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- ? . ?/.* - . v -i . ?? ? ' We Want Your Business ? . _ ; 7 If you have be*!! one "( our cuatomera to the pwt, *? kaow that you aro a Matlaffed on# and take ' hi* mean* of* tba*king you. ; If we have wot had I he pleaaUre of your pat rovago It you give u* a trial thU upriug FERTILIZERS The tanuorn who hav# been. Mucceaeful ar*- thom< who take fgri/i paper* and atudy the method* of thoae who have made ? aucceia/' A?k the progreaalve and Huccetwtful farmer# who have uaed Congare* FertlUterw and they will adroit that they have attained wonderful mult* ?>y uhing 8-3-3 8o?i Builder. Science mean* knowledge, nothing more and nothing leaa. It ^ doeu not mean theory UOIUbportld by fit-' Tq plow the land And pl*0t ?h? a?fd and cultivate the crop is art. Hclence and Chemistry play a big part in modern farming. You can apply" the knowledge of expert* to accomplltth the rc*ultH you wlah to obtain. Him ply OKT THE IJKflT FKRTIMZKK8. We are agonta for the Con Karee Fertilizer Company* good*, they are made from the beu< matrrlut.H that UoOofy can biij tl4 god ff*t nur pricea. LABOR-SAVING DEVICES The lime baa come when every farmer ahould atudy economy and u*m> modern mothodn. Come in and let ub hIiow you through ou^ atock of Farm lAlplapcbil, Disc Harrow*. Little J<?- Harrown, Walk Cut tent, ..Col to ? and Corn Dropper*, Universal FIowh, Cot ton and Corn Cultivator#, Cutpio DiHtributorH, Full aaaorlment of ?Igrden Toola, FULL STOCK OF FEED Oat?, Corn, Hay, Cow Feed, Klce Flour Hog Feed, t'ouMry HWd, Hcratch Feed, Chicken Wheat, Oyater Shell Springs & Shannon . ?- ? . . \ 7 ? We Are After You! You have more or less banking business. Pos sibly it is with us, such being the case you know soiriething of our service, but if not a patron, would it not be well for you to become one? A saving account is a satisfactory guarantee of future comfort. <f The road to prosperity is the first dollar placed in the bank. We get new customers by giving good service to our old customers. (| We invite you to open an account at our bank with sydol* lar or more. (J You cannot tell how much more money you could save until you try this safe and con servative way. Why not start a check account with us today. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C FOR SALE Prolific Seed Corn Sol octet! from our ftO-aerc .field before corn whs harvested with much cure and- with our beat judgment hh to oach ear be Wuiiuvtrt Jt)j aiqiuisop Have only limited quantity. l'rices oil cob, per bushel $U per bushel; half bushel, $1.2f>: per peck, 7 5c. We alsso have GOO to 70 o bushels K?0d corn for salo at $1 per bushel In. shucks at our barn. Have planted this variety for years, l^sst year we sold - about (! 0 0 buHhels and wo only plant sand hill land but it is ?ood land, (let good seed plantod on goood land, fertilize and cultivate properly and you should have some to sell. Mr. Mackey at First National llank will receive your order and cash, or write us inclosing check or money order. Mackey & Workman, Kalb, S. C. tluuk No, 2JJ5. ? v statement of Mi? Condition of The BANK OF BETHUNE l/ora(?M k( lU'tliuiK', S. ut the closo of lJUNlnesx, Fobruiiry 4, MM** UKSUl IUTKH. Loans ami Discounts/.. . ? .. .. ..$56,359.95 Overdrafts ?? 2,573.75 Furniture ami Fixture^ 1,500.00 Ranking House 1,482.00 Duo From Hanks and Hankers ? ? . 9,476.04 Currency . . . . . . . . . 879.00 Gold . ? ? 290.00 Si^cr and other Minor Coin . . *rr 7 .~r*T". . . r. 523.44 Cheeky and Cash Items . . . . ? ? . . ? . .~. . . 584.99 Total $73,669.17 I J Alii lit TIES. Capital stock Paid In .... ..$11,225.00 Surplus Fund . * ... 3,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes paid .. 1,429.25 Dividends Unpaid ... .. .. ... .. . . 175.00 Individual Deposits Subject to Check, .. * ,, 40,619.74 Timo Certificates of Deposit ... . . 17,021.55 Cashier's Checks .. 198.63 ? local $73,609.17 I'tate V.tli Carolina, 1 or Kershaw. j ?'o n)e came, A. Stone. Cashier of the above named bank, who, belli# duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, a* show,, by the books of saldb ank J. A. Stone, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before ,,,0 this 7th dny of February, 19!^. ? - - S. T Gardner, Notary Public. Correct Attest; A. h. McDaurin. A. K. McLaurln. Directors. R. li. Jones. j* - ;r ?