The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 15, 1915, Image 2
WEIGH THEIR HATS.
A Pad of Fuaay M*n Who Arm Crank* t
In tho Matter of Htadwtar.
Ill the back pact of a Broadway hat
ter'* atore there 1* a pair of scales that
are used only lit (ho cuae of particular
demand* by particular customers, Ah
a general thing you dou't look for
acalea In a hatter's, and the proprietor
explained his reason f?<i having them
iu (hia way:
"You will often lind very funny men
when it cornea fo buying a hat, With
them the weight of headgear ia of
prime importance. An ouuee more or
less gives them the OdKcts when they
Ijavo made ?t rule of life to wear only
such nud auch weight* on their heads.
Ho I keep the scale* to convince thein^
It 1m well that I do. It ha* *ettle?r
many an argument with a grouch and
Mold me many a hat
"You may call them queer for want
ing the exact weight they call for or
within and not over that weight; but,
, come to think It over, they are not any
queerer than the men who riiHh In here
at the l>eglunlug of Hummer demand
ing summer headgear because they
simply can't endure their heavy winter
hata any longer.
"Well, they buy a atraw and go away
perfectly untitled they arc prepared for
Hummer heat. And the hat they buy?
Why. hy actual weight on these very
scales it often weigh* two to four
ounces more than the winter hat they
havo been wearing. One of our good
customers has regularly shifted from a
twelve ounce winter slouch to ji fifteen
(Mince Hum hut mI raw and has been
happy In the change."
It la a f act, however, that thousands
of men know ihe truth of what the
Broadway batter nays, but still buy
heavy straws.? New York Bun.
Dabi?? In Samoa. ?
Bamoan babies can give points to
Europeans apparently. According to
A. 8. Middletou In "Sailor and Beach
comber." they are much prettier and
very intelligent. Moreover:
They can awiin at three mouths old;
talk, run and sing at a year old. and If
a Bamoan bad a child that sucked a
dummy (presumably a comforter) at
b)x years old and wailed driveling
along In it* pram nt an advanced uge,
as the children of the wealthy class of
England do. they would look upon it
as a great curio and smother It for
shame on the tlrst starless night." .
? John Bull..
Tlio nickname John Hull Is said to
havo appeared first in a satire by Dr.
John Arbuthnot called "Law Is a Bot
tomless Pit; or, the History of John
Bull," published In 1721. Washington
Irving mentions the typical flguro as a
"sturdy, corpulent, old follow with a
red waistcoat, leather breeches and
short, oaken cudgel. Many Napoleonic
caricatures show John Bull represent
ed In this way.
FOREIGN DEVILS.
Fhe Aniwtr ? Chinwt Official Oiv# ?
* British Consul.
In Ills hook "Home Idfe In China"
Isaac Taylor IJoiidhwid g 1 y en uii
account of lliv Chinese superstitions
regarding tUf foreigner, one of which
has resulted In their calling hint Kuel- 1
(/u, or "dc\ II." A wry jllDtlllilf story,
say a he. la luid of a led hatred, red
whiskered, blue eyed British consul at
(!ifitou who was, us' lire most of the
British otth'lals. of an investigative dls
ftosltlon end was anxious to know why
It was that the Chinese call us of the
west "foreign devils." Now he It un
derstood that the Chinese Idea of a
demon i* that he Is a red haired, red j
bearded, blu?? eyed being who quails'
at nothing thaf comes In his way |
One day when a Chinese official was
calling on the eonsul the latter asked
him: ?
"Why Is It that the Ohlne.se call us
devils?"
The otllcial at first hesitated, but. be
ing pressed, he finally wild. "I do not
care to tell you."
"But I should take li an a great favor
If you would tell me. I am very anx
ious to know."
"I cannot tell you," said the otllcial.
"Why not?" asked the consul.
"Because you would he angry If I
told you."
"By no means. I would not be so
unreasonable as to ask you a question
and then be offended because you an
swered It. On the other hand, I should
bo grently obliged to you."
Being thus pressed until ho wiih un
able to refuse, the official finally eyed
the consul from head to foot und said
slowly and reluctantly. "Well, it is be
cause you look like devils."
This natural superstition of the peo
ple was taken hold of by the Boxers
in 11)00 and circulated still more wide
ly by all kinds of placards, both in
prose and verse. I have one before
mo In verse, a part of which, translat
ed, read as follows:
Tlie devils are not human beings like you.
