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w? i mm i ?Mi i^wpp." ?' i UNABLE TO WALK 1 ! WITHOUT HELP Now perfectly well after "birpple home treatment ? | All the way from Poland, t. McKonnu | of St. Patrick's Mouse, Kdmsinham, t Dublin, send.* tbtit report of a remarkably quirk and complete recovery from an acute attack of sciatica. "I was very bad with sciatica in j my hiMMpnd leg* and was unable to walk wihioul assistance," he writes. "I look a friend's advice and got a bottle of Sloan's Liniment, aid am J now perfectly well." Sloan's get* results because it doesn't just deaden the nerve;.'. It hel|Ni the body to throw oil the cause of the pain by stirring up the body'a own curative power*. J'at it on lightly. No need to rub. It is the medicine it..elf that doc.s tho work. It will givt relief at cnc l_, I>ain, dwelling/ stiffness, inflammat i- ?. (iet it bottle today and have it <.n bund. All druggiattt Tr> c.-nt ?. Longest Pullman Haul The longest rule a passenger van take on a Pullman without changing car* is .d,ti 10 miles. This line, a tourist sleeper, rqps between Washington, I). and San Francisco via New Orleans and ls>* Angeles. Consequently this iH the longest journey provided for a single Pullman ticket or what is called local form. This car is handled daily on Southern trains T.'J and 40, between Washington and Atlanta. Archbishop Dennis J. O'Connell, former bishop of Richmond, Va., died in that city shortly after noon on Saturday, aged TG years. A four-story brick building collapsed and fell into the river at Nashville, Tonn., Saturday, having been undermined by high water. T B. BRUCE Veterinarian hay Phone .'iO?Night Phone 114 CAMDEN, 5. C. Kvery Genuine I'. 1). F. PLOW H1IAPK has the "Fmpire" trade-mark stamped on the back. When you buy look for the word i KM PI It K They work better, last twice as lonjj, cost no more. Why buy the imitation? I MONEY TO LOAN At 6V2 Pe?" cent Interest On improved city real estate, i Apply to Henry Savage, Jr. ; Camden, S. C. !i K IKK LAND 8HANNON DKAD Ksltemed Confederate Vrtvran Fanies Ah*y ?| IfIm Fort Mill Hume Funeral services for Kirklund Shannon, Confederate veteran, >yho died at his homo in Fort Mill Saturday afternoon tallowing an iHn<5*? of several months, were conducted Sunday afternoon hy his pastor, the Key. Ctorge Hoik, of Unity Presbyteriar. church, who was assistod by 'be Key. (). Off, panto, of the First Baptist church. Mr. Shannon was a member of the benc h of elder* ot tins church for a number of years. Interment was in Unity cemetery, and the services were attended hy a large number of relatives and friends. Mr. Shannon enjoyed the esteem and confidence of the people of the community where he had spent many years of his life. Prior to his final illness he had served as public cotton weigher for many years, following his retirement from the mercantile business. Mr. Shannon wus borfi in Kershaw county on November 14, |84f>, and was married on November 18, 18(18 to Miss Krmna ('. Haile, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cureton Haile, who survives him, together with one brother William Shannon of Florida. He was a student at King's Mountain Military academy at York when (.lie War Between the States broke out, hnd he enlisted in Kershaw's brigade, afterward serving under (Jen. A. C. Haskell. His comrades have testified as to his fine Character as a faithful and fearless soldier. He was wounded thiee times, and imprisoned for a time in Washington city. Throughout the wur, by" unusual enterprise, he was able to retain possession of a fine Arabian horse which he owned and loved prior to the outbreak of hostilities and kept until its death several years after the war. His war service ended with the war, but he was active in perpetuating the memory of his dead comrades and keeping alive the interest of the survivors in the happenings of the war through his membership in Fort Mill camp, United Confederate Veterans ?Fort Mill Times. Met With Mrs. White ' _i_. The regular meeting of the Midway Home Demonstration club was held rnday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. White with a large number of members present. The club had as visitors Mrs. Sadie von 1 reaekow of Camden and Mrs. Brown, the county nurse. After roll call pud a short business session Mrs. von Tresckow made a very interesting talk on "What a home should be." The talk was enjoyed by every one who heard her as she brought home to the minds of the people some very striking thoughts. * Mrs. Brown, the county nurse, also made an interesting talk on "Health " emphasizing the value of a physical examination yearly. Mrs. Rrown U going to help the club in getting up a clinic for the benefit of the children in the primary grades who are un-I able to pay a specialist. The club is also going to get a physician and! have an annual examination for the benefit of the ladies. After the business session and the interest,ng talks the club was served . h delightful refreshments by the hostess.?Contributed. Everyone saysBuick is Reliable * Buick reliability is one reason why the majority of new Buicks every year arc purchased by old Buick owners. Buick is the