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WE VALUE YOl? GOODWILL ? * 'A r, ? . r- ? -U ? [H : ,"w ; ; i,"1,,! i" s "? '"nr. ?, jjfl n. ? \ ? rx\ )$f' ) ' That some capital and muoh energy are necetfoty to the success of any busineHs venture goes without say ing* 3^ut?thore in one other element that is even more necessary to success, and that is public* confidence and * KOOil will. V That we have been ho fortunate as to command the confidence and good will of the people of this com inunity is a matter of just pride to us. That we have had your cordial support aiu) patronage is also a matter self-conKratulation, ' ?f . *7?;\ . W** v & i' - For it all we winh herewith to tender our sincere thanks and to wish ?or one and all continued prosperity and happiness. Hoping that our relationH may ever re main both pleasant and profitable to each of us, we be# to remain, y Yours for continued success, BEjfc \ ? ? H ' ; ' 1 1 = G. L. BLACKWELL JSft* ?? ? ; Jeweler and Optician Camden, S. C. ? <,f m*<_ i i ? TKIIMS NOT SUFFICIKNT. 2ri?|V<fc *Niy. t \'i\. ~ ? lireat Britain and France l)o Not Look Willi Ityvor on Peace Terms. h ' "* " p " Ureat llritnln and France, rcsinvt ivrty, Uinptiffh. their prime minister and "'v -Tnlniwter <*f foreign affairs, have mude 4- ? ?known to the -world (hat tin* terms un . ' i*Jer which the Teutonic Allies seek a i?t?iiernl |K*aee ?irt* not snMclent. And buck iiitf. r prime minister the Brit jteft proletariat: represented by nation Hi labor confer on en, have reatllrwed with mil equivocation that It Is the de termination of lal>or to continue the ^wrar 1n order hereafter t < ? make the world safe for democracy. Fortified 4>y the known. attitude of l 'resident Wilson un to t-he require v MontH of the Hutted States If the war ri to owl tyid ft pcace concluded, the A Big Help ?! xrate th?' small machines a I ?<> tt't the t u r in b v ricit y. DELCOLIGHT will supply ample ix>wi-r at an ?\<ifeocirngly low cost. Kims t Kc grind st one .r hum. Mjmi.it or, washing machine for practically nothing. Al vo Ptinplffs the entire farm with brilliant clcctric liglit. A child can run it and it pays for itself in a short time. Let iio demonstrate it on voi r farm. Horn* Light & Power Co. . c^AauorrK N c UmtiO'Liit ht ? with the season's ofTerin?j9 of -sea food. Preferred every where with lobster, oyster*, cl^ros or fish dlshe* for its rppetiring, restful, healthful properties. Manufactured f.om tUp finest cereals oud con nine Saazer Hops. ANHEUSER-EUSCH St. Louia. U. 8. A | utterances "f "Premier Lloyd George ; mul Foreign Minister rinchon and tbe i almost unanimous sentiment of the j Itritlah workors seemingly make wr i tain that the Teutonic* Allied -proffer, given in reply to the Itusslun Boishov Iki proposa Ix. will go for, naught uu l?\>s It Is materially added to and brought Into line with the demands that the United States and the Entente Allies have laid down as the concrete basis for the discussion of i>eaoe. } Nevertheless, the Bolsheviki element in itu&da apparently has not lost heart that something may come from the Fzerln proposal, for the Brcst-Lltovsk l?eaee inference at which It was oa y has taken a recess until Jannaty 4, and meanwhile Trotfcky, the Bolshevlki for eign minister, purposes ty send a note to the Entente A llle<l embassies in on endeavor to have them participate ill further peace parleys. Inside Kussla (he situation still re mains obscure owing to the .various re I>orts concerning the movement* ol the Bolshevlki and counter revolution forces. One of these reports is to the effect (hat ah ai'fnlstlee between (he Kaledincs and Bolshevlki troops has IxfCU effected at Ilostov-on-Dou, with a neutral zone between the lighting lines. On tho lighting fronts Palestine again has cenne Into a position of llrst Importaiuv owing to the British hav ing inflicted another severe defeat upon the Turks near Jerusalem. North and northwest of the floly City fJen. Alien by's forces have made an advance of ahout two and a half miles on a front <?f nine miles after having repulned a Turkish attack. The Turks ouffcred heavy casual ties. Artillery duds are iu progress along the entire northern front in the Ital ian theater, the infantry of both mdes apparently being inactive except for imtrui encounters. Likewise on the i front in France the artillery Is doing the major part of. the fighting. The Germans have not offered battle to the French on the Verdun sis-tor north of f he < 'aurlores wood sIiht Wednesday's sanguinary repulse. Snow and cold weather prevail over the entire Hue fr??m Belgium to the Swiss border. t'hrlstmas morning Mr. I?. K. Thomp ?