Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I *>-*-? ' ' . ? This Bank Keeps Pace With Modern Pr ogress No business can stand still: it must either advance or re trograde ; it must succeed or fail. I'ractciiiK what it preaches, tlie First Natoinal Bank is keenly alert in its efforts to grasp and adopt any plan that furthers its businex^success. Our methods and system en able us to be of real service to our depositors and to the best interests of our community. ? Insurance 'We write l ire. Life, Accident, Live Stock, Hail, Plate Glass, Automobiles, Parcel Post and Burglary Insurance; furnish fidelity and surety bonds and sell Real Lstate. We thank those who have so liberally patronized us, and will appreciate any busi ness you place with us. ; CAMDEN LOAN & REALTY CO. ? lr C. HOUGH, Manager Life Insurance Protect.- mortgaged real estate. A ill*" Policy pays the mortgage if the bor i > v v t* ?? dies. It gives hirn time to discharge the obligation it he dies. An "Endowment" Policy pays off the mortgage whether the borrower lives or dies. Southeastern Life Insurance Co., L. A. McDowell, Agent Service and Quality Wo ??-tuMi-l.ril our businoss on the principle of ht'iuc I'iic w * # , .i,i- Kivin^r them full value " i'.- r }>.?? JTi-Ti" ' : ! ? ? ; t \ e v i! h u>. Wo ): i\ ir.t :r, ;;rii thai policy I m !"??*. i jrh'Mit thr < ;.i At have hnor srrvi'njr you. ami \\r are pursuing :t liini':' por^!-t?-? f!> 'Man ovor in this ora ot" prior in !'id;iy K;.; ... i,. r 1 . ? w ?? r ;}).? stan?lar.l of our jw'OOll.S. ( ):i this hijrh p!an" <?; <? 'nuneivlaiuv a solicit i n' pat ronajft1. Bruce s Pure Food Store HONE 66 FARMER HAD REAL THING P?cui at y Ai *an Joke That It Said to Have Been Played on an Indiana Sheriff. "Siiy, sheriff." *ahl u voice over titer telephone to file sheriff of a nearby Indiana county ? few day* ago. "this i.-' II, e Siub'.ics Well, Jim Sruhhlnx, a ireigl.hor u( mm.- fluff I it. t-n iiavm' tn?uhb? with, Is on IiIm wu>' to Ithviu. right now wllh h loud of 'whlto mule.' He's golu' l>y I he Corubl'ead rond and if you hurr> y?u uliU your men will li'uve plenty of time la keleh him he fore he reaches rown. "Ho'h icor the 'mule' all covered up with h canvas tarpaulin on, the hack of hi* wh gi?o ." The sheriff swore In two deputies and went to tlx1 ('ornbrcad road. The officers- saw. approaching them in leisurely fashion a big farm wagon drawn hy two hor>es tlmt were driven l>y a man atUwerlng the description of Xtuhblns. "Halt, in tin? name of the law!" ordered the sheriff. "Have you got n load of 'white mule?' " "I sure have. 1 gotta admit it," re plied the f firmer' who hy this time sensed that somebody was being made the victim of a Joke, "look fer yerself, sheriff, under the cover there." The sheriff raised the tarpaulin and gazed on the melancholy form of a real white mule which had passed nwsy following an attack of colic and which even Hum was on Itfc way to a I reduction planf In the nearby city. ? Indianapolis News. ? FLOWERS THAT GIVE LIGHT Fact Not Generally Known Is That Many Common Plants Have a Distinct Luminosity. Most people have seen the plant colloquially called the burning bush, ami have struck* a mutch and applied it* to- the feathery flowers and leaves In-order to see the delicate flame run over the surface of the plant wlthouf affecting or hurting. It ! But it is not so well known that there are a nuin her of flowei'K which llirow off' lumi nosity all their own, and among such plants are the common' marlgoh^. cer tain sorts of lilies and the oriental poppy, us well as that familiar and popular favorite the nasturtium. It is related that on a warm sum mer^ evening In the year 1702 (lie clev er daughter ? ? r the famops Swedish botanist. Llnneus, nottcod thai some nasturtiums In her father's garden were emitting tiny ln^ distinct flashes of* light ; first one llower then another would throw out an evanescent beam. Though at first her assertion was re ceived with doubt, other Investigators soon proved it to be true, and It Is now known that not only nasturtiums hut many other- Mowers exhibit this luminosity. Camellias have heen seen to glow* with ji moonlike radiance. Historic Slice of Beef. Thi; energetic press *.?rvlce of the l'nited States marine corps sends us a bulletin from Ann Arbor. Midi.. wiih the following i iii iotis. if not Ifiiportant, In format Ion : "A piece Of I ? ? ? ? ? f cooked In lS(?r. is si ill being earcfult.v prospfvpcl in a little silver pitcher by Kdward B. Miiiiwni 1 1 1 ^ of this elty. This Is not being kept In anticipation ? ?f a further increase in the cost* of beef, bin is :i uenuine heirloom. "Xergt. Joseph ll'tbbins uf the Bri tish IJoj'al marines saved* the piece of href, - whl eh h?