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THE np?i^ IUNITY Take advantage of the opportuni iy thai Ik how in your handx in the aiiapo of ii huiii of money open a ? hocking account with it NOW at HiIh i tint It lit ioii and bontf BUfoguard in#.*, your money aKutntttt ho dan Ker? of having H on your peraon, around the houao, ?(.?. I >o you cvor oonalder that when you pay bllla wilh ?)jeck? thai, you recelvp more reaper! fill attention that ydur credit HtaudliiK Keen up conatdernhlo? Wo would ho ploanod to handle your account and nana re you of the lilLudimiin bafuLy Your Account is Respectfully Solicited. We < Pay Highest Cash Prices for Don't give your profits away ship direct to us by express ami get your money next day. We pay highest prices for green and dry hides of all kinds Beeswax, Tallow and old Metals, old Rubber and Furs. Try us will; a ship ment now. Send for Price List. CAROLINA HIDE & JUNK CO. CHARLESTON, S. C. REAL ESTATE \ SELL DO YOU WANT TO \ BORROW I May Help You. LAURENS T. MILLS, CAMDEN, S. C. "THE YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN that deesn't learn to save money will never succeed. It takes only a dollar to start an ac count in this bank." The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C. Xmas is Near ? Advertise A CULINARY TREAT Served In a Little Ca^ Shop In * a Little French Town. THE COST WAS LITTLE ALSO. Surprlaaa Cam* Thick una In the Way qft Me?l|, but the Greatest 8ur. pri?e of All Came After the Qa?tro nom 10 Coiiqu??t W*a Ended, They wrrv talking about dainty <im IHTH WllCI) ( ll*? II J U II W'bu goes it ^Mild. " I'litr bo*( idc. 1 1 j evor got WH* In thu bffi 'M parlor of a small simp ? one horso town, and It cost in# hi) OOIltH." Urged to toil his h lory, hu continued; li w?h in a Htiinii provincial Krou<?h town, ItlolH A friend of mine culled Bodfish enticed uh? there by looking ioe up In Paris n nd throwing n fit about the delights of the town It Iimx a castle.' bo told me, 'and a moat u lid ramparts and a little cake ?hop run by n charming old woman' *? 'fCiiouBli/ Hiilij i, -mo for ItlolH.' "Wo went there and we entitled and We moated and we ramparted, ayd then we blew into the little ?bop to cake The proprietress. a very pleasant old woman. Indeed, intro dueed us to her son. who was mod estly hiding behind hi* mustache in a corner. "Wo got Into COri Vernation with him -that 1h, Bodfish and I plunged Into French aud he, diving in heroically after us, was (Milled under In our drowning struggles The upshot of It all was that we agreed to hire a room In his mother's house for the nlgbt we meant to stay Just one night ill Blois. r :;A|.4-cr dloner?' asked Bodflsb. " 'If tlie messieurs will permit I will do myself the honor of cooking them ? dinner.' said the rake lady's sou bowing most courteously.' "Thereupon Bpdflsh and I went blithely to an attic f>18 years old at a conservative estimate, washed the cas tle and the moat and the ramparts from our hands and faces and descend ed to the dining room, a small apart ment in the rear of mudame's cake shop. "Our landlady's son was there, ready for us. So was a soup. "That was. by actual count, the grandest soup over produced by a hu man being I have traveled all over the world, tasting the beat every coun try has to offer in t he way of soup, but ?t the first taste of that Blois sample all my meinorios of other soups hud dled together in a dark corner of my mind and froze to death. "I looked at liodilsh. I To was posi tivoly half wittod with delight. Tfe looked as if he wanted to spend the rest of his life as high priest in a temple devoted to (he worship? and manufac ture? of ih.it soup. " 'More; mess- lours?' "Between us we razed that soup to the ground 'Kill roe. messieurs?' "I>on't ask me what that entree was. Bodftsh ale it with his eyes shut and his head bowed reverently. -"Bodllsh and 1 stayed in Blois for twenty nine ne-nls Don't ask mo how main days that makes; wo knew only two sorts of i linos -meals and between meals. As for sightseeing, we didn't sen much more than our plates, lay cause after ea< h meal In the back par lot of that celestial cake shop we wore SO chock full that wo hibernated like snakes, lay sprawling on couches, un able to budge. blinking sleepily, grunt ing grunts of Klysian contentment. Time and again we would ask that T renchman how he had come by his culinary skill, but in vain. He would merely smile and give us another help ing. ^ on may got some idea of what sort of meals that cuss gave us when I tell you that Bodfish summed up his ability in these words: " 'At times hC Seems to lose his culi nary grip and descends to mere per fection ' "After the twenty-ninth meal Bod fish and J remembered that we be longed somewhere, had a number of relatives, were engaged in business, had restive careers to coax along. So we called our cook, announced that we were leaving and wanted to know how much we owed. " 'S|\ francs for each day. mes sieurs.' said lie. 