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Ir An exceedingly uttrdi tiV0little home, sini^, comfortable. ??.nivniu-i:!, dura ble. ( an In built in a vci v t . w dava al a cost nc.n !y 50 per rent less than ordinary house.-} ito* tfjjje. Quick b\?? BUNGALOWS Built by skilled workmen in tremendous quantities from timber cut, prepared and manufac tured in our own forests and plants, after modern practical plans designed by skilled architects and sold direct tq you, from the forests at tremendous savings The Modern Method of? Economical House Construction The house arrives not only with all the material already: cut, prepared and ready to fit, but also completely manufactured. It will more than Cut Your Labor Bill in Half. This and many other attractive houses are shown in natural color in our beautiful book of homes. Write for it today. Sent postpaid, free, upon request. Address QuiCK Bungalow Dept. No. 45 I] A. C. Tuxbury Lumber Company, Charleston, s. c. THIS IS BUNGALOW Nf '?*. OUR CATAIO* SHOWS MAM ?TMIA ATTMCTIVt HOMIS. Mention The Chronicle When Writing Advertisers Just Received A Car Load of THORNHILL WAGONS WE HAVE just received a shipment of a car load of Thornhill Wagons ?the wagon made in the heart of the hardwood region of tough highland oak and hickory. y These are the long wear wagons wi th . many patented features. Made with the old standard track. Xs=K*T. - Not the* lowest pricctl wn^ons but the best and in the end the cheapest. r6U.sl RHAME BROTHERS, Camden. S. C. RECOGNIZE GOSPEL OF LABOR Law of Nature 0?mand? Certain Quan tity of Work (From AH Kinda of People. ?'The law nf nature Is flt;?t a rriialn quantity of work Is necessafj to pro I duco u certain quantity of good. of any kitiiI Whatever. ii vtui want knowl edge, yon niiiNt Mill for It; am! if picaa ure%,vou muttt toll f<?r It." Those won!* of John IthmUin are especially appro priate no\s, Arthur limit C'huie writes I In (outfit*'* This admonition laneeded not mere- | ! I.v h.v tlo' tiijinual laborers, hut also h.v 1 all clussc*, and especially hy the "poodic fakers" of ao-railcd' high so ciety. An afternoon trip to the most I expensive hotels discloses the fact that the wtir has not completely purged us from tJie idle rich. One may encoun ter there n new species, formerly known us n "lounge llr.ard." now called a "xofa cootie." A soldier pointed me out one of these specimen*, exclaim ing: "Think of our hrave who have fallen, and a thine like that survives!" Wo \Von iIds war?why? fit*cause we hecilril the law of sweat. In the crucial hour our aociety spewed out Of its mouth the Idle rieh and the idle poor. We tolerated only one class, the workers. Vincent Astor and Klngdon (joiild had to step up and do their duty Just the same as the FrlcaHlnul twins from "Little Italy." Now that the war Is won, fills lasv of sweat should re main Imperartve foi?att~T,ta??es. ery man and every woman owes a duly of work to Ills age, and society of tlie future should be so organized as to in sist that tltnt debt Is paid. Jteferi'lnji to the law of sweat, we must realize that there are two ways In which a man may fulfill, his. obli gations, either hy hralu sweat, or hy brawn sweat, Rightly speaking, the mental workers belong Just as truly among tiie laboring classes as (lie mun uai workers, Tn t.'lie truest sense both are producers. BIRD KNOWN IN EVERY STATE Writer Suggests That the Flicker Might . Well Be Adopted a* Amer ica's National Bird. Tlir alert him! Industrious flicker Is SuggeKte<H?y Frank M. Chapman. writ lug fn "Our Winter Jiirds/' us'the na tional bird. because It Is a native of every state In the t'nion. lie say* It Is also iiiln|iiive u 11 * I Intelligent, peace ful though htitve. useful and beauti ful, but be cannot sing. The bird makes up for his failure to contribute vocal solos by drumming exhibitions that any trick snare drummer would envy. When the bird gets on a tin roof or gutter; arid is feeling facetious, Its work with its beak In jiiarvelous. "It wins !!< way peaceably if it cab, but. If it is aroused it fights for all it is worth." Mr. Chapman writes. "It Is a beautiful bird, known by many oth er names, such as crescent bird, be cause of the black crescent on its breast ; golden-winged woodpecker, be cause of tiie yellow revealed in Its wings when It Hies; the cotton rump, because of the white on Its back, and the yarrup and yellowhaniin.er. Its home is anywhere between Central America and Camtda and in character, habits and appearance it is clearly a credit to the country." One or the Other Imperative. (Jem/re had not been overkiud to his wife when he let* for camp. And the prospects for his wife when he returned were not any brighter when she got this nop1 from Into:. "Them white, folks here put some sirup in my arms from the blood of a mart bnli and a game cjirrken that will make a nigger light a cannon and I is already feeling like lighting. When I routes home wid that lighting blood in me. ami I tinds our you ain't been doing right, watch out for iand 1 niM'^s bow big - you are." The wife took the note to the judge of the county In which she lived. "Well. Kiizii." said the judge to the colored wife, after lie readi the let ter. "What can I do for you ahoilt 'his?" "Judge." ri plied Klizii. "I s wan' a ; iiiv.