car with the Sealed Chassis, which encases every operating part inside an iron or steel housing, to keep out dirt. .Buick is the car with the high-speikl starting motor, tor reliability in starting?with mechanical 4-wheel-brakes, for certainty in stopping?and with u six-cylinder, valve-in-head engine, for engine performance that is the envy of the motor car industry. Buy a Buick! If a more clrp mdable and more enjoyable motor car. THE GREATEST BUICK EVER BUILT LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY T. LEE LITTLE. MANAGER. CAMDEN. S. C. CrBB HcOBK'B BILLS An4rr?un Mail'i HumvrUt Would Put AtruM New L?gi?latiun Ah coiiKre*# in now in tseaftion we are taking the liberty of asking our roprenentativeH to introduce the following billa: Hill No. 1.?Requiring ail cowl, mules, gout*, pedestrians, folk, people and all other kinds of anima1* regardless of rate, color, occupation ??? religion to wear tail light* when traveling or otherwise trespassing on any public highway in the United States, or Texan, except iii daylight. Hill No. 2.?Requiring all office holders, and other plum-sucking devices holding public offices, whether located in their own precinct, or elsewhere, to puy their poll tax on or be-* fore the day they assume the jobs they now hold or may hereafter hold, and thus give the government which supports them some money to help defray necessary expenses elsewhere. This law will bring into the treasury the sum of 2d,456,760 dollar*, as there arc that many political jobs in existence in the United States ex elusive of congressmen and senators, whom we arc informed, are more or less self-supporting. Hill No. 3,?Requiring all farmers now residing in cities, towns and hamlets to move out to their farms und go to work. Making it a misdemeanor for any man or set of men to plant another cottonseed for three years unless the same is planted in Wall atreet where the price of cotton is fixed. Forcing all book agents, installment ^collectors and other vermin to wear bells while in the discharge of their respective duties, a/F that their prey will have a ghost of an opportunity to escape from their clutches occasionally. Bill No. 4.?Making it a misdemeanor for any young woman to wear a dress that reaches over one Inch below the kneqs, unless accompanied by her step-mother, or some other animal that will excite curiosity and attention. Requiring all filling stations to give three quarts of gasoline to the gallon instead of 2 as at present and three pints of oil to a half gallon instead of a quart as at present. And stop drug stores from selling their goods at a greater profit than is now asked by the coal dealers. Bill No. 5.?Requiring all railroad trains, street cars, electric trains and other unnecessary public conveyances to stop within six feet of all crossings and toot their whistles, horns or bag-pipes at least three toots before proceeding to cross any public highway, and in case of accident to any Ford, or other modern essenlrlal vehicle now roaming over the earth seeking whom it or they may devour, the railroad train, street car, or electric tram, shall discontinue its trip, and repair the damaged car, and bury all of the dead that can be located without search warrants at no expense whatever to the deceased oi alive occupants, if some there be of the latter. Bill No. 6.?Requiring millionaires and forbidding all others to run fo~ such positions as U. S. Senator, congressman, federal judge, cabinet gravy trains, andsoforth, and making it a sin and a crime punishable by impeachment for any such candidate to pay any voter anywhere any less than 75 dollars (cash, for his vote, and thus aid the helpless farmer and laborer, not bricklayers, paperhangors, plasterers, garage repair men 1 and plumbers) to live a semi-decent ' life while going to and from over this down trodden earth of ours, now so sorely affected by sun spots and speculators. The biggest social function for the year was the annual New Year's reception given by President and Mrs. Coolidge last Saturday. The reception lasted practically all day. A fortune of $150,000 ' which has been lying in chancery in England for almost a century, has just been divided between two brothers and a sister. Four Children Drown Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 22.?Four j children, ranging in age from eight j to fourteen years, were drowned this j afternoon while attempting to ford I Drake creek, swollen by heavy rains up-stream, a mile and a half above I Shackle Island. Only one body had j been recovered Friday night. [ The victims, all children of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Latimer, of Shackle Island, are*: Louise, 1 1; Bessie Bell, 12, Sue Elizabeth, 10; and Harvey Robert. K The children were returning from school Friday afternoon in a horse and buggy and Latimer was riding horseback a little behind. He warned them not to try to cross the creek until he got there, but for some reason the children started across. Latimer was not in sight of the ford when the children started across. When he got to the ford, all that could be seen was the buggy ovcr, turned in mid-stream, and the horse struggling against the