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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I). Mils i w.i ui mil) rui.ii ,ti, , ' l'libllshetl i'Y*ry Friday nt No. 1100 Mro-rd itrccfrtftd (?nhr^l nt thf f^ntnden,1 lit It ('iiroiln.i | r<?M < 1 ?f f i<*<* m .H4 - < ? ? > 1 1 < I j;i>? mail matter l'rje<k per annum (Ml, < uudeo, S. December 17. 1920. In a statement given out lii st Frl diiy W. J. ThiickNton, l?m>or?nni factor 111 the toxtllo . hu*iuo*? iu (Jieonvllle, stated that (lit cotton mills of (ireoa ville and t his action arc* beginning to receive substantial ordors again afire several mouth* of dull business, and ili.it lie believe* that they all will be ai'tn to resume lull operation about the fli>t of the yetr, Tho substantial orders tor cloth which Jiave been received >i\ manufacturers within the past fow tlnys are believed by local men to be 1 (?>p?iiiwibh) for tho slight Improvement in the cotton market. Mr, Thnekstoji, who bases Ills statement on reports trout leading cotton niauufiteturei'M of I'liiji* sect lull audfrom commission meiv j ? bants, nald that ho believed things j an I. II become stabilized u ftei a While, I c? I'tjilnly after Christmas, and Unit lm rhliikw the worst of the depression ! |t.t rhid Is 11 1 "in t over ' / V'"./" ' ' Severn I blocks fu the business ccit ii- ? of (' irk: I ri'li' ml were desjro.vcd by lire on Siit 111 il.(.\ and Sunday, ; 1 ml fires ft ri' still lfU'lllii > I'.stenbi v with losses .1 iitouiij big i?i n'lillioiiM of' dollars. The t i res 'follow 1 il the shoot j|)g fro-Ul Mm tjiivli mm S ifinril.i \ of n Itritish military | I .1 rty. presnui 1 M,\ from Slim I'Yl tiers.; \ fler Hie ambush of the military, three' civilians w'er."' I a ken from their Iioiimv- 1 ?'I'll! hanged t>resiimabl\ by tl:e mill ! tary. Then fires broke out in the < irneula libra r.\,' the corn exchange ant I other |nitillc huihtinus. Also there j uere numerous explosions in different (?irts of the fit* It developed that thej tire hose ha<l been cut and other, things had been dune to ' ha miter .the) X'^hilm: of r ?? fire which soon bennm*' ?ui hot than train ears were burned as rbey passed 11 long the streets. The' military ha> charge of tire ? Ify ; but: ? iiith'ng like ? rder li s l<eti tVs'ored. ? ii'ur^?< 1 1< > \ < 1 Tonen-o |-*4 r ! - and < 'Uh Valonlo,.. three : 1 1 1 ? ??*? *< I uu itK ; .-ter-t jand murderers. were taki*n from j the .jutl#nt Santn ( Jnlltyyftla, Inst, Frldfty dI^Ii! :uirt lyneluxl b\ a mob of i lit'tv yr un'iv nam. Thoy wore chared nlth n-'j onsihil it(\ for Iho miivdrr ot'! SherH I .1. \ I'et ra y a'?d f ?oteeti.ve?- ; Milo* M/^J.clv-oo iiihI If. D<?r ! ti i > 1 1> it on I hi* Siiudtl,* 1?ixh (???(Hut;. the sheriff and doteetlves had f ?'??*)! to tin* protection <>r ytiiiiiK women who laid boen iVlfut'-ked by >nmo^rul'nHit* and thr rtlf Dans killed I he lii riK* uffioor*. T-ho i nfl'ian^ wore ? arre.slod tmiucdiatcty afterward, and a mob triod to lynch thorn that night.- t>\it Urn attempt tvas fru>t r? fixi li.v a atroug giutrd. The af fair oan??'d tremendous exoitraent and .?? new nioh was orgn nl/.cd with epiiet niethmb. Thi* nee mob appeared at tho jail with fifteen automobiles and v\lt?nait .lU fo-nlt > o wrpou'ored the >'heriff and four deputies who had '"???ii muihu ? ? 1 1 ? ? ? 1 Tin* i 4 i??u?T- wort* *?? ? a rod al'lfi 1 1 ? ? ? bie.kinu of M'M'ral -teel ilooj- . ? ? 