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Rreath Bad, Logy? You May Need This just as the lighthouse (lashes a friendly warning to sailors, so HNature sends out headaches, bad breath, biliousness, which often warn of constipation. I'iv mhny misunderstand or neglect thwe symptoms and thereby may H invite a host of constipation's othI er discojnforts: sour stomach, belchI ing, 1(,HS of apatite or energy. pe wise. Take Spicy, all vegetable I BLACK-DRAUGHT tonight by simple directions and clear your I bowels Promptly, thoroughly. I This intestinal tonic-laxative helpa RivO tone to laxy bowels. I Its long Ufa and popularity testify to BLACK-DRAUGHT'S merit, tATE HIGHWAY 4YGTEM EMBRACES 7,490 MILKS Columbia?Orangeburg county hfcd ore of the 7,490 miles oompoalng the tuto highway system last June 30 ban any other county, the highway ommisBion said in lta annual report Orangeburg's total was 894.47 miles nderson county waa next with 250.88. nd Colleton ranked third with 248.18. Hieaufort had the least, with 84.57. I The report, to be transmitted to overnor Burnet R. May bank, showed HgO miles became part of^thfi^ sjate Kystem during the laab^ear. I The commlaalon valued the system Hit (142,506,499, showing a gain of al most (100,000,000 since 1988, when the value was placed at 842,815,819. The system was shown to bo tllvidBcd as follows: Standard paving, 2,521 miles: bl tuminous surfacing, 3,166 miles; earth type, 610, unimproved, 821. j Mileages of state-system nMids in counties not already mentioned fol low: I Abbeville, 130.13; Aiken, 246.61; Allendale, 87.28; Bamberg, 123.38; Barnwell, 137,86; .Berkeley, 234.36; Calhoun, 105,44; Charleston, 192,18; Cherokee, 105.54; Cheater, 171.01; Chesterfield, 208.75; Clarendon, 126. 166; Darlington, 128,28; Edgefield, 1111,96; Fairfield, 162,11; Florence, 1 201.22; Georgetown, 138.95; Ore?nBwood, 149.69; Hampton, 181.03; HorI ry, 224.61; Jasper, 91.92; Kershaw, 1152.72; Lancaster, 150.30; Laurens, 1 207.13; Lee, 110.96; Lexington, 235.B 33; McCormlck, 93.70; Marion, 115.08; Marlboro, 155.63; Newberry, 159M; Oconee, 160.75; Pickens, 126.31; RichBland, 198.32; Saluda, 141.844 "Spartan burg, 237.71; Sumter, 156.3,1; Union, 1 131.68; Williamsburg, 171.95; York, ^ 20121 ^ i m" gg '1 Don't waste ? ffldmenttf^Mf^A Prompt brings ,he ?jl#y mittfc that burrow , under the sltm and cause yf/|T dw itching. Clean, quick, t CPEEDV Radio Repairing Wherever the trouble is, we will locate It quickly and fix It economically. Get the moat out\ r'f your radio by letting us keep it In first rate working order. Phono 13. v . v /*' ' j Experts on All Makot and Models t ! Western Auto Associate Store RADIO SHOP ~ PHONE 13 j All work guaranteed ftOdaya *" - "l 'II " " SSSSBSiBS Nobody's Business Writterf for 'I'Uo Chronicle by McO?fl, Copyright, 1918. A CASE OF FLU?1918 TYPE (Part Five) Being slek-a-bed Is mighty hard on a person who has been us active and always-a-hurr^lng as I. I never take any time at anything. 1 even catch myself rushing to church when 1 have an extra hour for that purpose. 1 always wanted to slow down without being forced to by nature, but my case Is hopeless. 1 have a knauk for turning off rapidly and thus U seems that my nervous energy takes the plaoe of my lack of brains and trainin*. But this spell of flu chocked me .dOVJU in my tracks. And they tell tne that a pin-point will hold comfortably without crowding or mashing, 600,000 germs, each being equal to a case of flu like the* one 1 am trying to ex, plain. Ityell, I felt, pretty fair until I late in the afternoon of the fifth day ! oif my wrestle with illness, then I began to get nervous sure enough. 1 sat up a little while; thought that WPUld help, and It did help me to get more and more nervous. I got ready to gb to sleep by 8:80,. but Bleep didn't get ready for me. My pulse had picked up from about 82 to 104. Roarings and rumblings increased 60 per cent In my head. 1 tumbled and rolled until 9:80, then took a sleeping, capsule. I grew wider and wider awake. At 11:20, I took my second sleeping portion. Later on I tried a glass of hot milk and an electric pad and a neck massage. I might as well have made a porus plaster out ) of all theSe remedies and put It on a tree for all.the good they did. By 3:15 (a.m., mind you), I had j counted and tagged all of the sheep I In the United States and had