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Weak In Back and Sides ?Before the birth of my little girl," ??yi Mrs. Lena Standi, of R. F. D. J, Mat* thew ?, Mo.. "I *U so weak Id my back and sides I could not go about. I was too weak to stand up or do any work. I felt like my back was coming In two. I lost weight. I didn't eat any thing much and was so rest less I couldn't sleep nights. "My mother used to take CARDUI For Female Troubles ?o 1 seat to get it. Ii Im proved after my first bottle. i?srdnl Is. certainly* a great help for nerreueness and weak back. I took six bot tlss of Cardul and by than I wsa wall and strong, jost did flno from then on. Cardnl helped mo so much." Thousand* of weak, Buf fering women i hare taken Cardul, knowing that It had helped their mothers or their friends, and soon galn?d strength and got rid of their pains. Oardul should do you a lot of good. AU DrutilMU- . Petrified Honey Comb a , Mrs. J. B. Thomawon brought to The Observer office a few days ago a piece of petrified honey comb, about the size of a cocoantit, that had been ^ound in Enoree j'iver a few days be^' fore by her sons while seining. Mm Thoniasson sajrs^ that the seigners were fishing around a tree which had fallen into the river, and had been there to her own knowledge for over forty years, when the petrified honey was found .in the trunk of the tree ? beneath the water. It Was a peculiar formation' and seemed ,to be as hard as steel and resembled a large sponge. It is indeed a curiosity. ? Newberry Observer. Electrical Repairs ARMATURE AND MOTOR REWINDING Repairs to Fans, Irons, and all Electrical Fixture# PHONE 296-J Dewey J. Creed Ambulance Service Day or Night the Motor Equipment of the Best ?\ ? C. W. EVANS MORTICIAN f? ? F r-'.v: Telephones 535 DeKalb St. 91 and 283 Camden, S. C. T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian Day I'hone 30 ? Night Phone 114 CAMDEN, S. C. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HLTLER STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA; S. C. PIANO TUNING Lewis L. Moore PHONE .346 CAMDEN, S. C. Hayes Bus Line (INC) DAILY SERVICE fcKTWEBN ( ulambia, Camden, Kerahaw, lancaater, Waxhaw, Charlotte Columbia, Camdrn, Riahofwille, Sumter, Hartavilte, Darnftfton, Horehw . . > # V 4 Columbia, Bateabarg, Aiken, < olumbia. Cheater, Rock HiU JULY WAS 1*3 Y MONTH Said To Have Broken All Kecorda Since 1882. (Lancaster News) The drought which has prevailed iu the Palmetto state this year has shown some characteristics peculiar to itself. Unlike the extreme drought of lK4?r? and 1881 two of the driest summers within 80 yeurs? the drought this year did not prevail dur ing the spring und summer over the entire state. This condition was duo to the fact that moisture*, usually brought by air currents from the1 Gulf of Mexico and distributed over the southeastern tates was dimin ished in force in this particular by the hot winds that came out of Texas Can be traced to the periodical source which lies in the influence of sun spits and further in this connection ^equally to ptanetary origin. While official records ^ow thav July was the driest seventh month of any year since 1883, it can not compete in this respect with July 1881 wheu not .a drop of rain fell during the entire month. The year was the driest, as 'has been said, of any year since 1845, when it did not ,jpain at all ^rom March until Septem ber. Conditions of the drought of ^1845 as described by persons who lived at that time have come down to the writer from first hand source^. Clouds were fplenty, but they flew high and did not form thp nimbur (rain cloud) which only can give precipitation. The -three functionary clouds ? cirrur, stratus and cumulus ? were absent, and without which there can be no numbus, which absorbs these just mentioned, the latter being the rain' cloud. ? ? . j Conditions of weather in 1881 must have been similar to those of 1845. Clouds floated about from different directions during the entire summer but 'their precipitation ? constant function of all clouds ? did not reach terra firm*.