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I HE CAMDEN CHRI ? I ? H.yl). NiLBS Bdttor >id - every Friday at Uo. Bro?<l;street j^nrt entered at t^ie, at? gftstol Price] d?J; ;SullUl i'-wte* &> second class mail matter, anhum $2.00. n 4 amdeu, 8. C., Friday, Ian. t, 11 With well over two million dollars on deposit in thfe hanks of this county as shown by the bank statements on call at the close of busineaa Decem ber 31st, this county would seem to be in a healthier financial condition than some chronic knockers would have you believe. The banks of the county have all had a prosper ous year ?nd there is no better in dex to the financial conditions of a county than a study of the bank Statements. While there has been many bank and business failures re* ported from various sections of the state Kershaw cpunty seems to be ^unusually well blessed and doing; a conservative, substantial business. Since tightening up on the speeders in Camden observers who take note on these things see less speeding ami reckless driving in the city than for merly. Tfte amount of fines -collected along these tines by the police de partment during November amounted to $146. On account of numerous automobile accidents orders were is sued that the police keep a strict Watich for speeders and durlrfg the month of December the fines increas ed to $324. One negro drew a fine of $75 and a young white man drew a fine of $40?being the two heaviest imposed, instead of tho usual small, fine the minimum fine is now $15 and the speeders are taking notice of thisi The speed cop has been get ting in some pretty fair work in Camden and it -is going to continue. "If you would 1h> prosperous in tlu* new year eat hog jowl, ami peas ?>n the first day," at least that's the re cipe given by a Sumter market man. who says that orders foi bog jowl on New Year's day came in fa.st?aifd fu rious to his market. .The grocery store in which his market is situated reports an unprecedented sale on peas on the same day and several other grocery stores here also say that they had more than the usual number of calls for peas. Dr. Edward S. Reaves, pastor of the First Haptist church of Union, ljas been mentioned a-s a. possible suc cessor to Dv. R. W. Sikos, as presi- J dent of ('ok*W college. I)r. Reaves told a reporter that he was riot in a posi- , tion to state d< finitely, whether or not | lie would accept t h*? position if In* | was chosen. The. first he knew of his | being mentioned in this connection, he said, was Sunday night after lie had preached his -regular sermon, when friends informed him of the fact. lie is not a candidate <it hi* own accord, he stated. Policeman As lioot ledger The repoi !di ia! piaee-'O:. nt t n< locitl newspapet nun weir put in r-.' verse gear. I' nda\ ni^ht. I'he u-ua story stiuiiu uir. by th< reporter has| ju do with the ? :?j?111: < ? b\ the nun nf ;ti: .ui'ontobili loaded with; whi:-i\?'> "I'm late ! ?.* I ti?! I.il duty I had 11? ! . ? i > ?' iptair. I>v (he | I vi ra ( i ? ? ?? ? I. ? n.a.\ ! \v it I. \ .1.1 . ?.),! ? t ?! i In V -1"' - ? * '"?* ph.\ .,!??? ' . ? . aplu ? w.. ? iiiad '?? ' ?. I ? ' * ' ?? mi- >ri -'aha... > - ? < i. ? ' ' ? ?! 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' u- ? - i:. ? rs jr? . i. *.h ru ( a - in many' afu<:h. ? l,'" ' must -.ul'fes f. r( thf .ii ' . ? ; h. >- I < h i- i >h i a " .. M S :i;?? > i i n i* i -.-.i.t,! y u/ tlie treasury * r? ?? Ru.>-t .at \d miniBt i atiorv: r.a ''a 'f i i h>otn t'-.r fhe renominatior < f Mr C"nr>!:Hge in 192X, holding that h( i.- novs .m.t'. >nly his first term, h.s vice prt;->i j<"> i?u<vtr> thf* prcatdonry i,f j* f>r<?iwilt>r4t n '1" f ?<w, on I v ????I ? ? . V ) I? J# Recorded h Office. ?< vO Doris H. Scar r J* Bothune $16.00. j, lilllli li " 'orough to H. F. let, ^IN INDICTHHiethune $6.00. ? ?- kelson to W. Fletcher jfe Accused at s building near Bla ftl <;r.nd l.u N F. Ko?h to S. H. Boss, IK acres near Blaney,'$100. ?t S. H. Boss to W. F, Hons, 24 acres near Ulaney, $100. Sarah McOraw to Janic Grace Jackson, 58 acres near Cass^tt, $H00. 1), B. Clarke, Master, to A,. K. Wat kin*, 2?'l acres near Sandy Grove church, $97.00.' (). A. Hall to T. W. Brannon, 1H0 acres near Ml. Ziyn church, $0,000. B. B, Clarke, Master, to Betsy Bey nolds, 11 acres rear Flat Rock $1.00, B. B. Clarke, Mastt i, to .1. Thomas Croft, 100 acres DeKalb township, $200. Ida Young et ui to H. 11. Young, 8 acres near Westvi'le, $100. etc. W, K. and J. B. Zcmj) to Joe Heed, 1 lot near Camden, $150. Wateree Mills to Kendall Mills Inc. 462 acres and buildings, mill, etc, $.1. etc. Kstelle Henry and Kate DuBose to Friday Henry, 2 acres near Kershaw, $500.00. Friday Henry and Kate DuBchse to Kstelle Henry, 2 acres near Kershaw, $500.00. B. B, Clarke, Master, to Sallie Wat kins, 2.'V1 acres, near Sandy drove church, $4845.00. """? B. B. Clarke* Master to Johnnie Watkins, 2'M acres near Sandy Grow Church, $2350. I). (). Catoe to A. M. -1 >i 11 on, 1"> acres. Flat Bock township, $300. A. M. Dillon to Marie Itichey, 15 acres Flat Bock township, $030.00. Sallie Montgomery et al to.Jasper Lawhorn, interest in 300 acres near Cassatt. Lewis Bar field to L. li. Barfield, 'J7 acres, Buffalo township $1-100. I.. I'*, Barfield to Lewis Barfield, ! ?"