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i THm 'l mm w pa me/vTiwAM^ mnvffsr "Era WS li When a man works hard for his money HE is the one who otaght to have it? not some smooth schemer who comes along peddling some valueless GET-R1GH QU (GK proposition. The one sure way to keep money is to BANK it and let it PILE UP, and before you dig into the pile KNOW you have some safe investment right here at homo which you can watch and attend to yourself. Make OUR bank YOUR bank. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C. t Tt nom the Qrac/lt . to t/ie Sraoe Everyone Uses Hardware of Some Kind The discriminating customer insists on quality goods, for CHEAP hardware is about the POOR EST investment on earth. The edge of the sharp est razor is not keener than our desire to serve you acceptably ? to serve you in a manner to win your approval ? therefore, whatever you buy from us will be of the "quality" kind. We Sell Everything in Hardware -Pearce -Young HARDWARE CO. Valuable Main Street ?> , * Property for Sale r? . = ^ WE HAVE LISTED WITH US FOR QUICK SALE THE B. R. McCREIGHT MERCANTILE PROPERTY, 1129-1131 BROAD STREET. Lot 66x382 feet, on which is situated a commodious, well constructed building. This property is peculiarly well located for any com mercial enterprise ? Hotel, Office Building, Stores, or any other mercantile establishment, being situated ad joining the Court HoUiO l_ reservation, and directly in the f>ath of business development. For price and other particulars, see Kennedy & Shaw REAL ESTATE AGENTS BEARD TELLS WHY McLaurin Did Not Make Race; Will Not Vote for Richard* i SUItor The < Bronte)# ? Ill glviilg I Ills Kt it t (Ml It'll t to tllH it H* my pur | Mine to show why Senator M ?r| ,h urtu should not inid it l?l not use ly enter tin- Kulicriialorial nut' us vlcii rtoux sacrifice whereby unworthy DM|itrai)U to high nttlcii would l>?*nt>ttt hy the expenditure of hi* Campaign fund, Mini his uhtlfty lis li ?a inpa iftici ; And ulro to show why no ti'tu/ lilease { man when fully Informed, or autl ollh | re. for that matter, can afford to voto ! f? ?)? Joliu (I, lltchardx unless, indeed, I they are prepared to honor tin- memory | of Benedict Arndhl and defend the aet of Brutus. First. twelve candidates for one of? I 11 Ce ami tlu? short time allowed each, I I- ridiculous, for no man ean possibly <11 scuss tjio Issue, much lesM make a de I fehso of < jovi'rnor .Blouses' oft)chll re cord as a lilease -candidate shouhl he aide and VVlMlhg to do In twelve or fourteen minutes. , Hccftnd, Blease loader^ f<>r tK61f o\YW wellish ) air poses are supporting one or more of the a nLl lilease candidates. These conditions are more or less in vogue all over the state ami all of the anll-Blcase candidates for governor are: the recipient of this support t)ius weakening the faetinnal candidate hy at least one-fourth if he hud n<? far tional opposition. Third. there were Uiihh? otheij lilease candidates to divide this already mi - polity vote, with, making it imposslhle to get a hirai^htout. lUea^e imiu In 4h?* second race. Fourth, the one partisan candidate, Mendel I,. Smith will get as large a lilease veto as any of the Blouse can didates themselves, making asurance doubly sure that no stralghtout. lilease hum will he in the second race even. Fifth; not satislled with allowing their personal ambitious and greed for office, envy, jealousy, Incapacity for in (elligent leadership, and general lack of harmony and good faith, to de moralize the Hlease faction us a light force, a number of inconsiderate lead ers intent only upon their jiersonal aggrandizement, left the lilease ranks to seek a candidate whom they could exploit and manipulate, and slipped .John f}. Richards In under cover of night, after rescuing him from the an tl discard. McLaurin is too big /a man to run us a puppet for any set of dark lant ern rlngsters masquerading as leaders of the cause of the masses, who as-, semble themselves under the magic name of "lilease" and the "common people" to further their own ambi tious schemes, so he <11(1 not enter the lists. lie could have run as an indepen dent lilease man like Irby, Sims and Mullally, making a fourteen minute bid for the support of a faction al ready defeated by the new and Ini quitous enrolling rules? a plethora of candidates and the prostitution of sec ondary leadership ? but what was the use? Now I have nothing personal against Mr. Richards ? but here are the rea sons why ^tleasites shouhl repudiate him. He is not a Blease man, he has never aftiiliated with the mease