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Dollars are too valuable to throw away. ? Better Start a Bank Account TO-DAY with Us. We not oYiIy accept your deposits, keep your money nafely, and render evrry possible accomoda tion that the Uest bank on earth can render, but we will take care of your valuable papers and give you our assistance in your business transactions free of charge. ? The First National Bank] OF CAMDEN, S. C. CNTERPRISE MERCANTILE CO. Buttons on Underwear are a Nuisance They are also unnecessary. We have Nolnitton union suits as low as 50c and $1.00, and vests and pants at 25c and 50c each. These garments are knit to fit like a second skin. Made of long-fibre cotton. Plenty of "give/' yet so springy it will not gather or pucker under the corset. If you want j thoroughly comfortable 43 underwear, ask for Nobatton Vests and Union Suits l)o not judge these by the price. They court inspection. Sizes are full and uniformly ai curate. Trimmings are stylish anil yet wear well. Ample neck opening makes the union suits and vests easy toslipon and takeoff. You will ho highly pleased if you give them a trial. We have these garments in all sizes ? Ladies', Misses' and Children's. Nobutton Vests and Pants 25c and SOc each; Nobutton Union Suits SOc and $1.00. See Our Display of Children's School Dresses ENTERPRISE MERCANTILE CO. SAFEGUARD AND PRESERVE your Furs, Blankets, Comforts, Heavy Hangings, Portiers, Carpets, Rugs, Winter Wraps and Clothing by having them thoroughly cleaned by our SPECIAL PROCESS before storing for Summer. FOOTER'S DYE WORKS CUMBERLAND, Md. J Always Safest and Best MORGAN Cirt tfl&s isthmus E.W.PICKARD OHMa&w V/tW /7rv/j c#tY /c&f/sxv Panama, It. P.? It In aot given to many men to destroy a city mo utterly J that It In never rebuilt. That 1b whi^t Capt. John Morgan, the master hue ! caneer, did In 1^71, when he led hlH hand of cutthroats down from tho hlllii upon Panama. After he had fin ished with that big, flourishing city there was so" little left of It that the Spanish moved live miles west along the coaut and there built a new Pan* uma ? the Panama we know today. The story of Morgan's justly famous exploit, often told, never grows stale. It id a wonderful story of desperate bravery, endurance, suffering and ruth lass cruelty, and as John Esquemeling wan the first to relate It In detail, bo ho has been the best. Howard Pyle has well said: "In the case of the Esquemeling history, It should bo de cidedly hands off. One touch of the modern bruHh would destroy tho whole" tone of dim colors of the paHt made misty by the lapse Of time." So I wish I had space to quote tho en. tire story of Morgan and Panama as Esquemeling, who was one of the , band, tells it. Some of it, at least, must be given In his quaint language, beginning with tho capture by a part of Morgan's fleet of Fort San Lorenzo at tho mouth of the Chagres rlvor. Says Esquemeling: "Captain Hrodely being made com mander, in three days after his de parture (from St. Catherine's) ar rived in sight of tho said castle of Chagre, by tho Spaniards* called St. Lawrence. This castle Is built on a high mountain at the entry of the river, surrounded by strong pallisades, or wooden walls, filled with earth, which secures them as well as the best wall of stone or brick. The top of this mountain is, In a manner, dl- j vlded Into two party, between which is a ditch thirty feet deep. The castle hath but one entry, and that by a drawbridge over this ditch. To tho land It lias four bastions, and to the sea two more. The south part is to tally Inaccessible, through tho craggi ness of the mountain. Tho north Is surrounded by the river, which hero is very broad. At the foot of tho castle, or rather mountain, is a strong fort, with eight great guns, commanding the entry of the river. Not much low er are two other batteries, each of six pieces, to defend likewise tho mouth of tho river. . . . "No sooner had the Spaniards per ceived tho pirates, but they fired in cessantly at them with the biggest of their guns. They came to an anchor in a small port about a league from the castle. Next morning, vorv early, they went ashore and inarched through the woods to attack the castle on that side. This march lasted till two of the clock in the afternoon, be fore they could reach the castle, by reason of the difficulties of the way, nni its mire and dirt; and though their guides served them very exact ly, yet they came so nigh the castle at first that they lost many of their men by its shot, they being in an open place without covert." The pirates bravely assaulted the castle, sword in one hand and fire ball in tho other, but were repulsed with heavy loss. Renewing the at tack under cover of darkness, "there happened a very remarkable accident | which occasioned their victory. One of the pirates being wounded with an arrow in his back, which pierced his body through, ho pulled it out boldly at the side of his breast, and winding a little cotton about It, ho put it into his musket, and shot it back to tho castle, but the cotton being kindled" by tho powder, fired two or three houses in the castle, being thatched with palm leaves, which the Spaniards perceived not so soon as was necessary; for this fire meeting with a parcel of powder, blew it up, thereby causing great ruin, and no less consternation to the Spaniards, who were not able to put a stop to it." Full advantage was taken of this by the buccaneers, and they set fire to the palings and gained a foothold within them, despite "many flaming pots full of combustible matter, and odious smells, which destroyed many of the EiiKlish." All next morning tho fight raged, but about noon the English gained a breach through which they fought their way to the heart of the castle. "The Spaniards who remained alive cast themselves down from the castle into tJm sea, choosing rather t.i die thus (few or none surviving the fall) than to ask quarter for their lives The governor himself retreated 4o the corps du guard, before which_were placed two pieces of cannon; here he still de fended himself, not demanding any quarter, till he was killed with a mus ket Shot In the heat] In a few daVs Captain Morgan ar rival w.th the rest of fle?