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7^'';¥'-'^,: V'-: . : ^ —w—--^ r-’T^^ ■-- - r.>. ‘T >"■ ■ ■ -. ', ■ .' . > ■" . - .-i^- ^ T PSM TW •wrrN 7 ivon Max Aiken To Wed Ben Welles Sob Of Lord Boororlyrook Wat Dhrorcod By Wife A Yoar^ Afo a year ago, Is well known to many 'Camden people. Aiken and sereral brothers and sisters, with their mother, spent ser- eral winter seasons In Camden. They made the trip from their Canadian hpme by special train. So far as is known Lord BeaTerbrook never man aged to get to Camden. Mrs. Max Aiken on Tnesday, Jan 8, became the wife of Major Ben jamin Welles, son of Sumner Welles, former United States secretary of state. -j- ~ — Itle of .Jersey ImporUnt In Making U. S. History Important American history was made in the Isle of Jersey. When Charles II was restored to the Eng lish throne he remembered his staunch supporter. Sir George Cateret, gratefully granted him American lands which Sir George proudly named Cdtolina for his king and NeW^ Jersey for .his island home. A Jersey governor under Queen Max Aiken, son of Lord Beaver- „ . - - brook, who dlverced his wife abottt ~^Eli*abe^, Sir Walter R^ei^,-e^ I. —..11 in marfv couTased emigration to Newfound- Cassatt News Items Mr. and Mm. J. H. Murphree and children, Lawrence and Alice, left Saturday for their home at Walhalla. Mr. Murphree'TWr Ueen superinten dent of the Midway school for three and a half years and has done out standing work here as an agriculture teacher. The Murphrees friends here wish them happiness in their work at Walhalla. Their friends here regret to see them leave. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Holland an nounce the approaching marriage of their daughter. Miss Margaret Ver- melle Holland of Cassatt and Colum bia, and John Richard Ford of Co lumbia, at an early date. Miss Holland graduated from Midway schools in the class of 19S8. She holds a position at Fort Jackson. Ensign Dick McNeely spent a few days last week with his parents, Mr. and Mm. B. L. McNeely. Mr. and Mm. J. M. Maye and daugh ter, Oeiry, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Will iam Bowem, Jr., of Columbia, were week-end guests of Mr, and Mm. Steve Bowers, Sr. Rev. and Mrs. T. B. Anderson of Camden were visitors here Sunday afternoon. Mm. Mae Youngs friends are glad to know she Is recupemtlng from a spell of flu. Mr. and Mm. F. B. Stanton and children Dick and Roddy and Mrs. C. L. McOulrt, spent Saturday shop, ping in Columbia. Miss Margaret Holland of Columbia spent the week-end with her parents here. Mr. and Mm. William Wells of Bish- opville spent Sunday afternoon with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mm. J. L. Coper. , Pfc. Qrady Melton, who spent a fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mm. A. L. Melton and relatives near Be- thune, left Monday for Camp Frost, Belgln, Va. Mm. John Buchan returned to her home here Monday night after visit ing Miss Flo Rosier at Camp Lejune, N. C. Mm. Margaret M. Phillips of Be- thune, is filling the vacancy at Mid- way in the second and third grades, replacing Mm. John Buchans place. Mr. and Mm. Ford B. Stanton and couraged emigration land, saw the codfish trade between America and Europe develop from that settlement. Along with their peaceful seafaring, the islanders took on a profitable sideline at pri vateering. Ships of England’s ene mies—France, Spain, ^e Nether lands, and the ’’Rebellious Colonies of America” were fair game. Famous the world over for their dairy cattle breeds, Jersey, Guern sey and Alderney have other nota ble distinctions., Jersey is imme diately associated with potatoes. Granite from Guernsey’s quarries— now reported worked by conscript labor—is the sturdy stuff of many English structures. Miles of green houses made h ’’sight” for island Visitors. Tomato ^ture was ' a