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We have everything from a Brass Plug to a complete Bicycle. Prices right. Come in and see the Rugby Wheel. It's a dandy. * Camden Motor Co." A GOOD BANK = IN ?. A GOOD TOWN We are better, bigger and stronger that ever. During the years of our existence our aim has been to extend to our patrons the best possible services. Our steady growth is evidence that the banking institution which shows the greatest safeguard around its business in order to protect its depositors, merits the confidence of the pub lic. If you are not a customer of this bank, let this be your invitation to become one. Our re lations will be mutually profitably. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C. . It's the car with the down keep. The Ford's surprisingly low first cjst is matched by its low cost of maintenance. And six thousand service stations ? wliero all F6rd re pairs arc t <? be had at reasonable prices ? insure its constant and effi cient service. Hero's the test: 300,000 Fords now in service. Runabouts $525; Tour ing Car $600; Town Car $S00 ? f. o. I). Detroit, with all equipment. Get catalog and all particulars from l>. SHAW, The Ford Man, J<>, 111 and 14 Sumter St., Sumter, S. t ., Telephone No. 553 S A F E G U A R D ? J^^mOSOSOEi ? *93nZ?mK2BLLlX ty-^Mre-nrvjiBieaiagTa--," ,// r . \NP ! KL.^1 .'"'A K \oiir i iiis, Blankets. Comfnrt^. liravv I >;uv ;'!nt"-. I'ortiois, .*1) >< t s. Ku^s, Wmtrr Wraps una * 'f.'-an.' !>v having tlicm tho: ou.-hl v clcv.m-ci L\ CiTl 1 \L MvCX l.SS befi.-Tr sTorm:; for S:i:n;ncr. FOOTER'S DYE WORKS CUMBERLAND, Md. Always Safest and Best Americans <w l&TH/AUS^ stew* jawir A*r/sA*HA'<f Colon, C. /.--For the American ren ident of the Canal Zone life In not all beer and ?klttli*H Thorn In plenty of boor, but I liavo not Been a skittle here. Perhaps I would not have recognized one if 1 had seen It The American In a foreign land la not ho tenftclouH of hl? home cuatomn hh Ik the IOugliHhman, and In Panama* he (Indn himself not only In a tropic clime but In the midHt of a civilization much older than Imh own. Conae j quently ho yields in many particular to the customs of that clime and that civilization. The mid-day nlesta of two hour*, when he disrobes and dozen In a cool room, the dip In the ocean be fore dinner and the evening stroll In the plaza all appeal to hira aa to the native and have become a part of his; life there. At the Bame time the influx of north erners baa had its effect on the Vana manlans, especially, perhaps, in the matter of Hporta. Bullfights no longer are to be seen here and cock* fighting has Buffered a marked decline, in place of them the native now enjoys frequent wrestling matches and prize fights, Indulges In tennla to some ex tent and haB taken kindly to the na tional American sport of baseball. It 1b the American woman on whom the changed conditionH of life bear hardest, for housekeeping on the lath- 1 mus is attended by many annoyances. A good many people have the idea that a woman in the tropics lies In a ham mock all day and at meal time picks her food from the branches of trees that shade her resting place. As a matter of fact she must do her house hold shopping as at home, and the do mestic problem 1b with her here as there, only more so If possible. For clothing and standard groceries Bhe usually goes to the store of the com missary department, where she can buy well and cheaply. But for fruit and many of the vegetables there Is the dally trip to the market. In that spacious building? I am speaking now of Colon and Panama? are scores of I booths and tables, attended by Jamai cans., Chinese and native Panamanians, and pib'd high with taro, breadfruit, souisaps. guavas. papayas, bananas, plantains, alligator pears, mangoes, or anges;- cocoanuts and a dozen other tropical products. The layout is tempt ing, but the purchasing iB a task. Such u thing as a fixed price is unknown and one must bargain diligently or get the worst of it. And the insolence of the negro women is often commensurate with their ignorance. The native meat market is quite "impossible" for white people from the United States, for the meat, roughly