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Stop with iw during the New Year aiul let as share the good will you have l>esto\vcd upon us in the past. Our every effort will be lent to your best service and our best wishes al ways are sitting on your door-steps. Zemp & DePass Call or Phone No. 10 Collins Brothers Undertakers for Colored People TeUpkono 41 714 W. DcKalb St. COLUMBIA LUMBEtf & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER ?" 1 ? ? ? i PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA; S. t. WlllTKH KKOM UtAXCK ] ( _ I ;,vi1' ?< ????* a?WIc?0. ^ I Uy?>d iii Winning The War. " Konn? u -TO O t Mr. ??| Mr,. It ilwiibm will ro.,1 will, thu 'ntmstiuf Utter Iddrcunl w a >i"'mhfr of th? Chronlclo forco; 1 von " iT" """ b? " ?,. * ' 1 l?v?* wanted writ.- vou a'i for ? good while but as the (TI,u;r |ICM,. '"f,,rr **? - ma ? Si" 1 1 ;;z " >uu?"k . ?ut tiu< i i (i . j H off xvo ('a" write almost any thiiiK we thlug/ihat m" tr*V -l'd Uli vou ? 1KH that I havo hoou and experienced V0!> &*? *'"> ? ??IM f N,w .',?S Mo> llth .on boon! u t,- L" Tm'!'y th" enjoved hi'" ?" ,fUt Was WU(l enjo>ed by everybody. After (hat it w?? r.M,g(, riitinir. \V, l??l ,,,, XLto heav.v sea f?r about live <1h\s and ut o.,0 tel wool,),,., ,?lv, Jv"o ftltto uitn with the three rubbed ftj| on board. The wave* wore nub IK over the deck and sweeping every thing uway. And about that time there IV"' s"!m' ,su'k K?l<lieiH on that old boat. i l,nHSU i u,l0Kt>t1,V'ri h >me sickness I must ... .1 V,u <'ou ' ,IOHr ?ome Pf the boys v,!f'V m* , ,)OHt to Ko down and I others trjHng to jump overboard, I stayed ,Mlt on deck as much as no* s wm* xvas fortunate enough to be unong the very few that were not ef eeted by the rocking of the boat. But wen then the fish along our path if Id lot suffer from hunger. We landed In Liverpool Thursday Mav ,h(T h ..h f* i\K V beaming into the harbor nil of ns were gathered on lock a n<l spied a little old "Ulvver" beat , UK t up the road. Never before had a ord looked ko good to us, and tho cheer Sd *\>rd Waii 1lInU,Kt omn,Kh to choke As soon as we landed we were "put' aboard a passenger train and sent to ' olkextone, England. It was in the early lours of the morn when we arrived there, nd the hrst thing I noticed was the great search lights, searching the skies 'or a sign of enemy planes. | W e were dead tired when we were led to our billots which proved to be ho els owned at one time by Germans. Afttr taking ofT qur packs we were called down stairs where we ?were served hot en and sandwiches. That put' new life into us too you bet. After getting in an,(l, everything had become quiet c i , th~ roar of the ennnon until wtr dozed off to sleep. The next afternoon we were allowed to walk around Folkestone and it is '? beautiful place. Right on the bench ?? ? skating rink nnd n dunce hnll, so >t course our crowd bended for there. <? N,,ndny Mny the 2?th we were put ou ? boat and sent across the English Chan lel, landing in Calais. France. There ve spent a few davs, being issued gas nnsks nnd going through a gas house to test our masks. Leaving Calais we Went to LaPnnne ran.-e in box cars, about forty men ?er car. Wc stayed in LaPanne' for *ix . or eight weeks, being thoroughly rrniuedcfrin 4nnchine gun work ( Leuving LaPanue about the sixth of inly, our move being made ou foot this time we crossed into Belgium the 12th ?AZu\y- ?^e. did ? little frontier duty in.. Belgium. Our first trip to the front lines was at Ypres from the 20th ?! *? * KtflyjDS in the trenches about seven days going back to head quarters for a short rest nnd goini? up \j, pre* is.OHC "hot up town. There is hardly one brick Jeft standing on an- I other. Before leaving Belgium our ba * ?, In review before Kine Albert nnd the Queen of Belgium. We returned to Frnnce on Sept. 7th being stationed n few miles from St. Pol. Only fm- a short time though for on the morn Ink of Sept. 29th our division attacked the Boche with great success, smnshing ns the Huns saw fit to term it the unbreakable Hindenburg line" ?It.was a beautiful sight, ft was just five fi/ty. Sunday morning Sept I9th when heljj seemed to break loose on onr side of the lines. Battery upon batterv