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Certain-teed Product* Corporation General Offices, St. Louis OWcm ud Wkr?h*u*M U Priacipal CIUm WNT^RNlSn * ROOFING & TOIATEP * BUILDING ^IfflPjlCTfl Sold in Camdenby Mackey Mercantile Company, Rhame Bros., Camden Wholesale Grocery Just Received A Car Load of WE HAVE just received a shipment of a car load of Thornhill Wagons ?the wagon made in the heart of the hardwood region of tough highland oak and hickory. These are the long wear wagons with many patented features. Made with the old standard track. Not the lowest priced wagons hut the best rind in the end the cheapest. rm.vl RHAME BROTHERS, Camden, S. C. EASY PICKING FOR SCOTSMAN Canny Individual Right in Hi* Ele ment In Qarman Prlaon C?n?p? Got All the Money in Sight A Scotch corporal whs appointed by ^ the commandant to look iifier our : hoots it11<I c<? NiTvc our soup. HU j name. \vii? Allen, hut wt? called hi IB "Stmniboa I" for short. Si ??*? 11? I?? m? f j tmmcdiulely begun m siege upon the affect lulls ftf the tiriiiuin lillfVO who had charge ??( the officer#' iiicsn Mltf our fiifS Im-khu t?? Improve. No m|oI? beef iiml potatoes fur uh | and schnapps fur himself. Sleniuhout was not the only one who was steal ing. There were a few ton* <jf po tatoes In the basement him) a guard would take a fatigue down occasion ally to pick out the rotten ones. They spu*r iJiost of the time putting good potatoes h.v a window for the Hel Alans and' Invariably came hack lip stall's with their breeches legs tilled with the beat. These were hullnl and Issued through the jvard at night. You can Imagine what a row tbere was when an Inspector went down and found the bapciuent innocent of potft* toes. Steamboat had with him h crown 1 ami-anchor board, a great gambling , game of the British army. He m?on [ found when the Germans would get their puy and mado plans accordingly. ! lie 8pi*cad his board on a table and began rattling tlie dice in a tin cup j and with fAinlllar accents began spiel j Ing, "Old Joe, the man with the j dough." "If you don't speculate you can't accumulate," speaking In Kng j IIkIi. The German walking wounded I crowded around. I put flown a fe^r pfennigs and won. Ithott came In for I a Utile loss. The night nurse tried, j her luck and It was bad. Ill a few ; minutes play wa? In full swing mid j tliey were almost lighting for standing I room about the table. In two hours Steamboat had all the money. Crown and anchor became au institution, with Steamboat winning at nearly ev ery session. With this money lie bought vile German cigarettes for Ills comrades and wine for himself. [ WhCn I left; Peruwelz he had a beau t-iiful diamond' ring and several bun* i died marks.?Prom Captain Morris' J Letter in Memphis Commercial Ap peal, relating experiences a^ a Ger ' inni) prisoner. Health In City and Country. ?j Arc city dwellers loss subject to dls ! ease than the country hied, after nil? I Statistics from the cantonments seem ; to show It, antf an editorial writer In tin* .Tournttl of tTie American Medical i Association Suggests that although the I elty may harbor more disease germs than file country the dwell era In it may j have liecome comparatively itamime. J T| Is \vc|l known that the natives of ' remote Islands to which the "disease."} of civilization" have never penetrated ' are ravaged l?y them to an unheard of I decree when they are Introduced by ; the white man. Possibly a rimy dls tricf. though Inherently free from dis ? ease, may for that very reason yield more rapidly to infection when It ' comes. Study of conditions such fi<T these, (he writer notes, has been great ly facilitated hy the existence ?*f large bodies of men mobiliz<% in army camps subject to systematized medical supervision which has furnished unique opportunities for gathering sta tistics on an unprecedented scale. Wireless Works Best by Night. As a result of certain observations made during the solar eclipse of May 20 last, further evidence is forthcom i ing- with regard to thu phenomena of day and night wireless signaling. Under normal conditions the wlre. t less station at Mcudon, I'arls, is un able fo receive daylight signals from -t Ascension island, but-can do <*> during ! the hours of darkness. During the ' eclipse, which was not visible in 1 Kraiico ami only partially visible. In Ascension, special t??sis were made be j tween the two stations, and It was found that while the moon's shadow passed between f h*JTVi.