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5c a package before the war 5c a package during the war 5c a package NOW :K. THE FLAVOR LASTS SO DOES THE PRICE! <p> MimitT 1 Hrn*., Inc., 1719 Expert Judgment YOU don't depend on your own judgment when buying diamonds ; first you make certain the jeweler is dependable. The honor of the seller is the only protection you have ? you can't expect t<> know as much about a thing a.s oik- who has made a life-study of it. The safe way is to buy clothes by label MM) l. BY < TU< il'vfc .? HROTHKRv I -? IIAI.IIMOR1. Ml). a safer way than depending on your own judgment of values. It assures authentic style; honest fabrics; and honest tailoring that has always been characteristic of "lligh Art" Clothes. The time to see the Fall st\ le> is right nouf- ? Hirsch Brothers & Company, Camden, S. C. WEDDED IN SMOCK ' ' .. . | Reason for Scanty Garb of Some Old-Time Brides. in England It Wae Held That Aot Re lieved Husband* of Debt* Con tracted by Hie Bride Before Their Marriage. *? ? MA Bangor lawyer attending covi rt In the ancient town of WIscaNsct. Lincoln <'011 ii t .v. recently wont rummaging In the t 'oloulal court records ?>f tin* pine**, ami la the course of his reading came across the official registration ofvii ?smock marriage,'" writer L. T. fcimyth frou- Bangor, Me., to the Boston Tran script. "Not knowing whiit a muock marriage wan. tlie lawyer looked fur* i her, and got considerable light upon a custom that prevailed in Kngland a century or more ago tfnU also to some extent in the American colonies. "Smock marriages were weddings Whore tho bride appeared dressed In a white sheet or chemise, The, reason for such a garb was the heller that If a man married u woman who was In debt lie could be held liable for her Indebtedness If he received with her any of her property; and also, that If a wouuin married a man who was In debt, his creditors could not take her property to satisfy their claims If he had received nothing from her at mar riage. In England, says an 'antiquari an, there was at least one case where a hrlde wan clothed In purls* nnturall bus while the ceremony was being peft^ formed In the great church at Flirm Ing ham. The minister at first refused to perform the ceremony, but, finding nothing In the rubric that would ex cuse hint, he finally married the. pair. "To carry out the law fully as the people understood it, the ceremony should always have been performed as It was in the church at Birmingham. In the case noted; hut, modesty forbid ding, various expedients were used to accomplish the end without the un plensant features. Sometimes the bride stood in a closet and put her hand through a hole in the door; some times she stood behind a cloth screen and put her hand out at one side; again, she wound about her a white sheet furnished by the bridegroom, and sometimes she stood In her chemise or smock. Kventuall.v, In Kssex county, at least, all Immodesty was avoided by the groom furnishing all the clothes w? "ii by the bride, retaining- the title to i i; - ? s: me ill himself. This he did in the pr s nrr of witnesses, that he miglii be : '?!?' in pm\p ill ? fact in cusp he was ?=u:?d tor : 1 1 ? \ debts, she might have err.! r:ie!?'il. A marriage of this kind oci ni rcil :i t Bradford in 177!?, and the fill owing is true copy of the rec ord <>! the same : "'Bradford. Hoc. ye 21, 177."{ ? This may certilie whomsoever it may con cern* that James Bailey of Bradford, who was married to the widow Mary Bacon November 22 last past by me ye subscriber then declared that he took said person without anything of estate and that Lydla the wife of Blazer Bur bank nnd Mary the wife of Thorns Ktiekney and Margaret the wife of Ca leb Biirhank all of Bradford were wit nesses that the clothes she then had on were his providing and bestowed upon her. " 'WILLIAM BLACH.' " 'Minister of ye (Jospel.' "It Is noted l?y the same writer that In nil eases of simxOc marriages that have come to his notice the hridns have been widows. "It Is thought that during the reign of (Jeorge III there were many .smock marriages in Maine, then a part of the province of Massachusetts Hay, chief ly in the counties of Lincoln and York, nr Ir. the territory which Is now so known. There is nothing to show that the practice outlived the Revolution. In Maine, up to 1852. a husband was li able for debts of his wife contracted before marriage, and no such subter fuge as the smock marriage could re lieve him." How Pipe Reveals Character. A new method of telling a man's character is now advanced by William Iv ("rltchlow, ninety, of Macon, Mo. II.- said : "You can tell more about a man by the way he lights his pipe than you can by the shape of his head. There's the fellow* who strikes u match on the south end of his trousers. holds his hands over the bowl until he gets it going, throws down the match any old place. and lilts his pipe up toward the N i rt h Star. That man may burn down ! ) i . ^ home and barn, but he'll never | lick his wife or children, because his j h> Tilt's right. I "t'rooks and bad men ? 1 < ? 