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- V V ' J* ? .Every Year IvtSjKTulfnorc monyAm not collect ^ Rcr*6?tlf* Tax c? Additions Wfcfcs,** A TUB money which telephone wbtcribm and the ouhik in South Quota* par foe tefofihonc service is a large turn ia the aggregate but k bf no maam cqnaJ# the money spent ia the state by the ttkpbooc company. Iauc year, for instance, the telephone company spent more money for taxes, wages and similar oweraun* expanses, and for additions to the plant in South Carolina than it collected for telephone scrvke. If the telephone company had depended solely on its operating revenue k could mot have improved and enlarged the telephone system to the extent of $1,065,000. Our ability to borrow money so mot* these qhjhfooi and replacements ia due to the dmhdesnb of inert muss in the management, and their belief that pou arc Willing to pay rates for service which will earn a seasonable return on the investment. The cost of everything used in rendering wis phone service has increased enormously, but the eHts hove advanced so i slightly that your telephone dollar now buys more than any other dollar you spend. The margin between revenue and expense ia rapidly dwindling and the increased coats of fhrnithfog telephone service presents a problem in which every telephone user has a vital interest. MORGAN B. SPEIR, Carolina* Manager SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY j (/?oorp oral erf) g ^ *1 Rear Admiral Newton MoCully, native of Anderson, commandant of the Charleston Navy yard, foster father of six Russian orphans adopted shortly after the war, landed at New York Monday with his bride, a Russian lady, who he met while stationed in Russia ten years ago. W. M. Wright of Hendersonville, N. ('., escaped unhurt when he was blown through the top of his uutomo bile near Greenville by the explosion of his gasoline tank. Wright says he was riding along the road when without warning the tank explodedr blew him through the top and he landed on the roadside. Six persons, including four men J and two women. we*e wounded in | a irun fivrht in the "Oark Corner" section of Greenville county SatJ urday. ?Vi Chamberlin I'ayH Duty on Cifts ^ , New York, Nov. 20.-?The inconsistency of government officials in their dealings with the nation'* distinguished sons had another illustration today in an episode related by Clarence D. Chamberlin, second flyer to -cross the Atlantic, in connection with his return from his triumphant tour over Europe. "1 received prizes from every foreign government I visited," Mr. Chamberlin said, proudly displaying some of the handsome exhibits. "But my , own government not only did not give me any prizes but charged me a heavy duty before it allowed the trophies given me abroad to enter this country. And they told me in no uncertain terms that I could take it or leave it." It will be remembered in this connection that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh came back from his flight to Paris on the battleship Memphis, which carried, his plane and the hundreds of trophies he received, free of duty. Chamberlin had to pay over $100 in duties. Two thousand reindeer will prob! ably be used in forming a protected I herd of the animals in the Northwest Territories of Canada, under the Dominion's program for conserving | wild life. P"J J 11 ' Hear-Admiral Thomas F Magrud er's open charge that the XJ S Navy Dept. was spending ; S300,000,000 and getttng only $200,000,000 value, results in Secretary Wilbur ordering Magruder to 1 submit promptly a full detailed plan for the reorganisation of the Navy and Navy Department . ,1 ,i 11 f - * ? I Reduce Your Expenses I IF YOU KNOW JUST WHAT YOU ARE SPENDING EACH DJ\Y j YOU WILL QUICKLY LEARN WHERE YOU CAN REDUCE YOUR |j EXPENSES ENOUGH TO HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK. A RECORD OF FAMILY EXPENSES WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THIS j SAVING CAN BE MADE. The First National Bank c \j\ v_arnaer!, oouin Carolina ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN KERSHAW COUNTY >' - - ' * 'T" 7 .. ~ ^ I'oKtoffice Department 01m Valuable Hint* to Holiday Patronu. The Camden Poatoffico in in receipt of the usual ChrjHtmau inatructiona fyom Harry 9* New, Poetmaatet General, in which valuable instructions have been given out to tho&e who would use the mails arid parcel post methods for transporting their Christinas gifts. If heeded it will insure prompt delivery, avoid congestion and delays and materially help to lessen the burdens of overworked mail employee*. The instructions in part aie as follows: All parcels must be 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: 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 securely tied witn 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 place 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 cut through the wrapping. Articles easily broken or crushed must be 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 "pei issuable." 