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Who Pays The Bills? I This page is addressed to you, Mr. Farmer. We, the merchants of Camden, take this oppor- II tunity to thank you for your increasing patronage and at the same time point out a few things which will show that we are very closely related and entirely dependent on each other. 1 I ' A. town has often been referred to as the hub of a large wheel, and the spokes the many farms || that surround it. It has been said that "A chain can be no stronger than its weakest link"? I and we believe we can aptly say that "The Hub can be no stronger than its weakest Spoke." 11 We often feel that we are as much farmers as you are. While we do not till the soil and | harvest the crops directy?yet our duties in serving you and supplying your needs bring us I into close relationship with you and impress on us that we are in a sense farmers, and proud of it. I No doubt you at times feel the same way as we do and rightly so, because, while you do not | hand goods over the counter or give service such as only we in a town can give, yet your business, I that of; farming, makes it possible for a live town like Camden to exist, and you are in a sense, I , business men the same as we are. I We want you at all times to find it a pleasure to visit and do business in Camden with Camden- | Owned Stores? I WHERE?Your merchants are your friends. I WHERE-?You get full money's worth of every article purchased. I WHERE?The customer is more than a dollar mark?an associate in community enterprise. I A citizen.of a thriving community. I WHERE?Prices are lower than most places and always reasonable. I WHERE?The money you pay for goods is deposited here in town where you may borrow to ' II finance your crops. j| WHERE?-You see part of your money again. II WHERE?The Home-Owned Stores buy your produce. || Fair treatment, honest service, appreciation of patronage, effort to please, are paramount II Business Principles. || These stores have built a live shipping, shopping and marketing center from your patronage. 11 They buy your produce. They deposit their money locally so that you may have money to finance I your crops. They .employ local help from possibly your community. They extend you credit I when you need it. 11 Buy from Stores displaying the Community Preservation Cards and Keep your money in local circulation. | | TRADE WITH CAMDEN-OWNED STORES || Redfearn Motor Company ford products telephone 140 a L. Lomansky SHOES AND REPAIRING ; " * *? TELEPHONE 313 IHirsch Bros. & Company CAMDEN'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE TELEPHONE 6 McLeod-Rush Co.. fancy groceries and market Good Things To Eat. Services and Prices Right 44 TELEPHONES 26 Carolina Motor Company we make. spend and keep our money in camden ^ er W. Sheorn & Son dry goods?shoes v clothing ' Williams Insurance Agency GENERAL INSURANCE TELEPHONE 52 Wolfe-Eichel Co. DRY GOODS?CLOTHING?SHOES LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR Burns & Barrett HARDWARE & SPORTING GOODS TELEPHONE 94 The Leader DRY GOODS?CLOTHING SHOES W.G. Wilson " PRICE?QUALITY?SERVICE WE LIVE, BUY AND SELL IN CAMDEN McCaskill & Lollis YOUR GROCER FOR YEARS . SERVICE AND QUALITY ALWAYS Fischel's 5-10-25c Store R. S. Williams STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES PHONE 47 . WE DELIVER Camden Furniture Company THE HOME OF HONEST VALUES TELEPHONE 156 John M. Villepigue & Co. TELEPHONE 14 Electrik Maid Bake Shop SPECIALIZING IN KREAM KRUST BREAD CAKES AND PIES Rhame Brothers PURINA FEEDS HAY AND GRAIN TELEPHONE 92 Miss M. E. Gerald EXCLUSIVE MILINERY SHOP Lang's Grocery FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OUR MOTTO: "QUALITY FIRST" Iodine Products Stores SOUTH CAROLINA'S OWN City Filling Station SHELL PRODUCTS I WHOLESALE?RETAIL j | TELEPHONE 79 1 B. W. Marshall I DRY GOODS?GROCERIES?MEATS PHONE 354-W A. Sheheen ' I GROCERIES?Wholesale and Retail I | TELEPHONE 323-W I DesChamps, Inc. I Dry Cleaning for Particular People I OUR SERVICE WILL PLEASE YOU I 403 PcKALB STREET PHONE 867 I Schlosburg's Stores I Schlosburg's j>40-25c Stores I OFFICE TELEPHONE 295 1 City Laundry I Camden Dry Cleanery I PHONE 17 I