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.'Vi AMERICAN COT-* TON ASSOCIATION Delegates Appointed to. Repre sent; Sumter County in the State Convention at * Columbia A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Sumter county branch of the American Cotton Association was held last Saturday, April 24th. Present: L,. D. Jennings, county chairman; T. J. Kirvin. vk-e chairman: Committee men L. E. Reames. E. Oon}-ers~Brown. J. F^rank Williams; Secretary E. I. Reardon. The principal business was *he ap pointment of delegates from Sumter county, erf ladies and gentlemen to at tend the State convention of the South Carolina division of the Association in Columbia on'May 5th. as noted be low.* "**The~ Columbia convention will meet at 12 o'clock, noon, at Craven hall. . The women of South Carolina are eligible to membership in the Ameri can Cotton Association/on the same, basis as the men. and the Association* is very anxious to."have every lady in the State to join. A great many lady delegates have been selected from; Sumter and oth^r counties. A splendid woman speaker. Mrs. Math's, of Alabama, an educated wo man, and a practical farmer, who op erates hundreds of plows on her farms. has been secured_to address the Col umbia convention^ She has a special message for therwomcn and for the teachers of Souttyj'OarolIna. \Every Hvhite teacher, male and fe-; , male, in Sumter county has been des-,! ?iignated as a delegate to this conven- j tion; to represent Sutnter county, and j it is'sincerely hoped that'every one,' will attened. Every farmer, merchant.' hanker and other business and pro-: fessitfnal man appointed as a dele- ! gate should be present, as ma tters of j . vital importance will be up for dis- \ cussion. Several good speakers will; be on hand. I j Delegates appointed . to represent i the Sumter County Division: Lu D. Jennings. W. A. Bowman, T. I ^'3. Kirvin; members of the State exe- j --? cuiive committee from Sumter Coun- ! ty Division. j I Delegates at large: Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Oliver. Mr. S. M. McCoy. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Brown. Mr. J. H. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Gaillard. Mr. W, C. Folk, ?tjj Mr. and Mrs. T. S. DuBose. Jr. ... -Mr. and-Mrs. Stanyarne Burroughs. Mr. and -Mrst R. J^. Burketf> Mr. Burroughs Colough. Mr. J. F. Hopkins. Mr. and. Mrs. j/L. Giriis. l$lr. and Mrs. E. E. Rembert. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Vinson. Mr. T. M.4 Brown. ' j Mr. and Mrs. Julian Sanders. - I Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sanders. Dr. and Mrs. M. S< Kirk. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jackson. Mr. and-Mrs. C. E. Sanders. f Mr. and-Mrs. J.* L. Jackson. * ?. " Miss Arm i da Moses. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lenoir. Mr. and Mrs. George Mabrey. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Mims. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ayoock. Dr. and Mrs. M. E. Parier. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ramsey. Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Dwight. Mr. and Mrs. Miller Coulter. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Harvin. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kolb, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kolb ? Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Cain. Mr. and Mrs, H. JVTindal. . Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Osteen. Mr. and-Mrs. T. E. Hodge. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Harvin. Mr. and .Mrs. H:.H. wieU&.-- ' vij * Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Pierson, Mr. and Mrs. J, C. Bpogdote/'1'*^'?'' :1 I Mr. and Mrs. J.. B. Britten.- ^ ?j i Mr. and Mrs; B. R. White. ? ? Mr. and Mrs^ Joel:'E: Davis." " Mr. L. E. Reames. j Mr. Willie S. ? earn es..;?"?' " r; A ""f Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ma hone-?*.'. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Brunson. Mr. C. W. Brunson. . * Mr. Albert Br'ogdon. / : ' Mr. B. W" Br.ogdon. Sr. : * j Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Dennis. 'Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Smith. . j Mr. Willie Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Spann/ Mr. Eueious Durant. -Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Durant. .Mrs. T. J. Kirvin. '> \ . Mr. and Mrs, E. W. Dabbs. Mrs. John R. Sumter. *Mrs. Xina Solomons. Mr. and Mrs. Jfi. I. Reardon. Mr. and Mrs. \V. R. Wells. s Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fogle. Dh. and Mrs. J. H. Haynsworth. Professor C. S. Hutchinson. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Tisdale. