The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 05, 1913, Image 3
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II is with pride, that I take pleasure to inform all my friends and customers that I had my store remodeled, installing an entire new front, positively the best and
largest windows in Kershaw County, and in addition to the new front, a great transformation was made in my store in ordter to place the enormous stock which
I have just purchased while at the market ; visiting the largest and best manufacturers in New York, Boston, Baltimore, Richmond and Philadelphia. The installation
of my new purchased stock will excecii the sum of $25,000, making in all a complete stock of nearly $40,000 which will enable you to choose from this big stock.
hvery season 1 try - I strive to please one hundred customers out of evei*y hundred, and every season these satisfied customers respond to my appeal.
Below you will find a list which comprises thi? stock and you'll be convinced by all means the largest and best assorted stock in Camden.
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Women's Wear
Aprons
It**) ( H
Brassiere
( o;i t H '
I apes
Corset Govern
( oi'Hot Accessories
CombB
Cloaks
DrOSBGB
iJri'.iiaUnt ..aimka
Dress Goods
10 pi bold rery
Fancy leathers '
Flannellettes
Gloves
Hat b
Ilalr Goods
Hoods
iFose Supporters
House Dresses
Handkerchiefs
Hosiery
Jabots
Jewelry
.) ackets
Kiinonas
Knitted Gaps
Kn)t Underwear.
liOiig Goats
Leather liags
U liens
Uildit'H SIlOt'B
Ladies Suits
lA'iuhor Novel lies
Midrty Mouses
Mesh Hags
, Millinery
Mourning Dresses
Muslin DndiTwciir
Nockwuar
Nursing Waist h
Nursing Caps
Nursing Aprons
HettieoatB
Parasols
Plumes
Ribbon b
lialn Coats
Rubbers
Stock nigs
ScarfB
Shoes
Shoulder Braces
Silks
Suits
Skirts
Sweaters
Trimmed Hats
Umbrellas
Underwear
Oil Cloth'
Veils,
j. Waists
Wash Goods
Misceieaneous
Art Needlework
Needles
rinK
Ourlern
Thread
lOinhroidery Silk
Leather Goods
In fact the largest and mo?t com
plete Htoek of Notions.
New Arrivals in Dress Goods
Panama
'Chiffon
Crepe
V olio
Foulards
fiilkb
J'oplin
Brflliantines
Hroad Clcth
Suit iiif".
Mercerized Ginghams
Zephyr
Amoskeag i . .
Ohambric '
Madras
Silkaline
Taffeta
Infants Cloth
. Plan nel lette
Kimono Outing
Apron (jinghttms
I'oiVuk'H
Prints
CuUcQOS
Blenching
BtioetJn#
Household Furnishings
nod Spreads
PlllOW ('IIBOK
Hod Hheots
Comforts
HlnnkctB
Towels
Doylies
Curtains
(^retpn
Curtain Berlin
Window Shades
Counterpanes
Men & Boys' Wearing Apparl
Hoys Suits
Hoys Trousers
Belts
Hath Hobos . *
Caps
Coats
Gloves
Carters
Hats
Hosiery
Handkerchiefs
.IttWO'lry
Knit Underwear
Leather Goods
M imi'b Suits
Overcoats
I'ants
Pajamas
Itubber Coats
Itubber Shoos
Shirts
Suits
Shoos
Sox
StlHpiMldOrS
Sutipenders
Sweaters
Sox Supporters
Umbrellas
Walking canes
. Musical Instruments
Titters i
Guitars
Majidollnt*
Banjos
Violins
Harps
Strings
Accordions
Musical Accessories
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1 FVFRYTHKMtP FOR FVlPPVRfllYV Everything to wear for man, woman and child. Everything to eat. Everything for the home and
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WATCH THE WINDOWS AND THEIR SPLENDOUR OF MAGNIFICENT MERCHANDISE EXHIBITION
I thank the people of Camden
and vicinity for their past favors
and sincerely hope to have the
pleasure to serve you again.
To Out-of-Town Customers If
you can't come write for samp
les and we'll send them to you.
Write about anything you want.
MORE TROUBLE IN A GARDEN
Old Gentleman Went Too Far In His
Inquiry, and Demonstration
Proved His Undoing.
An elderly gentleman walking
through his garden one day stopped
before a fig tree on -which were two
figs just ripening. Ills favorites were
figs, and summer often came arid
went without the* fruit coming to ma
turity.
Shortly after, lie met his gardener,
who, assuring hup. the figs were quite
ripe, was requested to send them to
the summer house, where his master
was about to rest.
Picking the figs, the gardener sent his
little boy of seven with tho basket. On
the way tho little fellow stopped and,
removing the leaves, gazed upon tho
tempting fruit.
