The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 12, 1923, Image 8
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.
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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.
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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
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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, - - ?
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