sizable business. On Guernsey the exiled Victor Hugo wrote three of hia greatest tales—”Les Miserables,” ”The Man Who Laughed,” ’’ToUers of the Sea.” Stormy and treach erous are the seas that beat upon wild Alderney, regarded by Napo leon . as ’’the shield of England.” Seven miles west are the dangerous Casquet rocks, graveyard of many ships. N Isybaaa Oil Good Palst liigredlsal ’’Paints made with soybean oil as, the only constituent have given very' satisfactory durability re^ts, even though tested under an air drying schedule of 24 hours between coats and 48 hours air drying before ex posure,” says a statement emanat ing from the bureau of agrkniltural chemistry and engineering of the de partment of agricitlture. ’’The paints in which the only oil was soy bean oil or a blend of soybean and perilla oils—when correctly formu lated with proper pigments and driers—are equal in durability to similarly formulated linseed oil paints,” says the statement. “The short drying period made the test severe for the soybean oil paint.” Your Dimes kelp others walk dinner guests of Mr. and Mm. J. B. McCoy and .Mrs. Lon Floyd. Sunday night. Quite a few In this community are sick with flu and mumps. J. H. Davis, temporary carrier on route one who has been a patient In the Duke hospital several weeks, re sumed his work Wednesday. Pfc. Otis Lowman and family visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bowem over the week-end. Pfc. Lowman, who has been In the Pacific, has Just received his discharge. ' Misses Alice and Ba Mae WatkTns returned to their schools at Bolivia, sons and Mrs. C. L. McOulrt were * N. C., last week. Charter No. 14525 Reserve District No. 5 REPORT OP CONDITION OF The Commercial National Bank of Camden /IN THE 8TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 31, 1945, PUBLISHED IN RESPONSE TO CALL MADE BY COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, UN DER SECTION 5211, U. S. REVISED STATUTES. ASSETS Loans and discounts (including no overdrafts) | 238,424.53 United States Oovwnment obligations, direct and guaranteed ...1,876,200.00 Obligations.of States and political subdivisions 'l34,4(K).00 Corporate stocks (Including $3,300.00 stock of Federal Reserve bank) 18,300.00 Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve balance, and cash items in process of collection 990,698.50 Furniture and fixtures 4,140.86 Other assets. Documentary Stamps 593.58 TOTAL ASSETS $3,271,757.87 LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals^ partnemhlps. and corporations.$2,244,858.38 Time deposits ot individuals, partnerships,, and corporations ... 569,938.96 Deposits ot United States Ctovernment (including postal sav ings) .^.J 189,372.75 Deposits of States and political subdivisions 187,340.35 Other deposits (certified and cashier's checks, etc.) 2,085.95 TOTAL DEPOSITS $3,142,996.37 Other liabilities. Dividend A/C 70.80 TOTAL LIABILITIES $3,143,067.17 « CAPITAL ACCOUNTB ^pl^ Stock, I 50,000.00 Surplus 80,000.00 Undivided profits 13,680.70 Reserves (and retirement account for preferred stock) ! 1 o’.oooioo TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 128j890.70 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS .$8,271,757.87 MEMORANDA Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value): (a) U. S. Government obligations, direct and guaranteed pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities $ 210 000.00 (b) Other assets pledged to secure deposits and other "lia bilities (including notes and bills rediscounted and se curities sold under repurchase agreement) 119,500.00 (e) TOTAL $329,500.00 Secured and pmferred liabilities: ' '' (a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to require- menu (X Uw (•> TOTAL lm.401.II State of South Carolina, County of Kerahaw, ss: ' of the above-named do ■toWBM.i I. m., „ u>. b« 0i Dwtaoi! HENRY O. CARRI80N. Vice-President Correet^Attset: * W. ROBIN ZBMP, JOBN WBrChXVB, JR. Sworn to and mbocrlbed before om this 7tl day o< January, 1946. . 