Tho attraction was too great; he ato
one. Covering the other with tho
leaves, lie proceeded upon his errand.
On being asked if the gardener had
not sent two figs, the boy, after a mo
ment's silence, answered: "I ate one."
"You ate one? How?" exclaimed tho
old gentleman, angrily. "How did you
come to do that?"
Dropping his eyes to the basket. "I
took it like this," said tho chHtl, taking
the remaining fig, "and I at? it liko
this."
And, suiting the action to tho word,
ho consumed the second fig before tho
astonished eyes of tho old gentleman.
literal in his theology
Darky Preacher's Humorous Comment
on Biblical Text As He Under
stood Its Meaning.
"Of old tho right of individual private
interpretation of tho scriptures was
not accorded to tho laity. Only tho
priests or preachers were authorized
to say what was meant by the sacred
text. That has all been changed, and
flo man will now be expelled from tho
most orthodox church for believing
that Balaam's palace mule did not
really address his fellow cltii^ns of
Judea on the political issues of the
day. or considering that tho statement
of tho sun's standing still at the order
of Captain Joshua was an illustrative
allegory and not tho record of a frozen
fact.
This advance In theology is illus
trated by the story of the darky
preacher who delivered a sermon from
tho text, "These eight did Mtlcah
bear."
"Muffrlnds," said he, "you is singu
larly blessed by de Lawd In dls gen
eration. if you wants some milk you
dono goes to youah cow, and at one
?llk you gets enough of de laciferous
?uld foh eight people. In> de olden
times of -which de Bible speaks !t
took eight folks to milk a bear, en I
'Pecs dey get s mighty little ttllk at
***?"?? Angeles Times.
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Splcrers Catch ana Eat Ft?h.
Specimens of the spider known aa j
Tlmlassius Spenceri are in the mi*- t
seum at Durban, Natal, and the cu* '
rator, E. C. Chubb, has Just made sci- !
entifle announcement of the discovery |
of a member of this species in the act
of catching fish for food.
One of the spiders was captured
several years ago by the Itev. N.
Abraham at Greytown, and it was
placed in an aquarium. A servant
boy soon noticed the creature eating
a pet fish, and the startled clergyman
left his study to watch.
The spider, three inches across with
legs extended, stationed itself at the
water's edge, with two legs on a
stone and the eight others spread out
on the water. After a time a fish
camo unAer the putstretclied legs, !
which were suddenly thrown around
it as tho sfiidcr made a plunge, driv
ing its fangs into its prey, and then
at once climbing out on the rocks. It
soon ate a fish of four times Its own
weight. i
Bagdad and Queen of Sheba.
Tho Bagdad of the "Arabian &ightsM
still exists, but in a greatly diminished
form. In fact tho grand old palaces
and mosques of its prime are nearly
all in ruins, and only a small popula
tion lives where once was a city of 1
2,000,000 people. A new city is !
gradually coming into existence on |
the opposite (east) bank of the Tigris, }
tho site boing valuable from a com- j
mercial point of view. Tho inhabitants i
number about 200,000, and are mainly '
Bedouins. The famous palace of Har- |
oun-al-Ita8chIld has disappeared, and
tho foreign consulates occupy its site, j
It is only a tradition which asserts :
that tho queen of Sheba, who once i
visited King Solomon, lies buried un- '
dor an eight-sided brick tower bear
ing her name in old Bagdad. Tho citi- \
zens have ceased to venerate it, wo ;
are told, and the tower is hpproaching :
a state of ruin.
Concerning Men With Tails.
It would not be wise to build upon !
tho story of tho coast natives that in [
tho interior of Papua there are men :
with tails. Similar beliefs have been
held in many parts of tho world and !
many ages, sometimes from impres- j
sions of apes, sometime3 from more ;
or less spiteful credulity about, a peo- ]
pie's neighbors. For centuries it was |
a common gibo on the Continent that j
Englishmen had tails. It originated j
from the story that the people of ?
Canterbury or Strood, having mocked j
at St. Thomas riding upon a little ass j
and cut off its tail, were punished
with the curse that thenceforth all
their boys should be born with tails.
And tho scoffs of other Englishmen at
the "Kentish longtails" rebounded up
on the whole nation, so that even in
the time of Edward VI. Englishmen
abroad suffered from the taunt.
IT WAS SO PUZZLING
y
By JOHN NEWTON.
Dobozy and Angyal were sitting on
the divan in the smoking room talk
ing of a fair-haired lady. The still
ness of the night, the red light of the
lamp on the armors, swprds and
shields on the wall, the strong Turk
ish tobacco wrapped everything in the
room in a blue fog and led their imag
inations into the empire of mystery.
