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p;S_HTO?* OF CAIT. IKMTKUX. :?'.' 'i'-ip *.. ??"?" r>; $?'?'? ;? ? 5 CSnti^ Vmplalu Domc-HIm* Hojr bood at Mm. Ah bo bulled himself polishing up a largo gold dink, Capt. Artbtr' Hoary llostron, in his cabin on tbe Carpathla tbla morning, remarked that this watt tbo third medal bo ba received in connection with tbe Ti tanic respue. Tbe first medal came from tbe survivors, tbe second from tile Liverpool Shipwreck and Hu mane society, and tbe third, which he received on H^gUf&iay, (rout the Life Ha vera' llenevolent association, which has it* headquarter* at 61 Wall street, this city. "There are two more medalu^ com* lug," naid Capt. ltostron, In a mod est and matter-of-fact tone, "the congressional medal and the decora tion known as the American Cross of Honor. And, by the way, would you like to see a nice loving cup 1 got tbe other day?" Out of a soft blue bag ho fished a handsome silver cup standing about five inches high, This was presented to him on tbe Carpathla's arrival by Mr. and Mrs. Com P ton, survivors of the wreck. TJje skipper of the rescue ship vfK? suffering from a cold and soon ,laid himself down on the couch in bis snug cabin under the shelter of .a red and black bath robe. He is congratulating himself these days on the fact that he was able to spend quite a little time with Ills family recently because he had to return to England to give his tes timony before the Titanic board of Inquiry. Usually the captains and officers of English passenger ships In the Now York-Mediterranean trade get home only When the ship goes to her hailing port for the an nual overhaul. Capt. Kostron 1b the proud father of three boys who make things li vely for Mrs. Kontroii at theiii homo near Liverpool. ? "Are your boys going to follow in your footsteps and.j^p to sea?" the captain's visitor asked "1 don't know/' he roplled vrlth a grin; "you inovor can toll what boyst will do. 1 wouldn't want them to fol low anything for which they did ?jot Beein to have a natural Inclina tion.' When I was a kiddie I was" bouiul to go -to sea ? couldn't keep me away from it. My father waB a bleacher at Hoi ton, Lancashire. That is not a seapoart, but I seem ed to Hinell Iho salt from afar and It lured me. My father decided that ? he couldn't do anything else with me, so when I was 1 4 years old he packed me off to Liverpool, where I went aboard tho training ship Con way. . .. The ?? Carpathian, commander got up and went to the table for a cigarette, which ho smoked despite ?the cough. His mind seemed to hatf taken a reminiscent turn, for he smiled fiH he sniokod thoughtfully for a time. "The evontH of my first voyage come back to me with an much viv idness an those of the night the Titanic foundered," he continued. "When 1 was X6 yeari~old T went as an apprentice aboard a ship call ed Cedrie the Saxon. To me she embodied all the romance and like lihood of adventure that 1 had ever dreamed of. "There wero three other Conway boys as apprentices on that trip. We sailed from .Hull bbund for San Francisco with railroad iron. The Cedric was an Iron ship of about 1,200 tons, built in 187f>, 1 think. She was a very smart, ship and had u reputation for speedy passages, so I was very proud? chesty I guess you trail it ? to go in her. I can remember her fine lines and tower ing masta and the black hull with painted ports. , "Nothing very much happened during tho first part of the voyage. Routine work, light winds and an intimate acquaintance with the car penter and sallmaker are what 1 remember. 1 was fascinated by the life, loarning navigation and sailormanship. The carpenter and sallmaker berthed in the deckhouse forward, where wo apprentices lived, so they came to bo very important factors in our daily life. "When we reached Cape Horn things took a sudden change and we ran into terriffic gales. Heavy winds and tremendous seas from tho westward beat us back continu ally and all hands were almost ex- 1 hausted shortening sail and^ setting) thv/ canvass during the lulls in the' storm. We were always wet and I cold and it seemed we would never; be dry again. A week passed, two| weeks, and it seemed we could not gain a mile in the face of those | terrific winds. "The gales seemed to Increase in fury rathor than diminish. Onq morning just as I wont into the deckhouse for a cup of coffee a tre mendous wave swept over~the stern and carried away the wheel. The rossel broached to And lay almost on her beam ends whll. the sails went off the yards, booming like eannon. I tried to go on deck but ?'CI- ???? 4 '? ? S'-' ".'.s** '-^v - \ \ .W*. ?lL> . could not. % KverytMng ww, *wamp ?d. We wor# iu a . deuco of u plight for si* bourn Bailor* Mild she was going Aire. But who didn't. Somehow they got itoiub canvass on her and we lay to for forty-eight hours while the carpenter fixed up the vvhcH and the rest of us put newsails on the yar ds. It was bit terly cold, and ' 1 will never forget those gray days aud nights. "Two weeks longer the gale* last ed, day after day of wearing whip and beating against the endless tur moil of wind and sea. It was five week? altogether for us off the Ho r that time and oue of the worst ex periences sailors ever had. And when we finally got Into the Pacific we had light wlitds,%ild it was al-? most five months from the time wo sailed to the day we reached Ban Francisco. The captain was very glad when a tug cam,e alongside to{ take us through the Golden / (late. He was a flue man, 1 remember, Capt. Haines, the son of the Capt. Haines who was then commodore of the Cunard fleet. That was lir '87, 1 think." Capt, Itostron waa asked by hl? Inquisitive