from one class room to an other in the old Gothic structure in Washington square, which was the first home of New York university. At tached to the dot and dash transcript of the message In Butler hall Is this note of explanation : " 'Sent aif<J recorded in the New ^York university, January 24, by Prof. S. F. B. Monte of ihe chair of art, and his associates, Alfred S. Vail, of the class of 1886, and Prof. Lewis D. Gale of the chair of chemistry.' Underneath the sign message Is a translation In? dim pencil marks In Professor Morse's handwriting, as follows? 'Attention! The universe! By kingdoms, right wheel !' "As Mr. Savers points out 'In his a article, Professor Morse was primarily an artist and not a scientist. He had established at New York university the first chair of art In any American col lege or university. The organization which grew Into the .present National Academy of Design was founded by him, and Jie was Its president for the first 10 years of Its existence. "In his younger days Professor Morse painted miniatures on Ivory for $5 and profiles for $1. He was an asso ciate abroad of the early American ar tists, Washington Allston and Benja-, mln West, and the London Adelphi So ciety of Arts pave him a gold medal for n plaster model of the 'Dying Hercules.' "After his return to America he es tablished the chair of art at New York university and painted portraits of President Monroe, Chancellor Kent, Fltfc Greene Ilalleck, La- Fayette and other distinguished men. "His experiments with the telegraph were carried on In the university, and he definitely perfected his invention there late In 1835." Both the gopher snake and the king snake of our Southern .states arc in veterate enemies of Ihe rattlesnake and are immune to his poison. The in jection of the poison of a rattlesnake into the circulation of a cobra, in the Bronx Zoological Gardens, resulted in the cobra suffering no ill. OVERWHELMED BY BIO WORDS No Wond?r Fellow 8allor? Couldn't Withstand We?t )ndian Sailor1* Remarkable Vocabulary. If ever a man belled hi* name It Was "Troubles" who hired himself to me after overwhelming me with an avalanche of polysyllable words, used without reference to tueunlng. With gorilla-like arms, a tlat head, enor mous mouth and entire absence of nose, he \va? The ugliest human being I had. ever seen. Hut he was an ex cellent sailor, a tireless worker and aa good natured as he was ugly. Ills favorite diversion was talking and the other members of the crew, after one I or two trials abandoned all .attempts to out-argue him, for he soon left them floundering with a voeabulury wholly inadequate to cope With his "ex pa adulations" and "superCU'ous methodlcflons." On one occasion I overheard a bit of argument between him and a recent addition to the crew ?? for the older members Invariably egged on new recruits to argue with "Trouble." X do not know what the argument had been about nor what the new man Jbfid said, but as he Was a French mulatto from Dominica? or. as the other Islanders have i It, a "patois man"~I presume he had beeu refer ring In no complimentary terms to "Trouble.'s" native heath, Antigua. "Yo' worthless specimen o' mis guhh^d humanity 'yo'.!" . exclaimed "Trouble." "Yo' Insignificant an' fragmont'ry ? yaller element ! For wherefo' yo' have de audacity to let yo' Imagination dlrec' yo' to dat as sumption? Who yo* tink yo' address In' In dat hlgbfalutln', presumptious, dictations manner? Ah desire yo' to dlstlne'ly an' defnltely abKorbnnate de eminon'ly interestln' an' Important In ! fo'matlon All's propounding an' If yo' decllnates to preefp'tately reconsider i*iv .n ul Uiii iU'J ,? U jub t.Vpt (Ul at onoe an' immediately an' hereby und irt witness whereof retrac' yo' agservations once, forever, an' hence 1 forth, der's bonn' for to occur a rnsul ! ty an' a- deceased patois nigger, an' . de gentleman Is goln' for to be eom I pulslfled for to discommode hisself to acquire another Incumbent for to All de work what yo' lack o* lntellec' don' fit yo' for." Needless to say, In the face of this dire threat?which to the fear-stricken recipient savored of an Incantation by i a witch doctor or "obeah man" ? the | French Islander promptly and "pre l clp'tately" reconsidered and retracted whatever It was that had Inadver tently brought on "Trouble's" out burst. ? From "In the Wake of the j Buccaneers," by A. Hyatt Verrlll. i " ? 