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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE If. D, Nllen ma4 , ? u ? ? t'ubllafeacfc K. N. Mrl>ow?Jl . . S szr : x?r; KUbUilifMl ev. rv FrMay Nt 1100 No Hroint Mtiti Mutercd at tbe Cam a??U i?u?coilh i' a* necoud daiw mall uiat *r Prior |ht tiniiiim ?1,80 r iiiHh il, S. (K IoIm i- 1, W?0 The Prt'itd) minister of finances *nys that France will payv every dollar of the $'?W),000,000 due America by <>ct <Klx'r 15, The sum referred to la France's sli.i i !? of f !>?? Anglo French loan of floated Iu America <1 u i*h)(c the Wojrld War. Deposit* iu South Carolina bank* In erea*ed more thai) $IW.0o0,000 in tho last fiwal year, being now eousbleraldy in oxcei R$ of $17'J.ooo,ooo; the growth of saving doponlt* in the name period was more than $-0, (KM), 000. ami there are today between L'5,000 and riS.OOO more Ihdivldmil saving* accounts Irt tho banks Of tho l'aluietto Ktttte than ever before those figures being froth a re |H?rl J list (?uiii|>ll<<l by the wilr loan organization of Mm* Fifth Federal Ite Morvo district froth information furnish ed by tho hanks, by (ho State examiner mid by tho controller of tho currency In Washington. fox .Manager* Appeal to Masses For Fluids, The I >(Miiorra tie National CVnnmitloo wants hoi p. wants it |n an open, above board public way. The Cox Uoowyelt managers are In great ikmmI of funds? not millions as are available to their opponents Iml modest thousands with which to offset tlto effect of the iin mouse funds being used to confuse and misrepresent the true Issues of the pres out national campaign. They propose h>~gt?tvjiciyh?d funds <11 veeijy from llie^hody of C'try-Iloosovelt , supporters This is In hajritiony -with (he fimiucial policies of previous I)otno* era tic Campaigns. In lOI'J nearly 100 <i(K) persons sUit.scrilusi to tho fund used In carrying out the Wilson message t<> the people. I n 10.10; eve'u a larger alt uregatf numbi't of |n.|l\ iduaN ren ?hsl?*d financial help Though tic time for mil k J ntr 'appeal is short the < 'ox Roosevelt managers believe even a larger ntimher want t" contribute (his yea r. ? They have ? no Impe < > r desire of matching million^ with the Republicans "in fact, they don't helieve . that *?m'h U tmecssaryt even if |.< wer<'- toh'rable. Mut s<?me funds are needed with which i " legitimate tlv work the maintaining ?<>f hi'.Klipuifcrs. the writing of letters. The send! nit -forth inform.i Hon wTueTT t he viilci's .should hnve, etc. Ample funds would readily come to the I >eh)ocra I ic managers were they t < ? -ufiwo'e all que^ttrrnN of >oiirce and pur-' pose represented l?y large donations from >.elfi.sh interests In-dead I hey (????? U'iivh?u the matter to t h?' people, to tin ?s'" who give, mode*d ly. primps, hut yet out of uo motive but unselfish desire to promote t-h*? principles represented by James M. ( m\ ;| i(. I I'llilklill P Koosevclt. TU?y believe the uiamfx of Cox Hooxevelt supporter* will thus eome to t tur aid of the campaign, and have re quested (ti newspaper to receive ami transmit contributions from It* readers. Contributions a re needed ami arc needed now. Mend yours at once to this office ami It will be forwarded promptly to ha tlonal hendquatfr* at Urand Central Palace. New York City. TfUC I AND OF ICE CKKAM An Kiiglihh View of the l ulled States of A merit*. An KnglUhumn who recently visited the I'nlted States wrote his Impress Ions of the country upoji his return to hi? native land. Iler*< !g Ids ?t rt i do? Of "course America is the- land of exlreuuw. The |>eople are either de manding 1 1 1 : 1 1 all countries on earth Join In a League of