The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 23, 1920, Image 2
GERMAN LIVING
COST IS HIGH
Food Necessaries Show Ad^
vances Up to 4,000 Per Cent
Since 1914.
CLOTHING AND SHOES UP
Official Report From Berlin Declares
That Middle-Class Struggle for
Existence la Hopaleaa?Sugar
la Leaet Affected.
Waahlngton.?A report received here
through o(tichit channel* from BeritJQ
outlines by comparative tables of
prices of essential coin modi tie? In 1U14
and 1020 tho advance In the coal of
living In Germany aluce the outbreak
of the Kuropean war.
According to the figures, the cost of
Jiving for an unmarried clerk living
awuy from hon\c I>us risen from 177
marks a month In 1014 to 500 marks
<thls year.
The actual coat of the essential ar
ttcloM of food for a family of four at
present la out Una ted at 050 markM a
month.
Clothipo Out of Queatlon.
Clothing, ?*he report says, Is impos
alhle to purchase at present prices. A
suit which In 1014 cost 80 marks la
now reported to aell for 1,000 marka, a
price Increase of 1,150 per cent. The
coat of ahoea has increaaed over 1,000
per cent. Shoes which In 1914 aold at
15 marks h pair arc now bringing 175
marks. Men's shirt* which could for
merly be bought for 7H marks each
arc now being sold for 05 marks, a rlae
of 1,100 per cent.
Similar price Increases prevail for
all essential commodities, the Increaaea
ranging from 225 per cent for electric
enrrent to 1.55ft per cent for soap, a
piece of soap \vhlch before the war
cost 30 pfennigs now selling for 5
marks.
The Increase lu the cost of food es
sentials, according to the figures given
In the report, Is even more startling.
The coat of eggs has risen 4,00ft per
rent, one egg now costing 2^ marks.
"Lard comes next, with a percentage
Increase of 3,73,'!. Rice, cereals, butter
and bacon have increased In price
more than 2,000 per cent.
8ugar Increases Least.
The article of food which has In
creased least In price since 1014 la
sugar, which has gone ?p compar
atively small amount of 31ft per cent.
Nefore the war sugar sold In Germany
for 25 pfennigs a pound. It now
brings. the report says. 1,04 marks.
Mlik also has retained a low cost In
comparison with the tremendous In
creases prevailing In most commodi
ties. Its eost has risen 320 per cent.
According to the report, the average
monthly earnings 6f the German mid
dle classes arc only from 300 to OiM)
marks. Taking the "needs as outlined
for existence, the report says, examina
tion of the tables gives some concep
tion of the present hopeless struggle
of the middle classes for existence on
the meager return of their work. .
TIPSY CAT LEADS TO LIQUOR
New York Revenue Officers Trail Ine
briated "Tom" to the Source
of Supply.
Now York.?Confounding those who
nay ruts will not drink linrd liquor,
Harold IV?Oohh*,. Internal revenue
n(TonI. overs that a HfW "Tom" recl
ine nlon^r the street led hltn and broth
er ofhoors to a cache of !"><> bullous of
alcohol and Other Intoxicating bev
ura:_'os In the cellar of a saloon al
m^fh awmii1 and Forty-fourth street.
In the place, according to Dobbs,
tvere several more cats, and all hilari
ous. Moreover, there was a deter
iilricd effort made hy each cat to ob
taln a share of a dark brown liquid
lhat tind leaked from an overturned
leinijohn on the Moor.
Thomas Fitzgerald, proprietor of the
miIooh, nod lr^ b:ineruier. Hugh Lee
ke\. were arretted hy Dohhs and
:*harired wiih v:o!;irtm; the prohibition
?uuetidment.
Girl Sneezed So Hard
Eye Popped From Head
Stl? willl Ml' It Vhiii lli't' .MS
?o ?-:n.Iter !?>?' Iii f;t!l mil \\ :t?
tli#' t'X(" rifi< ? ? -I
1'ryor of < liev'rr, Pit. T)i?? op",,
v* ;o? i ?-1? t:i< ??< 1
A< i-onlin^ to tin* hospital iiu
ihoriilrs. it )-< not iiiniMtal for
tli.- .-jt ?? to r.'tno\.'(t for some
o|v| .1 t ji?us, lull to I..INO It for?'?Ml
? nit li> (oimlmi^ or is
uti.?ju?' in (i!??? 11? ill aiiimlv. Miss
l'r\ or Ii;in It'l l l in- hospital. suf
fi-i iiiK' no s?Tioii> .? tT??? t> from
?In- |MTiil!;ir ?