move ment, except clandestinely during the last campaign in his. race for railroad commissioner, when he played both sides for., the suckers, telling, it is stated, Bleasltes how he slept In the same bed with a governor at Mpnck's Corner and tlieiv deriying It as a cam paign canard when questioned by the a nils. In that raee he was quietly backed by Ben Tillman whose protege he is, and the Gonzales, who .are de lated to him. He is Ben Tillman's po litical "Trojan Horse." A card sllp ped from John Ga ry Evans' sleeve, coming from the enemies' camp as the "Greeks bearing gifts" and will obey his ma'sters if elected. lie was first a strong disitensafyite, then when that institution tottered, a state-wide prohibitionist, when Cole Blease won out on local option, he be came convinced that local option was ordained by God. And now lie is a very strong and earnest local-option prohibitionist-eounty dispensary! te, de pending altogether upon the dominant sentiment? -of the section he happens to be In. He has l>een 011 every side of every quest loti and in his eel-like political course has always flopped from one question to another ; from .fler'y furnace to frozen glacier, with the ease and sang-froid of a Salamander ? but al ways flopped too late to land. Mr. Richards' sole claim to Bleasism is due to the fact that after I bad fully exiK>sed his political double deal ing and forced his hand and the hands of his friends under great stress of pressure from t,hose hidden friends he came into the governor's oflice and stated to those assembled that "as the governor's principles are nearest to mine If any one asks llie who I will vote for for senator, I will say Blease." Then afterwards in answer to inquiry as to how Senator Tillman would take it he replied in effect: "I have written to him explaining my position, and it is satisfactory to him." Thus did he and his friends dangle before the eyes of BleasTtes, the great prize of Till man's friendship and assistance bas ing the whole proposition upon treason to t'i<- "i i ii<' other, pirbHiM both I don't know, l>ut Ttl Imaii'H fricmls Hif talking that Richards ga ve Till man to undorwtand that hi* wus i 1 1 loyal to Tillman and only declared for Hlwise I c > gel tlii' vote, . I believe that t rye, for ithiunds wiik averse to >making a [nihil* declaration and wa* evading it Ulttll I published It on hi in and madi' Idm nunc out in (In* Opell. I >lca?dto.v | ii|i|m^c will | m > y|ad lo loll rn that Mr. Richards was tho ail thoi ? ?r (ho act iojH'iil}iiK tho lion law ? ia U.\ the pool f. ii in renter* And in P.HI at a liHJ'beciio at hi* houto, liberty Hill, it is sai'd ho iv f?is<*d to Int roilt|?'(> tho governor to t|lO audience \x lion requested to do so, Hut in Hill tho governor was undo? a hot liro of Inula I criticism and so: olali.N *o- 1 .racised as an olllolal hy tho mill*. who a I'M Mi'- Hlohrtfdx' friends and relatives, and was supposed to ho down and onl an a political fiiiitor. Since that time ho has hoon elected u??\ ?M,iioi' again, which makes a big dltl civm o, - and therefore this rcversl hloo|.?nl>li' hin-k notion - shorl -circuit in# political acrobat Is now \v i 1 d I \ in JfoVi* wltli Ills excellency,'. < 'oi l a I u aspiring demagogues and dh-t;itoi realizing that normal condl t|on would lilast tholr hope-* of elec tlon I </ congress and other high ?>ili< and. not wanting a strong man in tho oxo' iillvo chair w|n'? would stand ho t\\?i ? them anil their eventual sena torial ampliations sought from tho _i :m \ \ : i r? I of tin- on oniy a skeleton to dill .before the eyes of a sensible ili.'i/i.'Jil-'. MUliloi a spiuuUi** in. <-oiii|M'(cnt upnii whom to | >(i 1 1 the shines as with a inarlonotto. Well, they found him ami are to ho eon grahrltftod upon I he wisdom of thoir eliohe. When these Incompetent minor lead ers. inconsiderate of the dubious sena torial race and realizing that to jeop ardize their, loader was to throw the light brought John (J. Klchnrds In un der cover of night, to make Ids doath bed confession of faith, and declare him "horn again" they seryed notice upon all in the gubernatorial race that there was no factional light ? 