cornered 500 acres of sheep In Australia and ! was ready to count them." The. Bourbon was all gone, and T was nearly so. I tried walking up and down the hall, In and out of rooms, without avail. Finally I gave up In utter dispair and made up my mind to He down again I and stayawake was the game my nerves were playing. Somebody told me 1 was sound asleep within 2 minutes after I had made up my mind never to become wrapped In the arms of Morpheus again. A CASE OF FLU?1918 TYPE (Part Six) Just as soon as my head stops aching and my back quits hurting and my Aye* jcorbo bunting and my nose lets? up itching and my legs grow stronger and less wobbly, I think I'll be over the flu. It pays a fellow to tow down occasionally, but this slowdown came when x wasn't looking for It " - JTTr.-'S. 1 sat up nearly all of yesterday and have bad to be up all of today to write these A Dieces. Having been flat on my back a whdle week, and being too blind to read much and too deaf to hear even the radio, I knew "nothing else to write' about except my own experienc.es with this case of flu. I hope I will be able to go to work tomorrow" -and thus have a chance to catch tip with my work. /A lady told me this morning that she didn't think that she had. ever had the flu. I told her If she had to think back to decide whether or not she had ever had a real caBe of the flu, she really hadn't had it. The flu Is something you can't forget easily, and it leaves, Its Imprint on the mind of the patient if not on his or her body. I wish there was home kind of vaccine' that' would assure you a person that he runs no risk when someOne sneezes and coughs in his face. When I was p kid, mother made me wear a little wad of asafoetida tied In a rag around my neck to keep me from catching anything. I always thought diseases (we had no germs then) would ooze' up to a guy and would hesitate to afflict him if he was possessed of asafoetida. We evidently thought measles, mumps, whoopingcough and scarlet fever had smellers and they could get close enough ic attack us. 1 would wear some of that stuff If I thought it would keep me from having the flu a?ain. My friends and associates might avoid me, but I'd risk that just to stay well. I am Indeed glad to report that the flu has /flown. .. . The Uruguayan government is subsidizing meat shipments to Great Britain. II " ? I Sanitary Plumbing and Heating j I I J. c. cox I | ' TELEPHpNE 43S-J ijL I Estimates Furnished on Short Notice I ELECTROL OIL BURNERS | . MmmfM tftwijiiiT?ui;rr?iwi h'jim1 i ? Yiiletide Shower By Elizabeth\ Eastman *1 WISH we could do something * exciting ? something different at Christmas." Peggy looked out at the winter landscape as she spoke. "For instance?" Vivian Clark glanced up from the magazine. "Something like making someone terribly, tremendously happy." Peggy came closer to her sister as she answered, and Vivian saw that she was very much in earnest. "I've been thinking," Peggy went on, "how wonderful it would be to bring something thrilling ? something unforgettable?into someone's life. 1 don't mean like helping with the baskets and the entertainments at the church; we've always done that; but a sort, of special something, for one particular person.0 For a minute youthful voices surrendered to silence. The gay little olock on the dresser made audible sougd. Suddenly Peggy jumped to her feet. "I've thought of something!" she cried breathlessly, "something really different 1 Vou know Sara Werby?she's been an invalid fpr 10 years?shut in from the world except for a few friends who run in every now and then." . "But what can we do for her? We do visit her occasionally, and have always taken ber a little Christmas gift. Ybu know she's much too proud to accept charity." "Who's talking of charity? What 1 have In mind is something that Will just thrill her. I'm going to write to Mona Muir?you know, she runs that department oh the Star?and I'm going to tell her how wonderful Sara has been, and ask a card shower for her." Vivian whistled through her teeth. "Well, that is a grand idea, Peggy. I know she'll be thrilled." "She's bound to be! Think of the1; postman stopping with loads arid Inndi of maiL.every day.", Peggy'*, blue eyes were dancing. "But suppose people don't write? You know how busy everyone is at Christmas." Vivian's face reflected the doubt in her words. "But they