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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE )i. I). NU?t . . iCditor and Publinher Published every Friday at No. 1101* Hroad Street and entered at the Cam den, South Carolina, pos toff ice as second claas mail matter. Price per annum $2.00. Camden, S. C? 'Friday, Sept. II, 1925. Fostered by t hi* Chamber of Com merce the merchants of Catifden are invited to join in an intensive adver tising campaign during the month of October in an effort to bring new trade to Camden now that the fall trade has opened up In earnest, The merchants will be asked to offer special inducements in the way of prices and goods. The two news papers will join heartily in the move ment. Camden's . cotton buyers are paying the highest market price and in a gnat many instances are con siderably higher than other South Carolina towns. The merchants carry well selected stocks, Camden is a trading center for not only Ker shaw county, but many of the ad joining counties. It is hoped that all will join heartily in the movement. ICdwaid A. McDowell, private sec retary to Governor MeJLeod, has re* signed his position to enter the Southern Uaptist Theological Semi nary at Louisville to study for the ministry. He is succeeded by Ed ward I'. Hodges, an attorney of Columbia. His Ad Cot Results Disgusted by the indifferent atti tude of a bunch of local deadbeats, a grocer ran this "reader" in his local weekly : "If a certain no-account woul4 spend less time flirting with the new school teacher and more time earning his living, 1 wouldn't complain about the account he has owed me for so long. Unless he pays me before next week I'm going to tell you more about him, so you will all know whom I am referring to." Within an hour after the weekly paper was in the postnft'ice ? one chronic dead beat sneaked in the back door, threw down some, bank notes on the boss' desk and said: "Say, Harry, dog-gonnet! I jus* happen to remember I owe you some money since a couple years ago last spring. Take it out of this, won't you, please?" Then there came another and an other? and they kept coming, until the merchant's night arm was palsied from writing "Received in - full." ? The Progressive Grocer. Publicity is Power Newspaper advertising is the most effective method of reaching the larg est number of people in the. shortest space of time and for the least amount of money, according to Sir .Charles Iligham, well-known Kngiish advertising expert, in a recent treat mc on advertising in general. News papers arc never likely to be dis placed as advertising media, he says, because of their wide distribution and the differing varieties of people who read them. For the quick distribution of information, for an appeal to the millions, for the marketing of nation al commodities, no medium is as val uable to the newspapers, lie declared. All w hit }?> the advertising au thorities accept. Another idea. Pub !.rit\ is power for the merchant. A merchant who "would icfuse to light his ? stabli.>!,.iu nt v\i'.h ele.iiicity would be regarded .1- very peculiar, to say the kindest thing of him. So, the man who depend* upon doing busino s with the public nuiM have that public Know what business h< wants to do with t. And his only contact i- through tli distribution of this information. If he does not tap the line he will r.ot get the service. The busine-s establishment that docs not adv?rtise i> not getting results. He may think he i-. but he is not. He is doing bu^inevs only in a "quiet x.rt <>' wav." -Spartanburg Herald. ( of ton Sha?* s Decline W ish;:.gton, Sept. S.~ The cotton v : i ? p declined to :he extent of 250,000: bale- the fortnight ended Septem ber The Department o: Agricul ture T-.tlay forecast th;-. year's pro ! rturtior- at !X.7HU?o0 e?ju:VH.? nt a On. i pound bales from conditions on thai j date. A produ.-t.ua o*. D).1M?0.00<? ? bat- w.,- f<?re<ast from August !?> fond." ? ? I .as! Mv.r'- . <;> totaPf-! ? l k.ie-. 1 .' e vet - ru p ????jte I ed rh?- or,, .? ?.f . - tton .i ...??>,} * i im bale higher \< . t..? \e* !?'<?