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SERVICE Your Kire Insurance Policy is nothing more than a contract between you and some insurance company. When you buy insurance, be sure that the other party to the contract is anxious to do a little more than the right thing. This agency has had sixty-thre^ years in which to select the pick of the companies most fair and prompt in adjustments. No company is permitted to operate through our office who would in any way take advantage of one of our clients. Our record sustains us in our claim that no insurancu agency can render better service than that furnished our customers. Williams Insurance Agency | R. M KENNEDY, JR.. OWNER ESTABLISHED 1865 Charles W. Bryan, brothr of tho late W. Jennings Bryan, and vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket in 1924, has announced his support of Governor Smitfc. ?k DeKALB COUNCIL No 88 Junior Order L'. A. M. Regular council first and /^r \ third Mondays of each month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed. D. J. CRBBD, L. H. JONES, Councillor. Recording Secty. KERSHAW LODGE No. 29 A. F. M. ^JKQ^^Regular communication of, V^XxW^this lodge is held on the] >r first Tuesday in each month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed. T. V. WALSH, J. E. ROSS, Worshipful Master. Secretary. l-14-2GT-tf ROBT. W. MITCH AM Architect Crocker Building, Camden, S. C NO-MO-KORN FOR CORNS AND CALLOUSES Made in Camden And For Sale By DeKalb Pharmacy?Phone 95 T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian Day Phone 30?Night Phona 114 CAMDEN, S. C R.rE. CHEWN1NG I Contractor and Builder Camden, S. C. If you have building to, do let me figure with you. Satisfaction guaranteed. References given on application. Isolation in BuHineHH Pusses Newspaper advertising can rightfully be pointed out as the backbone of business in American towns today. There are various forms of advertising?direct mail, bill boards, magazines, newspapers and various other forms?but the one in which the biggest pull and influence results, is no doubt attributed to newspapers. The home town newspaper, whether it is published in Gaffney, or in some state hundreds of miles away, goes into homes because it is wanted there?because someone has paid for having that paper sent into the home. When that newspaper goes into the home, the merchants send their mes| sages in the same wrapper. Those messages form a most vital part of that newspaper. Advertisers of national repute are becoming more and more convinced that the local newsi paper reaches the people they want ' in preference to many of the highly I colored, expensive magazine pages that feature our news stands today. A traveling salesman the other day, : representing a line of goods used by . a large per cent of the people, stated j that his firm spent an enormous amount of money in advertising that 1 business in a magazine of national circulation. Of this vast circulation within his territory of one state and several sections adjoining, the firm received eight inquiries from the advertisement. The salesman followed up these eight inquiries and failed to make a single sale. He admitted that if that money had been spent in the home j town paper within his territory, he i would huve had more business than j he would have been able to take care i of. Advertising not only informs t,he people of the community that the advertising merchant has the goods, but creates a demand for the goods wheru there has_ been none before. Take your own case for instance. How often have you been induced to stop in a stoTe and buy a certain article that you wanted but would not have remembered to buy had you not noticed the ad in the newspaper? The age of isolation in business is past and the fellow who wants to progress must keep on his toes and stay a breast of the times.?GafTney Ledger. I 1 _ j SCISSORS SHARPENED?10 cents 1 per pair; satisfaction guaranteed. George Tidwell, Camden, S. C. 3-ti-sb I MONEY IN AN EMERGENCY With money to tall hack upon in an emergency you can prevent much needless worry and trouble. We know that a savings h.*nk account is the best aid to I systematic thrift. I Loan & Savings Bank j CAPITAL $100,000.00 II Bridve Goes Down Over Broad River Four and one of the old jf ramie and concrete piers of the Broad River bridge on the outskirts of Columbia had been washed away at an early Hour this morning, leaving or.i> one span standing, that nearest the Newberry side. This practicaiiy completes the destruction o! the bridge. The first span went down under the -;u.rl of raging flood waters at 12.1; i.nursday night, und the second h';m- wny to the terrible pounding <?i 2 o'clock. The rest of the bridge withstood the pressure until ye?ter lay ut 1:10 a third span fell, followci by the fourth at 1:45. The la.it -pun seemed to be in fairly good shape last night. Trie large pier which washed away yesterday afternoon was one of sev! eral concrete and granite piers which supported the old covered bridge which was burned in 1924. The old piers have stood many seasons of high water, but weakened under the strain of years of pounding, and one of the grina, gray sentinels w&khed out yesterday ufternoon. Engineers said that when they went to the edge of the stream the piers were all standing, but when they went back one in the center had gone. The workmen of the Hardaway Construction company had fought to save the structure for five days, and had apparently succeeded, when the violent rain storm of Wednesday in the upper state flooded that region, and sent a newer and larger tor re fit rushing to the^sea through the Saluda and Broad rivers. This caused the receding streams to begin another and more disastrous rise. Three bents or supports under the ^bridge went out with the first freshet but engineers lashed the weakened sector to the stalwart granite piers, protecting it for the time. Work- ' men for the construction company breathed a sigh of relief when' the waters began falling Tuesday, but the relief was not for long. The already sagging structure could