If you doubt what 1 say
You may ?eo any day
That the eyes of tho devils In color are
blue.
Mother Love.
"Mdther machree." he said, "'tis
worn and torn your heart is for love
of us all."
"Jerome avick," 1 said to that, "'tis
worn and torn the hearts of mothers
were before me and will be again.
Ood help their children if they're not."
?From "Mother Machree," by James
B. Connolly. In Scrlbner's.
Height of Annoyance.
"I'm mad at my wife. To anger her
I shall flirt with some other woman."
"If you want to make her absolutely
furious nslc somo other woman to sew
on a. button for you." ? Kansas City
Journal.
A BATTLE OF JJJE WINDS.
Whin Etoreaa and Notua Raga at Each
Other on kha Bosporus.
By a strange phenomenon, If the
south wind prevails the superficial cur- i
rent of the Boaporun In reversed,
though the inferior current continue*
ita aecustonjed courae. 'l'hen the wa- !
terw on the surface are piled tumultu
ously back upon one another, and t
quays, which are several feet n 1m>\ ??
the ordinary Bosporus level, are flood
ed Hud perhaps made Impassable. At
auch 1 linen caiqurn nnd smaller bosU
do not dare to venture upon the tern
pcHtuoiiM surface. (*y
Sometimes a strong wind blows
northward from the Maruiora. and un
other wind as strong blown with equal
violence southward from the Black J
sea. Then. as 0110 gazes from hoiiic
central point like Uoutneli If Issar. he I
behold* ships under full sail majestic
ally approaching each otht*r from both |
directions till at last they are only ;
two or three miles apart. Between
them lien a belt of moveless sea. into |
wtilch they are forced and on which ;
they drift helplessly about and per j
haps crash into each other'H sides.
This is a duel royal between Boreas
and Notus and may continue for hours.
Gradually the zone of calm Ih forced j
north or south. At last one wind wifh j
draws like a defeated champion from !
the arena. The ships which it Iwis
brought thus far drop their anchors |
und wait or else hire pne of the nu
merous steam tugs which are paddling j
expectantly nbout. The ships which i
have come with the victorious wind j
triumphantly resume their course, and 1
meanwhile their sallOBB mock and Jeer
their fellow mariners whose breeze
has failed them.? From "Constantino
ple." by I>r. Kdwln A. Grosvenor.
Clothes In Colonial Daya.
When Salem was settled the Massa
chusetts Bay company furnished
clothes for all the men who Immigrat
ed and settled in. that town. Every
man had four pairs of shoes, four
pairs of stockings, a pair of Norwich
garters, four shirts, two suits of doub
lets, a pair of h6?e of leather lined
with oilskin, a wooden suit lined with
leather, four bands, two handker
chiefs, a green cotton waistcoat, a
leather belt, a woolen cap, a black hat.
two red knit caps, two pairs of gloves,
a cloak lined with cotton and an extra .
pair of breeches. -J
Wills In Argentina.
In Argentina the laws provide that
a father must leave his children four
fl ft lis of his fortune, and a husband,
if he has no children, has to leave half
of his property to his wife. An? un
married son is compelled to leave his
parents two-thirds of his property, and
only unmarried persons without par-'
ents or descendants can make wills
disposing of their possessions as they
see fit.
WE ARE HERE AGAIN
U. S. WOOLEN MILLS COMPANY (Worlds Lar
gest Tailors) will hold their
FALL OPENING SALE
AT M. L. GILLIAM'S OLD STAND, MAIN ST.
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15th and 16th
TWO DAYS ONLY
IF YOU GENTLEMEN BUT ONLY KNEW THE GREAT ARMY OF WELL
DRESSED MEN HERE IN CAMDEN, AS WELL AS OVER THE COUNTRY WHO
ARE WEARING U. S. WOOLEN MILLS SUITS AT $15.00 YOU WOULD BE THE
FIRST CALLERS AT OUR FALL OPENING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
WE WILL GIVE YOU ABSOLUTELY FREE A $10.00 LADIES OR GENTS
RAINCOAT WITH' EVERY SUIT OR OVERCOAT AT OUR NEVER CHANGING
Price, To One ? $15 ? To All
WE GUARANTEE TO DUPLICATE ANY $25.00 to $35.00 SUIT BOUGHT
ELSEWHERE. WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD SUIT. GOOD MATERIAL, GOOD
WORKMANSHIP AND A PERFECT FIT. WELL WITH THESE THREE QUALI
TIES COMBINED, AND A SAVING FROM $15.00 to $25.00 ON YOUR SUIT, POS
ITIVELY GUARANTEED TO YOU BY ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST REP
RESENTATIVE CLOTHING HOUSES IN THE COUNTRY, DON'T YOU THINK
IT IS TIME, FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, TO INVESTIGATE OUR STORY. '
COME AND SEE OUR FINE WOOLENS. IT COSTS NOTHING TO LOOK, AND
YOU WON'T BE URGED TO BUY.
