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We have just received a car load of fine HORSES and " . '\T MULES and want you to call and see them A Rood time to send one of the Children here When the phone is out of order you can't com? yourself: . YOU can send your children here with the assurance that they will return with as choice a cut of meat as you would purchase, yourself. We seek your contin ued patronage. ,-rrr [ Bros. MO "Worth More Than it Costs" V " ? " | ' ' *? t \ Lots of farmers declare their telephone service ? Woi*th more than it costs. J. W. Harris, a well ?f>wn farmer livin^rjiear Choccolocco, Ala., writes : ^ ; "I had occasion to call our doctor not two nours after my telephone was connected with . 7?"' My mother, who is very old. ieu down the door steps and broke her arm, and. { called the doctor. Ho was at my house before automobile *one *? ***? residence, as he has an m "We would not be without our telephone for more than it costs and appreciate the assistance you rendered us." , Our free booklet tells how you may have tele Pnone service on yotir farm at small cost. Write torn today. A postal will do. BELL TELEPHONE s- f*YOR STREET Ig POINTS FOR CHICKEN RAISERS ?. . ii 3L' " ffvldantly. Written by One Who Haa ' iNo Particular Liking for the Humbli ? BMdy." Chlokene are the moat dad-busted, uncert'alnest creatures that walk the family acre. Not the kind of chick' eua thla lady who la wearing O. Hen ry'ji kimono^ ? beg pardon, mantle ? wrltea about, but our old, familiar, feathered frlenda. Never ralaed any? Well, you will, all right. Moat universal purault In thla whole wide world, outalde of pac ing bills. Merchant, banker, broker, farmer, oity man, commuter ? almost everybody trlea to rale? chlckena at Home time or another. Looks easy? - that's the deceiving part of It. And It la eaay, after you learn one thing: Little chlckena donA? know anything, medium-sued chlckena don't know anything, big chlckena don't know anything. If there la any change of an' Intellectual nature aa the alee lnoreaaea, the big onea know leaa, If poaalble, than the little onea. If there la a wire partition in your pen, with an open door at one end, the chlokena will try to plunge through the Wire lnatead of going round and walking through the door, in the courae of time, when the blrda get heavy, they will hang themaelvea trying to do thla if you don't watoh them. Hen chlckena are more valuable than rooatera, because they can lay egga if they will. But If you ' take a doten email ohlckena and raise them carefully, it la alwaya surprising how many of them turn out to be rooatera. Sometimes they will sprout tall feathere at the very last i&inute, Just when you are thinking they ought? to be ready to lay eggs. At thla time you must get buay with the barnyard guillotine, or ax, aa it is fa miliarly called.?- Puck, SHALL ENGLISH GIVE THANKS . ? > ? Some Favor Suependlng the Regular < Service on Thle Occasion Be cause 9f No Hprveft, The diacuaalon which is taking plac< Just now .aa to the propriety of hold ing harveat thankagivlng aervlcea in our churches well illustrates the be wilderment which prevails among ed ucated churchmen struggling to recon cile their more enlightened view of Nature with ecclesiastical traditions.1 ' Some are disposed to hold that a display of public gratitude for bene fits so clearly withheld would savor of ineptitude. What earnestness or spir itual worth\ they ask, can attend so indiscriminate a thanksgiving? If you ask and do not receive, ought you to be as thankful for benefits witheld as for benefits bestowed. Theology apart, common sense re volts against a ceremonial which in bo literal a sense goes against the grain. Some protest agalnst-the empty falsehood of a service wherein is Bung the hymn beginning "When all is safely gathered in." Hovr can farm ers, crossing their blackened fields to enter a gayly decorated church, be ex pected to join in a chorus of grat itude?.? London Nation. One on Father* Brightness personified la little Johnny Pule! Certain friends of the family consider him father precocious ?bUt that's quite another story. At: any rate, he 4s the pride of his fath er's heart, and. Pule, Sr., invariably rp* fers to the youngster as a "regular chip from the old block." The other night little Johnny looked up from his stool by the fireside, and ejaculated the query: "I'm a chip from the old bloclfc^ ain't I, father?" "Yes, my son* Indeed you are,", came the proud reply. \ "And, pa, you're the head of th4Lj fambly, ain't you?" asked the slmplt little lad. "I am," replied Pule. ''Then/' chucklea Johnny trium* phantly, "yen must be a blockhead!" . But we will draw a kindly veil ovef what followed. iSSgt . * "Vv,^ L. Good Fellowship. Qood