visitor if he had ever been wrecked at sea. "No, never wrecked," he replied, "but there, were many 'close call*. You have those shaves, you know, und get over them; forget about them," "WJiat bccaiuo'of your first ship?' "That was rather queer," he said, "I remained In ber a year or two and then went back for several voy ages as first mate. It was very much like home. Then 1 left her a aecond time just before she sailed from Now York for Batavla with, case oil. She was never heardi from again. The theory was that she was burned at sqa." "What ship are you going to have now?" was asked. ' It is the suppo sition among shipping men that Itostron is slated for a big whip because of the Titanic affair. "I'm very well satisfied where I am," he replied. "The Carpathla Is not what wo call a swagger 'ship, but she's a comfortable vessel and a good sea boat. I never worry about promotion. I am quite will ing to serve the Cunard lino In, any ship "tliey see fit to give me. "it Is not always the big ships that do things, as the Titanic business" proved." It was suggested that the gener al public thought Capt. Rostron had acted very well .when honors came to him in insisting that his crew be given a large share of the1" credit for the rescue. "I should have been ashamed of myself If I hadn't given them cred it," he said. Then he lay do^rn again under the red and black bath robe to get a wink of sleeep before going ashore. ? Now York Sun. 8tUI'PKRNON(J VINKS ! | Thin Grape llctaiiiH Characteristics Of Uncultivated Specie*. The scuppernong is the popular grape with the people of the South em States, and they ... are al 90 ...fond of the vine. But the scuppernong vine* Is in a class by Itself, says The New York Sun. It is the near descen dent of a wild species, and retains many -characteristics of the unculti vated vine, which loves to run when and where it will. The vines are propagated from runners which may be had from any established vine by pulling or digg f ing up the overhanging and rooted branches. These should be set out in the fall, and may betrained either on a scaffold or trellis, the former ; requiring less attention, while the , latter affords easier access for prun 1 lug and gathering -the fruit and 1 given the vines more fruit-bearing ] surface. The* running poles are *best if of ; large cypress or juniper srtplings, I three to five inches in diameter, i stripped of their bark; yet any sort ' of polo or rail maybe used for this purpose, as it may easily be replace ' when rotten. If trellising is prefer red, convenience may again be re I garded in the selection of posts, as j on account of their small size it is i not difficult to replace them when I needed. The old theory was that the scup pernong vino did not need pruning, 1 but the recent investigations of Profi : Husmann of the United States De j partmont of Agriculture and of oth er careful observers show that the ! scuppernong vines, whether grown ! on arbor or trellis, do better if i properly pruned. The grapes grow | in small clusters, each of half a | dozen berries or less, lite bunches ; of cherries. ? When ripe the fruit is not picked by hand as you find in other vine yards, but on account of the high running vines the grapes are shaken into large sheets of burlap or cloth spread undorneath the vine. The growers sell their crops not by the ton, but at so much a bushel. Ac cording to the American Wine Press the scuppernong grape has a pecu liar flavor and odor which are Buch that they are not easy to handle in a dry wine, andsomostof the scup pernong is made into sweet wine. The smallest coins in the world are used in South Russia, where there is a coin worth one four thoua* ands part of an English penny; and in the Malay States, wher* a wafer is circulated worth one ten-thous andth part of a penny. 4 In the language of hirers, kisses *peak londer than words. a ^ ? Aq unusual feature of the ne?t* i'* Qf the Western Iowa Editor la I association at Council {fluffs recent ly was an a<VJr*?s on the subject of advertising from the viewpoint of the retail merchant l>y David Oransky, a well known merchant and advertiser of Atlantic, la. Mr. Oransky spoke on "Retail Adver tising Krom the Viewpoint of the Mei chant/' and he declared that the merchant should advertlae the quality and adaptability of his goods. He spoke in part aa fel lows: "It Is a aad but too true fact tbatcountry merchants, aa a rule, are not extensive advertlsera. i am convinced that they ahould adver tise regularly and persistently. "In this great period of advance ment and progress mere storekeep ers can no louger succeed, ft takes live, wide-awake, aggressive mer clianta to succeed today. The suc cessful merchant of today, whether In -the large city or the email town, mtjat* deal with modern conditions One of the most important of theue la the fact that this Is a great age of publicity. Printer's Ink Is to day selling more goods than over before In ,the world's history, and from present Indications Its use fulness In this respect Is only be ginning. "People depend updn their news papers and magazines for informa tion on what to buy and' where to buy. If we would be successful we must, tell the public what we have to offer. We must, through the judicious use of printer's ink, con vince the people that our wares are desirable aud that our values are consistent with the prices asked. The ultimate end of the nonadver tising retailer Is very ' prophetic ally depicted, in a little Incident credited to #Mark Twain. During Mark Twainta newspaper days one of his readers found a spider in his copy of the paper and wrote Mark asking what it meant, "the reply