'One for the room, one for breakfast, one and a half for lunch, two and a hair for dinner.' Bodfish and I fell heavily against each other I hen we paid and started for the door " 'Wait.' said our host 'I. too. travel I away today." " '\\ hither are you bound?" we asked. " 'To St. Petersburg.* he replied. 'I came away but to see by old mother in the cake shop. 1 had not seen her for l,w year* I must thank you. mes sieurs. f.,r giving me th<s chance of keeping up my art. Had you not done so, l jiiat. after getting back to St. Petersburg, my art would surelv have suffered \\ huh-w huh-what arc vou In St Petersburg?- we inquired huskily. " 'Chef,' he said, bowing, 'to his maj esty the czar." "-New York Times. Overheard on the Street. "Hasn't that tflrl nn etheron! look?" "Tory." "I/Ot m listen to what she >? saying to her companion. I'll wacrr It i? something soulful." "Yo?." sni<1 the ethereal one. "mr sU tor ltk?v! t ?~4 jvo. hut 1 prefer llmtmrgr>r ~ ? Chicago Journal The least moment la of Importance to ill nutnro. The entire ooe*? is *(Teot ed by n pe4>hle.~ Pascal. FIRST POSTAL '?TRAIN. It wjk#/Triod In 1W4 end Proved ? ' Thorough Bucc?j?. The n, i trial of a [mwUiI <'ur In whirl) mull matter I# dkhoHihI while tn transit. wum made hi i.H?H <>u the Chicago ??i?l Northwestern railway. Tilt* tM'heUiv With a thorotluh bilrccKN. and railway mull aervii-u whn iiwuigu i*i? i ?*tl ill,- it year on v??rii I of the im portant ruljwrfy llm*? and wan gradual ly extopdrd all over th? United state* mid adopted by oiiisir i-ouutrlo*, In IK/ 1 the American railway mall Hyatem wax thoroughly organised on a permanent IuimIm, with eight territorial ? It v Ixloi is, each In charge of it superin tendent subordinate to a general chief ut Washington. Thin service wan artiong the tlrwt w adopt * modern classified civil ncrvlfo, appointment of railway wail" clerk* having alwuyu beuu made for s proba tionary period, permanent employment lielnj? conditioned on satin factory serv ice and conduct and removal based on good cuilHe only. The service haw heen gradually Increased and new divisions organised and Ih now opera ted on prac tically every rail way. ?St. Louis Poat I >Ih|>h t'*t? Servants In Bogota. The domes! Ic problem Ih reduced to a minimum In Hogotir. Good domestic* ??re plentiful and clump. Five lo teu dollars a lUOntli Ih IiIkIi pay. In tho houses ot the well lo do the servantH lira well t ro? t**?| and left ?1 happy II They have ample garter* of their own. centering round their own patio, hiuI enough of I Up old patriarchal regime Hurvlven to make them really a pnrt of the family. "Colombia." Method In H?r 8inging. The ('alter Who Ih Unit Hinging? The Hostess That's our new mold. Hhe always slugs at her work. The t'aller What a happy disposition! Mercy, how loud she sings! The Host chs -Yea. When she sings loud Mile's breaking yoniethlng (Meyeland I'Jaln I >c;tlui\ LuoUy. An editor who Marled about twenty years ago with. only 55 cent# Ih now worth $100,000. Ills accumulation of wealth Ih owing lo his frugality. good habits, strict attention to business and the fact that an uncle died and left him $00,000. Kdttor and Publisher. it. Wait a Oook Waut a clerk ... Want a partner Want a situation Want a servant ?lrt Want to sell a pinny Want to sell a carriage Want to sell town property Waut to soli your dry goods .W*nt lo Ml! your hardware Want to sell millinery goods Want customer* (or auy thin* Advertise through "The Chronicle. Advertising 1b the wuy to sucwjks. Advertising brings customers Advertising keeps old ones Advertising Insures success Advertising shows energy Advertising shows pluck Advertising is "biz" AdvertlBe or bast A d v e r t 1 s *e loag Advertise well ADVJSRTI8K i At Onoe. A Fin de Siecte Catastrophe. 'Twiih the night preceding ChrlNtnwn And Santa far away He lacked enough of gasoline To run hln deerieaa sleigh. N EVER before has this store been so well filled with everything in the furniture line. The entire three foors are well filled and you will be classed as the hard to satisfy if you cannot find what you . want in our line. For the next two weeks ! am making special prices on everthing in this store. When looking for a gift that would please the good housewife ? think of FURNITURE ? and then think of GEISENHEIMER as the place to buy and the question will be settled. Come ? take a look. W.GEISENHEIMER Anything in Furniture L E PRICES LOWER THAN EVER WILL BE AGAIN THIS is the season of the year for repairing qnr rebuildillL^? th ose old barns and tenements. We have in stock an assortment . of just the class material you need for this work, and which we are offering at close prices. We also carry all the better grades for nice residential work. Handling lumber n large quantities, we are in position to give you the advantage of car load prices. Bet ter take advantage of present market conditions, as lumber will not be a cheap again. 'Phone 104 or call at our plant opp. Oil Mill. DAVIDSON LUMBER COMPANY Anything in Lumber"