The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 09, 1920, Image 4
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An exceedingly uttrdi tiV0little home, sini^,
comfortable. ??.nivniu-i:!, dura ble. ( an In
built in a vci v t . w dava al a cost nc.n !y 50
per rent less than ordinary house.-} ito* tfjjje.
Quick b\??
BUNGALOWS
Built by skilled workmen in tremendous
quantities from timber cut, prepared and
manufac tured in our own forests and plants,
after modern practical plans designed by
skilled architects and sold direct tq you,
from the forests at tremendous savings
The Modern Method of?
Economical House Construction
The house arrives not only with all the
material already: cut, prepared and ready
to fit, but also completely manufactured.
It will more than
Cut Your Labor Bill in Half.
This and many other attractive houses are
shown in natural color in our beautiful
book of homes. Write for it
today. Sent postpaid, free,
upon request. Address
QuiCK
Bungalow
Dept. No. 45 I]
A. C. Tuxbury Lumber
Company,
Charleston,
s. c.
THIS IS BUNGALOW
Nf '?*. OUR CATAIO*
SHOWS MAM ?TMIA
ATTMCTIVt HOMIS.
Mention The Chronicle When Writing Advertisers
Just Received
A Car Load of
THORNHILL
WAGONS
WE HAVE just received a shipment
of a car load of Thornhill Wagons
?the wagon made in the heart of the
hardwood region of tough highland oak
and hickory.
y
These are the long wear wagons wi th .
many patented features. Made with the
old standard track. Xs=K*T. -
Not the* lowest pricctl wn^ons but the best and in
the end the cheapest. r6U.sl
RHAME BROTHERS, Camden. S. C.
RECOGNIZE GOSPEL OF LABOR
Law of Nature 0?mand? Certain Quan
tity of Work (From AH Kinda
of People.
?'The law nf nature Is flt;?t a rriialn
quantity of work Is necessafj to pro
I duco u certain quantity of good. of any
kitiiI Whatever. ii vtui want knowl
edge, yon niiiNt Mill for It; am! if picaa
ure%,vou muttt toll f<?r It." Those won!*
of John IthmUin are especially appro
priate no\s, Arthur limit C'huie writes
I In (outfit*'*
This admonition laneeded not mere- |
! I.v h.v tlo' tiijinual laborers, hut also h.v
1 all clussc*, and especially hy the
"poodic fakers" of ao-railcd' high so
ciety. An afternoon trip to the most I
expensive hotels discloses the fact that
the wtir has not completely purged us
from tJie idle rich. One may encoun
ter there n new species, formerly
known us n "lounge llr.ard." now called
a "xofa cootie." A soldier pointed me
out one of these specimen*, exclaim
ing: "Think of our hrave who have
fallen, and a thine like that survives!"
Wo \Von iIds war?why? fit*cause
we hecilril the law of sweat. In the
crucial hour our aociety spewed out
Of its mouth the Idle rieh and the idle
poor. We tolerated only one class, the
workers. Vincent Astor and Klngdon
(joiild had to step up and do their duty
Just the same as the FrlcaHlnul twins
from "Little Italy." Now that the war
Is won, fills lasv of sweat should re
main Imperartve foi?att~T,ta??es.
ery man and every woman owes a duly
of work to Ills age, and society of tlie
future should be so organized as to in
sist that tltnt debt Is paid.
Jteferi'lnji to the law of sweat, we
must realize that there are two ways
In which a man may fulfill, his. obli
gations, either hy hralu sweat, or hy
brawn sweat, Rightly speaking, the
mental workers belong Just as truly
among tiie laboring classes as (lie mun
uai workers, Tn t.'lie truest sense both
are producers.
BIRD KNOWN IN EVERY STATE
Writer Suggests That the Flicker
Might . Well Be Adopted a* Amer
ica's National Bird.
