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tn Its MAKE I. AIM) GKOWTIi interesting Statistics Concerning Chi* Center* of Population in the United States. The population of New York eltj mi J i?l> I, according to a survey b? tin* ji?'w sj> i|h-i feature bureau, fit hiil t of which \mis made public th? other (Iii>, myx f ti?- coN'i'HpOdKl^iit <jjj the IMiisImii kIi pisputoli; wp 01214,010 us compartvl with 4,700,883 In 1910, ar Increase of Ml per cent, Of the tola 120,138 ure listed un negroes. Tin whites of native parentage ?ie ylvet as 1,200,020 ; of foreign parentage 1! ,'184,384. a ltd of foreign hlrth. 2,52 6,? 202. According to the .survey the sexei are almost evenly divided, The utitik her of males Ik given at 3,121,0^1, unc the females aa 3,123,505. The el ty ha? LS78.211 males of voting age and 8ii3, 012 Illiterates more than ten years old There are 1,337,233 familie*. The twenty largest cities in the counjry, with New York leading, are given us Chicago, with a population oi 3,050,300; Philadelphia, 1,030,200* Cleveland, 030,300 ; Detroit, 030,300 Hoston, 830.0J;. ; si. Louis, *24, Hnltlmore, ; I'll tshurgh, 007, 381; Los Angeles, 574,5 '><5 J Snn Fran Cisco, 555X81!; ItulTalo, 510.032; Mil waukee, 504,707 ; Clriolnnuti, 472,008;] New Orleans, 440,707 ; Washington 430,300; Minneapolis, 421.071; New ark, 410,003; Seattle. 305,323, and Rochester, 340,038. CONSIDER GIFT HIGH HONOR Comparatively Few Persons Are Pre sented With the "Freedom of the City of London." ... . The freedom of city of London with which tin* prime of Wales wa? presented rccentl.v. Is ('he of the moaf cherished and"' ancient of civic priv ileges. The actual doninieni Riven to his royal hiKhnev. is u ? p.ecc of parch liient Inscribed with his mtmcs tinil titles uud gnur.-intt'C'im t . . him and hit f|e>c?'H(|iniis lining pfhileKc* to w hi<*li he wpt'tkl not otherwise l?e entitled, Thus he . will not have to pay a tax on an \ fornix brought within -the t'lty gates, nor will he huve to render naval or military service. Should he fajl on evil lines the prince of Wales would he entitled to pecuniary aid. Should he !n ; ! i course. of vent pn?s away, leavi inu children. the efcy cha iiiherlait) would educate tin in and adinlnlstei their property nntll they arrive tit years of uiuturlty. It is usual to in close the "freedom" in a uohl cn'sketj which costs the city ?loo hut the certificates, in the case of the prince of Wales, will he in a frame and the casket will lie represented by silver plate. In the case of (Jeneral Booth the casket was of simple, sturdy oak. ? Thermometer Trade to U. S. With adequate labor American man ufacturers of thermometers, besides beluu able to supply fully the want* of the domestic trade, are In a position to build up a pond export business, but. as Is. the case in so many indus tries. they are handicapped at present b\ the shortage of skilled workers The muklng of thermometers is mostly a hand process, with a, year's expe notice or more necessary for the do velopment of a skilled worker. Starting in the war period, whep < brtiian poods were shut out of tb< country, the American ihermonietei Industry has shown marked advance nicnt. IV-fore the war (ierinany con i r? ?l* ? ?? I the market here as well ai t ' i ? ? in other countries, hut nearly ni< o t i he business formerly held by (!er ir.it.v in Suith America has been pro cured by concerns in the t'nlte^ States. It is not believed that < ler many will regain her position in tin ? '..liie-th; market, and much of 1 1 1 ? South American Ijjisiuess. it is pre dieted, will be- held by the American manufacturers. New York Tribune. Fascinating Ukulele. Many people, even now. may think of the ukulele a*> n Ku^uiti province, or an eastern title, yet it happens to hi neither, but a small musical inxtru in e 1 1 1 which. ix'Cordln^ i" a writer in tin London I>aily ('hr.iinh recently ha Hied the experience e\ en of t be J customs man. who refused to recojj* i lit/,- it a> such and permitted Its entry! info I 'n^hind free of duty The 1 1 1 1 1 #? i South sea ukulele is not unlike a "ttd i I die that you play ulih >our tinkers, | to the eye of tin uninitiated hut nil ' tth'i hear it .cltnii nu eel ne^ and' the < liurili of >t> plaintive \?>i,c \ , ; I dollbt one of these , I ; t \ ^ r.liL'irind will I become aw ii re o! ih>- la ?.,-ii.a t l?>r of the ukulele even a- Vlll -fen hl|s ill* j r> : d> done The n.nn \ili thcll ?'-XII Ct hi> h'U t ' 1 1: i : 1 1 e and H strnnu'e, wl'd ini.Mi- wl?' '.nut ihe' I.ondon street*. Meanest Man "Th?