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FOR BIRTHDAY PRESENTS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS WEDDING PRESENTS Consult a firm whose reputation for fair dealing looks back upon more than a half century of time. Catalogue Free on Request Goods sent on approval to inquirers who are known or who send satisfactory references. Visitors Always W elcome to Our S tore JAMES ALLAN & CO CHARLESTON, S. C. For Ii8 Year* the Leading Jeweler's in the State NOTICE ! 'i We have everything from a Brass Plug to a complete Bicycle. Prices right. Come in and see the Rugby Wheel. It's a dandy. Camden Motor Co. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING a druggist floes is fill prescriptions. There is no drug store where this feature has more scrupulous attention. Have yours filled h ere! Everything for the sick room. See Our Hospital Window This Week W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STORE PHONE 30 I wo Door* Abov** Postofficc WITH EYE TO THE DIVIDENDS Conductor Felt Obllgod to Charge Pa* ' aenger for R?nt, If Not for Transportation. Th"y Jolted along for about two block* after the man paid his fure; thou, with a mighty Jerk, the car came to u d?a<4 atop. When It hud Htood i uiottonU'-bb for over half an hour the imtii conceived the brilliant Idea of trying to get uptown by ineauH of uotiiM other lino, and bo approached tho conductor in a friendly manner, and aHked him to give him hit* money bark The conductor did no( ro- ! apond in like fraternal Hplrlt. "Can't do it," he Hald, j "Oh, now, aoo hure," the man ar gued. "Thin 1h not right, you know, i 1 rode, lean than two blocks in your , old car, and it is barefaced robbery to tako a man's money for a little Jaunt llko that." And then way when the conductor got In hi* deadly work. "I ain't chargln' you for the ride," ho said "Ain't you been nitt.in' bore In the oar for tho last half hour, and ain't you w i 1 1 1 n ' to pay for that? You cun't go in any place in this town without payin' rent, and you might aa woil pay In a nice, comfortable street car as any place ol?o." "Well, I'm bloeged," Haid tho man, and the Idea of paying rent in a street car an boing so novel and bo thrilled him with nuch appreciation of favorH received that ho went away without oven thinking of hla nickel again. ? Chicago ltecord-Horald. READING REALLY A FINE ART Aim 8hould Bo to Extract Beat From Book Without Having to Read It "Through." Tho duty of taking tho reading of the run of books, old and now, more seriously, and going through the whole with grim determination, reeta hftavily on tho conHcionceB of many. Wo do not here refer, Bays the New York TimeB, to reviewers, or tho old Jokes about their preserving critical Impartiality by not reading the workB of which they write notices. Tho question 1b, rather, of those who read for pleasure, or to amass information, or to keep their intellectual Interests alive. Must it be woo to them if they do not read each volume to the blttor end? The best answer is to bo had from tho great readers. Macaulay could disposo of haif a dozen books in his cab on the way to tho house of commons. Naturally, he did not read them "through." Hut if there wan any thing In any of them that ho wanted, his unerring eye hit upon the parage. Thnt was enough for him. He had squeezed out the juice, and what did he care about the pulp? Dr. Johnson had similar habits. Adam Smith said of him: "Johnson knew more books than any man;" yet, Immediately aft er recording this tribute, Boswell wrote of his hero: "Ho had a peculiar facility In seizing at once what was valuable in any book, without submit ting it to the labor of perusing It from beginning to end." Misusing the Dictionary. It is not the use, but tho misuse of the dictionary that is deplorable, writes Robert J. Menner in The Atlan tic. Wh?n one happens upon aetrango word it is quite natural to refer to the dictionary, both for its ne-anlng and Its pronunciation. The pronun ciation of technical torms of an art or science with which we are unfamiliar can often bo learnod in no other way. But whon tho dictionary is appealed to as an infallible however unreason-, able Judge, whon monstrosities and century-old fossils are exhumed from its png(? to be flauntod in the faces of our frionds, it in time to recall Its truo function of mere recorder. If we should use our energies, spent in this pleasant but absurd revival of antlqultios, in occasionally noticing pronunciations which, though com mon, slight reflection would prove to bo at loaHt extremely caroless. we should