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> I The body of Nora Ise* Crawford, a neg-t'M, went mto a well at Mo^r* mirk, March 14. and nobody paid any attention, even though her hat was drawn up the next day. For ten day* people drank the water of the well containing the body of the nag res a, and only stopped then, becfuae her red dress began to color the water. A physician found signs that she had been murdered before beinjj thrown into the well. 1 i. i i i < ' i ii ii hi i i i. ..a ONE PRESCRIPTION j MADE FAMILY DOCTOR { FAMOUS Sddom has any single act been of greater benefit to mankind than that ?f 'Dr. Caldwell in 1H85, when he wrote the prescription which has carried, his fame to the four corncra of the earth. Over a::d over, Dr faldwell wrote the prescription a, he found men, women and children suffering from those common symptoms of .constipation, such as coated tongue, ha 1 breath headaches. ^a->. nausea, biiiou-,ness. - > energ;,, ia.k >( app.t;:r ui. 1 siniil; . hing I >e .".id for this prescription grew bo fa ' e ,u f pleasant, -puck | way ! . \ ; , constipation, that 1 y !')r < aid we!! was forced to ha\ 1? pu* up ready for like T'nlay I >r C aldwell s Syrup Pepsin. .1- it i> > a !cJ/ is always ready a', any drugstore. Restless CHILDREN t^HILDHk.N will I'# t. ;!i 'i j ~ n~i apparent reason But there's ;bv r Castorin! As harmless its (In- r---: on the wfnpper. mild an.I blind as it taatcs. Hut its gentle action >..??!!..-s i u youngster more surely limn i more powerful rnedn ine. That's the beauty ot tins s;,e. , :chldren's remedy! It mu> be guen lie tiniest infant as often a> there is need. In cases of robe, di irrhea or similar disturbance. it i. no. .1 a coated tongue calls forjust a feu drops to ward off cotvst i|? d ion . > does juv luggestion of bad bn-ati. Whenever children don't eat %veil. dor."' i<\st well, or have anv little i:>sei 'ins pure vegetable preim'* ?t ion is usually all that's needed. P|Slisl^sBSB NO-MO-KORN FOR CORN8 AND CALLOUSES Made in Camden And For Sale By DeKalb Pharmacy?Phon? W IEYES EXAMINED and Glasses Fitted THE HOFFER COMPANY Jewelers and Optometrista R. E. Chewning & Son General Contractors and Builders O Phone 386 Camden, S. G. Estimates Furnished on All Classes of Work Floors Sanded on Request :ami r !rr General News Notes The plant of the bankrupt Globe Manufacturing company at GaUfney haa b*en *>ld to Alfrad Moore, of Watlford, and ^aaociatea for *20,100. The PVtrchyer U a fornjer president of mill companies at Gaffney, Spartanburg and Ixx-khart. The Globe in one of the three milU involved in the Gaffney bank failures. Manufacturing plants getting a very cheap rate on power by taking it when the power companies have ?n e*ce?* over first requirements are on short rations now because of lack of water in rivers, due to the deficiency of rainfall for the last year. The I Juke company has cut off the supply from some South Carolina plants using th.it secondary power, until the rivers furnish more power than the user* of primary power require. leaving many relatives in Lancaster county, It. I). Plyler, for the last four years proprietor of the Terminil hotel at Hamlet, N. C., wa,> killed when he broke his skull by failing I down the basement sta.r* of the hotel Phis week. If**- widow wa* Miss Ruth Iwtney. Among hs Lancaster relatives are his father. He also leaves' five brothers in this stgte, Millen j Plyler and Olonzo Plyler, of Lancaster; Kd. Plyler, of Kershaw; It. D. Ply ler, of Charleston; and Boswell Plyler. of I>arlington. The dead man formerly was in the automobile business in -Columbia and is a first cousin of Claud N, Sapp. t Treasury officials estimate the deficit for the fiscal year ending .June .'k? at 0(g),000, and aNo estimate that tax collections fc.r Mmrh would fall $2i)*J,000,000 below the same i>ersod of la?t year, totaling but 000 000. William Laurer- Walker ha- be. n appointed super.ntendent of the stale r I'm: the- deaf and blind near Spartanburg, and become- the fourth generation in direct line to be executive head of that :n?