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^hrouiflf PUBLISHED KVKKY V HI DAY HY "W- Ij. M?'IDOWEIjIj' HliBMClHPtloN If \ 11 h Oim year, $1.50, mix month*, 76 cAltUj three mouth*, 40 Colli*. Katkh yon Advkktiki.s'o Oiilinar) transient mJterti-unontH, first iiit-< it.mi . *1 .00 |MT ; t-Arll Nit Incipient III ?ertion 60 con?? per square. C'aniliiliiit'H* Can)* lor County yllit i n $>.00. Congressional lio.oo, Busine** local*, fi cents per lino each in Hurtion. (JommunicatioiiH will he |>uI>IihIm*w Ik ii of interest (l) tlio tfnllCial | > ii I >1 i i - ami not of a defamatory nature. Xo re Hpunpibility will lxi assumed f<>i the views of corri'Hpundoiits. Kates for contract Advertising will l?e an nounced upon application at I lie oll'u e. Remittance* hy che< kK, <b aft* ami po#tal ..money ord?*rn mImmM be made jmval<le to W. L. MoDOWKI.i;, Camden, K. ( CAMDKN, S. C? AI'W. 5, 1?M)1. The State pension lioanl has passed finally upon the pension rolls as sent in by the vaiioua county boards. The pensiMii rolls t)i in year contain about li.iMM) names against 7,70(> laat year, l/nion county will likely liavc the largest number of pensioners in class A. According to the returns there art; eight pensionera puraly/. C(1 hiii) two totally blind. The month of May will bo given ALU iarjH2iy..U? tl|(< veterans. The South Carolina Division will hold iis annual re-union in Columbia on the 8th ; the grand ic-unioii of all the divisions will lake place at Memphis on the 27th; the S. C Monument on the haltlrfb Id of Chickama\iga will be unveiled about the eunio time. Memorial day will be oliHerved throughout the South on tIio J(Mh; the Sons and Daughters of the ConlYderac\ will a?M-iid these meetings in Ihcii organized capacity; and altogether it begins to look like the npiiil. ot the Southern Confederacy i.i ye? alive and in gaining strength with the \H'I vanci nu years.-? (lall'iiev Ledger. A I'lnllorni. Mr. Vetor .1. Ku cker, cf <'<>I ii mi bia, who intimates tint In- will I t a candidate for t lit* legislature mi nounccs the following us liim j>I:it. form: "If I ruti f??r the house lhi* fel low that heath me will have to get up and get, for tin* following laws I am going to |?a?H: I lie fariiu i t.hnt plants corn closer than foui or five feet apart put hi in in tlw penitentialy- Anyone that i* n-d vaccinated put. him in jail and vac clnato with pure small pox. Anv one that don't send their children to school UN long as free schools run put them at the whipping post. Any farmer that docs not salt Iuh hogs put him on the cliaingang for not salting his hogs, because they are liable to cholera without salt. All farmers must raise corn and grain enough to do tliein. If they don't I will put him to work in a blacksmith shop. If any man does not help his wife about the house on a rainy day or Sunday he shall not have any dinner. If any la?l\ Cooks a meal's yituals, when sin announces that the meal is ready, any one of the family who does not c.ome at once shall have bin mouth filled with cold mush and a hand kerchief tied over it to keep him from swallowing it. If any person complains of hard times put him in the penitentiary, the poorlmuse and the cliaingang all at one time. No one has a right to complain of haid times. All bachelors over 10 years old shall be hung at once. All old maids ovor 30 who have had five good chances to marry and refused them