They talked of many things in the ab
stract, though the principal subject of
their conversation was a golden-haired
lady who was very real indeed.
"You know that I am madly in love
with her," said Dobozy, the magnato.
"When 1 see her I haVe to use all my
self-control not to throw myself at her
feet. But listen ? last week we wero
on our way towards the Turkish ruin
and it was getting dark as wf return
ed. She and I had walked a little
:ahead of the others. We stopped on
a bridge to wait for them. Below us
the Danube was rushing and above
our heads the moon was shining.
Suddenly I felt her hand gripping my
arm and she said: "I can look into
your very soul as if it wer.e made from
glass. I can read ?very word writ
ten there. Surely you can also read
mine. No, please do not say any
thing ? " Strange words, you must
admit. I did not answer. The others
caught up with us. She was unusual
ly quiet all the rest of the evening.
Occasionally she looked at me and
smijied sadly.
"And what happened then?" asked
Angyal, the poet, very much interest- !
ed. * |
> "We arranged a new excursion to ;
Bookstal, and then we drove home.
The next day wo started out in six
carriages. She sat opposite and until I
we reached .Tause she was bubbling
over with good humor. There some ;
gypsies began singing their ugly mel
ancholy songs. Her face had turned
quite pale and she bit her lips nervous
ly. At last I did not dare say any
thing more to her, for I felt ber soul j
was filled with bitterness. Suddenly (
she aroso and went away from the
rest of us to sit down alone on a
bench in the wood. I followed her j
and noticed that her eyeB were full
of tears and her face was convulsed ;
with pain."
"Irma, do tell me what Is the matter J
with you?" I asked.
. "She stamped her foot angrily and
said: 'Please leave me alone.' An
hour later she drove home alone with
out saying goodby to anybody. But j
now comes ^he strangest part of all. i
When we retunied we passed her
villa. She stood on the balcony with
her stater waving her hand at and
when my carriage passed the threw
a' red rose to me and cried 'Goodnight,
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Dobozy.* What do you think of thlsT
my friend? How am I to explain the
sudden change In her treatment of
me? She must have a secret. But
what can It be?"
"A very interesting woman," said
Angyal. "It would be something to a
! poet to look into her soul. Perhaps
! he might be able to solve the riddle."
Now, here is the real explanation.
! On the day of the excursion to Rock
stal Irma had just received a pair* of
new shoes, which, of course, she must
put on right away. Until they reached
Jause, as long as they were sitting
in the carriage, everything was well,
i.but when she put her foot on the
ground she might have screamed with
pain. She felt as If she were sitting
on a crater of glowing lava bathing
her feet in it. The others who no
ticed her distorted face began to
t question her and to put an end to
this she walked to tho bench in the
wood and when Dobozy did not leave
i her alone even there she had an at
tack of nervous crying. At last tho
pain became so unendurable that she
drove home. As soon as she got rid
of the two instruments of torture she
felt as happy as ever before and hbr
happiness culminated when she, saw
: Dobozy driving by and she threw him
i the rose.
| The next day the golden-haired girl,
I beautiful and charming as ever, prom
enaded in the park.
! In front of the bandstand she met
i Dobozy, who at first felt rather em
barrassed, but Irma's. bewitching smile
soon gave him back his courage.
An hour later Dobozy called on his
friond, the poet Angyal. In a button
hole was a rose Irma had worn in
the morning. As soon as ho saw An
gyal ho burst out:
"Congratulate me, old boy, Irma has
promised to be my wife."
But neither of tho two. ever suc
ceeded in solving the riddle of Mrs.
1 Irma Dobozy's life. ?
Found Doctor Didn't Noed Him.
| Wedding cut ups in Clay Center have
a new form of diversion. Tho Times
tells about it: "Recently a Clay Center
j young man was going to bo married.
Tho day of the affair, in the morning a
friend pretending to bo Dr. Olsen, tele- j
| phoned him, telling him that under tho
j new law a man had to undergo a phys
ical examination by tho city health
officer before he could get married.
Bio took it all in, in solemn earnest,
and went to Dr. OKen's office for the
examination, Olsen being city health
( officer. Reaching the otflco ho told
the doctor he was ready for the exam
ination. 'What examination?' asked
Olsen. 'The examination you told me
I would have to undergo. I am tho
young man who is to be married.'
' 'Some one has been playing a joke on
you, my friend.' was the doctor's an
swer and the young man has about
come to that conclusion himself
he thinks he will get even some day."
?Kinm City Star.
