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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE II 1>. NUm and ( & N. ?leM \ vimmr* I'ii 1. 1 l-.hr. I every Friday at U<*> No. Broad Street, and filtered at the Oani ri?u po*tottlce as aecond class mall mat* ter. Price jmt annum fl.OO. We tir? Kind to receive c^unnnnha lions of a reasonable length, l>ut an linjiortant condition of their publica tion Is that they shall In all caaea l>e accompanied hy the full name and exact address of the mender. Obitu aries, resolutions of rcNjiect, and church notice* tviu no* he Charged fur. Mat tern of purely a personal nature will he charged for at the rate of live centa ? line. . Whiskey or patent medicine advertisements will not he accepted at any price. Hates for display adver tising made |tuown on application. Camden, S. July M, If you fall to register on the roll book at The Messenger otllce or at your county precinct you will have no one to hlaiuc hut yourself if you are deprived <>f the tight to vote in tjlie primary. Do not pu? rt off, thb time is getting ? short. * ' Instead of eating their Thnnksglv ln>; dinner In Paris this year, looks as If the (icruiaua arc going to have to iio So i ne entertaining In their own homes, remarks the CJreenwood Jour nal. So often you hear young men and young V-omen say, "I am twenty-one years old and my own Iw>hs." I won der If they realize what It Is to l>e your own master? You nju>d have control of your tasty physically, men tally and morally. You must he mas ter of your will, your ways, your t.eirt |H?r. You must he master of your thoughts, your words, your actions. You must jfOVeru carefully your very attitude, your Imhits, your heart, ami If you are not a good master, and a strong one. all these things will soon be master over you. For myself. I would very much rather take the wUy of a child under age, trusting to the leadership and the. guidance of the Lord, "who doeth all tilings well," to he master of my life. After all. Is any one ever his own master? Don't cir cumstances and environment nearly al ways, alter cases? ? Selected. It's one of the funny things in life that men who can't light are always very martial and regret their, inability to save their country, says the Orange burg Times and Democrat. Kvery Democrat must enroll upon his club book this year if they want to vote in the primary in August. En rollment two years ago will not help you ? if you want to vote, you must enroll again. Sign your own name, if you can. The landing of a submarine at Mal tlinore with a cargo is a brilliant feat for the (ierniaus. but whenever you associate "submarine" with "Lusltan ia" it falls to produce a thrill with the average American. Post office Troubles. The delivery clerk in the country < dice has much to annoy him. There l*> :i drummer who wants any letters that can come for?hlm during the next ten days forwarded him at New York ; the man who wants to |. now if ;i letter now will go cast on (be L? :."?<) train: the I kiss mailed n letter without a stamp and wants it hack: six men who forgot their ho\ keys ami want their nt-i 1 1 handed out to them: the woman who knows there must be a letter for her, asks the ? Ink to "look again" the man who gets angry and wants the smart clerK t< "come out on the -ide v:tik .lust Iwo miiiulcv" ? ; CalTney Ledger. ~ I The First South Carolina Regiment' is still expecting orders at any minute; t ? ? entrain for "somewhere in Texas." II. II. Craiuger, of I^oris, S. ('.. was struck and instantly killed by a train near Conway Tuesday night while at tempting to Hag a train Hearing the' stat Ion. From Other Paper*. Why a SwmmI 'IVrm for .M*i?i?li?*. mc of tile IH'U -MM I- III the State ulilch nrc .ipjoxed to ??o\**rnor Mnu nhig ?ri< calling hhu to say whethcr he has always sup|M?itcd Oov n iii>r> \\ Ii< were candidates for re election. lint what difference ' should Hint make? Coventor Manning should not he given a second term simply Itcctiusc Mm* I ha* 1 ? ?" "i?. HHUMiW custom in South Carolina for fort> years. Ill' xllOllIU gIVCU || HCCOfld tei'UI Im-.jium' lit* endorsement at the prl ma ties this summer will stand also as an endorsement of tin* constructive efforts w it'll which lila administration has been hh'ni I fled. lie should he given a second term t?eeau*c In no other way can tin* voters testify so convincingly ttnft tills ?State wants a strict and Impartial en forcement of the laws. Ho fat* as Mr. Maiming 1st Concerned It makes little difference whether he is tiovernoi for two years or for four. it ma fees a very .ureal difference indeed whether the 'people of South Carolina will su|i|Mirt a Coventor who d<M?s his liest miller except tonally dif ficult e|renitis|HiM'<M mid whose admin-. 