appoaso the goddess of ortho epy in a,-much morn satisfactory man ner. Dead City of Asia. Of (ho seven citierf of Asia, perhaps Sardls has the moat interesting and ro mantic history, and yet, with all its wealth, 14-r famous rulers, its wise counselors, its victorious arm I us, it was tho greatest failure of them all. The richest man in tho world. Croe sus, was king of Sardls; tho wisest man, Solon, was her guest, and yet, through overconfldence and lack of watchfulness, time and again it was surprised, conquered and all hut de stroyed. until at last tho disintegrat ing rock and soil from its own citadel, loosenod by tho winter rains, and hurled down by destructive earth quakes, buried the city 30 feet deep 1 from the sight of man. It became a j dead city, and it was buried by the j forces of nature. ? Tho Christian Her ald. Sponge I# a Deep Sea Animal. Few people realize the sponge is really a marine animal TT ono could take a trip to the Mediterranean one would be extremely interestixl at the sponge fisheries there. When the sponge is taken from the water it resembles a piece of raw ' i meat. It is covered with a thick out- ' er skin under which is a glutinous I substance not unlike molasses. This Is called the milk of tho spent?** and ? 1? quickly drained out, otherwise de composition would set In and make the article useless. Next the spongo is soaked in .1 bath of Condv and aft- i ; er^ ards t process of porting, | j clipping a:;,! b!ra*!:lng CHRISTMAS DONT'S Don't Cell people that you do not expect to receive any presents. You know you do. Don't forget that the clerk who has been working long hours for many weeks In human. Don't. If tho present you are ?end ing away was expensive, fall to re move the price tag. Don't hunt for price marks on th? presents you receive. Don't wait till Christmas for the purpose of being kind. Don't let your left pocket know what your right pocket gives for friendship, for love or for charity. Don't be grouchy merely because Home deliverv boy happens to prod you with the corner of a box that is twice as large as he. Don't let yourself suppose when you crowd Into the place whero Christmas ?hopping is being done that you are the only one who Is In a hurry. Don't present your Chrlatmas gift as If you were conferring a favor. Don't give merely for tho purpose of creating the Impression that you are generous. Dear Santa Claus: My mother she Bays what she wishes you'd bring me On Christinas is a heart that's kind And? and? oh. yes, the wish to mind, And happy smiles for every day And goodness that won't wear away. j Dear Santa Claus. please won't you brlnj These all, on Christmas ? everything My mother wishes that you would? And?and a sled that's strong and good, j And I would like to have a gun? I The kind that shoots? an iron one. i My father tokl me If I'd write And a?k you for it that you might Bring me the wish to study well And learn to read and write and spell, And thankfulness for limbs that's straight And youth and health that's simply great, Friend Santa, bring them all and I'll Be good and cheerful all the while; But if I can't have everything My parents say they wish you'd brine, And if I can't have only one. Why, please, I'd rather have the gun. OEORQIHJ. I A Preference. "Robbie, would you rather find youi Christmas present In your stocking or on a tree?" "I'd rather have It on a tree, 'c&gm there's more room there." Wise Klnfl Solomon. "King Solomon had a groat head, all right." "Certainly. Ho was the wisest man who ever lived." ~ ' "I guess he was He had all those, wives of his before there was any j such thing as Christmas." I ndepandence. "Well," said the good man, patting little Willie on the head, "have you j written to Santa Claus?" "No," replied the child. "I heard | papa and mamma tnlkin" about what thrv were goln' to give me, one night when tht'.v thought I was aale?p, and ; if old S*\nta doesn't want to atop j here without gettin' Invited he can j drive on " ' if ^ \ ^ 'v '' / ' Challenge Sale GREAT BARGAINS Are Being Offered in all Lines of Mercantile Co. Chic, Becoming, Exclusive, Ultra Smart, Fashionable I hese adjectives convey but inadequately the ex quisite bieauty of the Fall j Millinery on display here. MISS MATTIE GERALD YOU WILL FIND that this establishment s reputation for the finest millin ery is splendidly upheld by this Fall showing. Very reasonable prices. CAMDEN CANDY KITCHEN \ is the place to buy youft F R U I TS THE FAMOUS Lowney's Chocolates Home Made Candies V <4 Ice Cold Drinks, Etc. Place Your Christmas Ad in The Chronicle Now.