Tlir alert him! Industrious flicker Is
SuggeKte<H?y Frank M. Chapman. writ
lug fn "Our Winter Jiirds/' us'the na
tional bird. because It Is a native of
every state In the t'nion. lie say* It
Is also iiiln|iiive u 11 * I Intelligent, peace
ful though htitve. useful and beauti
ful, but be cannot sing. The bird
makes up for his failure to contribute
vocal solos by drumming exhibitions
that any trick snare drummer would
envy. When the bird gets on a tin roof
or gutter; arid is feeling facetious, Its
work with its beak In jiiarvelous.
"It wins !!< way peaceably if it cab,
but. If it is aroused it fights for all
it is worth." Mr. Chapman writes. "It
Is a beautiful bird, known by many oth
er names, such as crescent bird, be
cause of the black crescent on its
breast ; golden-winged woodpecker, be
cause of tiie yellow revealed in Its
wings when It Hies; the cotton rump,
because of the white on Its back, and
the yarrup and yellowhaniin.er. Its
home is anywhere between Central
America and Camtda and in character,
habits and appearance it is clearly a
credit to the country."
One or the Other Imperative.
(Jem/re had not been overkiud to
his wife when he let* for camp. And
the prospects for his wife when he
returned were not any brighter when
she got this nop1 from Into:.
"Them white, folks here put some
sirup in my arms from the blood of
a mart bnli and a game cjirrken that
will make a nigger light a cannon
and I is already feeling like lighting.
When I routes home wid that lighting
blood in me. ami I tinds our you ain't
been doing right, watch out for
iand 1 niM'^s bow big - you
are."
The wife took the note to the judge
of the county In which she lived.
"Well. Kiizii." said the judge to the
colored wife, after lie readi the let
ter. "What can I do for you ahoilt
'his?"
"Judge." ri plied Klizii. "I s wan' a ;
iiiv.>r?-*> <*r stun n! dar sirivp."
No IdJe Chatter.
W hen a young girl I was timid and '
- ii \. ami 11; i \ tic attention directed to!
?w+e- -ii I . jw-usiui?um- ? > mbn?r
rassnient. One evening I was invited '
to a rather formal dinner party. All j
the girls present were considerably I
older 11 in 11 I, so J said nothing until !
nt'oui the middle of the meal, although I
the other', were i-IniTfTng 111 H d^slll- |
lorv manticr.
Suddenly a young woman sitting af i
my right turned to me with the ques
tion: "I?on"t you ever say anything?"!
It seemed to me that the attention i
of every one at the table was focused I
i
on me. and blushing furiously, I stam- j
mered : "Oh. yes. sometimes, when (
there'* something interesting to talk |
about." A stony silence greeted my
roninrk. ?-Chicago Tribune.
Bit the Bones.
Charley, tlie cook, has n mania for I
"shooting craps." One day he missed 1
bis dice, and having always worn a
smile, it was at once noted that there
was something wrong, because lie wax
alf glooin and had a solemn look like
one who bad come to great grief We
had bash for supper. The bugler hu\
in?f n heaping mess kit fill! of hash,
was making ?reai progress when all
of a ? widen he bit Into something hard
er to eat 'han ha*h <'barley in orve
ujor?- * ?aring his smile of content
meot, being satisfied now with bifn
??Ir and the world/
The Wondirc of Amoiici
By T. T. MAXEY
OUR NATIONAL CAPITOL.