80 now let them nurse tholr puling In font. T!n? campaign up -to date proves that my analysis was correct at first. The gubernatorial campaign is getting f ur tlier and further away from the sena torial, and Ho lady-like and mild, that it would seem grotesque to attmpt to disturb the sweet slumbers of the gu bernatorial sleepers. No "governors" shaking last this time, but to be heard by even the small crowds, they ask to rotate with the minor officers. May tie if John Dun can could speak last every day he could bold the crowd for them. Why not ask Richards why be don't resign? whether be wants to bold bis otHcu to- pay campaign excuses with the salary and free transporta tion? Of whether be thinks he will need it after the election? Gov. I ilea so is the expression of the working people's m>lltlcal Uoiie and I will stick to him despite the treachery of others which he can't help. I Will vote, for Irby, Peoples, Fortner, and Kelly for*- they are all true Blease men. 1 think the second race will be be tween Mendel Smith, Copper, Olirtic scales or Manning, in which case Men del Smith will be the next governor. We Ulea sites have dropped cmr candy as far as the chief executorship is con cerned. Even if Richards is elected, we are still out of it for he is supported by a combination of Ren Tillman, John Gary Evans, Charleston liquor Inter ests, the Columbia State* and turn-coat minor Rleaslte leaders. Mr. Richards says he is not a "coat tail swinger." Well he is not swing ing on one coattail, but bf is serenely lurched upon four: that of Ren Till man, John Gary Evans, Gonzales, and Governor Rlease. W. P. Iieard, Abbeville, S. O., June 26, 1014. GIBSON'S GREAT COMEBACK. How He Answered a Something For Nothing Proposition. According to Printer's Ink, Charles Dana Gibson is said by an exchange to have been amused at receiving not long ago a printed circular signed by an au tomobile firm that read: You are cordially invited to partici pate in our grand $100 prize drawing contest. Each participant may sub mit one or more drawings advertising our automobile, and the winner will I receive a grand cash prize of $100. ; Drawings must ^e sent prepaid, they n rest be original, ami all unsuccessful drawings Will remain the property of the undersigned. Mr. Gibson, who can scarcely be per suaded to make drawings at $1,000 apiece, smiled over the jitfnted circu lar, then took a sh<*et of note jmper and still smiling, wrote to the automo bile firm : You are cordialy invited to partlci l>ate in my grand $10 prize automobile contest. Each participant may wubniit one or more automobiles, fully equip ! i>ed, of his own manufacture, and the winner will receive a grand cash prize of $10 in gold. The automobile sub mitted should be brand new and must be shipped ?. o. b. New York. The un successful automobiles will remain the property of the undersigned. Charles Dana Gibson. _ A TESTIMONIAL The remarkable war has beon demonstrated in the use of (lit* twi.oic CANNADV hi <?(.v i>> oik* of ttw popular mail riders from flit* Camden post ofllre, Ik* having UNrd (lie buggy t liat he is now driving for tlirw and out* Intlf years t-onthmousl) every day except Sundays and holidays. Figuring on 800 working days per year lie lias traveled 27, MO miles with this buggy and it is. still in use and malting Ids daily trips. Below is a testimonial from .Mr, Thompson which speaks for Itself. There tire other 'lu\ lor (annatly buggies that are used by the Camden rural route rarriers: ?'Camden, S, (Vtluim 01 h, J01I. Messrs; Springs & Shannon, t'Mllidon, S, < J, t ??>n t leinen : "I take pleasure In Mtylug that l bought one of tin* Tiiyluf Cuii UlUly buggies sold by your linn about l>eeeiuber 1st IVM.0, ? 1 havo used this buggy nearly every day slnee and don't own ajiOlher buggy or have not owned any other slime I bought this one, so you ean, readily sen that the buggy ha* been eonstaid use, 1 luivo probably driven It 15(H) miles in that length of time than the figures given above Ji7,!100 miles. Therefore taking the aetm.il measured miles and tin- oxiinutr number of miles (l.">00> yull will sec I I i ; I N ? ? tr;i\el ed sno jiiilrs in this .'lie bu;r:-\ iiiul It Is goOd repair attl.T Hfid expect to use It at least (1 mouths longer, "Yours truly, ",i. w. Thompson." SPRINGS 8c SHANNON Camden, S, C. Millinery Millinery PRICES REDUCED For the next few weeks I am reducing all prices on my stock of SEASONABLE MILLINERY CALL AND SEE AND NOTE 1Z prices v Miss Mattie Gerald BROAD STREET Millinery That'. Styliih CAMDEN, S. C. Millinery ? Millinery Tribune and Stormer BICYCLES We can give you these wheels ranging in price from $30.00 to $50.00. Come in and' see them. We also carry everything for wheels and have Mr. S. B. Beard in charge of repair de partment, who give the best of work. Camden Motor Co. N O T I C E To Automobile Owners * Insist on getting GULF REFINING GO., GASOLINE. It's Better. Let me show you or ask the man who is using it. J. B. ZEMP, Agent