The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 14, 1916, Image 6
The Chewiest
Chewing (nun
ever Chewed
5.
Chew
"Bobs"
5c. the packet or iwo "Bo I 3s" for a
cent at all the better stands and stores.
AND now Beatrice?
itV'Bobs." A cheery
big heart of candy and the
chewiest gum within. Full
of the freshest of fresh pepper
mint ? flavory ? fine. Everybody
is bobby about "Bobs."
"Bobs"? get yours today
El * KOPEAN HA 1 1 AY A VS
In Chaotic Condition on Account of
< irmt Contlict No**' <>oin^ On.
"Wlillo tin1 war iui- i ?? ? ? ;ill Knropo
^ni hi onlor. iui I ?? ? 1 1 ? ? ?? illustration of
Us <llsorL'anl/:it Ion ? *? i ! ? I In* I'hnscn
I han Unit ??f it** ? haot !<? rall\va\
j'M | ?li v, |>ro-out inu att aspoot uf dhriip
t*>il srhoiliilo*. I ? i'i iK i 'i i linos, 'nm! ivor
piniy.rtl ronlinu's on -ii' li a >oalr a- to
vivo soino i'lta of ilio ?o!)fti^ion in
tho hoi H^oivnt ? out inonl ." hoyin* a
luilU'flii jilst l->ur<l hv r ho National
i Joou'i it So. ifi \ "Trains <)?? hi\o
aro no longer -IroaKim: liov.|< ,vf Amor
i ? a ii-- t>\ or fainoii- iail\\a\ ronton
ri< h in nioiiioiio- f . 1 1 i lie fravoli-rs of
? ?von <oiinir\ { . i k i r i u Ihoni to 1 1 i ^ t ? ?r i ? ?
?loiiii'l-. in < ui;iii\o sprint-, to tiioiin
tain _'i .1 ii'loiir t>> (tutor- . f ii tonui
tiunal smartness, to plaees for fash
ionalde Winter sport, ami to Mediter
ranean resorts for Sprin^t inn* ami
-1111 in Winter. The trains deluxe of
, fuii' the war Mif no longer running:
for hostile frontiers cross their net
work in all directions.
"? ?f tin* 1'J most famed Kuropean
express trains, only four are still aide
to run. The four lilies still open are
the i Meml V ieitmi Kxpress; the Iter
! i : i Karlsbad Marienhad Kxpress, a
summer train: the South Kxpress. l?a
ri* Horde, -1 ti \ 1 run Madrid Lisbon; and
tie* Siberian Kxpress. Muscow- Krn^no
,j.? i - K I rkut >h \'ladi\ ovtiM-k Ser\ iee
ha- hailed ind?*liiiit<d v for the Nord
Kxpre--. with it- e. imparl men Is eom
iiiL' from l'ari-\ ? M?>nd and Brussels,
whi'h left I'.erlin for I'elroirrad and
Mo.-'i.u, ii- -i-iioii?. -plittin^ up for
f rliftr ros[?orrtrr rtPKttnntinns tir ttnmrtn
?a i UaiMitt. The NonJ Express was a
brilliant Eurujiean link lit i he far
spanning Trans Siberian Railway. ami,
j
'In j m'(?i ?? limes, i| pulled out of IW*rifn
? Iff II \
t 1 1 1 ( I lie | ff *| f 1 1 1 it i' Merlin Tirol"
I { ? ? 1 1 > ? * Naples till* I L'g> pt in i i L\pre*x,
w hose niaiiv sections were ahv n,v? fill'
r? I \\ -i 1 1 1 I l it vel lei's beginning tills
Mi. t In* \eiir, has ceased lit oj**r
i it 1 1', lis < oiitlut'tiMN ami engineer*,
j ai i>?i ? m ruts among European mil road
j iiii'ii. w illi ? oiisltlerable standing ill the
[ liin raih ra< ics "f i ? i*r in ii n v. \ustrln,
|'i Mint- ami llalv. if re now . in a like
lihood, ill i\ in- endless lines i>i freight
talis ihrongh war scarred iniiiilr\, cur
i r\ ing int'ii uiui munitions to ilit* various
| !ta 1 1 jf fl olit s
"Tlit i?i it-Hi Express was i Ijf llrsl
; expre-s in nil I * u r? ?| u* before tin* war,
in I r>i 1 1 1 whose Ereiu 1 1 . ( It'i nuiii ami
i A list i in ii sections were not -urpaHsed
li\ ii 1 1 \ oilier of I lit* I ra Ins tie luxe. Jl
> lin> now lost nun Ii of it^ Inlei 1 1 : 1 1 lonal
j i'Iim nn ler : Ii.is t-hangctl lis iliret Hon :
i niid. in place tif the wealtliv n ml the
i i t'iiitw netl, il ha> lakeii i?? nrrylng
soldiers ami iniinll ions.