> was ??n f t nir wh??n its saulted with an ax by a cook on a French vessel which hnd been rap tured by Lord Nelson at Trafalgar. The cook missctl his aim, but the sergeant gut the beef. .Sergennt bob bins was i he gren? threat grandfather of Lieut. Col. Kdwnrd U. Manwarlng of the United Stiites marine corps." ? From the Outlook. Trade With Australia Grows. Trailing between this country ?nd Australia is showing a healthy growth, according' io figures supplied to the department of commerce by A. \V. Ferrin, trade commissioner. who Is at Melbourne. They cover imports and exports for the first quarter of the current year, and show the Im ports during that period to have been about $'J7 775,<"MlO. against exports to this country of approximately $lfi..'J.r>0, 000 February exports nearly equaled in value the totals for .Iannnr\ and March, and in that month the mi'going shipments ex i'i'<'dei I the Imports. In the ?iimo month. however, the value of the Imports was le>s than half of t he ir?H??ls brought In dm n: March Australia's Prickly Pear Pest \ M ? ? r i" i I ? stiff'-- ???_' '"? ??i: :i pr ek ? Iv p?-.if pe-t '? hi- t . 1 k ? ? ? ni',i> .?f ?' .? r ? v ? ? x ?? *t m ??? 1 1 ?> * .r. t P if ?!.<>.?!* brc 1 1. ??rr ?* ?' . ? j( r p ? ?_ row a ' ? -i ?"??? -n :i> ?' ? ? i . ? p.-r: i- '?),???? 1 <?< . ? -? -.- ? '' ? ! a ? \ ? -n! . i ? T! ' o " :? ? - ,i ;-i t Mr.* ? '!??< I v ? :\ ' ? . ' ' 1 ? ..f " (t ' - J.':,-,! ?< ? ! . ? ? v..; . of ; _? - , . t: j;,. . L. ?... . v . | ,ve j.?- V ! J - : 1'iiri : ? . f . f . ! ' ' " ? ?}-** *? >r V- '? H.vd *f* Get vl h e- rv Ve: : - ' ' ' ? v n?? t > A' 1 '} '? ? ' - *".r me- v i r ' ? " ' ' ? ' ! -v . ti ' ? ? . v ! ? ?? v ? , , ?ii. *?. i ' ' '' - " ? h " \ . ? . v ? ' ' *> 'A 1 ' ? ! ? But I d..n"t 1 '? ' " - ???? oi. ike : h.s year The 1* e maid has the hat fpv>r t. ^ ' ?' f v > ?? 'uk? go: to take her and up n M - ? igsn." " WATCHES GIVEN SEVERE TEST lumu of Standard* Hi Washington Will Qlv? CartiflcaU of Accuracy to Any TtmtpToce. Comparatively few people know that any person ran send hi* watch to the bureau of standards at Washing Ion for tentioK to ascertain if 11 qual .Ifles as a timepiece of the highest designated an "<'la--s A." 'Ho* privilege is used chiefly hy watch maniifat I urers. the llltisiratcd World 1 4*1 1 h in. who tfecopipany each tested timepiece with a government ? ? rllticnte. I Tp asi?M lain tii*? accuracy of a time piece It la placed in a large glass-front t^rigcriitor, equipped wltli automatic devices that keep the temperature at a Uxed point, in which the watch "num" for stated periods at various degrees of heat ami cold. When IJie regulator has been set, the tlow of cold air from the Ice chost above tho watch chamber Is '.controlled by a thermo static device, and. when ..necessary, warm air I* Introduced from the put side. Tho three temperatures yt which all watches undergoing the test are' kept are 45, 70 and 05 degrees Fahrenheit. To qualify In "Qlass A," a watch must not vary mo-e than four or five seconds from correct time, and, In addition, it' must he ahle to repeat Its performance in a variety of positions and under varying conditions. In all there are ?eleven specifications In the test, son e of them Involving technical calculations. Any variance piR.de hy the writchea under test from correct time Is re corded |?y means "of n chronograph.. . . < - I? HUGE PYTHON "RAN" SHIP t-lttle Doubt That Reptile Was In Su preme Command, at L#nst for a Few Hours. Flow a huge python look possession of the British steamship Bolton Cast 1ft for a brief period during her recent trip from Singapore to Victoria. I?. 0., was related hy officers and passen gers of the vessel on her arrival at i he Canadian port. Three of these monster serpent* were being shipped to the Bronx zoo In New York, and In some unaccount able manner one of them managed to make Its escape. The whereabouts of the snake was a matter of anxious con lecture among the crew for a couple of days, until In the early hours of the third day out the quartermas ter was precipitately driven from his I post at the wheel by the appearance of th?