*.ttution. Hi" father'of the same name died recently and succeeded his grandfather who in turn was successor to the greatgrandfather of the new superintendent, Newton Pinckncy Walker, who founded the school before the Civil war. As delegates to the .'olden anniversary celebration at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, Governor Blackwood has appointed to represent South Carolina I>r. R. S. Wilkerson, of Orangeburg, president of the state colored normal, industrial, agricultural and mechanical college, and Seymour Carroll, of Columbia, son of the late Bishop C.a-roll, of the Methodist church, who is a field secretary for the national Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The fiftieth anniversary exercises occur April 12-11. K. B. Walker, in charge of th# union station street crossing at Spar tanhu-g. dropped dead Tuesday night a- he reached for the lever t-> lower jth.e gates. He had worke<i there for j ten year-. N. Y.. Woman Lost 14 Founds of Fat V/1IC Owl went LIU11IC VI Kruschen Salts Did It "I am starting on my second bottle of Kruschen Salts and am real pleased with results. I take it for reducing and so far have lost 14 pounds and I think it is doing wonders for mo. I do not feel so tired even in its when I get home from .work." A generous bottle of Kruschen Salts that lasts 4 weeks costs but K5 cents at DoK&lb Pharmacy or any drug store in America- take one half teaspoon in a glass of hot water every morning before breakfast?cut out pastry and fatty meats?go lig-ht on iiotatoes, butter, cream and sugar ?that will help Krusclu-n take off your fat. Before the bottle i" empiy surplufa: is lea\ ing you- indolence changes to activity ? you'll feel younger - eyes ,w .1 brighten step g-ows spry. M tv- know *h - y ci o;i_-h* k-.ow :t. Kru-c'm Sad- 1-. t a 1 -rear mere ' ?* -?*-? mm: n. .nd.gc1 . < :?< 1.1 lie -, 1 ( : . u - Hi .-. a' il 1 ; ity. lax, K J -? h, 1 . V . ..'' .c ai'.y ; * 1;.;it u. 1 - .' ; '' .1 m :.? > t av SORENESS Att OVER "! wftH in a run- r down condition and sufforlnK with my bark anil suit-*, nays Mr* M M. Cook, of Port Payne. Ala 'The pain in my able was ao ariviit it caused a aor*n<-a? all through my body. I was readln# the newspaper [ and aaw Cardui ad* vertleed. I thought It might help mo After my flrat bottle. 1 felt better. I took another. affer which I was greatly improved, mo much ao that I I have reoominended Cardui since." ^ A N?w York millionaire who h*? boukhi a hunting place of thouaen.V* of ex-re* in the ?outbee?tem corner of South Caroline write* nonw Palmetto *olone oppoeinK the ?prppo*e<l lew ailowinK hunting only two or three day* e wtek in thif ?ute. if* *eya he and ,ether# like hint hevp Jimited ei#iu V* their hunting1 preaervee, end the propoeed lew would make it ?c< worth While to invent ?o much money in them. Which the native# thereabouts will consider a strong argument for the proposed law, for the natives are strenuous enemies of the whole idea of large hunting tracts posted and guarded against everybody but the | owner and his friends. The well-known deficit of South Carolina, now $5,000,000, has been refunded. The present promissory notes of the state are due April 1, and by authority of the legislature are replaced by other debentures running another year. The Soilth ( arolina National Hank bought them by tak.r.g them at 2.70 per cent interest* an i another bank bid only 2.1MJ per cent interest. The low rate of interest rcflecu the very high credit. rating of this state in the financial centers, and New York big banks have said this year that the obligations of South Carolina have the highest rating of any of the 4k states, owing to the great untouched potential ilies here for future progress and business success. Howell Jones, 17 years old. Whose home is Winnsboro, was killed Saturday night on the road between his home town and (olurrtbia. An automobile tire had just been replaced with the car standing half off the right hand edge of the road, and the boy behind it, the rear ofTthe truck sides Wiped it, the rear of the truck hitting the boy in the head, crushing his skull and knocking him twenty feet. His uncle who had mounted tb" running board as the truck approa^.' ed wa> uninjured. Several others n and outside the automobile were in', hurt. The truck raced on. and Columbia police, notified by teieph'?nc. failed to capture it a- it entered the cav>!t t-'1 c * t y The design for the marker to be erected at 'Cowpens battlefield was sele<*ted Saturday, one of two submitted. It will be 24 feet high, of granite, with an inscription composed byState Historian Salley, and will hlocated on an acre of ground bought for the purpose and given to the United States by the Daniel Morgan chapter of the D. A. K... of Gaffney. Congress appropriated $12,500 for the I monument, and the final action w.w I he by government officials. The design was selected by a committee composed of the Daniel Morgan chapter, D. A. R., and representatives of the state Daughters of the American Revolution. Sons of the Revolution and an official of the South Car-linA