\scension was ? quite audible :it Meudon. the signals i falling as ilie shadow passed away, j This may be Milken ns additional proof ! ihat the increase in the .distance nt ? which a given transmitter is able to > affect a gi\en receiver as a result of : ntghtfatl.'ts due t?? iii?? diminution of the effect of solar radiation on electro maunetic wa\ es. To Preserve "Paul Jones Hoi/se." The threat to destroy the "I'atil .Tones house" in Portsmouth. \. II.. has resulted in the fornuitioti of ti new historical, society in that city, which is determined to purchase the place and preserve it for future Amer icans. to eoiiitiinnoratc the memory of ('apt. John Paul .Innes. The house Is that in which he lived, as a boarder, during the time the United Stages ship Hanger, which lie afterward com manded. wsis l.einc Iniilt. The house was forty ye;irs old when he found lodgings in It. having been built in 17^V> by Captain C rrgory Purcell. nn old time merehiint. Precious Stuff. I heard <'harlot* call fo hi* dog: .. "Say. ain't vr g?">in" to eomc when 1 call yer?" and I said: "Why. Charlie what \\iis II this talk about using good KnglUh thnt 1 heard jon rellrng about?" "Oh. well." he replied. "I don't think teacher c\er expected ns to w.-iste It on n dop**?Chimgo Tribune. Quite Gone. "What iiutkcs von tlilnk he !s hfdf xvitu'ir "17.* ..nuts fe k'o fo California to give elocution losnon* tr? moving picture ' actors,"?Cartoon* M^itgne. The Wondersjf America By T. T. MAXEV ? ? . NIAGARA FALLS. IK you can imagine a river three fourths <?f a mile wide, 20 feet deep in tlio middle, and containing thou frauds and thousand* of Ions of water, suddenly tumbling over a cliff 100 feet high and dashing on the rocka below with h deftfening roar and Jhrowlng up huge clouds of mist and spray, you Utkw home impression of what Ni agara Fails. the wonld'i best-known at)d most popular waterfall, is like. ? This niujestlc cataract Is Mltuated In the Niagara river, between Lake Wrle and Lake Outarlo and aear the elty of Buffalo, N. Y. Ny-ah-ga-rah is aD Iiullan word, meaning Thundering. Water*. ' Members of the Seneca tribe, *tIs* said, considered the roar of (lie fulls ULi| the voice of the dreat Spirit Thinking he inhabited the spray, they mad* many and various yfferlng* to this deity. The waterfall divides itself Into hvq parts, American Falls and the Horse shoe or Canadian Falls. Ntne-tentha of the flow, which Is estimated to be 000,000 tons per lull)Ufa, passes over the Horseshoe Falls, which is by far the more Impressive of the two. Below i he falls the river is consider ably narrower than it Is above th? falls, and the water rushes, at a fright ful speed, through a sev.eu-mlle-long gorge, in which is loeated the famous Whirlpool Rapids. The edge of the cliff over which the water -plunges Into the canyon below, wears away at the rate of about five feei n * ;ir. ({eulogists declare that this ii ljchiy .fall bus been In opsratlea fer about JO.OOO years. FINAL OISChAbCiT^ h NotUv Is h*r?by riven thu o6t from Mils d*K?, ou Kattirdav iJ? tirjO, I wiH make to tf* lV^bn of K??i*httW County my H?al rwJ: ArimiolxtrutrU ?f the r^?t? Kirtherfcrnl. <haeeu*o<i, and oa date I will ai?|*ly to the Hub) a fiual <ti-flunK?' h* ?aki Admi 1IATT1K JOHNW Formerly lltuti.- HutL. OuiiuU'U, 8. Murvh 2(Hh, lfc#" COLUMBIA LUMBER | MANUFACTURING fit MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BUNM AND LUMBER PLAIN * HUuER STS. lUMtj ______ COLUMBIA, S.C. ECZEMA! womrimit X* ? i iTch, etc. 1 Dm I become discouraged b< r?u?e othtf treatment* failed. Html'* 9?lw ku relieved hun. dred? of euch cwei. You can't lo?o oil our If on ?y Bmch ZEMP * DePASS. ? v ] DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crocker Building. .?-?S, Ct ' V'^j 4. NBAJAST - MOST AMASOA/ABL2. - / tV*A HAO C9HC With us your repair work is only incidental to the^| patronage we nope to receive from you on the articles II ? ' - ,r ' * " " 'tnj ?we se 11???.~'? ? For this reason you are assured of best service and. lowest prices on repairs made here. j Isn't that inducement enough to bring your repair J work to us? " T- . ... . , iiiswitfv,?? G.L.ELACKWELL JEWELER ft OPTOMETRIST CAMDEN SOUTH CAROLINA Get Our Prices ? 9 ? t On account ol* ilu: extreme high price of sheetii% and shingles one cannot afford to cover barns, stablw. and outhouses with this expensive material. WE HAVE GALVANZEZD ROOFING WHICH IS MUCH CHEAPER. There is and has been a serious scarcity ot nails??' WE HAVE NAILS Now is thf time to plant your Spring garden, have a large stock1-of SEED IRISH POTATOES, BLISS, COBBLER AND; EARLY ROSE. PIEDMONT FLOUR (Flour that gives satisfac tion or money back.'') LARRO COW FEED ("The Dairyman's Friend1? ARAB HORSE AND MULE FEED. Cheaper a?# better than corn or oats. "?tf SEE US AND GET OUR PRICES ^ Soliciting the continuance of your patronage Springs & Shannon The Store That Carries The Stock. Camden, S. C.