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Insurance ~W~ We write Fire, Life, Accident, I ive Stock, Hail, Plate Glass, Automobiles, Parcel Post and Burglary Insurance; furnish fidelity and surety bonds and sell Real Estate. We thank thos$ who have so liberally patronized us, and will appreciate any busi ness you place witli'us. * ,A . .. - .. .. . . ? . ; ........... .v ? v... ? ?. ? ? % CAMDEN LOAN & REALTY CO. I. C. HOUGH, Manager FULL GRADING AND GOOD WEIGHTS Ship Your Cotton to Nitrate Agencies Company COTTON DEPARTMENT Bay Street, East Savannah, Ga. Liberal Advances on Consignments Correspondence solicited. E. W. Young & Co. Representatives Crocker Building Telephone 240 Protects mort^a^ed wal estate. A "Li! V" Policy Days the mortgage if the bor ,, < rower dies. Lt gives him time to discharge ? the obligation i!' he dies." An "Endowment" Policy pays off the mortgage whether the borrower lrves or dies. Southeastern Life Insurance Co., L. A. McDowell, Agent . Service and Quality UV ? ? s i a i ) i i s h i * ? i our business on the principle of Im in>r litir wlth'our customers, givi-ng them full value !'itr tlit it. i my they leave with us. We have continued that policy throughout the? years \vt I ,nr been serving you, and wr are pursuing it more per Latently than e\er in this era of price in "atio-n today. I ; t w e never lower the standard of our goods. On this high plam <>! cominrroality we solicit your patronage. Bruce s Pure Food Store PHONE 66 Mention The Chronicle When Writing Advertisers temple of the Five Hundred Gods, Canton. (Prepared bjr the National Olographic Ho clety, Wanhllllf ton. D. 0. ) ? CANTON 1h the Tarts and Hun ger Hill of China, The Chinese say that he who has not lived in Canton knoWft not luxury."" Equally true is It that the, American of lowliest estate who has not m?en Canton knows not poverty. In contrast to ancient .tem ples, and palatial homes surrounded with park-like gardens, are the beg gars at their gates, covered with sores and whining for a pittance; the leaden eyed porters, straining under their burden of humanity or baggage; women haggling for a plgeon-egg-sired lump (if bean curd, half a dozen i>ea nu,ts, a dozen roasted beans, or a strip of meat the size of a rasher of bacon as a special luxury for the family din ner. A live and ten-cent store would be a Tiffany's for many well-to-do Can ton families. The cent, now a sort of war tax annoyance to us, would have to be, subdivided for the China man. His smallest coin, the cash, nor mally worth one-twentieth of an Amer ican cent, was too largo in some places, and bamboo tokens are rec ognized by. tradesmen as worth half ft rash. Yet there is luxury, ex presided not eniy in hemes, commerce, and busi ness structures, but in products which make ("Hilton the art center of China. Its lacquer and sandalwood articles are unique, its ivory carving unsur passed. Its pottery, gem setting, and , fans, from the palm leaves we buy for a few pennies to the ivory-handled feather ones the tourist bargains for ? t $i!fi or$3f>, are world famous. Revolutionary Center of China. ratriolleally Canton has several points of contact with the American. Most likely the'llreerackers which dis turbed (.iir early-morning slumbers on .the KtMteM- ??f -Jtrty earn*1 from there, as well as the fan we carried to the community demonstration later. Can* ton was Hie birthplace of 'he revolu tion in l'.il 1 that ended the Mnnehu dynasty. and ha^ been-the storm ren ter of other revolutionary activities since. Except for a few newer streets. It a million without a wheel or a beast ?f burden." Strangely ancient in some" respects. < 'anion long has practiced some of the expedients which are be ing urged as experiments in western lands. < So far as her bustness district is concerned, the city is thoroughly "zoned." The shopper may Jind prac tically jdl the city has to offer in wood carving on one street, in silks and em broideries on another, in jewels and pror mis stones on another. 1 Miring the coal shortage iu our eastern states in recent winters, effort s were made to I do cooking at central kitchens and nerve food "ready to eat" at- homes in the neighborhood. Long has the fuel shortage been acute in Canton. driv ing the housewife to chaff, twl-gs, lit ter, for her cooking, and making cod ing and vending on the streets a re rottrse of the poor rather than a fad with the rich. The Chinese "hot dog man has a greater variety, but small er portions, than our own. and he is not. to be recommended from the standpoint of sanitation. Fighting the Plague HtHHhtt lift* f f ??? vi ? i* 1*1 y k''oiHC)' i*h?*ap?>r in the ini?lst of ronpostlon. suflVrtr.ir and po\*?rty. Kiirlv pffortM to fVtflit tli<> bubonic pla^uo u oro cravi^ ly met with I ho n rjrumtut that thfi-r wvrv t??o ninnv mouths to ft?*<l, anv * * way, in Canton, .4nd tlin plague. liWe the typhoons, were proviilont ial for fhovo \\ h<> I'vcajM-f! Hni'.iiiiu* finaliv woo th?a<lny ami thf ! : i) 1 ?? ? x on str^ft I'nrinTs nrr h<>t r ? ? 1 ?? :t k **d for fr:i*.h r?* <*?*! ? ? Tln'V :i :*?? for ? ! ra'v. which :::??? <*o| !??' ' ft! an?i t irn>-?!. Tin tnrnailo. -s w r?- k )>??< uli.ir b.(\o. !.?? of the | ?'. I, ilir 'lu.il.ln; ]?!}?? ??> of >? ::.< 1 ' i"' of ' - ;Tih:.'l l ;t i ? ' - i Mi .. ^t boii ' i !.??>?? lin.i f dv (?". v f | Tar h ?... ia! pa: TLf r u o:\pti f : r.?*r!\ fur i ' ? ?? "!s" on rr ' ? , ? I:.:.... - -f '!.