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ALCOHOL-3 PKR CWf. s,uHlaUii4U.cFoodbytot?V . Iln4 iheStewdn tad By b " E&Sg! WhBll* *"' \ S?u jgg^_ MBU ^Un4lbMtfM?rtoWM?lr I ftpSlinitoSMiMi2fr 0^0^. ? "*?*22S?? I Exact Copy of Wrapper. For Infants and Cin?V Mothers Know w Genuine Castorii Always Bears the a Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THI OINTAUH OOMTAN V. Nl? VOK* tTt ? ? ?. ? y Application for partlon < f I'ftlU Wlcw? formerly - a.sxol'jalc editor of ihe Char leston American, who waa convicted of conspiracy t\? sink the Fteumship Lieben-' ?els in .('harUstomn harbor and sentenced ,o two t\?'ars* imprisonment and $1,000 fine, has been rejected by. the Depart ment nf .1 tutice. MASTER'S SALE St n't <* of Sr.u.tli Carolina f. I <V?uiit> of Kershaw , In The Court of Common l*lea> } ) * n* i? k Moses und Amaudn Sinyrl, Plaintiffs ttgitinst l.ncietiu Dickson, Defendant ruder und by virtue of a decree of his Honor Judge W. H. Towuseiid fof <iate I>eeembpr 10th, lOlKj I will offoi; >'or nalr at public outcry to the highest ! bidder for cash, before the Court House <loor in Camden, H. C., within the le$al hours of sale on the first Monday in January next, l>cing the 0th day thereof,! the following deHcrlbcd tract p( land: | All that piece, parcel or tratt of land in the said County and State, ? contaiu- ' ing thirty-four (Hit acres, more or less, ivinjc about 10 miles NortJi of Camden, 'jind hounded North by lmftA* now or "formerly ? of Henry. NVaddy ; Kast by land* now of formerly ox- Adatnson ; " Soyth by Isiuah Waddy: and West by lands now or - formerly of A tlamson. Any oi.'j desiring to bid at the said Kale shall first deposit with the Master, t h?* Mini <o .^TiO.OO ?x an evldeuce of gv>?d faith. A. VVITTKOWSKY, . | Muster Kershaw < 'ounty. j It timber -Oth, 11*18. I MASTER'S SALE. State nf South Carolina. ''ounty of Kershaw. K. I '. Tniesdate. It. It. DeLoaehe, Wil lis Sheorn, m-varlner* in trade under . the in in name *ot lOntcrpriso Mercan-: tile ('<onipaiiy. Plaintiff * tuwlunt I Haftir 1 ??ii; ,? ?c.v and Alfred Drinpsey, Defendants. J Cutler ami !?,) virtue of :i decree of his llonor dodge NV. 11. Townsend of' date I ?????. I, Sili, lillS, I will offer for. vali* at public (hiU'In to tin* highest )iidd> ' f"r rash, before tin? Court Ilou.sc * lr><. i ; :i Camden, S. < !.. within the legal hone*, ?if sale on the li rut Monday in .ianuar.\ next, being the Otli day thereof. ?he i'mIIkw hik e1escnl>ed traet of land: All that piecc, ov parcel of land sit- ( unte and in the State and Count} 'j .?i<ir?-?.*4 id. ????*? i aining sixteen acres, more >r le^s and being Itounded an follows;) Xorth by lan<U of Kugcue Mickle; Kast I by lands of (*. T. lnttle; South by! amis of estate ?>J \V. 1). McDowell .tnd Went by lands of Sain Mass. Any one desiring Lu bid at the .said *ale shall tirst deposit with the Master the sum of fc-r?0 00 as an evidence of faith. i I- A \V I'lTKOWSKV, ! Ma -let f?<r Ki rr-diaw < 'outii ^ . lie, ember IHtli. 1 i>lX Wateree Mill Village Note*. Our ychool dosed la*<t Friday for Christmas holiday*;^ The teachers have go n ? to their respective homes Until the clone v>f the holidays. ??? The girls and* boys of the village are practicing for the Christmas exercises which will- take place at the Church in connection with the Christmas tree, on Ch rhftuoas eve. We hope this will be the most enjoyable event Ibis com muuity has had In many years. A large crowd gathered at the club house on Thursday evening for an old time community potato roasting King games were played around a big fire ou the lawn while the potatoes were being cooked. Stories, recitations, jokes and ?ong? completed the pleasure of the even-: ?4ug.. ' ? ? . . . ' - Mr. it. W. Davis and childrcu of Columbia spent the week end with Mr. j and Mrs. Charles Davis. Mr. J. 1); Shaw was in Columbia the puwt week cud ou business. ? . llev. Heynolds of Selnia > Baptist (Church of Sumter, guest of Rev. Benson, made a splendid talk on hope for peace at the Church on Friday night. Miss N\Ue Wilkes attended the Staiie Night School association held in Co \ mnb in on the 14th and 15th. MIsh Wilkes wont as a representative of the village night school. , * L Pontlae Citizen Killed. James A. Davis, aged 70 years, well known resident of upper Richland County, was Instantly killed yesterday morning at 7 o'clock when he stepped in front of a Seaboard Air Line pas wnger train an it approached Pontiac, a station 14 miles above Columbia. The blow ('knocked the body about <K> feet. The coroner will conduct an inquest thi* afternoon. Mr. Davis has been a familiar figure around the court house for many years. lie served several tonus on the County Democratic exe cutive committee and always exhibited a lively interest in political affairs, ? Thursday's State. Lt having been conclusively proved In-foru a Seuate investigating committee tlu?t William Bayard Hale, a writer for the Hearst newspapers and formerly a confidential representative t?f I>resident Wilson in Mexico, eventually became head of the publicity branch of German propaganda in this ??ountry ? what is the Government going to, do about it? If the Government does not punish him, the citizens of Washington ought to hang him on n lamp post. ? Hock Hill Record. Answer the Red Cross Roll Call CHRISTMAS TOYS ; Knoutfli for the children and useful thinj^s for the prrown-ups. / 1 Klcctric ilooiis, Stationery, (Fountain Pons, Toilet Goods, Candy, Pipes, C itfarette Oivijes, Calendars and Christmas Cards. Come and nee them early. W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store ? Telep hone 30. M*y Sink Muneufnrd ji -I... i _ . -fft.mrj Pari?, .Dee. 18,?' Ttie American c|vle gates to the im'iuv i-ongrens |^v# re ceived to mUvim'mU th?- sinkiug of the ktim-ndered enemy wdr ship* and rcsjst uuy proposition to distribute them on uj? basis of naval loswes. This Miinouuc^i Idcnt l? in ude by t hose iu d<Htc tou"h with the American representative*, who, it In added, feel that such a position wot) It! result lu avoiding c*on i*-n t i..n and materially ~sup|K> ft President's Wilson'* dedaratiou that the war wmh not baaed on aggresslou or the acquisition of prop erty. Kngland, through Hir Kric Oeddes, llrst lord of tb? admiralty, had prevlou*< )y acquiesced in the American plau to destroy wrashlps, aud, it U declared. wUl it utiuue to support the United Htatcs, although it is expected that tome of tb? lesser qaval powers will demaud Hint the prises be distributed. NUte Heal Ui Htaiktlcs. AecoriHug to statistics complied by Dr. James A. lluiuet State health officer, 21,508 deathH oocurred in Hotfth Caro lina during the interval between Jan uary and October 81. 1918, wliile the number of births for thf name period was Ji0,200. The number of deaths for tl>.- same period of time in 1017 'was 10.072 with 35,401 births. MasaarliusacttN Lady Died Here. Miss I. 1). Raker, n resident of Ded-' Jiani, Matt*., died at the residence of Mrs. K. O. i ?ii r.M .. Wednesday of apo plexy. The body was seut by express to Dedham yesterday morning. ? ? ' . ?? ? STOCKHOLDERS MKKTINCi \ _ The annual meetiug of the stockholder* of the Rank of Oamden will be held at the offlces of the Bank on Tuesday Do er uibsr list, 1018 at four thirty o'clock p. ui. - C\ H. YATES, . ?t| Secretary. ? t~: ? ? ? r ? 