"Mefore the oiithreak of the war, the
Orient Express ran over n line east
ami west; now ii runs nortiiwe-t ami
southeast. It wns nunle up :il l'arls,
and its route was Paris Strasshur#
Munich-Vienna Iiudili>est Mdgrnde So
fla-Conslant iuople, \y li i U? one of its sec
tions went tt> Mucharest. The Orient
Express, probably, ran through more
important capitals. eight of them, and
bore a more truly International eliar
aeter than any other train in the world.
The stations of this famous train were
market) by the national eities of jkhh
I ties, ami its way halted at either end
in earth's two foremost historic cen
ters. The Orient Express was Eu
rope's proudest honst in international
railroading. and it represented luxury
ami comfort brought to the liKftest
point that a sensitive patronage could
demand.
"The Riviera ami l.loytl Express has
t 'eased to run. This train was made
up In Amsterdam, Holland, and Mulsh
ed its course amid the mild sunshine
ami the 'gaiety of the Riviera. It ran
through I'trecht Pusseldorf- Colojnie
lielfort- Lyon -Marseille-Toulon- < "a lines
Nice .Monte Carlo and Menton. Its
Herman section made up In Iierli.ii, and
Joined the main train at Frankfort-am
Main. The Riviera and the Lloyd Ex
' press was a Winter train, and English,
av the Americans speak it, was heard
as often aboard (his express as was
I any of the languages of Europe. Con
Jdm tors. porters and assistants on tin*
| Riviera way knew the itbnn of o h
I fount r\ men. their ways ami their gen
| t Tosj| v.
I
j "The Pa riv Ka rlsbatl Express has
stopped. The Peninsula Express, a
^poedy train through France. where
lit rivals the i'ari.s Marseille and the
I
riTtntsnwstP ICrprPHsps, -Rtttt tins a Hear
J wtf.V on I hit I sU'utcll wiu'ioill It J?? j
know it as the lVitliiHUlu Kxpre.su, he
lwe??u ' 'alals (lint Itrindisi. Us iMHch
and iJonnan seetiniiH, coming from Hot 1
it'ti (h hi and Iter lln, how over, are il'k,
longer riding behind It Tin* IVtrn-'
grail )<*ii nit Nice Kx press and 1 1
Christiana t'a it* Kvpress, have, also,
Iih 1 1 thot r schedules cancelled by tin'
war for an indelliiile time I'raetical
i !,\ nil <>f I In* Mlack hiiiiiK'inl, Kmpire j
[ Slnli- and Twentieth expresses of !?- 1 1
rope are \va (stalled, and such time la
I hies as remain In force art*, fur elvil
t bins, uncertain things siilijf* I solely
| to military advantage."
Cigarettes for liritihli Soldiers.
Savannah. <ia., Jan. I? Twehe ? *t| r
luads uf cigarettes arr here awaiting
shipment ti> Kngbtnd for Hritish sol
1 1 Iris at tin' front. Tliey were shipped
from Ki< liiuuiid. \ a., and w ill be sent
to 1 .1 \ erpoul mi tin' Hritish steamship
I!. 1 1, Salt ma rsh which will sail in a
few days.
WIIKIU: SIIK PIT HIM OFF.
United Patiently To Tell Him What
She Thought of Him.
" ,
Viui folks who i \**? the signal hell
a yank, grab otV the receiver, and yell.
"(Ji me s-oue-too-green" - you folks
jess llssen to me for one moment: l>id
.lull ever think how your darned' i?l< 1
grouch sounds fit the other end? Hon
est. now. did you? And then when ?
central says "Line's busy" you grum- \
hie something about the relat ionshi)>
which central bears to Sapphira (that,
greatest of all ancient yellow journal
ists) and whang your receiver back
oil the hook with tnillleient energy to
break the modern klttyehlsin ? did you
think of what central thought of you
for your sample of spleen you were
showing? 1 wot not- ? or wot nit ?
whichever form of language von pre
fer.
The telephone girl is too frequently
abused for what is not her fault. You
may think that she tells you the line
Is busy merely to annoy you ; but did
you ever realize that to give your de
mand such a straight up and down
made her more trouble that it did!
you? For you are bound to make an- 1
other call for that number, and still'
another, till you get it ? and each of
those calls makes her extra work. It's
cheaper for her to give you what you
want In the tirst place ? and you know
it. Yet you'll sometimes grumble in
profanity and tango and hesitation be
cause you don't get the man ? or the;
woman ? in the tirst place. And how j
can a w oman answer the phone when <
she hasn't her hair done up and heri
n ose powdered? Kb?
L think that the telephone girls are
all to the good. 1 don't know one uf
them except for the "Number, please!"
They may be as handsome as a cun
ning little newly hatched White Wynn- |
ilotte, or they may be as homely as a
hermit crab ? but their voice sounds as
charming as a mountain brook rippling
over the tiny boulders lying w here they ,
w ill best block the stream; and, b'- ;
gosh, you can generally hear "em smile ?
: as they plug In for your call. Yas- j
sum. .hist like that. So you'd better
put ;i bit of ,'5-inl oil on the exhaust of j
your voice next time you call?and j
' uiske Vm think you're a real human '
No. 9083.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THB
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CAMDEN ' ,
nt Camden, in the State of South Carolina, at the Close of
Business on December 31, 1915.