<?? ]or r r . ? , (???! ' ' f o i The city is 70 miles up the Pearl : river front the sea. Naming the kinds of junk* that ply about .Canton re quires aH much knowledge as picking the makes of automobiles that spin along Riverside df|ve*or Michigan ave nue. The "ullpper boats" are recog nizable because of a striking refcein blauce to their European-given nick name; the "Cahton sampans are nu merous; the two-masted passenger Junks are the Oaitton-llongkortg for- j tries, hut the most curious of the many other kinds, perhaps, arc the Hi.- ling, operated by Chinamen stepping on a treadmill in the rear. These were In vented by an European who sensed that man power is the cheapest and most plentiful to be had in Chind? v land where labor-utilizing rather than labor-saving devlcea pique the invei# tor. The gutters are In the middle of the street, In Canton. The divers down by the water front go In feet first. The Canton bon-bon is ' plt-tan. ? egtrs preserved in rice hulls, allies and lime. If a man has a beautiful yard or gar den. he hides it by a high wall ; but once the visitor breaks through this privacy. Ui company with a trusted guide, he may find JjJj ^ not 6n,5' on the premises but conducted through an exclusive home as if it were a pub i He l.uibling, and tin- household mem bers go serenely about their own- affairs while they, too, are described and ex plained bv the cordial friend. Here Is a hint of the origin of the China town tours .in our great cities. Temples and Legends. If the struggle for existence sug gests materialism, one need only visit the temples in Canton, to glimpse the delicate, subtle, and daring imagina tion of the seemingly literal, cautious Chinaman. The "Flowery Pagoda," with the copper pillar topped by a golden ball, is where a famed Indian missionary once spent a night, and so fragrant '.vnv hi* presence that the flower still Is fr?i* from '.mosquitoes. To the "Five Fairies Temple" once i came live genii, wearinit coats of dif | ferent colors and riding goats of differ ent colors. Fa eh fairy hroOght a stalk I ? if ya in. which was gi\en to the |hq ! ph* with the benediction "Dwell here i in perpetual peace, and never know famine." The fairies departed, but : their steeds turned to stone, and re- j main to this day in the temple. A more mechanical curiosity Is the tow- j er where tim<*Hs measured by water! dripping from four copper vessels, ar ranged at dilTereul levels. The hills about are famed no less for their legends than for the terraces where the ginger root Is grown that Is preserved by the Cantonese. One peak Is crowned by a rock that sways , whdh spoken to i* angry tones; there; is a stream where some Oriental j Fnoch drank a potion of iris leaves and, becoming immortal, was wafted away to heaven. There is a chamber <-f commerce at Canton, but the characteristic Indus trial bodies are the guilds, 72 in num ber, iron bound, self perpetuating or ganizations, of great power both eco nomically and politically. The Chi nese merchant and artisan is an apt example of the tremendous forces of inertia, or precedent. If you like, in | Chinese life. He e?rve*. brews, or . .sells gold foil, not only because hla ! father or grandfather did, but because I his remote ancestors, when Columbus sailed westward or Marco Polo toured east, did that very thing in Just that way. i Qunlltv, not variety, Is the merit he | seeks. anil the pilMs di-fine the exact j sphere of tln-lr rueinlier* minutHy. Thcrt' is tin (i iiul of l?t:i!rps In Cloth! Interwoven with Mi-tal Threads of I Various < *ol<?r??. tl.e tiulld of Dealer? ! !;? 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JfciO. * will make to the l*r<?(>Mtr 4\?itrt *4 Kernhaw t*<HJUty toy flual re turn us idniluUtffttrl* *?f tl>v **tate of l'ulMlit' MtH-ks, dec?**vd. ami ?? mini*' dat* 1 wW apt>'y to tho said coon for a final discharge aft *ald Admits tint civ. : . .. ; Jl'fKSlK H. MN*i1,ISH, Administratrix, Katate of Fannie M?><jhs Cm iiutonTS. p., Auifuat 22nd, Ifcjo. Cosy Bungalows t"omS364' up MmI? PibHoUd Bungalow* give ?rtry m*n a. chaaoe to own hl? ?Wco*y, eabetantial, endurable* weeUwwpot. eajoyaMe how.. 9*ar wall-layer eoaatroctlon with 4*4 air Aac? between effects lneulatioa ?|*h>at Summer heat and Winter ?old. BVinrt 11 aa?y?tahandle section* ? quickly erected bV any handy" maa. by ll<M ?? furallto. What you ?ave In rent will soon pay He a Dtoda Fabricated Bungalow. DIXIE HOCSB COMPANY OIA1LBKTOK. B. C. ' \ ^ mLJ . , . $M4 U tU I 0*w J ^battery SERVICE Tour Shield of Defense A Small Repair May Save Your Battery WHY bother your head about battery technicalities and eccentricities? We will keep your battery up to capacity by regular attention and conscien tious care. Wp repair all makes of bat teries at reasonable rates. We carry a complete stock of new battery parts for all makes of cars. Prest-O-Lite Service is your battery's protection against the weakening effects of overwork and lack of nourishment. It helps you get more value and longer life from any bat ?A prompt repair at trifling etjijt may save much time and many dollars. BKAKD'S (jAKA(?K Camden* S. ('. Good Will The*good will is a vital part ofany man's busness. Upon the volume of good will toward him depends his getting new customers and holding the old ones. This bank needs your good will, and tries to keep it by square dealing and courteous attention. And you need the good will of a bank. No other con cern's good will means so much to you. * Loan & Savings Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C. 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