>. ? r,f I ra'av. I Chester ^ ??ti I H Drowns ( 'Pester, Septembe: 7 I nia tion ha-< beer, rece.vtd Iwe from' Great Fall?, Chester County, telling of the drowning of a 17 vear-old1 young man named A<;ams. He was' unable to swim, it is sa:d, and stepped ' off into deop water, probobly un aware of its depth. Before help cdlptM rcsch him he went rftrwr* for Ike !??* f'rre. THIS WEEK By Arthur BmfxuMi Mr. Brisbane's editorials are pub lished at expressions of opinions of the world's highest-salaried editor and Tho Chronicle doe* sot necessarily endorse all of his ?V. views and conclusions. America'* Enemy ? Fut What is more dangerous than ocean travel, ruling on railroads, or flying in an airplane? The answer, given by Mr. Johnson, of the National Life Insurance Com pany, is fat. 9 _ * Fat Kills Americans more rapidly than anything else. Fatty degenerar tion of the heart kills many. Fat accumulates on middle-aged business men, and that kills them before their time. In old age especially fat is dan gerous. And in old age it is most difficult to get rid of dangerous fat. The heart won't stand exercise that might, take the fat off. The feeble will cannot control diet. The safest place in the world as regards accidents is the cabin of a big steamship on the ocean. Next in safety conns a railroad train, and before long the flying machine will be safer than either. The man in greatest danger is the fat man past middle age, eating heartily and hurriedly when he is tired. Don't insure him. liood news for little automobile owners. Gasoline prices are stashed all over the country. Yesterday, ill Eastern territory, the cut was three cents a gallon. In the Middle West many buy gas under 14 cents. It makes a big difference to those that count the cost of living and motoring. It means nothing to the big men; they don't care what gasoline costs. And many of them, owning oil stocks, feel rather sad. A three-cent cut if i I gas may mean a $.'10 drop in oil] stocks. A Short-Ilorn Hull A short-horn bull was sold in the Argentine Republic recently for $00, OOO/record price for that breed. The real record is- the "price paid in thus country by the Carnation Farms Com pany for a Uolstein bull ? $102,000. These prices show what can be done by breeding among animals. Vou can iret a perfectly good hull for $40. Hut a little change in the shape of the animal, produced by a careful selection of the mysterious chromosomes, makes a big difference. Students of eugenics think careful breeding will produce equal improve ment in human beings. They are mistaken. A Kool to the Earth (.earned men, including churchmen, once taught that there was a roof to this earth. -olid, held up by its own strength and called the. sky. Whcr. (Jaileo' denied it and said the J ear tli was a Vrouhd ball whirling ' around tho sun, he had to get down I i?ii hi> knees saying that he "re tracted, abjured and abhorred his' false teachings" ? which happened to j be perfectly true. '!"!.<? idea of a solid .sky above u>. j with, -tars planted in it here an! there, faded out. Uut now the radio, expeils ol' the Navy say the earth j aelual!\ has a "roof" of another kind, j ! It exist*', presumably. where our thin' at no.-; phere melts away into the ether,' I "an ionized, region in the higher j j leve!> > f the atmosphere." tin- scien- ! j ti>t-> call it. The "imponderable ether." so dense i that solid steel in comparison is like j a coarsb fi>h net, certainly does en ! ciose our earth and i:s thin atmos- | phere. 1 Radio wave* such a- we use mav ' hi' abie to travel outside that atmos-1 phere. If so. science will find some ether wave that will take messages to other planets. i If light-producing waves eai travel! from the sun to the earth, men will! find some wave that will carry in- ; formation from thr earth to the ,un . at d beyond. i 10-Pound Baby? ? Wronjf [.??am. proud parents, that the much praised "U n-pound boy baby"' -? 't the thirtr at a".. The average normal bos v"?aby weigh* 7 1-2 pounds a* h.rth. Ore learned Ita'ian has written' a book to prove that women, by special <li?'t. can and should keep the unborn ih'ii from becoming' too fat its own > : i k ? and foi the mother's sake. We have a iot to '.earn a bo u t tak :rg care of children before they are born, includirg the science of saving them from piling on fat that makes" birth more difficult and :? iost light af??