>r?-*> <*r stun n! dar sirivp." No IdJe Chatter. W hen a young girl I was timid and ' - ii \. ami 11; i \ tic attention directed to! ?w+e- -ii I . jw-usiui?um- ? > mbn?r rassnient. One evening I was invited ' to a rather formal dinner party. All j the girls present were considerably I older 11 in 11 I, so J said nothing until ! nt'oui the middle of the meal, although I the other', were i-IniTfTng 111 H d^slll- | lorv manticr. Suddenly a young woman sitting af i my right turned to me with the ques tion: "I?on"t you ever say anything?"! It seemed to me that the attention i of every one at the table was focused I i on me. and blushing furiously, I stam- j mered : "Oh. yes. sometimes, when ( there'* something interesting to talk | about." A stony silence greeted my roninrk. ?-Chicago Tribune. Bit the Bones. Charley, tlie cook, has n mania for I "shooting craps." One day he missed 1 bis dice, and having always worn a smile, it was at once noted that there was something wrong, because lie wax alf glooin and had a solemn look like one who bad come to great grief We had bash for supper. The bugler hu\ in?f n heaping mess kit fill! of hash, was making ?reai progress when all of a ? widen he bit Into something hard er to eat 'han ha*h <'barley in orve ujor?- * ?aring his smile of content meot, being satisfied now with bifn ??Ir and the world/ The Wondirc of Amoiici By T. T. MAXEY OUR NATIONAL CAPITOL. IT IS tint tilting iHut Amerlca?tha greatest na t ion jii all thi* world? should ItUVO llic tinest eapllol i>.i. i? 1111 ? on earth. The architectural beauty of our 11:11 tonal capltOl building at Wash i in: i > >ii most (tuprfMlVB ami, for C?I?I* to) purpos.es, It Ij* sahl to HUi'pnaii every other building in the world, The bjise ol' tills (UUUjPjttft*. s\in metrically shaped and Imposing edltice rests on a level plateau, at an eleva tlon of l>7 foet ihove the historic Po tomac liver. The building faces the eust and In about one mile distant J lrom the White House. The corner atone of the original structure, which comprises the cent.ral portion of the present building and Is of Virginia sandstone, was laid by President Wash* Ington ?n September 18, 170U?llifi years ngo. Later, wlieta it beeuine necessary to enlarge the building, two additions or wings, of Massachusetts marble, were added. President Fill more laid the corner atone; (>anlel Webster was the orator. These wings were burned by the Itrltish in 1SII, hut were restored. The original building was competed in ISL'7. The present atructtir? t? 751 feet long and ."?o0 wide. It-'covers three nnd one-half acres. The central por tion Is surmounted hy one of the most graceful, pleasingly shaped nnd tnas* a.lve domes In the world. This dome la 287 feet .high* It was completed In 1|i weighs 'more than 8,000,000 pcumJs ar?! Is topped by a statue of FreerNi** almost -0 feet high. The total value of the building i nd ground* Is estimrtf'J at $2T?,4 >0,000. NOTICK TO DKBTOKK Ali purlin iudvbt?M^ U? thv r*ut? of W. B Ittwkwt'l), ?r* h?reb> IV**UH?m1 U> u??k?- jwyniuit to fh%% u infer rtjncd. and ptrtfra having Halt*, AKttiuM <h<f *ui<\ fHtxrto, will present tb<*. ?HHy attwttf within the tun,- pi-vce^M l>v U?w. NANNIE J HLA< KUKI.i(i U^tt|(!d AiIiiiiimsiratrii ('unnliii, S <V, M or I'll llth, COLUMBIA LUMBER MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DO< Its, CL.INDS AND LUMBER WMOM??? WW ?)?? ?W UHIII PLAIN & 111' I.ft Phnno 7 V COLUMBIA, S?C. jnomt ?a?i without quest ioiiif Hurtt aSalv* fail* in the trMtmMt of Eccema, i Tetter, Ringworm, Itch, etc/ Don't become dl?cour*?ed be oattH other treatment* MM, Hunt'* S*lw ho* relieved hun dred* of liu h ca?M. You can't IM? OO our Xf*n?j* Mmek Gumrmnl*m. Try it it our rlth TODAY. *?ric? 75c ot ZKMI' & IVPA8S. ? HruBKist* DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crocker Building Candeti, 8. C. mm Arm a r - *eosr AKASOA/Aat/C I - / CVtAt . tfAQ OOtV? With us your repair work is only incidental to the patronage we hope to receive from you on the articles we sell. ? v ? . For this reason you aiv assured of best service and lowest prices on repairs made here. Isn't that inducement enough to bring your repair work to us? . G.L.BLACKwELL JEWELER 8 OPTOMETRIST CAMDEN SOUTH CAROLINA Get Our Prices On account of the extreme high price of sheeting and shingles one cannot afford to cover barns, stables and outhouses with this expensive material. WE 1IAVK GALYANXEZD ROOFING WHICH IS .MUCH CHEAPER. ( here is and has been a serious scarcity of nails?. WE HAVE NAILS v * . Now is the time to plant your Spring garden, we have a large stock of SEED IRISH POTATOES, BLISS, COBBLER AND EARLY ROSE. PIEDMONT FLOUR (Flour that gives satisfac tion or money back.") LARRO COW FEED ("The Dairyman's Friend") ARAB HORSE AND MULE FEED. Cheaper and better than corn or oats. SEE US AND GET OUR PRICES Soliciting the continuance of your patronage Springs & Shannon The Store That Carrie* The Stock.. Camden, S. C.