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 all mail. Affix the required amount of postage in the upper right corner. Full information concerning postage rates can be obtained at the parcelpost 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. Puiing the holiday time the volume of mail increases approximately 200 per cent. It is a physical impossibility lo handle this great mass of mail matter efficiently and promptly with1 in a few days. Therefore t<> insure j delivery of treir Christmas presen jcards and letters by C hristmas Day . the public should shop and mail early. | Po your Christmas shopping so that j you can mail your gifts greetings j and letters to relatives, friends, and loved ones at least a week or 10 day? befo:e Chris'mas. according to the d:stance. This will not only make it certain that they are received on or before Christmas Day, but will be a great aid to your postal service and to postal employees and enable them ; to spend Christmas Day with their j families. IT * .. 1 r iiiruns seuu.ng a quantity o: Christmas cards, say 10 or more, should prepare and mail them two or three weeks in advance, as millions arc mailed and they can not possibly be handled and delivcrd if mailed^ .only two or three or four days before Christinas. To avoid this, patrons may mail their cards two or three weeks before Christmas, if delivcrd to the post office or postal station in person, or tied together in a bundle, labeled to show that they are Christmas cards, and deposited in a street letter or package box. They will then be segregated, stamped with the date on which to be delivered, and delivery effected one or two days before Christmas. Christmas cards and gifts addressed to points within one day's travel should be mailed (in no ervent later than December 20; within two days' travel, not later than December 18; _ within three days' travel, not later than December 16; for more distant | points, not later than December 14. ; Panels and cards for local delivery should be mailed not later than December 21. Parcels and envelopes i may be indorsed, "Please do not open I until Christmas." The use uf u ?|mciai-<ieiivery stamp will insure delivery on Christmas I)av, or on Monday, December 26, if mailed at the proper time. Specialdelivery service means Immediate dej livery at office of address. It Is ~ obtained by affixing a special- dfr, livery stamp pf the proper deaomina, tion, or its equivalent in ordinary stamps, in addition to the regular postage. When ordinary stamps are used, the words, "Special Delivery" must be written or printed directly below, but not on the stamps. It is urged that all mailers desiring immediate delivery of any matter mailed by them affix special delivery stamps thereto. Special delivery is for speed and not for safety. Valuable mail should be registered or insured. To expedite parcels in handling and transporting, as well as delivery, a special-handling stamp, in addition to a special-delivery stamp and regular postage, should be used. This will insure the maximum possible service. (See next paragraph for explanation of special handling.) Special handling means the handling of parcels in the same manner and with the same expedition as firstclass letter mail. To obtain this purchase a special-handling stamp for 26 cents and affix it to your parcel in addition to the regular postage required. This will assure the same dispatch, handling, and delivery of your parcel as is given to letter mail. Uninsured parcels 8 ounces or less in weight may be mailed in street letter or package'boxes at all classified stations and branches and at such numbered stations as are designated to receive parcels. Parcels weighing over 8 ounces can not be mailed in street boxes, but must be taken to the main