*r birth. The Arcturu* j?cientific expedition found two new volcanoes in activo 1 eruption in the Pacific. Attracted by the immense supply of food, whale*] *nd porpoises wallowed in the mass of foam caused by the violent col- i iisiort of two great eurrents meeting I in a tide race. MKNACKItIK A FKATUBK Wild Animal* Secured From All Comers of the Olobe The remarkable unci complete col? lection of trained wild animal actors, comprising the most important speci mens of. zoology assembled in the wild beasts' performance which I'm m an imposing part of Christy Bros, trained wild animal shows, which will exhibit in Camden on Tuesday, Sip (ember U'J, giving two performances and X p.m.? has never been equalled in the history; of the world. No corner of the globe has been con sidered too remote to make this col lection the most unique on earth. Chief among these wonderful creatures is a wild leopard, a mag nificent animal of feline grace and turriblo power, with its many pecul iarities riding on the back of an ele phant. A troupo consisting of six lionesses, two sheep and two dogs, all working together as one happy family. There are many other fea tures too numorous to mention. The equestrian sensation of the day is the introduction of a score of high school horses. The act includes twenty most beautiful steeds, the finest thoroughbreds that could be procured. These horses go through their evolutions, dances and various tricks with a promptness that would do credit to a child. Tho riders are all experts and six of the horses and riders do some exclusive steps and perform a series of ball room steps that are sensational in every move. A brand new street parade will be on the streets at noon. Not the old parade of former years, not the parade like that of any other show, but one of greater magnitude and novelty that has gathered strangeness and strongth and beauty during many years travel. It is a wonderful .world's exposition. Years have been spent in the gathering of it and for tunes lavished on its execution. Trying to Pull Out of a Hole K^travagdnce and poor judgment send most people to the bankrupt courts. Rather than cut out luxuries .and automobiles they make others pay for them. Some just go in as a short cut to easy money. Not long ago, creditors forced a little fellow into bankruptcy. They turned the grindstone long enough to learn that they had put the rabbit in the briar patch. The creditors then began to back pedal. They saw they were being scratched instead of the rabbit. They proeeeded lo offer an amusing compromise. They said in substance: "Look here, old Bo, we are ready to. trade. If you will pay the expenses of the lawyer and the court we will withdraw the suit and go home." Tho story goes that the rabbit smiled and said: "This is your rat-killing, not mine. On with the dance and let joy be uneonfined." ? Calhoun Times. ?BEATING THE TRAIN" .Man in Locomotive Tolls How ft Keels to See Motorist Racing What the engineer 111 the cab ex periences when u motorist is trying to beat this train to a crossing is deserfbed by Engineer Ben C'ragdon of the Rock Inland lines in a recent issue of The Rock Island Magazine: "If you were on the river bank," the engineer says, "and saw a little ehild running toward the river, sure to fall in unless it stopped, and you , were powerless to help it, you might realize the position in which the engi neer is placed almost daily, and some times several times a day, by the au tomobile drivers who wil! take chances. "The longest and the slowest freight train ? say, one-half mile long, traveling at the rati* of fifteen miles an hour ? will take but two minutes to pass a given point, and a passen ger train will take about ten seconds. Would you bet that much time against a chanco of death? "Is it not a fact that passenger trains arc sometimes mistaken lor freight trains, and that watching for a train coming in one direction taki s your attention from a train coming in the opposite direction? Some awful accidents have happened in just this way. "I have seen a man driving a ear, vsith his wife and children In it, race for the crossing, with all their atten tion on the train t.hey were trying to beat, and. v\hwn they got across, ?