1 1 1 wore In Jo m to a ci'tiM' i.*r\ without t e limits of tile town when* !?li iliii'i' w ? re handed (o tin oak I'll' nioli then 1 1 i d ;iiul It'll 'III ? 1 1 I'M I i> 'II M ill!' fl'iWil of o|M'i'ta ? . ?i - l i >.i t ?)i'H i ' \ :t H i ? i w . i I jill if red ? t 'I of I * t ? ? * \ '"oiled IIK'II w i ? r. . \ .oci.'. I .o 1 1 i ? I i i i ' from ? '111 ? I . ? I'll' I I ? >1 1 . ;i . : . IM I I ? ? i - 1 1 1 1 * n\ i);:t li<l t ?? affair im tin*. I la t ? 'I \ if i t-i tin- I \ < i ? 1 1 > 1 1 -_r w a *? un i ii|.- t" ml' ?! mation I'* which . i ii y <m|v I I in 1 u ? I ??? I W it'i I'm I* Ii Ilill'J ? t -I i i i ! i * i< It-it i i t ie. I I | . :il lot ? il a I ? < III I I !? I' o| ' iniliit'i. ? . ? ? - 1 1 ? 1 1 ? . w il! ii"l t'oiiw f ?' 1 1 ?infi: ii- <iilin'_* lo Hugh S ? inn niriu m _-i'ti'i i ? 1 1 1 i :? 1 o|' the I iti ti m i r. I Villi i l I . : 1 1 Soi \ if. ' I- i ? ' i if im , i v i rf-iil I ? i n,i I > -i ! I hi- epi ? ' ? . i : ? ? ! * ? ? ,i 1 1 -I if i i ? ' . : ! i if 1 1 / .i . ft' i I I i v . - if I ft I ! i I i ?! ' III fllti \ f : IP I ? . i : ill. - ?\ hi. i . : ! if ill 'fi| i ;i I I I v Mill l'i|; i ii t 1 1 /i v ... -i:itfi( tli.it ?i I i'* i k >t iii! in i./a i i|.f,ir- in 'on '? 1 ? I. I tli I If Mlllltlll!'; I t;j)1 i | Hi lit . . I It t ' ? l|> I'll I I II . I * . ' ? I J fill ?>! ? ? ' ? ^ ??? f. ... ' ? . . ? I '.!. . I ? . ? . : . i 1 1 1 .v.-, ttioiihl ? . I I . ' i ! ' i i .1 Iff t lu'I'i ' f i> If mi pro ? I \ . .i : - v.Mi ? ) ? > _? ? -111. - I V f ' ? I "III! I >' ! I i i ? ? ? ? I i ' . ? . 1 ? w . i \ ? ? !' ! i i ' vv I if 1 1.. ? i - \ i''f ?*>'?> ' ? ! i ? ; i I I \ . . ' ! ? .. .,1 \ ... . I : ' No. ? ? I ' ? ? ' t : . - ? 1 ; < ' 1 i ? '?* ? . ? S I s it:- ? - . . ? ? ? ? i K ?? i I ' ? 1 1 1 : i . ? 1 ? ! 1 ? ??? ? ? ?n* I ? i - -.1"! I I r.'f \ \ : : . I/I > I I a I't III 1 I If I .Midi r ., j i .. .1,. M.,;. -' Moni!.j tfeeurlties, Liberty boudn and cash valued at l>et\v?M*n $9,000,000 Mild OoO.JMM), the Hlmre of loot oblHlued by "Lieut." Keith Collins, alleged "mas ter nilud" in tint $A,000,000 Omaha mall tralu robbery, were destroyed iu a law "iMMiflru" at Colllu'a Omaha hoiue, uecordlug to a signed coutcuwlon be made at Kansas City. Mo., on Wodncnday, Collins, in his signed confession, doclu red lie had destroyed hlH share of the loot, exceptu^ $500 in | t'UMb, when he heard ??f two of his <,'OU? j federates had been arretted, lie burn I ed .the eash, whleh amounted tout leant km?. before In* fled because he feur ed thl? "bills were marked," he wild. Postal authorities admitted Wednes day that final cheeking of the loot plae?d its value at almost 9ft,000,~ ?hh?. Collins was arrested Monday at w.-ullle. ok la. _ . 0 Tl... first flight made over Mm equatorial Andes was made recently by. an Italian aviator flying from Guayaquil t ft Cueiea. a distance of 120 miles. i President Wilson's conereto roe Miniii' i ? ? I : i lions I ? ? ninni es* in bis all mm I message Tuesday w ern : Hevlftv lot) of |he tax laws with slinpllfleat Ion ?>f the Income ami profits (axes. In ? !