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IJIIU _JU ,'UU, j-JBttuy ChrintmaH Sealn Fight Tuberculoma % " 1 Cant Friday marked the opening of the 24th annual Christmas xea sale for the ruining of funds to xuoport the fight against tuberculosis The Heal thix year ex) pre axes pictorially "the good will toward men' idea that hax been its soul through the yearn. The jolly aaint of Christmax, drawn from a likenexx of the greatly beloved Dwight L. Moody, hails the world with the newx that he ix bringing the great fight of "Health to All." Sout^i Carolina hax distributed for xale over 4,000,000 of the little xealx. The State and County committees are asking that evorybody help by xeeing that every letter and package mailed from thix day until .Christmas, carries thle emblem of good will. Christmas Heal Sunday was observed November 20th. On that day the pastors of practically every church made an appeal for co-operation in the seal xale; the proceeds * of which are used to fight against tuberculosis in Kershaw county. Kershaw county has organized for the sale of tuberculosis Christmas seals and Health Bonds in various towns and districts. Tjio additional chairmen for the county sale are: Miss Lizzie Richards, Liberty Hill; Mrs. D, M. Mays, Bethune; Mrs. Kate Gettys, Lugoff; Mr. W. A. Mason, superintendent of Baron DeKalb school, Westville; Miss May Rush, Boykin. The following chairmen who will appoint their own committees for the canvass in Camden are: Personal Solicitation?Mr. W. F. Nettles, .Jr. The Health Bond Sale?Mrs. Carl A. West. The Booth Sale?Mrs. F. M. Zemp. The first'Christmas seal booth will be located on Zemp Field. Friday afternoon at L?:'{(>. Mrs. F. M. Zemp will he in charge of the group of workers who will find buyers for the litlb' holiday emblems. Card of Thanks Mrs. K. W. Kahon and family wish to express their appreciation for the kindness and sympathy shown them during the sickness and death of their ?loved one. K. W. Rabun. j Family. Seven deaths. 500 injured and a | property damage of $500,000 is the 1 final return from a tornado that swept through the delta section of Louisiana and Mississippi last Saturday night. HI ajestic i'royrctm FRIDAY. DECEMBER 5TH. Radio Pictures Present- Lowell Sherman. Marpin Nixon, Hugh Trevor. W alter McGrail and Robert Mi Wade in "THE PAY OFF." An exccllent production with direction, acting settings and plot of the highest order. Also the novel Humanettes and Tobv the Pup. -SATURDAY, DECEMBER (JTH Novel comedy drama with suspense. thrills, action and laughs. "BIG MONEY," with Eddie Quillan, Robcit Armstrong, .James Gleuson. Miriam Segar and Margaret Livingstun. Riotous satiro on rapid-tire, wise-cracking gangsters, played by a trio of comedians, who put over comedy like nobody's business. Don't miss it. Also Our Gang in "IA.)YE BUSINESS." MONDAY. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER S. <> and 10. Out of the air onto the screen?'I he Greatest Attraction in History? AMOS and ANDY in "CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK." Into the hearts of millions in their first talking pie-, tore. One hour and thirty minutes of the most enjoyable fun you've ever witnessed in all your life. Till RSI)AY. DECEMBER 11TH Prosperity night this week will be Thursday instead of Wednesday. The feature attraction is "THE DANCERS." A vivid drama tuned to the fast rythm of today. With Kenneth MaeKerma, I>ois Moran, and Maureen O'Sullivan. Action sweeping from Ixmdon ballrooms to Argentine dance halls. When Your Farm Stock Is Sick, Look For Rats. Disease among farm animals don't just happen. Rats are carriers of dangerous plagues?hog cholera, foot and mouth disease and that terrible of all scourges?Bubonic plague. Farmers should throw around premises RAT-SNAP.- It's sure and safe. Three sizes, 85c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Zemp A DePaes, Druggists, Camden, S. C., and Bo-1 thune Hardware Co., Bethune, S. C. I !) merry"'christivias"s C HEALTH TO ALL ) 8T BERNARD H08PICE f lU Monka mid I>okh Have Saved 1'houHaiidH of Liven I The cliallenge to the riglht of the monks of the lionpice of the Great St. . Bernard to aid afflicted persona cauRht in the unowy pass in the Alpe where their hospice stands that was made when Italian Fascist guards fired on them recently, is the first in the ancient history of their 'institu, tion. The hoapice -was founded in l>2ft- a thousand years ago?by Bt, Bernard de Menthon, and thousands