* "" "< WIFE'S REASONS fOJRjLOVINQ Properly Considered, They Would Seem to Explain the loea Pretty Thoroughly. t. ' Th<y urv no longer young I U? woe 1 }u*i j'4*t and vhe wu almont cr They bad uiude a Utile wild ex cur - ftioo together. One day, when Old Nick wu# it*, the air they wore walking along life street iu Parle, wondering whore they should go to dinner. O, no, no! ? Nothing of that kind Bless you, they bad been married so long that they had a grandchild They . were American* He happened to be working in Parte. Hh? wax hie wire HUH, for all that, the Old Nick wu* In the air, and even these two felt they * Imply had to do xoinetblug out of the way. Ho they took the first train car that came along and rode out to the end of the line. They were landed at one of the gate* of the city, right by the fortification*. Them they found a lit the restaurant and dined on the wide- I walk They began to talk about !<-?. When two who have been married a ' quarter of a century talk of lore you d better ii*teu; you might learn aomt thlng. There i* just on? point brought out in their conversation that 1 wlab to note. It struck me a* a decidedly in* genlou* one. "How do you know you love me?" be aaked. "Well," ehe responded, after reflect ing a bit ( perbape If she had been twenty she would have answered by a look only, but now she took the ques tion up seriously, as if anxious to an swer herself as well a* him), "one reason Is that if I'm ever In any trou ble, If I should be sick or have any calamity happen me, or anything ter rible, I should want you, first of all. "And another reason la that when ever I have any pleasure, when any thing in the way of good hick comes, or when I boo anything beautiful, my first instinct is to find you, to enjoy It with me." "Those," he replied, "are really good reasons/' They were silent a bit. The past is always a third guest when flfty-year old lovers talk. He was in the thought of both. Then he added: "And most of all it is the feeling, the certainty, that no matter what I do or say, no matter what happens or can possibly happen, you would be right by me; you would Just bo for me; you'd Just be there, asking 710 questions, but Just be for me, who ever; whatever was against me-^-tlll death. " ? Chicago News. Wondering About the Football Boys. "Every year, along about this time," grumbled the Old Codger, "we behold in the newspapers many pictures of huge, hulking, disheveled young lunk heads, with knobs at the knees of their short pants, standing straddling, with their arms akimbo, and gloom ily ominously from beneath their mops of hair. They bear the desig nations of 'Captain Bulnek of the Hyenas,' 'Lubberty, the famous left end.' '^IcLout. drawback.' or some thing of the sort. And as we gaze at their likenesses We aro moved to wonder: ** (a) What do they do the rest of the time? (b) Why do they do this at all? (c) Would a little plain work prove fatal to them? (d) Couldn't they quit football and try to be happy and useful and omar mental, all at the Bamo time? "Noty Beany: My nephew is one of .'em, dod-rot him!" What's the Use? I nm ceasing' to criticise ? I use the wbrd in its present, degenerate sense of fault-finding? because my com plaints have not been productive of one iota of good. lyforeover, they have always been ungraciously recefrved either by the | person whose good I sought or by the person upon whose sympathy I was ' depending. Thos? whose good I sought have not listened to mo. "Minnie," said I to my maid, whose stupid looks had become a trial to be endured no longer In silence, "do you know that you go about with your mouth open?" "Yes'm," answered Minnie stolidly. ?1 opened it." I have been rudely treated when my motive was purely unselfish. "Madam," said I to a stranger In a city shop, "your belt is unfastened." "That," answered the lady, "is the way I -wish it to be." ? Atlantic. Haiti's Navy Out of "Hock." Haiti has acquired a bankroll and has taken its navy out of "hock." The navy ? the cruiser Ferrier, Admiral Willalm Watt ? has been quartered at the League Island Navy Yard since last summer. The admiral of the navy has stayed with it because he couldn't collect any money and the navy has remained be cause it couldn't got away. Its boilers wouldn't let It. Orders were received that the navy should be towed to the yards of the Philadelphia Ship Repair Company to be refitted at a cost of $75,000. The orders came from the Haitian minister at Washington To Exchange Speakers. j Mrs. Alex. Twoedio of London and Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacko.r, president of the General Federation