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Advocates Better Homes As Best Curb For Social Unrest AT uuluth; Min^. Edwarp ,0. Duffiflp OkKCSKND; Cal. &POM3an^ r "One of the greatest sources of nodal discontent is that of Improp- : cr and unsanitary housing which J ocou rs in our large cities," is the. contention Of 10(1 ward D, Outfield.' president of the Prudential Insur ance. Company, which organization! durlnK 1024 relieved the housing shortage by making loans on dwel ling and apartincntn covering property accomodating 25.878 fam III oh. Abovo are threw homes made possible through this policy. "We are trying our he?t to meet thin situation," he has Said. "We are trying to make il easier, year by year, for the man who wantH to build a home to do .so. We are Kolng to try and see whether we can develop a system under which w? can make loans during the processes of construction with nafety. ,* We are going to try to nmko it easy lor the honest up ? right American citizen w.Uo wants Homo help It) order to >>ulld a homo. VVe are going to make It Just us easy for t hut man as we can do, having due regurd to t ho fact that wn arc the trustees of other people's Ilioilfy." "It seems to mo we should give consideration to the fact that there aro Inst r u mentalities and agencies engaged 'in endeavoring to wipe out the -slums that now dlsRrace the great cities of this country and substitute therefor decent housing facilities. I say that the Prudential ought to get back of every such movement. And I say that one of the missions of this company of ours is to make America a better America, and you can not do any thing. In my opinion, that will more surely aid In this direction than to Rive people decent places In which to live." The Soil Drink* Tax We il<> n >! think l hat . t he iv has been much leA'titnient . ik;* < ? ? - ( the tax on vofi < I ' 1 1 k * it ha- lia-.l ' more ailvora t e*. than- m<--t <>f the j speeial taw tr<< Mt;> impuvet! IUi* the South Carolina liottlrr-"' A--on-| atiou is ciivulatintf ;t *t atement ^whirh at least i-liaii^en^es th'?u^ht. It-make-.' th;ee |)i? in t> of j^>wciaiu t I-'i> - t. <; | lodttioi- that "Hi" j "iHtinici'v of -.oft i < 1 ?* i n k *-> are now |?:i> ? ir>x one filth of; the entii ? r ax for vr?-nei a! ? ?+nf< pur ' poses.' Seeoiul, ,a!u - that ? ^ per .11 nt of :l t.i\ ' i- faul hy- wo> k . ' iHk people all) ?? V> In;':." Lhe refet-. i.lio! beitur t" tin- yfiva' popularit> ; of hottieil oft drink.- : f till' 1 1- x t i ! ? - ' renters. Intnl. it. auruo that the' person wlff. < J j 1 1 1 k - two -oft drink-: a da\ pas - ni ne tax to the state or these ilt ink- than tiie man who owns a $10.01") p. ecu oi lea: exlate. Thi.< - ha>< ?! ?(' ! ' ' theor> that a SI 0.000 j piece ..t i r < estate Would prohabU he asse-Sc! a' $1,000 o?. whieh (lie. -tale i:i\ f.i. jieiief.al purpose.- i .>'?"1.50; w:!V't i j.,-.. ':i\ i>r> two soft. drinks a day would amount, in ^he course of a yeatr to ^ T.-JU. CM cour.se nobody is icquiicd drink two soft drinks a day. Nor i.? $7.'!() a year an I'vci'ssivc tax foV . anybody who can ?afford Id drink tw> soft drinks a da> . Hut tin- point- made by the s aie nevert helo.ss. I; would he Worth while to know just wha-t have been the effects of M;i' soft dunk- lax t?n t hi- bottling liUMiit"- and ,iu-t how the tevenu' from tin- >?'.urt*i' i? measuring up to i \ |)i ( tat lot--. The Sumter Item re ieli?t\ quoted .i buttic'! iii that com niunit> a- -aymg ti;;.v his yro-.- sales had fallen. <>ff ? ;?? ? mi -.".dously a- a con sequence of the ta.\. I'ho Item's ar ' ? < ajjoiaic i -oiiu- two weeks or so ,ur?> and : - no- ivf.H'i u- but our nvolief! :o'i. i- : ha'. th:> bottler a! i (I .i lii-cliiu- - imcthing like fJ.oOO a month business. .\i w.i a lid ( 'ou ! ??? ; . The u -e of vai ??li- water- in the 1 ? i -event ion and cuv< disease i.s one the ?ddes? therapeutic measures known to nudu-a. U'.ev.oe. A BARGAIN IN RUBBER BELTS \\ \> art offering tin- very best Stitcheii Rubber I ? ? ? 