( l>eu(leiM'?' for tlie Philippines. A l< it to Armenia. IVonom.v In govern meat appropriations and expenditures and creation of a "workable" budget system. Cold storage and other- laws iiifcel ing the cost of living, and thu W federal licensing, of corporations as recommended in previous messages. H??hal?llilal Ion and training of disabl ed soldiers and sailors. The prettf ?'ent did not endorse a bonus. No* w here did the president refer to the . biigue of nations or th^peaee treaty fklit. except p'M'hnps by inference in I is opining when he ijuolcd Abraham ! in 'oln's "Let us have faith that right makes iiiiuht. an<l in that faith let us dnri* to do our duty as we understand it.". At its close the. president wrote a paragraph whleh might be regarded as a valedictory/ saying : 'I have not so much laid before you a scries of rec ?fnnnnda tlons as'1 sought to utter a I I nfe sjon (?t' faith, of the faith of \v hl<*li I was bud and whleh it is my -?olfijut purposi' In stand by until my la^t fighting day. I believe this to Ih> ?be faith. of Ametiea. the faith of the future, and of all the victories whleh await national nor '.on in the days to come, whether In America or else where." ? i Ml least fit'tv poi i j cent In the cotton aeroage of 1 01! 1 and j ' rt'llf of !!'"?< IllOle t lm 1 1 <>,(X>0,00O hillos, ?ih predicted by W". H. Thompson, former president of the Now Orleans <'ofton Kxchangr in an address bpforc" iht- f.tttcii conference called at Mom plils last Wednesday to inagtn'ate a campaign for a material cotton aorx? ajro reduction and crop diversification during the oomliig planting season. "The south is determined to reduce the cotton acreage in IP'Jl ro at least one half of that of last voir," Col. Thomp son said. "This will mean that tin* . ??mlng evdp will he reduced to six mll . lion bales or less. The convention here >- called f<>r tin- piupo-e of solidfying ibis determination :uui sen in? notice on ilW'jWorld that I he cotton producing ! south will Mo longer permit its chief ! airricnltni al asset |o be {slaughtered .i etl its | rodiict i s impoverished hv any 1 . -o 1 1 1 1 > i 1 1 a t ion of <-ireiini?ta iuh-s or in (crest whatsoever." i'olonel Thonip ! soli ? I 1 it red tli>' iidn'lioii movement , .v. is made no in b\ tin* appalling < Iccl i lie in |iri <-s. da. we a"' told by ap.ipy -t i'ic ruthless deflation i<ampai?n.' io <>\ .ij.i . dthi i.>n In i -j lite of t he fact thai in tiie spring tho f?i rtiiors were urged and encouraged by '? 1 1 1 1 . i ! i ? - i : 1 1 ;i u I hoi i I 'is ,i Washington I.- loiln-! 1 1 the (???'lull , m ? ?. j | ili i ill. 1'ie. I i" 'III | ? 1 1 ?? 'it Mli'il. "we are, 'after i lie price hi- <v uned !<? figures .which iipi e>i*ii ! ie.sv than one half aefn.il i .1-1 ..| j I u ? ? -'u f < ? I ? t (hat uc )ia v ?? pi 'du-eil ? . . mil. h a id : 1 1 ; i - 1 >: a I'd the -,|ii. i . . - . ? I sn. h ? ? \ . ? I l >r. ..{:i. : 1. >ii Th? ,i . ? w > : ! ? ? I hi - i i ha ! v . \ 1 1 1 hold T 1 1>' ! ' ? . .?!?;. ' 'ii '? ' ?f? I . i i a I led >? ' I ! ; >i II s ,1 1. 1 'I a! W . will Ve 1 i . ; ! 1 1 ? a \ ! i ' ? |*i | -ort i i <. ! i ! i w s , si .i : ||. >>. 1 1 ? w . ai I ? I i >* ? I 1 1 ? t ! ? ? -f ' ? >1 1 ? ? I lie. I . ? i v"< ' ?' I i I i . . . i . 1 1- . i i s ! i ! 1 1 i , . 1 1 . 1 . I ! ! . i w . . i | . I p t . -self a ? ? ? -?\ m "!"? . I \ u ' l\ . . ? . i I ... _ ? d I ? \ ;i I ? V Ml'.'l ? ')? v.. I.. - I'll > ?' '< '? ' l|" I >i! _ -t I \ -.III s' .- 1 : f. M ,j Mo: :a.v ili--:.' t ...... < ? r t Was ?I ? I :t.. ! >? ? . . \ | :. . r 1, ? k. !1\ ? 'id I .off I ? , ? < -' f and I > i ' i . i ' . . ? ' - ? ? i ? _ ? ef f. ? fe 1 1 . iC - . . . i . _? !.? I . . d- d ? Ka r i . 