ERIN SENDS LIONS TO AFRICA
Oubitn Zoo Export* Uieh-Bxwn Bea&tt
to Dark Continent ? First Time
on Record
I>iiI?!111 lr<''?'nl I ?t i'i :i i* mow ??x
porfli:^ ll??ns f.? S.mfli Afrirji. Th*
Dublin Zoo hnx h fafimrs Hon how**
w hr?rr (!??? )?nl?iaN *??????? !
fully brp<], !t li^ i.i .n unit' t?> *up
ply J "as "ri -I'Mn.-ii * '?> . Mi**:* /on" ir
thr f'nl* "1 K^nu'ilnt:- !>u* tni* Is thi
*iin?? an < r<J T k*:;> I oai r'ceivcx
from A/rlca.
Aya Sophia.
?IIKN Constantinople passes
out of Turkish hands what,
the religious world asks,
will heroine of Aya Sofia?
Is tt to remain a place of Moslem wor
ship, or will that "greatest temple
after St. Peter's" he rededleated to
Christian use? So asks E. A. N. Val
entine in Los Angeles Times.
Whatever be the tolerance shown
the creed of the Arab prophet In the
Constantinople of the future. It Is al
most certain the cross will supersede
the crescent on Justinian's splendid
monument to early Christianity. Its
nevy consecration to the purposes for
which it was- reared is a duty owed
tit** memory of Its Illustrious founder.
Not even St. Peter's outrivals Aya
Sofia in interest. Its history Is In
separattle, not only with Constantino
ple Itself, but with Christianity. The
creation of Byzantium ??s the seat of
the- eastern Roman empire by Con
stantino the Great had a religious as
well as a political motive. Made a
convert to the teachings of the Naza
rone by the "In hoc slguo vinces"
vision, he resolved to establish a new
capital in which that faith should have
exclusive sway, and his first act was
to lay the foundations of the original
basilica of "The Divine Wisdom" on
which the present fane was rebuilt by
his descendant, the author of the
"Pandects." Byzantium wns to be
what Home is today. -It wns through
this successor of the Caesar* and bis
Church of Aya Sotlu. the See oT the
Creek Patriarchs, that Christianity at
tained her first great triumph over pa
ganism.
Aya Sotia may well be called the
hoiiI of Constantinople?the heartbeat
of Its long history?tt has figured In
all Its various chapters of vicissitudes,
variegated ?? which rests
an exotic bloom richer than any In
ventions of fancy.
On One of Seven Hills.
The cupola and thinking minarets of
Aya Sotlu. familiarized by paintings
and photography, are what tirst catch
the eye in approaching Constantinople
hv water. Dawn or sunset hour is the
most favorable moment for that ap
proach. the impressions of which stir
the pulse of even the most sophisti
cated traveler. Yisjoned at dawn,
with the city wrapped in light ipist.
faintly touched by blushes of a still
hidden sun. the many mosques of
Stamhoul appear almost aerial, seem
like vast rose-ii ntred soap bubbles
Hn?>al~?Vn the tllmy sra. instrlrjtanlittl
as the fabric of dream, like the phan
tasmagoria evoked by hashish-caters.
Avn Sotia occupies one ?>f the seven
Mils of Stamhoul. that congested quar
ter of true Turke\d<?m. lying on the
sit,, of old I5\zant mm on the Asiatic
shore and separator} from Cahita
I-...;, i)i,< cosmopolitan quarter, by the
i.oi,|.-n Horn and from Skuturi by the
r..,s|o!il-? of these superb summits
!uis the M"arest and most command
locution. ? 'in- sees i: from almost
.. r. ;.iii or (?otistaniinoplc and Its
?ij\iro!is, Yet like most els,- in the
t:- \ iev\ le" enhance
> Itapr.-sshms When ton.- has
, s7pi.ir.- ?)"! v. hi-h it is slfu
j: no heifer lise a p:e:i>ure
?ome ? ?: K uhla Kahn. The main rii
t.ola has lost l.oih Us silvery airiness
mid swelling proportions; ?l??- Irregular
>,t;, ss guarded h> 's . ? .11 r minarets.
' Ke giant pointed pencils, lacks warmth
of color anil sf-ais ?.?>; use.I in design.
I's mich-iis? the h-tvi c:i of .lu*tl.iian
struggles I ,!toeo. >n lashlon. in the
v-o11 of MoIim niineda n efieiim hra n.'e.