1 1 at Lin* follow ing prices on the sizes shown, ami will -ell .1! 1 ? r i<- f -i as loii^ a- what belt we. have last : 3" 4 ply u 25c per foot 5" 4 ply </ 40c per foot 10" 4 ply u 85c per foot W, a!-., whii-h i a' COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY S23 West Gervais St. Columbia, S. C. ?? tic.: Rubber Ml !' i'.u <? Kubbt .11.-! w '! m.ikv . ~ ,? r,0 Overnight Motor Repairing 4 NEW GARAGE SERVICE ? . . ? ? - ( nit i ,.r, <??::?' ? ii'td'is i - iii'? a "?cr \ iro ? he~e 1 ! i ?. <4 \ i) ? repaired without ir' * ri 1 1 i! in t h ? ? ? r d .i > 1 1 2 h t schedule li- ir.tv.n^ \ our car at au> hour of { hi* ii j I- ? .if the ( arolin.t Motor < iimp,rv'> im^r i! a:M h,* attended h\ competent i'n*<'li.inir>, it- ailment^ cured and r*ad> i r rniin n * tin* following morning. ALL WORK GUARANTEED \ S ! ) K It DIRECT [ON OF J. I. LANGSTON Carolina Motor Co. Telephone 210 WCCUMBE& TO &VM OF MIRROR AT QNCZ Little Story Offered a& Evi ? dence on Vexed Subject . Man Ills ulUii)* wa\ed *<irci|*ttO about tin* Mutual attraction between woman uu*l the mirror, remark* a writer In, ill** I'm blinder. lit* Iuih made milfl) pla.\ful Jests i>ti the sub ject, lUtribiitlu# to pure vunli.v t lie many hours *p.eiit before (lit* rellect iOtt glass Woumtihiis never answered tO license IUUI1 Of iK'ltlK I'VCtl fonder ??f the kIiis.s tlttut herself, of tiever Im?I II v; io pUSS one without til k Iiik 11 nhi nee at himself. If she ICCIU" Id spend fiii.ro tllltO before t he uilm^x *he explains, It I* because the OH t U?tt "| 1 1 ? ? t- toilet. t In* laborious combing of her half, requires It. Kaeh ?ex Insists tliat the other Is the vainer, nail that the mirror proven It. This age-old dispute will perhaps lie\er hi* set I led tp lll?' point where one. Hide will .ponreile defeat and ad* uilt the other right. If men have al most succeeded In mak{pK the lerm "vanity" an attribute of femininity, wuirtcn, on the other band, have been even more successful in fastening the adjective "conceit" on men alone. Ar gument* will nevea deelde the ques tions- nor will proof for that matter ? hut Home very etrong circumstantial evidence on the subject was recently presented by a Frenchman who bad been In h. peculiarly favorable condi tion to procure It. This man' was toarooned-on a desert Inland In the South seas when there drifted to him In a boat, which had been blown out of its course, a man and Ills wife ' who were of a hiiv ?ge, heg44i cannibal tribe. He saved their lives, and they jived with him on very friendly terms, k* ere is the way he described the effect on them of a little mirror he had in his cabin. "I presented It Nrst to the woimin, Hardly did she see her image reflect ed In It ihnn sin* began to quiver. to tremble in all her members ; she turned and again turned the enchant ed object, felt Its surface, explored tin* other side, and, not being able to understand the sorcery of It, called her husband. With him It was.nunh worse. As soon as he saw in the mir ror a living being who was looking at him he uttered a loinl scream and lied with all the speed of his legs and never slopped until he reached the other end of the island. He never got nvt'i- his dreiid <>f the object. "For him that' glass was the dwell ing place of an evil spirit. ? On the contrary, the woman. little by little, became familiar with It. Attracted by a -ecret charm she would come of her "ou n accord t" ask me for the mirror, and for hours she would make before it grimaces and contortions un speak-ably ? comical. In her curiosity there whs >-iill mingicd a certain fear. Yet she calue back as if all obseur<* Instinct had taught her that this mir ror was an instrument of coquetry. She was a woman." (if euiirse this siory does not prove an.vt liinu. Women will slid be "uncon vinced. I 'lit all must admit that if is an interesting circumstance hearing on i tie question. At least that. Improved Gas Generators Cms irenerators