will write," 'J Peggy's voice was emphatic. "I'm going to hold the thought that Sara Werby will be just swamped with mail." TOGETHER they penned the letter to Mona Muir on the big city paper. Later, between snatches of shopping, they discussed the possible number of cards and letters that would be delivered at the little cottage on Bank street. . They both seemed tp be more concerned "I've thought of something!" she cried breathlessly. with what Sara Werby was going to receive than about what they themselves were going to get. "It's fjinn'y how doing something for others gets a hold of you," Vivian said one day; "I wasn't nearly as enthusiastic as you at first, Peggy; now I believe I'm even more eager." But their real happiness came on Christmas eve when they stood by Sara Werby's bed and saw the radiance upon her face. Stapks of letters, cards, and packages were piled everywhere, with postmarks from almost every state ih the Union. "It's the most thrilling thing that ever happened in my life," Sara told them. . "I never knew there were so many wpnderful people In the world.' It will take me weeks and weeks to answer them all. but it's going to be loadswpf fun." Her brown eyes sparkled like a girl's.' "I imagine some of them will develop into lasting friends," Peggy ventured. "Vivian and' I are so happy about it all?in fact, I think we're just about as excited as you are." ? "YoUre pretty happy then;" Sara Werby whispered softly, "for I don't , believe there is anyone?anywhere ?who is going to have 4 more thrill ing Christmas than mine." Outdoor Christmas Trees Outdoor Christmas trees are not . new. When in Ajsace the folk there will tell you?of St. Florentine, who centuries ago went out Into the woods at Christmas time and placed lights, probably candles, on the trees A Straw for Remembrance Reminding gay celebranta of tha Poverty of the Christ Child, Christmas feasts in Poland always have a - piece of straw sticking out from urn viUfr the dining table cloth. ? - . ? 1 ^BHI " "TlTrnprr-rThTrTin' ?"nn f.q i\^i"?)HTi Y.u"i HILY.. Livestock Guide For January Attention To start the now year right with livestock, County Farm Agent W. C. McCarley suggests those idoaa for January.' Animal Husbandry?Balance corn for hogs with flah meal, akimmllk. c/r tankage. Allow beef cattle amplK, cheap roughage. For fail calves turn bull with cows about Jauuary 16. (Jive Idle mules free access to roughage, but cut the grain to a half ration. See that all classes of livestock have shelter, with extra bedding during cold nights. Make use of barley, < rye, and ots for hog and cattle grazing. i Repair the pasture fences, Dairying?Make Inventory of livestock, feed, aud equipment. Peclde now whether you will have silage ne*t fall and plan for its production, Analyze herd records and decide where you can improve in management and feeding. Repair pusture fences, clean out undergrowth, and stop washes in pastures. Plau now for improving permanent pasbt&'^B aqd for summer crops to supplement permauent pastures. Start the new year right by kooplng milk and feed' records on each cow. Make January a planning month for the coming year. Poultry?Mate breeders for hatching eggs. Make special breeding pen of best hens and pedigreed male to produce cockerels for next year'e matings. Provide breeders with green range. Get ready for baby chicks. Move brooder houses to new ground before starting chicks. Agronomy?Bo sure your cotton planting seed for 1940 was bred to produce staple at least one inch In length and preferably longer. Test seed for {termination an<i piailt only seed that ;test aVleast 80 percent. If sufficient oats was not planted during fall to meet farm needs, plant this month, weather permitting. Clean up hedge rows and wood patches between fields,, but don't let Are burn any woodland. Horticulture?Prepare hotbeds and coldframes for cabbage, tomato, pepper, etc, Plant English peas (In lower part of state) If soil Is In condition. Propare land for Irish potatoes, and order certified seed. Prune Jruit trees and vines preparatory to spraying with oil emulsion?Bordeaux or lime-sulfur. Plant fruit trees at once, If soil is in condition. Terrace . all new. orchard land before planting. Agricultural Engineering?Plan to lower production costs' In 1940 by more efficient use of labor, power, and machinery. Arrange sheds gnd farm shop