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COBURN'S MINSTRELS COMING! Camden Opera House, Monday, Nov. 17 ANOTHER LARGE SHIPMENT OF Flower Bulbs Your bulbs should be planted now for early flowers. ' Our prices are much lower than many. Our bulbs are the finest in size and quality ever brought here. A large assortment of Flower Seeds that are guaranteed fresh W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STORE PHONE 30 ( Two Doora Above Postoffice NOTICE ! 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. i WRITE FOR OUR 24-PAGE FREE BOOKLET OF Helpful Suggestions It will remove all annoyance and vexation at the time of choosing HOLIDAY GIFTS For your friends and dear ones. Whether it be in line of DIAMONDS WATCHES SILVERWARE BRIC-A-BRAC NOVELTIES W e can suit every taste and every purse. Shop jiarly It i? better that your order* reach u? early while the holiday stock is still plentiful in variety and design*. JAMES ALLAN & CO. CHARLESTON. S. C. For'58 Year* the Lending Jrwelrr* in the State FAKED PAINTINGS. Imitations and Forgeries of the Works of Old Masters. SHARP TRICKS OF THE TRADE. Specialists Who Ars Real Artist* In ! Showing Antique Effects ? Tn? Split I Panel Deception and an Ingenious Swindling Scheme That Failed. In addition to a considerable mass of tdHioi'lcul Information concerning me.h od* employed in producing I works of int. M M'imiu V <i lit ?Twhuhpie of |*nl ill I i?k" presents much new mid interesting matter couyoiniiiK devices of I n*M >i lion pic|iire fiikuitf "trmpimre." "x rhe Kn'Wt) ii ri world ??iiI(m It niid systematic', deliberate, MKiiif hi forgery I tin t have in recent years rendered ?'Xtiii IntKiirdous the purchase <if any picture by a recug lil/cd master Who Man J oi 1 1 t'd the great majority Man> of these tricks require great wkl 1 1 and kuowledge enough. In all sccmi ug. to enable tin* forgers to be come recognised artist* of the Hrst CllISS If an old canvas can la* found and there arc many thousands In Kurope tin' production of a Titian or Con cg'.rin or V#*ro|i#*s#* is easy Tin- worthle -s | ?!<? tore Ih painted over or cleared off or tin* latest f it kIi Itin provided with a lit* w canvas fat'#*' on which a lint' for gery has lit't'ii painted. Varnish tlntt-d with bitumen gives appearance r nut*: llcdriee Juice; ashes steeped In water and lampblack are lised t'? Imitate the dirt of time. There are specialists In II v stains. chllllsv re touching designed to emphasize age by contrast. 'and In signatures a select elKHH, these latter. Who call themselves uionogrumlsts They know the manner of each great painter, the way he signed his pictures and the plat#* and color used Some time* the name I* oiinhlligly concealed under a layer t?f dirt or paint. so thai the buyer of this particular "old mas ter'* may have the pleasure of discover Inn It for himself. The author gives the names of sev erni painters who Hud a ready road t<> wealth in multiplying for foreign uuir kets ttie Koifsseuus. Dlar.s. Corots Ihiuhlgueys and t'ourbets and the like without whlrh no home of luxury is deemed complete Unfinished studies by famous artist* sold after death nt some official vendue bear tin* regular sale stamp, a -price less token ttf authenticity, wherefore the flever former makes the dimly sug jested picture a tinlshed composition whifh t arries on Its back an liidlspnta hie certllicate ut genuineness Still more adroit is the trick played after the I'Toineiitin sale, where tun* ??t these art harpies bought the painter's "Arab Falconer." painted on a wimkIimi pnnei The panel was sawed through edgeways. giving the former a genuine I'romeutin without the sale stamp and ii black panel hearing the sale stamp itesult. two ??genuine" Arab Falconers. s?nd far apart, with no way at hand to disprove t tit* imitation. -^y Sometimes, it is pointed out. the nov elty ol the trick employed works its own defeat, as in the ease of a l-'lorell lint' dealer who sold a I'are old pallet lug to n l''rein h collector. ' lie ottered to send It to the buyer's hotel and asked him to write his name and ad dress on the back ot the panel In order to remove all doubt. Tills was done nut then the collector changed ids mind mid carried the picture off de spite the dealer's protestations. When the traveler got houie ho took the picture out or Its frame-to clean It iie found that lie had brought away two pictures.. The first, which he had nought, concealed a copy, on the back ot which he had signed Ills name This was almost perfect rascality. If the collector tiad had the picture sent to his note! he would have re ceived the copy. It he had protested that it was not the picture he nought he wou'd? have been shown his own signature on the hack of the panel. 