IT IS tint tilting iHut Amerlca?tha
greatest na t ion jii all thi* world?
should ItUVO llic tinest eapllol i>.i. i? 1111 ?
on earth. The architectural beauty of
our 11:11 tonal capltOl building at Wash
i in: i > >ii most (tuprfMlVB ami, for C?I?I*
to) purpos.es, It Ij* sahl to HUi'pnaii
every other building in the world,
The bjise ol' tills (UUUjPjttft*. s\in
metrically shaped and Imposing edltice
rests on a level plateau, at an eleva
tlon of l>7 foet ihove the historic Po
tomac liver. The building faces the
eust and In about one mile distant J
lrom the White House. The corner
atone of the original structure, which
comprises the cent.ral portion of the
present building and Is of Virginia
sandstone, was laid by President Wash*
Ington ?n September 18, 170U?llifi
years ngo. Later, wlieta it beeuine
necessary to enlarge the building, two
additions or wings, of Massachusetts
marble, were added. President Fill
more laid the corner atone; (>anlel
Webster was the orator. These wings
were burned by the Itrltish in 1SII, hut
were restored. The original building
was competed in ISL'7.
The present atructtir? t? 751 feet
long and ."?o0 wide. It-'covers three
nnd one-half acres. The central por
tion Is surmounted hy one of the most
graceful, pleasingly shaped nnd tnas*
a.lve domes In the world. This dome la
287 feet .high* It was completed In
1|i weighs 'more than 8,000,000
pcumJs ar?! Is topped by a statue of
FreerNi** almost -0 feet high.
The total value of the building i nd
ground* Is estimrtf'J at $2T?,4 >0,000.
NOTICK TO DKBTOKK
Ali purlin iudvbt?M^ U? thv r*ut? of
W. B Ittwkwt'l), ?r* h?reb>
IV**UH?m1 U> u??k?- jwyniuit to fh%% u infer
rtjncd. and ptrtfra having Halt*,
AKttiuM <h<f *ui<\ fHtxrto, will present tb<*.
?HHy attwttf within the tun,- pi-vce^M
l>v U?w.
NANNIE J HLA< KUKI.i(i
U^tt|(!d AiIiiiiimsiratrii
('unnliii, S <V, M or I'll llth,
COLUMBIA LUMBER
MANUFACTURING CO.
MILL WORK
SASH, DO< Its, CL.INDS
AND LUMBER
WMOM??? WW ?)?? ?W UHIII
PLAIN & 111' I.ft Phnno 7 V
COLUMBIA, S?C.
jnomt ?a?i
without quest ioiiif Hurtt aSalv*
fail* in the trMtmMt of Eccema, i
Tetter, Ringworm, Itch, etc/
Don't become dl?cour*?ed be
oattH other treatment* MM,
Hunt'* S*lw ho* relieved hun
dred* of liu h ca?M. You can't
IM? OO our Xf*n?j* Mmek
Gumrmnl*m. Try it it our rlth
TODAY. *?ric? 75c ot
ZKMI' & IVPA8S. ? HruBKist*
DR. R. E. STEVENSON
DENTIST
Crocker Building
Candeti, 8. C.
mm Arm a r - *eosr
AKASOA/Aat/C I
- / CVtAt
. tfAQ OOtV?
With us your repair work is only incidental to the
patronage we hope to receive from you on the articles
we sell. ? v ? .
For this reason you aiv assured of best service and
lowest prices on repairs made here.
Isn't that inducement enough to bring your repair
work to us? .
G.L.BLACKwELL
JEWELER 8 OPTOMETRIST
CAMDEN
SOUTH CAROLINA
Get Our Prices
On account of the extreme high price of sheeting
and shingles one cannot afford to cover barns, stables
and outhouses with this expensive material.
WE 1IAVK GALYANXEZD ROOFING WHICH
IS .MUCH CHEAPER.
( here is and has been a serious scarcity of nails?.
WE HAVE NAILS v * .
Now is the time to plant your Spring garden, we
have a large stock of
SEED IRISH POTATOES, BLISS, COBBLER AND
EARLY ROSE.
PIEDMONT FLOUR (Flour that gives satisfac
tion or money back.")
LARRO COW FEED ("The Dairyman's Friend")
ARAB HORSE AND MULE FEED. Cheaper and
better than corn or oats.
SEE US AND GET OUR PRICES
Soliciting the continuance of your patronage
Springs & Shannon
The Store That Carrie* The Stock..
Camden, S. C.