shall be sent, to China as mis sionaries as a punishment for not marrying. *4'he wan that nuttalk* his wife in a qharrel shall he shot. Any man whosr wife has been dead five years and he has not married a^ain shall l>e paid a premium, tor he has shitwn plainly to the woi Id that he needs it by not having sense enough to marry again. Kv cry person shall have plenty of poultry, a g'?od garden, two dozen or more .Japanese plum trees, for they are worth Y2f>.Q0 a tree, a grape arbor, peeau trees, a good peach and apple orchard. If he fail* to have these he shall bo sent to Africa. Any roan that dign a well near his lot instead of near hi* house shall bo made to draw all the water his wife needs, for he cat) run n trough from his well to hit. , lot to water his stock. Any one that keeps a hog nearer than i!0O yards of his dwe|lin/ house shall be made to sleep with them until he dies of typhoid ft4*er. Anyone that drinks whihkey and don't put 99 per cent, of water in it shall have his stomack lined with cop per be/ore he drinks it. This 1-X And 2X whiskey shall not burn out the atomach. A wiso man will spend money to make his family happy, but a fool will spend his for dispensary whiskey and let his family sufTer. A?y member of the house that is guilty of eating pin ?; ders while in session fill bo dis lodged from that body. You have my by-laws and plat totflff* so help me to oarry them *,,.. , i'nnitlt'i)?Tlio DilfrriMtiM* He-j Iwcoii it Now unit a Dct'iulo Atfo. A corrcHjiniirtent writing from Camden, hhvh: ,4A decade hack h few dozen poo* | pic uutsddc of S 'tiili Carolina. knew of tin? ox iHtCIICl; lif Cuiltdell, ft K t < IC* from tho (fici 1hat thero w?'M? livtsj or Mix towns of that iiHinc ill the United Still* a. The demand lor ii| (ticket to ( iuh'Ii ii. South < aroliriu,' I ul u New V' "k or 1 '<'>?ion ticket.: 1 of||c-c meant airti|>IV a i'lnnk vtjiie from the a<jent, accompanied i>\ tho Jut onie tiiiMWiM iluii in1 knew ol no hiic.li place. IiuL the time.s have' changed : Now I in- IriUveler leav iii^ Ni a York, UoMtoii, < liicii^o ??r ? any oilier !iu|.'r no11lo i ii town asks for a ticket to "(inuideii," and in-; vnt if?h|\ will hour in response, J ('?ainden, South Carolina, \??u j lllV'H li?" IJ'"or the las', decade Camden has: ?slowly, very ?lowly indeed, huii steadily, liecti oj:ti ft i i?i/, step hy hti p, i a wiiler reputation as a winur re-| sort. In addition to tin- climate i and place, it was the Hprcadiii<jM fa in o (if ?lie 11 ohk i i l< Inn, for it s e \ ? cellont cuisine and oencial home likeness that drew an ever inotcaM ii.(( nu in her of northern j_'uoxl?. Mr. K. \\ Kldied^c, the proprietor of this, ( iiindcn'r) ohlest and most renow ntii li.niso lor northern gllOHts, was the ('oi ii lii hus who uo oidentally discovert d thin <|uamt old town, t he 11 t H oil I I tin ! lie trodden path of touriste, and v. ho hy his untiring t H'orlM to divert northern tiawl to Camden, wuc l.lH lli ii in mi t-iilju I.lie JiulJ (</ >iJ? m >? filial inllnx of a'inter i;ih kIh tolling --a hall that has stcadilv hcen in* creasiio; in Hi/.e, and promises to tnkci 'ur^cr pn porlions < a< h year.'' Mi. M I, Claik, foriiKily editor of the Marion Slur, who wa< jour mil clerk of the senate, has n sign ed tnat position to join the army and v, i!I ?;o to t he !* 111Ii| pineH. Lieut. ticVi 1'i!!in iii hat) filled the vacancy hv I!i?