Nations so that nui verbal brotherhood shall be malm talned, or they want to abbot, at sight the mug-womp patriot who would tar nish (ho 'glory or America by having obligations with decayed and played out European lands. In winter tho thermometer sign Is way below zero; and In summer it bubbles up l>eyond the century, lust now something like a hundred unilllon Americans are gasping with heat. New York is empty -except for norm five million people who are obliged to iiMualii In "the poor little old town." The weal by have gone to Newport, or Southhampton or Long Island, or to the Berkshire hills or to charming Tux edo, and I here they live the. simple life as only American millionaire* can. M;i It' I lie people one meets are inlllon aires in dollars, not pounds. They a IV very hospitable. The current thing however has boon to visit Europe. Per haps yon have met them. . Ax t h?? temperature is torrid Ainer i i i- adaptive. Many eountry houses !>:ivf their sleepliig porches, and i here. in the open. s!uinl>er is sought in the hot. brea t hless night. Electric I'm-- arc every where buzzing overbed in th* shops and restaurants, and twirling with mechanical shlowings so that the breeze he spread. A JltUc elect rie fan is humming on the table a s- I write to relieve ' the 1<l'J in the vhad" limpness. Elder and even youth ful P.rltKh vro|f#?rs would think it bad i i form to a p|H>a r out he links in any thing but a jacket. The American, a stickler convention In most things appearing to garb. leaves his coat in the club houses and more likely than not has his shirt s'leeves rolled up above his elbows. Everybody wears a straw hat. The Panama of Hamburg is not very popu lar. Mostly the round straw hat Is worn, and in the morning when the great . railway stations disi:orj:e thou saiul* of worker* coming, in from (lie aurhurbs you ea UiH?t IttK ftPP your hotel \vliut".\ >???? people fqr straw. Mali's (...tunic- ire tl?iiis>. The wahdcoat 1? uuknown, To wear braces or ..I -p. -mil r> u l<? proclaim voiiraelf an old tinier 01 an Knglishma n < mohair hh I tSj are the thing. though If yOU wan! to admit It is real summer, you weir a Palm Heaeh suit, canary colored coal and pant-*, Such an oil kings ur steel uiagueta art* snpponed to don li\, the general winter sunshine of Klorldia. What the Englishman would <*ail * lUft- -though the word baa uot the nauii* meaning In America-- is not consent unless be 1* wearing a *Hk shirt. A .silk shirt coats anything from $12 to (20. City clerks spend half a week's wages to buy a silk phirt. The1 jiiost georgeous silk shirts arc not "worn In Now York. The moat wonderful allk sbirtd 1 havf soen have been in the smaller towns of the Middle West, lu Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, flaming stripes of chocolate and green and puce, and collars of ? . A " orange and magenta. At the risk of making myself un popular at home. 1 must say that I think the young American girl Is tin* greatest creature on earUu And she baa taste. And further, whj?n Is comes to scantiness of attire In the warm months she "goes some," La, la ! the costumes of the glr}* 1 saw in France last year were demuonoss Itself eoin paved with the tllniMuess of the dress worn by the average American firlrl this yea r. Helng ii mere man. I dare not at tempt to describe. Tin* dresses, how ever, begin low down and end high tip, ami hire and silken ribbon*, shown! through the gnhze. leave a little, but not much, to the imijjrln nt toil; The other day down at New Orleans a clergy inn* was so shocked when a bride walked up the aisle that he ordered the church lights to he ex tinguish d and the srlrl to no and find'' more clothing/before lie" would offb into at the marriage ceremony. Life i> Aride | -o^sllde with lee. The ; first thing tliat probably makes an 'Amorlean man In England is the ,ab- \ ?eti''e of ice. our ti'oid drinking water, nauseates him Everything i' Iced in America. The first tMfig you d'.