Historical society. Seizure of cellophane wrapped cigarettes cohlmut In g '.unibers over South Carolina wherever agents of the state discover the ne ,v wrappers have shed busine-- .icense stamps. \\. Cj. Query, chau man *>f the tax commission said Tuesday. The Smith County Bank Carthage, Tenn., was robbed of upproxi-J mutely $15,000 Monday night. ,t was I i; 1. l M I business Tuesday morning. Kntrancej was gained through a door ir. the basement. A largo hole had been| l burned in the vault. ^ Mrs. Eleanor Molek, applying for J a divorce in Chicago, and ordered to, pay alimony to her unemployed husband, has been ordered to show the^ court why she should not be ad-J judged in contempt and sent to jail for failure to make payments. Rev. M. K. Dukes, who died at the home of his -an at Turheville. aged rtd years, was a member of the (Florida conference of the Methodist church for the ast six year-, since he left South < arolina. One of his | sons i- a number of Duke ur.i\ or ?.1> ta u. >. ! EXcr RSI o\ TO \CHMiLESTOX, S. (\ ACCOUNT Maynolia Gardens Middleton Gardens FRIDAY AND SATURDAY APRIL 10-11 I Fares from!* j Camden - $Llu? Kershaw 5.00 Lancaster .T Excursion tickets sold for ail trains except Crescent Limited and good returning to reach original -tarting point by midnight Wednesday following date of sale. Azaleas and Camelia Jap mica in peak of bloom. W orld famous and unexcelled in variegated coloring and size of plants. Well worth the time and small expense to see these beautiful Gardens, as well as ^other interesting places in Charleston, i Exvursion tickets at one and onehalf fare round trip will also be sold on other dates. Apply to ticket agents. Southern Railway * _ Nobody's Business Written for Tbo CkronkU by Goo MeGoc, Copyright, 1JHJ8. THK KKW THINGS THAT 1 SNOW \ *' +' - ' y, t. I knw 2 boy* over 18 year* ?i if* who do not smoke cigarette*. 2. I know 3 oven and 3 w|ntn and 4 preachers who did not compete in the recent Oamel cigardtte advertising contest. 11 tv 3. I know a gentleman who is over v>5 years of age that never cussed an qath in his life, (lie was born dumb and had a relapse before he was old enough to talk.) 4. I know a (fellow who insists that he likes long dresses as well as he admires short dresses, and so far as he is concerned, the style changes do not affect him one way or another. (He was born blind and still is.) ,, 4 5. 1 know a legislator who cannot be influenced by lobbyists or grafters or favor-see kerw. (He's dead). And 1 know 3 other legislators who are earnestly working for the welfare of their state and county, but they can't possibly be re-elected. 6. I know a Hoover-Democrat who still believes in Hoover and swears that Al. Smith is a tool of the Pope. He also thinks Muscle Shoals is a prize fighter and the tariff bill is the name of a soft drink, and he swears that the bonus measure was promoted by Henry Ford and the Standard Oil. (fie has applied for b different postoffices, but is still fu rming). 7. I know a member of the "Wear ( otton Club" (female member, of course) who positively refuses to wear any garments not made of cotton except hose, step-outs, top-dresses and an occasional handkerchief ? and it is her earnest desire to make it one hundred per cent?just as socn as cotton garments (enumerated above) can be bought as cheaply as silk ones, provided, of course, that the cotton ones look like silk. N I know 2 persons who have been ! in our bread-lines for the past few weeks who do not use tohacco in ahy form, but I don't know any man, woman or child iwho uses tobacco either for chawing, spitting, snuffing or puffing, that has done without his or her normal supply since hard times set in. No matter how scarce meat and bread and clothes are, there's always plenty money with which iO buy gasoline, tobacco, booze and face powder. HOW TO BORROW MONEY FROM A BANK 1. Go irf. a>k for the president, but don't let him know that you need any money. Pa>s the time of day with him. ask him what he thinks cotter, will U* rvext fall, and don't fad to tell him about the pretty weather we are now having. 2. Mention the fact that your wife and all t? of your children are we'l and happy and raring to go. Speak -**f ?<vnr U- anU ... they weigh over 1.000 pounds each, and don't forget that you have already caught up with your work? that you won't have to buy any feed this year?ansofonth. 