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Chandler. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. K. .1. May.es. Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rembert Ma*yes. Mr. and Mrs. a. Lemmon. Mr.ywjH^irs. H. Osteen. and Mrs. F, D. Knight, r. and Mrs. I. M. Tmluck. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Green. Mr. and Mrs. A. EL Truluck. Mr. and Mrs. ('amble Moore. Mrs. L.. D. .Jennings. Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Bowman. Mr. and Mrs. I). D. Moise. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Reiser. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. McCallum. Mr. and Mrs. M. Goldberg. Mr. S. L. Kransnoff. . Mr. and Mrs. <\ G. Rowland. Air. H. J. Harby. Mr. and Mrs. J. J Brennan. Mr. a?xl Mrs. W. P. Daughtry. Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Booth. Mr. and Mrs. \V. Percy Smith. Mr. and Mrs. R. L Manning. Mr. and Mrs. H. a. Moses. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Siinders. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Keels. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McLaurin. . Granted the horse affords one a much more poetic means of transpor tation than the automobile, still it is hard to realize it while swatting the fH.es from your neighbor's stable.? A!B&&d~-r Kotorfst. ? Hp ROADS NOTES ! Additional Facts and Figures Contributed by a Student of Good Road Situa tion in Sumter r County I - I In Cleveland county, Ohio, in Sep ! tern her, 31*19, two five-t?n White [trucks were loaded to their normal i capacity and both run over 100 miles jof hard surface concrete roads and [then over 100 mile's of earth road in ifair condition and the gasoline con ? supmtion for the different runs accu rately kept. The average for the two i trucks showed the consumption oV : gasoline on the hard surface roads j came within a fraction of one per j cent of being just half what it was on j the earth road, in fair condition, j .?Those earth roads, in fair condition, were probably as good or better than ?pur best roads. This p^r. centagt? [might not hold for cars running: j "light", so to be on the safe side we i will take 4 0 per cent as. the basis, j ; It is generally conceded that car ! depreciation and up-keep is cut at i least 60 per cent by hard surface ! roads, such as we have, j We cannot expect to get much re sults that will/benefit every body gen [erally by constructing ten miles or tifteen miles of hard surface roads. I We need something like one hundred ^and twenty-five ipiles o$ them cover ing the system of main county roads and branching out from Sumter in ten different directions. This, will put a hard surface road within three miles of almonst any man's house in the ] [county and will absorb 75 per cent j of the traffic of the county.' . j ?On these premises let's see how we would break with a bond issue, jiist figured on a basis of saving with out reference to any of the positive ? benefits of good roads. Seventy-five per cent of forty per ; cept saving on gasoline, figured on a basis of three gallons per car per day> 265 days, for 2.000 cars, (gasoline fig ured at 25 cents)- amounts to .$229,950 per year. Seventy-five per cent of sixty, per cent of car depreciation and cost of up-keep. figured on a basis of an ini tial cost of $1,500 per car average. 2.000 cars, life, of cars five years as per insurance companies practice, amounts to $270.000 per year. This gives a total of $499,950 di rect saving per years to the car own ers and will take care of the interest and sinking fund of a bond issue of over $5.000.000. The saving would be greater as the number of cars in crease. All, bond issues call for taxation in some form to meet them. They must be paid off sooner or later. rm-this case taxation could take the form of a'general levy on real es tate, or a levy on abutting and ad jacent, property or a direct vehicle tax or a combination of some or all of these. The county auditor's books show the j following:,1' j Total assessed valuation of county.! $10.63$.000. , Assessed valuation of Sumter town ship, $5,730.000. Assessed valuation of railroads (4 2 per cent basis). $1,488.000. Assessed valuation of banks (42) per cent basis). $505.000. Assessed valuation of merchandise. (42 per cent basis) $1,204.000. Assessed valuation of manufactur- j ers, (42 per cent basis), $320.000. Farm lands assessed at an average 'of $8.01 pen acre. 10 to 15 per cent of market value. Personal property on a higher per centage basis of valuation. City real estate valuation basid about 35*to-20 per cent. Banks, rail-| .roads, merchandise and manufactures! 