1 v i ' s ? t .1 . ? i . . ? . i ! i . i ? ? 1 1 y ' 1 h* i i ? i ; ? ' ? , - ii.iw - w .; i 1 . ? ; ' . i . ? , ? : i i . i ( i i ?'... ! a - ?' 1 1 Mi i 111 is .tail i ...OiUa.i. i.i *. ..< 1 i.tlt-il MiiU'A. t'uiuiUU j : i ' ' ; - -"I ' nit I ll"l| "f j I-.! ar- .i:i.' .Ivl >nff"i in-.' ?? 'tie' nd |je"w n ' ? ? I ' ' <? ? ? Letters From The People Th-.it Surburban Store. Mi lidltor We lead with Interest >0111' urtlclc on "nulldlng a Town," lu your last Issue. and In pirrt agree with you. Cor instance wo do not think uiij one should go to the "surburban store," or any other store and buy goods for cash when thoy are Indebted to another merchant. If linjxiMslblo to pay what thoy ..owe thoy should at least hpetul what rush thoy have with i ho merchant who ha* acooaiwdnted Mi ? > ut . and who still has their nuuit* on hix books. Wo buve it" Interest in the matter whatever, but havo bceii told that the Htore was built and In run for the accomodation and Interest of the mill IH'oplo and not to compete with the storea of tlu? town, nor have they bid for the town patronage. Thoy have not advertised, delivered or charged their goods, nor have thoy given the jokhIh away, but sold them at a profit. It Ih true that the store 1h owned by a "foreign eorporution," but that oOfpOf at Ion paid this. year to the city of Canb don, taxea to the amount of $2,400.<H) ami to the county of Kershaw taxes to the amount of $<1,200.10 atld $100.50 to the sustaining fund of the Chamber of { 'ommorec, ho you see It does contribute something to the upkeep of the county roadk, the' city streets and city govern ment. Thai; "foreign corporation," has given and will again give employment 10 a number of Camden people both white and colored. The managers of that plant have come to live among uh, aiul are counted among our wide awake citizens. They have given the best that was in them toward# "build ing a town." and lit. u t<?\\n is QfilinlefL We ean not deny that every employee, of that corporation is In a way an ns-<j set to Camden, for they must spend some money here. They patronize i churches, physicians druji stores, lee cream parlors, soda founts, picture I nhows, and i?erhaps dry good stores, shoe stores and millinery apart inonts; Unhvss thoy follow the example' set by the natives and go m near by towns to get the last three named articles, I tew much money do the merchants of these nearby towns sjiciid in Camden? None! I low much taxes do i hey pay to the lip-keep of Camden and Kershaw county V None! They, of their employ ees never tread on Caimlcn soil, but they get n lot of Camden money, and are "building towns." with It. But alas!. Camden is not' one of Hie towns. Some of thn very people who have found fault with the surburban store, or rather with the. ones w&o set* t'it to trade there. s|iend almost every dol la r for clothing, hats, and shoes out of Camden. , "Consistency thou art a jewel !" It is the near by towns and cities that Is sapping tin* life out of Camden, anil not the "surburban store." Crocerles ean always be sold, and If not .sold can be eaten, but coat suits, dresses and hats are dead stoek uextr won sou, and we are not connected with any store, nor do we get a penny from any of them, but we do not believe in '*Kt ruining at a gnat and swallowing a tauiel." The writer Is "native to the soil." -a fid tujnl to every foot of and if i'.