1st rat toil has made for the progress of the State and the allayiiient of |M>)lth*al strife.? r-News and Codrlcr, .Mail Order Houses. Tills Is what Herman Itosenrteld, advertising manager for Seats, Itoe huek & Co., recently told the members of the American Ad Club at Its enliven - tloii: "We have a bureau whose duty it is to read each week the country news papers from all over the country. There is not a pat?er of any consen ipience in our trade territory that the bureau d<M?s not get. This hurean looks over the papers and when we llnd a town where merchants do not advertise In the local pai?er, we Imme diately flood that territory with our literature. It always brings results far In excess of the same effort put forth in territory where the local merchants u*e their local papers." May lie the above Is the reason so much mail order literature Is sent In to this territory, and we have heard It said that a great deal of mail or der business Is done in this section. Mr. Merchant, can't you put a stop to part of this business, at least?? Tugahto Tribune. Kasy Credit Makes "Dead Heats." The Twin City Hulletin says under the above head that "Indiscriminate granting of credit with little or do attention to the financial responsibility of the person receiving tlm credit has undoubtedly had much to do at vari ous times with the failure of mer chants. If a customer goes to the bank to borrow money he must of necessity assure the banker of his desirability as a credit risk. Yet the v.'tme man can go to many a store and obtain almost any quantity of merchan dise on open account, with no investi gation as to his responsibility or proa* pects and with no security whatever. It has been estimated that "Jt> |>er cent of the failure.? in retail merchandising is dm- to unwise credit giving. "Then, a ni tears little room for ilouht that If the l'dail merchants of our towns would forget their Individual desire for volume of business and co operate with their coni|>etltors for the establishment of a comprehensive rat ing system, keeping the same constant ly corrected ui>-to-dat*. that many ol' the losses existing under present con ditions would .be stopiHMl. The con sumer who Is worthy of credit would be benefitted by such a bureau. Inas much as the stopping of losses due to bad accounts would be Inclined to low er a merchant's costs of transacting business. "Still more would each Individual merchant belonging to the credit as sociation receive benetlt. '?I,ocal credit bureaus are well worth the serious consideration of all the business interests In every town In the count ry." Mrs. Ilalph I>a venjiort, of l>onalds. was run over by a traih at that- .place last week. receiving liljuries from which she died a short (line later. A live months-old baby boy was| found in i lie depot at Spartanburg on Thursday. It was taken in charge by the Salvation Army. No. 318. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF LOAN & SAVINGS BANK Located at Camden S. at (he Close of Business June 30, 1916. Resources. Lou us and Discount# ^ Overdrafts ? Furniture and Fixtures Due from Banks and Bankers Currency Gold Silver and other Minor Coin Cheeks and Cash Items Total ... $ir>3. hi 15.33 ... 5~.m3.28 :i.o?2.ii T.OH'J.XS 1.110.00 s7o.no 1,140.40 2.152.35 $174 KT.-?. 14 $35,000 JK? ... r>.(jioo.(Hi Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid In Surplus Fund ... tr.. Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses aud Taxes l'aid 678.S8 Him* to Hanks and Hankers ... 3,489.23 1,050.00 77.81&54 Due to Hanks Dividends Unpaid Individual deposits Subject to Check . Savings Deposits Time Certificates of Dei>osit Certified Checks Cashier's Checks 20,149.02 .700.00 .. 140.40 401.38 ...? 108,207.33 i nwiiiri n --- ; onnnnnA Hills Payable, Including Certificates for Money Borrowed 2<?,ouo.uu Reserve FtU|d Carried on (General lndlvldnal fir Savings tf.<edger ?..1,600.W Total -re state of South Before me who, being duly condition of said , County of Kershaw. S. Lindsay, Cashier of the ys that tho above and foregoing shown hy the books of said bar ' : JOHN S. LINDSAY. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of July, 1016. Correct ? Attest: J. B. Wallace, Notary Public. T. U Utile, ii L. Scblosbnrg Directors. ? ? N?H (HAKUmN PAPKK To Be Kdilril lly Ma P. ?r?ce ?ii! SUrtn Willi I CinuUdoii. Muc-U t?f t|ic* CT?im r# work of lauuchliigthe ilmrlcston (S. t'.i Amer jriu in 1 1 'in c. dud the first odllkm will go to |?rm* oil July Itf. New equip ment Iuim l*en purchased an<l In al ready Installed In the new hulldlng. w lileli Ik Ofi'pl hy lilt' pn|?or, .fohll 1*. (J race, viiIiIImIum' and editor of the AtntuivMll. Iuim Ikmii active Ju South <'ar??llna political ami legal yir~ 1-1**1-:. 