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MAIL PACKAGES EARLY $ Shop Now ?md\Mall Early and Help TW Poatmen The post offices will mkkc every effort to handle the Christmas mails without congestion and delay, byt owing to the enormous volume this can be done only with the corporation of the public Compliance with tin; following suggestions will greatly aid the post office and insure the prompt handling of your mail. No deliveries will he made China, mas day after 12, noon. Mad early Wants-For Sale LOST ?One brown castrated hound dog, long ears, white spot in top of head, four white feet. Rewurd if returned to John Williams, 1<> 10 Lee avenue, Camden, ?f. C. 3ft-pd PIANOS FOR RENT?Telephone 242-W,Lewis L. Moore, Camden, L. 35-37-pd FOR RENT?For rent for year 1027 a two horse farm near Antioch church. L. A. Wittkowsky, Camden, S. C. .. U/8T?One pack of Notes and Mortgages in favor of George T. Little. Finder please return to the office of George T. Little and receive reward. 35-sb KEEP YOLK 1MANO?In Tune. It should be tuned twice yearly. Are you doing this? U-wis L. Moore, Telephone 242-W, Camden, S. C. 35-37-pd t FOR REN l?My farm, known as * Taylor Land, containing two hundred seventy-two (272) acres on the Charleston road, three miles south of the opera house. 100 acres of open land suitable for cotton and approximately 100 acres of swamp land suitable for anything. Not a single stump on this land. Rich, fertile and safe from overflow. Suitable barns and tenant houses. Will lease for a term of years to responsible party. Apply to W. L. DoPass, Box 234, Camden, S. C. 35-3(5-pd FOR SALE?Single combed Rhode Island Red cockerels, $3.00 each. Apply to Shelby Truesdale, Westville, S. C. 35-pd HAVE THE KIMBALL PIANO? demonstrated to you by the Kimball dealer in th'is city. They arcsold on very convenient terms When desired. Telephone 242-W, Lewis L. Moore, Camden, S. C. 85-37-pd FOR SALE?Fifteen hundred bushels of oats for sale at 80 cents per bushel. Apply to W. C. Seagle, Boykin, S. C. 34-35-pd LOST?Spotted Bull-headed cow lost Monday night, November 15. Reward if returned to S. I). Hammond, Camden, S. C. . 35-pd PIANO BA RG AIN S?r-Fou r real bargains in used pianos, $50.00; $75.00; $125.00 and player piano $390.00, easy terms. If interested telephone the "Kimball" dealer, Lewis L. Moore, Camden, S. C. 35-37-pd FOR RENT?Rooms for light housekeeping. 1410 Fair St. 34-36-pd FOR SALE!?One roll top office desk, revolving chair, and Oliver Typewriter, No. 5, all in A-No. 1 condition. S. M. Croiloy, Camden, L. 35-pd CEDAR POSTS FOR SALE?Seven feet long at 30 cents each, delivered witnin city limits. Apply McLeodRush Co., Camden, S. O. 34-3(5-pd FOR SALE?Dry oak wood, $7.50 per eord, any length. Leave order with Mr. John T. Mackey, First National Bank, Camden, S. C. 33tfI FOR SALE?Twenty porkers weighing about 80 pounds a piece, price 15 cents per pound. Address Dr. "A. W. Humphries, Camden, S. C. 33-35-pd FOR SALE?Fresh pecans, good size nt 40 cents per pound. Address Dr. A. W. Humphries, Camden, S. C. 33-35-pd HELP WANTED?Men are needed for IJ. S. Mail Service. Good pay; experience unnecessary. Write Wm. Thomas, Box 412, Charleston, S. C, 33-35-pd FOR SALE?Extra large size Stewart and Columbia Pecans for sale at 50 cents per pound, postage extra. Mrs. H. L. Bradford, Hopkins, S. C. WANTED?To hear^from owner of good farm for sale. State cash L , price, full particulars. I). F. Bush, Minneapolis, Minn. 87sb WELDING.?Oxy-Acetelene Welding jgg;- of wrought iron, cast iron, steel, gW brass bronze, copper, aluminum. Auto frames, cylinder blocks, crank cases, axl6 housings, oil pans, welded like new. We also weld metal household furniture, office equipment, hotel appliances and hospital ware. Smith's Garage, Camden, S. C. 31-34-pd MONEY TO LOAN?On city real estate, Apply to rfenry Savage, Jr., Camden, S. C. 32sb OYSTER SHELL LIME.?The verybest for agricultural purposes, is now on sale in Camden by The Rush Dumber Company. 