1 1 ' ? *'/. ; *? ? When hostilities ceased the American army was being prepared and equipped t< hurl ten tons of musturd gas luto the GerftVqn force* for every ton the Germans could deliver. Major Oep. Wil liam I*. Hi be ft, director of the., chemi cal warfare service, said Friday at Wash ington at a din ii. i given in his honor. The day that the anniatice was signed, he said, plans for the' manufacture of tlx- standard gases were in og$ration with a manufacturing capacity greater than that of Englnhd aud France com bined. This capacity would have been trebled in the case of ceirtattf ga?es be fore the cud of the new year. ' Return to home waters of t^e^first ships of the American armdda s?nt to Europe to combat German sea fa?wef, will be marked by a great na%*al pageant [ in New York harbor about December 23. Secretary Daniels announced today that he will go to New York on* the May flower to review the fleet, which will be led by Admiral Mayo, comman der-in-chief of the Atltentio fleet, on his flagship, the Pennsylvania, which accompanied President Wilson -to Eu rope. Strongly rocommeuding some system of universal military training for the State, William W, Moore, the Adju tant General, in his report 2o tho Gen eral Assembly vftfl suggest two methods," first, that youths who have reached their *jxteehth year be required to have at least three months' intensive military training nnder proper . authority each year for four years, ?nd at the expira tion of this period be compelled to en list in the National Guard for three years:, or second, ?that the youth be required to undergo a year's intensive training, preferably when he is twenty or twenty-one years of age, -and then r-nlist in the National Guard of his State for one term. ' ? . PROGRAM Today Friday Dec. 20th. SPECIAL FEATURE Title Not Yet Announced Hut it will please you Saturday Dee. 21st. SPECIAL FEATURE Title Not Yet Announced Round to "pi0?*0 Monday I>ec. 23rd. , - Jesse L. Laskv Presents PAULINE FREDERICK IN "A Daufhter of the Old Sooth" Also Official War Review Picture? The Day Before Christmas Everybody Should See Daintv Vivian Martin in "MI RANDY SMILES" Pathe News on the Program CHRISTMAS DAY Lawrence Orant and Olive Tell io "TO HELL WITH THE KAISER" A screen classic production t^a^,pnt* him whore he belongs ? The Day After Christmas And the Day After Tliat A . Paramount-Artcraft Special "SPORTING LIFE" The Masdve Drury Lane Success Produced by Maurice Toumeur. ! KKKM1IAW NKW8 NOTES (atereatlng H?ppciiip|i OMIiewd Kr?in ; Tk? Kra of TW PUw | * f - ; Through the kindnetM of Mlaa Mclitu j *loyd. we arc permitted to place on exhibition in tho front window of the ofllce a German hefmrt reeved ' *?y her some tiuio ago from a friend, vbo Is with tho American expeditionary 'iiivcs in PfAOte. itobert S. Ca#ton, colored, who lived about u ratio north of Kershaw, died 'ast Thursday, aged about seventy year*. 'Ir was KtrlckcQ nuddculy the Saturday nrevIOUK and grow gradually worse until death eame. ?) v. < hving to the very inclement condition of the weather on last Sunday the ded uction of the Hecond liaptlst Church, at the mill WW poatponled to another day, and announcement of the time will h<* made a* noon a# the date ia agreed upon. He v. T. A. Dabney, of Lancas ..tor, who wnw to preach the dedication aermon came down to fulflH hla en gagement. but returned home on the at- ' terW>ou train Sunday. Tnc Kershaw Graded School will close next Friday for the holidays and will rt uuiiu closed until Wednesday morn: lug. January 1, 1010. The out tff town teacher*, with the exception of MIhk. Carson, who ia confined ,to. her bed will go to their respective homes to spend Christmas Dr. W. C. McI>owcll weut to Hock Hill Monday to bnlng home his little aba, William, whose misfortune of get ting badly hurt was noted in the Era last week. The little fellow is getting along as well as could be expected of 'one done up . in plaster caat, Clarence Hough has moved from De Kail) t? the Hough home on south Mat ron street. Kershaw is pleased to hnve Mr. Hough and family as citizens of i he community. Miss Ida Brown, who spent some time at * the home of her pnrents in th# Abney community to assist in nursing members of the family wJkv were sick, returned to (Xdumbia last week, where she has a position with the Eflird de partment store. T. 1*. Ballurd roported -to- us-Saturday thot lie saw cotton blooming on the Falkenberry lot just south