1 1?> lias 1 u't'ii prominent in wear in" <lrastl<- reforms and !h know n as a man of the jicople. . In keeping with thu poiley Of Ml' timet', tile American will carry on a dlrecl eaihpnlgn In ? 1 1 > 1 ?? . 1 1 (if (In* industrial class of the state. It will la- liberal ami independ PUt In p< >1 1 1 i > The editorial department will he hU* pcrvlsed personally hy Mr. (ii'uee, us slsted l?y Joseph I'. Hnrns, formerly of the Montgomery Advertiser, with a full eorps of reenters. A. J. Furlong, business manager, has had an actlro cart'cr on southern news papf-rs. lie started uhoiit eleven years ,1 '.1 as otllcc manager of the < "umber himl. (Md, ) Times, later going to the News of that oily as advertising man ager. lie then became advertising nutnager of the Mobile 1 1 *-iii and 011 the sale of that pa|?er went to the Montgomery Advertiser. At tout u year ago he joined thf* Ikithau (Ala.) Kagle as advertising manager. Starting with a paid limitation of 1.r>.< KH) and owning their own home, the hum. at the Jbeltu of the American feel con tide lit tnat they will ho ahle to weather any storm that tnfly break short of a hurricane. Harry J. Chapman, formerly assist ant circulation ma linger of the Charles ton lOvening Post, ha? been -placed In charge of the American's circulation. -"American Pre**. ? ? y Three Words. There? are three wordu, the sweetest words In all of human sjieeeh ; More sweet than are Ihe hoiiKk of birds Or pages poets preach. This life; amy ho a vale of tears, A sa<lt and <lreary thing. I In co words, and trouble dl,sapi?cars And Idrds begin to slug. ' Three words will cheer the saddest "I l?ve you? Wrong. by lieck ! It Is another sweeter phrase. "Kudosed find check." C-opled NOW IS THIS TIME TO ENROLL. ' No one can 'vote In the primary election of 1016 unless he goes to the enrolling officer of his club and places bis name ujion the dub roll. This Is the clear provision of the rules Of the piluiary, and it is not i>ossible, under this rule; for the Individual voter Who (Jeslres to participate in the election to send a message to the club secretary and ask that his name be put oil the roll Ibis will not do ? he. must lie in IHHson, and write bis full name on the book, and if he cannot do so, him Sig nature, .mu.it.. be made by nuii k .aiMj Mt tesfed by witness. It Is not sufficient that the voter had ills miync upon the club roll last year this will not do ? he must have* bis in: me enrolled during the enrollment period of the yea if 11)1(1 If he expects (i? take part in Ihe primary elections. I he club rolls wore o|hmuV. on the irrst Tuesday in June, and will close "ii the last Tuesday in July, which happens to be the LT>th dav ??f the month: no name can be placed on the roll after the 25th of Julv, except as' provided In rule VJ. which Is as foi lows : 1 -? y)? the last Tuesday in July in each ehH'tion year, which . hall be the hisf day of enrollment, fhe club books shall close : and within three days thereafter each secretary shall mit the original ro|,| to the county chairman, who shall forthwith cause to be made and shall certify a copy there of and tile the same with the clerk of the court for public ins|iecfl??u at all times. At least ten days before the lirst primary the county committee shall meet after thn>o days published notice in a newspaper of general cir culatlon in the county of time and i place of meeting and examine the rolls, j A"i persoii may complain of errors I 'therein and the county committee, af ter hearing complaints, shall in a fair a ud impartial manner corr<*ct and purge the rolls, striking oflf flic names of .all iiersons not residing in the club district for which each roll wns made up or otherwise Improperly enrolled and adding any names ' impropejto omitted : Provided. No name shall be stricken from any club roll without three days notice by mail to the |Ml dress Appearing on the club roll to. tb^ person whose name is pro|*>sed to be dropped from the roll to show cause why said name should nyt be dropped. When said rolls have been revised and corrected fty the said county com mittee they shall Jl?e certified to m)(] returned to the respective sccretaries'or each club and shall thereuntil Income I the official club rolls and no names shall be added thereafter except by the | order of n judge of competent jurisdic tion.