2(>tf WK CLEAN?Anything from neckties to art squares. Camden Dry deanery, Phone 17 or 555. WANTED?No. 1 pine logs. Highest cash prices paid; year round demand. Sumter Planing Mills and i Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Booth,1 Sumter, S. C. 1-tf sb WK CLEAN?Anything from nock- . ties to art squares. Camden Dry I Cleanery, Phone 17 or 555. FOR SHOE REPAIRING? call at the ! Red Boot Shop next door to Ex- [ press office. A. M. JONES, Prop. I 24 tf F1JR8 AND Pl'R COATS cleaned at I Camden Dry Cleaner v. PHOTOGRAPHY?I have recently ' rebuilt my home at 1340 Hai'.o ! street and built an up-to-date home | studio where I am prepared to de any kind or style of photograph j and at a reasonable price. I have some of the latest equipment and can make pictures regardless of ereatber conditions. Joe B. Gaskins, Camden, S. C. 14-tf for delivery befofre Christina*, ad - - - - ;U /' . A . ? _ ttl.... w?, 1 o niv. i uiiiuvii |/ujh/imvi ivi it, All parcels mutt T>e securely wrapped or packed. Use strong paper and heavy twine. Umbrellas, canes, golf sticks, should be reinforced their full length by, strong strips of wood tightly wrapped and tied to withstand transportation. Hats should be packed in strong corrugated or fiber boxes. Ordinary pasteboard hat boxes must be crated. Ladies' hats and stiff hats . easily damaged should be marked "fragile." Shoes: Pack in strong boxes, preferably corrugated cardboard. Wrap with strong paper and securely tied with heavy twine. Cut flowers: Place in strong suitable boxes of wood, tin, or heavy corrugated cardboard. Wrap with tissue to retain moisture. Candies: Inclose in strong outside boxes or containers. Drawings, paintings, unmounted maps, etc.: Pack or wrap in strong material to avoid damage. When not flat, roll around a wooden core and then wrap and tie carefully or placid in strong pasteboard tube. Sharp pointed or sharp edged instruments or tools must have points and edges fully- guarded to prevent injury to clerks in handling or damage to other mail. Crate suitably or thoroughly wrap so that they can not cutthrough the wrapping. Articles easily broken or crushed must he crated or securely wrapped. Use liberal quantities of excelsior, or like material, in, around, and between the articles and the outside container. Glassware, fragile toys, crockery must be packed so as to prevent the escape of particles or pieces if broken in transit. Cigars: Ordinary boxes of cigars wrapped in paper only will not be accepted. Pack in a manner to prevent damage by shock or jar. Wrap in corrugated pasteboard or similar material. All articles easily broken or damaged must be plainly marked "fragile." Articles likely to spoil within the time reasonably required for transportation and delivery will not be accepted for mailing. Wrap or pack carefully, according to contents, and plainly mark all such parcels "perishable." Use special delivery stamps to expedite delivery. Addresses should be complete, with house number and name of street, post office box or rural route number, and typed or plainly written in ink. A return card should be placed in the upper left corner of every piece of mail. If a tag is used, the address and return card should also be written on the wrapper for use if tag is lost, and a copy of the address should be inclosed inside the parcel. Postage must be fully prepaid on ail mail. Affix the required* amount of postage in the upper right corner. Full information concerning postage rates can Ik* obtained at the parceljSost or stamp window. No parcel may be more than 84 inches in length and girth combined. For delivery locally and in the first, second, and third zones, 70 pounds is the maximum weight; in all other zones, 50 pounds. Christmas gifts and cards addressed to points within one day.'s travel fchould be mailed not later than December 20; within two days' travel