of the j argent to HmalloHt gutiK tised bv us in this was turned loose on the Boche. There was one continuous roar nnd n sheet of Are over the whole shell scarred battle fiefil. -And our guns were" pouring shot > nnd shell in the midst of Fhe "OerniaMT "Tou could Beg-the great tanks which have playe<l such a promi nent part in this world wide war, fol lowed closely by wave .after wave of infantry making their way at Jerry. And We wish to announce to the motoring public that ~we \ytll open about January 20th BAttery- Service Sta tion on DeKalb Street, two doors west of the Consoli dated Garage, for the purpose' of repairing, charging and selling batteries. * We will keep a supply of service batteries in stock to rent while youra is being charged,, Also a full supply of new batteries and repair parts. All repair work will be absolutely guaranteed. If your battery is not doing its duty bring it to us. Free dis tilled water and test at any time. We aret agents for ^estonfe'Baftezl^fr At present we are located at Cam-_ den Motor Co., Phone 42. you could hear the tat-tat-tat of th* numerous machine guns as they poured t tn to the then retreatiug Huns. M wuh a great sight tho iih a sad ouo. Vou could see the shell* fall lu our rauka tiling mi?l wounding our men, but you i couldn't see any of our uacu. turn back. Once affi i < n. ii. mil of "uvfi the 1 p nucl give iheiu v-H" is fiveo ?thswj | :s no haekiug out, (hiugs start and tart quKjk. We only tblm of Qtift hlug Iintl 1 1 1 m t is to rogob our ol>j> 1 'Ivcm as quickly as lnuiaJHt, and I thank } Sod tii.u \w ):.i v ? utwavs scconillliltlw i Vit u >>>.!, u 0 Sit ?"t & ^0. v> matter d# Kot " light Frttf put i,i. lie wuldn't stop ?>s- And I have p mm> {he first American killed with face to our liin's. <>f c?mr*e mhih' f iheui are shot iu the baek but ot|ly . i?- )i tUe shells explode behind them or "hen w?' run into our own barrage's a* ' ? ? inetliue happens. In the drivo nt he J'Jih 1 saw a youug man have hia iuht aim shot off at the elbow. He dt'keil liis rifle no and brought it to Ms shoulder. Kyvtjr Mutts he shot it he oujd rest it on his foot until he eould ij?Pt the empty sh^l. We hail to take "'is rifle away fr??ra him by force- for 'ic ?ai<|.MI came over here to give them "?11 and by God I uni." He did too I'll swear to that. We dressed hia arm Mien and he turned and walked baek f the line* to ti dressing station. In another light' on tfoe t7tb of Octo i r \vj' ran into a (Herman machine gun ?ient and I saw a young man have a hole drilled through his ateel helmet ?ml into bis head. , and even then In* Mdn't stop. He bad bin hrtid dre?sed tnd went at tnem again. I could tell ?on many such cases as these but you vouldn't believe them and 1 don't blame :ou. It in hard to believe some thingH >vor here ev*?n after seeing them. The Old Hickory Division made a 'd?>d reputation .in France and we aro ? i> proud of it. The Cam dels Company 'id her share ? to a man being in the mtdst; of all of it. .? V. . .. I suppose -you knew that * Cant.' E. It. "antev had been promoted to Major He is Major of our batallion and in a good 'iu'. ,Wp*huve good officers all the way "ouhd and all the me.n like- ih<'nn very ?nucb, For the officers we have aro not the kind that Say "at them men", u^tead they hs.v "follow me!" and we vill foil >w them through hell. The Stars and Stripes an American paper printed in Paris by the A. B. F. ?ml for the A. E, F. said that the 76th, i7th and .'10th Divisions were, going home 't once but since then an order has ?'?nie out' to the effect that the 30th would <in nil probability remain in Vance until spring. Of course this is ? great disappointment to us, but if ?T'ncle K,#, hinks it best for us to stav "i while longer we will make the best f it and with Clod's; help wc will da ?nr duty as we have done it in the past. Listen, we appreciate every thing that [ 'lie Camden pei>,)le have done for jjs, only the Camden people, but 0*^' V?dy else that in any way have helped the A. E. F. The Red Cro*s and .ih? Y. M. C. A., all those that bought Lib* \vty Honds, those that saved for us, ?nayed for us, wrote US and sent maga zines and papers. Wc wish to thank f.lieni all. They helped