-e know in our own heart we desire the success of every enterprise both -+aJvale and public and the prosperity and success yf every citizen from the iui)?t exalted to the humblest, but do not let us make "Mountains <*f mole hills." That, "foreign corporation," has been an asset to Camden directly and indirectly, and we believe this article proves it. if- it does'nt we can write a stronger one. Like you we wunt to "a square ileal." and when we.gw It we will have an "all round,? good 1 1 ? v\ 1 1 . Nut Ive. <>???? ?>|' the most cncouraglnc* out- j look.-. l'or the croivinc ??f 1?? ?^r -> in tin* ! South is_the ineren vin? demand frtyn J tin- i'di'i) licit farmers for feeder pips.! The high prices and scarcity of farm i Irih- r 1 1 a \ e driven tin* fanners to hoc J off many acres of their corn ;t n<l let j I liv Iiok do the harvest inc. Southern! conditions make it easy and profitable j" product- hoes ?<? -s<> and Hh> pounds! .- 1 1 1 ? t it t > 1 1 ? farmer ha-n'f the corn to; put i lioni in market condition, the corn I' l< ln?_: feeder is ready au?i anxious ' to l i 1 1 i ^ 1 1 tin- Jol?. One ?po\v?r alone in j Illinois rout meted lust spring for ten fhon^nnd head of f? ???? I ? ? r pic- from the planters in on.. Southern Stuff Here ? pi iviiini". .mil ste:i dy returns J >1 tin- l|i..':.H \.'ll put into hred sows. i ? n I \ on-- ?!?> lln si- buyers di inaud ? 1'ln i uni- >ii\. pure hr?-d-? 01 verj [ !ti^lii--| -i ,o(? ?. V "verilh 1 OL'S can ' ! . ..i j ) 1 1 1- 1 .i p .i ? tn i ,ii- northern cornfield | ; t I II ? -si I - ? - - 1 - - l's ii:i\e tried tiled) out ' {??nd found ;li. ii \?":intinc liny some i ! ' r- d - '\v i - 1 ii-- pic- ? : omlnc I 1 1 ? : K I 1 .\ 1 1 d- ,i ! ? ? : ? 1 1 ? i :u?-m ? , '>??! tin I '.ml in. i hi in- u.iu l-attal- ' ' i--n I ? n I i -sj di - i-ioii. a! :? l the los.s ? ?' Mi o \ -? .i l Hi i lid ;i If.' in .l-'t ion . : ? ' ' 1 r 1 1 ? . i : ? . 1 1 1 1 1 ; i .- 1 1 1 > 1 1 o ? p i t 1 1 . i . ? e 1 1 f- : ? ' i -i w 1 1 ' ' I uui-rsjj\ >|d won a ? i- _ ! i ? I - ( \\ 1 1 ? 1 - I.. .in? is in \ i ? w ' N ? ? ? s ? ? i * * I .i i . i ? ? ' ? i e ? ? f \ I'e \n ? . ! . i - i 1 1 ? t is I 1 ' i iai^i i p.i : i a. i ). i !(..n-i- ;it ,i i-ost- of ' s I ?;.< ?Tm ?. ,vp?i r: iiit-nt fn tiii- Iiiiiidinc . will rented to tf-;n ln-r- ii a notn ...il s ? : . f . ? I ..f s.'i in. ? n ? 1 ? -tii>p!e ? ? " Tin : :iii i _i-i p.-t \ Vu . <|ti it 1 1 ! I- \ i- <-f ^ I i Is ? 'i- i done. ? ? : nis whiuJiic an 1 mnaniu- ahou: ' ..i ' : -n i - Thl- i- i 1 1 ? i ji-^'aiit I'n . i-i i' w i .i turned mad tn-r ? I hei with ,i n v thin-' '? It i ? ni.iin \ in rieiin mlk I 'n ? nJ > '? t - ' i ii y . uiii_ liinii.- i % tl.? ;ak. r | down i' ; !u . >i!)i-i .vim i- pretending I ? 1 1 - 1 1 h>- lo?t ~ in i)ic tr?':it warf a ' i ? *. - 1 : i ' * P :'irrtii,'!i tn-in? ? I will Pay in January ,C WHAT THOUSANDS OK CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS USED BKKOKK THE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUBS. ' NOW THEY SMILE AND SAY TO THK CLERK I WILL PAY YOU NOW * _ . * " ? ? ? THKY IiAVlO MONEY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN PUT TiNfi ASIDE EACH WEEK A SUM SO SMALL THEY HARD I.Y MISSED IT. IN THEIR Christmas Savings Club A PLAN FOR EVERY PURSE. A JOY POLICY KOR EVERY MEMBER, New Club Now Open ,/ Enroll Now The First National Bank 100 lu/,.v to got dill of Hie way of a J funeral. ? IT you want to gel. lu hi- class ! you lire welcome. What if business isn't as gf?