was thut the spider was look ing over the columns of the palter to ascertain who were the nonadver Users so that he ' could weaVe his wiob ov^r their doors. "So if the small town merchant does not advertise the people of his community are not advised of the fact that he has reliable and deulrablo goods or that he offers excellent values. They read" the announcements of the large city merchants; they are attracted to the cities or, in too many Instances, they fall victim to the alluring lit erature of the mail order houses. Trade which rightfully belongs to them is Leaving solely because of lack of publicity. For this Toason It is obvious that extensive adver tising is one of the strongest Wea pons that the. country merchant pos sesses against the giant mail order houses. ? "But if it is true that it pays the small town merchant to advertise extensively, It is true that adver tising is. one of the merchant's most extensive means" dr' combatln^ th<^ mighty ' mall order establishments then you ask. Why is it that he ad vertisees so little? "There apears to be two reas ons. he first applies to, 1 hope, but a very small per cent of the existing dealers. They are not progressive; they believe what WM true ten or twenty years ago is true today; they forget that this is an age of publicity; they do not under stand the mighty power of adver tising. Inshort, they are what] we would term, 'old fogiees.' But, /gen tlemen, do not class all merchants who are not liberal users of print er's ink as back numbers. "Advertising is a difficult propo sition, and it is especially difficult for the small town merchant. 1 say advertising pays, b\jt that doesn' mean that if I buy 'ftirge quantities of space and fill i tfull of type that I gel results. The very fact that this is an age of publicity, makes it all the more difficult to prepare winning advertisements Hundreds of advertisements are being printed daily. The country merchant's printed announcement must compete with those of the city merchants' and mail order houses which, by the way, are care fully prepared by advertising spec lallsts. The advertiser lmust there fore, make hl% advertisements at tractive? must study, first Of all, the layout; he must carefully plan an arrangement so that he inky obtain aneffective appearance. "But, although the arrangement and layout should be first consid eration of the advertiser, it is evl dont from the appearance of most country merchants' ads, that their first consideration is the te^t. Here again the merchant has some difficult work mapped out for hiigf* He must Mf*t determine what to adrertlfs, and then comes the des cription and argument. ^ "The most profitable and most ? p I A. N O s 0 R G A n 1 s IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE KIMBALL PIANO an active progressiveness is joined with over fifty years of experience concentrated on the effort to pro duce piano quality of the highest type. Piano custom ers WHO KNOW appreciate this fact, which ex plains why so many of them say that the Kimball piano is the best. ? ' f|l| w HEN in the market for piano or organ, see the Kimball before you buy. Write for catalogue and price list. State whether piano or organ is wanted. H. W. MELTON, Factory Distributor for Kimball Pianos and Organs CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA ^ I'M small town merchant, 1b to exploit ?the quality, stlyo, newness, worth and desirability of his merchandise with consistent price as a , minor consideration. But can yoo imag | ine the country merchant with so many different lines of goods on his shelves attempting to determine the logical items to advertise, at tempting to describe the features of his merchandise which will ap peal to the public, attempting to Chpetfe or, rather, find the words, phrases and expressions which will suggest the desirability of his wares Does not this suggest to your mind some of the problems of the coun try advertiser? "Or, if he chooses the less diffi cult but more frequently used meth-j od of appeal/ he will talk price in his announcements. He will con tinually bo holding "special sales," selling ^.goods for cost and less. And if he gives values even half as great as his advertisements tell ahout he will find himself conduct ing business at a loss, or if, after leading his customers to expect won derful bargains, he attempts to ob tain regular prices he will sooh dis cover t>hat his ads. have lost all ef fectiveness. "So the successful advertisor in city or village must choose for his subjects, goods in which the pub lic is interested; he must describe the goods in an interesting, truth ful and forceful manner; ho imust advertise frequently and regularly; but, most important and difficult of all he must make his ads. attrac tive, appoaling and easily read." Still, Thinking of Her. The young undergraduate was haled before his tutor, says The Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. He had exceeded his leave by no less than two days. "Well," said the prof saeor," what have you to say for yourself?" "I'm awfully sorry," replied the undergrad. "I really couldn't get back before. I was detained by piost Important business." The professor looked at him sternly. "So you wanted two more days of grace, did you?" he asked. "No, sir," answered the young man, off his guard for a moment ? "of Marjorle." J. T. Burdell Surveyor and Engineer Camden, S. C. r* ] c* 1 ror bale Nil Store on Broad Street recently occupied by J, W. Smith as garage. For prices and terms apply to C. P. DuBose I'WAT piece of jewelry you new Jt IT ? ^ ^ made -good at Irt L T1 CO,t Brin* Jt ? to^T any thin <r itf** yOW a '1"ce 0,1 i*? We can mend