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The Chewiest Chewing (nun ever Chewed 5. Chew "Bobs" 5c. the packet or iwo "Bo I 3s" for a cent at all the better stands and stores. AND now Beatrice? itV'Bobs." A cheery big heart of candy and the chewiest gum within. Full of the freshest of fresh pepper mint ? flavory ? fine. Everybody is bobby about "Bobs." "Bobs"? get yours today El * KOPEAN HA 1 1 AY A VS In Chaotic Condition on Account of < irmt Contlict No**' <>oin^ On. "Wlillo tin1 war iui- i ?? ? ? ;ill Knropo ^ni hi onlor. iui I ?? ? 1 1 ? ? ?? illustration of Us <llsorL'anl/:it Ion ? *? i ! ? I In* I'hnscn I han Unit ??f it** ? haot !<? rall\va\ j'M | ?li v, |>ro-out inu att aspoot uf dhriip t*>il srhoiliilo*. I ? i'i iK i 'i i linos, 'nm! ivor piniy.rtl ronlinu's on -ii' li a >oalr a- to vivo soino i'lta of ilio ?o!)fti^ion in tho hoi H^oivnt ? out inonl ." hoyin* a luilU'flii jilst l->ur<l hv r ho National i Joou'i it So. ifi \ "Trains <)?? hi\o aro no longer -IroaKim: liov.|< ,vf Amor i ? a ii-- t>\ or fainoii- iail\\a\ ronton ri< h in nioiiioiio- f . 1 1 i lie fravoli-rs of ? ?von <oiinir\ { . i k i r i u Ihoni to 1 1 i ^ t ? ?r i ? ? ?loiiii'l-. in < ui;iii\o sprint-, to tiioiin tain _'i .1 ii'loiir t>> (tutor- . f ii tonui tiunal smartness, to plaees for fash ionalde Winter sport, ami to Mediter ranean resorts for Sprin^t inn* ami -1111 in Winter. The trains deluxe of , fuii' the war Mif no longer running: for hostile frontiers cross their net work in all directions. "? ?f tin* 1'J most famed Kuropean express trains, only four are still aide to run. The four lilies still open are the i Meml V ieitmi Kxpress; the Iter ! i : i Karlsbad Marienhad Kxpress, a summer train: the South Kxpress. l?a ri* Horde, -1 ti \ 1 run Madrid Lisbon; and tie* Siberian Kxpress. Muscow- Krn^no ,j.? i - K I rkut >h \'ladi\ ovtiM-k Ser\ iee ha- hailed ind?*liiiit<d v for the Nord Kxpre--. with it- e. imparl men Is eom iiiL' from l'ari-\ ? M?>nd and Brussels, whi'h left I'.erlin for I'elroirrad and Mo.-'i.u, ii- -i-iioii?. -plittin^ up for f rliftr ros[?orrtrr rtPKttnntinns tir ttnmrtn ?a i UaiMitt. The NonJ Express was a brilliant Eurujiean link lit i he far spanning Trans Siberian Railway. ami, j 'In j m'(?i ?? limes, i| pulled out of IW*rifn ? Iff II \ t 1 1 1 ( I lie | ff *| f 1 1 1 it i' Merlin Tirol" I { ? ? 1 1 > ? * Naples till* I L'g> pt in i i L\pre*x, w hose niaiiv sections were ahv n,v? fill' r? I \\ -i 1 1 1 I l it vel lei's beginning tills Mi. t In* \eiir, has ceased lit oj**r i it 1 1', lis < oiitlut'tiMN ami engineer*, j ai i>?i ? m ruts among European mil road j iiii'ii. w illi ? oiisltlerable standing ill the [ liin raih ra< ics "f i ? i*r in ii n v. \ustrln, |'i Mint- ami llalv. if re now . in a like lihood, ill i\ in- endless lines i>i freight talis ihrongh war scarred iniiiilr\, cur i r\ ing int'ii uiui munitions to ilit* various | !ta 1 1 jf fl olit s "Tlit i?i it-Hi Express was i Ijf llrsl ; expre-s in nil I * u r? ?| u* before tin* war, in I r>i 1 1 1 whose Ereiu 1 1 . ( It'i nuiii ami i A list i in ii sections were not -urpaHsed li\ ii 1 1 \ oilier of I lit* I ra Ins tie luxe. Jl > lin> now lost nun Ii of it^ Inlei 1 1 : 1 1 lonal j i'Iim nn ler : Ii.is t-hangctl lis iliret Hon : i niid. in place tif the wealtliv n ml the i i t'iiitw netl, il ha> lakeii i?? nrrylng soldiers ami iniinll ions. "Mefore the oiithreak of the war, the Orient Express ran over n line east ami west; now ii runs nortiiwe-t ami southeast. It wns nunle up :il l'arls, and its route was Paris Strasshur# Munich-Vienna Iiudili>est Mdgrnde So fla-Conslant iuople, \y li i U? one of its sec tions went tt> Mucharest. The Orient Express, probably, ran through more important capitals. eight of them, and bore a more truly International eliar aeter than any other train in the world. The stations of this famous train were market) by the national eities of jkhh I ties, ami its way halted at either end in earth's two foremost historic cen ters. The Orient Express was Eu rope's proudest honst in international railroading. and it represented luxury ami comfort brought to the liKftest point that a sensitive patronage could demand. "The Riviera ami l.loytl Express has t 'eased to run. This train was made up In Amsterdam, Holland, and Mulsh ed its course amid the mild sunshine ami the 