The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 11, 1913, Image 3
FUNERALS
CtED
We .upply the be.t of burial good., co?.
duct funeral. ,?d relieve famllie. and
friend, of many unp|ea,ant dutie>
dent to death. We are alway. prepared
to .erve tho.e who need our service
B. R. McCREIGHT,
Ca,*pen, s.:c.
Shoes !
Shoes !
CHEAP FOR CASH
Our stock is too large and for the
next TEN DAYS we will save you
money. There is not a piece of in
ferior workmanship in any shoe in
our stock. Buy a pair of GOOD
SHOES and save money.
Springs & Shannon
PREPARE
FOR
HOT WEATHER
Come to our store and allow us to help you in your
preparations for hot weather. You will want, per
haps, a refrigerator, a water cooler, window screens
and wire, ice cream freezer, lawn mower, garden
hose, etc. We have the best in these lines. For ex
ample, we sell
Ice Cream Freezers, Refrigerators, The Best
Brand of Window Screens and Wire, and
. Garden . Hose, Thoroughly Reliable Lawn
Mowers. : : : : ,
We can fully equip your home and yard for the sum
mer and sell you many things that will add to your
comfort during the hot weather. Visit this store.
Make it your headquarters for hardware.
Malone - Pearce - Young
Hardware Company
Eor Best Service
' SEE
I. B. ZEMP
DRAYAGE
Kerosine, Gasoline,
Wood and Coal.
HIGH PRICES PAID FOR "COPY"
Manuscript* Written by Famous Au
thors Sought by Collector*?
Burns Note 8old for $675.
There Is more value In the actual
written manuscript than the young
author who carefully sends his type
written efforts to the editor ever
dr^axos. Of course one must allow
1 something for fashion even In inauu*
script. For instauoe, the original
{ manuscript of liesant'? "li err PauJus"
I realised only $10, Olsslng's "Bve's
j Ransom" $66. while Hdna Myall's
I "Donovan" was Judged worth $150.
| Theeo are hut small figures compared
I with tho $236 paid for a llngle leaf of
one of Captain Cook'-, log-books.
Even this paled before tt\e Immense
sensation afforded by the bidding for
another leaf? this time from the lost
journal of Captain Cook's ftrst voyage
In 1770. Collectors of Australia
weru specially keen, as it contaiued
the earliest reference to Hotany bay,
and ultimately this particular leaf
was secured for $2,256.
Anything by Stovenson Is of great
Interest to collectors, and it is not
surprising that for one page contain
ing the autograph list of title and
thirteen chapter headings for a
I projected novel, "The Adventures of
Henry Shovel," with a scribbled memo
of some medicine the novelist wanted,
an enthusiast should have given $260.
Kobert Hums, Scotland's national
poet, wrote three and a half pages
of verses to a friend, requesting a
favor. Manuscript hunters thought
nothing of paying $676 for it.
SEEKS ORIGIN OF INDIAN
Or. A- Hrdlicka of U. S. National Mu
seum on Qusst for Anoewtrsl
Links In Eastern Asia.
'
Dr. A. Hrdlicka, of the United States
National museum, has recently made
! an extensive visit to southeastern 81
beria and northern Mongolia, for the
I express purpose of seeking possible
remains of the raoe that peopled
' America, 1. e., the ancestors of the
American Indians, says the Sdentlflo
American. He investigated both the
contents of ancient burial mounds and
the aslatic tribes of the present day,
j and in both cases found much more
evidence than he expected. He con
cludes that there exist today over
large parts of eastern Siberia, and in
Mongolia, Tibet and other regions In
that-pert-of-the world, aumsioua re
mains, which now form ' constituent
parts of more modern tribes of na
tions, of a more ancient population,
perhaps related in origin to the latest
paleolithic Europeans, which was phy
sically Identical with and in all prob
ability gave rise to the American In
dians. He reports a vast and rioh field
for anthrapological and archaeological
research in eastern Asia.
The Hickory in Danger.
Entomologists declare the hickory
j to be in danger of extermination.