1 1 ' t often J smoke* pipes. They wouldn't he crooks 'if 1 hey did. because there's something | about an old hickory pipe that inspires a man to pla> fair with his neighbors." In Memory of James Watt. * The eentenar> of .lames Watt, the Inventor <>f Hie modern condensing stmin engine, who died on August 10, 1M9, was celebrated in Scotland by the J ? raising of a fund <f $*j.Vi,noo to fur I ther endow the engineering depart ' ment of i .lasgow unl vers!t\ . to pro vide additional 'facilities f ? . s die train ? ti of engineers. | - Doctor Was a Comfcrt. Patient (after operation) Doctor I j they say you are getting better and bet ' tr t I.n these append. \ < ?) >er:i t ions every d..y." | I >octor ? Tlmt'i fact. The man I : operated on yeste-day lived Ituohe hours I'm In hopes jou'll My# | twice as Iwr, if you don t worry I? [ LI f* I LAY ALL UNDER CONTRIBUTION i 1 * ! Persian Dcrv.shes Demand Aim* as a Right, and^Jimpla People Rsad tiy Giva Up. f A feature of 1'erslan life which Illus trates the simple Mini superstition* nature of the people of the nddeast is their tolerance of ill? dervishes. These | w<anl. gypsylike beggar* Infest the j <MUes h lul anuoy Hie v 11 1hk?* f??l k In passim; from one place to another, ac cording to tlielr vows of Itinerancy. These are not the whirling dervishes of ctrcfts fame, Whirling would he too energetic a form of worship for the members of thlrt moat ancient leisure clan*. Their greatest exertion consists of walking slowly and blowing a horn to announce their presence. Tin dervish of Persia is known by his begging bowl, conical cap, animal skin cape and club. 'Hie weapon, which Is usually a stick driven through with nulls. Is earthed conspicuously. It fact, It seems unpleasantly ready for use when Its owner calmly de mands tribute. It Is true that there is small danger of Its use, even If alms 'are refused, but a refusal how ever polite and apologei leal, Is sure to arouse the wrath of the dervish. Ills vocabulary may be unintelligible, bftt the meaning of his threats and proph ecies Is usually understood. Fellow citizens of the dervish tribe prefer to make a gift at any cost in order to avoid having the wrath of heaven called down upon them in the masterly language of an experienced heaven In voker. The dervish makes himself useful to ' the community honored by his pres ence by telling fortunes and stories, reciting prayers, selling charms, and even curing the sick by blowing his acred V^catb on them? all In return for which he turns over to his chief after deducting a living wage. GIVEN NAMES OF PRESIDENTS Historical Appellations Bestowed on Summits of Mountain Range in Old Vermont. Heretofore when one spoke of the presidential range everyone ? every New Knglander, at least ? knew, with out further particularizing, that Mount Washington and Its attendant summits was the .subject, writes Allen Cham berlain in the Hoston Kvening Tran script. Henceforth one must needs he more speWfh* since during the last year a rival presidential range has appeared on :he map in Vermont. That region, hitherto generally Spoken of as the Bread I .oaT* Mountain section, lying between Middlebury gap- and the Lin coln-Warren pass, was but little known, exi^'pt in Its southerly portion, until the <?reen Mountain club men run their Skyline trail through. They found there a maze of unnamed sum mils grouped as in council, and seem ingly worthy of being recognized as individuals of distinction. .lust north of the.se heights Is the rugged mass whose summits have been tfnown for more than hal&a century an Mounts Abraham and Lincoln. tjiilte naturally the idea of a new presiden tial range arose and. with great parti san restraint, four of the neighboring mountains were therefore named M<iunt (irant. Mount Urover Cleve land, Mount Iioosevelt and Mount Wood row Wilson. Poisoned by Ink. Behind the scenes at tin* Globe the ater, when* to the delight of all play goers, Miss Violet Yanbrugh has scor ed another wonderful tyjccess In "Trimmed In Scarlet," the famous ac tress told me this amusing story of her early days. "We were playing 'Homed and .Jul iet' on tour." she said, "and one night In the poison scene, Juliet found her self without a phial. The audience was waiting, and In despair .she snatched an Ink-bottle from the stage carpenter, and gasping 'Is It empty?' rushed on. "But when the hapless lady raised the bottle to her lips and tipped it downwards, a stream of ink descended over her chin and down her white dress. The house .elled at the cotni cnl sight." ? London Tit-Hits. No More Shiny Domes. After the wonders wh.< h we have seen worked for the soldiers who suf fered disfigurement during the wftr. It is not surprising that plastic sur geons :tri' turning their attention to improving civilians also. I'gly noses projecting ears, harelips and all sorts of other obstacle* to good looks will prol.;il.l> h. ? easily corrected in thi not fill :nv.-iv lutlire. The most ii t?Tcstir.u thing along this line whirl has imtii recently discovered is tha no o;?e suffer from baldness ao.v more I *. \ grafting a piece of skin from >o?ne p:irt of the head when hair is ^riii growing onto the bald patch ;i new covering is said to be insn r?'d. Fiji Fashions. Mr fJ \V. 1'alton. in his report of the trade of ? lie FIJI islands, says: "Shirts are gradually gaining In popu larity mnoii; th?