The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 05, 1926, Image 7
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March 10th Will Mark Anniversary
of Great Invention
The 50th birthday of the telephone
will bo celebrated March 10 this year
i,v ;;:!0,UOO litll tclop^ione worker.,
hiuI thousands of others throughout
the United States and 'Canada.
In honor of the occasion men and
women in the telephone industry
tvtry Where will wear an attractive
button, showing a telphono and the
numerals 60, These workers during
the twenty-four hour^period of cele
bration -will enable telephone sub
scribers to complete 07,700,000 mes
nagfcs ? an almost unbelievable ex
pansion from one sentence on March
10, 1867 to the millions of conver.
sations March 1Q, 1026.
Open house will be observed at tho
local telephone office on March 10,
in' commetoioratlon of the anniversary.
Telephone subscribers and the general
public have' been invited to visit the
office during birthday week and see
how telephone service is rendered.
There are 20,600 Bell telephone
workers in the Southeastern states
who will join in the nation-wide cele
bration. The South can claim with
pride that the telephone owes a p^rt
of its development to the reception
given it in the South in its infancy.
. Among the first telephone , ex
changes established were those open
ed in some ol the leading cities oi the
South during the year 1879. Among
tho cities in tips pioneer, list are
Augusta, Savannah and Atlanta, Ga.;>
Charleston, S. C.; Wilmington, N. C.;
Mobile, Ala.; Louisville, Ky.; aud
Richmond, Lynchburg and Norfolk,
Vs.
The first building ever erected to
be used exclusively as a telephone exr
change was constructed in Louisville,
Ky., some fifteen years before tha
Josd' Of the nineteenth century.
Kour days after his tweuty-ninth
birthday and three days before the
first sentence was transmitted, Alex
ander GrahamBell, an impetous young
Scotchman, ( received his patent for the
telephone. If he had lived until to
day, he would hav5 seen his first
telephone system of two crude instru
ments, connected by a few feet of
wire, and protected by a single pat
ent develop into a system of 16,600,
000 Bell owned stations, connected by
61,000,000 miles of wire, and, pro
tected by a total of 9,000 patents.
There are 27,213,100 telephones in use
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETING OF CAMDBN ICE CO.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a special meeting of the stock
holders of the Camden Ice company,]
incorporated, to be held at Twelve j
o'clock on Monday, March 8th, 1926,
at the office of Messrs. Kirkland and
Xirkland, CamJen, S. C., for the pur
-poso of considering resolutions of the
board of directors of the said com
pany, to increase tho capital stock of
the said company to Twenty-five
thousand dollars ($26,000.00), to au
thorize the execution of a mortgage
or deed of trust, covering property^of
the company, to secure proposed issue
?f bonds of the said company and to
?onsider any other business that may
properly come before said meeting.
J. H. OSBORNE,
President.
JNO. M. VILLEPIGUE,
Secy, and Treasurer
Camden, S. C., --Feb. 9, 1926.
in the world tod.y, 0f which ? bet
? percent are located in the United
a;s:,n; *<>?* ^ ??*? ?ro a pan
of tho Hell hystcm.
On March IP, fifty yt.nr8 ago, the
, 1 ?entc?ce was transmitted over
no telephone by Alexander Grahvm
J*<U from his laboratory on the top
?'or Of an old hvuso in-B^ton to
Wat;sv;n' }lis a -^s.an:, in
? Other room on tho same floor. The
'iiM words transmitted were, "Mr
Watson, eomo here. I want you."
Ihoso two men were tho solo active
telephone workers at that time.
The early days 0f the telephone
furnish a thrilling atory of a des
perate. struggle for life in a cold busi
t?oss world which frowned on sinking
money ,n a toy, as the telephone was
ho,? called. Four men gave them
elves without reserve to bless the
world with the electrical transmission
j of speech. Each made a distinct con
tnbutibn. Bell contributed his in
ventive genius; Thomas A. Watson,
. 8, lled craftsmanship which fash
ioned Bell'ft ide* into a working in
strument; Thomas Sanders, the first
financial assistance, which was in
spiied by the love of his daughter for
j the roh-mntic inventor; and Gardiner
O. Hubbard, the first publicity man
c 1 u' telephone, the personality nec
<ssatj to acquaint the world with its
i possibilities. The common contribu
j tjpn of t acfi was faith and enthusiasm
, that entailed sacrifice. Thomas A.
j > ? a L:;L,n is the oiily member of thi3
group living today.
^ JJcvelopmept in business and organ
ization backed by the patient toil of
the scientists in the Bell research
laboratories has' featured the tele
phone's progress in receni years.