- ' - * t J 1'|h?i the completion of said reyts lon the county chairman shall imme diately file in- the office of the clerk of eourt a list duly certified by him of all names. adde<1 or dropi>ed from said roll, with age. place of residence, and occupation, which list shall Ik? pre senteil by the clerkcalon? with the du plicate roll on die in his office and any I imtsoii may there inspect said roll aiid list of corrections" kf all times. The original roll shall l>e returned ' be secretary of each club and Tiy bim "delivered to the managers of the primary election before the hour of opening the polls; and no person shall be allowed to vote at said election whose name does not appear oft said original roll as herein required. The managers of election shall return said rolls to the secretary of the Hub Im mediately after the counting of tifc votes and the declaration of the result or as soon thereafter as practicable* Provided, if ihe original roll l>o l<*t or miscarried a copy of the duplicate^ as <*>*wted by the county committee and "led in the clerk's office, such copy to lie ^^ertided to by htm, shall he used in pla^e of the original. - , . .. iJSBS BETHUNE NEWS NOTES?. Chronicle of Happenings From Our Regular Correspond^*!. -- ? . , Hethune. July 18? A report w?# ?-u ( civ ?*?i. .here Sunday Uu?t Mrs. stecn, ?>f M< ? i who had be&i !?? h Columbia hospital for some time. that 'lay. We have not Imh>ii aide t<? y|rl f,V tin- report, however. A protracted UlOOt t0if will hegln. tft the Hethuno Presbyterian church on tin* first Xu?m1?i.V In August. A revival win imgiu at the ttcthunc Methodist church on Monday after tiU" fourth Sunday In tills month to lu? conducted by tile pastor, Itov*. A. M. (tardner. Mr. tiardner will be gin a meeting at St.. Matthews Metho dist ? hureh Just after tin* nmdlng Closes here and during tho early part of Almost, p and Hw. Ji M. Forlds will conduct a union meeting at Beth any Methodist church, near Tiller's Ferry. Hev, and Mix. .1. M.- Forbls. Mr. aild Mrs. A. It. Mel^iurlu, Misses (Ma and Stella Itcthunc, Annto Jennie Kobert son. Addle Mao Kelly, Alice and <!en eva King, Messrs. Mark King, Kobert liethnne, Loriug Davis and Thornwell Clyhurn loft Tuesday morning for tbo mountains of Xtyfli Carolina. They will wako their headquarters at Clilni*' ne.v Uoek, but will visit Ashovlllo and othor | Kibitz. Tbo party expects to ix> none about two weeks. Messrs, It. S. Stewart/^Stato (Nmn clllor; and .las. S. Wilson, State Ste rol a ry, of the Junior Order, cairie down Tuesday evening and attended a bust-, ness meeting of the Hethune lodge that night. Miss Annie Jennie Robertson, who lias been attending summer school at II arts vi tie for the past several weeks, returned to Hethuno last Saturday for the balance of the summer. Mrs. C. W. Sateber am) ehildren, of Wards, are visiting the fiimllv of Mr. M. 17. Ward. Mr. Sid Padgett and family will move Into the residence formerly oc cupied by Mr. 1). T. Yarhrough and family, today. Mrs. Algle Outlaw and cblldreu are spending a few days with relatives below Itishopville. Miss Annie Mao Pate Is s|>e?riiug a few days with her uncle, Mr. Dick Pate, near Lueknow. Miss Maggie Yarhrough has 1hhm? unite sick the past week. Mrs. P. L. Norwood and children, of McHee. were in town last Friday. l>r. 10. Z. Truesdell left this morn ing' for New York, where he will sjkmhI several weeks at the New York Poly clinic institute, taking a post gradu ate course In surgery. Mr. Iturrell (Jardner, of Kershaw was tn town today. "The Spell of The Yukon" at Majestic. Christine Mayo joins the Metro forc es in "The S|?ell of the Yukon." the gripping new tlve act photo-drama bas ed on the poem of the same name by KohcYt W. Service,' "the northern Kip ling." Miss Mayo plays "Helen Tem ple." the part opposite to "Jim Car son." played by that eminent, dramatic actor. Kdmund Hreose, who is starred. Miss Mayo is a well known actress, whose continued work under the ^fetro banner will be watched with interest. For Ivan she played in "A Mother's Confession" and was starred In "A Fool's; Paradise." She played the lead in "The Warning.*' op|M>site Henry Kolker. for the iCquttable. She was Been in "The Supreme Sacrifice" for the World, and with the aid of Wil liam Farnum; she presented the Fox feature. "The Hroken Law." * "The Spell of the Yukon" will lie seen at the Majestic Theatre next Thursday. July "JOtb. ? adv. FERTILE TASMANIA. Nicknames Applied toi the One Time Convict Settlement. "Tasmania is perhaps the most iutcr estiiiK of the states of our coimnon wealth," remarked the Australian. "It is a large triangular island lyihg to the south of Melbourne and was once a cohvlet settlement. "The climate is delightful and the soil remarkably fertile. . The island is practically one large orchard. As fruit trees do not require much tending, lei