for better care of equipment. Check oVer farm machinery and make needed repairs. Make needed %-epalrs and improvements on buildings, fences, and gates. If storage houses or other log buildings are to be constructed this year, the timber should be cut now In order to Insure better curing of logs. ? Insects and Diseases?Plan to treat cotton^seed before -planting,- -Continue cleaning orchards to destroy fallen fruit and limbs to control diseases. Clean up trash about edges of fields and gardens to kill hibernating insects. Do not burn woods to control insects. Apply dormant spray^lo peach frees for San Jose scale arW' I leaf curl. Examine ?attle for lice, and I ask County Agent McCarley about the new dust for lice. Nazis Scuttle atLeast Twelve of Own Ships ! Mew York, Dec. 26.?Germans have scuttled at least twelve ships totaling I 103,428 tons in the present war to ! keep them from the enemy. Theyi are: Pocket battleship Admiral Graf' ! Spee, 10,00 tons, blown up and scuttled by crew December 17, off the Mon-! tevldeo coast after crippling battle with three British cruisers. North 'German Lloyd liner ColUm| bus 32,681 tons, reported scuttled to-1 day by crew of Cape Henry, Va. Adolf Leonharde, 2,989 tons, scuttled by crew in South Atlantic when British warship appeared. Adolph Woermann, 8, 677 tons, crew, scuttled it in South Atlantic ,to avoid] capture of British. Bertha Flsser, 4,110 toi^^ sunk by British warship after crew had partly scuttled It near Reykjavik;- Iceland. ~ Borkum, 3,670 tons, sunk by German# submarine after British placed prize crew aboard. Emmy Frledrlch, 4,327 tons, scuttled by crew in Caribbean. k Halle,*5,399 tons, scuttled by cr^w when French warship appeared. Mecklenburg, 7,892 tons, sunk by British warship after crew partially scuttled. I Parana, 6,038 tons, sunk by British war ehip near Iceland, after German crew partially scuttled. Ussukman, 7,834 tone, British an* nounced capture after crew tried to scuttle In South Atlantic and later reports said she sank. Watussl, 9, 621 tone, scuttled off South Africa to prevent ceptnm ; Australia plans to increase its postage retee to Ave cents. . Weekly News Letter I From liberty Hill 3 Liberty HilL Jan. 2.?At the Presbyterian church Suuday morning Hev. 1 W. C. Boyd, of Clinton, S. C., preach-1' ed the 11:15 sermon, treating his large audience to an able discourse, < stressing the idea that./ only two classes o^people?tbe ^bo and me simple?ever become pliristians. The great throng betweei/are two wise in their own conceit and too self-important to come to Christ. Rev. Boyd Is a young man of pleasing address, a fluent speaker, and we feel is destined to do a great work in the Master's | vineyard. He is not -yet ordained. At night, from the same pulpit, Rev. Howe, a missionary of fifteen years service in Japan, now on vacation in the county, delivered a very Interesting sermon telling many things about the ways, beliefs and customs of the people of the progressive island empire. Religious ideas, practices and r customs that have prevailed for-thousands of years are hard to overcome, and Christian religion is naturally making slow progress, but he thinks we should be patient, as sdme results are being manifested. The speaker was accompanied by his wife and Dr. and Mrs. W. \B. Mcllwainel retired ' missionaries to Japan, now living at Heath Springs. Our people were glad to have them with us for the occasion and hope to hear Mr. Rowe again be- ' fore he retprns to his po?4i of duty in "Japan next summer, Dr. and Mrs. 8. M. Huntley and littie son, of Clinton, spent the holidays here. Mrs. Huntley, before marriage, was MIbs Mary P. Hays. B. J. Cunningham spent several days in Charleston last week., Mrs. J. W. Todd and family, of Lou- . rens; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Sauls and --Mrs^yirglnla finnln _^r Mrt J. Av Prances and family, of Sumter; Mrr and Mrs. John Roddy and chll- .dren of Rock Hill; Miss Bettie Richards) of Laurens; Miss Margaret Richards, of Columbia College an^ Miss Johngy Richards, of Chester, were guests during the holidays in the home of their parents; Governor and Mrs. John G. Richards. Mr. and Mrs. J. B, McCoy and family, of Cassatt, were holiday visitors in the home of Mrs. F. B Floyd and brother, L. A. Perry. Mrs. Raines, of Great Falls, was a visitor last week in the home of her brother, H. 