* The beginning of the dry period of 1881 was April 2.1. That morn ing a eold misty rain occurred but by 11 o'clock the mist cleared away and the sun 'appeared in all its splendor. Although spring had far advanced there \yas not a sprig of green anywhere. However, so sud denly had the temperature of sum-, mer come that within five days the trees had burst forth in buds and three days later ' they were in full leaf. It was a year without the ap pearance *of spring. No rain fell therr until June 26? very slight at that. The next rain was about the third Sunday in August ? a downpour ? the last of the entire summer as it was November 3 when the fall rain set in and precipitation began to be abundant; Precipitation throughout six months from May to November did not amount to more than four inches. It was thus drier <than 1886, the year th&t some one has described as a droughty year. Such w?s not the case. One of the most destructive freshets on Broad and Saluda rivers occurred in 1886, when rain began , to fall in torrents May J6 and continued until. June 16 ? r-at least 18 or 19 inches falling duriug thirty days. Raining again the last ^yeek in June it washed out the Southern Railway between Col umbia and Alston twice within 40 days. However, drougth did prevail from tile middle of July until Novem ber, having had effects on account of the scalding condition which was produced by the excessive rainfall of May and June, which suddenly ceaseci. Drought this year (11)25) in various sections of the state has been re lieved by precipitation which originated in the region of the Great Lakes. This fact was "the basis of .the forecast made by the Dutch Weather Prophet early in July that ?the drought would be broken in the arid regions throughout the state. So the rains which have occurred since that date originated at that source of the Mississippi river. The Gulf and the Great Lakes have a very sympathetic relation, speaking meteorologically, and "when one fails to supply precipitation in the form of- rain, the ot^her will almost in variably come to the rescue. How over, the region of the. Great Lakes is usually the source of winter rains while in summer nearly all precipita tion form areas from the Gulf. Precipitation originating so early in the summer this year in the Great I^ke region has blazed the way for a colder winter than last year. - ? : 1? .... ? liernice Culbreth, star pitcher for the Dillon baseball club this season, hflfe been ordered to report at onco to the New York Giants ball club. Culbreth has the ideal build for a future great pitcher, and his many friends feel that he will make good. He left Monday night to join the Giant* in New York. ? ? ? * ? J.p.n h? d?Kkd to worn, a to Hit bar. - i ill H w fHHHili JiMMI FLORIDA A MAP-HorSR. ' Greenville ItuHiuea# Man Tell* of 1'ob? ditions in Sunshine Stat,*-. ? ? J "How's Florida?" "A regular madhouse; keep away from it," replied Walter H. Reese, Greenville and Anderson business man, who is Just liuck from a tour of the sunshine state, and to whonv the above quest ion had been put by a friend. "I have never seen any section of the country where economic, social ?and commercial conditions have any thing like approached those now ob talning in Florida," continued Mr. Keese. "It's a big Monte Carlo, ex cept that they gamtfle in dirt and not in actual cash as at tlfe Mediter ranean shore resort. TJie real estate sharks are the bank keepers and they break thein patrons just about as fast as do those at Monte Carlo," * Florida at this time is a fine place to go and look around if one has money, Mr. Keese said. For the aver age man who seeks to work on a sal ary or the tourist with little cash, Florida will prove something of a "sunken road." Living prices make it impossible for the average man to live on even a good salary and condi tions are becoming more abnormal every day, he said. "Why at Miami," said Mr. Keese, "the police are actually meeting peo*-" pie at the stations ami telling them that unless they have sufficient money to pay their expenses for some time, they hud better turn north ward again." "How high are the expenses?" Mr. Keese was asked. "Well," he replied, I finally found a vacant room in a hotel no better, than the average house through this section. I paid $30 u day for it and the room did not have a bath. A fair sort of meal can be had for $3 to $4 and a tip for the waiter would bring it close to $5. A haircut is 80 cents in some shops and a dollar in others. Other expenses run pbout as do these. Noticed that a reasonably .comfortable apartment, or house, runs from $150 to even as high as $500 a month." , "How long will the present boom J last in Florida?" Mr. Keese ,Was asked. " ? ? "I talked to some bankers and tj cool headed