<rnile and wave at the engineer ? and just avoid being hit by a train from the opposite direction! "There i- a distance at \shich the diivcr should not attempt to cross ahead of the train with safety, and at that distance the engineer will sound the warning whittle. From our evper :eiie? in watching automo bile drivers at lailroad crossings wv know that mo.-t driver* are careful. It is to those who are not rareful4hat we make- this appeal, for the engineer is in a position to know the desperate chances you are taking because he has too often seen the unfortunate result* in loss of life and projferty damage eauted by your mistake*/* Wants-For Sale ATWATER ' KENT RADIO and Radio supplier of all kinds, fresh stock., Hay's Garage, South Broad Strict, Camden, S. C. 2l-20-ab W ANTED ? Fxperieiu-cd. grocery man,' Muat he able to handle wholesale and retail trade. Good salary to right man. Sehlosburg's Grocery Department. 24- sb FOR SALE -One Ford touring car; two Ford roadsters; two Ford trucks. All in A-No. 1 condition. Terms to responsible buyers. U. N. Myeri, Phone 443, Camden, S. C. 24-tf-sb FOR SALE ? Fresh milk and cream from tuberculin tested Jersey cows. Delivered daily. . Notify Mrs, B. K. Truesdell, Ktc. 3, Camden, S. C. 24-8 1-pd FOI/ND ? On September 5th small sum of money. Owner can get same by telling exact amount and where lost. Apply to Joseph Shc heen, 1514 Mill Street, Camden, S. C. . 2i-pd ATWATER KENT RADIO? and radio supplies of all kinds. Fresh stock. Hay's Garage, South Broud Stroet, Camden, S. C. 24-20-sb FOR SALE ? Fresh country butter, eggs, chickens or anything in the country produce lino. Also stove wood, codar posts. Address Leo Rose, Rte. 3, Camden, S. C. 24-pd ATWATER KENT RADIO? and Radio supplies of all kinds. Fresh stock. Hay's Garage, South Broad Street, Camden, S. C. 24-26-ab WANTED ? Man with car to sell complete line quality auto tires and tubes.?' Exclusive territory. Ex perience not necessary. Salary $300.00 per month. Milestone Rub ber Company, East Liverpool, Ohio. 24-pd BUY CONCORD YARNS? Direct from manufacturer at a big savting. Spun (from long combed wool. Write for free samples of many beautiful shades and heather mix tures. 50c per 4 o 7.. skein; $2.00 per lb. Postage paid on all orders. Also pure wool blankets. Concord , Worsted Mills, W. Concord, N. H. | { 24-27-sb FOR RENT ? Three furnished rooms, comprising one. bed room, "one dining room and one kitchen ette. Couple without children pre ferred. Call at ? Chronicle office, Camden, S. C.^ 32-24-sb FORD SERVICE? We handle genu ine Ford parts. Let us do your repair work. Experienced Ford me chanics. Mr. Joe Pettigrew in charge of repair shop. Broad Street Filling Station, Phone 443, U. ' N. Myers, Prop. 15-sb WANTED ? No. 1 pine logs. Highest cash prices paid; year round de mand. Sumter Planing Mills and Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Booth, Sumter, S. C. 29-tf FOR SALE ? One ten-horsepower sta tionary International gasoline en gine, in perfect order. Apply to Henry Savage, Camden, S. C., or Henry Smyrl, Cantey, S. C. 23-25-sb POPULAR EXCURSION TO FLORIDA ' ?' ' . . . x ? I. * Thursday, September 17th, 1925 The following very low round trip fare* will apply From Camden, 9. C.: Jacksonville $10.50 St. Petersburg . .. 17.50 Tainipa 17.50 Ocala 13.25 West Palm Reach .. 