to win this war ind helped iu a big way. The war Is .1 thing of the past now nud wo don't Vant our mothers, fathers, wives, sweet hern ts, sisters, friends or brothers to vorry about us. The A. B. F. is . get tin.g-ou tine. We have p!e!sty sai, good places to sleep and b<*ancy>mn '?lothes. So you see there is absolutely 'io use in the folks worrying about their loved ones. Just keep on Writing us, iraying for us and occasionally send us something to read to pass "bur time away. Taps is blown at nine-thirty so we have plenty of time to read and sleep. HaVe supper at four-thirty. Well I must close now. With best -egards to friends and the safne to the Chronicle force. . Writer ms whenever you r:m and pleaBe send along one of vour Chronicles now and then. Sincerely yours, Gene Lenoir. ( '"Thanksgiving Loan" In April. Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 7. ? Secretary Glass announced at a banquet here to night that the next loan would be float ed in April and suggested that it be called a ~ "Thanksgiving Tx>an,T Tnstead of a' Liberty or Victory Loan. Mr, .Glass who recently returned from the battlefields of France, p&id tribute to the Talor of the American and allied troops and to France. The banquet was tendered by 200 of his felhfcw townsmen to express 'appre ciation of the, honor conferred upon ! him. and the city by his appointment [ to the cabinet. Great Musician Shot. London, Jan. 12. ? Ignace Jan Pifde rewski, the Polish leader, has been slight ly wounded by an assassin who entered the room- of bis hotel at Warsaw and fired one shot at bim, according to an En change {Telegraph dispatch from Oopea* hagen- reporting advices faun Vienna. Soveral Itojaheviki implicated in the plot to kil}-hin$ have been arrested. Mr. Paderewskl has been in Waraaw for severs! days conferring with Polish leaders in an attempt to form a govern ment representative^ all parties. When he arrived in Datozig oiT bis way to Warsaw the Germans attempted to pre vent him from going to Posen. After he arrived at Posen and while he was asleep in a hotel a crowd of Germans fired on a parade of children who were marching in honor of Paderewskl. Two of the children were killed and several bullets struck the window of the room occupied by Mr. Paderewskl. . . Germany Has Made- First -Payment. . Coblens, Monday, Jan, 0. ? Ten mil lion marks arrived h$re *from Berlin today by special - train, -the anm being the first payment by the German Gov ernment vt the- 26,600.000 marks clue in January for the expense .$?. the Ameri can grmy of occupation. arrival of today's- shipment makes a total of 64;000,000 marks .which haa beep turned over to the American au thocitles for the- current expenses of the occupying forces. TIUBUTK TO THIKTIKTH South Onruiliut Troops Flwt to lireak (llndrtiburg IJue. Lou do ii, Jan. -8," -Airier limn wefo the ttwt tif bmk ?the l.liiMhuibui'i ;,u, m< ..ulin^ to Tho I >i? i l.v Now# III Its continent t/xlay ou the ro|w?rt of the ! Id mar.rttal ou report ??f operations fi cm April i?si "? the qJom of hoMtili . - Til.' New* iiuints out that Hi j loiut the lirst Mention of n break through] eontaiued In the Held manual'* report. is tn III.' niUVM' of hit! (Icscription of I the day'# work ou September IMI, iul .vliirh he wrote: v ?North <?f Hrl|eijglise I li?? Thirtieth ' North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten i ? anil District of Columbia) Ameri ?ui division, Major Geu. K. M. l?ewls hiiviuK broken through the deep de ""UHes of the Hindenburg Hue, stormed Melliucourt and tfeiaed Nouroy. On their j '?ft the Twouty-ticventh American dl '{hIou (New York) Major General 'VKyan, met with very Heavy enfilading] Miucliiuc guu tire but. pressed ou with xreat gallantry as fur as Jouy, where i hitter Htrngglo took place for posses ion of the village! Tho fighting on the whole front of tho Hecond American . i i?s was severe aud in ltellincourt, Xouroy, Gillomont farm and a number >f other points, amid the intricato de tunes of the IHndenburg, Hue strong bodies of the enemy held out wkh great ^hvtiuuey for many toure. "These |Hilnts of rijistanoe were grad ually overcome either by > the support > ?v>opk of the American division or , fcy he Fifth and ThiftJ Australian divis ions.' " Americans Great ftghfoitt Loudon, .Tau. 7,? Field Marshal Haig, whose report on operations from the And of April until the end of hostilities was made public tonight, paya a high 'rlhute to Marshal Foch and alludes to 'tho "splendid fighting qualities of the Vinerican forces." In concluding his re tort the field marshal wrote: "At the moment when the final tri imph of the Allied cause is aasured, we "ul all others of the Allied and aseo ?iated armies can look back on the years 'hat have gone wttfi~ satisfaction ttn "inmed by any hint of discord or eon Hie t of interest and 'ideals. Few alliances yi the pant can boast of such a record, "cw call fth,tw a purposfejMore tOnacTous ly and faithfully, pursued or Jso -fully ind gloriously realised. "If the complete unity and harmony of our action is to be ascribed to the iustlce of our cauue, it is due to the* ab solute loyplty with which that cause has Veil pursued by all those entrusted with he control of the different Allied armies which fought side by side." ? takes up ~iu detail inw Igliting on various parts of the British fjront, which, the field marshal states, ?vtiK carried ou as a part of the grand -?lan of the campaign laid down by the Viiied high cowmand. At the close of operations the report declares : "In the decisive contests in the period covered by the report the strongest and nost vital parts of the enemy's front were attacked, his lateral communica tions "were cut aud his, best divisions -vere fought to a standstill. On the dif ferent, battle f routs the British took W.OOO prisoners and 2,850 guns, bring ing the total nhmber of prisoners cap tured during the year to Over 201,000. "liese results were achieved by fifty-nine ighting British divisions, which in the v>nrR/v cf three months battle engaged mkI defeated ninety-nine separate Ger man division*. When the armistice -vas signed by the enemy his defensive oowcrs had already been definitely de stroyed. Continuance of hostilities wouid haVe meant only destruction to the German armies and an armed invasion of Germany ? The morning Post says that the field marshal's report demonstrates 4 'bow the British army, having been brought as near to defeat without being beaten as any other army in history, and stand ing before Europe and disaster, rallied its spent vigor, assembled and trained reinforcements, built new plana -on. the -uins of the old, ? waited until the mo ment came to strike, struck with more khan/the old weight and resolve behind the blow and continued striking until ?he resistance of the enemy was utterly broken. . , ' Thp Pout para frihnt* frn tho wonder. 'ul strategic scheme* of Marshal Foch and concludes : "Field Marshal Haig ranks as tha neer of the greatest among British generals.** The Daily Rxpress says the crux of the whole of the operations^' %as th? stormiiig of the Hindenburg^defenaes, and adds: "But, above all, the unity of com mand stands out from these pages as having, given, the victory." The Daily N^ws thinks the main. Ser vices of the field marshal's report is to demonstrate "the unappreciated bril Mane* of the achievement of the British forces and the magnitude of the part olayed 15y these forces In the last great movprotat. - ? --.--J. "The tf?k, royally j^Cept^d by the . ttrfthh csunmander-fn-chin'f when Mar -*hal Feeh arranged that defense, should ^Ve place to aftsck*\ CoritftrtlM" ~tbr newspaper, "has n*ti?er yet been releas ed. _ F/arly in July Cjown Prince Rwrmreehf* army was facing the British opposite Dousl, w'th reserve* intact, "FOOTER'S" CLEANER5 ANDDYERS OF WEARING APPAREL AND HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS OF ALL DESCR PTIONS. , WE DYE AN1) CLE VN ARMY CLOTHES. I^m*! and I' \|n ( ,>?) sir pua'tiis (?'Iv?n liDiuodltle Attention FOOTER'S DYE WORKS, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND ready for the attack. Nevertheless, Mar shal anticipating an attack upon {lu-iius, transferred all the fight Ftliicli livisions iu Klaudera to that sector, and he also had four British divisions uiov^d ?ibutb to the Homme iu order to enuble hint to transfer four more French di visipna to his right flank. "A few daya