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Two of the principal bootlegger* of Newark, N. J., are ju?t back from Knjfland, where it is said that they* ar ranged for the shipment of 10,000 onsen of Scotch whinkey to the United States every month. ?H?&; I NOT what we can make out of a ) customer, but what we can do for him in the constant aim of the Loan & Savings Bank CAPITAL $100,000.00 4 P.er Cent. Paid on Savings Deposits ACQUIRE THE HATtIT OF SAVING Habit grows ? for good or evil. It gets a grip on you to your sorrow, or to your joy and happiness. I ' (%' The habit of SAVING MONEY is a good habit It is bound to be helpful and pro ductive. It creates self-reliance and self respect. It means future competency and independence. On the contrary, the habit of WASTING MONEY is a drag-net to poverty, obscurity and pauperism. Form the Habit of Saving. Open an ac count at the First National Bank ? save regularly ? and thus solve the problem of self-acquired prosperity. Just Received CAR LOAD OF FINE Young MULES PRICES RIGHT Springs & Sh annon (Incorporate.) Corn Oats Hay , Palace of th? Maharajafi of Kashmir. (?'r*par?d by flu National O?o*raphlc So ciety, Washington. D. C.) The* Vale of Kashmir had become so famous as a name suggesting superb scenic beauty" and delightful atmos phere that It Is known to all the world ? as an epithet. But few of the world's densely populated beauty spots have been ?o effectually Isolated, by nature's barriers; and not nearly so many Westerners have taken the somewhat strenuous Journey Into "the Happy- Valley," India's Ideal summer resort, as have traveled to the sum mer capital of India, Simla, which may be reached after the approved west ern fashion by rail. Kashmir, unlike most of the other Indiun summer stations, is not ?n the southern slope of the Himalayas. It Is actually among those towering mountains, and behind a portion of them. In back of the barrier range, passage, of which, because of peculiar geologhrar conditions, is unusually dif ficult, . the great mountain , musses opened up, so to speak, to form the celebrated Vale. This Is a great level valley, Its floor a mile above the sea, 84 miles long and 2 broad, with fer tile soil, abundant water, most of the products of the temperate zone In pro fusion, the whole surrounded by a majestic wall of tjowerlng* snow mantled mountains. To the visitor th# Vale can hardly fall to bring thoughts of the legendary valleys of the ' "Arabian Nights" Into which one could go only by the wings o fa roc. Not many 'decades ago the Vale was almost as safe from casual Intrusion^ and even now that British engineering skill has been brought Into play In road construction, the 200 mile Journey from the nearest railroad station" at Kowalplndl, over the outer Himalayas, Is far from being an eas'y Jaunt. The geologic energies of the present seem. in league with the mounr taln-bulldlng forces of the past to pre serve something of the Happy Val ley's seclusion. The road Is coo structed over much of Its extent through a loose conglomerate forma tion, and hardly a rain occurs which does not cause Isolated bowlders or great masses of stone nnd earth to fall to the hlfchway. The toll of life on this evanescent road Is steady, and squads of laborers must ever be kept busy opening the Way afresh. The road, superseding the old trails, was the fruit of British nervousness at the steady southward advance of Russia a generation ago. By 188S the Russians had pushed through Turkestan and the Pamir to ttie northern border tit Kashmir, and the British felt the need of a highway over which their troops could move for tho defense of this Kashmir boundary. In the face of most serious difficulties the road was pushed forward in two years. Srlnagar an Oriental Venice. It is a distinct surprise ti? the vis itor to discover in this valley far In land, a mile high, and in t lie heart of the mountains, ? a city that la a Venice of tho East. ?yuch is Srlnagar, capital of Kashmir and the greatest city of the valley and the state. The Jholum rivor, fed by icy springs from tho Himalayas, winds through the Vole spreading out in several places to form beautiful lakes. The "main street" of Srinngar is the river and facing It is the palace of the maharaja, government buildings, and the dwell ings of the prosperous and humble townsfolk as well. Some 15,000 peo ple live In boats on the riv?*r and the numerous canals that intersect it, and most of the traffic is carried on by water. If one is 'to spend some time In Srinagaf he rents not ;i house, but a house-boat. Such a dwelling comes "equipped" with the necessary oars men. One completes his menage by renting a kltclwn boat manned by rooks. Thus provided for. the visitor may live a lazy enjoyable life, moving his abode from one beautiful setting to another. with his breakfast, lunch f?r dinner la the making, trailing along behind. Unfortunately the beauty of their surroundings doos not seem to have inaplredSthp Kashmiri to attempt to protect that quality And cleanliness In t!>emselves. Many of the people arc as dirt* and Ill-kempt as thore In the ugliest slams of the East. In Set Srlnagar, away from Its river high way, i? all too alnmllke Itself with narrow, dirty, odorous streets hemmed In by honses devoid of sanitary facu lties. And as In si! Eastern cities, ?n> "rarrn. ot btgore. ^ Inspired art and trades that are es thetic. The most famous of Its artis tic products were the superfine cash mere shawls that were the Inst word In clothing accessories to the smartly dressed women of the West two gen erations or more ago. Rack In the reign of Napoleon Bona parte,' when that temporarily devoted husband was looking for rare gifts to please the fancy of his charming and gracious wife, he bought one of the most beautiful ?of the shawls for her, and from that time on the Kashmir shawls, ran a long and brilliant course a t the court of fickle fashion and SrinagaV developed an Industry which kept the shuttle flying through 10,000 iouiuM ia the state. Btautiful Shawl Patterns. About the same time* American whalers and sailing vessels that were plowing the Pacific, exploring, naming and renaming Islands In the South seas, made their way into the ports of India in ordei; that the women wait ing at home for the welcome sigh of a sail might