7 J- R. McRADf, Notary PnUle Improvement In Progress At The Les Myers Garage Popular Garafo Sarwice Man Takaa Over Stude- baker Line Preparatory to taking over the agency for the Stndebaker line of automobiles,- Les Myers, enterprising and progressive auto dealer and ser vice ntan, is making estensive alter ations to hla East DeKalb etreet garage. A eerlee of largo display windows have been cut Into the front of the garage. A fine display room with nat- nral pine and masonite walb and ceiling and a parts office wHh -a stair way leading to the adminUtratlve of fices on a messasins floor have al ready been built and only await the tlnlshbig tonchse of palntem and dec- omtom. In addition to the air-condition of fices on the mezsazine floor, there will be a stairway from the service section of the garage to a parts stor age section of thb same elevation. Mr. Myera recently completed a lazge addition to the paint se<ptlon of hb garage. miOAv, jamuary Li CoL Creed Is Back In States PUm To Go Into Coaatrnctioa Buamoaa With HiaFotber Aa Idea That CHeked. Aa many as 2,0(X1 years ago ttui Chineae had mix^ tooth pasta frmn powder and water. But the lint tooth paste to be made in America appeal in Jan about 1849. A year latw it came out in collapeible tubes.' Nobody paid much attention to it then, though. But, some 50 yarn later, it began to be edver- tiaed in a big way. People lik^ tooth peate — and thay liked the way it waa peekad. No Unger could be dipped into the air-tight tube. It was handy and acoQomieal, and it was unbreakable. So other paatea, creams, Jelliec, aoepa end aahree began to be put up in tubes, to be squeezed out a Uttla at a time. Some liquids uid pow^ den were dellbcntely made into paste ao they could Join tiie parade. Along came ghies, cements, sraxes, greases, printer's inks, pas^ deco rations and many otiicr SMiti- liquids. Lt. Col. S. Alvin Creed arrived at his home in Camden on Chrbtmas eve from the Camp Gordon, Oa., Sep aration Center. Col. Creed entered the a«rvlce in July, 1841 and after two yearn In Pan ama went to the Hilllppinea with a ship repair unit While in Panama he was with an anti-aircraft battery. He came to Camp Gordon direct from Manila and b on terminal leave until Feb. IsL He expects to go Ihto the construction business with hb father, George A. Creed under the firm, name of George A. Creed and Son,* operating here and In Oohnnbb. Wmits—For Sale Beeelved tee late far regaler eolaaias LOST—Eye glasses with red rims. In case, somewhere between Jor dan ave. and City Laundry. Finder call Nancy DePass. Phone 77, and reeehre reward. 48c POUND—Gold locket on church at some weeks ago. Owner can have same by paying for ad. Mm. R. B. Rots, Route 8, Box 4, Camden, S. C. 48f FOR SALE or TRADE—for later mod el car, 1935 Chevrolet Coach with heater. House No. 37, Hmrmitage MUl. 4Sp UiMBrUrffMAB (Contlnaed firom first page) would cut a flip and we woold get some honest adjustassota made”, he To the question ”de you fSavor a subsidy for agricultural i^oducb?”, Mr. Funderburks answered in the neg ative. ’’Whmi the govenuiwi allowa fixes the price in either laber, modlties or maanfadtared pntfl exceed Its intrinsic valae, ing the Income for other gromm b subsidy and the consumer pays blU.” A returned G1 Jn the v/Imt haa £ ought of takfag the civil service am for railway asail clerk, with view to getting on a train. FOR BALE—Two mules, one 2-horee wagon, mowing machine, plows and other farm equipmenL James T. Hasty, St Hasty and Belks Oarage on No. 1 Highway. 4S-44p FOR SALE—Strawberry Plants. Now b the time to plant them for tiie spring crop. Klondike varied |1.66 per hundred. B. H. Baum, Phone S25-W 42c STRAYED—Friday night. Dec. 21. 