The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 06, 1914, Image 7
Mr. Farmer:
The present high cost of liv- -
ing makes it necessary for
you to buy your supplies
wiiere you get them cheapest.
We sell dirfect to the con
sumer, and YOU save the
middle man's profit.
"A Word to! the Wise is Sufficient."
MURCyiSON
Wholesale Supply Company
MAIN AND D?KALB STREETS
"Terms Strictly Cash to Everybody"
'THIS BANK
always maintains an
ample reserve, and I re
commend it to you as a
safe place for your bus
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mess.
The First National Bank
OF CAMDEN, S. C.
Let Us Serve You
WITH
Fruits, Candies, Nuts, Raisins,
Celery, Lettuce, Tomatoes and
California Cranberries.
Just Received Large Shipment
LoWney's Candies.
CAMDEN CANDY KITCHEN
We Pay Highest Cash Prices for
Don't give your profits away? ship direct to us by express and get your
money next day. Wc pay highest price* for green and dry hides of all kinds
Beeswax, Tallow And old Metals, old Rubber and Furs. Try us with a ship
ment now. Send for Price List. . ' ? ? -
CAROLINA HIDE & JUNK CO.
Charleston, s. c.
?BOYS UKE TO OWN THINGS
Qlw Your 9on PosmmIom That Ha
May "Keep," and Ha Will Traaa
ura Them.
The average boy believe* firmly In
Hhe principle of the private ownership
ot personal property, lie would ratber
!be the sole possessor of a broken
jbandl^d kulfe with no blades than a
pearl handled, four-bl&ded affair In
^partnership, asserts Thomas W. Lloyd
th? Mother's Magazine.
In fact, the desire to own something
??to possess property ? la inherent ' in
All mankind. And mothers should en
deavor to foster this desire. It will
not only Increase the boy's happiness,
but will teach him the value of acqui
sition. within proper limits'. He
should have his own playthings, his
own tools, his own books, his own
clothes, and a place of bis own In
which to keep them.
A boy who is permitted to do this
will take better care of things than If
owned in partnership, and he will
leurn eagerly to have a place for his
Ithlngs and to keep t^oni In their
placo. And tbis Is a valuablo lessou.
Do not make a younger boy wear his
older brother's clothing which tho
latter has outgrown, if it can be avoid
ed. Of course in some families,
jwhere every cent counts, this cannot
;bo helped. Every boy, and we speak
from experience, hates to wear an
other's clothes. He wants bis own.
Give him his own bureau drawer
and at loast a portion of a closet, and
i teach him habits of orderliness and
Jsystom in tbo care of his possessions.
jTheso habits are easily learned when
;young, and their value to the man o t
|busineBB la Incalculable.
ALWAYS HAD CHANGE COMING
Escaped Inmate of Ohio Asylifm Only
Had to Return to Secure His
Two Dollars.
The escape of Harry Kendall Thaw
from Matteawan recalled the sensa
tional escape of McNlcholas from the
; county Jail several months to a
,reporter of the Cleveland Leader.
"There was no chop suey at Mat
teawan, was there?" the reporter ask
:ed. So far as could be learned there
>waa Hone.
Solemnly motioning Ike, the waiter,
| to bring another ? potation, he ex
plained the mystery of his chop suey
remark.
"When McNlcholas escaped from
'the county jail he was in the hospital
I ward. A few minutes before he made
jhls get-away he asked me to get him
jtwo plateB of chop suey. The obli&
ling son of Manchu demanded a de
posit of two dollars. McNlcholas was
irlel\. and I paid the deposit.
"When I reached the jail with the
isteaming dishes I found that Mc
iNicliolas had flown. And there were
'two dishes of chop suey .on my
{hands.
"Sheriff Smith waved me away. I
'tried to explain that there was money
;due McNlcholas from the Chinaman.
?Nothing doing; ho was too busy try
ing to apprehend McNlcholas.
"I ate the chop suey and kept the
two dollars. SOine day when I run
across McNlcholas I'll buy two dishes
of chop suey and pay him two dol
lars. Sa-h-m d-a-y.y
Big Balloons to Have Wheels.'
German manufacturers of dirigible
airships are seeking a landing ap
paratus that will insure the safety of
their delicate gas bags. Many of the
most serious accidents to Count Zep
pelin's craft in the past were due to
faculty landings.
A car of considerable length re
quires the most dexterousness In ef
ifecting a landing, for an uneVen sur
face is liable to warp the structure
of the gigantic balloon, causing it to
tourst. ? ; ...
Landing cars are now being pro
vided on whjch the huge gas bag
rests when It Is drawn to earth.
These are equipped with wheels and
abslst-in locomotion when the craft
is being towed into its hangar. It i#
provided with a series of . cushions
along the side, and has grapplng
arms that catch and hold the enve
lope of the balloon. > I
Importance of Trifles.
A proofreader; anent the impor
tance of trifles, read from his note
book these absurd sentences of a sin
gle letter: \ - - ? , - y . .
"The conflict was dreadful and the
enemy was repulsed with great laugh
ter." ?
"When the president's wife entered
the humble Bittlng-rd&m of the house
she was politely offered a hair."
"A man' was yesterday arrested on
the charge of having eaten a cabman
for demanding more than his fare."
*'An employ in the service of the
fovernment was accused of having
tolen a small ox from the mall. The
stolen property was found in his vest
pocket.'* *
"The Russian soldier, Knack! noffos
kewsky, was found dead with a long
word sticking in his throat."
Is No Longar an Onion,
Edward I). Onion of 147 West One
Hundred and Twenty-sixth street,
New York, got permission recently
from Supremo Court Justice Guy to
change his name to Barrett, because
he can't stand Onion any longer.