<;?d a* if might he? Arc you going to mak's it any bettor' through running tin turn I vhrieking about it. Von had some mighty fine times in the Jjbl twb years or so and if you won't, take the t.ltt *r wilh t h swoel you itrr noth ing hut a spoiled ehibl. i/ife Is-nof j all sugar ami it would n pretty, i sh"k?'iiing hind of proposition if it was. 1L' you cuuoot d<? anything but Mowl. L'n and buy a gui? and lot the rest of' us", who -want to work, attend to our jobs. Tf tilings are not right ? bore K only oiu- way t?> put them so and i h;g i* |>y phi in. band work and not by turning yourself -into a foun tain of woe. Take your coat ol'f and start stnil I.. ? ?: . . . I li??. .Neither will hurt yon half ?s ! much as you think,--- Lancaster News. Two Agftl NVpfocs Hunted. In the early part of the afternoon of Monday cries attracted attention to the home of Jot? Miilloy on the River Hill and when neighbor* reached the house they were horrified to find old man Hud hnrm-d 1 1? death and tho flnmo-s I rovevlnu tils wife from her waist up. Hol> and aunt Sylvia, his wife, ho'.h very feeble. Hub blind and perfectly helpless. were in the house, alone .tnd if Jx 1 1 < ? I. Uiiowu ( eKac'tly how the fire originated though conditions pointe.l to the probability that the bedding in which Hob was wrapped when. placed nuiir the open fire- plttee had <*Hm*ht ?fire and Hob being blind did uot U now it until he felt tin* heat and that aunt Sylvia, who was in another rart. of (ho bouse, attracted no donu, g cries, went, to hini ami iu au e{ to put out (he fin* herself <nuigbt fin*, with the result that she too < almost dead when asslstiuuv arrir Kv/Tybody around here Knew I Matloj. Ho was. probably the oil person In Ohcrbw, his uge ^ variously estimated at from 101 10i> years. Exactly his age no knows. A. gentleman living In Chei says that when he first came to C raw sixty years ago, ho was thea years old, thus roaklug him now that lJol> was then a middle aged i with a family of several grown I and sir!*. Estimating from this sU point Hob must have been at least .years old * - Yesterday alt that, was hrft of Hob and aunt Sylvia wore laid (o In one eot'ftn.- -Oheraw Chronicle. ?T hr M A. A.tom .W3 Long Riflr Cmrtriigw ? * ?^.W. -v -r ? :? ? ? ? ir Champions of the World I : it American Small -Bore Rifle Team won the Olympic matches in Be! mu m last summer with U. S. .22 N. R. A. cartridges. The great maj'>pt.y of prize winners at the national matches in this country used also .22 N.R.A. Hill MM? IWll? ? ? ?? ? ? Long Rifle Lesmok Cartridges are used a.ir.cs: by expert ,2 2 enhbr*. us rs ocr^us-, : 1. They are ;?bso''..i- !y urate at all ranges, from 25 ; t J.^c v:.rds?. 2. If after us.ng pa' t of a box you are dissatisfied w:;n t'n.-i... Mur dealer will refund the pr r' *h- ;u! 1 ox. The following is quoted from a new9 item regarding the Olympic contests in a famous rifleman's publication, dated July 15, 1920: "They picked U. S. Am munition for the cold-blooded reason that they found it to shoot straightef than anything else on the market." U. S. C ?'-trulf f Company, New York, Manufacturers Come in and %ct a copy of the U. S. Game Law Booft?^F rW MACKEY MERCANTILE CO., Camden, S. C. BURNS & BARRETT, Camden, S. C.