fellowship Js as old man. It is one of the elemental things rooted In man ^ith good and evil, love and hate. Its temples are wher ever goo j mon get together; its shrines and-eanctuarjtes the hearts of j men. More than the impetuous com radeship of youth, it is the settled faith of jnen in men. Passing all boundaries of nation, &reed or calling, it asks only the open heart, the hon est purpose, the cheerful countenance. Its password is the kindling eye, its pledge the hearty hand ? Its finest [ messages are unspoken. is , the" golden age made manifest. Rites, re ligions, men and measures pass-* good fellowship remains; for it It eternal lovo of life, eternal faith, eter-. nal charity cheer?James Ed ward iCehler? ? Revelation. The hero of this story is a famous dramatic author. The plays he has written have electrified thousands upon thousands of people, and he has mastered the art of making men and women laugh or cry at hts own sweet will. r'On one occasion/ a friend of hif foired-hlm at hlii desk wording on I' new drama. "So you are writing a new play?" asked tffe frtend. In reply the author confessed 1 hla.J sin. . - 1. jttl _ tnmtd: ""I aih ilit remem bering one from all those I have seen prodeeed. It's easier. "-*Po*dar I ' NO 8YMPATHY THERE. M ' $ ? , ? "I have noticed lately," said the Aanager, "that you have not been at lending properly to bualneaa. Your mind doean t eeeot to fcave been on your work. What la tbe matter?" ''I'm aorry that my work has not oeon Batlafaotory. I've tried to do my beat, but 1 hero had a great deal of trouble lately. 1 haven't been able to ?l?*>p for nearly a week." ^That's too bad. What la the nature of your trouble?" "My wife la threatening to leave me and go back to her parenta." "Say, look here? you get to work. And don't let me notice afay more neglect on your part. If you expect to get any sympathy here on account of the kind of 'trouble' you are hav* itiK you're in for a horrible dlaap polntment." * , 1,1 "1" 1 " Waa It Cauae and Effect? The Young Doctor ? Congratulate me. (Jot another patient today. It'e aid man Blocks. The Friend ? That'e great. They tell me the aged Imbecile la a multimil lionaire. How did they happen to I call you in?" The Young Doctor (modeetly) ? I ?uppoae they had heard of me. It'a a good thing, you know, for a young doctor to have a special line of pi*ao tlce. Probably you remember that I had tbe old man Bonda. He only lived a month after I took hla caae. , ..I i ? ' - ? HARD ON H!M8ElJ|y^ Mr. Collier Down*? There are a whole lot worse men in this world than I am. Mr?. COltfer Downe ? Don't be such a pessimist &lp:- Sure. Howe'er the wind of fortune blows. Don't lot ?uch%trlflo? Hurry you; The l?s* you think about your woe*. The lew, old chap, they'll worry you. Change of Bill. Leading Man in Traveling Company ?We play "Hamlet" tonight, laddie, do we not? Sub-ftfanager ? Yes, Mr. .Montgom ery- ,1 Leading Man? -Then I must borrow the sum of two pence! Sub-Manager ? Why? Leading Man? I have four days* growth upon my- chin. One cannot play Hamlet In a beard! ? < Sub-Manager? Um ? -well? we ilputj on Macbeth! ?Punch. The GtfeHorse ldn,t^ Wlseman?I see a dentist sayg ji man Intending matrimony should f6ok carefully at the teeth of the young woman selected. Cynicus? No doubt a scientific con clusion. But it will not appeal to the foreigner of title In search of Ameri* can money. ? Judge. Two of 'Em. "Yes, I was a great player In my day," said Jones. "Made a goal from the kickoff. / Can any of you beat that?" "I've done tha same, you bloomln' liar!" replied Brown. ? Judge. LITTLE WOULD 00* Her Father? 'fhe. idea o? your think ing about marrying that shiftiest fel low. He hasn't money enough to buy a square meal. f The Daughter ? I know, papa, but neither o f us hare big appetites. Life. Ju*t what la life ' We do not know. To tomi It mean* How much they m Both Alike. "A dentist who wishes to rhsa? Ills business ought to be a good real estate agent" ? "Why sor* ? , . "Because he has had experlenas Ifc making money out of hche-rs * ? r Didn't Like Him. "Pa; why do you; always insist s* , ma singing when Mr. Spoosleton comas kst?r r "Well. I don't like that fellow, ft*4 j| yet I ha(*> to Some right out and tett him t# ?o.M? Tit-wts. ~ - .? _ ^ ..A..--?' - Arc becoming more and more the custo dians of the funds of the people of both large and small means. This is due to the wider appreciation of the valu$ 6f^ banking service as its usefulness is ex tended and its methods become more * and better known. If there is any fea ture of the banking business you do not understand, call and we will gladly ex -t * ? y ', Y , , plain the same. The First National B&nk OF CAMDEN, S. C. 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