The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-01
banking in Berlin,

| get to them is through court of moro
or less dirtiness, and up q steep, dark
pair of stairs. And when you oct there
there isn't very much to suggest q bank.
AL there is about the whole concern
| consists in two roOms-One small one
where the actual business between Gus
toners and bank is transacted, and a
J large one where the books are kept and
She clerical work done. Behind the
counter stands man who combines in
himself the dual Offices Of raT;ug and
receiving teller. The counter itself is
an ordinary wooden affair, with nothing
about it to suggest financial solidity or
! inspire confidence. Neither are there
trays piled high with twcnty.marl1
| pieces. In short, nothing is in sight to
| give one the idea Of bank. In the
larger room of the two there are Il lot OF
ordinary high desks visible through the
| glass doors separating the two rooms.
And seated on the high stools at these
| desks are from fifteen to twenty clerks
and bookkeepers, all with lcdgers and
day-books before them. What in the
world these banks can do with so many
clerks is beyond me. The same amount
OF business would be done in America
by three or four clerks. But, nevertho-
less, there they are. They never appear
| W ~ w p"oS NtlpSU VI butln appear
to be half-aslGSp, and those who happen
to be writing in the books do not seem
to be in any hurry about it. From the
gray-headed, op-shouldcred old man
who has been n bank clerk from his
teens, down to the Smartly dressed, eve:
glasSed youngSter, everybody appears
to be on good terms with himself, and
does not feel called upon to hurry.
Having so many clerks, the bank, of
course, can not afford to paw very larre
salaries. In fact, the younger members
of the clerical force are there under =,
sort of an apprentice contract-paving
something for the privilege of s'lcarninr
tho business" And even when thcv
have been i'll the banks employ for
years they receive salaries which, com
pared to an American bank clerks sal
ary, are mserablv small.
Ones first encounter with a German
bank is rather diScouraging. ! rcmcm-
Der how helpless felt when took nv
draft to one of the prominent Berlin
banks to deposit it. ! succeeded, after
some trouble, in finding the bank. And
after had crossed the dirty court,
climbed the dirty back stairs, and pcne-
trated to the den of the paying and re-
ceiving teller, new trouble arose.
How am l to know that you are the
real Mr.. KaegP" asked the Cautious in
dividual behind the counter.
81 don't wish to draw any money; 7
S "ioh " uo'"SlO Ihi9 utHlU: III Is
made out in my name. I'll indorsc il.
And as | shall not need any money for
nf t;''tn ~ " fmJ rionS' t yTu wln H'tVe PIGnty
iscorroct RoeiGoS ,nl, Lo,,o o,1i ,,,, t;i.,a
turo cant frn,,, Son ii",; ii,J 'iS 'i''-
Rnf II Of i
lot mo Gon0eit thotsaIm.st ri'. ino ,;I WoT'In IN
nrovnd NV idnrt,tu ,,1O VI H. "'l'it ! mao
ble tai, Ihonnnnn13 70 thi'il clt-
nort and oskpd him &c t'Ln tot ~ 10y i''h2- ,
uif Won do ,o+ i,,Il o,','V ""uI' u: :, w.
H., L,i YOU w iioC hh"" anl9nc IN Der
nnat ,,n mlto trt can ioent'iy you l lhlnk can
uctEcPC IIat' was inc answer.
30 hao TO Walk II mile or 50 in the rain
10 gGI my passport. But wren returned
10 Inc Dahk new trlal awaited me; ;
Inc Oahk was closed, locked and barred.
!, Here was GoaMaary; O'Clock and
VIC pallk cioSco' 'SlHnS or "S"Spcnd-
eu payment ana oil that sort OF
lung tr.lmS rose up before me, and | was
aepatlnS what could do next, a win
oOm nin III INC 5ecoho story was opened and
liz tnon"i n",o ,,,,.,
So Iot,o TnUiIo,,I w h"' Inc ln2ttcr?'
.ryoU;Iii UHi''i,i,oo' h ana me ToIcc SaId =
o,clocb The 'fo honI, ~ cTlile, oin nacN at
- to 9 70 oIIo'D' < tho 10 o,I olHseu o"liy IRON
ner ;: "'''" 'l'o o'o'NS " go 10 am
This wos docidodl,, ,,o,- -,
banksDcIno;no- "Tn'y frnTn Z, " - new l4e@ IN
Dart Of the JnS i''lA' L u = INC busiest
Rut tbnre %aa rotbi,,o. ,oe.
do hnt ~ stonJ oro',nI ,,IS i',I JOE me 10
an hour. After this ordn,l + foii '',d ,!d,io w.,
disgusted with thinms in %onornj ''''t", R,,
at 2 O'Clock I was boc(, r. thn h.,,'i'
The doors were still locked and tho i,.,,., L,T:
were still up, with no sians Of iTn Tr'" oh"n9 L''
the place. Five. ten. iftccn ,1,inm,,,
went slowly by. Then slow, hGay2
step came across the court the owner
Of the step deliberately drew u large kew
from his pocket and deliGcr,tc'1 ,,rG.
cccded to open the door. Un The dirty
stairs went the deliberate steps, fol,
sfoirs orothor e.root ,eo 'Iu i'etl "1 me
,,,,ood onI nro4son o''d NY W. pro- pro-