sure is a notable characteristic of the Inhabitants, and Tasmania is lenown throughout the antipodes as 'the ?aud of lots of time' or "the land of sleep a lot.' Is Is nlso called 'the jam country' ond its natives familiarly termed 'jam eaters.' This' is on account of the pres ence of an enormousxcannei'y on the island, where some of the orchard products nre converted into Jams, Jel lies and preserved fruits. "But this by no means (*nds the list of Tasmanlan ijieknamcs. Two Dutch explorers, Tasman and Van Dleman, had to do with the discovery of the island, and. although t he name Tas man is now used, it Is often referred to in old schoolbpoks as Vim Dieman's Land. We find it amusing to twist the latter name a bit $nd call the Tus manians 'demons,' which Is a shame, as they are the 'mildest and best fel lows in the ~ world. They speak of themselves as 'Tasies,' ond that may be accepted as their unofficial designa tion." "J)lnk" Wise, of St. Matthews, cap tured an alligator more than ten feet In length about four mile* from that city on Friday afternoon. Why German Army Occupied Belgium. It has been said that the German army went hrough Belgium because It was the shortest way to Paris, says William L. Haumlers. in the Kngineer* Ing Magazine. This may Ix* true, but a reason of more importance present* Itself In that Belgium is rich ift Coal, Iron and factories. .They ore now used for the benefit of Germany and might have been used to supply mu nitions to her enemies. Moat of the mineral of France is laid In her north ern boundaries, and tliese are now held by Germany. The same is true of French industries. Gal Ida la rich in oil. Poland In coal, and trie largest > ? ? ?".ii *.rs - pum 4?p4ttit* Lit UiwhIu am iu .Ita. J&fc. n?'U littMiu, which iKinh'rH oil i'olaiul. (iermau i'oiKiu^KtM have, therefore, been dlnn-ted to platen where uiiiiett ami factorh* are located, n,i?- plain intent of this U'Iiik tu titllixo theae reaoureea <hijln^ war mihI t?? be in jMwttion ou tlw* declaration of |>e*ce to retain Home S__'^ "*?"* ' O? T ????W:'- ?T?y' ?' tvoK] ui$l ihm- -r-~+ Wlwmtb* y*r \in&* out that oltne aiiu?. u?i in du*trU??* Uer i*m?Mou *-?* au y TvO?y> her pofULm tu ? siKH't t* *tfo?g?r twin that <>f ^ ?>?**? ???;" OUR No. 9083. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAMDEN at Camden* in the State of South Carolina, at th$ Clou Business on June 30th, 1916. Resources Loans and discounts Overdrafts, unsecured ....... ir, U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) Ponds other than U. S. bonds pledgea to secure postal saVjjugs deposits :. Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bank. ,...3,600.00 Less Amount unpal<) ..? - 1,800.00 Furniture and fixtures Net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank Net amount due from approved rbserve agents in New Yujrk, Chicago, and St. Louis ....: 4, Net amount due from approved reserve agents in ether reserve cities 13.54L07 Net amount due from banks and bankers (other than above OWier checks on banks in same city or town as reporting I Outside checks and othet cash items, 248.70 Fractional* currency, nickels, and cents. 377.04 Notes of other national banks ; Coin and certificates * Legal tender notes i Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treas Other assets, if any ' " Total ^gasi ? ?????? Liabilities. ?mi ? U*.1 1 Capital stock paid in Surplus fund ~ Undivided Profits 82,097.04 Reserved for Interest 1,800.00 ......... ? - Less current expenses, interest, andtaxos paid 7,<k< - -< Circulating notes outstanding Dividends Unpaid ; Demand deposits: Individual deposits subject to check ., ; ' Certified checks Cashier's checks outstanding - Postal savings deposits Total demand deposits Time deposits : r ~ ~ ? ? ]jfl| Other time deposits Total *? 4 State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. oni^Mlrtl I, John T. Mackey, Cashier of the above-named bank, do soje^ja that the above statement Is true to the best- of my rvish?3 IOHNT.MACKEr.CMW9 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 0th day of ? -- pnKlia Ctfrrect ? Attest : John S. Lindsay, Notary r?v-| C. J. Shannon, Jr. M. If. Hey man 1.. A. Wlrtkowsky Directors. ..... .. i 'J : 3Bi?* Liabilities. ';y W. M. Shannon, DlVfrWoBt O. A. Khame v > n1?. it. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF BANK OF CAMDl Located at Camden, S. C.f at the Clo?e of Bu?in?? 30th, 1S16. * JyoaiiH and. Discounts OterdraftH v Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank Furniture and. Fixtures Banking House Other Real Estate owned Due from Banks and Bankers :..." Currency Gold Silver and Other MinorvQoJn Checks and qasto Items