1945, one Guernsey milch cow, red with white spots, weighing pbout 700 lbs, horns have been cut to about 2 inches, wearing a hell when she left Liberal reward for her re turn or information as to where she b. Phone 379, Liberty Hill, 8. C., or’oee J. Abe Hilton, 42p The location of the Law Offices of Allison P. Du Bose has been changed from East DeKalb to 1025 South Broad, second floor of the Commercial National Bank Build ing. Charter No. MSS Rsoerve Dbtrlet No. REPORT OF CONDITION OF The FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAAIDE] IN THE BTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON DECEMBER SI, 1S4S Published In rsaponss to eall mads by Comptroller of the Currency, Under Ssotlon 6211, U. t. Rsvbsd SUtutsa. ABSET8 Loans ai^ dbcounb -'- $ 180,679.981 United States Government obligations, direct gnd guaranteed .. S,S66446.64| Obli^tlons of States aiid political subdlvblons 147,6S4.6ol Other-bonds, notes, and dsbentnres 72,055 J61 ^rporate stocks (including |2,860.00 stock of Federal Reaervs ba^) 1,850.061 Cash, balances with other banka. Including reserve balance, and cash items In process of oollection 1>151.209.48| Bank premises owned |24,69940( furniture and fixtures fl.OO.. 84,700.101 Real estate owned other than bank premises 14S.2S| total ASSETS ... |S,8S4,518AS | LIABILITIES Demand deposits of Indlvlduab, partnemhlps, and corporations.$2,600,782.36 Time deposits of indlvlduab, partnmwhlps, and corporations ... 368,928.28 Deposit* of United SUtes Government (Inclndlng postal savings) 86,I57A9 Deposits of States and political subdivisions 146,16SA8 Other deposib (certified and cashier’s checks, etc.) 1,188.32 TOTAL DEPOSITS |8,702,6n.38 Other liabilities 4,100.06 total liabilities -$8,766,67U6 CAPITAL ACCOUNTB CupltAl Stockt (c) OoDUBon stocky totAl pftT jHOyOOO.OOy f0|000*00 Surplus XJndiTidod profits 10iTS7*ss Reserves (and retirement account for pmferred stock) ........ 8,660.60 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 1$J,847.60 TOTi^ LUBIUTIE8 AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $8,884,511.86 MEMORANDA Pledged assets (and seenritiea loaned) (book vatna): (a) United SUtes Government obUgatloas, Street and gnar- anteed, pieced to secure depoelU and other liabllitiec. 874,9H-$8 (b) Other assets pledged to eecnre depoeits and othar UabllV tlaa (including noths and blUs redbeounted and seeari. ties sold under iVpurchase agreement) 66,4i6A6 (e) TOTAL $ 8S1,4I8J8 (a) DepoelU secured by pledged asseU pumuant to reqnlre- menu of law 218.864.74 (d) TOTAL $ 818,164.74 State of South Carolina, County ot Kerskaw, ss: I, & W. YanLandlngham. Cashier ot the above-named bank, do ari- emnly swear that the above sUtoment to tme to the beat of my kaowladfe and belieL a W. YanLANDINQHAM. Otsktor. ' Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of January, 1846. a a OLTBURN, NoImt PBkilt. Correct—Attest: a J. SHANNON. JR.. . ^ ^ ^ M. H. HBYMAN, R. N. SHANNON. Dlreetora. * Women’s Dress Shoes At Tremendous Savings Here’s your First Real SHOE SALE in over four yearsr—an opportun ity to pick up several paiffe for the price you have been paying for one. We must dispose of all odd lots and broken ranges to make room for new shipments. WOMEN^S DRESS PUMPS — odds and ends, blacks, browns, values up to $2j98 or more, during this sale only .. .. .. .. Values to $8J88 in broken size lots of Dress Shoes, aU wanted colors and materials Another Odd Lots, values to $6M or more, ineluding Nationally Advertised Shoes, only. TWO BIG GROUPS CHILDREN'S OXFORDS One lot of Children's SCHOOL $ 1 OXFORDS, worth up to $2, now only, -■-pr ^ FORDS, now onlg, Better Lot of Broken Sizes, % Childrenfs SCHOOL OX- * |50 pr f. , SALE ^ STARTS 9 A.M. FRIDAY CAMDEN, S. a ^*H«rm Bf NbHmAIIf AiYigfiiBi r- iim SALB STARTS 9 A. m. fribat ,