should be mailed not later than December 18; within three days' travel, not later than December 16; for more distant points, not later than Dec?ml>er 14. Parcels and cards for local "delivery should be mailed not later than December 22. Parcels and envelopes may be indorsed: "Pleaes do not open until Christmas." The early mailing of Christmas cards is just as important as parcels. Millions of these cards, separate and in envelopes, are mailed each Christmas. Consequently great congestion and delay occurs in large post offices when they are all mailed within a day , or two of Christmas. Therefore, if i you wanf your Christmas greetings to reach your relatives and friends i on or before Christmas day, follow the instructions in the preceding para graph relative to mailing early and 1 be certain of delivery before Christ- i mas. . Written matter in the nature of personal correspondence can not be in- j closed in parcels. Communications attached to parcels: A letter placed in an envelope, addressed to correspond with the addross on the parcel and fully prepaid at the first-class rate, may be tied or 1 otherwise securely attached to the i outside of the parcel in such manner < as to prevent separation therefrom 1 and not obscure the address on the ' parcel. Special delivery service'is obtained by affixing a special delivery stamp of the proper denomination, or its equivalent in ordinary stamps, in ad- 1 dition to the regular postage.^When j ordinary stamps are used, the words 1 "special delivery" must be written or printed directly below, but not on the stumps, Special delivery it for speed I --J ...i. 1F.I ..I I <(1 m??u tiuv iuj oatvijr. i ?iu*wh> man should be registered or Insuryd. If mailed in time the use of a special delivery stamp will insure delivery on Christmas day. . All valuable domestic parcel post mail should be insured. Insurance fees: Vlilue not exceed* ing $o, 5 cents; not exceeding $25, 8 cents; not exceeding $50, 10 cents; not exceeding $25, 8 cents; not exceediag $50, 10 cents; not exceeding $100, 25 cents. Coin, currency, jewelry, and articles, of similar value should be sent as sealed first class registered mail. Parcel post, also third class, matter muy be sent C. O. D. from one money order post office to another. Fees, in addition to regular postage: Value ifrt exceeding $10, 12 cents; riot exceeding $50, 15 cents; not exceeding $100, 25 cents, to be prepaid with stamps uffixed. The C. <>. D. fee also covers insurance against loss or damage up to $10 for a fee of 12 cents; up to $50 for a fee of 15 cents; and up to $100 for a fee of 25 cents, actual value. Wheeler's Father Arrested Kingstree, Nov. 23.?-Saying in the presence of State Constables Coleman and Lown of Columbia that he had told his son to kill anybody who came to his house to arrest him in connection with attempting to wreck trains, J. P. Wheeler, father of the fugitive Harold Wheeler, who is charged with shooting Sheriff Henry S. Gamble last Friday, was today arrested and placed in jail without bond, pending the outcome of Sheriff Gamble's injuries, received from a load of steel ballbearings fired by Harold Wheeler. Cfcdeman and Lown talked to the elder Wheeler today in an attempt to gain information about the son, the older man appearing to have no knowledge of the son's whereabouts. Officers deemed it inadvisable to search the swamps where young Wheeler is supposed to be in hiding. Sheriff Gamble tonight was said to be resting comfortably and physicians felt encouraged at his condition. Engineer Heidt Held Columbia, Nov. 23.?A recommendation that Engineer C. B. Heidt be held for "involuntary manslaughter" was made tonight by the coroner's jury that conducted an inquest into the death of Otis L. Jenkins, fireman, who was killed when two Southern Railway freight trains met in head-on collision near Kingville on October thirtieth. As a witness at the inqUest Heidt admitted that he was