Mutton Causes Death of Boy
Ilarvey, the five year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. D. Smith, who five just
beyond thr? city limits on the Camden
road, died Tuesday morning, from
having swallowed a shoo button Mon
day. The little fellow was playing
in the yard when he found the button,
j and when his father learned that ho
j had swallowed it he was immediately
j brought to a doctor. An X-ray failed
' to locate the button, and as it did not
appear to give any trouble, he was re
turned home. Again Tuesday morn
ing: Mr. Smith brought the child to
Bishopville. Another examination was
made, and it was thought the child
I was all right. On the way home how
I ever, "the little fellow became ill and
began coughing. Mr. Smith started
back to the doctor, but before he
reached his office the child was dead.
? ? Bishopville Messenger.
j. Truesdale-CoHins
A marriage of interest to a num
ber of friends and relatives was that
of Miss Celeste Truesdale to Mr.
Waddell Collins, (both of Camden,
which occurred on Friday evening,
February 5th, at the Methodist par
sonage in Camden with the Rev. J. T.
.Peeler officiating. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Truesdale and is a graduate of the
Camden High school and also a grad
uate of the Georgia-Carolina school
of commerce. Mr. Collins is a young
business man of Camden. ? Cor.
The Oxford student who gets home
after ten o'clock at night must pay
a fine to the gatekeeper.
CAMDEN
OFFERS THE BEST VALUES IN
REAL ESTATE
IN THE SOUTH
WE ARE NOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE MAN
WHO HAS
LOST A DOLLAR
BUT WE KNOW QUITE A NUMBER WHO
H/VVE MADE
IviAMY DOLLARS
IN BOTH RESIDENCE AND BUSINESS PROPERTIES
6-room cottage, lot 180x200 feet, I,akev;cw .. .. .$ 5,000.00
$-room new residence, corner lot facing park . 9,500.00
'-room brick bungalow, beautiful outlook ... 9,000.00
brooms, on park, large lot 14,000.00
fi-rooms, adjoins school property (need# Home repairs
but there is^a good profit in it) at 3,500.00
IVrooms, 4 acres, wonderful setting, one of the best
umall hotel propositions in the South, worth $50,000,
can bo bought on good terms for 30,000.00
a
^ o have closerin acreage at very attractive prices and building
lots that soon must double in prices. I/et s talk it over before
the inevitable advance.
C R DuBOSE & CO.
First Floor Loan & Savings Bank Bldg., DeKalb Street
Phone 43 Night Phone 321-j-N. C. Arnett, Realty Dept.
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froe. Hastings' 1926 Seed Catalog
tells you all about It.
j Hastings' Seeds are "The Standard
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We want you to hare this catalog In
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nmll.
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EDDIE PtANK DEAD
Was One of Baseball's Greatent Left
Hnnd Pitchers
Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 24.? Eddie
Flank, one of baseball's greatest left
hand Ditchers, died today, only four
months behind his greatest* right
handed rival in world's series battles,
Christy Matthi wson. He was 51
yea va old. * ?
Stricken Monday with paralysis
that left his once powerful pitching
arm and his whole left side helpless,
the jportside star of Connie Mack's
fu minis Philadelphia Athletics never
spoke after the first two hours. He
was conscious only for intervals.
His widow, his ten-yar-old son,
Eddie, Jr., and Ira and Luther Plank,
two of the pitcher's three brothers,
were at the bedside When he died.
His parents were unable to make
the trip to town because of illness.
Quitting baseball in 191 i while
playing with the St. Louis Americans
after losing a 1-0 game to Walter
Johnson, Plank opened a garage >\jsi
ness in Gettysburg but retired three
years ago to take life easy. During^
the last year he had not been so well.
He devoted much time to his father
and mother.
Sunday night he retired without a
sign of feeling ill and was stricken
when he arose Monday.
Plank was in the majors 17 years
and left a record of the greatest
number of games pitched by a left
handed, a record said to have been
excelled by only three righthanders
in the same .time. In his career he]
won 320 games, lost 190, acted as
relief pitcher or was relieved in 80
games and pitched five tie contests.
In his major league work he faced
15,907 batsmen and his 17-year
average as a winning pitcher was .627.
There are 4,105 Masonic lodges in
England.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Subject to the rules governing the
Democratic Primary, I hereby an
nounce myself a candidate for Mayor
of the City of Camden In the ap
proaching election. If elected, I shall
advocate a progressive Administra
tion consistent with good business.
C. P. DuBOSE.
FOR ALDERMAN WARD FIVE
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for alderman of the City of
Camden from Ward Five in the ap
proaching primary subject to the
rules of the Democratic party.