Dctpoiled by the Turk.
The Turk has despoiled A\.i Sofia
of aH (full Is n ">T ?pcrrrrrtnt *n th?- hHiid
,dk The heap.'d treasures of Justin
fM'i's ti:?- 't at oie e filled the sanctU
:-rv ie l* i but i here ?:e Ktill the
it. h inae ? i.s out ?<: .-tech the hssll
h-n ?as ...i !it? i ? I When one passe*
thr.. i-?: : ?; ? - "f ?urt
jar j >-?? e-.'-tii*-'! e th a f?<MninlD
where the Turk performs his uncon
vincing ablution before prayer, Into
the mosque, one Is at once lmpres??l
with what the glory of Aya Sofia must
have been. Its cost of 55,000,000 was
enormous for the times, and such a
drain on the exchequer of the empire
that rigid economies In various de
partments, were necessitated. One
hundred thousand workmen were en
gaged In the construction, which was
achieved in five years.
Besides the amazing display of mo
saic it Is a liberal education In mar
bles. Marble of every kind known to
the ancient world Is there?marble of
divers hue?bla?k, green, cream and
rose?marble veined, dappled, varie
gated and starred* marble from the
hear mines of Marmora, from Greece
and Asia Minor, from ICgypt, even from
Ultima Thule. Famous temples were
ravished to supply the Innumerable
pillars of the galleries and the pilas
ters of the waits. Some of these are
from the Temple of the Sun at Baal
bek ; others from Thebes, from Pal
myra, from Athens, from Home Itself.
The structure, with its porches and
side aisles, Is rectangular, and besides
Its main dome is roofed by minor
vaults. It Is the vast cupola of the
nave that carries one away by Its
suggestion of a vast inverted abyss.
The least ponderable of practicable
material was needed to sustain It; and
this was found in volcanic pumice and
Khodian brick, that weigh but a fifth
of the common variety.
The dome, and indeed the whole In
terior of Aya Sofia, is mosaic lined,
representing Christ, the apostles and
legions of saints. The Turk, whose
religion abhors human representations,
covered these with glided wash that,
grown thin, suffers this Hyzantium art
t.? re-emerge in spots. Cartouches
with sentences from the prophet and
rosettes of gold have been stuck here
and there, and the childish decoration
of ostrich eggs, together with bronze
lamps an<l glasn globes, the lattice
work of the women's galleries, (he In
laid Minber or pulpit; the lecterns with
old costly Korans open on them, the
looped green linen with Arabic In
scriptions hanging by silken cords from
the celling, priceless carpets on the
wnll, th?' MlnraJt* indicating the direc
tion of Mecca, all proclaim the Mussul
man's house of prayer.
Ornament She Hadn't Noticed.
Thirty veurs ago we used to wear
I * *
; our hats f??r several years, and each
year about November we g>?l out our
winter hat and felt Just as proud as
if it was new. writes a correspondent
of the Chicago American. On one oc
casion I was wearing a four-year-old
I hni that had been bamlhoxed for two
J years. I have one peculiarity and that
lis: "Never look in a mirror."
j So when I took a front seat at
?church that day I noticed people in
general had on a smile that didn't
wear off.
I never dreamed it was anything
? about my hat, but when I took It. off
in my bedroom, there on the top vas
a mud dauber's nest as l>ig a? a base
hall.
Siberian Industries.
According to the statistics of the
1 ministry of trade and Industry, cover
ing nine governments and province*
I In Siberia and the governments of
Term and Orenburg, there were sub
? ??? insp+*ctl?o in liilH. l.fsJX iudus
trial plants, with 00!.301 employees nnd
an annual production of more than
' 401.778,182 roubles. Of these 77i> werf
! plants making foodstuffs with 14,541
| employees. and annual prodnetlOt
| nmounting to 15M.RX0.Rl4 roufeto*.
j When Dun? Cease from Troubling.
Brown?So you look upon Sunday *? j
! n day of rest.
.Irrt* Yes, and If you owed a*
i many people as I do you would see It
1 In t be sit me light.--Boston Transcript
\\ OKDINAM'K
I ? .