post office or classified station branch. Parcels containing meat, food products, cut flowers, or other perishable matter should be mailed only at the main post office or one of the large classified stations. Written matter in the nature of personal correspondence can not be inclosed in parcels.,Communications attached to parcels: A letter placed in an envelope, addressed to co< respond with the address on the parcel and fully prepaid at the first-class rate, may be tied or otherwise securely attached to the outside of the parcel in such manner as to prevent separation therefrom and not obscure the address on the parcel. All valuable domestic parcel-post mail should be insured. Insurance fees:- Value not exceeding $5, 5 cents; ,not exceeding' $25, 8 cents; not exceeding $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 may be sent O. D. from one money-older post office to another. Fees (in addition to regular postage): Value not exceeding $10, 12 cents; hot exceeding $50, 15 cents; not exceeding $100, 25 cents, to be . Hfw Roll Charlotte Ttiorapaon Grade 2.?Albert Irby, Anne CUrkaonf -Mary Moseley, Rowena Schiver, Llla Dixon, Carrie Baker! Grade 8.-~Dorla Workman, Iva Log Arranta, Lee Weet Jr.. Bhell West. Grade 4.-r-Thelm* Anderson, Patrick Dennis. Grade 5.?William Rush, Stewart Clark son. Grade 6.?Polly West, Talmadge Brown. Grade 8.?James Beagle, Marion Schiver, E. CI. Pearce, Jr., Buth Dixon, Ruth Brown, Sam Hawkins, Ethel Hammond. Grade U.?Elizabeth Workman, Frances Dennis, Blanding Clarkson, Elizabeth Baker, Needhain Pittman, Lillian Smith, Evelyn Mcintosh. Grade 10.?Bob Clarkson, Sara Davis, Henrietta Irby, Swannie Kennedy, Sara Moseley, Alfred Pearce, Maureen Sowell. Grade 11.?J. T. Brown, Lottie Dennis, Sydney Dennis, Eva Irby, The I ma Pearce. prepaid with stamps affixed. I C. O. I>. fee also covers insiH against loss or damage up for a fee of 12 cents; up to $91 a fee of 15 cents; and up toflH.i a fee of 25 cents, actual valae9 Parcels of mailable nicrch^l may be sbnt (subject to c9'. limitations and conditions) by9 national parcel post to all |9 countries except Spanish Guine^l Tristan Da Cunha. Foreign 9 post packages should be mail9 the main office or large da9 stations. ,^^9 Owing to the long sea trav9 volved as a rule and to custonH sjlection abroad, foreign p9 should be very carefully paekc9 should be mailed in November. 9 For further information on a9 the above subjects or concernin9 other postal matter, inquire a9 proper window?stamp, parcel I money order, registry, etc.?ofl the postmaster or one of his , i Um According to the London Journal in 1815, it was believedB a silver ring worn constantly <9 cure a case of epilepsy. At Branchville Logan Ellis 9 instantly killed and James Pe9 was injured when the automH they were driving struck a tfl and turned turtle. Eton College scholars dress I cording to their height. Those 1 feet four inches or more in hefl wear morning coats, while tfl shorter brother students must vv the famous Eton jacket. I GOOD BREAD iiiH Give boys plenty superior bread and watchl i health and with butter, jam thing they like that adds 1 | enjoyment and you are pro^H boys and girls with the whole and 1 he > ing of foods. Our bread^H made fresh every day of th^H quality of ingredients. g| Electrik Maid Bake 3I East DeKalb St., Camden, v 111 ??? mt look ro? thk traoft MAR*? ISIVIPIKI tfS. TNIV LAST LONCCII / i COOT HO MORE ? flOW CO. n /auiumfl r/?' r Monroe Hardware Co., Monro? C.; Lorlck & Lowrance, ColuS S. C.; Smith-Wads worth Hard? Co., Charlotte, N. C. fl WHEN BBTTBR AUTOMOBILRS ARB BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THB1(| Drive Buick for 1928 over that bad road ? ' * ? e v . ' V' ' t DRIVE a Buick for 1928 over the stretch ofbad road you know best . . . Notice how Buick's Cantilever Springs smooth away those aggravating ruts and bumps . . . Observe how Brock's Lovejoy Hydraulic Shock Absorbers, front and rfear, absorb road shocks and eliminate jolts and jaH . . . You cannot know Buick's marvelous new riding com- . fort until you have tested it yourself* A car awaits you in our showroom. | 8BDANS 01193 to 01999 f COUPES *11*5 to#1*30 SPORT MODBLS *1195 to *1525 Mfe* . .aasgefejjgifc4 (*. Mi. A. C. fimmmtmg ft*it, $S* m**t h mmMmt*. BUICK>I928 ,| " ? ' , U. ... .. v'< LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY u T. LEE LITTLE. MANAGER. CAMDEN. ? i . :