REMEMBER THE PLACE AND DATE, M. L. GILLIAM'S OLD STAND, MAIN
STREET, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1STH and 16TH.
WILL MAKE OPENING IN KERSHAW MONDAY AND TUESDAY, OCTOBER
18TH and 19TH., AT J. W. POWERS STORE ON MAIN STREET.
U. S. WOOLEN MILLS CO.
World's Largest Tailors
THE CRUa LOVE TEST
By MIRIAM LEE SANBORN.
"I don't like your suggestion one
bit," HHld Winnie dubiously, buj? Myr
tle wan persistent In tier plan. "It
might be the making of Elwyn to try
jtitm out," and then circumstances aid
ed the. precious project, the heedless
Myrtle aot reckoning the manner In
which it might ?,ffect the emotion of a
really worthy young man.
For such Elwyn Moss was, In man
ner and thought. Winnie had awak
ened a new soul in the reckless young
fellow, who had checked the "sowing
of wild oats" under the influence of
lur helpful, sympathizing gentleness.
Twice during the next few days El
wyn sought and found an opportunity
to get Winnie alone, ready to tell her
his love. On both occasions, however,
?he managed to flit away before the
avowul materialized. This discour
aged him. He felt repelled and hurt.
In the meantime, Ned Parsons was a
good deal In Winnie's compariy. Myr
tle, harmless but scheming, managed
it so that when Elwyn left the village
it was with the convlotion that Winnie
Thomas had taken up serlouBly with
Ned, and that she regarded himself
only as a friend. I
More than this, an old chum In
formed Elwyn that he had It On jnretty
good authority that Winnie and Ned
had become engaged.
A few days after Elwyn went back
to woirk In the city he wrote In his
diary: "Any true man who has been
under the sweet Influence of the com
panionship of such a girl as Winnie,
has an ideal to cherish, a guardian
angel, the memory of whom will never
leave hlra. ''TIS better to have loved
and lost than never to have loved at
all.'"
If he suffered disappointment, heart
break, he kept it to himself. He felt
strong in his ability to flght loneliness
and keep to the right course. Then a
new element entered his life. Ned,
too, came to work in the city.
Elwyn recalled the evident evasion
of Winnie to give him an opportunity
to tell lifer of his lov# Their parting
had been simply that of friends. She
had given him no encouragement. Now
in his daily tasks and evening leisure
fato seemed to throw him in the way
of Ned.
The latter was "enjoying life to the
full," as he termed it. Little did his
friends at home imagine the drift his
follies were leading him lnt6. Elwyn
saw and deplored.
For the sake of the one he might
wed, Elwyn felt he must do all he
could to win this reckless young man'
from the path of waywardness. He
became his constant adviser. He was,
in fact, his guardian.
Once at a great sacrifice of time
and money he got Ned*out of a serious
gambling scrape, exposure of which
would have lost him his position.
At another time he took blame upon
his own shoulders in behalf of Ned.
It led to his losing a month's salary
arid an advance in business promo
tion. Day after day, however, Elwyn
watched, encouraged, reformed tfte ob
ject of his solicitude.
i ?*. Reward came. It was with a thrill
of gladness that Elwyn realized that
he had not labored in vain, when Ned
said to him one day, grasping his hand
fervently, tears in her eyes:
"You have saved me, old boy. It all
came over me what a true, self-sacri
ficing friend you have been. I felt it
my duty to straighten out with the
house here their misconception re
garding mistakes I made and not you.
I have written the folks home. I am
through with all the old folly and I
owe It all to you. Then there is the
dear little girl even the folks don't
know about ? Flora Day. She'll bless
you for your good work, and you'll
have to be the best man ? "
"Flora Day!" repeated Elwyn in be
wilderment.
' "Why, yes, "we have J}een secretly
engaged for six months." (
Glad! He was suddenly rous^dHo
emotions that swayed his soul in an
Indefinable whirl. Ned read some hid
den mystery under his strange man
ner. He got the truth out of him.