* mean***! man <?! .-nrth" ha> hpt ii ills? <>\ . i c(| 1 1 v ??!? iiisuriiut'f in fit I most human traiiv ha\?* i ? \ ?*ji i ??? 1 nr rasiona 1 |?hn. o) miMiiiH^N hut it r?*- ' niaiiMMl for a < Irru.v man hii < ? r? I it i n ? ??! preacher of the | I outeliiin superla I i \ ?-l v nil ? ? f I ; i contestants for the eroix de Kali Tht?* ^>rt?*for. who re* r* ^ within rye rn fi ije of the Wool worth tower makes ?t pruetlce of charging claimants under 1 1 f ?? in?uranre policies a fp?> of 1 j>er I eeni of the face of the policy for fill- i Inu' ont the cU'iRymBn'* certificate on 1 death claims. Tin- medal for )-oiKai*iitrnrcd Mod un- j rillut.'d ;nt??ni?ess In hereby awaried. J Tlx* ennfeat la ended. ? Insurmnca lTe*H Do Animals T_ove Muslo? I was awakened the other morning by the clatter of a horse** hoofs and h inon'M voice singing "Klllarney," nays a writer In the London Daily Kx j press I'eeplng through the Venetian j blind I Haw that a young Midland: railway carter was the vocalist, and j that IiIn horse, which waft harnessed to a heavily-laden van, whm following h|m in a zigzag fashion. across and - up the *tucp road which run* past i.uy windows. lie whs not using a whip or tombing thb rein*, arid |h<i h? ?rn<* kept his nose near his shoulder, hut when th?- iintn stopped singing, the, home Htopped pulling. I have heal'tt the land iilrln nay they sing to the horses and' cows they look after, and that the ii n I inn I h love It. and I know ; In India HOine of the hardest labor l? done hy f?xen. driven? not with whtyvoj goad? hut by the singing of the native hoys In churge <?f them. Soapy Pear. i Little Jeanne wax tremendously in terested In the patriotic songs she heard at the community Hinging to j which her mother had taken her. A few evenings later sTie was play Ing close hy as her mother practiced at the piano. ".Mother," she asked, "can you play that piece about the 'soapy pear?' I like that one best of all." Her mother, knowing the child had confused some words, played various melodies she remembered bearing at the community Hinging and Dually dis covered. through this method, that It was the song "Over There" Jennnc referred to. The refrain, "So prepare, so prepare," was the one which to her cars, had sounded like "soapy pear." Truly Tlmea Have Changed. A friend of Senator Sorghum en rrmnrcreri t h o sOtoiriWTTTe ? t o;?sof the capltol and after paftslni the time of ?ilny remarked playfully: "Senator, how comes it you aren't uuikiiig any of your famous speeches these days?" ? - Hut the senator was really for til ui.x "Times have changed." he replied without hesitation; "Now it Isn't at all easy for a man with silk bat and truth coat to assert he Is. saving 'be coun try rll '.<y himself, and say It nt an ainllcncc t but h all khaki uniforms and overullk." 18 cents a package Camels jtre sold everywhere in scientific - ally sealed packages or 20 cigarettes ; or ten package a ( 200 cigarettes) in a glass - ine-paper-covered carton. We strongly recommend this cur tun f pr the home or office supply, or when you travel. * R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY WlutoB^altm, N. C. CAMELS' expert blend of choice Turkish and choice Domestic tobaccos answers every cigarette desire you ever had ! Camels give such universal delight, such unusual enjoyment and satisfaction you'll call them a cigarette revelation f If you'd like a cigarette that does not leave any unpleasant cigaretty aftertaste or unpleasant cigaretty odor, smoke Camels! If you hunger for a rich, mellow-mild cigarette that has all that desirable cigarette "body"? well, you get some Camels as quickly as you can I Camels' expert blend makes all this delightful quality possible. Your personal test will prove that Camel Cigarettes are the only cigarettes you ever sfnoked that just seem made to meet your taste 1 You will prefer them to either kind of to bacco smoked straight I Compare X^amels for quality and satisfaction with any cigarette in the world at any price I SPECIAL SALE OF The South Berid Malleable Rartp'e Crt/srlaride yTnd tfi/s Set of Pure Al uirttrtum Cooktrt^^Octre At the Price of the T?ari^e a/one^ - the^X/ctre ts Jjwfj South Bend Malleable Ranges have proven to be satisfactory for more than Twenty Years and more than a half million are now in daily use. Built in all styles and sizes for every purpose. Hundreds of South Bend Malleable Ranges were used by the Government of the United States and France during the war. DURING THE SPECIAL SALE ONLY we will give FREE a beautiful seven piece