* appoint im'iil of Kdward K l)inj/le, <*f ( liarh ston. New Home Sewing Machinen, n(. ] (.else o he i mei 'h. "" ? ?" 1 ? lletlor Itoads. TttUimo is fn*l approaching wholjjjpirn* tiling ought to he done to \nVt: us ht.vU'f road<j. Our city iH liitihUui,' up \<?: v rupid:y, new llOUSu'fe up, I1KMU people coin in/, und tlrcM'iy llitre in u project on loot f?<i* another iaige vvint<? i m hort hotel. There is nothing lli:H. 11i d>? this f11t?r?* than good drives oa t.he on t >?k i i Is of iiiu lieau tiful cii>'. Ad will he f?c<*u frow tin- following a!title I tike n fioin the April u ii in her of "JCngineei ing i Wm" oilier Hi-CtlofiH of the Colin try mi' to in: ji'ivlicil in this work : <l I'hc 111 in .is ( i ntral r:? iijofnl is <I.? j11j?' sn:ne sjuciit 1 work in educa ting I he people along Its lino us to iiOHsiIii.it it n i.nd value nf liettc r iomiU. A ti:?io?m to l?e Hi-nt north from Ncw Orlcun.s to Chicago to u'ivir olij.t l Jevhons in road huild ini.'. A I ft i)uiiil?<*r of places the tl'ulli Will slop and piece* of model | roml will in- I'll ill. Arrangement^ a ill ?iI-?i? In- in,oli' f<>?? puld'o meet* jltu's for discussing the matter of licit?? r load*. This is mi onlis/ht *? n? 11 procedure and in almost cer 'tain to ii 111 iii ul el y return to the : million! company h good intercHt ion the money and energy Invested.' j A discharged cotivicl who lifts Iieeii nerving on the chaingang in j Kii.i.lahd county haa tiled a claim ( iig nnst, that county for $12, which ?in* el a i ma is t lie vnl ne of the elothcH , lit 'iVOIO uIilM he Wuut lu LliI. UUllg jloit. which he did not got hack I . whi n he whs discharged. A petition is Veifig presented and j general\ signed by the lawyers c?I tho second circuit-, recommending I-"apt. ('laude I). Siwycr. ]ato aoliei tor lor that circuit, lor appointment to a judgeship in the Philippines, where he is now on military .service. According to the K dgvfiol I correa p'.ndcot of the News iV: Courier, the Hon. Jasper Talhert, Iiient <Iov. 'Tillman and Sheppard \vi?l lie in the riico for Governor next voir. DAYS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH AND 9TH, We will oivr lln' j)f)ji|c siiin,,lliiiiij to talk about. Our F?ir ?_?:11lis w ill cuiisi>1 i,l tho I(?llow ii!.' read every item? it means inoir.'v t" von: DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT !;i) pi, e< , ,S? i J !niiiI 11 vit!k sj??11 , \ i 1 w i't1' ;il ;?e. \vi>r' It (< it. piece.1; if lit e|. ? 11 I Iniii, ?|Ui! at 1c worth 5c. pieces Checked 11 ?. ill? '-|? in :il worth () I lo. I.'! pieces |J1? achin;; at ;">c, woitii (< 1 lc. II.' pieces Mleacliinji 'it i. 1 ??jr. \soimIi S I. ?>('. 11 pieces I' rii i I ill i In? I?om nI ? ? t '? worth 10c. 'J."> pirci'S I 'I'ess ( >I11 in;,' ill 'I I 2e wot-Ill ? > \ 5n picees AsMirtnl Spring i>'a!ieos :il to. worth 10 pieces Siin|is(iii m I I Vrcuh-K a'- ? > ' worth i 1-*J. In pieces Apron (Jiu^jhanis nt. 5c worth < c. 15 pieces .M idras (iiiitrhtiiiiK nt 7 c worth 1" 25 pieces .'0i in I'i rcales 'it. <"> I'll* woitli S I ilo. 15 pieces 1'ancv I )imitie lit I', worth i< 1 ? lc. Id | k ith T/iwiis at ^c. worth 12 I 2. 10 piece#; Doited Swi.-s at tic worili 8 I .'{ pieces ! ',im Press (J<)'>(1 rt ut 22 e Woith !!.?!?. 1 pieces Fine I>ress (IiiihIh ul 12c, worth l?0o pieces I >ress (totals in 10e >\orth 50c. ,ri pieces I >ri ss Worst I'd at IXc, wortli 25c. 1 piece Mack Cri'pon :it *?