-i'Ii. of the Syracuse seel lou. committed filicide by shooting himself In the head | with a :iS-cnllbre pistol. He was a)?out ('W? \car.H old. Had health and brooding ?over the thought of his sons being In the a rtny Is thought to have been the i <-aw.se. I la rtsville Messenger. Mid I?t?iKy HbwIB HtndOT* HiirprlHv today by arrcHtli?K f< men, nil <JvorglM?M, charged ihurder ot WIU I'lcw, lirowu'H forty, on tfrfrjB ? t the rtnvawh ^jrlver, May IJ All arrtttlp were madq In (ialrgla. Two of 1 1(0 nii'ii, Cliarllr (!r?ft and 1,111 Im-i Dudley. were lodged i? the ?oynty Jail be re. Hilm Mw wap placed - in the Hart County Jail, *tob I^ee lane* wax detained by. the command hi k iitror of ( 'o tap Wheeley, tMpy ho ia , a soldier. I'lerce'waH miirdrird Ipr^ngMtrurk j 'ii the head with an axe, and- bill i>er~ Htm robbed, Huppot^tlon la that Pierce \va h murdered l>ecuune-he had know ledge of blockade liquor transactions. Rewards agKregatlng $1,800 stand for the conviction of the guilty (tarty. ?' ? j "ii t ? mi ? ( | More Negrrtew tiiffp San Antonio, Tex., Jau. 2. ? Five .of the negroes trlod by the laat ?court martial 4 it connection w^th the JJouh ton riot*, have been sentenced to l>e hanged, ' according to the vor<JU-t of the vo'urt announced Mujortlen oral H tick man lhl? morning. They arc Privates "AImj" jollier, Thomas McDonald. Jttinea Robinson. J oscph Hmlth, ami Albert lC\Vftlght. all of Coiupany I,. tilth l). 8. Infantry. Kxecutlou of the sentence will be su? I tended until after the cuse la review ed by Pretrtdrai$WHfK>n. Three of the?, fifteen tried were scntencfltf to ten years nt Ix?aven worth ntod seven to seven year#- each. j Another Cold Wave Coming. Washington, Jnn. n.? A^othdr.' cold wave Swooping down from tfcfc Ca-j nadlau Northwest was today Cffifored hi the. Ohio valley arid westorn Ten nessee. There were falling tempera tures In the upper lake region, the upper Mississippi valley and thel South generally. Low tempeiytureR continue in the Bast While lu the In- [ terior western" country' there has been a moderation. The cold will penetrate tonight as for south as Florida with freezing temf>erntnreg in the fit part of that Htaw> and withiij frtr srfhth ds Miami. V . -l .'if : ^Sv- ft.' FAVORITE SPORTS OF T *YO . V' ? i.: T?nT,rTrt/ -? Baseball and Football Art evolved From Dally Work Our Forefather*' ,<* ?- jJf . ; a- r ''"?'?Hi.' Play- H ahcestral { our forefathers, ? near on^ rArlijffe, to live, we do for fun; muses on ehnnge. Awqy back lh \x to nee, they lived by luintlng? and b; dodging the ertiaiures which wo hunting them. In those days, it CO! slderably strengthened onW grip on life to bo able to thrqiw n stone wltA accuracy, to hit quickly, and .strongly i with a club, to run f&m tree to tree so swiftly and with such nice Juc" inent of distance as. to foil old Sabei Tooth, the original apostle of frlghj fulness. The men who could do these thl well left descendants. GeneratlOi centuries, neonj^ passed, ' and tl descendants, struggling to repeat dally work of their forbears, evolvi such gomes as Cricket, oho old and rounders. Out of this last,) happy chonoe and happier genius* developed baseball, to exerc^s' oul lungs, imprqve our eyes and Increase I our vocabularies, - ' j r For different Is the origin of foot boll. The keynote of that Is th^ mossed rush ? like the one which wot the bnttle of Marathon. . Sometime* the massing Is extra close, correspond lug to the charge of the Theban coU umn at Leuctra, and with pretty neai> ly as high a proportion of casualties until the rule makers abolished the fly-$ Ing wedge. But even in the most open*, game, football Is ossentlally a dlscl^ plined charge, aftd the activities lit calls into play are Immeasurably less;' ancient than those of baseball. Why the one game has become thtfj greatest of professional sports and the, other the peculiar joy of colleges, n<^. one can say, but so It Mfe Perhaps hair the problem can be solved by rftcol-' lectlng that the college age Is the thlll^ tory age, and tajres naturally to game which mimics andent war. Alaska Natives Like Taxis. High, white-topped shoes and sllkJ and satin party gowns, worn by natlv^j Alaskans, are cited by J. L. McPhei son fcf the Seattle chamber of com^ uierce os proof of the prosperity bee in#? enjoyed by the residents of tha^ territory. -* } Mr. McPherson, who has returned from a six weeks' trip to Alaska, says that the present fad of the Ketchikan^ natives Is taxi riding at a cost of $3; an hour, according to the Seattle Post* Intelligencer. The seven taxlcabs re* cently installed at Ketchikan are doing a land olBce business,- he says. To hid good-by to a native departing on' one of the boats, an entire family of native friends rode down to the dock, alTghfed anrt shook honde with him,* wishing him a good voyage, re-entered their motor car arid the head of the family airily waved to the chauffeur/ "Home, James.