18.00 Oi Undo .. $17.50 Sarasota .. ,, 17.50 Hradenton 17.50 Ft. Myers 17.50 Alto very low round trip fare* to other Florida points. Final Limit: TicketB to Jacksonville and Ocala will be limited until midnight September 24th; other Flor ida points until midnight September 27th. Greatly improved train service. Through Pullman sleeping cars and day coaches. For Pullman reserva lions and other information, cull on Ticket Agents or I B. H. TODD, D.P.A., COLUMBIA, S. C. SOUTHERN RAILWA Y SYSTEM BATTERIES? If it's a battery y on need, buy Willard, Batteries re charged and repaired. ' Broad Street Filling Statipn, Telephone J 13, U. N. Myers, Proprietor, Cam den, S. C. 23-tf FOR SALE ? Lot best quality red aix inch floor tile. See N. C. Arnett, Camden, S. C. 21-sb RADIO BATTERIES? Storage and dry batteries for your radio. Com plete line Prest-o-lite and Colum bia batteries for automobiles. Has ty's Battery Service, DeKalb St., Camden, S. C. 23-ab WHY WAIT until winter to arrange for your milk sup ply when milk is scarce? Give us a trial now or ask some of our customers. Quality and service is our motto. Call Lee's Market and ask fov our driver to call. Milk, cream, fresh egg* and poultry at the mar ket. Lugoff Dairy, Lugoff, S. C. 20-S2pd V;' * ' Notice To Delinquent Taxpayers Under ine tax laws adopted by the South Carolina legislature in March,' 1924, sheriffs are required to make final returns on all executions withi* six months. Drastic methods are pro vided to force sheriffs in the perform ance of this duty. Therefore, this is notice to delinquents that payment cannot be postponed any longer. With the many executions in my ( hands, it will be necessary to pro ceed with levy and sale of property. Payment at my office, or to author ized collectors, will, save additional: expense. G. C. WELSH, Sheriff Kershaw County. Ask your grocer for El?ctrik-Maid Bread ? Baked in Camden fresh daily. Lubricating oil made from cricket* has been found suitable for aviation, since it does not congeal even at high altitudes. Dr. Safford of the United States Department of Agriculture declare* that . bananas did not originate in ^America as is popularly supposed, but ?in the Malay Archipelagp, they being, brought to the West Indies in 161t> by Padre Tomas de Bcrlangas. Protection of California fruit or chards against frost has become al most an exact science because of the accurate temperature predictions by the weather bureau. CITY TAXES NOW DUE City taxes, both personal, property and. commutation, are now due and payable at the office of the City Clerk * and Treasurer. The office will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 ip.m. and from 3 p.m. to 4:80 p.m. each day. A penalty of 1 per cent goes on after the first day of October, and if not paid before the 15th of Novem^ ber, a penalty of five per cent will be collected. Pay your taxes now and avoid the penalty. W. H. HAILE, City Clerk and Treas. Camden, S. G. Sept. 8, 1925. ? FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given thatt>ne month from this date, on Monday, October 12th, 1925, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershavy County my final return as Administrator oi the estate of Willie Singleton, de ceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administrator. D. V. DIXON, Administrator, Est. of WilHe Singleton. Camden, S. C., Sept. 10, 1925. Tire Prices Are LOW CRUDE RUBBER HIGHEST IN YEARS Buy Now and Save Money! The unprecedented demand for Firestone quality and mileage has more than dou bled the sales of Gum- Dipped Cords to car owners so far this year, enabling us ? be cause of this tremendous vol ume ? to keep prices low. ? Experienced car owners insist on tires that deliver the greatest mileage at the low est cost per mile, because such tires last longer ? make the restricted rubber supply go further ? reduce crude rubber costs ? and help maintain the present low tire prices. Gum-Dipping, the Firestone extra process, is also one of the biggest and most important economy factors in tire performance. This meth od of treating cord fabric, developed by Firestone tire chemists and engineers, insu lates every fiber of every cord with rubber, and gives the side walla the extra strength to withstand the extra flexing strain ? insuring maximum safety, comfort and economy. Buy now ? make sure of economical transporta tion by obtaining these outstanding Firestone superiorities at present low prices. MOST MILES PER DOLLAR KERSHA W MOTOR COMPANY Broad Street, Camden, S. C. DeKALG SERVICE STATION DeKalb Street, Camden, C. -AMERICAHR IHOULD PRODUCE ?THX1K OWN R U B? B ft" . , . . <HSS^StS^m