'I lie Italian government prohibit* the exportation ol native art works except by permission that is very hard to get. Hut the collectors and the owners of old family pictures Hud no ditticuity In evading this They order copies, put them in place of the originals and se cretly send the latter out of the coun try. Thus a genuine old Italltfn mas ter Is one of the easiest things to ac tpi'te In (lie realm of high priced art. Advertising Pays 100 Per Cent. A Kansas man lost a live dollar bill nnd advertised for it In a day or two a man app#*nr**d In his office. saying i thai he had seen the advertisement. unci handed him the bill. In a few days 1 the Kansas man was going through his I "other'* clothes and found the original j bill which he thought he had lost Not withstanding the fact that the events in this story may sound suspicious, the lesson Is obvious Kansas City Star. Calm Osculation. "I hoar thev are passionately In love ! wit h ea? h ot her ' "It might pass for passion in Koston. I They kiss ea< h other with their eye glasses tin." Washington Herald I It Must Be So. 'Mr*. KnosltaM What do those sail ors mean when thev ?p??Mk ??r |i>f w:ip Ii? Mr Knoslfall That's part of the ? rt*w of an ocojm grey hound Kan sas ( 'it \ Star i I .ore. hope. fear, faith those make humanity; these are if* s?trn? and note And character. Holn>rt Hrowning For Sale ?J 1 26 acreg ?f land 9 miles South East of Camden; 50 acres open and under cultivation and under wife; about $700 worth of long and short leaf timber on tract; good stream running water, alto peach and apple orchard; one 4 room dwelling worth $1200, one 4 room tenant house; Will sell for $2,500. % ?J We also have listed with us for sale a valuableTarm oFseveral hun- ' 4 dred acres within two miles of Camden; this can be bought at* a bargain and on easy terms. Price and terms on application. ?J 100 acres at Knights Hill, commonly known as the Turpin Certain Place. I his farm consists of 60 acres of open land and 40 acre* of fine'tim i* ber; one four room house on place. Price $2,000 and make terms to suit. ?J The Doby place, containing 450 acres 3 miles of Blaney; 250 acres .open land? a part of this under cultivation; 100 acres pasture land und^r wire; some good open creek land, plenty of wood and some timber on the place; good buildings; one overseers house; 6 tenant houses and two barns Twenty-five mile creek runs through this property. Price $7,500.00 Terms: ^ cash, balance in three years ^t usual rate of interest. 361 acres of land on Town Creek, four miles South of Camden; 60 acres open land; two tenant houses, Will sell at a bargain. Plat of same can be seen at our office. ?] 564 acres of land 6 miles of Camen; one 6 room dwelling, 7 tenant houses, 125 acres under cultivation; plenty of wood and some timber. Price $12.00 Per Acre. C[ Farm of 120 acres 2 miles North of Camden; 75 acres open and un der cultivation; 3 tenant houses, cotton house, barn and stables. Price $35 per acre ? terms if desired. This is a good proposition for any one desir ing a small farm with improvements. r ' <1 154^ acres of land 7 miles North of Camden on South side Lock hart road; two temant houses; 35 or 40 acres under- cultivation; plenty of wood and about 50,000 feet of timber. Price $16.50 per acre, * C P. DuBOSE & COMPANY REAL E S T A T E CAMDEN 5 and 10c Store We have decided to give fair bargains during the Fair Week. Come in and look over our large stock. Bicycle Repairing Tube Vulcanizing Work that Satisfies is the only kind we do. If you are hard to satis fy, bring your work to us. To Deliver Promptly is Our Rule. H. E. BEARD & CO. 921 Broad St. Camden, S. C. MOXKY TO LOAN ON IlKAL ESTATE ? EASY TERMS K. O. vonTreackow. ' us that next order for job J , printing. i OF THE Bank of Camden CAMDEN, S. C. 1 We beg to call the especial attention of the public to the condition of The Bank of Camden as attested to by the directors on the first quarter of its 26th year of useful ness in the community: Resources Loans and Discounts . . ? ? $342,780.57 Bonds and Stocks. . ... . . 80,000,0ft;; Cash on hand and ki banks ' . , .. .. ?? 100,435.25 ^ Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures. ~. . . . 17,600.07 $540,912.40 Liabilities Capital $100,000.00 Surplus and profits . . . . ? ? 83,359.96 Deposits } .'.302,337.51 Duo to other banks , y.-V ? ,.1? 107.02 Dividends Unpaid -. ? v $540,7) 1 2.49 I, C. H. Yates, Cashier '^>f the above named bank do solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. , C. H.^Vates, Cashier. _ Sworn to before me this 3 1 st day of October, 1913 ^ H. G. Carrison, Jr., Notary Public for S. C. Deposits October 31, 1912 - - $323,857.74 Deposits October 31, 1913 - - $363,534.53 (Kindly Note Comparison) H. (!. CAKRISOy W. M. SHANNON Atttost , Correct: I?EO ftC HhNK Director#: DAVID WOUW J NO. w. OORBKTT A.RHAMtJ