><? acres, Buffalo township, $500. The Bank of Camden to J. E. Bran-' I nan, 7-'l acres, near Cassatt, $36.37. Gertrude Hstridge to Godfrey May nard ('o., timber rights 200 acres, $500. etc. A. 11. Duncan et al to (Maude \V. Duncan, 22.r> acres, near Liberty Hill, $1850.00. B. B. Clarke, Master, to Peoples Bank, .r>0 acres near ? West ville $500. GENERAL NEWS NOTES The 12-inch snow which fell in New York city Friday, required the ser vices of 20,000 shovelers, 1,400 trucks and 117 snow. plows to remove it. The expense of the removal was estimated at $1,500,000. George MackieT ^charged with the murder of Mis. \Villiam Bolinn and Harry Tarver<> on the Bol-ian farm la^t August, has been sentenced to be hanged on February r>, by the court at Magnolia, Miss. The treasury has reduced the gov ernment's public debt by more than j i billion dollars during li?2l. Nine persons, eight of them >ma!i children, lost their lives early Satur-I morning at Montreal, yuebe . through fires in dwellings in two <lif I?'? ent setlioji> of the City, l.mic". Tyh-r Uoge, e.\-g?i\? 11 of V . .. : ... -in d at Ka-t Uedf .??! Sat ! . \ *;i! n. I ? . 1 * | . V ' ? "..Mil t >' >. t i \ i <i i v i'.',o*H' \\?>i't li ? >f (.?b? '' ?? ? ? ! ? ? ? ? t? i .* Ill (ii i?i., i... \ ;. 11 "? 1 ? .e i 11TK, A ik , i ;'t i? !>? ; n g ? : '' ? ? j h. < ? ? ? 'ii) : hat ; he bond - '? f' 'iir'.i ? '.I ifin bonds v .?? * !*e ion' taken fcm >? leai' ,i i .n the robin ,"\ at B??n i*. Ii!.. ia?: June. I'.si'ker-burg. \Ve?t \'t? is ? ! <?< i o\fi ?. r.e ,j, ?o\ ci \ by t h ? po :"e ?'! a" liieged rtttemp" to dyna !!!??'? w a * ? i reservoir at that plac?*. HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS n r. A Y O f OLKS W H u T KM T>cj B i Cj THINGS ; I t .5 Dh L I L THINGS 1 W ;IEK LM - - A Y A L LE'.T - | JA.CKT T KIN 6.T UP A> ! LI O N T A \\ IK J nKl TCHES \lAK, [?, RUM w T DE ATtt! L. _ ? ^ C?i v i. i?il ?f WHY NOT ADVKRTI8K? Taking ? precedent from Califor nia, Florida is upending thousands and thousands of dollars on publicity of it* a??etK as a place of residence, a* a business prospect* as a tempor ary playgrounds. The' inevitable is happening, too; people by the thou sands are streaming into Florida ev ery year, to romp in a springtime out of'doors, to?-buy and iitiprove an or ange grove, become a resident or to establish a business. Florida has thus made the grade more rapidly than California, becauso the pace had been set for it by the western state. For many years, be ginning long ago, California expend ed hundreds of thousands of dollars in expounding its wares in national publications. There was not so much | to begin with?only a good climate and fairly inviting business pros pects. Hut the great inflow of Eastern visitors which poured into California as they are now swarming in Flor ida soon expanded the assets of the State "and California is tnow not only one of the most prosperous common^ wealths of the country so far as fac tories, production and general com mercial affairs are concerned but it is a recognized pleasure " resort] throughout the wide world. North Carolina profits hundreds of thousands of dollars by having adver tised itself and now the city of Sa vannah is mopping up as a resort. An Important point in the Savannah publicity campaign is that city Is re ceiving by far its most valuable pub licity free of charge, as may be pointed out by a recent excerpt from the editorial columns of the Boston Transcript : Until within thd past few years Savannah has been comparatively a granger, an unknown attraction to most people in the United States. 