The petitioner said- he was born in
Baltimore, and that the family name
was Barrett until a man named
Onion offered his ancostor a consid
erable sum of money it he Would be
come an Onion. _ Onion aaya that be
cause his ancestor sold his real name
ho ha& be#n subjected to "continual
banter, Jokes, criticism, and sarcasm,"
causing a serious handicap to his
business and emplpymcnt.
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SOMETHING TO SAY FOR MULE
Traveling Tobacco Man Made a Study
of Spanish With a Oiatlnct Ob
ject In View.
Mfleforo returning from my first trip
to Culm I Improved my Spunitdi by
diligent btudy In order to Inform a
mule in his own language Just what I
thought of him without any confut
ing equivocation," said a traveling to
bacco man.
"Thin mule wan one that 1 rode on
u (our of Home tobacco plantations.
The people from whom 1 borrowed the
mule Held that It watt an animal of
tireless energy, tenacious disposition,
und marvelous speed.
"I had no sooner mounted tho beast
than it showed a disposition to can
ter far in advance of my party over
hills and through fields until 1 real
Ized suddenly that I had practically
lost the others.
"I spoke sharply to tho mule and
tried to rein It In. Instead of slack
ing pace the animal went fastetf.
"I spoke more sharply still and
reined harder. Same result.
"Faster and faster went tho mule.
It galloped on through forests, open
country and startled villages. 1 might
have been galloping yet, a kind of
permanent John Gilpin, had I not ut
tered, wholly by chance, a word of
Spanish profanity that the mule
might understand.
"What 1 yelled was the SpaniBh for
'Whouf1' It stopped the mule like
magic. Throughout the trip I had been
yelling '(111 up' without knowing4 it,
while sawing at tho reins.
"But that mulo heard a lot of un
intelligible Spanish from me before
I left Cuba."
NOTES A MYSTERY OF MONEY
Difference in Unit of Values Between
Belgium and Holland Is a Puzzle
to the T raveier.
Thero are a Rood many mysteries of
money and tariffs, and the wayfarer
through life is often puzzled. Why Is
it that in the little step from Belgium
to Holland your wtiole financial out
look on life is altered? They live olose
together, the Dutch and the Belgians.
But In coinage they are far apart. Bel
glum thinks In francs. Holland thinks
In florins. And when you step from
the one little country to the other J'ou
And . they are thinking the same thing.
Goods in terms of money.
You have but to cross the frontier
between these small countries to lind
the difference: Belgium lives, on
francs, Holland reckons in florins, and
the amazing thing is that every one
across the frontier will pay about
twice as much for the mere luxury of
taking the florin as a unit Instead of
a franc... Now 1 should like to know
what is the economical reason of this,
says a writer In the London Chronicle.
For Belgians and Hollanders appear
equally prosperous. And the Hollander
lives on the florin, while the Belgian
lives on the franc. The Englishman
who crosses the frontier finds the ex
traordinary difference when he
changes his sovereign.
Ceremonial Bath;
Considerable pomp used to attend
the entrance Into the water of the
Duchess de Berri, who, close on a hun
dred years ago, first made sea bathing
fashionable in France. When the
duchess went bathing at Dieppe her
arrival on the beach was hailed with
a salvo of artillery. The holder of the
then newly created post of "Inspector
des bains" had to bo thero to receive
her, attired in a resplendent uniform,
cocked hat and white gloves. This
functionary led her royal highness Into
the sea until the water reached hor
knees, when he retired with three
profound reverences. The duchess,
who was an expert swimmer, then pro
ceeded to epjoy herself. ?*
Character Actors Passing.
Character actors, according to pro
ducers, are, becoming . scarce. Not,
howevbr, in the sense of "/sharacter"
acting as it is known today, for all
comedians and near comedians have
listed themselves under the head of
j "character'* pSople. But the real old
timers, who Could chango grease paint
with costumes and do "Brutus" one
I act. and "Uncle Tom" the next, are
disappearing. This condition Is duo,
actors say, to tbo managers insisting
that men and women specialize in
ono line of acting. It has resulted
in thousands of "At Liberty" ads be
ing published every season.
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Frederick th? Great,
Frederick the Great was a freema
son. He joined the order in May, *1738,'
very much against tho wishes of his
father, Frederick William, who, it
BeemH, had no love (or the craft. When
! Frederick William died, in May, 1740,
Frederick .celebrated his freedom by
holding a great Masonic meeting. The
young king appears to have taken
! great interest In the order, and the
stimulus given Freemasonry by the
great sovereign and soldier Is still felt
by the order throughout the Germanic
countries.
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Turkey Qobbler.
It was the day before Thanksgiving '
and the teacher was reading an ap
propriate story to her class of small
children. Bhe paused. "No<v, chil
dren," she asked, "who has ever seen
a turkey gobbler?"
There was p .thoughtful silence.
Then a- little girl In the third row of
seats raised her hand.
"Well, Mary?"
Hed with emMrrasstnci&V Mar/
stammered:
~'"My brother Willie."
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Baruch-Nettles Co.
"The Store That Set? the Pace"
Ijopjrright Hart Scbaffuct & Mui
Don' tL make the mistake
of thinking you can't be
fitted in ready clothes. Y ou can
get just as good a fit in lfeady
clothes as a custom tailor can give
you. There's an easy way to
proved it;[because fit is something
youtcan see for yourself. Ask us
to show you a ,
Hart Schaffner
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& Marx
suit or overcoat at $22.50 or $25;
make some comparison of style,
material, tailoring, with, the made
to measure suit or overcoat at
$40. It it doesn't fit, don't buy it.
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We have their suits and overcoats
to sell from $18 to $35
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"The Store That Sets the Pace" ?