*?<? worth '.Hip. 1 piece I Mack Hiilliainine at 5.r>.\ worth 75c. 1 piece Klack Hri 11 i nit me ut lie. worth (}5c. ! piece I '.lack Itrilliantinc al 70c, worth !'iH? 1 piece iilack Henrietta ul I0c. worth t?0e. I piece Mack 11 enriet la at 72c, w rth !?0c. 11 pieces Silk lit llii', \Tt>r|li 5o<?. I pieces Silk at iSi', woitli 5ilc. i? pieces Silk at 12c, worth fi5c, f> pieces Slik a' S2e, worth ?1 00. NOTION DEPARTMENT. fill i >r?'mn Shirts al ilSo. worth 60c. '.'?I Dress Shirts al tWc, worth one dollar. 715 Pros* ShiriH at S:h\ worili one dollar ami 25c. 1Good Work Shirts at 1 So worth 2~>c ?.Ml tlo^ou pair ll^Fi' al. 7c worth Inc. In 1ln7.cn p'i'r Hose at Ic, worth .r?c. l'J tlo/.t'n InnlifK I lose at 7c, worth l'>c. W'r ha vc itllrlii in I'.htrk illi.l I > i av . S iloyyn pair L:v?lics' lloseat 1S.\ worth _\">c. I Clothing' Department. ? Suits at Worth j .^ni'-< at Worth 7 S ti o.'i ?> ;? on > ?'> *ji) ^ ]i) no 11 7 ?_'*? in on 7 i?o 1 J ."?n 7 70 1J nn 1 r. j no .'{ no lit (id |.'i (in I ."> 2 ."in 1 00 n' 'jr.i 11 :.o l : .'in i ;,o > .'iii |n mi ; :i 10 i?o 1 In ."in l.'i'OO j .r? "J oii l ml t! j (i."? \ s nil i in r.o Ti oo siioi: DKr.virr.MK.NT. 1?? ]ia;r l.n.lir^' Kinc Shoes at 0h\ worth Si 100 pair liii lic.s' l-'inc SIioch at ?1.10 wort'? >1 ")0. 1.*?0 pair Men's l'nic Shoes at St. 10 worth 1 ."0. 7"? pair Men's Coarse SIhu-k at worth Si 00. :?0 pair Mill's Coarse Shoes al 61.10 worth I f>0. .GROCERIES 17 poninl^ ^rainilaled .st?<pir for one ilollnr. Ill pound* extra ,C Sn^ar for one dollar, lo p: umfs j;ood cotYee *"(>r one dollar. H eakes of fjood soap for 25c, old price <>. 15 cakes of Hustler soap for 25c, old prico 12 cakes. cans .'1 pound Tomatoes at 25c old pri.'o M0c, .'5 cans II pound PcacLos for 25c old price 30c. 15 boxes crackers at 5c per pound by the box. 10 boxes soda crackers at 1 l-2c per pound by the box. Tobacco Factory bought out, will sell awful ch?mp on thoso day. Pon't Forgot wo havo two cars of Flour and otio of (Joru and wiit gi jl c?eryt!iinj; cheap This sale is for Cash?No time, no discount. T* OPBBA HOUSE! BTOBG. y ? ( jdl *? OUR SPRING MILLINERY OPENING hem all \vo conM desire. Thrones of ('ustoiners crowded our Depart ,<>U ( Da\ last \\ cek. Our ^Millinery I)jspla\ is one of (lie fiuesi in Soul li Carolina. Cv Monday Morning Nine O'clock Sharp W e w ill inaugurate a Hale of Kino Silks, the innniiilude of which has never been attempted hofore in Camden; marked in plain I inures, and they \n i 11 sn iI li a rush. The prices we will quote av i 11 1 >e a fraction over f>0 cents on the dollar. He (ni hand sharp il jou want soiiks of the greatest \?v I lies tivcr exhibited in this k icsPKirri- ru.v, < p i fs c h IB fos. When a man once finds that we make him better Clothes, and for less money than he has been pacing?lie's our custom ler. More and more men aio tinding this ont, year after year; land the more Clothes we make, the better we make them, and i t lie more money we save \ ou. ! The year 1000 was the most satisfactory we ever had. The Clot hos sent out were as near absolute perfection as Clot lies i can be. We know we shall do bigger and better things in 1001 ?the first year of the Twentieth Century. ! 