** With their rapidly acquired taste fof the latest styles In clothing, Mr. Mo Pherson says, has come a liberal pa* tronage of the bootblack by both the men and women, much to the Mi|ht of the bootblack. |*??honh? NKW' YEAR. IKvtKin f?r JttffMto To Be pg . ' *wJNvbere. | [ INew Votk, Jpifie. HI.? -A tew wwty ago ttiere ivum a trig met>tiug At the tWnWlort?AM<?rlu. , Interesting talkn m th?, mibjeot of oouaervatloi^ jnater? lal and (||KCIIH<?I01I MH to 'WB|M Alid numuH wefo lu order, and the throng of lllt'll ?IUl WOMirli, ? ma IIUl,U< l It l rl , wholesale uud retail clothing firm?., U& ti?Wh|>ii|M>i' people fpund touch food fjjF thought. _ The Spring Will certain ly Allow (h*- k HUlttf of thla meeting iu the quantity of material tixed. Ho, you ?h^?, the nett est Allies ot tl^ lK)yM lU tH* front; hro* in really, their oldest Allies, the girls they left behind them. Uow l? tho tdiprtago In cbUl going to affect. uh here lu the (Jutted Htuten lu regurd to ulptlu*. Wo ca n not longer patHKl\, "Now 1?, the winter of our dis content made glorious summer by? tfnr imccs and radiator**." We have f<? look Like Mellow Sunlight Specs were for old folks when grandma was young. She wears specs now but often forgets to use them in the mellow spn Jight of f RAYO LAMPS Rayo Lamps can Ijc lighted as easily as a gas jet, without tak ing off either the chimney or the shade. Of strong, simple construction ? artistic in design, ? they give bright flickerless light that saves eye-strain. Ask for them by name. If youi dealer does not have them wrif1* to our nearest station.. Aladdin Security Oil guaran-j tees best results from lam] stoves and heaters. STANDARD OIL COMPAN1 Richmond. V*. " , ? . CturlttfM, 8. I t The Artistry ot the Bustle ' I * ' ? ' fo .our olotbos, our U>door clothes at hat. to keep Ub waravif we aro so un ^>Ft)uytfc 6f> to lack fuel. The Paris labs niet Jfeif problem with the lavish; uw of fur, but In thtfc our day of 'houRhtful patriotism we are turning 'o Woolen materia Is, carefully used. The Mug sleeves of satin, or sheerest erepeand chiffon have- given place to linjjey "?fava <1 el ot h , or; not in Interlined. \Ve wear high colors, to be sure, and ?J?ne tUnlc. one of Fashion'* favorites this yea t;, i?;, surely butatlchxl warmth. N^wmot w? trt^y sy that this is the m o{- tiiouf <htf?D beauty, carefully gaAjed? 1 *Tis a fashion tnat has swept away ill disparagement ? the bustle effect on n'#t frocks. ?Sometimes, as In the nodel Illustrated here, the hustle Is a new* eumouflage, a m?ft imff of ma^ erlal. but accentuating the slender Igjire. The. dress is very simple ; In leed? the buttons on the tight sleeves and on the waist a re the only trinr mfngs used if one doe* not count the : fetching little rlhbon that acts as a ? girdle. Made In 'either silk, wit In or I -woolen goods, the effect is charming If one ?-olor Is used for the entire co?? tunje, though a contrasting or lights shade could he used very well on the collar and to line the hustle, and fuc? back the sleeves. The skirt is nar row, as all good bustle skirts are, be ing only a yard and three-quarters at the lower edge. There is a wonderfully interesting play in town which tells some of JJje stories of the Arabian Nights in ttie most be-witchingly colorful way. 1% iU may be traced nm<*h of the seasrtfs I love for Oriental effects materials Wud designs. There ^re quaint skating sets to 1m* worn by saucy damsels, es sentially lJMK. eopied from the head- j dresses of China, with the beloved j , el low nn<l Mil loverly lntnxlj ?oil.s and til vM ; c, here nro oV*eraj jarbroidori*s,of Wf jign. and on -id therr, on* aeM fr'aMftost Tow nutiafte-offttotfli Imbia at Knmdon \ Iklon at Jl [fV>lunVhl? ptW at pmden J No matter how chilly comfortable if you ha in the house. You wherever extra war is economical, Now used in over 8, Use it with Aladdin warmth from a STANDARD 01 WA?hinRtnn, D. C. Norfolk. Va. Richmond, Vs. Florence ( ?utes they tally all I &ate? pd ?lon of tJ '} <Mers, j>i 1 be autl to | frdere am i tders to ] illers will 'idencrlpt alectlorw ^ofhlg p iiv for. *<*1 i>ogt flWlar so *?n *aoh | when 1 JrocKa I taoMle t *th of tfc ^Hy ,ftl each | 1 Wvlnf the ( *k on