are now beginning to be used by French automobile in dustries i < ? replace i ti<* sis a sourer of power In agricultural ?mo tors such ii- tractors and plows. The new gas generator has recently been tried in an automobile. It burns any fuel. coal, coke, :inthr;icile or wood-charcoal. The mis produced contains per cent <>f combust ilde gas. of w hieh about |>er rent la cur (to 1 1 monoxide. Tin* absence of hydrogen is said *' make it superior to generators dev. .oping water gas, *inee hydrogen Is ,? g;is b in! to use In motors. The gas produced In the new generators is puriiied and alr eooled before Using Futile Talkers Talkers and flit He . person* are coin iiionl \ \ .tin and credulous withal, for he tli.it t.ilketli Hbll be ktloweth will i!*o talk what be knoweih i.ol ; there fore x-i ft down that a I . i b i r of mo . i e. \ j> Ii.. i h politii and 1 1 1. ? r 1 1 . and n tli.x part It good thai a man's fa? e ;:vi'v his tollgUe lea\e to speak; ' 'I lie .lis. "ovel'v . ? r a ilia!; > self bV I ? ' ! o ; > . .f Ii j - e< Ol II ten. I II >? IS H - 1 ve-tkness, iiti'l * ? ? * ' c:i > i r : ^ lt\ how : i - m il) , i . < -s in. .j-,- 'ii , r! e<| j e'\ et i t h.;:; .1 ? a'l ? ,e-.|s I ; I. IV, .11 Puts I a i th in Airplane ' ? : i * ~ ' : ?? '! ' I" I . ? I i : !?;:.! ? \ ? o-rj . ... ... . \ I I ? : 4* r.r.;isb ?l ???? -s .ii t- : ;i,"i,rer ? yi ?>,. .... i , ||)<| ? - I I t i ! e re i . : i ? I. a. d ? !.> ? i- ? - :n 1 1 ?? ,i ' i ..i i ;,e hia. k .???n > I Tie J, ? ||. ,ji_. j. | I.., J J ... ?>, ol all i.'j'lane will lie !:ke u m?ra<"ie to the n ? 1 1 \ ? ? and ? ? 1 1 1 1 r to >>-?r;ilili*<li hi# rep;!?.iti<-n .'t "n?-' a? *..m.i hing at I . ? a ?? t akin lo the si, | ieriia I ill i! Foot Palmistry A somewhat celebrated psych ie crystal gn/.er anil palmist of Los An geles. who ! i h s gained fame through her innn> fulfilled predictions regard ing the destinies of professional peo ple who are frtrnoiiH In America and abroad, has launched a new art. on which she has spent the pant two years in deep study ? an trt which ?h* term* ? soletfry." the aclene* of fore- 1 ?ellln* one'l fate by th<t sole? #f the ? feet. REALTY TRANSFERS. Changes of Heal K*tate as Recorded in County Auditor'# Office.* Hugh McCallum to Jfannie T. lidb J o.rtu, 75. acres West WatefOe, $1500. 4Ua S. Heath to Hughey Tindal, 1 j lot and building, Fair street, Camden, ! $r.|M).00. j A. J, Smith to Hank of Oethunc*. 3 j acres town of Hethune, $1500. R. H. Hilton, Master, to W. M. i Helton, 2 acres near Kershaw, $500. T. Howell Jones to M. W. Wilson, 7 a^res West Wateree, $105. Jennie Mcl, ester to L. Iw Yarbor ough, 82 acres near Hethune, $1073.30. William Knight to T. R. Richard >an, .'10 ai l t s West Waterei', $330. Jennie C. and Hula S. Whitaker to Margaret R. Gordon, 1 lot and build ing, Union street, Camden, $4,000. J. C, Harrison to VVilla C. Harri son, 1 lot and building Market street i Camden, $1.00. W. L. McDowell to H. ,D. Niles, 1 lot and building, Hroad street, Cam- j den, $3,000. Hank of Camden to P. M. Rider, 28 acres near Cassatt, $1120. j Mcl.aurin & Yarborough to George Reeves, 172 acres near Hethune, $1,000. j G ilium Raley to Richard Kubanks, 53 acres near Raleys Mill, $800. I F, M. Zemp to Stevenson & Whit- j aker, 1 lot Walnut street, Camden, $700. Nellie S.. Moseley to Mary L. j Goodale, I lot Laurens street, Cam-) den, $1800. L. K. Bethune et al to Florie H. King, 103 acres near Bethune, $5.00 etc. W. L. Clyburn to New W. Clyburn 1 lot Chestnut street, Camden, $5.00; etc. James N. Ancrum to Thomas An-' crum, 1 lot and building, Fair street, I Camden, $5.00. R. H. Hilton, Master, to Bank of! Hethune, 225 acres, near Bethune,' $267.32. Ruth Johnson to Tom Kirkland, 50. acres, above City of Camden, $5.00 etc. W. H. DePass, Jr., to W. L. De Pass, 1 lot and building, Fair street, Camden, $500.00 etc. K. S. Villepigue to \Y.. W. Brown, | 1 lot lower Broad street, Camden, $100 etc. W. W. Brown to K. S. Villepigue, 1 lot