hacked, is sold immedi ately after slaughtering, and ftie screening enforced by the American sanitary department Is rendered lnef , fective by open doors. The domestic servants employed by Americans in the zone are almost all Jamaican negresses. They are' neat and clean, but their stupidity usually is monumental. Every detail of the household operations must be driven into their heads, and their minds seem ingly are on the island home they have left, for their memory is almost nil and their eyes see little close at hand. Then, too, after a year or so of service and saving they begin to think of re turning to Jamaica and grow "weary." "Why, Blanche," said one shocked housewife, "here it is eleven o'clock and the breakfast dishes and kitchen things not washed, and the ants all over them!" I "Oh. Inarm. I couldn't do them, I'm ire exharstrd this morning." was I'lntu he's n ply. That's a mild sample of what must he contended with Speaking of ants. there is another of ?i annoyances of housekeeping in tlui ? :v'pics. The ants are everywhere, in i:i \ aMe numbers and most extra acti\;!>. Screens do not keep ... t ..i ::.i r Insect exterminators dis . :\!i ' -it. They must simply be ? ' it" they take a fancy to a :.!<?'> Rowing garden of young vege 'abl s. !.-> cut and carry off all tho s :? uh: It is the so-culled !??;:!' .t::' ? 1 : t ? docs that All over the isthmu-. to l? se.*n. moving in pro* . well beaten paths, each carrying a leaf or other bit nf !'u! :a?rr. One day 1 saw a ie:-g line ot the:-.: moving through the ;; ,.rse turf', a!'. *i:r\:ag tiny r? d blos so-M-i cut fr>n: :t small \\e--d It was ..Pry picturesque miniature paraile. No place and nu a^e. hr?n 0? *-n free fro.n the cockroach, and in Panama he rrr?ws to an enormous size and spends r?f and energy eating the covers of bound books Rust and mould add to tho woes of the American housekeeper and many articles &he must keep in "dry closets" in which electric lamps - : burn- J irg There are not i V ? many of the old p.:* families, wIjobo members jkjbhbbb edu cation and refinement, and thoBe that are there are not especially fond of Americans. Consequently there 1b not much Boclal Intercourse between the two racea. The social activities of the Americans have three general centers y? the Tlvoll club, the Washington Co tillon club and the Young Men's Chris tkan association. The first two arq dance organizations and give balls al ternate fortnights at the Tlvoll hotel In Ancou and tho Washington hotel In Colon. These affairs are quite formal and attract the beBt of the Aioyrlcana from all parts of the zone. Ab for the Y. M. C. A.. Its work on the IsthmuB really deserves a chapter to Itself, for It has been one of the big factors in the successful building of tho canal. At first It was found Im possible to persuade men from the Uni ted States to remain long on tho isth rnuB. The pay was good, the work In teresting, but homesickness found easy victims and they resigned and went back to the StateB In discourag ing numbers. Several remedies were tried, and finally the commission es tablluhed a club house In every zone j town of any size and wisely put them ' in charge of the Y. M. C .A. In these houses are billiard rooms, bowling al leys, gymnasiums, soda fountains, li braries, lounging rooms and a dozen i other conveniences, and each house has a hall large enough for dances and amateur dramatics and musical enter tainments. The secretaries in charge have been exceedingly active in the organization of bowling, baseball, bll ! liard and other leagues, and the tour neys are continuous and of great In i terest. Of course no Intoxicating j drinkB are to be found in these clubs, : but in other respects they are conduct ; ed on lines ho liberal as to be some times surprising. In one of them, for instance, I saw a number of young 1 men and women dancing in the hall, to the music of a phonograph, immediate ly after the close jjl the' Sunday eve ning,. religious service. This may have been an exceptional case, as It was In one of the more isolated towns. In Ancon, Cristobal and some oth ers of the larger American towns nour ishing women's clubs have been main tained. and these