asleep when the trains crashed and assumed full responsibility for the accident. He said he had been feeling ill, suffering with nausea some time before the accident, but that the nausea passed and a severe headache took its place, memory of this headache being his last conscious recollection before he went to sleep. Heidt makes his home in Charleston where Jenkins also lived. Four other men were hurt in the wreck* Ybung Beall Acquitted St. Matthews, Nov. 23.?Carlisle Beall of Columbia, star football player at Carlisle school, Bamberg, was late this afternoon acquitted by a jury in circuit court of a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of A. B. Sharpe, who was killed when struck by an automobile said to have been driven by young Beall last May. The jury was out only a short while. Judge J. Henry Johnson, presiding, directed a verdict of not guilty in the case of J. I). Miller, whose .father owned the car and who was in the machine the night of the accident, and was jointly charged with Beall. Blinded By Lye Hurler Charleston, Nov. 21.?One woman has lost her sight and three others use suffering from burns as a result of lye being hurled in their faces here late this afternoon. Lily Reid is held here in the county jail charged with throwing the lye. The Reid woman is alleged to have thrown the lye during an argument in a Settlement near a lumber mill on the out- " skirts of the city. The four victims were taken to a hospital and released ifter treatment. Late tonight Clara Brown returned to the hospital blind. Mad Dog Bites Six Columbia, Nov. 19.?Six persons were taking the Pasteur treatment here today as the result of a mad dog running wild and biting them yesterday. The lower part of the city was terrorized' until the rabid animal was killed by u jx>lieeman. Flies Slander Charges Columbia, Nov. 19.?J. A. Cloyd, third, a transfer operator, was held in $5,000 bond today upon a warrant sworn out by Chief Fred S. Strickland of the Columbia police department. The police officer said he was informed that Cloyd had circulated a report that the former was druuk. I.L.Mimnauqh 4 Co. 1 7 ' ???? I CAMDEN'S LOWEST ?PR{C?S * . I WEEK-END SPECIALS LADIES' SILK DRESSES One lot of Ladies' Silk Crepe, Satin and Crepe de Chine-- Dresses. Metallic and lace trimmed, in the latest colors and styles. Special at $935. ' ? SILK AND WOOL DRESSES One lot of Ladies' Dresses, including Brocades, Sil^c ancl Wool Jersey, Moire, Velvets, etc., Silk Embroidery and lace trimmed, assorted sizes and colors. Special at ,. ri FLANNELS AND SERGES One lot of Ladies', Dresses, includ-. ing Flannels, Poiret Twills, Serges.; Choice, $335 Assorted colors, sizes and styles. - - ? ? - Slippers Boudoir slippers made from good quality felt; pom-pom styles, assorted colored and sizes, special pair .... 65c Flannel 27-inch Outing Flannel Heavy weight, soft and fleecy. Checks and plaids. Special, yard 15c 36-inch heavy weight outing flannel, soft finish, checks, stripes and plaids. | Special, yard 19c I i Prints ' 36-inch "Miss Muffet" Prints in a new assortment of colors, all guaranteed fast. Special, yard 33c 40-inch Scotch Plaids in a Variety of combination colors. Special, yard 79c Dolls 24-inch Dreaded Dolls. Special, $1.00 t ???i??? Serges 40-inch all wool plaid Serges, heavy weight in brown, blue and" tattS j Special, yard $1.19 I 36-inch Baronet Satin, in all hew | shades.and black. Special, yard $1.00 - M ? - / Bath Robes Ladies' Bath Rdbes, made from heavy weight robing, assorted color? and patterns. Special $2.9S Ladies' Hose ] [ Ladies' Rayon Hose, lisle top heel and II toe, assorted colors, special'pair Ij 1 n*n i Children's School Shoes, Seuffer style, leath- 91 er and composition soles, rubber heels, all sizes up to 2. Special, pair ?. $1.80 I Misses' and Ladies' stitch-downs, conipositioB soles, low rubber heels. Special, pair $2.50 | j I.L.Mimnauqh L Co. I (JAMDEN'S LOWEST PRICES JIJ