have been saved from death in the drifts by the monks and their dogs. Originally the hoapice was merely a chapel and a dormitory for the monks, but developed roads in the pass (have brought new duties for the members of the order and now there are two buildings which gre connected 'by the covered passage. Assisting the monks are seven lay members, as marroniers, and, of course, the famous dogs. ? The hospice is situated about seventeen miles from the Italiun border. Today it is church, museum, library and hotel. It stands (beside a lake HI20 feet above sea level in the pass that connects the vuliey of the Rhone with the valley of Doro Balboa and is much traveled. Tourists use it as a stopping 'place, Its doors are always open, but only for persons unable to get shelter elsewhere. Motorists, as a rule, are not udmitted. The church, built in the seventeenth century, the monastery and a dormitory with rooms for forty-five guests constitute one structure. The other, which is used as an inn, has eighty beds and was built about- 22 years ago. The monastery is surrounded by an iron grille as a bar against women. A traveler rings a bell in the porch of the old building, if he desires lodg- | ing, and the father almoner appears j to let him in. Meals are served at noon and at 6:30 p. m., the father almoner presiding, and through the rest of the day only coffee is available. Wayfarers ure lodged gratuitously, but there is tacit understanding that those who have money may leave in the alms bo* in the church a sum ; equal to what they would have had t<> pay at any ordinary inn. The box j hangs on the fu;st pillar to the left just inside the door of the church. If , the traveler wishes, he may leave the : money with father almoner. Kven tips are accepted and are added to. tin* general fund. It has been estimated that in these times t hi* hospice shelters from 20.-! 000 to .'50,000 guests every yea:, yet the income front this source is said to he far less than is needed to support the institution. Gifts from various parts of the world help to keep . it going. j \ ;sitors to the hospice always dis| play a great interest in the St. Berl nard dug" These?patien-t?animals I I stand three l'eet high at the Should-! | ers and are admirably suited to the I work for which they were bred by the j monks. They have a reddish-white," heavy fur that protects them from ; the cold and* are noted for their re-j markably keen sense of rmell which [ leads them to persons 'buried out of ight in deep snow. IMunrp, sleepy-looking puppies breill in the hospice are sold to visitors nowadays. They make ideal pets, especially for families that have children. At one time they were very much in vogue and were scon almost everywhere, but the fad for the breed has died down. Twice the monks' dogs were almost exterminated, once by an avalanche, another time by pestilence; but enough were saved each time to perpetuate the breed. . After every storm?ami there are many in that region?thr dogs arc released front the hospice to search for wayfarers caught in the snow 1 ;od by their sense of smell, the animals find the victims, dumbly offer the food and drink they carry in tiny containers bound to their collars, and either guide the travelers to the hospice or go back for monks to help the traveler in. The pass has echoed again and again to the steady tread of marching feet. Roman legions passed that way and the armies of France, of Austria ami of Italy have trod its length in various Alpine campaigns. Napoleon made history when he led his legions, with their artillery and other heavy equipment, through in May of 1800, though with much difficulty and suffering to the troops. The road is hown out of solid rock. Gonstantine improved the road, the Lombards frequently used it, Frederick Barbarossa and Bernard, the uncle of the mighty Charlemagne, trekked its length. In the hospice libary, on the upper floor, are kept the votive brass tablets offered ip tribute centuries ago by -worshiping Romans to Jupiter Poeninus in re-ward for escape from danger. And at one time a temple built in honor of Jupiter Poeninus stood upon the apot. On the hillside is a email botanic garden, carefully tended by the monks.?New York Time* i i in i ii?ip?