business men and they feel that this will be th<f last season of it; certainly on anything like its present level. Florida will always be good commercial country in. view of its climate and soil, but conditions as they, are now cannot long con^ tinue." Some investors are making money in real estate, Mr. Keese said, who admitted that he had purchased a considerable quantity of the sunshirie state dirt. ? "While you hear of millions made by some," explained the late visitor to Florida, "the profits are usually on paper, and you never hear at all of the fellow who sinks his little nest egg and loses it all. I feel that there is good money 10 be made in invest ing in real estate down there. How ever, one must buy good locations near, the centers of" population and hold the land. Florida is growing and will continue to grow, though thc^ present unnatural boom will slow down within another year. The man who buys his stuff close in and holds to it quietly will come along for a good profit in due time. But that is the case almost anywhere, isn't it.' "It looks to me, though," said Mr, Keese in closing "that one line of business is going to be especially good in Florida this winter. That business is going to be enjoyed by the telegraph companies arid the patrons of the wires will be tele graphing north, east and west to their friends to stnid them money on which to get out of Florida.' Hill Nye. Residents of Fletcher, N. gath ered in the Episcopal church of that town the other night and held a ser I vice to commemorate the memory of i W\ E. Nye. "Bill" Nye, as he was known, was a popular humorist of more than a quarter of a century ago. | He wrote for a number of newspapers j and his stories were widely read and quoted. His humor was clean and kindly and left no sting. He made ' people laugh with each other and not at each other. He was a native of Maine, but settled in Western North Carolina some years before his death ! and endeared himself to the people of j that section because of his many lova 1 ble qualities, and^hey hold an annual ; memorial service each year on the an ' niversary of his death. His memory is being kept green, as it deserves to be. And in remembering "Bill" Nye, i the people of his community are hon oring themselves, for they show their appreciation of a remarkable man, one who brought gladness and joy to the hearts of men and who, in his way, was a public benefactor. L ' 1 ?' ~ ; " ? - ' " ? ' Twtntjr-on* million -letter# w*nt to th* dead Letter of fie? last year. The Art of NewH.(j*th(ri?K Too many people know about running a aivipipw, TMt >? may r? gard themselves as specialists in other mutters, say selling motor cars or squirting soda water, but getting out a newspaper is common knowl edge to the race. ' The first popular mistake is indi cated when some one gives a report ?m an iti in and says, "That's help some in filling up." They feel that the daily job of the reporter is to write |o many lines of reading mat ti*r. Few ivalixe that the news which finally appears in a newspaper \>y that culled from a vast amount of mater ial which could be printed if the news pjtyter needed it. Instead of printing all the "news" of the day from the latest petty scandal to a premature announcement of a big public deal the yood newspaper makes a careful se lection and prints that news wftich it feete is of public concern. People, of course, differ1 about what is pub lic concern, but the judgment of the publisher, who has been tralued in his work, is more apt to be correct than that of the man making his liv ing at another profession. Another impression which lingers is that the reporter is a detective run ning up and down the alleys and i through the attics with a pencil and uotebook, prying about for items. The exponents of this theory shun a reporter like a mudhole, and, when questioned about something, toll as little as_they can. These- men have the most to learn. Only by taking a reporter into tkeir confidence and permitting him to get things straight from start to finish can they expect to get a square deal when the print able news breaks. The unbreakable rule of newspaper men is to never violate a confidence, and yet people every day garble; their accounts of things in a foolish attempt to mislead a reporter as >to actual facts. It is best to be frank with a reporter. The reporter above all is a ser vant to nobody except his newspaper. He appreciates