0 The grand jury of Horry county, in vestigating the drowning: of live persons several nights ago when their auto fell into Wacama river, find that the .<traw bridgu had been raised by human hand.--. It i.< thought that men f'.-eiivj from officers. proved the bridge (..it of placc. t.i giv themselves time ts enenpe. 'H-e American iYei^Hcj* American American: Hawaiian ' line, caught i n fhc at sea Monday and v.*jis eonvoy Los Antics by the U. S. S. N'jvtida, where the fire was extin guished aft' :? five ho urn of hard fight :: :\ Tht V.'aS $250,000. 1C7.fi 1 Ko.be i t son; on trial in New Yo* k on a charge of murdering John Brines, is being defended by Miss Anna B. Hogan, 23, attorney. To Hold Protracted Meeting. A Protracted Meeting will begin at Sunday; September 23rd, at 11 a. m. Pservires will be held each day at 7:30 jp. m. the week following. Captain J. L. Hancock, well known i conductor of the Kingville arid Marlon lines of the 8oolh?rn Railway will do j the preaching. Captain Hancock la a Layman of the Firat Baptist church I i m . i ? ! of Blactaburj;, and has been very active in Christian work both in Nr>r<h*-f,gr>'?"i::--nTTrt Sonth Carolina". | He if a member of the executive board orf the Broad Rfver association, sec retary of th'* Hiacksburg- High School, District Number 9, Cherokee county,) pre sident of the Eastern District Son day School Convention.' The public | is invited to attend these services. m Columbia Woman Killed. Mrs. Sarah Bryan, a lifelong resi dent of Columbia, was struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. J. I), Book tor of Eau Claire Saturday afternoon at (1:2(0, o'clock in front of the Caroli na National Hank building, ami died at ilu> Columbia hospital hut night at Mrs. Bryan was 72 years of ago, and was the widow of D. L. Bryan, who was for years agent here for jthe Southern Railway, She was before marriage Miss Sallie McKoriaio, daughter of the late John McKenzie, well known candy manufacturer who was at one time mayor of Columbia, and was one of the Columbia alder men who surrendered the city to Sherman's army during the Confed erate war. -Sunday's State. Julius ' Uosenwald, president of i?ears, Roebuck Co., say a: "Time and again I meet people who insist that in spite of what the farmer says about his money losses he is prosper ous. They point to the fact that nine farmers out of ten own automobiles. Ownership of an automobile is no in dication of prosperity. The farmer, by virtue of his vocation, needs some kind of vehicle to take him to mar ket. In the. past it was the horse and r After Every Meal > Have a packct in your pockct for ever-ready refreshment. Aids digestion. Allays thirst. Soothes the throat. For Quality, Flavor and i the Sealed Packago, got wagon, today it is the automobile. That is nut a mark of prosperity, but only a mark of progress." The more good roads the more progress. IT'S a poor plough that leaves no furrow, and a poor life that has not accumulated money in bank . Loan & Savings Bank CAPITAL $100,000.00 4 Per Cent. Paid on Savings Deposits ACQUIRE THE HABIT OF SAVING ' / Habit grow# ? for good or evil. It gets I a grip on you to your sorrow, or to your joy and happiness. The habit of SAVING MONEY is a good habit It is bound to be helpful and pro ductive. It creates self-reliance and self respect. It means future competency and independence. On the contrary, the habit of WASTING MONEY is a drag-net to poverty, obscuritj and pauperism. Form the Habit of Saving. Open an ac count at the First National Bank ? save regularly ? and thus solve the problem of self-acquired prosperity. NOTICE ! We are booking NITRATE OF SODA order* for- W. R, Graee-& Co, - F.