8. Higgins, and family. Mrs. C. K. Richards enjoyed a family reunion on Sunday, all of her family being present except Prof. A. J. Rlphards and family of Denmark, who were \inable to be present because of sickness In thy family. Those In atteftdance were J. G. Richards, 3rd., and family of Florence; W. J. Richards ?tid family, of Concord, N. C.; Prof, and Mrs. J/ p. Richards, of Lancaster; Mrs. J. K. Herlott and daughters, Misses Carolyn and SuzaO of Blshopvllle ;Mlss Sophie Richards' of Columbia, and Misses Lizzie and Lai Richards, who live at home, and Miss Marlon Richards Hodges, of Sumter. Miss Adella Cunningham was glveii a surprise birthday party by friends on Thursday; Mr. and Mrs. J. Flynn Johnston, ef Atlanta came over for a few days visit to his sisters, Misses Clara and Louise Johnston at the family home. Mr. Johnston has "been living ttr Atlanta for a number of years where i.. i. ..'ii 1 i1 U...L i.i1.- i ii 0mm notice; The annual meeting Of the shareholders of The First National B&nW of Camden, Camden, S. C., will be at four o'clock Tuesday afternoon, January 9, 1940, In the Directors room of The First National Bank of Cam* den. Camden, S. C. 8. W. VanLANDINGHAM, 39-41 , Cashier. NOTICE U The annual meeting of the hare* holders of the Camden Loan & Realty Co. will be held' at five o'clock W, Tuesday afternoon, January 0, 1940, -y-7, In the Directors room of The First National Bank of Camden, Camden, S. 0. pi S. W. VanLANDINGHAM, 39-41 Treasurer. ' . he holds an important position with the Southern Bell Telephone Company. He enjoys the weekly visits of The Chronicle and talks interestingly of the(Oate City, of Georgia politics, c . 4^4 and of South Carolina's good roads system. ' " ? ->-,4^ Mrs. C. D. Cunningham and twin daughters, Misses Mary tttlfl' BafkH,' and son, C. D. Jr., weite dinner guests ^ on* Wednesday last of Mr. .and Mrs. A. W. Cunningham, of Charlotte. Mr. Halstead, of Spartanburg, was here Sunday visiting E. J. Cunningham, who made his home in Spartanburg for many years. ** 477 ' Most of the school teachers have returned to their schoblsr-Mrs. A- M. McOaskill, to Blephiem; Miss Callie Jones to Columbia; Miss Sarah Cun- ' ningham to Cheraw; Miss Ann Thomson *to Highton Mc-Casklll to Irmo, and Mrs. Marion Riohards Hodges to Sumter. Our college girls, Misses Mary Cunningham, Willie Dee Hlggins and Lucy Clements went to Winthrop on Tuesday to resume their studies. C. D. Cunningham, Jr., expect* to gb ttu . .Columbia on Wednesday. W. Z. Hilton and. J. Abe Milton ware hiislnews visitors ,ln fomdRn on * Monday. Friends regret to hear, that Mrs. J. B. Anderson, popular assistant in the county agents oifice, is a patient -In .( the Camden hospital. Her two little sons are spending the time with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Mil* ton. ' R. C. Jones, prominent merchant ^ and farmer, is confined to his honpk by Illness. Dr. and Mrs. T. G. Hall and children returned home on Friday after a visit of several days in the home 0i Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jones, parents of Mrs. Hall, Dr. Hall has been a spftec* er for several months witlT an iimicted foot He is improving, but still unable to walk wlthput the use of his crutches. Mr. and MrSr N,. S, Richards h?4---all of their children with theaf at some tln^ during the holidays, except P. G. Richards, of Lancaster, who, as one of the^euccessful Pureoil gas distributing, was spending the;?fM week as gi^g^t of the company, with others, in Miami, Fla. Mrs. A. C. Cureton and sons, 7EI lis and John Bel ton, went to Chester one day to visit hor father, Rev. J. B. Jones, who wgyi suffering from the effects of a falk Mr. Jones is over 80 years old. Teachers and students of the colored school visited many homes on Christmas eve and sang carols.Nineteen - forty ^ame In with the first snow of the sesuson?ovenr twer Inches covering the ground. We wish a happy and prosperous 9 1940 to all readers of The Chronicle. if a!'. "J-I.IV!!1. " it*. " a*; . ..^a. , 1% Penalty On and after January 8 there will v be a one per cent penalty added to all unpaid CityXfaxes. An additional penalty will be added after January 31. LOUISE W. BOYKIN, City Clerk and Treasurer City of Camden, Camden, S. C. ^ - 1 1 1 . 1 1 , I FOR SJL** _*?? Director J. K. Breedln . zsrz SS5 paved roedf Prico on^tp&jT c?a!T^ iSStftoTw "