42 per cent -basis. The city of S^imter has spent $400,, .0,0o^jn,paving twelve or thirteen miles of streets'which are public highways: and, which the ^yhole county gets the benefit of/" Banks, /merchandise and j manufactures are largely concentrat-1 ed in its limits. . Also the largest I slice of railroad property. City real estate is valued on a higher basis! than country property. It's actual to- j tal assessed valuation is over half | that of the total of. (he county for tax- J atior. purposes, whereas on actual j valuation' basis .'it would be consider ably less than one-half. \ It seems; that a general levy on property would J bear unsuitably on th<- city. There is now one car owned by} about every fourth family. There are men and women who own property; who do not own cars. There are! some who own cars who do not own I property. Shall this class, although j relatively small enjoy th'^ privilege of ? sroou roads without contributing to j them? j Abutting and adjacent property, might equitably be made to carry a I certain portion of the load. Such [porperty would naturally be enhan ced in value. But there are many property owners in the country who ' do coro especially for enhancement j in their property holdings. They have j the land for use and not for sale. [An enhancement in values would au ! tomatically increase their taxes for I general purposes as well as for the [special bond levy. Some say there would be th<- complication of too much fdetail in putting such into effect.] [Others say it is a biy matter und; worth the trouble Of considerable de r ta.il work. The State of * Iowa has lately adopted such a plan, establish ing a graduated scale, starling with [the property that is located upon the highway and running down to*?he] property a mile and a half distant <n: (either side of the road. Mr. s. K. Bradt. superintendent of [highways of Illinois, in speaking be : "ore the American Association of .siat< Highway officials says, "the underly ' ing principles of taxation are that j taxes shall be levied as f?? r as possi ; ble: 1. In proportion to the benefits ['received. 2. , Upon those who have i the monev with which to pay.. 3. In [a manner that will meet the approval . of these who are to pay. The extent to which these, principles are em'bod ?ied -in-*&ny plan of taxation, will be I ~ ~ ?~?rzzzsssKoixi???. tKe mcasure"~o?1 "equity .yau,d'/the suc cess <if the plan." ? \\ What couM the owner of automo bile, auto-truck, wagon or bugg? af fqjrd to pay as a direct vehicle tax? ifThat depends upon the size of their I equipment, the quality of the improv ed roads and t* eir total mileage. This last is a very i' iportant item. A small mileage would warrant little or no i tax. The broader the scope of im jprovement plan the greater the par iamidally cumulating benefiit to the vehicle owner and the greater the tax i he should bear and would no doubt j quite willingly bear. Instead of put ting his money into gasoline and car j repairs and up-keep and replacement j he would use it to pay for good roads, j It seems legitimate that ahose re ! ceiving the direct benefit should be [the first to be taxed. This is the [principle that prevails in all. other j governmental^ owned enterprises. jThe consumer "pays the bill" in the [business of the postoffice department I of the generai government (except the defiicit which the government us ; ually has to pay). He pays the bill ifi municipal li; irting and water plants Ali thesd Illings benefit the public at large and property at large and some times the.: arc called" upon to pay j for this "in the way of a deficit but the ! consumer is taxed first. Sumter is b "leader." not only in a provincial way but in another way. The road building program now in the United States is immense. Every where the answer to the cpuestion of the most equitable way of levying tax ! es for this purpose is being sought af ter. It furnishes an inviting and very profitable field for the best brains of our,community and offers a challenge to our faith. Will we be able to mea sure upjto our boasted initiative, and prbf?ressiveneSs? Other counties in the State are try ing this year a direct vehicle tax. Not ja very high one. however. Shall we not go them oho better by making the scope of our plans big enough to war rent a really big tax?or rather call it a diversion of investment and there by reduce the real taxation element to -the minimum? Speaking of this Mr. F. R. White, chief engineer, of Iowa State Highway Commissions, says: "The tendency is very strong ly toward placing the major costs of a trunk line highway system on the motor vehicle' rather than on real property.". ^ A vehicle tax on buggies, surreys and wagons at $5 per year per horse would bring in approximately $35^000. As a general tax on property about 21 mills would be required to take care of a $2.000.000 bond issue. A larger bond issue would requir% a proportionately increased levy. A divertion license sounds good. It moans a license that merely turns aside money that is being spent for gasoline, car' up-keep and repairs and depreciation arid puts it into good .roads. Road improvement work is pyra midal in character. Unless a broad base is planned the benefits to the public at large cannot be expected to reach very high. . A limited mileage* of hard surface roads will not afford much benefit to ;car owners^at large,:- ?Put.-jJgjgE^on a broad scale they would enab^ car owners to substantially pay for ahem out' of savings. Don't take our word for it. Get the .general sentiment on the subject. Go out on the street tomorrow and ask the. first car owner you meet how much per year they would be willing 'to pay as a direct vehicle tax if the county will put down one hunderd and twenty-five miles of hard ? sur face roads in the county. One party recently did this and the replfcs he got ranged all the way from $50 to ?? 150 dollars per year. If such a divertion license plan were adopted the present license might seem a little high but this would rap idly' decrease from year to year as the use of motor cars and trucks in creased. The hard ' surface roads would rapidly increase the use of au tomotive rolling stock. In ten years time the divertion license would be indiyidauUy light. As soon as a new car owner appeared he would start paying the divertion license. Under such a plan the city would still pay the greater part of the ta^ since out of the 1.35$ cars in the county last year 791 were in Sumter township. The difference would be that in this case instead of tax be ing born in many instances by parties who did not own *ears it would he paid by car owners who would pay the same out of their savings. The business concerns in the city which own a licet of trucks continually ply ing the- roads would approximately pay in proportion to their savings. A tax on gasoline is beinpr consid ered and the idea is pregnant with possibilities. Good r^ad facilities for local travel seem to be as much a legitimate com i modify for sale by a governmental unit as good postal facilities, good i water or good lights. As a rule the car owners are per feetly willing and glad to pay for good roads. As a rule they are able to pay for them, espoi Tally when the saving is taken into cor,: deration and they as a rule are the ones who re ceive the most benefit. The method seems to embody the principles of tax ation as outlined by Superintendent i Bradt. WOMAN PREACH ER IN BERNE Berne. April 27?A woman's first appearance in a Geneva pulpit will take place June 26th when Miss Maude Ftoyden, a London pastor, preaches at the Cathedral here. * Wedgfield Club Wedgetield Democratic Club met j for the purpose of reorganization on j Saturday afternoon. j The following officers were electee!: President, Dr. F. M. Dwight. Vice President. W. H. Ramsey. Secretary E. E. Aycock. Member of County Executive Com mittee, H. M. McLaurin. Committee on enrollment and re gistration, J. B. Ryan, J. J. Geddings. W. H. Ramsey. Delegates to the county convention, Dr.-M. Li. Parier and E. jE.?Aycoek. GOOD ROADS NOTES Facts That Have a Bearing Upon County Highway System The following statistics ami reflec tions on the subject of the perman ent highway system for Sumter coun ty, the direct appropriation of $.75,000 for road improvement this year and jthe proposed bond issue of ? 3000. ! 000 for the construction of hard sur i faced roads are submitted by a < iti [zen who has given the matter a great ; deal of careful consideration, j Let's get at the facts. Hard sur faced roads for Sumter cocnty is a big proposition and not to,-be under taken lightly or in an unadvised way by the taxpayers. The people .arcj entitled to the facts that will enable them to see the proposition from all angles. . While the proposition is big the po tential benefits loom very large. Sumter county people are not accus tomed to being scared by mere ./Jflg j ness." When results are 4n? view no j proposition is too big nor no detail J too small to receive careful consid i eration. j Everybody wants good roads. The I question is what kind of good roads (shall we have? How many miles of I them? -Where shall they be located j to do the. most good? The wherewith all to pay for them. -. . First, get in mind that the State Highway system of roads in the coun ty, on which the Federal Aid Funds is available .only, consists at present [of the roads of Sumetr via Mayesyille J to Eee county line; Sumter via Dal zel! and Rembert to,.Kersha\v county line; Sumter to Wedgefield and/Gar ner's Ferry, and Sumter and Manning road to Clarendon county line. These four roads total approximately fifty miles and run out from Sumter at ?.bout right angles to each ether, div iding the county into about four equal parts. - In order to get Federal Aid on their construction they must j conform to certain ? Government re quirements as to width, grade, curve I ture. drainage and bridges. The State j Highway Department estimates the j present cost of ha*-d surface roads of [standard width, etc., to be about $10, [ 000 per *nile. including concrete'and I steel bridges. The system of main country roads "ately adopted, embraces, in addition to the above-named roads of the State Highway System, the following roads: Stateburg road. Sumter-Bishopville. road to Eee county line,' Black River road to Trinity church, road via Os wego to Lee county line. Stjmter-Pine wood road to county and road t? Packsville to county line, totaling approximately, with the State High way system of roads, one hundred and twenty-one. miles. On these last named roads Federal Aid is not avail able. The dominating features in the road situation! in the county today are the factors of maintenance and the rap id increase in automative rolling stock being used on the'roads with all that this implies. With between six and seven hun dred jniles of county roads and seven hundred and eleven bridges the main tenance problem looms large and when it is understood that there is available for the maintenance of these on an average of only twenty convh^J hands it can readily be seen why no j satisfactory system of county roads have ever been possible under pres ent and past methods. And sand-clay or top soil road re quires a certain amount of mainten ance at certain definite times with out which it soon goes to the bad. I ! Th<- intervals between these periods" ;ire not far. What chance does "a ' force of twenty men stand to main Jain six to seven hundred miles of top soil roads or even half or a quarter of such mileage? Like in the case of the city before she paved her streets, maintenance on the country roads consists largely in pulling the dirt up into the road for lityto be washed down at the next rain. ! / Our only salvation from the main jtenance problem is to put down roads [that require the least amount?hard jsurface roads and raise these above Mh" level of the surrounding fields so ; that water will not drain onto, the j roads or else dnt the necessary ditch ing to adequately drain them. The road that requires the least maintenance is cheap at any reason able cost of construction. The cost j of maintaining hard surface roads of certain types over that of maintaining 1 top-soil roads is very smal fraction. The county js now spending thou i sands of dollars annually in maintam j ing or trying- to maitnain dirt roads, j !lf we can absorb seventy-five per cent; of the traffic -of ;the county on hard-j surfaced roads-the maintenance prob-j lern will be brought within reason ably practical bounds. The rapid increase in automotive I rolling stock on the roads of the ] county and all that this implies: ! 191G for the first time automobiles j were listed under a separate classifi- j cation on the tax hooks, previous to j that time bring included under the I j head of "'Vehicles." In 1925 the vehicles returned for' i taxation *vere 5,84^ including buggies,! j wagons, automobiles, etc. -j j Since that time the returns for au Itomobiles show as follows: Sum. In- Sum Other j Co. crease twp twps. j T91jC . 411 325 86 j ] 1017 . 41% 419 164 1 |T918 . 900 540/ 5n7 343 j 1919 .1357 50% 791 567^ 'l In four years the total increase' j shows as follows: - i j For Sumter county 230 per cent. J For Sumtbr township, 143 per cent, j j For County outside Sumter town-; jship. ?G0 per cent. j If this ratio of increase holds we 1 should*-have this year approximately ! I 2,000 cars in the county, i There are about 40,000 people in 1 ] the county: white about 13.000; ne-! gores about 27.00p. Representing families: white. 2,GOO; negro, 5,400. Still room for an increase in passen j ger cars. j And the truck development is only ; I in its infancy. If we nave 2.000 cars j j of all classes in the county today what j will we have live, ten or fifteen years ; 1 from today? Any such mileage of ? good roads will give a great! impetus j to-Car and truck uses, especially i trucks. ! The cost of this automotive equip- j j ment and the speed .at which it oper- i iates are the elements that have chang I ed the road question almost "over j night.' < j Before the advent of the automo { bile the county had an average in j vestment of "about $700,000 in wagons, f:buggies, surreys' etc. Today, figur j ing an average first cost of $1,500 per car. we have added to the above amount an investment of $3,000,000 in automobiles.* Over a 400 per cent increase in a short term of years. But! j more important than the quantity is j i the character of the increase. * j Wagons, buggies and surreys are of! ' simple construction that withstand J ; severe conditions and usage. The au- j j tomobile embodies machinery, nice- ] j ly adjusted. It is much more subject [ j to rack and ruin under severe con j ditions. It calls loudly for better I treatment. The average speed ? oi ? horse-dra ^ 'Vehicles " is "Hlfe^mftes~per"h'?ur^^hat ? of motor driver, fifteen or more.' "The J strain on a .vehicle increases, not'in a simple, but in a geometric propor tion to its speed. In the automobile, both the car and its motor is subjected to deprecia tion by.bad road conditions. In the*-, horse-drawn equipment only the ve hicle practically is the horse is recu perative. $3,000,000 worth of nicely adjust ed machinery and settings being bumped to pices on the roads of our county today. "Would a private.cor poration, own the automotive .'railing stock of the $3,500,000 worth of rifcely adjusted machinery and settings 'be ing bumped and racked to pieces on the roads of our county today? Would a private corporation owning the. roll ing stock of the county defer for.one moment taking steps to obtain^ade-, quate roadways to save the wear .and^ tear. The railroads of the .country, constructed at a cost of from $2flr,000 to ?40.000 per mile, accommodate much less delicate rolling stock. They are run for the benefit of the stock holders and must show a profit.; Are the citizen's of the county any less vit ally in ..-rested inj getting a profit -out of their every day operation of <;ars on the public' highways and . in the ?elimination of lavish wastefulness? XOTICE OF ELECTION ?i Pursuant to' the powers vested in ;the undersigned, as members of, the j "Sumter County Permanent Tio.rn I Commission" by an act entitled "An Act to Provide for the Issue of; Cou pon Bonds for Permanent Roadjgjjildv ing and Permanent Bridges #y -SuBB j t^r County, Provide for A>C6mmis?|^B to Expend the Proceeds 'Thereof juM j Provide a. Sinking Fund for XheirJ^H [tirement," approved by the GoyernoB I of the State of South Carolina Marcfl| >10th, 1920, and effective from' said I date,? j An election is called for the*:llth 'day of May, 1920, for the County of ! Sumter on the ouestion of -the'Jssue 'of coupon bonds to an amount hot exceeding two and one-half million dollars ($2.500,000,00). and bearing ? interest at .a rate not to exceed : five [and one-half percent, per annuin, 'to I be issued at such times and in*such: j amounts as the Commission ma%.;de I term ine in its judgment and djiscre tion, the amount outstanding a^C^ny time not to exceed the ConsUtuj^nfll I limitation; the proceeds to ife^i i pended in the construction of I^rd ! surface roads and permanent hajw[ges i in Sumter County, as by said adtypca | vided. J$p \ Registered and qualified vot^psi of j Sumter County shall be entitle^, "to ;vote at said election. [ Anyone holding a registration.tcer [ tificate bearing date prior to April 12th, 1920, and who has paidU{.:his' taxes for 1919 v ill be entitled tdi.v?te in' the election herein referred t?. Pursuant to law, the books of reg- , istration for said election will . be . closed thirty days before the said ' election, to-wit: on the 12th day' of April, 1920. ' N L. D. JENNINGS,. ?????.w, G. A. LEMMON. J. P. BOOTH, J. B. BRITTON, STANYARNE BURROUGHS^ S. A. HARVTN, Members of the Sumter County Perm- % anent Road Commissi?i. Birmingham, April 28?Five hnn-? dred dollar donations to each of the- . 154 Alabama families who were made % homeless by the tornado hay,e ;heen undertaken by the Red Cross, 5* S3*-3f& You should'know why Camels are so unusual, so refreshing, so satisfying. First, quality?second, Camels expert blend oi choice TurJqsfc and choice Domestic tobaccos which you'll certainly prefer to either iand^ smoked straight! Camels blend makes possible that wonderful mellow mildness?yet all "the desirable body is there! And, Caniels never tire your taste! You'll appreciate Camels freedom from any unpleasant cigaretty after taste or unpleasant cigaretty odor I For your own satisfaction compare Camels puft by puff with any ciga rette in the world at any priced C*nit,!s arc sold everywhere in scientifically xcai>*d packatba-otHO ci<f?* rettes; or ten packages I 200 cigarettes) //? * tftj*ssr&~fi*g?^^?ffftf' carton. We strongly recommend this usrictn for- fhe^?oan? or <*??^/ supply or when you ttavtL " *'?'?""? R. J. REYNOLDS .TGfcftCCQ CO- F^^fer. K C