"Thought I was favored by Win
nie?" ho laughed. "Why, man, I'm a
hopeless scapegrace in her estimation!
;I see it all ? oh, you noble, noble fel
low! For Winnie's sake you tried to
make a better man of me, so I would
be worthy of her!"
>>, Winnie cried like a child when
Myrtle read to her a letter written by
her brother. She reproached herself,
she declared she was unworthy of the
brave hearted man whom she had put
to a cruel, crucial test.
"I shall never dare to face him
again," she sobbed. "Oh, Myrtle, it
was wicked!"
"It was grand!" cried Myrtle. "Tell
your mother all about it, while I tell
mine of her boy, the new brother and
son we are going to have after this ?
and all through Elwyn Moss!"
When BfNvyn got off the trahi at his
home town a week later, it was Myrtle
who met him at the depot. She told
him the whole story.
There was somebody waiting for
him, she said, and Elwyn knew who it
was.
"Forgive!" was the first fluttering
word that greeted him from Winnie's
llpa- J ,
"I have blessed you when I thought
your heart had turned away from me,"
said KIwyn. How much more, now
that I know you are all my own!" ?
(Copyright. 191&, by W. O. Chapman)
WANTED
The farmer* of Kershaw County to know that
have a full stock of Bagging and Ties, Cotton Sheets
and Cotton Pickers Bag*.
The South is in the saddle and Kershaw county U
one of the best counties in this state and making r r ?mt.
er strides lhaii any of our neighboring counties. ThU
year will be the greatest harvest year we have ever ex.
perienced. Kershaw County has raised 36,000 bales of
cotton in one year and this year will make a large Cot.
ton crop, Oram crop. Hay and 1 otatoe crop. Hogs will
follow corn and there is a tremendous corn crop,
GET READY FOR THE BIG HARVEST v
You will want a mower. We are agents for th?
Emerson Standard Mower... The mower that is lighten
on mules and has many advantages over all other mow
ers. Come in and we will demonstrate to you the many
features.
CANE MILLS
More Sugar Cane and more Syrup. The Chatta.
nooga mill is the one that has the reputation, we havs
the agency for this mill and carry a stock of these nulls.
We carry a full line of heavy Groceries and Farm,
ers Supplies. If prices, service and courteous treat
ment count for anything, make this store your head,
quarters atad we will be pleased to count you as one of
our customers.
SPRINGS Be SHANNON
THEjSTORE THAT CARRIES THE STOCK
Roman and Dutch Hyacinth Bulbs
* '?"** ".T" !*"T' "^r" t**"" * . .. ,* 't, . \ '? ' ; ? 0 * v ?
NICE SIZE BULBS 6?c DOZEN. OTHER FLOWER BULBS.
Sweet Pea Seed, Pansy Seed,
Onion Sets, Garden Seed
IK ' .
W. ROBIN ZEMP'SI DRUG STORE
Phonev30. * ? ? Camden S. C.
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Farm Property For Sale
1,373 acres, 10 miles north of Camden, .4 miles west of DeKalb, 4
miles from church, half mile from school. 350 acres in cultivation,
three separate pastures with 75 acres In each. One of the finest or
chards in the county. About one million feet good long leaf timber.
One 8 room dwelling. 18 tenant houses. Property of H. Barfleld.
Prlc^ $20 per acre. Terms easy.
321 1-4 acres, 12 miles north of Camdeu, 4 mifes west of DeKalb,
4 miles from?church, 1 1-2 miles from school, 140 acres in cultivation,
one good five room dwelling, three tenant houses, one gin, saw, iftill
and shingle mill, for only $25 per acre. Easy terms or will trade for ,
good town property. Now owned by R. E. Sill & Bro.
40 acres 6 miles Southeast of Camden, 25 acres in cultivation,
goQd orchard, one good three room dwelling, dost $400. Can be bought
for $850. Now owned by Charlie Holland.'
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LIST YOUR WANTS WITH US
L C. SHAW
REAL ESTATE, RENTS AND INSURANCE
V . - . ?' : ...
tOR SALE ?
Pure Bred HEREFORD Cattle
"The Kind That Pay."
We are .offering for sale 66 head of big bone bulls
of breeding age of highest quality and breeding.
Camden Beef Cattle Farms
L.UGOFF, SOUTH CAROLINA
FRED E. PERKINS, Special Partner HENRY CUNNINGHAM, M^r.
J. W. MeCORMICK, Prop.
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M C CO RMICK & CO.
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