>?w mi II iii.BTf Drug Xffervhant Fleeced by Phone ' ' A stranger representing us a guest at one of the city'# boarding houses, fleeted a local drug firm for $10 and a small bill of drug* here this week. A phone call requested that $1.80 worth of medicine be cent to the address with change for $10. The atranger met the delivery boy near the houae and took the medicine and gave him a check on a local bank for the caah. Of courae the check waa no good and the alicker went on hia way to fleece unother. Tegion 1'oat Held Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Jamea Leroy Belk Post of the American Legion waa held Tuesday night at the Ixtgion Hall with quite' a large attendance?around thirty of the number in attendance were outof-town members. Viacomte Charles Benoi^t D'Azy, of the French Legion, was present and made a talk to the Ix'gionnaires. He desirea to have a tablet placed on the Ba *on DcKalb monument from the French lxjgion. and a committee from the legion and other organizations of the city will confer over the matter. Forester Arrives. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Nuitc arrived in Camden this week and Mr. Nuite will have charge of the forestry work in this county", lie comes here from VVaycross, Georgia, where he has been in the Georgia Forestry Service. He is originally from Blairsville, (la., and has had a long experience in this line of work. General News Notes Thomas A. Edison is turning his inventive ability toward developing I mechanisms for defeating the aviator's greatest foe?fogs. The ? Inventor has declared that he believed the solution of the "problem is much simpler" than it may seem to many students of the problem. I More than half a million unionist workers of Moscow paraded before "the house of columns" Tuesday night at Moscow, demanding execution of eight leaders of "the industrial party" who went on trial that day charged with treason and plotting foreign intervention in Russia. The .New Jersey state asylum at ; Morristown was damaged to the extent of $500,000 by fire on Wednes-. day. I he fire is believed to have ! been of incendiary origin. None of the 3,000 patients were endangered. Five of the major railway brotherhoods, after conferences lasting two j weeks in Chicago, agreed to support i proposals for a six-hour day as a j means of relieving unemployment in ' the rank of railroad workers. A I meeting is to he held in Cleveland, 1 ().. on Dec. 1. to work out details. Alfred K. Smith announced Saturday that beginning Monday he would establish a free woodpile to keep the home fires burning for the city's unemployed. The wood is to [ be replenished daily by six truek i loads of wood from construction work on the 8f>-story empire building. A time dynamite bomb containing 40 sticks of dynamite, was delivered at the offices of the Associated Press at Spokane, Wash t Snrurday. The manager opened it before the clock had time to operate the deadly machine. Five men and one woman were rescued off the coast of England Saturday when three barges became waterelogged during n heavy gale. The woman was first mate to her husband who was in command of one of the barges. Two women were killed near RaxK boro. N. ('., -Friday when a bus struck them as they were walking along ?. highway. The victims. Mrs. B. T. Robertson and a Mrs. Moorefield. are believed to have l>c*n blinded by the vehicle's lights and to have stepped directly into its path. Mary Ix>e Williamson, 19-year-old farm girl of Wilson, N. C., was dragged frmo her bed early Friday, choked and smothered into unconsciousness, bruised and lacerated by an unidentified man whom officers believe to be a nocturnal prowler who has terrorized the community in which the girl lives for several months. Banks of the south have resources of approximately ten billion dollras according to E. R. Black, governor of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank Friday. The tangible wealth of the south is estimated at more than eighty billions of dollars, he stated, i A refund of $72,735, to Secretary j Mellon for over-assessment in mi come tax in 1926 was announced by ( jthe internal revenue bureau. The bu-j cau allowed the secretary an addi- , lional deduction of 525.26 for con-' tributions made during the year to j two associations. J. R. Wilkerson, of Greenville, S. C., i 37 years old, will become United States consul in Havana, Cuba, as successor to W. L. Jackson, of Madison, 111., who was drowned early in the month. Cotton frmo the growth of 1930 ginned priro to November 14 was announced to have aggregated 1,962,364 running bales, including 403,622 round bales counted as half bales. Letters Should Have Return Address \ Th? following article by Frank C. Staley in The United States Daily Hays the failure to use a return ad' dress is responsible for the loss of a great deal of mail: Why the Dead letter Office? Why the Dead Parcel Post Service 7 As a matter of fact there would be comparatively little reason for either to exist if patrons of the postal service would merely follow the instructions of the Post Office Department when mailing letters or parcels. But they do not and so the dead letter and dead parcel post service continues to thrive as an expensive commentary on the carelessness of the American people. If every one who mails a letter would put his or her return address on the envelope, not one would go to the dead letter office, but those that could not be delivered would be returned to the mailers, except in the few instances wherein the writer had moved in the meantime and left no forwarding addresses. Unfortunately, however, not every one heeds the advice of the Post Office Department in the matter of proper methods of mailing; in fact, millions upon millions fail apparently to pay a particle of attention to this simplest of suggestions to help reduce the risk of loss or delay in delivery of a letter, and as a result over 28,000,000 letters went to the dead letter office last year for the lack of return addresses on the envelopes when found to be undeliverable to the addresses. Likewise in mailing parcels, regardless of the value of the contents many persons neglect to write their own names and addresses on the covi-. ers and numberless others fail to respond to notices of nondelivery and requesting return postage. Others fail to properly prepare their parcels for mailihg, using insufficient and poor paper and twine, resulting in thousands upon thousands of articles breaking out of the wrappers. The failure of patrons of the service to heed the instructions of the. Department last year resulted in some 482,U00 parcels reaching the dead letter office, of which more than one-third could be attributed to improper wrapping. And so year after year, in spite of the Post Office Department's constant efforts to educate the public to better mailing, this enormous and entirely unnecessary waste goes on. The total pay roll of the dead letter and dead parcel post srevice last year was approximately $270,000, while the loss to the mailers represented by the contents of lost letters and parcels, although it can only be estimat-' ed, probably reached twice that amou nt. On the other hand it is a pleasure to acknowledge the wonderful co-operation which the postal service receives from the great majority of its patrons, as illustrated in the following instance in which the dead letter office is a direct beneficiary together with "the mailer. For the past two years the Department has been carrying on an intensive campaign by correspondence and personal interviews to persuade direct-mail advertisers to use return addresses on a0mailings. Thus far nearly 83 per cent of all advertisers approached on the subject, among whom are some of the largest mailers in the country, have agreed to follow the Department's suggestions, with the result that during each of the las}, two fiscal years, in spite of increases in general postal receipts indicating larger mailings, there has been a decrease in the number of dead letters, the carelessness of mailers, it mav Re verting again to the subject of bo surprising to know that the dead ; letter service receives each year approximately 100,000 letters in perfectly blank envelopes, some stamped and some unstamped. A very conI ciderable portion of these are letters J of business houses, indicating a large percentage of error on the part of the typists and mailing clerks. Often such letters are found to contain large remittances ip checks, drafts and securities. Just now as I am i | i writing,, an envelope, entirely blank I except for the stamp, was laid on my desk. It contained a check for $30,000 for credit on a bank loan. It was forwarded at once to the bank but its trip to t*ie dead letter office will entail a delay of at least 10 days, which will cost the mailer something like $30 in interest, figured at six per cent, as the price of some one's carelessness. Stripped of technicalities, the function of the dead letter office is, in brief, to open and examine the contents of letters and parcels and to return them to the mailers if information enabling that to be done is found. Involved in this are various operations depending upon the nature of the piece of mail matte.