and uilding, Mill street, Cam den, $500. .1. C. Team to James and Charlotte Roache, 11 acres West Wateree, $1,200. John I). Shaw to Barnett, 1 lot D.uBose Park, $50.00 and assump tion-mortgage. A letter from Robert Louis Ste-j venson, addressed to Queen Liliuo- 1 kajani of Hawaii, was recently found among documents seized, with the ^queen's private papers thirty years ago. Bentonite, used as a base in the* preparation of face creams and occur-! ring in Western United States and over the prairie provinces of Canada, has the curious property of swelling from five to thirteen times the dry bulk with the addition of water. SCRAPS AND FACTS Interesting Notes Gathered From ManV Sources. Ts'ai-lun, of China, a member of the court -of the Han dynasty, A. L). 75j produced the first hand shetft of paper ever made. It was construct ed from the bark of a mulberry tree. The wheelbarrow in China is a common vehicle for transporting people. As many as eight persons are often seen riding together, being pushed by a single coolie. The adoption of the Declaration of Independence was first recorded in a Philadelphia paper ten dgys after ward, and in a Boston paper twenty two days afterward. The chough, a bird itf the barren Himalayan mountains, can sometimes be seen sitting on the wild sheep'? back searching for insects in the' animal's hair. The scientific committee of the | Large Black Pig Society of England , is offering prizes to anyone who can present an effective inking scheme for permanently tattooing black pigs. A small crockery saving's bajjc. - containing coins, presumably placed there by a child 2,500 years ago, \va3 recently excavated at Utica, Tunis, The elevator was first known aa the "flying chair," and originated at the summer residence of the Austrian emperor at Schohbrunn, in 1700. Milton, the blind poet, was seven years completing his "Paradise Lost", and he and his widow realized but $300 on the work. Red, the traditional danger signal, kept its lead as the most easily dis tinguished from other colors at a dis tance in recent daylight tests of the. visibility of traffic signals. Next" in order came green, blue, and yel low. Until the outbreak of the World war one of the original cedar of Lebanon groves mentioned in the Bible was still standing at the head of Kedisha Valley near ancient Leb anon. .< ' The Tropics contain some 240 mil lion cocoanut trees, which bear an annual crop of seven or eight billion nuts. THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH Getting business for the Southern Every employee of the Southern Rail way System is a traffic Solicitor. ? Th? 60,000 men and women in the Southern organization realize that their own prosperity depends on the prosperity of the railroad. That is why your friend or neighbor, who earns his livelihood in this rail road service, asks you to travel and ship via the Southern. Every one of us in the Southern or ganization has a personal interest in giving efficient and courteous service ? the kind of service that will make friends and get business for the Southern. I SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Heavy Laying! It may be a secret to some, but a lot of our customers know it ! You can make most any flock lay heavier when you start at the right time to feed the rij^ht mash. Not any ma sh , or your mash, but th e scientific mash. Pratts buttermilk laying mash makes the hens perform ! It has the proper ingredients ? in just the proper proportions. If you raise poultry this lay ingmash will pile up dollars to dimes in earlier laying ? " heavier laying ? hens kept healthy and in shape to keep laying. We sell more of it every season, and to the same people year after year. Feed r Pratts buttermilk laying mash and we'll guarantee results! Pratts baby chick food pays too. And so does Pratts growing mash. We have them all. -its. Buttermilk Laying Mash Guaranteed and for Sale by SPRINGS & SHANNON, (he) Camden, S. C. -- ? - " v: ???** <\ < ;