There Is, it seems, a bark beetle which
i is working widespread destruction.
' The bark bettle should bo sought out
and ruthlessly slain. The hickory la
an unaristocratlc tree. It is gaunt,
i but sturdy. It looks like Uncle Sam.
! There is something essentially and
typically American about the hickory,
its shaggy homeliness is a delight
! The nut it bears is a delight, too. The
tree is not like the "spreading chest
| nut," affluent in verdure and generous
? in shade. It is, rather, spare and utili
tarian. And the hickory hut Is far
more admirable than the chestnut, and
far more American. It is a hard nut
to crack. I3ut, after the shell has
once been removed, it is found to be
very desirable. Then, too, there Is the
hickory bark for building Ores with.
| In the winter, when a cheery fire In
the woods is most worth striving for,
the crackling of the hickory bark is
the cheeriest thing imaginable, and
J its fragrance is beyond description de
! lightful.
It Was a Pity.
i They have a wise ten-year-old boy In
I en east end family, and some of his
sayings are really, worth peddling. At
, least, his father thinks they are, or he
j wouldn't tell this one.
^ The other day, the younster ap
i proached his father and stared at him
? for some time.
"Daddy," he finally said, "you think
mamma is the most beautiful person
you ever saw, don't you?"
"Of course," replied the father,
: great promptness. ,
Again the boy scrutinized his pa
' rent.
"Gee, daddy," he finally said, "It's
( an awful pity she can't say the same
j thing about you, ain't It?"
) Diplomatic.
The mayor of a French town had,
in accordance with the regulations, to
I make out a passport for a rich and
; highly respectable lady of his acqu&ln
I tance, who, in spite of a slight disfig
t urenpent, was very vain of her per
I sonal appearance. H1b native polite
j ness prompted him to gloss over the
! defect, but after a moment's' refieo
j tion he wrote among the items of per
[ sonal description: "Eyes beautiful,
j tender, expressive, but one of them
| missing."
Peril to Aviators.
A bill which has just passed the
' nrltish parliament declares that for
. elgn aviators who undertake to fly
across the country, without making a
declaration of the objects of their
: journey, will do so at their own peril.
If they should pass over forts, royal
I dockyards or arsenals they are liable
to bo shot down Notice of this act
has been communicated to foreign
1 governments
AS PRECIOUS AS GOLD
u.
By FRANK H. MILOON.
As wo scanned the yellow shoot,
only that moment torn froui the grimy
envelope. Chase Precott groaned
aloud. Although he wan not a man
given to denpatrlng, he could see plain
ly that the words spelled probable
ruin. As acting president of the Wyo- j
wing Hauklug company, with branches
In Fremont and Casper, the responat- ;
blllty of the twin Institutions lay on
the shoulders of the ouo-tlme cashier;
from tho president, whose recovery
from a dangerous fever seemed im
probable, ho could expect neither aid
nor advice. The telogram road:
"Fremont, Wyo., Hept. 95- -Chase
Prescott, The Muddy Klver House,
Casper: Run on bank certain tomor- I
row, Twi'Uty>flve thousand necessary
by noon. Come at once yourself, ar
ranging for special train to follow. ? 1
Dick Moses."
"That's a pleasant mes?ugo to re
ceive on the evo of one's marriage!" i
be exclaimed, "I wonder what Ina
would say to that. Lucky wo ar
ranged to be married at her home in
Fremont."
Chase Preseott glanced at his
watch, noting that the hour was eight
o'clock. He stepped quickly to tho
telephono booth, giving his orders)
clearly and briefly to his associates
of the Casper National, closing by tell
ing them that he was about to leave
for Fremont on the 9:16 p. m. train.
"Have the money on board the spe
cial as early as you can tomorrow
morning," he admonished. "We must
take no chanes. If It "wasn't for that
confounded new time lock, I'd open
the safe tonight, get the coin to Fre
mont, and have It in tho bank there
by the time we open for business to- 1
morrow morning."