1-A'eiy day it is remarked by visitors in Savannah that they did not know there was such a beauty spot, and invariably they put the query: "Why don't you advertise your attractions, tell the world what a charming city this is?" All of which reminds us that Co lumbia or Charleston might just as well be substituted for Savannah and to a great extent South Carolina might be placed in the line where the word Florida how stands. The sole reason why these cities are not filled with northern visitors practi cally all winter is the fact that the South Carolina cities have not adver tised their attractions. There is just as much common sense in advertising a community, a county, a State, as there is in ad vertising a product of food value. Those who have tried it have found the bread cast upon the waters com ing back not only multiplied a thou sand times, but the bread in many instances has been buttered and toast ed. We have plenty of proof on that point by the showing of North Caro lina and Georgia on each side of our borders and by California and Florida as well. Governor Mcl.eod suggested about a year ago that it would pay South ( art'lina if she would .spend at least a hundred thousand dollar.- in a national publicity campaign. We en dorsed the idea then and we are re iterating mi!' < ndoi-< nn nut of such pui'iu ity here iu-w. \- it -?with, : i ? -in;;!e cwplio!: . : ,\:k- .. the northern \ isito- who -t ck< a milder winter ciimaie ;; - a 1'ti: ?? an at lUiffa'.o. Chicago, f'irunnat;. Cleve land. Wad'.ii ^or New Y rk and get .<ff at A.ker.. Savannah "i" some j. :!.t ? !?'!?.!: Why ? Because the avei.-ige '..Miii-! ? . ? ?<? ?> nothing of the cha! :n> of ??.ii <a. y. The jjovi rni'i. >o i'.u as we recall never went nto detail about the pub lieity program, hut we thing the sub ject of financing such a civic step would he a paramount nnr for every business organization of every city and town in the Palmetto state. There is r.uw in progress a - plendid move toward making our hotels not on!\ ample, hut the last word in eoinfort. The logical step is to fill these hotels and bearding houses with j desirable pet.pie and our neighbors north, south and west have shown us how to that trick.?Columbia Record. ; ____ ____ i Kirhland Farmer a Suicide The lifeless body of Wylie Mattox, ' .'<?> year old faimcr ??t" Richland coun-, ty. wax found yesterday mnrnng at ;;o o'oiotk, about 400 yard? from the ' h'-nv- ?? fi the Kf><>n :oad, 11 miles' I f:-i-m L < >' i; m ha In<!i<;tt;. n- W'-re that h?? i ipmmittc'l >u:.Cldr. Thi- man had beer -hot with ai<ihot Xv:r . ?!.?? ' i taking effect in his cht -? i - t rr<- hi art Wht-n the body '?f M Ma" i\ was ? ??red yester ?ia\ morning by mfmU'r* of t.-e fam :!y. thp wrapnr lay hy >Tfom ' while or. the oth?r^*?o T>ave | Secti J. v,t j(-k. His clotJ sume<*^^a8 slight. ? is known, building deserves the distinction largest building in of ? -V**** l?w/'fn ijfnit shoes 's Stste. I ES th* eighU*tory SUUt kr army baw? ht flftr-tlw ?crea floor spurt* wriy liwi ftil oil EqulUbl'! fjolldia* in Mcwflfortrl 6 th -ai<! ?Jan. 2 2fc ?y th? j! V Start the New Vear ,* issfn^v *wy' -# -?? %r *?; ! , '? .'? ? .? --V . ' ? %' . . . ?' ? r -V;;-y * ? ; . >v-v... j yV.'.^ .: _.v Resolve Now to Make the Most of First. To be good?live right. Second. To save each week some of the money you earn. Third. To Invest all you can save each month in shares of our Association. Carefully Considerthe Following: During 1924 our Shareholders paid in on their shares and SAVED $27,210.00 Seriously think it over and maybe you will decide you want to join them in 1925 Our two series, Nos. 6 and 7, now operating, make the following athowing: CAPITAL?Dues paid and earnings to date ... $119,723400 LOANS?Only to shareholders 139,389.00 Money borrowed - 22,186.00 Loss on loans during 20 years business .... NONE We are Conservative and Careful HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY Take as many shares in Series No. 8 as you can carry. Monthly payments only $1.00 per share. First payment, Monday, January 19th. Later if you want to repair your home, buy a home or build a home, we will loan you $200 per share to the extent security your offer warrants. Our officers and directors are, and we believe every shareholder of our association is very proud of our 20 years successful operation, and it is most gratifying to all of us that our Association has made it possible for many people in Camden to own their homes. AND E WISH YOU A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR The Wateree Building and Loan Association OFFICERS l)r. W. J. Dunn, I'rewident John T. Mackey, See'ty and Treasurer DIRECTORS >V. J. Dunn F. M. Wooten C. W. Birchmore John T. Nettle* 1 ? I p. Wolfe, Vic?-Pr evident L. A. Wittkowskyi Solicitor fc. Wolfe C. J. Shannon, Jr. t. A- Wittkowsky S. W. van Lnndingham J. P. Lewis Lei us know how many shares you want. Fill in, sign, and ??turn to us before Monday, January I9th, the following application for number %of share* wanted: THE WATEREE BUILDING ANI) LOAN ASSOCIATION CAMDEN. S. C. (ientlemen: I'lf^se enter my subscription for shares Series No. 8. First payment *1.00 per sharp to he made on Monday. January 19, 1925. <? ? (Sign here) i