add to their collections of treasure one of those prized light wraps which have become renowned for the glowlng%iarmony, depth and enduring qualities of its brilliant colors. One of the mos,t beautiful of the elaborate designs was the "cone" pat tern; another general favorite being the "ring" shawl, which, though not at all transparent, is so noft that it can easily be drawn through a finger ring. Fortunate indeed was the wom an who happened to possess one laden with the delicate embroidery which made them* so handsome and so costly i The production of shawls in Kash mir, however, -has fallen off within the last 25 or 30 years and is almost non-existent today. The Franco-Prus sian war sealed their doom, and the famine in India during 1877-79 played havoc among the weavers. It is said that If It were not for the fact that according to the treaty between the state of Kashmir and the British gov ernment six pairs of shawls of fine quality must be paid yearly, probably even the knowledge of the urt itself would die out among the natives, though it has been practiced slnco the days of Emperor Baber, the first of the Great Moguls, who rulfed India In the early part of the Sixteenth cen tury. In those days and for centuries afterward the beautiful shawl woven and embroidered by the Kashmiri maiden was the chief object in the dowry she brought her husband. The queer^part of the story Is that these exotic things are not made of wool of sheep, nor do all the animal* live In Kashmir. In our every-day parlance, the word cashmere is incor rectly applied to material made from the finest grade of the wool of merino sheep raised in Spain, but the real product is made from the soft, very flne and short underwool of the shawl goat which lives for the most part In the mountainous regions of Tibet. There are sevoral varieties of this so called wool, but on the finest of it the maharajn of Kashmir has a monopoly. Transportation a Drawback. In addition to shawl-weaving the Kashmiri have long been famous for gold and other metal work, embroid ery, nnd for the production of that most concentrated and costly of per fumes, attar, from the roses that prow In such profusion In this fortunate valley. Since artistic products are usually of great value In 6iuall bulk, no doubt the economics of Kashmir's transpor tation problem have helped to turn the energies of the country Into such manufactures. In the slow-moving bullock carts the trip of freight Into or out of Kashmir to the nearest rnll road requires close to 15 days, while even the carrying of the mall In faster conveyances usually requires three dayTS. The difficulties and slowness of transportation adds perhaps ?2r> a ton to the co$4 of the products moved. J But for fh^? transportation problem i Kashmir might supply all India with the fruits of the teniperaf# zone, j Since there is no reasonable outlet for , fruits nnd vegetables, and since only 1 a limited number of tourist* pnterp j Kashmir, living (hero Is surprisingly 1 cheap. i.abor, too, Is cheap; and the t absence nf motorbnats lit this aquatic | paradise la ascribed bj economists to the fact that the labor of fire oars men for a day Is leas coatly than one gallon of. tli* meager- supply of faso> I line that flads its wax Into the com* j ttr>-#rTT ?r^agr^a.-xiid: " Had Suffered For Two Years Mrs. Smith DecUrM Stella Vitae Wai Only Thing That Relieved Her. ? ... * "When 'I begun taking Stella Vitae my sufferings were almost\more than 1 coyld boar," said Mrs. Norman Smith, living at Ridgeville; S. C. "1 suffered from a complication of troubles and really don't know what caused my misery. Headaches were awful and my back nearly killed me. I had a terrible pain in my right side for two years and an internal female trouble that was wearing me out. "I tried everything I could get hold, of but nothing did me any good. Finally I began taking Stella Vitao and at once felt it was reaching my tryuble. I have taken only one bottle tfb far but it has done me worlds of good and the way I am now improv ing I firmly believe a few more bot tles will .make me sound and well." Stella Vitae may be obtained from any druggist and the purchase price will be refunded if It fails to bring relief|||||| During the year eiyling June. 30 the pension list of the United States gov ernment decreased 7,260; but the ex penditures for pensions inceased by $1), 205, 000 for the year. There are forty-nine veterans of the Mexiean war who* are drawing pensions, and forty widows of veterans of the war of 1812 still on the pension rolls. ? . ? ? Federal officers, using a govern ment seach warrant, raided the safe deposit boxes of a Pittsburgh, Pa., bank Tuesday and confiscated $50,000 worth of opium concealed- in the bank's safe deposit boxes. "One 'Bang' in the Fall Makes the Whole World Grin" Because every regular feller knows his days of real sport have come again. ' W As usual ? our sport goods department is'"' completely stocked with guns, ammunition, sup- , plies and equipment for hunters. Priced right, too ! "They're flying, boys. Come down and hear what the regulars have to say about places to get 'em." Mackey Mercantile Company Mrs. The! ma Crouch Pace, 22, 3 committed to Greenville jail ^ day night charged with the murd*,| her husband, Arthur Pace, 25. two had been separated fur *3 months, and friend* sought to bri* about a ^conciliation. The two brought together in t)u* home of Mn, Johnson Grumbles- in the Br^ mill village. Mrs. Pace sobbing hj* terically, said it was a horribly ^ dent; that somebody hail handed W a p.istol, and; that who was playi^ with it, ftot knowing that it was !o*j. i;d. She would not have done thing lik^tfiat for the world, it fe said. ~ Goodrich Silveitown CORD TIRES Ask Y our Dealer Notice? WE ARE READY TO GIN. UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT COMPETENT EMPLOYEES COURTEOUS TREATMENT ? WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS CAMDEN OIL MILL \ Wm. KING, Mgr. . J. H. Osborne, Supt B. (J. SANDERS T. K. TROTTER KERSHAW FARM LANDS. I Are advancing in price. We have desirable farms for sale at rock botw??j prices, if taken(fc)y Nov. 1st. u ALSO, several well located -residences, which the prices are right and terms can - arranged. - See us, - - ? CAMDEN REAL EST A Phon? 226 "Wm M Im Office Bruc ? Bttiami j