of Wom en's clubs, were at a luncheon in Chi cago last week and ngreed that It would bo gOod for both countries if an exchange of speakers could be made. The taking of the first stop was left to the Ohlcnpr* Woman's Hub at the suggestion of Mrs Penny backer Ea# Oeod m a Gold Mine. Professor White e?ti mates that no fewvr that 400,000,000 km mantles are OMd every year, and M thaae cm meatles cannot be monnfactured with out a tmbstauce n*nMXl thorium, the necessity for obUloinf a large sup ply 1? obviou* Some time ago the manufacturer* were, Indeed, at a loss to discover wufflcleot for their pur po*e. ?; Their anxiety wee removed qulto unexpectedly when a stranger walked Into the office of one of the greet Incandescent companies and offered to nbow where an unlimited supply could be obtained. H# demanded ?100,000 for the to' formation, and this aum the campany readily undertook to pay. The di rector* were, however, doubtful of bla ability to oarry out his promise, but after obtaining a contract he took a representative of the company to Bra ill, where huge deposits of thortum wore discovered, Krom this place most of the thorium now lu use is obtain ?d. The stranger had discovered the find quite accidentally. Smoke-Cured. To be strictly accurate, it was not a smoking compartment, but the youth was puffing away at a chnbby briar, despite the > pained expression on the old lady's face, By and by the old lqdy, who was the only other occupant of the carriage, began to get excited. "Young man," she barked, as far as her ooughlng would permit her, "do yon know that lfs wrong to smoke?** "Wall," replied the lad* as he en veloped the old party In a wreath of pongent smoke, "I use tobacoo for my health." "Health!" ejaculated the victim, in spluttering tones. "Nonsense! Tou never beard of any one being cured by smoking." "Yes, I have," declared the youth, still puffing away like a furnace chim ney: "that's the way they cure pigs." "Then smoke away." cried the heroine of the story; "there may be hope for you yet" To Muke Oamden Their Home. Mr. and Mrs, Marcue L. GilliH,u of Greenville, have moved into our midst, and intend to make their dome among us. At present they are at "Sunshine Cottage," with Mrs. Thomas Lang, We extend to them a cordial wel<>ome. bltwa^Olub. After a delightful month with Burns, the literary club has just taken up the study of that erratic, but attraclye genius, Byron. For the convenience of the mem bers, the club has been divided in to two Sections, one meeting in the afternoons, the other in the even ings. Several new members have been recently added to the circle, and the enthusiasm continues to grow. With Mary t'or keeping her little la mi) In a presentable condition. We will enter into similar agree monts with other particular ladies to keep their own and their hus band's, suits cleaned and pressed at very moderate cost, NOTICE. The City Pressing Club former ly conducted by Messrs. Nash <infi Bobbitt has recently been .purchased by F\ G. Waring, and will be con ducted in the same building on East DeKalb Street. It is our intention to give patrons the best service possible. Ladies work a specialty. We clean kid glovos and light Coat Suits; City Pressing Club F. G. WARING, Mgr. SEED IRISH POTATOES IRISH COBBLER RED BLISS TRIUMPH ~ Per peck . .50 1 I peck sacks . $4.00 Peas, Beans, Corn, Teosinte and Garden Seeds. Onion Sets. A* Seed Guaranteed to Germinate W. R. ZEMP'S Drug Store Phone 30 v;~v * Mm--"-- ' ' " r __ A FuB Line Of the Season's Most Up-to-Date m the Styles are New and Snappy The Prices Are Right ? ? St* I -"fi if. Novelties of all Kinds and Price* . ?? . * . ? . ? 1 ? Apples 35c pk. OYSTERS A DeLOACHE Near Hermitage Mill Choice Meats Pork and Beef 10c to 15c. Grocerierf* and Fruits deliv ered anywhere in town. Oranges 20c doz. T ALL TIMES. & COMPANY Phone 221 -J. For best service see J. B. Zemp. Dray age, Kerosine, . ' ? i' \ V.v ... : b.M r ~/:r Gasoline, Wood, Coal. Parcels Post Now that the parcels post ha* gone into effect and you can get goods by mail at reduced rate# it is up to (is to compete with the large mail order houses. While we have no attractive catalogue to send you, we want your business. We have the goods, and if you will only tell what you want we will ship the same day that the order is received and you will receive the same absolute guarantee as you would if the goods were purchased over the counters of our store. ? ^ ? jr ' Malone- Pearce - Young Hardware Company