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IMPORTANCE OP NICKEL i ' Five Ont Pieee Uoldu 1'late Penny Did ia -Good Old Days." li>?U the lowly nickel! Curiously enough, in thi* day of huge fortune#, many of them huv# h*d no more wabstantlal foundation* than that of Uncle Ham's coined livecent piece*, relate* the Philadelphia Inquirer, Nearly two hundred year* ago, when a nicltel wu?, indued u pieee of money of no mean value, Benjamin Franklin opined that if one would lake care of one'* pennies, the pennies would take care of one. And now, two centuries later, in an era of * prosperity never before even dreamed about, thi* name bit of philosophical advice, different only in the substitution of the word "nickel" for the "pennies,"" still is of value. Today, the nickel stands preeminent in the world of business. And, too, in it* humble way, it is an important f?hase;,in the reitlm of romance. EJvery day in the year, from the rising'tf the sun 'till the going down thereof, in every nook and corner of this vast expanse of 'the United , States, thousands of nickels ehunge hands for limitless quantities of merchandise, trolley-fares, telephones and countless other necessities and luxuries, And as they pass from one to another, they are, slowly hut Huroly building other great fortunes of which they aro the nucleus. ^ nickel is but one-twentieth part of a doUar-rr-and yet Wall Street, the very heart of the finuncMal world, respects its value and its power. In various sections of the city do the "five and ten cent" stores, the automats, "chain" cigar and candy stores, and vending machines each take their toll in dull-faced and shiny nickels to pay dividends to the divers "nickel" business organizations which are among the largest corpor- ! at ions in existence. Fifty years ago, when one could go into a tobacco store and buy four cigarettes fur a penny, or walk into o grocery store and order a penny's; worth of onions and similar commodities. a child, if he was lucky enough to have one. could take a nickel into a corner candy store and buy enougn "sweets" to last him for several days -?and yet, the five and ten cent store business was an unheard of thing. Supplies were not available for such a business, to begin with, in that day. Old-fashioned jobbers , too, wore as strongly steeped in the "dollar or no account" traditions as Wall Street is even today. Profits, in the opinion of the oldtime merchant, could cmno only from the high-priced products. And to hack up this opinion, they would explain that the cheap products to be had were handled not for the money that was in them, but merely as a convenience to the customers. Yet the "five and ten-cent store" of to4*y show* how fallacious that old-time policy was. Little need be said about the nickel and the movies. The old "Nickelodeon" was an institution. From it grew the gigantic motion picture industry, now the fifth .largest in the United Btates. Today the "movies" boast ;, of a capital investment of about $1,750,000,000 and employ hundreds of thousands of persons. Camden Decisively Defeats Summerville Camden overcame jr/hard lighting ,Summerville team ah "Zemp Field" yesterday afternoon by a decisive score of 20 to 0, thus upholding a record of an uncrossed goal line since the first game of the scuson with Chester. About one thousand peor pie witnessed the game. Camden received to open the game with Chewning making a beautiful return of the kickofT near midfield. The local bpys with "bull dog" determination then drove down the held and crossed the goal line without losing the ball. Another touchdown was added in the first quarter. A third touchdown, came in the second quarter and the last in the fourth quarter. Near the end of the game, Chewning, the game little quarter hack of the local team, was injured. All the fans will be delighted to know that Sum is fast recovering. To name the stars woul/l be to list the whole Camden team. Chewning, lluynes, Capt. VVooten, Clyburn, Kussell, McCaskill, McLeod, Gujon, Boheler, VVooten W., Guthrie, Hill, Smith, Goodalc, and Jones. Haynes, Clyburn, VVooten and Chewning all made several long gains during the game, but these were due to excellent team wojk and interference by the whole team. Captai'n VVooten was a bulwark on defense and it always took three or more tackles to down Chewning. Summerville