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MISSIVES LONG IN TRANSIT
Correspondence Sent From Paris Dun
Ing Siege Took Years to Reach
the Consignees.
What would Americans Bay if they j
received mall matter that had been de- j
layed In transit for a lifetime? In j
France, a few years ago, letters for j
' 300 persons were delivered ? to as ;
j many of the addressees as were liv
j Ing? that had been mailed years be- ;
| fore. They were delivered, moreover,
! at the earliest possible moment; al
though the distance between the send- '
er and the receiver was In many cases j
only a few miles. '
During the siege of Paris by tho
Germans in 1870 tho postolllco admin- |
istratlon lilt upon tho expedient, In ad- j
dition to the balloons, of Inclosing let- !
ters In small zinc globes, water tight
and hermetically sealed, and dropping
them Into tho Seine. There they lloat
1 ed, if they were not captured by tho
Germans, down the river to tho French
lines, where a net stretched across
tho river gathered them In, and they
were sent on their way.
Unfortunately for tho French, the
Germans discovered the character of
these zinc floats, and as they could not
hope to see and fish out by ordinary
means all. the letters that wont down
thus, they stretched across the river,
at Vllleneuvo Saint Georges, a net of
their own and effectually stopped this
system of postal communication.
Tho zinc balls and their uso were
pretty nearly forgotten, when, some
? yeaTs ago, a fisherman found in the
Seine, near Villenouve, a queer looking
globe of zinc. With a tyrge knife he
opened it, and found 300 letters, still
legibile, and all dated December, 1870.
They were delivered to the postal au
thorities, and after this long wait in
tho river went on their way. ? The i
Sunday Magazine.
COLORS NOT BORNE IN WAR*
British Troops Go Into Action With- j
} out the Inspiration of the Regi
mental Colors.
Tho colors of the British army are
made of silk, with gold-fringed edge?
and cords and tassels of crimson and
gold, mounted on a staff eight feet
seven Inches long.^
To Insuro their absolute correctness
in matters of detail and pattern, an
official of the Heralds' College aots
as "Inspector of colors." He has to
furnish drawings and designs, and is
responsible that an unauthorized de
parture lb made from them.
Every Infantry battalion has two
colors ? "tho wing's" and "the regi
mental." The former is always of the
same pattern, and shows the union
| jack on a blue ground, while the lat
ter has a wreath of roses, shamrocks
I and thistles, with the regiment's motto
| Wl jOft jgrronndefl fey A"# %
various battles In which It ha? taken
part. ' ; ,
Regimental colors are no longor car
ried Into action, but are now left be
hind at headquarters when a battalion
proceeds on service. This has been
the rule since the IJoer war in 1881. A
couple of years earlier two young ofli- .
cers of the South Wales Borders
were killed while endeavoring to pre
vent the .colors, of which they had
charge, from falling into the hands. of
the enemy at the battle of Isandhl
wana. ^
Japanese Like Other Babied.
There la u mistakon but popular be
lief that a Japanese baby never cries.
There is really no reason why he
should. Replete with nourishment
and rarely denied a wish, ho blossoms
like a wild rose on the sunny side of
the hedges, so sweet and so unre
strained.
His life is full of rich and varied in
terests. From his second day on
earth, tied safoly to his mother's
back under an overcoat made for two,
he finds amusement for every waking
hour in watching the passing show. He
is the honored guest at every family
picnic. No matter what the hour or
the weather, he Is the active member ,
in all that concerns the household
amusements or work.
From his perch he participates In
the life of the neighborhood, and is a
part of all the merry festivals, that
turn the streets into fairyland, l^ater,.
his playground is the gay market place
or the dim old temples.-? 'Francis Ldtr,
tie, in the Century Magazine. ?_
Question of Degree. - i
On a writ of error to the supreme^
court of ono of the territories, counsel
for plaintiff in error sharply criticized
the rulings of the trial judge. When
the counsel for the defendant in error
began his reply, tho following took
place:
"May it please your honors, before I"
finish my argument, I think I can show
you that the trial judge was not as
crazy as counsel on the othor side
would make him out to be."
liy a member of the court: "Let me
understand you; yqu admit the fact of
insanity of the trial judge, but deny
its degree?" ? Case and Comment.
Gentle, but Pointed.
A young practitioner had ono trou- 1
blesome patient ? an old woman who
was practically on the free list, but
who registered raoro kicks than all
tho othor patients put together. One
day she called to roast .him for not
showing up when she called him the
nipht before. "You can go to see your
other patients at night," she com
plained, "so why can't you come when
I send for you? ? Ain't my money as
good as the money that them rich
people pay you?" "I don't know,
t*a'am," answered the doctor gently.
"I have never teen any of yovra
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