were united in a zone federation which dissolved only this year, feeling that its work was done with the virtual completion of the canal. The clubs have done a great deal in the way of philanthropy and study, and many social functions are given under their auspices. As may readily bo comprehended, life for Americans in the zone is much liko lifo in an American suburb an town, and it has some of the disad vantages of the latter. Gossip and so cial jealousies are prevalent here, as there, and not a few women have been driven back to the States by them. Disputes over promotions and the as signments of living quarters cause bit terness and estrangements, and of course there are innumerable com plaints of undue Influence ? "pxill" ? in these matters. - In some cases it must bo admitted there has been cause for : these complaints, and, sad to say, often woman has been the cause. Her influenco with certain of the high of ficials cannot be doubted, and some times It has results that aro to be de plored. Here is one instance of the power exerted by "pull." A man for Bome years has held a ? responsible po ' sltion with tho Panama Railroad com pany, and who has a wife, two daugh ters and a young son, has been waiting long for housekeeping quarters, which are at a premium. Two minor clerks of the railway had been attentive to the daughters, hut, beihg objectionable to the father. wer?* discouraged. But the. clerks had some influential con nections. and in revenge have so con trived things that the family in ques tion has been passed by repeatedly in the n-Mjin :i.ent of housekeeping quar ters. The father and son live in one building. th- mother and daughters in another, and all must take their meals at the h I Nn'ur. . not many of the Amer icans ft' the Isthmus ? will remain there r the completion of tho canal A :? \\ of the doctors may en- j gage i : ; ;-"'v ml practice there ? some alread'. ? ??> done so ? and some of the wnrV may find the tropic cli mate t : . ?!'.. iv liking that they will stay. Uu; ii^arlv all an1 looking rath er eagerly to :?).-? time when they can return to r > . , ? states. The engineers [Mid physicians no doubt will find that the ox peri n^e they have had will be Invaluable to them In the getting of positions and practice when they come 1. ine Hut to readjust them | selves to the old condition* of living I mny not be easy for tho men and j. . r .. ^ who have been In the zone for Funerals Directed We supply the best of burial goods, con duct funerals and relieve families and friends of many unpleasant duties ince dent to death. We are always prepared to serve those who need our service. . B. R. McGREIGHT, CAMDEN, s. c. LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! When you want GROCERIES and want your dollars to to lengthened out, purchase from those who buy in large quantities, as it is a well established fact : 'The Large Buyer With the Cash Gets Lower Prices" than one who buyes in limited quantities. We consider we are a little more fortunate than some of our competitors.as we laid in large stocks of MEATV LARD, SUGAR and GRAIN before the recent great advance. Get Wise ? Low Prices, Prompt, Courteous Treatment Do you keep a cow? Then try one sack of Larro-Feed.* It's a scientific ration ? it has six milk producing ingre gients, viz: Gluten Feed, Standard Wheat Bran, Standard Wheat Middlings, Distillers Dried Grain, Choice Cotton, Seed Meal and last but greatest of all Dried Beef Pulp, and three quarters of 1 per cent salt. No weed seeds, screening oat hulls or other adulterants. Only $2 Per Sack See Us and Get Our Prices ? -We'll Save You Money Arab Horse Feed needs no introduction as you will hear your neighbors talking about this feed if you have a sick horse or one that is off its feed. Also Dealers in Furniture, Hardware, Shoes & Farmers Supplies SPRINGS 8c SHANNON GENUINE BARGAINS ?> - ? ' We are now Selling Hammocks, Ice Cream Freezers, Fruit Jars Ice Boxes, and Refrigerators at 20 per f cent Off the Regular Price As we do not care to carry them over. Come and See t Malone - Pearce -Young HARDWARE CO. lor Best Service 8 B E J J. B. ZEMP DRAYAQE Kerosine, Gasoline, .? Wood and Coal. -5