> itimi^er In the pilot houtfe door way. The vessel was allowed . to' drift for a couple of hours, until, armed with 'every available weapon, some mem bers of the crew undertook a stealthy raid, arriving just In time to see the snake, leave the pilot house and glide into the sea. The creature was said to measure 80 feet in length. Flowers for Heroes. In this country the long-lasting little flowers called "immortelle*" are com paratively little known. In Franco, however, they are grown In enormous j quantities for the decoration of graves. Nearly all of the_ itmnortelles pro duced in France are grown in the neighborhood of the village of Olli ouhps. which is in the South, not far from Toulon. The harvest begins in May afid ten days, a period call ed the "decade of the immortelles." They ha\'e to be picked very early in the morning, when half-open, lest they wither. Finally they are sold hy weight. The war has brought pros perity to the- village of Olliotlles, be cause of the Increased demand for im mortelles for the graves of soldiers. Where Silver Is Plentiful. The standard of value in I'otosl. Bo livia. for everything from sweethearts to cities is the Silver bill of the Thun derer. Willis Knapp Jones In Travel gitfes a picturesque history of the won derful Bolivian silver mine and the town which spent Sin.OOO.OOO cptebrnt ing the coronation of King Philip II of Spain As the legend goes, when the early Indians ?j#-ted digging there for silver the mmrntoln shook and thundered : "This hill Is not for you. It belongs to a r> e which will come later." In this strange town silver ! was more plentiful than broad j - Are Women tlic Stronger? T1 l :? t \ i: i ri. :?ii u ? ' i n< ii hit v>* the true sporting *q>:riT and n-e learning to ask . no favors in the game of Ii*fe !s shown hy tin* rom".? tit> "t 1 1 ; i d ? ? h.v ve\ era 1 of them !ii regard '?> the recent demand nf the women of for separate ? ^ar? in the ???!.? < u.e woman, and fills a danger pr<?fe^ii,n -ay.. that she ha* neve.- ti.ol :i ???:? t ;n a ?ul'\*av 'n Ne? Vo: |. city. w here she live*. ?I I'd ' * 1 . " sh? ?? el, ?-?. V' :i nd tl g . UI> a*. * >-s ! i ? " .' f >?' svperiorlf v tnd of ? ? 7 nh'o s'rind on h??r ,,\k p '.v a- ! ' ' 1 ' - ..v. , t.nt'le< in .dp ^ .. ?? ? j ,f.;)tch Not S."ife Ary Mjrj, Harr\ ? . ? ? : ? ' ?? fiw> o\-\ fltld h - h.?t:'J* ;?'n! 1 1 e \ere r!i>nn . f "d M ? 1 .. ? ? ..p.: it tVO* he*- ' ... ,f p-.? ?? ,j . . . ? Hr. !??!!% . ? ? ? . v, w *ti r. ?' i; 1 f o\\ d * v ? e; J.. ? i * ? . ' n * y l | ? e * , ?>? ? ,i,;n;r. *' :*.>!,? ?! ? "N' " ; '' * " '*ii * 1 Vno-v ? ? -o- ' - >. ...? %.v|; . r." ' ? <i vi. < , - A '" r ' 1 M r * u ! "T'li j-,.. - ' ' ' " f ! ! />- ?? v?i ? o. r h ?? r . ? Tfn.rrv-.o- 1Prl an,i Mrs. Boss hnd that otj|?i ?v>n*rd out.' D.VSGOIFFITH'S the love nowi\> AT THE MAJESTIC THEATRE. MONDAY SErT.KMBEK 80. P.K^IBEl IattrSt 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 battory up to capacity by regular attention and conscien tious care. We repair all malce3 of bat teries at reasonable rates. We carry a complete stock of new battery parts for all makes of cars. Prest-O-I/ite Service is your battery's protection against the weakening effects of overwork ?nd lack of nourishment. It helps you get more yalue and longer life from any bat tery. A prompt repair at trifling cost may save much time and many dollars. liKAIlD'S GARAGE Camde", S. (\ pb-iw Cut Them ! If you avoid extravagance and needless expendi tures at the present time you will need less help from others when you grow old. When you cut out the weeds of waste you cut down the useless growth j;hat checks production. Thrift builds ? extravagance de stroys. Save and Secure safety. Clip expenses. "Save the cents and the dollars will take care of themselves." ( ut expenses and deposit your savings in this strong bank at 1 per cent interest. Cut Them! Loan Si Savings Bank OF CAMDEN, 3. C. KONG SAFE CONSERVATIVE WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY O By Making Your Old Clothing Serviceable W e are (join#- it for thousands of others ? why not lor you? We believe a trial will convince you. FOOTER'S DYE WORKS Cumberland, Md.