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P3IVAXEL BEJ4JSGKK WRITES. (Continue^, from column 4, page 1.) reasonable, four or five course dinner being served to the guests for five francs. Yet at fruit stands I saw one ordinary apple priced for 45 cents each, oranges at 36 cents and bananas at 18 cents each. Vichy has two department stores of which no American city should feel ashamed. Men's wearing apparel was not very costly. A neat pair of shoes could be bought for about $8. A lady's hat of pretty appearance was priced at $4, and a beautiful kimona ? that would look good on any white woman in the world was for sale for a few cehts more than $10.50 in American money. The majority of - - Vi the clerks are girls, agreeaoie, uevci and attentive, and most of whom are quite pretty, but the girls of Vichy ' and France have that dollish appearance as to face, features and form, and being a mere man this doll-baby or baby-doll type does not appeal to ma as the reed womanly human be ings back in God's own country of queens and angels. French merit chants impressed me as possessing better ideas of hqw to arrange their stock, fixtures, etc., and a French * department store with a similar stock of goods, in my opinion, presents a much more attractive view than one in America. While there I strolled into the Vichy branch of the Bank of Lyons, with a capital of $45,000,000. It offers an English department, but is neither large or imposing, and one would sooner acquire thoughts of big business upon entering any one of the banks of Bamberg. The banks are open for business four and a half hours per day, from 9 to 11.30 a. m. and from 2 to 4 p. m. . The main park, located along the Allier river, is probably about a mile long with some handsome buildings and beautiful springs and fountains ~ i encased in remarkable glass houses. " ? TTZ^I JJut li you ever go 10 vicuy remcmuw you are a married man and make your visits to the park in the day time. Ton have probably heard of \ the famous Vichy Springs water being advertised in the States. If it is genuine this is the place it comes V :" from. The water is not only beneficial for bathing purposes but also from the standpoint of drinking. Some of it is warm, some cool. I tried to drink a little of each and it ought to be fine as medicine or something of the kind for it tastes about like a mixture of salts, vinegar and spoiled potatoes. The bath house is wonderful and has very much the i appearance of our government build7 ingB. It covers an entire block both wayB and has a huge gilded dome rising from the middle which causes it to remind one of the congressional library building in Washington. I went through it, but I've been in France so long now that I have be 7 come accustomed to French ways and consequently did not have time for any such foolishness as a bath. I visited the massive Cathedral of St. # ? Louis which was erected about the XV century, and the interior parMmlavtir nffora a rarv i mTII'OanivP kK/litai ij vueio a ? v* j - "*r- - ? scene. In a conversation with a business < man of Vichy I learned that the munw cipal laws of French cities do not in anj^ manner attempt to regulate a person's morals nor his acts short of a direct crime inflicting physical injjury, or deprivation upon his fellow man, and that a man's conduct is left almost exclusively to the dictates of his own conscience. And very few soldiers have.that word in their vocabulary. For instance, * open flirting is permitted on the streets in view of any and every body, and at 7 o'clock in the evening on the main business street of the city I saw an American soldier walking down the street under the glare of the brilliant rays of an electric light with his arm completely aropnd a girl. For the benefit of your smiles I might add that I wasn't looking into a mirror either. When one registers for a room at a hotel his moral right to use that room without restrictions upon his personal wishes and to take any guest in there thai he pleases is not questioned, regardless of whether his companion1 should be his own wife or somebody else's wife, and also regardless of ho^i? highly respected the proprietor or ^proprietress may be. Gambling is conducted openly and above board In plain view of everybody, and some of the gambling halls I was in are veiitable palaces. Bar rooms are in the most fashionable parts of the city and ate frequently patronized by both men and women of all classes who smoke their cigarettes and drink j their wines. They are open on Sun- j riava but not dnrine the hours of! morning religious services. Some of them I visited are the most elaborate and elegantly furnished that one could dream of, far exceeding in dazzling splendor and brilliance anything of the kind in the United States. Possibly some of your readers will be shocked that I publicly admit such experiences on my part. If so, my reply is simply that one's usefulness as a citizen in his com(Continued on column 1, page 4.) j Just Arrived . We hare just received three carloads of males and hirses from the Western markets. These animate were personally selected by oar Mr. W. P. Jones, and they are in the pink of condition. They are'now to be seen at our stables. Don't fail to see them before yon bay. Innac Rfne 11/ vil VO 1^1 VU? I RAILROAD AVENUE BAMBERG, S. C. I We five you Z5ji?~| in. Poire* I Wla<D>les?me % PiMfc ; GROCERlES.%^ttfe : Low ' The stomach is a good friend. Treat it right. Eat our pure foods and you will digest them well and have no doctor's bill to pay. Our low prices on our up-grade gro- I ceries make them move out fast so that . we have fresh foods coming in every day. Just try our groceries one month. ; R C. Folk Co. BAMBERG-. S. C. 1 I BUY W. S. S. BUY W. S. S. I and Help and Help 1 WIN THE WAR WIN THE WAR I ; ^ : .. . , ' -- i ? ? ?'~f I Trotting I Horses I The last of the present week I will |H receive another shipment of mules H and horses. In this lot there are a H number of fast trotting horses, and flj also some nice buggy drivers. They |)j will be in the pink of condition, and |H I want you to call around and take |? a look at them. If you appreciate HI g good stock, you ought to see these. II S My prices on these mules and horses H S are right, and if you are in the mar- ffl BE ket for a mule or a horse, we can if SB get together. I J. J. Smoak I Bamberg, S. C. I ||v _ /V^WIMV ?J? ? BHm|:' C ' LnWBIIMMg. ? /Chevrolet/ h IHOWTOSAVE GASOLINE| %X Buy a Chevrolet and cut down your gas bill. XX, This is the cheapest electrically equipped jNr XX car built in the world. XX || $850 Delivered ff - XX COMPLETE, NO EXTRAS XX YY __ ft If FULL STOCK OF FORD PARTS I S w Y% Ford Bodies carried in stock. For . XX | A .ale, or will IraJe for old | YY YT jjj?? FIRST-CLASS REPAIRIIVQ Jj I J. B. Brickie I TELEPHONE 14-J. ^ BAMBERG, 8. O. ^ II^WMMnMHMBMHHM^HHi ' ' nrn>nrr u k dad ctuvcc I IUEiMJII Y/iTUIV OIUYEO I <m^3M:ttAipfP> If you have not already fall- I en in line roth hun- ^ I; new process, guaranteed absolutely against explosion. The Government ^ this week has issued circulars begging the public to use less kerosene in order H , to prevent a kerosene famine; this stove will do more to save the supply than V any kerosene consuming article. One gallon of kerosene will burn for 19 hours H in a Detroit Vapor Stove. Can you imagine anything more economical for B I We have just received a large shipment of these stoves and will be pleased B j. to have vou call at our store and see one demonstrated. fl * |r. H. MdJrael I ^BC I EXCLUSIVE SELLING AGENT FOB LOWER CAROLINA. ft I DENMARK, S. C. ft ; " ^ ' ''JZ '; <g3 . / < " '