1 am the scle agent in Camden for,.the world-renowned (house of Wanamaker ?S: Brown, of Philadelphia, and it is no i hoi 1 lowi vain boast, but plain everyday fact that this is the greatest trading establishment in America and will take pleas ure in proving these statements to,^ou when you come to see [ us. Better not order Clothes until you do see us V e ry Kcspec t fu 11 y, JUST OPENED! Stock all new and Fresh. 1 have just opencd^ip a select line of groceries, fruits, vegetables,-etc., and re spectfully solicit a share of your patron age. <*iveine a call. My goods are all fresh. OneDoor South of Hirsci Bros & Co. R. B. WILLI AM Sr i PBomi tts. SPECIAL BARGAIN SALE, Monday and Tuesday, Apr 8 and 9, t To mv ninny customers and friends in Camden and surrounding country: A grain wc have special ^bargains to offer von. I f you are looking for all that your cash wi buy, do not fail to call on us those two days. AN o liavo the most complete stork and hest goods over offered. >o oltf .stock. Kverv customer whose purchases amount, to or over, will (hiring this sale, receive a present free. \ 21 pieces Madras 37 in. worth Pic, now ?? 1 So. 5 picccs Zepers, 157 inch, worth 12, now 8 1 3c. 10 pieces Percales, 30 in, worth 10c, now 8. 11 pieces Penates, dark colored, going at 7 l-2c. A pieces l'rints, l'ust Colors, at 4c. 11 pieces Prints, Park colors, 3 1 2c, 52 pieces Prints, worth 0 and 7, now Sc. 500 yardH O Homespun at, 4c. loOO yards Superior C C Homespun at I l-*2c. 000 yards Heavy Prilling at 0e. 1*200 yards Sogunow Phud. worth 8c. ikiw 5Jc. *200(1 yards Southern S ik Pliid, worth 10c, for GJ. 700 vaids Clreutivi'lo Plaid ut 4<\ 10 do/ I.i lies Fiidi-rvrsts, worth 10c, in this sale 4c. 5 do/ Lidie* I'ndervesis worth 15c, in this Hale 9c. 10 doz Lodies Fancy I'ndervests, '20c, kiud. only 12.Je. ) {ieef s extra heavy 10 t Hleachod Sheeting, worlli 40c only 29c. :i pieces extra he-tyy 1 o. 1 Pleached Shooting, worth 35c, onlyr.2&c. 5 pieces I'over Pleach Sheeting, worth 25c, now 14c. ? V pieces l'xtru llouvv unhharhed sheeting, worth 30p, now l9o. 12 do/, pr hose, worth toe, now only 7 1 2c. 3?i p eces mosquito w tlmg, worth 05, now only 45c. 7 pieces Scrim, 10.: kind at 0 t 4c. 10 pieces scrim worth 7 1 2c, goini; at 4c. tin pairs (>xford Ties, 75c kind, going ?\t 48c. 70 pairs Tennis Shoes, worth 05.\ now 45c. 5o pairs Mou.s Plow Shoes, Bui id leather, worth $1 25, now 85o. 43 pairs Metis Hrog?n shoes sol d leather, 85c. A few i irc?"^ of Outing aiid Plaid that will go very cheap in this sa'e. P'.r? pairs woman's SoPd Leather shoes, worth 1.2%, only 98c. 200 pars iimmi'h Solid Leather shoes, <1 50 kind, now 1.10. 11 doz heavy w???k shirts, wortti 50 and 05c, only 38o. 8 doz heavy woik slnrts wonh 40e, now 25c. All the 50.' corsets yOn want at 3No. A few sewing machines that we wilt sell at a sacrifice. 17$ d.jzen pairs badicB np to-date shoes, worth 1.25, uow 95c. 2(1 pairs Ladies Shoes, worth 1 00, now 73c. ,*> 15 doz gents and Ladies llantlkcrchiefs, worth 10c, how 4o. - *** 3 pieces black dress goods wo.tli 40c. now only 24c. ? 2 pieces black dress goods, worth 75c, now only 60c. 4 pieces b'.ack chev.ot dress goods, worth 85c, now onlv 6&0- . t? 2 pieces black Henrietta dre-,8 goods, worth 1.25 now 95. ?' Don't miss fleeing <?ur line of notions, we will jon money on ihmn. Men's, hoyg and youths straw and felt hats, on whi'ch we can UT? )Ol? mttney. 7 cakes Octagon soap for 25c. > 15 cakea llnstler soap f<ff 25a Hundreds of bargains not mentioned, fall and we will convioo* J0? that wtiat wo say wo do. llcspoctfally, S. ?. itlUBT.