'gaiety of the Riviera. It ran through I'trecht Pusseldorf- Colojnie lielfort- Lyon -Marseille-Toulon- < "a lines Nice .Monte Carlo and Menton. Its Herman section made up In Iierli.ii, and Joined the main train at Frankfort-am Main. The Riviera and the Lloyd Ex ' press was a Winter train, and English, av the Americans speak it, was heard as often aboard (his express as was I any of the languages of Europe. Con Jdm tors. porters and assistants on tin* | Riviera way knew the itbnn of o h I fount r\ men. their ways ami their gen | t Tosj| v. I j "The Pa riv Ka rlsbatl Express has stopped. The Peninsula Express, a ^poedy train through France. where lit rivals the i'ari.s Marseille and the I riTtntsnwstP ICrprPHsps, -Rtttt tins a Hear J wtf.V on I hit I sU'utcll wiu'ioill It J?? j know it as the lVitliiHUlu Kxpre.su, he lwe??u ' 'alals (lint Itrindisi. Us iMHch and iJonnan seetiniiH, coming from Hot 1 it'ti (h hi and Iter lln, how over, are il'k, longer riding behind It Tin* IVtrn-' grail )<*ii nit Nice Kx press and 1 1 Christiana t'a it* Kvpress, have, also, Iih 1 1 thot r schedules cancelled by tin' war for an indelliiile time I'raetical i !,\ nil <>f I In* Mlack hiiiiiK'inl, Kmpire j [ Slnli- and Twentieth expresses of !?- 1 1 rope are \va (stalled, and such time la I hies as remain In force art*, fur elvil t bins, uncertain things siilijf* I solely | to military advantage." Cigarettes for liritihli Soldiers. Savannah. <ia., Jan. I? Twehe ? *t| r luads uf cigarettes arr here awaiting shipment ti> Kngbtnd for Hritish sol 1 1 Iris at tin' front. Tliey were shipped from Ki< liiuuiid. \ a., and w ill be sent to 1 .1 \ erpoul mi tin' Hritish steamship I!. 1 1, Salt ma rsh which will sail in a few days. WIIKIU: SIIK PIT HIM OFF. United Patiently To Tell Him What She Thought of Him. " , Viui folks who i \**? the signal hell a yank, grab otV the receiver, and yell. "(Ji me s-oue-too-green" - you folks jess llssen to me for one moment: l>id .lull ever think how your darned' i?l< 1 grouch sounds fit the other end? Hon est. now. did you? And then when ? central says "Line's busy" you grum- \ hie something about the relat ionshi)> which central bears to Sapphira (that, greatest of all ancient yellow journal ists) and whang your receiver back oil the hook with tnillleient energy to break the modern klttyehlsin ? did you think of what central thought of you for your sample of spleen you were showing? 1 wot not- ? or wot nit ? whichever form of language von pre fer. The telephone girl is too frequently abused for what is not her fault. You may think that she tells you the line Is busy merely to annoy you ; but did you ever realize that to give your de mand such a straight up and down made her more trouble that it did! you? For you are bound to make an- 1 other call for that number, and still' another, till you get it ? and each of those calls makes her extra work. It's cheaper for her to give you what you want In the tirst place ? and you know it. Yet you'll sometimes grumble in profanity and tango and hesitation be cause you don't get the man ? or the; woman ? in the tirst place. And how j can a w oman answer the phone when < she hasn't her hair done up and heri n ose powdered? Kb? L think that the telephone girls are all to the good. 1 don't know one uf them except for the "Number, please!" They may be as handsome as a cun ning little newly hatched White Wynn- | ilotte, or they may be as homely as a hermit crab ? but their voice sounds as charming as a mountain brook rippling over the tiny boulders lying w here they , w ill best block the stream; and, b'- ; gosh, you can generally hear "em smile ? : as they plug In for your call. Yas- j sum. .hist like that. So you'd better put ;i bit of ,'5-inl oil on the exhaust of j your voice next time you call?and j ' uiske Vm think you're a real human ' No. 9083. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THB FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAMDEN ' , nt Camden, in the State of South Carolina, at the Close of Business on December 31, 1915. Resources Loans mid discounts $239,082,70 Overdrafts, unsecured L#58.?8 r s. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 60,000.00 Roads other than U. B. bonds pledged to secure ihmUI savings deposits ?w! ? 