Once in Fremont, Chase Prescott
hastened to meet Dick Mobos, pay
ing teller of the Fremont National,, and
a brother of the girl who was t9 be
come his wife on the morrow. The
substance of the Information conveyad
by Dick Moses was that disgruntled
depositor had started In circulation a
story that tho Fremont National was
on its last legs; the news had spread
quickly, and but for the faot that the
bank closed Its doors dally at three
o'clock, would have meant ruin that
day. On the morrow the bank doors
would awing back on their heavy
hinges at 9:30 o'clock. The amount
of currency and bills in the bank was
good, possibly, for a three hours' run;
anyway, not for more than that.
Everything depended, thereforo, on j
the timely arrival of the special from j
Casper.
The officials went to the bank in a
body tho noxt morning. A crowd was
already gathered about tho building.
For an hour there was a steady out
flow of carefully counted money
through the little wicker over which
was the sign "Deposits and With
drawals." Chase Prescott stood by
the big plato glass window, watching
the crowd outside.
A messenger boy from the nearby
i telegraph offlce came running into
the bank, all out of breath. Has
i tily Chase Prescott tore open tho en
velope. It read:
' "Casper, Wyo., Sept. 24. ? Chase
Prescott, the Fremont National, Fre
mont: . Special has left here with
twenty-flve thousand In currency,
Should be In Fremont, barring acci
dents, by 11:30. ? William."
The face of ,Dlck Moses paled as
the pile of currency at his right hand
dwindled.
Again tho messenger boy from the
telegraph office was seen running
through the crowd, elbowing his way
vigorously. This time the scrap of
yellow paper was crushed In Chase
Prescott's hand. It told of a washout
12 miles away. There had been a dam
burst, it said; the money was being
brought on by wagon, and would be
at the door of the Fremont National
with in hour. ?
"In an hour!" groaned the acting
president. "In an hour! Great Scott
the bank will be 'busted' Inside of 20
minutes! No, it shan't be! I say it
shan't be!" As he uttered the words,
half aloud, he ran out Into the street,
hailing a passing express wagon. Ev
ery cent the bank had In its coffers had
been placed in full view for efTect;
and now it was nearly gone. There
was not sufficient to last another five
minutes.
The rumble of the express wagon
was again heard, and the crowd in
thb ulreet was forced to scatter to let
It through. It' was piled high with
I bags of precious coin ? rough meal
j s&cks, seized on hastily, tho most of
j them were, but the money inside had
the rattle and jingle of gold. Without
a word, bag after bag was carried in
side the big doors. At last the crowd
comprehended, cheers split the air,
and the line of waiters broke up
shamefaced, but satisfied the bank was
safe.
Thirty minutes later the wagon
from tho washout arrived, tho driver
looked more like a man dead than
alive, and tho horse whlto with the
foam of terrible exertion.
"How In the world did you do it?"
gasped Dick Moses to Chase Pres
cott. ?
"The first load was made up of
Iron washers from your father's hard
ware store ? Just Iron washers and a
few nuts. That was all. Ina got me
the key to the warehouse; and tho
j wedding will take place tonight the
1 same as if nothing had happened!"
There was a moisture much like
tears of joy in the eyes of both men
as they silently but heartily clasped
hruds.
(Copyright Ly Dally Story Pub. Co.)
SAWYER'S KID
MOTHER PACKS
/>WAY THE WiNTtR
THIMCS
Before the vermin "take possession*' put out
into the cracks and crevices poisons to destroy
them, They breed very rapidly if given a chance.
Come, tell us your trouble, and we shall supply you
with just the thing to chase away the bugs and
rats. Beware of germ carrying, fever breeding
flies. We have fly paper to catch them and fly
poison to kill them.
Come to OUR Drug Store
Sawyer Drug Company
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Vegetables
CIGARS, CIGARETTES, AND TOBACCOS
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LAURENS T. MILLS,
CAMDEN, S. C.
With it's dainty toilets
finds us prepared with
just the dainty, chic, be
coming creations in
Summer Millinery
that Fashion demands. ? Splendid displays to select from
and very reasonable prices. Won't YOU inspect?
MISS MATTIE GERALD