- under treatment. > i Now that the Chri )tmas season it on and you are P puzzling over that gift that ypu are going to ] to a friend, we would suggest', a year's subscription ( to The Camden Chronicle?your home paper. It wai f be a pleasant reminder Fifty-Two Times ^ a Year, fl Several of our tourist friends had The Chronicle fob 1 low them abroad the past summer, and in all their j wanderings in the old country The Chronicle kept (I them posted as to the doings the old home toW?^ fI Uncle Sam's mail service is a^nosf perfect at home 1 and abroad. Let us send it to a friend away from J home or a shut-in at home. The cost is $2 per yeaiv9 cfhe Camden Chronicle I To Hold Meetings For County Teachers The South Carolina Teachers' Association has tried out a new experiment this year. They have secured Miss Abigail Bristow, an outstanding educator, nnd a woman that is fully capable of supervising due to her varied experiences, to visit in most of the counties of South Carolina, meet with the teachers in their school room and help them with their problems. Miss Bristow, accompanied by Miss Mattie Thomas, rural supervisor of schools, will be in Kershaw county Monday and Tuesday of next week. In order that all the teachers may have theTopporturiity of meeting Miss Bristow, group meetings are being planned and the teachers are asked to meet with the most convenient groups. The plans for the groups are as follows: Monday, December 8 at 9:30 a. m. ?Blaney, with teachers from Crescent attending. 11:30 a. m.?Baron DeKalb, with teachers from Three C's, Thorn Hill, Oak Jtidge and Providence attending. 2:30 p. m.?Camden, with teachers from Liberty Hill, Stoneboro, Anti-I oeh, Charlotte Thompson, Lugoff, j Wateree, Pine Grove, Oakland and the Mill School. Tuesday December 9 at 9:30 a. m. -?Midway. 11:30 a. m.?Mt. Pisgah. 2:30 p. m.?Bethune, with teachers from Gates Ford, Central, Pleasant Grove, Shamrock, iimrod and Ned's Creek attending. Trustees will please have means of I To Present Bible I A ml Flag Schoo? DeKalb Council No. 88, Junior 0r?> der United American Mechanics will! present a Bible and flag to the Mi|?j! School, of Camden, on Sunday after? noon, December 7, at 3 o'clock. Th?^ public is cordially invited to attend*; the service and the program will b^H as_follPW&i ; ?????^^? Song, "America," by congregation??;; Devotion, Rev. John 1\ Littlejohn^H Address of Welcome, J. G, Richards;^? Superintendent of Camden city^? schools; Response, Councillor Dr. A?':! W. Humphries; Address, "Principle*^? of Order," Ben E. Adams; Present*? J tion of Bible, Judge M. L. Smith?^ Acceptance, Miss Ernestine Batemanj? j Flag Presentation and Raising, Dr? ! A. W. Humphries; Sorig, Nations? j Anthem; Benediction. 1 Best Wishes "Sorry to hear you've got to go to?' the hospital. Operation?" ;] "Well, I hope everything comes out?| M iss Myra Outlaw, 38, member of^? the school faculty of Charlotte, was?? killed, and Miss Louise Chalk, also^? of the Gharlotte schools, was injured^? Wednesday evening when their car^? collided with a car occupied by J. J}.^? Faulkner and Perry C. Williams,^? near the Mecklenburg-Rowan county^? line. I transportation provided for the^? teachers and if necessary let some^? person in the community substitute^? that all the teachers may have the ^? opportunity of attending these meet-^? ings. H C* Iodine Products Store I 549 DeKALB STREET Specials Friday and Saturday I DECEMBER 5, 6 I RICE, "Blue Rose", 5 pounds for 25c~^ I '' ; SUGAR, per pound 5c ' , | MEAL, Fresh Water Ground, per pock 7. 35c I ^ BACON, Fat Back, per pound 12Vic. I .: LARD," Compound, 8-pound Pail, each 95c SNOWDRIFT, 6-pound Pail, each 99c I | SNOWpRlFT, 3-pound Pai^^ach 57c I BUTTER, Best Creamery, pound 40c I CHEESE, Full Cream, per pound a 25c~M- Ijl WESSON OIL, pints ... 25c WESSON OIL, quarts "... 49c I | TOMATOES, No. 2 Cans, 3 for 25c B COFFEE, "Lord Calvert" /'Columbia Maid", lb 39c ? I SELOX, Large Size, 2 pkgs. for ...? 25c B< FRESH STRING BEANS, per pounM 12 l?2c^ 1 FRESH SPINACH, per pound 15c II FRESH CAULIFLOWER, per pound 15c LETTUCE, Hard Head, 2 for 25c J CELERY, Large Stalks, each 10c p TANGERINES, per dozen , 20c | | ORANGES, Large and Juicy, per dozen ...? s 30c J Complete Lints Fruit Cake Ingredient* I J DreKer'ft Pure Pork Sausage, Always Freeh | I CALL US, WE DELIVER?PHONE 282 I IODINE PRODUCTS STORE I 549 DeKalb Street f. C. Gladden, Manager ^