The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 24, 1928, Image 6
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
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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.
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j SCISSORS SHARPENED?10 cents
1 per pair; satisfaction guaranteed.
George Tidwell, Camden, S. C.
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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
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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.
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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.
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"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
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| 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
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Our special churning process
completely removes:
all spots, dirt and stains
from your garments, no
matter how soiled they
might be. Just telephone'
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PHONE 17 I
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