fought hard at all times, but particularly in the third quarter when they halted Camden's attack without a score Their most effective attack was by the air route. All Camden is rejoicing over the good showing of our team, and join together in congratulating John Villepigue who has trained it so faitht u!ly and successfully. Camden will play llartsville next Friday for the championship of the lower half o.f the state. The place to play the game has not' been decided upon. Play Here Friday The llartsville Chamber of Commerce \\.!I put on their show, "Idyl of the M il." in the school auditorium on .Friday evening, December 0, at Due to several local conilictin? events the showing was postponed from November 22. Mr. Chitty, secretary of the Chamber of. Commerce of llartsville, says that he is bringing a cast of about GU persons and that previous showings have been largely attended. The proceids will be divided with the Camden foot ball team. Tickets may bo bought from high school students. Tickets bought for the former date are good for December G. Mr. :md Mrs. (). A. Blnckmar. of Columbus, (la., Monday celebrated their 78th wedding anniversary. The husband is UK) and his wife is PS, and are believed to be the oldest married couple in the world. General News Notes At leant ten of the cable* passing under the sea along the north Atlan tic and Canadian seat-oast* were bro ken by the earthquake of Monday and repair ships have aince been an gaged in hunting the breaks and Impairing the damage. One of the eerioua break* was discovered at a point about 250 miles south of New Found i land. Mrs. Eraa Shirk of Chicago, is I seeking separate maintenance from her husband. One of the charges shr makes against her spouse Is that he robbed their baby's bank to help keep up his margins in the stock market. Thomas Willecombs, 80, and his wife, Helen, 73, married 64 years, committed, suicide in thejr Brooklyn. N. Y? home Tuesday. It had beer arranged to send the wife to a sanatorium and the old couple, rather than be separated turned on the gas. Russian forces wrecked about 3b miles of the Chinese Eastern railway on Sunday last . Twenty-one students were expelled from the University of Illinois, at Urban a, Tuesday last, as a result of a liqifoV scandal tha' developed within the past few days. John W. Brady, Texas lawyer, in- . dieted for the murder of Miss Lehlia Highsmith at Austin, last week, will : seek his liberty under bond. Hfs gt torneys declare Brady "was crazed with liquor" nt the time of the stabbing of the gil l. John Ramsay, cowboy of the Osage Hills Country, was convicted nt Pawhuska, Okla., Wednesday for the second time for the murder of Henry i Roan, Osage Indian, whom he is alleged to have murdered at the instigation of W. K. Hale, so that Hale i might collect $26,000 insurance that he held on Roan's life. I hirty-six persons were drowned on the south coast of Newfoundland last Monday when a 15-foot (t'fflal: wave swept over sections of the coast following the earthquake of that date. Sixteen buildings are reported to have been destroyed at Burin. All means of communication other than the radio was cut off from the south coast. II congress adopts the recommend-^ ations of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon for tax reductions next year, the total of tax reductions since Mr. Mellon went in office in ,1021 up to the present, will have totaled tw ' billion dollars. President Hoover has appointed | Senator. Edge of New Jersey to repiesent the United States as ambassador to France-. Governor I/arson of New Jersey, has appointed David Baird.^Jj-., <>! Camden, to' succeed t<? the Kenati?nal seat of Senator Edge.T?u_.wealthy Russian peasants or Kulaks have been condemned to death at Moscow for offenses against the ( ommur <t regime. The .ten are ati cused o! murder and arson. | I he d.legation appointed by 1'res{ i<U'nt II ., represent the United ; States ;,t : i:\.v ,f r j)1)Wer ' v"'!d to meet' in London in Jrruury will in.-ludy the following:) ; : ' ?' >'--?te II. ! V, 1.. S: :u I i ' i'.v <'haries Franc:? Ad | i "\> { " -: b < ' ib-vves. j 1 ' < >? >- n-.x.v.". i>w Alt !? M . : ! ' niT.-on, ambassador to' Bel > ' -nir' v-' I'.vM A. Reed of: , iv ' v '' 1 Jo.