* FIJians. All kinds of soft tennis shirts with collar and pocket <>r co!!a - and two pock^s' sell freel v . Tlit-s?. vhirts are tiMialty worn for dres?y occasions, when the na tives are generally clothed In white or cream There is nn Increasing de mand for khaki shorts and trousers. The shorts are .? iher plain or with buckle knees and are being worn by Fijia.. ".en beneath or Instead of n loin cloth. Th*>r*? t? ai?K? ? larj^" w'e for unbreiisa. The Wonders of America mmmmmmmmmmrnrnm , v . By T. T. MAXEY YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. I US beautiful vnlieyrrrnow a part pi YosemUr National park, hy t ho way?Is one of nature's most wonder I'ul work* of art. The valley In only eight mm ipnc and less than two miles wide. The park embraces a do main ??>oui .'lf> by ;is miles. Here the supreme artist has chiseled and etched and palmed an outdoor gallery of mas tcrpieros unlike any ol her In the world. The Indians tcrlncd the ; place the Heart of the Sky Mountains and called it "The Vale of the Ahwanee," and themselves .Aliwiinctrlu's, or "< .'hlldren of LlKht." The excelling features of the Yo semite are Its ^waterfalls and sheer, bold clin's. Snow-waters <froiU< high mountain8 have fouuf a wonderful variety and Inutility of courses down the mountain walls to the ^Terced river In the valley helow. These peculiar peak* strikingly ivsonible huge domes and range in height all the way from J, 200 to - 0,000 feet. The falls which descend their rugged sides ra'nge In height from 800 feet-*- Vernal falls. wl\i<*h I* only ,'l?V feel wide at tiie top? t0 'heautiful Yoseinltc falls, wldch. In threo leaps, plunges half a mile and l? said to he the highest waterfall In the world with anything like the same volume of water. Standing on the summit of Sentinel Pome, the magnificence of the vfata of the valley .that hursts upon the eye compels silence. Perhaps no valley In the world '?omhlnes mi much that is su sunt hveiy ueautifiih ? u is "a tute of j Paradise," sure enough. ' ? Kohert (\ A 1 lei 11, cashier of tin* First National Hank of York and one of tho best known riti/.ens of that town, died at liis home at an early hour Friday 'morning following a loupe period of ill health. I>eatli was not unexpected.* dr. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST ' Crocker BuUdlug Camden. 8. C. ADMlNISTKATOltS NOTU^ All uartie* indebted to the eiital( J. T- llough, deceased, are hereby tiiiitl to make payment to the Ji HtRIHHl or to 10. 1 >. liluk.-li. y, Atto, and ail pfjrUta having eUi^i HK, the said estate will preseut them (ju|j Ultod within till' time prewtfaJ law. ? n M. T. HOl'OH *Aduii>ii?i rator Estate <>f ,1. t. U<J Camden. S. c.. Sfptfiuli. i 25th, luifl SUMMONS FOR RELIEI (Complaint Not Served) State of South Carolina, County of Kerabuiw. Court of Common Pleas \\ Lewis. W. T. Smith anO J Christina* 1 *1 ail ?s. Kdwiu 11. I'eck. Julia 10. IVck and 1 1 1** Jeukins, lh'feod ? " " ' ' To the l>?fcudant : You are hereby summoned mij r<N Oil to answer the complaint in this ?m whi<Mi will be tiled in tln> ottice of Clerk of the Court of Common I for the said County, ami 1o serve a of your answer to the said comi/lain the subscriber at hU office in Ota S. C. within twenty days after the viee hereof, exclusive of the day of Ker'vW-e ; uud if you fall to answer complaint within the time aforesaid, plaintiff in this action Kill apply to Court Jfor relief demanded in the < 'plaint. ? ? ? ? ? .? It. It. CI/AHKE Plaintiff's Attorney; Dated Sept. 29th A. 1>. 101?. To the l)?tfend'HHtw Kdwin H. IVck, J 10. Peek and lOdua 1'. Jenkins, resident* : You will please take notice that Comiflmiit in the above action was in it he office of the said Clerk of C at Ctwwden, S. on the first da (V-toiwr, .li)iii. It. U. CLARKE, 20-7-8 Plaintiff's Attori __ pparc?.'; Newest Broadway Styles For South Carolina Womei store offers the women of South Carolina an uij - ual service, it presents the very latest New Yorj } es in suits, coats, dresses and dress accessories presents them, too, within a few days of their initia ppearance in the most exclusive metropolitan shop* special connections in New York constantly on th a ert for style changes and exclusive fashion modeJ and with the monthly trips of our buyers to NeJ ?r , we keep in intimate touch with all importaJ events in the world of fashion and are usually thl list in South Carolina to show the latest creations ij smart apparel for women and misses. 1 As a result of this exceptional service, well dressed woj men in eveiy section of South Carolina have learaef look to us for advice in matters pertaining* to dresJ and ue are daily winning new friends and patrons. I a special inducement to out-of-town patrons, who w| <tre especially anxious to serve now while the ne* ?Fall stocks are at their fullest and best, we are offeil ing a I <* I A Refund Railroad Fare On All urchase of Fifty Dollars or More. I "The Store of Courteous Attention1 % ?" 1513 Main Street COLUMBIA, S. C.