Resources
Loans mid discounts $239,082,70
Overdrafts, unsecured L#58.?8
r s. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 60,000.00
Roads other than U. B. bonds pledged to secure ihmUI
savings deposits ?w! ? 2,000.0Q
Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bunk... 8,000.00
I .ess Amount unpaid 1,800.00 1,800.00
Furniture and fixtures 2,122.34
Not amount due from Federal Reserve Hank 4,873.05
Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New
York. Chicago, and St. Louis 5,808.54
\i*i amount due from a proved reserve agents in
oilier reserve cities 2,007.20 ^815.74
Net amount due from banks and bankers (other than above) ...?.v 4,420.81
other checks on banks in same city or town as reporting bank 083,25
Outside ehccks and other cash items, 1,288.10
Fractional currency, nickels, and cents 576.32
Notes of other national banks 3 mm
('..in and ? cri Itlciilcs A 0.505.00
l.cpil tender notes
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Tress,.,.,' >',800.061
other assets. If any .??140.41,
__ Tutwl ^844lg
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in W0.000.00l
Surplus fund 10,000.00
Undivided profits 31,200.03 tr
Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid 0,005.71 - H mm
Circulating notes outstanding 48,300.00
Dividends Unpaid 2,000,00
Demand deposits :
Individual deposits subject to check
Certlfied checks .jX, 1J
Cashier's checks outstanding
Postal savings deposits -5111
Total demand deposits * 81,383.22
Time deposits : '
Other time dejK>sits ....~ '. 07,175.531
Total of tline deposit* 07,1(75.53
Rediscounts with Federal Reserve Rank 18,051.70
Notes and bills re-discounted elsewhere than at Fed. Reserve Bauk ..18,651.701
Rills payable, including obligations representing money borrowed ....26,000.001
Total : - $328,1
State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw.
I, John T. Mackey, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly svi
that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and beii?
JOHN T., MACKEY, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of January, 1016.
Correct ? Attest: John S. Lindsay, Notary Public. I
C. J. Shannon, Jr. : ?
L. A. Wittkowsky, Directors.
M. H. 1 ley man j
being. If you don't you may pet what
the Indianapolis man picked ? accord*
ing to the News of that city. This
fellow hud n habit of abusing every
"central" with whom he did business
and fur something more than a year
lii-- calls were answered generally by
one operator. Now I'll let the News
tell how the thin? came out? and the
following is from that paper:
A few d^ys ago the "central'' bade
her fellow-workers In the exchange
good-bye. leaving the oilice -she head=
e?: straight for the wholesule district
and entered one of the largest estab
lishments. She asked for the proprie
tor. mill was finally shown into his of
fice.
"Arc you Mr. White?" she asked.
"Yes. what is it?" was the answer.
"Well. I am Miss Tucker, from the
telephone exchange, and I called
tell, I ? called to tell ? "
"Well, what <1<> vow want t<) tell?"
he shouted. ^
"To tell you to go to h ? 1," was th*
answer that greeted the astonished
grouch.
, "What do you mean? Explain your
self." demanded the grouch.
"No explanation Is necessary," re?
piled, the girl and she then left^the.4j?-?
flee. "I mado up my mind u year
^o tell you where to get off and I have
done it."
(Jrouch grabbed the phone, called
the manager and told him what had
happened. He demanded that tile glrj
<h discharged immediately.
"She is no longer in our employ,- ?
said tho manager. "She left tpdayJto_
lie married."? Palm lieaeh Post. ~ y~
? fiestr de Nut
Me ts
HE D/O/VT EXPECT H/S
BROTHER TO TRAVEL //V
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Bit
; Get i GOT R Li: TT-E R
, FROM iMY BROTH CR !
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! LF.5T TEN \ E ft 3S. He
j 5A\ S HE IS ON HIS
;WAY tq MiTTVVlLLE !
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I HE HAS
IflONtrY
FYfcS f GOT 0000 NEWS, MY TThFs ALWAYS WEL
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IF HE Has PLENTY
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o6 ft pi
v/ELL.VOUSEE MODESTY COMPELS!
ME NOT TO'SAY MUCH, EXCEPT
THAT HE WAS ON THE YUKON
FOR TEN YEARS AND AMASSED
AN ENORMOUS FORTUNE, ,/q NO HE
INTENDS TO SPEND IT I TV
NUTTYVI LLE , MAKE A BIG f
" /HEADLINE .WILL
far ? ? w/\ ? ? ?
THIS WILL MAKE
A GOOD STORV, THfi
WHOLE TOWN WILL
TURN OUT TO
MEET YOU R BROTH/d
'j
MAY 6 if Hf is not 7
MARRiE 0 : : j
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MAY8E HE MISSED THE
TRAIN, OR HE PROBABLY
HAS A PRIVATE CAR ! I
T NEVER EVEN
STOPPED !