current. The | children had been washed downstream. zKsmmmnmjmmmssemKsumatmBmmBesBasaemm UNCOVKR8 GIGANTIC SWINDLE Oklahoma Lad Telia Pathetic Story of How lie Waa Defrauded Atlanta, Jan. 24.?Th irteenr yearold George W. demons, a farmer boy of Coweta, Okla., told a federal gran] Jury bore today how he labored under a blistering huij in an Oklahoma coll ton field to make enough money for a Christmas present for his mother #nd father and how he was cheated of his savings when he answered *newspaper advertisement offering iiOO oranges for $3 and failed to receive them. He testified with 37 other witnesses from 15 states agaihst !. I). Gaines and 1). W. Nichols, two of three alleged perpetrators of a- nation-wide farm products swindle, who were indicted jointly later in the day on 37 counts charging use of the mails to defraud. / < With J. G. Grimes, an inmate of an ? Augusta. hospital, the two men, held | here In default of bond, also are accused in superior court indictments of cheating and swindling and larceny in connection with widespread newspaper advertising of alleged fictitious products. These, the authorities charge, never were delivered after orders accompanied by advance payment had been received from per sons throughout the country. Young demons told the grand jurors that he earned $3.40 in the }t cotton fields, and thinking he saw \ a chance to increase his earnings and j thus remember his parents handsome- j ly at Christmas, sent $3 of his little hoard with an order for the oranges. Ho intended, he said, to sell them at a small profit. A He made anxious inquiries about n his order when the oranges failed to c( arrive, and when he was told by the authorities that his money apparently was lost, he wrote the United States district attorney here asking that he . be allowed to testify. The govern- Cj ment paid his expenses here and f( court attaches . apd ot!her witnesses made up a fund much larger than his tj lost savings to see him through his trip. -v, r, The three men are charged with g having operated a mail order scheme, ? offering oranges, chickens, honey f and grain at sub-market prices. They were said to have advertised their wares as products of Acme farms, XI Busy Bee Apiary, Gaines Seed com- j pany, James Hatcheries and other n alleged fictitious concerns, and netting a profit of more than a million dollars in six months. vi .Victims of the alleged swindle from s< North Carolina, South Carolina, Miss- $i _ sslppi, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, J irginia New York, Oklahoma, Ohio, ouisiana, Indiana, Colorado and New orsey were amonjj the witnesses who jstified today. Federal officials said a separate irtictment will be souKht for Grimes. 11 are scheduled to go to trial next lonth in Fulton county superior jurt. McLeod Extends Clemency to 766 Columbia, Jan. 21.?Clemency was xtonded by Governor Mcl^eod in 766 uses, during his administration ?of, iur years, according to a compila- i on of figures made in the offic6--of I tc secretary of state. Governor McLeod made no printed cport of clemency cases, as have )me governors in the past, notably overnor Blease, but the ^records are pen to the public. Colonel Henry A. DuPont, ex[nited States senator from Delaware, ied Friday at his home near Willington, following a heart attack. Fiist-rank professors at the Uniersity of Puris receive $1,200 a year, jcond rank, $1,100 and third rank 565. 1 IIIMM??II?Wl? ? nil Lugoff Club To Meet Tuesday " The next meeting of the Lugoff Home Demonstration club will bo held at the homo of Mrs. John L. Getty* ' on Tuesday afternoon, February 1, at three o'clock. Misg Minnie Floyd, food and nutrition specialist from Winbhrop college, met the leaders from Lugoff, Cantey, Charlotte Thompson and Midway clubs last Saturday at Miss Alma Burgess' office where iMiss Floyd diicussed the value .. of... whole grain ^ cereals, fruit and vegetables in the diet of the entire family. At the meeting on Tuesday the two leaders, with the help of Miss Burgess, will review the former work In nutrition and take up the*subject presented on Saturday by Miss JFloyd. The club members invite the women of the community to attend the meeting at Mrs. Gettys* where a warm welcome will be given all. Major Baron Mansasuke Ikeda, || army reservist of Japan, committed i suicide Saturday as he stood before?jj a portrait of his late emperor. HlF?j lqft a letter saying that he wished Jj to follow the spirit of Eropeyor Yosh- * ihito. * * WHO OWNS YOUR . HOME? If you want to own all of it, and have it all really your own, see me about the Equitable's Home Purchase Plan. ?I Six percent simple interest, loan repayable in convenient monthly installments over a 10-year period. No renewal cost, and no commission charge. Life insurance for full amount of loan included. For full details see: W R. HOUGH, Agent Camden, S. C. 7 iheBB PhW\DE JOHN GILBERT in KING VIGOR'S Ticiuriny of LAURENCE STALLINGS? Siot-y. A DOUGHBOY COULD MAKE LOVE AS WELL AS HE COULD AND HE WON BOTH TIMES f "V/V/ - 11 ^V1 11 ' ^V1 ' " U ii i mm^mrnmmmmmmmmm " 5536Mil i 9mm m ^!. ? WATCTrmn. WATTTNia ^ I MAJES TIC THEATRE, MONDAY, JAN. 31ST I 9 * . ?-i rm j - .jdHBfMfeM