of town, that morning as he passed the home of Vance vii Ik en berry. December 14th is rather late iu the season for cotton to be bloomings but there has "been no real killing weather this fall. Ilii/rell 11. Trnesdalc received a tele gram late Saturday afternoon informing hun that his mother Mrs. Hattic Trues i dale/ was seriously ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C, O. Heck ham, In New York. Mr. Trueadale motored to Camden where he caught the northbouud train for New York. Since his arrival there he has wired home that his mother was resting easy. . Hermitage Milt News. December 17. ? Everybody iu the vil lage is nil tip-toe for Christmas and all the good times that accompany it. We are making preparation for a big time from the smallest child up. Christ mas was mndc to be happy in. Saturday night a week ago. th<? young folks had a fruit supper in the dottngo. We had n very enjoyable time. Games cf nil kinds were entered into with u zest. In the middle of the evening fruit was passed nrouud. Mrs. A. F. Hriggs and Miss Coiiune. Jones spent Tuesday iu Columbia shop-. Ping. Private Tuveres Thompsons with A. J. Howe and another friend of his from Camp .Taclwon spent 'Sunday in the village. .. Miss Jo nop attended the Illiteracy Convention In Columbia Friday and Sat urday. She reports n very profitable and enjoyable time. Miss Kelly, State Organizer of Nigbt Schools iu North Caroliua, was nn interesting speaker at the Convention. Miss Will Lou Gray. Field Worker for South Carolina, was an enthusiastic leader. We hope to have f&M) LAMPS -?r? *? * $ ? >,, ?? ?.. , >.- ,^V 'v i% r. When you burn the Midnight Oil You needn't fear eyestrain and oouseqoeet head?ohe? if you work by the soft mellow light of the fteyo Lamp. It* bi| gencroui glow ~ without flicker or glare ? oaa't hurt th? eyes. Rayo Lamps are limply designed ? without v embossing or tbeep ornamentation ? msde o( brass, nickel-plated? lasts a life time. Easy to light, clean and rewtek. Inexpensive to buy and use. ?.?r 1 Aladdin Security Oil is eoonomical - buroi without smell or smoke. . Ask to see the Rayo at your dealer' V STANDARD OIL COMPANY <Ne?Jtnn>> . B?hin?ore. M4 . W. *K i mg to,,. D,C. Charlotte. N C wiHblk. V*. : Cb*r?wto?. W. V. -- Rlrtn??d.V?. ? CbarUaton. S. C. A ? m at least' live tlouriHhiug night schopls in our count.V the first o{ the y6av. The school was closed by Mr. Ui^l^ ards last Friday on account of influenza* We, however, are glad to report only three mild cases in this village. , Last week n rumor was current in the- village that the mill expected to work on short time on account of the exceedingly depressed conditions in the cotton .goods market.- In order -to e*>r f;cct the growing uneasiness of the ein l>lojees.~ the mill was shut down for, fifteen minutea t while Mr. Pittt, M riosiUont, took the employees into f?H iOQnfidence and explained to thcm.thit while conditions were depressed, t^t tnilihad no plan of gotng~oa??ii time, tie stated"' that before this 8tt|, AVfinUl J?? taken, u considerable quaatitr of cloth wonld be warehoused if new Miry, and if finally curtailment of pro duction should become absolutely nefitfc savy that anipje notice ' would be glra aH fjnployee#. Mi iP* ' . ?lake Good Your Pledge / .'J.v . ... .. . . ; - . ? ' : / . If you hare not aayet redeemed your WAR SAVINGS pledge, do so at once, and so keep faith with the gmn* merit and the nation. Buy all the war savingv stamp* you pledged yourself to buy? and bu j more If jron ott do ?o. The government need* every cent you can pod sibly invest in W. 8. 8. ' I. r ' ? ' - "... 2 DON'T BE A QUITTER BUY YOUR QUOTA Representing the Strongest ancT Safest ?" >~i~ ?-?? -""7" "*'P~~r, /... ? ? __ ' '.?* . i.il, .aiu,L ' 1 . .. -?<< ?>< We Write Insurance o LET US INSURE Place Your Property For Sale, Qjr, C. P. DuBOSE & REAL ESTATE CROCKER BUILDING ? ? insurance ; ; v- ^ jjP9pre?By|pBsfc ' PHONE W