2,000.0Q Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bunk... 8,000.00 I .ess Amount unpaid 1,800.00 1,800.00 Furniture and fixtures 2,122.34 Not amount due from Federal Reserve Hank 4,873.05 Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New York. Chicago, and St. Louis 5,808.54 \i*i amount due from a proved reserve agents in oilier reserve cities 2,007.20 ^815.74 Net amount due from banks and bankers (other than above) ...?.v 4,420.81 other checks on banks in same city or town as reporting bank 083,25 Outside ehccks and other cash items, 1,288.10 Fractional currency, nickels, and cents 576.32 Notes of other national banks 3 mm ('..in and ? cri Itlciilcs A 0.505.00 l.cpil tender notes Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Tress,.,.,' >',800.061 other assets. If any .??140.41, __ Tutwl ^844lg Liabilities. Capital stock paid in W0.000.00l Surplus fund 10,000.00 Undivided profits 31,200.03 tr Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid 0,005.71 - H mm Circulating notes outstanding 48,300.00 Dividends Unpaid 2,000,00 Demand deposits : Individual deposits subject to check Certlfied checks .jX, 1J Cashier's checks outstanding Postal savings deposits -5111 Total demand deposits * 81,383.22 Time deposits : ' Other time dejK>sits ....~ '. 07,175.531 Total of tline deposit* 07,1(75.53 Rediscounts with Federal Reserve Rank 18,051.70 Notes and bills re-discounted elsewhere than at Fed. Reserve Bauk ..18,651.701 Rills payable, including obligations representing money borrowed ....26,000.001 Total : - $328,1 State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. I, John T. Mackey, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly svi that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and beii? JOHN T., MACKEY, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of January, 1016. Correct ? Attest: John S. Lindsay, Notary Public. I C. J. Shannon, Jr. : ? L. A. Wittkowsky, Directors. M. H. 1 ley man j being. If you don't you may pet what the Indianapolis man picked ? accord* ing to the News of that city. This fellow hud n habit of abusing every "central" with whom he did business and fur something more than a year lii-- calls were answered generally by one operator. Now I'll let the News tell how the thin? came out? and the following is from that paper: A few d^ys ago the "central'' bade her fellow-workers In the exchange good-bye. leaving the oilice -she head= e?: straight for the wholesule district and entered one of the largest estab lishments. She asked for the proprie tor. mill was finally shown into his of fice. "Arc you Mr. White?" she asked. "Yes. what is it?" was the answer. "Well. I am Miss Tucker, from the telephone exchange, and I called tell, I ? called to tell ? " "Well, what <1<> vow want t<) tell?" he shouted. ^ "To tell you to go to h ? 1," was th* answer that greeted the astonished grouch. , "What do you mean? Explain your self." demanded the grouch. "No explanation Is necessary," re? piled, the girl and she then left^the.4j?-? flee. "I mado up my mind u year ^o tell you where to get off and I have done it." (Jrouch grabbed the phone, called the manager and told him what had happened. He demanded that tile glrj <h discharged immediately. "She is no longer in our employ,- ? said tho manager. "She left tpdayJto_ lie married."? Palm lieaeh Post. ~ y~ ? fiestr de Nut Me ts HE D/O/VT EXPECT H/S BROTHER TO TRAVEL //V El BOX - PUI/.E7A) A/ ? Oj o Bit ; Get i GOT R Li: TT-E R , FROM iMY BROTH CR ! I He' C 0 1~ E N PK 05 re C T ! NO j IN L fi 3 K A fCK ThZ ! LF.5T TEN \ E ft 3S. He j 5A\ S HE IS ON HIS ;WAY tq MiTTVVlLLE ! 00 H !! I HE HAS IflONtrY FYfcS f GOT 0000 NEWS, MY TThFs ALWAYS WEL I BROTHER is COmiNC HERE) COME IN NUTTYVILL i I!*/' ^ ^ i i'-f-y 5t'W ' v u 'Q3; iJs DKU int;r\ i ?-j w ~ ? '' ' ' i! w ~ ? * SSojM!a>? ,^1o?aoS s? 1M1 ! .1 1 I'll * LLEj IF HE Has PLENTY ?y: o6 ft pi v/ELL.VOUSEE MODESTY COMPELS! ME NOT TO'SAY MUCH, EXCEPT THAT HE WAS ON THE YUKON FOR TEN YEARS AND AMASSED AN ENORMOUS FORTUNE, ,/q NO HE INTENDS TO SPEND IT I TV NUTTYVI LLE , MAKE A BIG f " /HEADLINE .WILL far ? ? w/\ ? ? ? THIS WILL MAKE A GOOD STORV, THfi WHOLE TOWN WILL TURN OUT TO MEET YOU R BROTH/d 'j MAY 6 if Hf is not 7 MARRiE 0 : : j -y // I Wf/ffifc, I 1.1 '<''?S<wA -j ^'1: " MAY8E HE MISSED THE TRAIN, OR HE PROBABLY HAS A PRIVATE CAR ! I T NEVER EVEN STOPPED !