>t and or ganized the expedi'.ion ngain^' Pana ma He ?ork r,.-n by bc.V. Lho Chagres as far as c.rrc< s. no\. a vil lage not two ir.ib from the canal, and then landc-l tlu-n: for the rland march. Leaving !*',<) men with tlie boats, ho started through the Jungle with about a thousand. For days they struggled on, suffering Intensely for lack of food, for the Spaniards and Indians had destroyed the villages and crops along the way. At one polut they found a number of leathern bags, and "made a hugo banquet" upon them. At another a few sacks of meal, some plantains and several Jars, of wine were discovered In a cave. On the sixth day after leaving Cruces "ascending a high mountain, they dis covered the South sea. This happy sight, as if It were the end of their labors, caused infinite joy among them." Then they came to a vale, where they found plenty of cattle, and their period of starvation came to an end with a monstrous feast. "Cutting the flesh into convenient pieces or gobbets, they threw them 4nto the fire and, half carbonaded or roasted, they devoured them, with incredible haste and appetite; such was their hunger, as they more resembled cannibals than Europeans; tho blood many times run ning down their beards to their waists." That evening the pirate band came In sight of Panama, and pitched their camp, which was ineffectually bom barded all night by tho guns of the city. Next day Captain Morgan led his thousand bold men down the hillside and confronted the forces of the gov ernor of Panama, consisting of two squadrons ot horse, four regiments of foot and a huge number of wild bulls driven by Indians. The Spaniards be gan the battle, but their horse were useless, owing to the softness of the ground. The foot were held In check by the Are of tho pirates, so the wild bulls were driven forward but, fright ened by the noise of the conflict, the animals ran away. After two hours j of fighting the surviving Spaniards I Hod within the city walls. Six hun j dred of their comrades lay dead upon I the field. Morgan at once attacked "Morgan's Tower," Old Panama. tho city, and though the defense was desperate, many of the pirates being killed, Panama fell within three hours. What Morgan did to the devoted in habitants in tho effort to find all their hidden treasure is too horrible to re late. Soon after the capture of the city fire broke out in many quarters, and Esquemeling says the conflagra tion was started by Morgan, though he laid the blame on tho Spaniards. Anyway, as the houses were almost - all built of cedar, the entire city was soon consumed by flames. Some three weeks later "Captain Morgan departed from Panama, or rather from the place where the city of Panama stood; of the spoils whereof he carried away with him 175 beasts of carriage laden with silver, gold and other precious things, besides about six hundred pris oners, men, women, children and slaves." Of old Panama naught remains but the ruins of the cathedral, the tower of St. Stanislaus' church and the frag ments of a few other Btono and brick structures.. Pur more than two cen turies they have been buried In the jungle, but are now being brought to view by the efforts of tho Panama government, which is jia ing the un dergrowth cleared away from the ruins. ^ * The visitor to the isthmus should not fail to make the trip down the Chagri's from Oatun to the sea, re versing Morgan's route. The scenery along the river is beautiful, and the great stretch of ocean beach ? clean, hard, proen and purple sand over which immense breakers roll ? Is ideal for bathing. TKi n ative walls of Fort San Ixsr i en 7.0 srill stand on the hill at the mouth of the Ohapres. and the heaps of cannon balls left by the Sranfr.:"ds ! are yr t ih.-ve I p. th . ? : : I the c a - *! ? a j r ? ; the ' I on th * and 1 Good Crops Good Prices Make everyone feel like I hey can afford to spend u few dol* lure after a year of toll and labor in making the crops that pro duce the money. After carefully going ov??r the altuation and studying the wanta of our cuatowera we feel sure that we are better prepared than ever to cater to the want# of the moat critical buyera. We handle a general line of HEAVY (dUK'KlUKK, llOlWK, (X)W ?uul rOUI/l'RY ? HKKD ^\IN OF Alili KIND. You will lone nionoy If yoy don'l get our prices ou HagglnK and Tiea; Cotton Sheets and Piekera 'Sacks. Thia season will be tho greatest in the history of Wagon and Huggy trade and we have prepared for this by laying in a large stock of Piedmont Wagona, which need no introduction as they have been tried and teated, < A word to the Huggy purchaser: When buying a Buggy you want one that gives the wear and at the same time looks tho best. Wo havo tho agency for the ROCK HIM, Hug gy Co. and the TAYL.OR-C ANNADY Huggy Co. The mowing season is at hand ? you will want an Osborne Mower and a Red Ripper Hay Preaa. pull Idno of Farm Implement*. Highest market price paid for Cotton. 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