the advice of wfser rnd more experienced heads as to what is best to say in a news story amf " why . ? fiut he wi'll not tolerate any one, no matter who he is, to give him arbitrary instruction^ in writ ing an account. ? Gaffney Ledger. South Carolina's Hope. ,Mr. Harrison 'Dempsey, better known as Mr. Jack Dempsey, has at last acknowledged the power of the New York boxing commission and will fjght the well known colored hope of New Orleans, Harry Wills* some time next year. The prospect of another Johnson-Burns affair in not so pleasing but $Jiere was the eom another Johnson-Burns aflfahf is not Jair in Havana. __ South Carolina now has the cham pion heavyweight of the tiavy in our young fellow citizen, Sam Ingram of In man, and he see9ns to be a young ster worth watching. If this lad could be the one to lay out tlfe herQ of the shipyards it would be very pleasing, very indeed. ? Greenwood Index-Journal. Hotel Ponce de Leon-, situated in St. Augustine, Florida, existed in 1888 and was the first hotel to pos sess electrical facilities. Millions for New Service HE telephone construction programme outlined for this year is the largest ever undertaken by this company.. It calls for new tyul additional plant costing more than $13,000,000. The large, additional investment is but a reflec tion- the demand for service in this and other South ern States. The new plant is necessary to moot the service needs of present and prospective subscribers, whose business and social activities require .adequate, efficient, comprehensive service. After all, the telephone system is merely the joint trustee for those who own the proi>erty and those who subscribe for the service. In i o other industry are there as many owners as in the Hell System. There are approximately 750,000 security owners and more women than m fen stockholders. The enormous sums of new money constantly re quired have greatly increased the investment per tele phone, making it .necessary to c:;rn greater revenue per telephone, in order to meet the growing cost of producing service and leave a reasonable balance for profit. Our efforts to keep pace with the growth anil prog ress of this State and to measure up fully to our se rious responsibility are aided in no small measure by your friendly encouragement. MORGAN B. SPjRIK. Carolina* Manager Bell System* SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY On* Policy, 0?? SyHam, Univrtml Smrv ic? Rev J a be/. Ferrin III. Announcement was made at the Kershaw First Baptist Church 011 last Sunday morning by Dr. Charles Jones of Columbia, who conducted the ser vices both morning and evening in that church, that Rev. Jabez Ferris, a greatly beloved former pastor of the church, was very seriously ill at his home in Batesburg, which infor mation was heard with much regret by all present. Mr. Ferris did a good work while in Kershaw and he i* highly esteemed by all the citizens of the town who knew Turn during1 his long service here during two differ ent }uistorate5i .---Kei'ahftw K.ya . A ship's tonnage has nothing to do with its. weight. Originally it meant the capacity of a ship carrying huge barrels of wine, called |tunsi Ever.r-eince then Knglish ships havo been mensured 1 by tunnage? Jor, as we now crtll it, "tonnage." The Machinery Supply House H iii carry United States, ? Penberthy, Leader, ? Metropolitan In jectors and Hancock Inspirators. ? "s* V ' Oil Cups, Lubricators, Engine and Boiler Trimmings. - k Rubber, Leather and Gandy Belt. Pipe, Valves, Fittings, Iron and Bolts Shafting, Hangers and Couplings Everything the Ginner and Mill Man Wants. Have Howe Scale Co.'s 700 lb Cotton Scales' IN STOCK- ( < COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY ? *? % ' . ' V\V- , ./ V ' v * ? '? ~ ' ? 823 West Gervais St. Columbia, S. C. UNITED STATES TlRE-S ARE GOOD TIRES You don't have to shop around * , to find the Right Tire for your car GO TO a U. S. Tire dealer ? his name is at the bottom of this advertisement. Tell him ( your tire requirements. He has a U. S. Tire that will meet them. He will help you choose the tire that will best suit you. It will be a good tire? a (full money's worth ? whether it is the U. S. Royal Balloon, U* S. Royal Balloon-Type, U. S. Royal Cord ? Regular or Extra Heavy, USCO Cord or USCO Fabric. United States Tires Trade Mark Buy U. S. Tires from CITY FILLING STATION, Camden, S. C. DeLOACHE MOTOR COMPANY- Camden, S. C.