1 To Suture ti?e Closing of All riw* uf
|il**llKW* on ille Sabbath Day In
tlit* City of Catodtn. S, C.
o . ,
lit* li ordained by (lie, City Counell
tif (Niinilen. >* (Si tl??t from dull Ira
media tel.* tlu' iiaxsaue of this <>f
(Uhmihv, nil pint's of business shuH In*
eh*sed a/aj> all i' ??>viipa lions shall
within tin- ii.< ?<i |-or,ii?- limit* of
lie (' i I \ (if ( it 111 ?' i ii. S. on t|>? S:il>
llllMl ?]jiy. commonly railed Sundn.v.
Any )er?on who Khali lo?ep open any
place ??f hudm-w, or shaii soil or 1mr?
Icr. or expose for sale any gOtXlK,
wai'i'-. merrliy nil lw? chattels or other
arileles. what-??evor. or \Vho shall (Ml*
i?4jja' ill IU y .Mvulur ooeupatluu or 'luW'
lues* of nn.v kind wlml'ii'vcr, or any
|>er?on or I* rsons who slmll publlely
work Jiihoi within I\ c City of ('am
tle'u on the Sabbath day. o.teeptin ea*o?
of eiiiencoiiey or noot\sslty. shall !h>
Willily of ii misdemeanor and shall up
on eonvletlo."' <be, lined not less than
ten ($IOi Dollars, nor more than fifty
?I? >11ar. or ho Imprisoned for a
lN i i(<l nf not U>ss than live (.">) days,
nor mote than (20) twenty days.
I'rovideil. that the provision* of this
ordiiiHiice shall not apply to -praetle
hig physicians of medicine or sundry,
or to livery st aides, and shall not he
construed to prevent ( druggists from
tilling prescript ion* for the sick., or
soiling mc.li.'iucf
And irovhied further, that deliver
ers of iep may deliver iee to their ens.
toiners on the SnbUith until one (1)
o'clock. but if shall Ik- unlawful for
Ice wagons to l*e on the streets of Cam
dt'ii on tl.f abbatli day after the hour
named.
Katltlodby the May in1 and Alder*
men of Hie City of Camden, S. (5., in
<'mine11 iisvu'Jl'ied tills lOth dav of Mkiv,
1J H Vs*.
r. M. Zh\MI\
Attest: '.Mayor.
.1. J (i(X )l?Al K. 4 'U?rU,
Camden. N. May 22, WON.
AI >.M IN lMTKATOK'H NOTICE.
All parties indebted to the estate of
I. II. Alexander. dot-eased, are hereby
notified to make payment to the under
signed. and all partles having claims
against tlx' sahi estate will present
llieni duly attested within the time
proK4TilH'il by law.
ItQBKHT (;. McCltlOKJUT,
{/ Qualified Administrator.
Caiudon. S. April 21st, 1920.
Products
of the
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THE BEST COOKS
IN, THE WORLD
The South has the reputation of having the best
cooks and the finest cooking in the world. "South
ern Cooking" is synonymous with the highest ob
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maintain, Southern cooks are careful to select only
the best materials.
This is the reason that x
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and
"ARGUS SELF-RISING"
I are the brands of flour used exclusively m thou
sands of Southern homes.
The Piedmont Mills have been furnishing the
South with Quality Flour for the last oU yean,
The Piedmont Milling Process regains ALL the
; nutriment of the wheat and produces a flour
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pllfflTtyi
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money for flood vwluo rather thai
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CHALMERS
X; . : ? , .
Gets Maximum Power
from Present Day Gas
Obviously, the prob
lem of gasoline is get'
ting more and more
serious, and obviously, too,
gasoline is going down and
down in grade.
Cars arc not performing the
way they once did.
Fuel experts say there is just
as much power in a low grade
"gas" as in a high grade "gas."
But the problem is to get
out this power.
Hot Spot and Rams-horn
in a Chalmers perform this
task.
Hot Spot heats and "breaks
up" the heavy, raw particles
of gas like water striking a
hot stove. * ?
A fine vapor "cloud" is
formed, which is the very
"food" the cylinders need, and
while the "gas" is in that fine
condition RamVhorn rushes
it to the cylinders.
The results are well known
to those who drive a Chalmers.
This action,"snap," absence of
vibration are common to a
Chalmers, but it has none of
those troubles common to cars
whose engines are not design'
ed to accept and "digest" the
low grade "gas" of the day.
Those troubles are hard
starting, frequent fouling of
spark plugs, burned bearings,
scored cylinders, abbreviated
mileage from "gas." Ride be'
hind the wheel of
a Chalmers and
you will agree
that it 16 one of
the few great
cars of the world.
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GEO. T. LITTLE
. Camden, S. C.