later a furthor four divisions were asked for and duly dis patched to the French (nut. The British force north of the Homme wan there to re, weaken**)' by sixteeu divisions. If Uupprcclit had struck before Foeh the ?OtUMqueuces Hiight huvo been alarming, but Foeh struck first aud Kuppreeht's tpport unity was lost forever. >v "The Germans might be forgiven for misjudging the situation in view of the tompletely successful system of camou lage devised by Field Marshal Halg to conceal hi? real intontion. That is only me of the many convicting evidences that In the later stages of the war at least. the efficiency of the BrtiUih gen eralship was not less than the valor of the British troops. "What may, if the rule of. sanity <tnd justice in world affairs be estab lished, prove the last great campaign of the British army will live in history is a campaign iu wheh the ' repute of the British urms was raised to its summit." Jury Acquits Locklier. Columbia, Jan. 10. ? Harry Locklicr, flagman, who lias been on t^ial here for Mie past several days iu connection with the railroad wreek of the Houthern pas senger train from (Jn cnville to Columbia <??< February 25, 1018, In which thirteen persons lost their Uvea and more thai* two-score Ht hers were injured, was ac quitted of manslaughter this aftqrnoon b& a Richland County jury. Locklier was alleged to have been ? instrumental in causing the .wreck by falling to flffg an inbound train on which time his train was operating. <ti:i.u,i lMn-jc Man Kefftlus Hta Npee?h. Atlanta. ( J;i. , Jan. 8. ? Private Ulck enbaker o^ Orangeburg. 8. 0? who was made practically dumb by a- gas shell explosion on the battlefield in Frauce, regained tils tpMob in a wrestling match at. Camp Oordonto day, and tonight is talking in old fonu. Hi* oppenent got a tight grip around Kickenbaker'a cheat, and the latter cried out In pai% and he 1ms been talking naturally aiuc?*> "The Reason Why." H. A. ThoMI* stock itcniodieji are die be? t, they arc scientifically made anil nli.mcnicliio, They keep the health up, Qild the food bill down. There Is a ? cause fur every e fleet, remove the '?nunc and the effect removes Itself. The Poultry Kemedles are especially made to relieve all the diseases tu the row I family such as Cholera and ltoupc and makes the Ileus lay. The Hog ltemedy will positively 'keep- off the Cholera, and If given In the first stage**, will cure 1)0 per cent. Don't forget to keep on hand a hot tic of. Harris* Oollc Remedy for Horses. It is so simple with dropper, that, a child can give it. Also a bottlo of Fer ris' Healing Heihedy for Cuts and flruises on man Of beast. They never fall. These remedies are all guaranteed to you byvyour dealer, to glve\satlsfue tlon. or your money back. Made by Old Kentucky Munufuctur Ing Co,, Paducah, Kentucky. For sale by Springs & Shannon, Cam t den, S. C.' ? adv. Juno 8. TRESPASS NOTICE , All parties are hereby < Vain ed not to trespass on my lands located oa the l>arllngton road eight miles oast of Cam den, ku'O'wn an the tfnfclish land. This is for hunting, or any purpose whatso ever. Anyone violating this notice will he presented to the fullest eiteut the law. I. F. HOLLAND. December 2?, 1018. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crockcr Building Camden, S. C. . H. , : '< ? ? ? : . v : i ? ;." v; ' : <0 ? V , O. ... v < -? 4vi ' ' y . , ..." ',yv Don't pay out a fortune for a suit, and don't ex pect to g?t one for a song. One is extravagance and the other is foolishness. Neither will lead yoti to I. ? _*"_ ; ?- - V ; -A';' ' ? - 7 V success. : ? There is always a medium between two extremes, " . ^ ? ' - ' - ; - and this applies especially in the selection of your clothing. '7, ^ 'L_ : ... t ' . vt . .. This is the medium store, where you can always bi&y a solid, substantial, correctly designed and splen didly made suit for the minimum price to be paid for quality goods. - ; f c^m K ' ? '? " ' ' ' ?*- V The same high standard and minimum of price i smaintained in our furnishings department^ We sell ? ? ? i no "cheap stuff", and we charge not one cent more than is absolutely essential to a reasonable living profit. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA