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Great January Clearance Sale ? HIRSCH BROTHERS & CO. WK AUK ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU SATISFIED WITH THIS STORE, AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR SPECIAL EFFORTS THIS ?rb-at DUCTION SALE WILL OPEN FRIDAY MORNING AT 9 O'CLOCK. JANUARY I7TH WITH VALUES THAT WILL COMPEL ATTENTION AND CROWD ^ IS A SIGNALLY SEASONABLE REDUCTION SALE. FITTINGLY EMPHASIZED RY RELIABLE MERCHANDISE AND SENSATIONAL REDUCTION IN PRICES Magnificent Tailored Suits, The Season's Latest Models Tailored to Perfection. Mostly Navy Blue and Black of Wool Serge, Garbadine, Wool Velour at Half Price. $25.00 Suit ? reduced to ...... . i $12.50 $30.00 Suit reduced to $15.00 $35,00 Suit reduced to $17.50 $40.00 Suit reduced to . $20,00 $45.00 Suit reduced to 22.50 $50.00 Suit reduced to ... $25.00 MENS, LADIES AND CH1LDRENS UNDER WEAR Ladies Vesta, and Pants reduced to 59 cents each Mens Heavy Fleeced Lined Shirts and Drawers re duced to 98 cents each. Men's Union Suits, good heavy weight, reduced to $1.75. I>ig lot of Men's Shirts reduced one-fourth original price in order to close out. Serge and Silk Dresses reduced to one quarter less than former price. $18.00 Serge Dress reduced to $13.50 $18.00 Silk Dress reduced to $13.50 $20.00 Silk Dress reduced to ..$15.00 $22.50 Silk Dress reduced to . ..$16,88 $25.00 Silk Dress reduced to $18.75 $30.0.0 Silk Dress reduced to ..., $22.50 $35,00 Silk Dress reduced to $26.25 $40.00 Silk Dress reduced to ....... ....,$30.00 Ladies, Misses and Children's Cloaks Reduced To 1*4 Less Than Former Pricp. $ 7.50 Cloak reduced to $5.62 $10.00 Cloak reduced to T $7.50 $12.50 Cloak reduced to ...$9.'36 $15.00 Cloak reduced to $11.25 $18.00 Cloak reduced to \ $13.50 $20.00 Cloak reduced to $15.00 $22.50 Cloak reducod to $16.88 $25.00 Cloak reduced to ....... ...$18.75 $30.00 Cloak reduced to ....$22.50 . $35.00 Cloak reduced to ...$26.25 Georgette and Crepe de Chine Silk Waists Hfducrd to 1-4 Than Original rrlws. 8iw? 30 to 4H. Color*. White, Fleoh, Nsvy Blur and. Taupe. " $ 5.00 Waists reduced to $3.75 $ 6.00 Waists reduced to ^ v.. $4.50 $ 7.50 Waists reduced to $5.62 $10.00 Waists reduced to $7.50 MEN AND BOYS CLOTHING Now i.s the Time to (Jet Your Winter Suit, Overcoat or I'antx. All Are Going In This Hale at 1-4 Off. $7.50 Boy Suit reduced to $5.62 $10.0(1 Boy Suit reduced to $7.50 $12.50 Boy Suit reduced to $9.37 $15.00 Man's Suit reduced to $11.25 $18.60 Man's Suit reduced to $13.88 $20.00 Man's Suit reduced to ..$15.00 $25.00 Man's Suit reduced to $18.75 $30.00 Man's Suit reduced to $22.50 $37.50 Man's Suit reduced to $28.12 $42.50 Man's Suit reduced to $31.50 $47.50 Man's Overcoat reduced to .-$35.62 $40.00 Man's Overcoat reduced tp .......$80.00 $37.50 Man's Overcoat reduced to ....... .....$28.12 $35.00 Man's Overcoat reduced to $2$.25> $32.50 Man's Overcoat reduced to $24.37 $30.00 Man's Overcoat reduced to - $22.50 $28.50 Men's Overcoats reduced to .......$21.38 $25.00 Men's Overcoats reduced to $18.38 $12.50 Boy's Long Overcoats reduced, to ; ..$9.38 $15.00 Boys' Mafckinaw Overcoats reduced to ....$11.25 * For this sale, prices reduced one-fourth. Now is your time to get your supply. Our entire Stock of Fun* Reduced to 1-* tliau Former Prices. i SHOES! SHOES! SHOES! We have Shoes for everybody-r-Ladies, Men and Children. Great many Shoes are marked down ior this sale. Come early and get your fit. 500 pairs of the celebrated Godman Shoes going in this sale for $1.98. Worth double the money. 250 pairs Children's Shoes, broken lot,.:... $1.48 350 pairs Men's Shoe*, this Sale at ,*? $2.48 288 pairs Men's Fine Shoes, this Sale, each ... $3.48 RUGS RUGS. RUGS. Greater values than these have never been. contri buted to a money-saving sale. All standard makes, Axminsters and Crex. Trimmed ancl Pattern Hat* Half Price WE HAVEN'T THE TIME TO QUOTE ANY MORE, BUT YOU WILL FIND A GOOD MANY OTHER THINGS MARKED DOWN.; CALL AND LET . US SHOW YOU. NOTHING '.CHARGED ON APPROVAL DURING THIS' SALE. . . RESPECTFULLY.'.' ? ~ HIRSCH BROS. & COMPANY, Camden, S. C. ANNUAL REPORT CONDITION OF THE CAMDEN HOSPITAL 1U(M)d For Year 1917. Camden, S. (!., January t. IS) IS. The Hoard of I>inrc4ors of the Camdeu k lospita) : Herewith if< I lie report of t ho work of t ho Hospital for t lie year 1017: Number pa l inn Is admitted 2S0, number of hospital day# .'{571), free patients 1,17, free days 'Jlltt, pay patients 123, pay days 1 T1T7, operated upon 102. Dis ^?harKi'd. cured 14G. improved 7S>. hot Improved 2,r?, died 22, refused treatment 1, Hct'.'Michcmeiit x ?>. remaining in hos pital I JccciiiIht .'list, 1 ! > 1 7 I. Medical n?ne<?? pneumonia 10, pleurisy i, nausea of pregnancy 'J, ncphri I is C>, uraemia 2. appenditieits 1, dvsentary 1. typhoid fever I S, bronchitis I. asthma 1, para-typhoid If, endocaiditis malaria r>, heriunorrha.t;e from tonsillectomy 1. e)i:onif,)tlfohoiisn? I. iritis I. insanity I, valvular disease of In it r t 'J. fur exami nation ami dlagnosi* lit. ? 1 1 < ? 1 1 ~ ? i? ? ti ot spim- 1. linema I hi in I. t.h. 1, i I ? if ??-? *? i t is !, ffustro-diMNh-nal ?:?tarih 2. pellagra 1. ??()!.;? I i pat ion I n st ,< ?????? ? 1 1 i : 1 1 \ 1, pyelit is 1 . IWrjcTrsil <*axjv>. : by>ii-i er;. -my 2. abscess S, varicose nicer 2. aecmichem' Tit * 1', ovariotomy 21, Nalpingis tomy 1". sal pil)j;t!-oor'phore?!toin\ 10, ^Mni-nsinn 12. strangulated hernia 2, app*nd.>etomy ^riljre.mfetomy 1. threatened abortion 2, amputation <5 .carcinoma u??mu?. inop ?*rab|e 1, amputation breast 1. t-mpvmn ii, fistula in ano %, stricture prostatitis a T, thoracent hesis 1. vari<*oce!e I, uberculnr gland 1. phle teeth salvnrsan bruises ?. <\ <\ Watt, linen. Tlii* report should have been publiHh ed u \ ear ajro, but the pre?K of other niMttrrx canned it to bo neglected. Annual Statement, December a I , 1917 Receipts. Income- pay patient ac._ $2,632.39 Income from County ? 1200.00 Income from City of Camden .'{00.00 Income from Iturdell Fund 4000.00 I'ush on hand .. ? 42.53 I 'a i a lire in Hank of Camden 2.15 C *;i h to add to Income Ac. 14.10 Loan from Donation Ac. 300.00 li v l??iidi t ur>? I . : u 1 1 1 ? and Water - . . ... - liepair*. maintenance. i-h ^tippiie-. nti'dical and surgical I'm |dn> ees account Is itch? a and pr<-\ i ? i< ? n s \ iini'xlhi'oia I.a -. i j i ? I r > I'ii.-! I* r? ; c li I and l-*\pre?.?. . 'IVrphone and TWjrraph Sundriivs I-* < i c i ? it'll S t at i "lit r n . - . . ? i a i d> a - . $8.41)1.23 $20-1.42 _ 1(57.00 000.04 _ 4002.41 . 2110.70 125.00 . 12.10 . 520.20 1 12.00 . 10.44 ? I 00 70.75 . . 0.50 50 10 . . . 24. <10 $8101.23 KepoT't l-'or The \ ear 1 0 1 H .irndi i), S. ( '.. .January 1. 1010. Hoard of Director* of Camden ! Iwt'u iyi. V ?I th' win)' tber -I the r'P'-rt "I lii?" work 1 1 ? ? j ? i t a 1 f?>r the > '-ft r 101S: ? ?f puticuts admitted 270. num . ? - p i t ?? 1 .days 20ST5. free patients <la.\? 111 Ti. j?jt\ pntifuts 174, s ir?70. pati'MUs op. in t<'() uj>"n nrK?'<l : rurnl U?7. improvf'l vod 11. died 17. nwtnrh m inins In tlx hospital 18. rj. t" H~?. typhoid gastric ulcer 2. 3, trauma of Itpsys ftui 1. A, vert i fro 1. It, miliaria fi. jft*sr of hrnrt rC?rho]ir poi Pncfr rcrtiim 4, 1, synovitis 1. ^pondiotomy 23, H. KJird in-vfiioular Ha 1, rN>n?ti|?? bit is 1. iiMirns ami c. 20, trachelorrhaphy 3, abucesH S. infected wounds 3, circumcision 4, abdominal drainage 1, amputations in cluding amputation at shoulder for sar coma of neck of humerus 9, thoracentisis <5. caesarian section 2, salpingo-oorphorec- 1 (?>niy 11, bruises and Iac?rate<l wounds, !?"?, fraeturoK 1>. periostitis 1, hysterec tomy 2, dislocation 3, perin*ornphy 4, ventrofixation f?, herniotomy 2, explora tory laparotomy 2. fractured skull 1, stricture 3, burns 2, abortion 5, ampu tation breast 1, enuneleation of "eye ball 1. craniotomy 1. earun cle 1, carbuncle 2. varicocele 1, vaginitis 2, infected knee joint 2, extraction of teeth 2, removal ; toe nail 3. hemmorrhoids 1, fistula 2, gunshot wound 2. gonnorrhAi 1, glossitis! Division by K^irc and Hex There were 188 white patients, 83 in !i If and 105 female. There were 82 Colored patients. 42 male and 10 female. I i Donations During (he Year Mrs. DickcrhofT $500.00, golf tournu iu ? nt, Mr. Krutnbhol* $71.00, Mr. I,eroy Ilnrvey $100.00, Hiding and Driving Club. Field Day, $25.7ty Mr. T. E. ! Kriimbholz $-5.00, Mr. (?. II. Cook .< lOOO.OO, Mr-. Watt, lineu towels j and gowns Mr. 1". M. Zemp vegetables, j Mr. r. ('?>.' ley, Mr, Ilardiu autl Mr. | .1 . H. Williams, Mrs. K. M. Kennedy, Jr., j each vegetables. We Hosed the sear 1018 with a small.' t overdraft in the bank, some repairs and. change* are necessary in the building, ' (?anting and calsomining are needed; f ? nl! ..f which mnney i" needed. ? The ! ? (.?nations in cash are kept separate, I nii'J this fund is used in emergencies, wttre hi! tie necessity arises and the treasurer has not the money in his gen eral fund. The high cost of living gen erally. increased cost of groceries, medi t a! and surgical supplies, and higher w : i c ' s to help, have caused many prob i'li. ^ that had to be solved. Rut we have a good superintendent, a capable: an. I economical housekeeper nnd all ex pfc?>es ar>- kept down to the lowest point ? ?? :iiitatih!e with efficiency. A'l the nurses ahd help have c.mt ributed to the Mjrrrt. r,f the year. \n;iual Statement December .it. t918 li.-reipt*? I pay pMti~:its account . $3870 3ft I nooiiie from County .. 000 00 Income from Rurdell fund . 4500.00 i >v. rdruft. Rank ??f Camden 275.20 $05 15.62 Expenditures ? ' ight* and Water $215.33 Repairs, maintenance etc. 185.05 Supplies, medirsl and surgical __ 40ft 01 Employees account 3|J30.08 Kitchen and provisions 3208.81 Stationery 13.00 Fuel 1131.65 Ice ? ... 116.25 Telephone and Telegraph 64.10 Freight and Express 3.00 Sundries ' 138.10 Insurance 235.00 Garden 2.25 l<oan from donation ac. returned 100.00 $05-15.62 Water Analysis. Charleston, S. C.. Jan. 7th, 1010. ' Sanitary Water Analysis No. 2060 of_ water received Jan. 3rd, 1919, from Municipal Water and Light Plant. Cam den. S. C. Results in parts per million Color 5.00 Chlorine 5.00 Free Ammonia 0.02 A Ihumlnaid Ammonia __0.02 Nitrites __0.00 Nitrates ? 0.00 Total Solids . ___ 20.00 Bacterial Analysis Bacterial indications of contamination negative. Remarks; Aunlysss indicate water to bo free from contamination and of good quality.-' Respectfully submitted, F. L. Parker, M. D FRANK HI NTKR I)KAI) Young Business Man of I-.ancA.ster Suc cumbs to Pneumonia. A Lancaster. Jan. 10. ? Frank W. Hunter dieil yesterday afternoon at 5:40 o'clock at hi* home on Barr Street, death be ing due "to pneumonia followiirg influ enza. Mr. Hunter hr^ been i'l a little more than a week but almost frnm the first his condition was regarded as criti cal. and for two days before his death little h.ipe of recovery was entertained. Frank Hunter was one of the most popular j mine business mm of the city and was well known ;n the county and Ssnt'*. He was n?sisrant postmaster for some six r.r eifjht months and prior to his appointment to that position was for s-everal years clerk in th* local postoffice, his father. J. F, Hunter bring post master. Mr. Hunter was married April 8, 101 S. to Mrv Fffie Thompson of Fort Mill. At the time of his death he won in his .?.0th year nnd was the only son of Mr and Mr^. J. p. Hunter, who with his wife, survive him. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Barrett, Mrs. K. Y. Steedman and Mr. Oorrtr ip^nt Sunday In Sumter. Tahes a Personal Interest. Mr. F. S. Roy 8 tor, President of the F. S. Koyster CTuano Company, whose ! advertisement appears in this issue, is I a man who has Rpent his life in the i development of the fertilizer business, and is as much interested in the human side of it now as when he used to drive , around from farm to farm and sell his ? output himself. He is nlways glad to hear, personally, from old customers who ; have used his- goods, with accounts of the results they, have obtained, and to I old or uew customers will be glad to 'give tho benefit of his many yeara ex-; periehe'e or the advice of the technical exports iu bis employ. If you feel likft writing him, Just drop a line to F. 8. Royster, Norfolk, Va;. and he will lie Kind to hear from you. Card of Thaake 4 desire through the columns of The Chronicle to return my sincere thanka to th?' many friends who were kind to tnc- and family during the recent lUnMI and death of my husband. I shall al ways bo very, grateful to all of them. Very sincerely, ? Mrs. H. D> Goff. Miss Beth Green who has been visit ing relatives bere and at Boyklas kas returned to her home in Spartanburg. IT IS Not HARD TO OET THAT $03.75 OH $127.50. .. IX TI,K r> CENTS OH 10 CENTS NOW AND EACH : ^ VX('UI'ASK VOCJU PAYMENTS THE SAME AMOUNT, OH * }-,!!! SAS ,<)IN olT,K.?> CENT, *100 ?H $5.44 CLUB, WHEKE I AY IN THE SAME AMOUNT EACH WEEK. IN 50 WBHBftft; ' 10-CENT CLUB PAYS $127.50 5-CKNT CLUB PAYS 63 75 u SCENT CLUB PAYS 25.50 ~ I-CKNT CLUB PAYS 12.75 - rv^'V/r TI,K MOXKY YOU rAY INTO THE CIIH1STMAS BANK rwl^ xv. IH VOlJRS? TIIEKE ARB NO DUES OF ANY KIND. COMh IN AND JOIN TODAY* The First National Bank ' OF CAMDEN, &C