not stand longer, and when the recordbreaking high waters came down in full force Thursday night and yesterday it fell. Engineers of the construction company were keeping watch over the one remaining span, but were handi capped from any further salvage work due to the continued rise of the Broad river. That span whs standing at dark and apparently safe, ac- , cording to advices from engureers at the bridge. A crew of men were laying sandbags across the Southern railway tracks half a mile above the bridge in an effort to save them from complete inundation and any great damage. Water was said to be over the tracks all the way from Columbia to Alston, 20 miles distant. At 1:30 last night the river at the bridge had reached 29.7 feet, a rise of 2.8 feet in ten hours. Just how high the water might go was a matter of speculation, but it waa still rising at that hour.?Saturday's Columbia State. Watch Your Step! Friday ufternoon of last week I came within a few inches of crashing into two little boys playing on the highway. These children, perhaps four and five years old, had their little wagon in the road near their home at Peachland. One was pulling nd the other pushing, going in the same direction as my automobile. 1 gave them nearly all the road, but just before reaching them, the boys suddenly darted across the road right In my path. Driving at a speed of 35 miles an hour, I was shocked to fipd that an automobile could skid 20 or 30 ftjet before it could be stopped. I jammed on the brakes, turned off the ro.ui ,to avoid striking the kiddies, but in doing so came near turning the car over on top of them. A man I hail picked up for a ride said: "^ou were in your righ s. all right." "Rights, hell!" I ejaculated in my excitement. No one has any rights when he runs down innocent and irresponsible children. I should have slowed down because no one can anticipate the actions of children on the highway. And those children's guardian angel certainly was with them last Friday aftemodn. And since writing the foregoing, I have learned that should the hitchhiker, who I picked up at his solicitation for a ride, would have had action for damages had my car turned over and injured him. Indeed this day and time, one needs to watch his step!?Eugene Ashrraft in Monroe Enquirer. The rainfall at Greenville this month of 13 inches is the most in any month for 20 years, there according - to its weather bureau station. * tf?J, II.IIIIII - 1 Nrwipaprr View* Doctor says one woman i" every lo is bowlegged. As if we needed a doctor to tell us.--Dayton News. Early to bed and early to rise, and you'll Jni*s seeing a great deal that doesn't go on in the daytime. Rou Moke Times Adolphe bax, inventor of the saxaphoru*. during his lifetime, was knocked down a flight of stairs, swal* lowed a pin, was burned twice, drank poison, and was nearly asphyxiated, alio blown up. His grievances were gn-ai hut he managed to even the .-v.-ore. Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Now that the Democratic nominee la- declared his position, perhaps his .iinpaign song will he changed to y.-ast Side, Wet Side."?-Christian S ience Mqjutor. There isn't a doubt that America's greatest uplift movement is thut which is done with the automobile jack.?Louisville Times. It's all clear now, about Hoover's ability to attract the elephant: Ho eats three bags of peanuts a day.? Detroit News. The most surprising thing about Mussolini is that such a personage could be raised on spaghetti.?Tulsa World. The Republicans doubtless expect Curtis to put the Indian sign on the Democracy.?New Orleans TimesPicayune. The Republicans appear to think any ills of the country would be cured by their Herb.?Chicago Tribune. Entomologists say the life of an tint is from eight to 10 years. It is believed, however, that after they have passed their fifth birthday they are too feeble to attend picnics.? Louisville Times. The easiest way to find a needle in a haystack is to run through the stack on rubber tires.?Canton News. Highbrows get the publicity, but the country still is safe in the hands of people who enjoy the comic section and eat breakfast in the kitchen.? Roanoke World-News. It takes two to make a bootlegger. ? Boston Herald. The bodies of John Hornby and two of his nephews, well known explorers, were recently found in a cabin in the Hudson Bay country by Canadian mounted police on the west bank of the Lon river. The men had starved to death. The party went into the wilderness in 1926. ?? wr "Crazy Dream" Made Millions Back in 1900 Eldridge Johnson, of Camden, N. J., ran a machine shop in an unpretentious one-story structure. Camdenites who knew of him thought well of his ability until he started to experiment on his talking machine. While Johnson labored hard and long on his secret passers-by would remark on the "funny noises" emanating from the shop. "He's in there, shouting and singing," they gossiped. "He's still fooling with that crazy j invention.' But after a while Johnson interest- < ed three men in his talking machine j and they together formed a company, j The machine was gradually developed and improved and soon "His Master's i Voice" began to be heard throughout the country. The Victory Talking Machine Co., as it is known, now oc cupies six city blocks in Camdw employs constantly over 5,OOoR sons. Whether Johnson's "cruM vention" has been a success majB judged by the sale recently of I majority stock >valued at mors j $28,000,000.?The Pathfinder. M Relieve Coughs, CpUi HottdfichCf Rheumatufll end Ail AcheseodPii^ AJIdnattUtr-XiaadttofaniaJhka CUMnb'i MnataroU (mUd?f (onOlk I Brttir than a Mustard Plcstt^ SEND IT HERE Think of it! For a few | cents you can have your laundry work done here. It is no trouble at all. We ' call for and deliver all i work promptly. Telephone 17 for efficient and economical laundry service. City Laundry PHONE 17 IUST LIKE NEW j Our special churning process completely removes: all spots, dirt and stains from your garments, no matter how soiled they might be. 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