-. T. Iloldn-oi ?'f A ha- -as. 1 ... ( --.swia b?i..i\ ,i. c 1 * * vf *f i 't" vir- on W cdnr--,: v of as, wee. and its affairs arc in the hands <>t state hank examiners. A shortage of serious proportions, it is alleged, ha? been found. Uu. ing the lit st ten months of this year 154 persons have been killed on the highways of South Carolina in automobile accidents. For the same period < !' last year the total fatalities on the highway was 63. The newly constructed $45,000 county home of Anderson county, was dedicated last Sunday afternoon" with appropriate exercises. The building-- and equipment are modern in ever\ respect. A monument was unveiled in t leton county on Tuesday to Col? Ism ' Hayne. pioneer citizen and a mart;, r toward- the close of the Revolut;. ary war. when he was executed hv the British. The chief speech of the occasion was delivered by Col. Ft; >k o. Hayne of New Orleans, gr. grandson of the martyr. ? Messrs. Charles O. Hearon of Spartanburg: C. H. Moorefteld, chjef engineer and Mr. Bourke, secretary .md treasurer of the highway department, Columbia, returned to their lonies last week after attending the l.'th annual session of the Association of State Highway Officials lit Houston, Texas. Sarah Jane Haigler, industrious negro woman of Orangeburg county, has started growing bananas at her home in Orangeburg. The fruit is said to be excellent. - w - T*' Pete Manos, a Greek restaurant op. i rator of Greenville, is b?-ing nurd for 125,000 damages by Mrs. Jennlo Martin Lawhorn of Greenville, who claims she was hurt that much when truck by the Manos automobile. The . oman since the accident has been a rod for at the Salvation Army ho*ial i? Greenville. .John T. Duncan, habitual candidate for governor of South Carolina, has brought suit for $55,OQO damages against County Judge M. S. Whaley of Richland county and attorneys Tressie J. Pierce and Alfred Wallace <jf Columbia, declaring that they have conspired to ruin his business?the practice of law?and his reputation for fair dealing. -p Moses Andrews, aged 19, negro, of Greenwood, has signed a confession that he set fire to a six room dwelling and ?50,000 feet of lumber in Greenwood. He has also confessed that he also tried to set fire to the house of his brother in a fit of madness. Friday was the hottest November 15 on record in Charlotte since November 15, 1870, or 50 years ago, according to S. ?>. Sehworm, director of the Charlotte office of the United States weather bureau. The temperature mounted to 73 degrees about I o'clock. The mercury rose to 76 degrees on the same day 50 years ago. Mrs. Edward Lavault, of North Tiv>-:ton, L. I., last Friday gave birth to her nineteenth child. Silk stockings should be washed in cold water and w\J,h white soap. Afterwards lay them flat in a fine towel,, roll it tightly, und let the stockings remain until dry. Finally, rub with ' a piece of dry flannel to produce a ( gloss. e. - Bethune News Notes Told by Correspondent Bethune, Nov. 27.?Mrs. J. D. Lafltt* was hostess on last Friday afternoon at a miscellaneous shower which the women of the Methodist churcfi gave complimenting Mrs. T. E. Her rich, wife of the Rev. T. E. Derrick, of the Bethune |?ethodi?t church who with his family left this week for his new, home at Nichols. The women were entertained with a bit of handwork which was present* ed to Mrs. Derrick by the hostess, interesting contests word also enjoyed. During the afternoon little Betty Best and Calvin Derrick surprised the guest of honor by showering her with many beautfiul and useful gifts. A delicious sweet, course consiting of charlotte russe and wafers was served. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Windham, of Darlington county, have been visiting Mrs. Nancy King. ' V< Fred Brannon, who has been jvorking in Florida is at home for some time. Mr, and Mrs. Hazel King, pf Spartanburg, were the guests last week of Mrs. Hattie Heustiss. Mrs. W. A. Gaines, who has been spending some time with her sister, Mri. M. O. Ward, has returned to Sarasota, Fla. The faculty of the Bethune schools attended the teachers association of Kershaw county at Camden last Saturday. , Mrs. John McSween, of Darlington, has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lafitte has as their guests last week Mrs. E. R, Cleckley and Mr. J. D. Cleckley, of Cope; Mrs. B. W. Brabham, Misses Blanding and Silmore, of Orangeburg. Miss Birdie Bell Smith, who, js in training