< in the morn }n:r is t i drink Iced water. At all j men Is. whether at n quick lunch eoun-j ter iiv -it tli? Hit*/, .von are supplied* ?v itb a class- of water with piece* of i if- in it. * The hist t hiiii* you do at! til'-'! t is ty have the servant bring you i a pitcher jangling with lumps of ice.! The ice chest js ;iii institution in every' household lee is de'ivered ??ach day j the satne as milk. j No iloiiM tie- ice habit is a bad oar. T'lif Tike iu.'.iT bad Tiabits it is very j plesant. Americans have many pas_! time*:. I hit the chief one seems to he I , I eating ice cream Talk ahont the rnn*t ! beef of old England What is ll corn- : pared with the ice cream of young; AuWica. The American has the swoet tooth. and when ho. and particularly she, Is not munching canity' the local drug st or*? is being patroni/.ed. In comes made from selling i?a tent modi cincs; but fortunes, aro accumulated by i lie sale of ice cream ami soft drrinks. These parlors- I leave the "u" out o? the wo nl in (ieforonco to my Amcri 6 can friends ? a re really goorgoous es tablishments. They are si>aciou-, scrupulously clean n nd decorative. ( ?n one side is a long white marble counter and you ?<it on a high stool while whiteclad young men spr.vly supply the thristy mob. Everything is neat, dishes clean. polished with medicated paper i-u | is. sii your lips run no risk of Con tamination. and with pleutitud o of straws through which to suck the cool ing beverages. Thrre is trrnpr jui. juice. root bear, orangeade, cola, cherry Phosphate, limeade, mixtures of aerat ed water, ice cream crushed wtrnnv berries, chocolate sundaes, and ice cream of many colors and many flavors. There are thousands of these places They arc always full ? fat men as well !Ls slku women. I felt quite a shock one day when I was Introduced to the governor of a state while he was sitting at a drug ! at ore table eating: vanilla lee ereani. | It l ad never entered my mind 'that ! governors eo\ild eat vanilla flavored ice I I cream. - * j At the reat of the establishment j a'-v nice >rl covCi'ed tables where you ! sit and while the hours away consum j Ing inordinate quantities, of lee soft , drinks and listens lo a band, or a uiekle in the. slot,., machine, not infre quently a horrible, but ingenious, fJer man contrivance of a fiddle played by elect rielty. Last Sunday I went for a solitary five-hour walk among the beautiful hills uf western Pennsylvania. Not once did 1 meet a pedestrian out for a stroll ! Not once in the woods n^ftr the town whone I was staying and overlooking the Ohio river, did 1 come across any i "ii[ii?'s Uow different from England f Voiiug eou pies <h? not go for country walks in America. They chiefly con sort in the icc vrcnm pni*tor<j. And when, hot and dusty, I got hack to the town and sought refreshments in ice root beer, there was a throng of young people in the drug store consuming ice cream plain wtth Walnuts, ice cream i with syrups. x t>f course everybody In America hu a motorcar ? called automobile jl% short." A man ma.V have a hoary mortage on his home, but lie must haw n motorcar. Nobody Is anybody Is America unions he has a car Aa4 wonion ami young girls ilrive a< oft? :is men. "While there aro social distinctions it |lif Eastern states. jusi as much as i# England. they aro practically uon? jstent in th ? Middle West. The atmc* 1 the it" is that of a big, jrood natured family. Everybody is "Hill" or "Kupk ciia" to everybody else. .There is bath ing amlVatJnj? ire cream, picknfeklng. with plenty of ice cream. fishting tl* mosquitoes and consuming more i? crcniu. 