R. M. KENNEDY, JR.
FOR MAGISTRATE
? I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for Magistrate for DeKalb
Township, subject to the rules of the
Democratic primary.
W. L. DePASS, Jr.
FOR ALDERMAN
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for alderman of the City of
Camden from Ward Four, sebject to
the City Democratic primary.
C. C. WHITAKER, SR.
For Alderman Ward Foar
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the office of Alderman
from Ward Four for the city of Caw
den in the coming Democratic primary
subject to the rules and regulations
of the jttimary.
LEON H. SCHLOSBURG.
FOR TREASURER
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the office of Treasurer of
Kershaw County in the coming prim
ary, subject to the rules and regula
tions of the Democratic party.
S. W. HOGUE.
For Judge of Probate
I hereby announce myself as can
didate for the office of Judge of
Probate for Kershaw County, subject
to the rulesj of Democratic primary.
SAMUEL N. NICHOLSON.
For Alderman Ward Three.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-election as Alderman from
Ward J Of City of Camden; subject to
rules of Democratic primary.
J. H. OSBORNE
FOR ALDERMAN WARD ONE
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for re-election to the office
of Alderman of the City of Camden
from Ward One, subject to the rules
of the City Democratic primary.
W. L. JACKSON.
FOR ALDERMAN WARD TWO
I hereby announce myself aa a can
didate fVom Ward Two in the ap
proaching. primary subject to the
rulea and regulations of the Demo
cratic primary. , -
LANE C. SHAW.
*1 . -run
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YOUR WIFE'S NKXT HUBBY
(iw (Jives Home Point^ra on
How He'll l/ook and l)o
Of couise you can't imagine how
your wife's next husband is going t??
look. He may bo tall, but he may be
slim, however he may bo low, but he's
the guy that's going to spend some of
your insurance money.
I know you can picture him now
picking his toeth with a fork and
eating with his knife. He dou't pass
anything at the table and wont let
anything pass him. He will smoke
and chew, and your wife is only ac
customed now to- a husband that
smokes.
He will have your enlarged picture
taken out of the parlor and put up
stairs iu the garret. Ho will never
brush his teeth, nor will he ahave but
once every ten days after he has been
married two months.
He will be slow about changing his
socks, and he will leave his clothes
scattered all over the room. He will
forget and slap one of "her" children
some time, and presto: he will leave
home a week.
He will sell your old Ford and buy
himself a Super-six. He will cease
painting his mustache after 6 months.
He will also stop wearing starched
collars and a tie, and he will likewise
talk in his sleep and snore.
He will sleep till 8:45 a.m., and eai
his breakfast in bed. He will radio
till radioing is no more. He will not
ask the blessing, nor will he attend
church after seven months of irrides
ent matrimony. 1
He will talk much and long. His
vocabulary will bo interspersed with
"I taken a walk today," "I seen your
Aunt Sue down town," "taint so,"
"which-ern?" and "Cousin Joe teach
ed school 2 year before., he tuck up
the minister."
He won t lace up his shoes, but he
will lick the molasses pitcher. He
will hire somebody to move the hen
house from the place where your pre
vious husband knew it ought to be.
He will kick the dog and cuss the
cat, besides drinking four cups of
>coffee for dinner. He will brag on
his ancestors, and low-rate yours. Ho
will sleep in his underwear, and dry
his face on the bath mat.
He will strike matches on your
walls and squire tobacco juice on your
fire-boards. He will sooner or later
talk back at his "old lady," but will
call her "honey" no more after the
first year. f
> .
He will begin talking about "my
wife" and "my house" and "my auto
mobile" and "my farms" and "your
younguns'j^ as- soon as he gets fully
acclimated to what he has married
into. Yet, I have known it to pay
handsomely on both sides for the wid
ow to get somebody to help her spend
"his" life ihsurance. It's easier to
dispose of with a man to assist you.
Dr. Jeans, president of the Uoyal
Astronomical Society, states that re
cent discoveries indicate that the
earth is not far distant from the cen
ter of the universe.
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Yes, You Can Have
Goodyear Tires
Maybe you haven't" got a corner on all the nioney in
* ? ? *
the world.
You can have Goodyear Tires, just the same.
We have Goodyear Tires for everybody, every car, and
every purse. Our stock and our prices prove it.
You make a mistake if you deny yo urself the best.
REDFEARN MOTOR CO.
CAMDEN, S. C.
What Goes With It.
Doing business with this bank is valuable for
what goes with it. The sense of security, readi- .
- ness for opportunity, the right kind of business
acquaintances, habits of order, and prosperity it
self goes with it.
f J
The First National Bank
Of Camden, South Carolina