at the Columbia Hospital, is at home recuperating after an operation. . The Bethune schools are having holiday Thursday and Friday and the teachers have left for their respective homes. Governor's Story fl Routs Gee MeGj Columbia, Nov. 20.?In a mom*M of leisure at the governor's offi<? yesterday, a group of men were counting some queer customs of oth?j er days in South Caroline. John K?1 Aull reminded the crowd that in o, I nee county they once sold tombstone? | by tty pound, "They tell me," Governor UichaiJ aid, "that long ago, in a coast? I county, an odd custom prevailed, t,.? hog's in the county were enormovA but very lean apd their bacon wouA: 'dry out' sadly after the porkers hu A I been killed. "When, you would go In a store i? buy bacon, the men would reach unA der the counter, pull out ? sheaf A bacon, wfet his thumb and count oA theVslides-?then he would sell it bA the qylre, just like you sell sheets < A paper. The bacon would be about aA thick 9# a knife blade." After this Gee McGee, lectureA and Mike Clark, coroner of Anderso? county, both of whom spoke at th? Qolumbia the n tr?. Friday night anA called on the governor yesterday, ?A lently took their departure. The reA of the crowd agreed itT was the be A story heard in m?nths. I Dowey--Stockman Mr. Samuel E. Stockman and MiA Belle Dowey, both of Blaney, we A married by'Trobate Judge W. L. Mcfl Powell on the 22nd instant. Cotton Ginhings \l According to government report? 'cotton' ginned In' "Kershaw Count? prior to November 14, 1929, amoun? I ed to ll,136tfbales ah compared wit? 13,888 bales for,a like period in 192? I* i mt/r^mumn mmmammBumma \ Wine Products Stores ] I South Carolina's Own. ... ....... ' . ,| GET INLINE" I Go whore the crowd goes; find out what it is all L about. It is the prices and quality of merchandise E that attracts their attention. Every day is bargain I day at our stores. Below you will find a few of our j many low prices on merchandise for this week end: I Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29, 30 B j' SUGAR, 10 pound limit, 5 pounds 27c if li SWIFT'S JEWEL Compound, 8 pound bucket.. $1.05 R SWIFT'S JEWEL Compound, 4 pound bucket 55c f I COMPOUND, Bulk, per pound * 12c | J i! FLOUR. True Love, 2 I pound sack 95c I I FLOUR, True Love, 12 pound sack 50c I j! FLOUR, Autumn, 21 pound sack 85c I BLACKEYE PEAS, California, 3 pounds for 33c COFFEE, Flome Run, per pound 27c CAMAY TOILET SOAP. 2 cakes 15c PIGS FEET. Council brand, Pickled, Boneless 9 ounce jar < 23c SALMON, Raceland. No. 1 tall can. per can ....... 15c SALMON. Argo Reds, Finest Alaska Reds per No. 1 tall can 30c TURNIP GREENS, Lord Fairfax Brand, S. C. packed, 3 No. 2 cans 25c j (Rich in Iodine) BEANS, Stringless, Cut green, No. 2 cans, 3 cans 25c | PORK & BEANS, Gibbs, with Tomato Sauce 3 cans 25c OCTAGON SOAP, 5c size, per dozen 40c SALT, Morton's Iodized, large 2 pound carton .... 10c RIB MEAT, per pound 13c I FAT BACKS, per pound 11c BUTT MEAT, per pound 11c Visit Our Two Big Stores 1028A BrStreet 549. DeKalb Street W. L. Getty?, Manager T. C. Gladden, Manager rT* * :'4 ^ "ZLZJL * - ESTABLISHED /A 1859 WHERE ECONOMY RULES , thanksgiving! dinner i That hundreds of Thanksgiving needs in oar stores j ' are, of .such superb quality and pricedso low that I they offer unusual values. z7? 1 . 1 I FLOOR S," a 49c *4 &9S? I ] Cheese ?* ?. 27c ^?"EE II m ZT . * Cut Fresh - ? " BOKSM?I 1 Butter F ?" 45c . or ?. 11 1 ,,?? Maxwell 11 I Wesson Oil ?2 *5? Hoim* / 11 I PURE LARP lb. 14c lb. 44c I I I MINCE .MEAT ? IS lb. 19? I I | CRANBERRY SAUCE wc?.?2 Z5? I | Swansdown Cake Flour 140c I I iB| * PECAN STUFFED - - I WHITE HOUSE j DATES NUTS I I lb. 29c oe 59c I I | j yV MIXED NUTS A25 ft. - - TAX FANCY DAY EH PECANS 43 lb. <:'iV,?V.<>T I I B FIGS walnuts .......,33ft. SE fl I I 'p.r 25c- brazil nuts .? 19ft. 3 hoffles 50c I I I Grandmother's Fruit Cake 2 It $I.OO .'H I BAKER'S COCOANUT ' "gjjy Cajl 15c |l Grandmother's BJTTV *T EAGLE Larse "Tol ll I B |_ , " - ?^ BRAND Can * I bread PUMPKIN FAry i cms 2Sc 11 Full POUND Mm . Uffl.li iiilf' j I W""-J W. 7C | Plum Pudding ?, 32c m I I LARD !ST?mD 2 ?... 25c 11 "? i/~ i 'W"^B B All A&P Store, will be doled all day TTwok^ving Day. Thur?l?y, Nov. | I | 28th, and will remain open until 9 p. m. Wednesday, Nov. 27th. | | I A-r-b a b.nmr ^ TEA.I I Bgreat ATLANTIC & I ACQ LIC cal I " ~ I