'Why bother about the I/eagw of Nations \vlK4t the evening is warn and a bucket of ice cream is on the table? Somebody Ought rcafly to writ"o~a book on the land of ice man. A society youth joins hands with I ycggiuun hk a means of winning a girt Serious for Hie Vouth, hut funny for tlie audience is "A Burglar By Proiy," .Inek Pick ford'* latest picture at th* Majestic Theatre Today. Idaho 'has several mountains, eick more than 12,0o0 feet- high, that law never been named. We will sell 25 head, fine fresh, high bred cows with calves by side. Sale will be held at convenient location BETHUNE, S. C., OCT. 6TH, 1920 These cows are a fine selection, bought from the best farmers in TennesSe one two at a place. They come direct to you. Postively no dairy cows. They are ki?d and gentle, heavy milkers, and great butter producers. Four to five gallon kind. Ace run from 3 to 6 years. Ifc will pay you to come 50 miles to this sale, if in need of 8 gOod cow. Nothing in a scrub but disappointment. Please tell your neighbors and friends, and remember the date and place. Sale starts promptly at 11 o'clock rai .ofc shine. Yours respectfully, CONSOLIDATED AUTO CO. Announce their removal i'rom DeKalb Street to Broad Street. one door north of the Clyburn Drug Company. When in need of tire repairs, ( )xy- Acetylene Weld ing. VVillianl Storage Batteries, anil Battery repairs, bring your work to us as we are equipped for prompt service, and all work guaranteed. VULCANIZING Any kind ?>t tires repaired, relining, re-treading, re beading. rim-cutting and sectional Vulcanizing. Oxy- Acetelene Welding We weld Bra>s. Bronze. Aluminum. Cast Iron. Copper, Cylinders. Crank Case-. I )ifT?*rent ial Housing. All parts of (lins. Saw Mills. Bottling Works, C<Hton Mills. Willard Batteries with Threaded Rubber Insulation The Ka 1 1 *? r> U the In-art "t Ignition System you can ?acquire thi- ni">L \'aluable a^H i ? \ installing Rubber Insu 1 cited Williard. Batteries need special care in winter owing to its long er lighting demands and difficult starting conditions. We are prepared to render you special Williard Service. BATTERY COUPON ( lip thH ? << ;p.>r. and uhen presented to Consolida ted Auto Co., u i ! ! ; One Dollar, s < ? u are entitled to one li;:t ! cry reehary^ Thi- >pei ial priee made t<> introduce u p-t ? >-< I a f e R. .t*>*r\ 1 >epart rnent . S ? r 1 1 * *i 1 ... METRO OPERATIC MUSICAL SYNDICATE PRESENT ONE NIGHT ONLY Camden Opera House Tuesday, Oct. 5th Celebrated Artist from the Principal Opera Organiza tions of Europe and America. 1 w ; t..- i to I I'M t' t:.i- - ? 1 1 ?? rli : :<>it uhi.'h i n?*l u? ?> ii< 1 1 > i i' ? ? ' i T ? I :i r I i -t ? ;i >? 1 1 K 1 .1 ) \ \ M ' ? l-t K 1 1 .1 .. < '? 'i<>i i i ill'' S prn no. .!?' 1'iiiiii I ??..an will tin- < ? j ??> i*;i < >m j >:i 1: \ : <'AIU.<1 I KKItllTTI I'.'l I" i I ??!:?? of !!.?<? I .;s > .lit- (ir.ilxl I ll'i'l'it 4 'tMHJMUI.V r Mi .in. l.i-: .mii^ii) vn tlx 1 1 ??* < '????>(' ii r ; i:i ml <t|icrn < ?> ; < 'I" LDSTK ^ I Mul K ATTvrvriv- >1 I A XT' ?Nh ? \'( H '< 't i|,l. ....... ' | ? , j.j -? Management F. V. Peterson & T. I. Skeoch Metripolitan Opera House, New York. Curtain 8:30 Seats on Sale at W. R. Zemp's Drug Store Prices: $2.20, $1.65, $1.10, 85c. This Includes War Tax. ( i i imt M ? M l:. Vi.-iiuU: \ \ 1 t ?N 1 1 t \ t >< "I Ml | I ' ? :t m s > t CARLO FKRKKTTI. I'.a rir?>nr. HKI.KXA MORRH .U