3. It might be well to inform him that you have kept your payments up with the Federal land liank and that you have no Ford, radio, lightning rods or a dozen possum dogs. If > ou have any corns in your hands, make it a point to pick at them during the conversation ao's he will fcfunk you have been plowing instead of handling a steering wheel. I. Ask him how's his folks all, and toll about seeing him at church la-t Sunday where neither of you were, and brag powerful on your preacher: 'his might make him be-! !:e\e that you have religion. Ik- sure '-? ?? him tnat it wa< a httle hard to -.ay \ ??ur I'.' IO taxes . t Joke No. lu ?i, .,n<i .all the name of se'. e*a. gooi; men you don't owe just impre-- hi a with y- u: honesty. A - k him he be! c\. - that you >houid so.l tiv , bales o! '.ton n w tindery ne shed at \ mr house ano'her joke). ejTaVk h'.m if wore you -would he hoHl a while longer. Impress him with, tho fact . (Joke No. 32) thivt you will have enough money to pay for everything needed up to April 15. And tell him you'll drop around about that time. 6. Then tell about your 2 boys getting their bonus checks (but don't let him know that your 2 boy* are 6 girls), and that they are putting that money in your hands, but if he finds out Henry Ford and Gen. Motors have done got both of them, if there happen to be any. it will hurt your chances. Rrag on his fine appearance. his golf, and his bank?and pOMlWy his mushtash. if he has any. But. friends, none of this is necesjflfti A ? T.?:. sary if you have always paid or renewed your notes promptly at maturity, and met all your other obligations on time. I understand that the man who has done these two things, be he rich or poor, high or low, black or blue, can always get all the money that he should have for legitimate purposes?from any good banker who has money to loan. It's bad when we lost our fortune, but it's a danced sight worse when we lose our credit and honor?as we simply can't start over again?if we bust. ; I STATEMENT Of the ownership, management, etc., required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of The Camden Chronicle. published weekly at Camden. S. C., for April 1, 1931. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Itafnru m&> SL VuUw in ami for the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared H. I). Miles, who having been duly sworn, according to law, deposes and1 says that he is the publisher otf The Camden Chronicle, and that the following is, to the best otf his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., otf the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Ajct of'August 24, 1912, embodied in Section 44.3, Postal Laws and Regulations. 1. That the names and addresses of the publishers, editors and business managers are: Publishers?-H. D. Niles, Camden, & G, - ? - | Editor and managing editor?H. I). Niles, Camden, iS. C. Business Manager?If. I). Niles, Camden, C. 2. That the owners are H. D. Niles, Camden, S. C. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders are?None. 11. p. Niles. Publisher. Sworn to and subscriber! before me thi- 1st day of April. 1931: John S. L:ndsa\. Notary Public. o Whites Outnumber Negroes I Columbia,' April 6.?Negroes ll longer outnumber whites in SooiH Carolina. * Figures announced today by tfl the number of negroes where tiiH show that the numfber of negroes litfl ing in the state dropped from 51.1 per cent in I There was an actual decrease ufl the numbmer of ngeroes where HM white popula!tion showed a large W crease. The white?populaUuii/B creased 15.3 per cent during the^B cade and negro population decrewB 8.2 per cent. The figures: i 1920 19301 Whites 818,944 944,0jH Negroes 77 ... 4% -> \% , <H own i LIQUID or TABLETS _ J Cure Colds, .HeKD^he*. CUKES BABT'S COLD J ROBT. W. MITCH Am o Architect ! Crocker BuildingM Camden, S. C. f DeKALB COUNCIL*? Junior Order U. A II TbigMT Regular council seoood ' \ fourth Mondays ofj* month at 8 p.m. Visiting are welcomed. A. W. L. H. JONES, Cound Recording Secty. ^ -?wj.?* j -^^a^Kif] j a suggestionII ? | J7 yout F xtilim?t Damlmt U in * 3?r/?? i,l>o*rtng Aa */ wmmmpkfm . I v ' SIDE dressing with Chilean Nitrate gjbee fl 1 crops the push that sends them along with j big-paying yields?and this year you can : I the best nitrogen?Chilean Nitrate?at lowest 11 price in years. , r| 1 am selling more Chilean Nitrate than evera i || because more of my farmers want it and want. _ Si more of it. Better get your order in. Delivery when you want it. Experience of thousands of farmers with Chilean Nitrate proves that this mit* ural nitrogen fertilizer comes out on top with bigger yields. Improves quality, too. Get Chilean in the new 100-lb. bag?the hag without a backache. 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