set of Aluminum Cooking Ware SEPTEMBER 17th to 23rd THE MACKEY MERCANTILE CO., CAMDEN, S. C. ! MARKETING JN I Housewives There Must Hunt Through Town for Food. Job Requires Seven Hour. Cf EacK D*y and Supplies Are Very Scanty. Rome. ? Seven hours of eaeli daj of tho Italian housekeeper must be de. voted to buying fo?a. The maam of tho ordinary American housokeeo. " er polo Into luslgui flounce even with their troublesome servant* when cum l m red to the Italian Duiueatjc serf, wits' strikes In Italy are chronic. ? Tho recent upheaval in Italian ^ noiulcs when tho government ordered prices of foodstutfs and clothing re luced OO per cent has begun lis r$. action, and the factor affected most is the housekeeper. She must start *to market at seven o'clock In the mora, ing, and Is forced to hurry from one store to another. To obtalu a piece of meat usually takes twp hours. To obtalu bread about an hour, og^a two hours, vegetables, one hour and a ? half aud canned goods about au hour. Tho housekeeper's day starts by placing herself at the back of a long line of waiting customers. The line sometimes extends for a half block, guarded by armed carabineers. When the buyer ?ls permitted to enter the store she finds inside a scramble for all sorts of commodities. (Juards are stationed there to prevent any mis chief. If she obtains what she wanta she te lucky. She trends over the streets a whola morning; searching for the things for lunch and then In the afternoon must start on the hunt again for food. If she Is looking for butter she Is usually thankful to go away with a can of American "bully beef." It often happens that her family must inlss a meal, but that Is usually overlooked. It Is too evident on ev ery hand. Housekeepers sometimes watcfi a car of produce unloaded at the rail rond station and follow tho motor trucks to the store, where the pro duce will be sold. When fca carload of eggs arrived the other day, women ' clung to the trucks carrying the eggs to stores, while others ran alongside. At the stores the clerks stood In tho^ doorways and handed out the eggs, three only to a customer. Some cus tomers reached over others' heads with their huts, while others pushed - aside the weaker ones. Servants take their rest days by telling the housekeeper they are go ing for n day or two. They come back when It suits them. The days of those "perfect Italian servants,';., as Ameri cans used to call them, have passed, and a housekeeper Is lucky to have a servant at all. High Water Mark for Rat Rents in Gotham. The high water mark of resi dential rentals In the world will be attained In an apartment house to be erected at once in New York. The building will be 12 stories In height and will con tain 17. apartraeifts ? ten simplex and Heven duplex. The rentals of the apartments will vary from $18,000 to $30, OCX) each, and, according to the owner's estimate, the gross rental for the 17 families will be $441,500, which, figured on the basis of square footage, will be the larg est rent for apartment residen tial purposes ever realized In the world. As an example of the luxurl ousness of the proposed build ing, the main duplex apartments will contain 20 rooms, Including a salon 24 by 40 feet, dining room, 21 by 33 feet, Ave open' flreplnces, seven haths, and six master bedrooms. Each apart ment will have separate service elevators and service halls lead ing to the service sections where the household employees will stay. u. S. CLEANS MINE FIELDS Five -Thousand Men Are at Work Destroying $50,000,000 Worth of Explosives. London.? Afore than hnlf of the mines laid by the American navy in the North son, In a flold 250 miles inn* and 30 miles wide, from the Popsor hank off the Dutch coast to the Scan dinavian .waters, have been destroyed by an American mlne-sweepin? tleet. If good weather continues, the work will be finished before winter; if not. the mine sweeping will extend long into 1020. The operations an? under the direction of Admiral Strauss, who has his headquarters at Inverness. Seventy-five ships with a total com plement of 5,000 men are cleaning up the mine fields, destroying nil mines, which it cost more than $800 each to lay. The total cost of laying the American mine field wan ircarty $50,000,000. If the American mine sweepers have riot finished their Job by the middle of September, the ships will winter In southern j>orts and the mee will go home on leave and come back In the spring when the sea is free ?' ice storms. The British mine field '?* th? North tea contains 40.000 oiines.