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To the Businesa fan of Camden Meg gage No, 4 A roong doctor, making a start in a small tOWn i ^ . ? ^ouit look prosperous. H* ^ught a new bugKy ind IS? *? b* Pro?peroua ?M??ly .few h? always k.pl on ?g jood ho,** AltC^h (?ulJMt nwdo. People began to notice thia youn^iw. to h,B P*Uenta' ^ , bey called him because he looked busy and nrJL~ dr,v,n? ?bout lown I HMrt that led to a comfortable practice. oaP?rou?. He got his start? Our town, like this doctor, must look prosperous *n ? o?an streets, attractive store windows, we|| Dai , ^ prosperous. . give the prosperous air. Well-painted WUUngi w# ^ ^ dw*,linK* Dutch Boy Atl^tic White Lead Mlor desired. We sell these good-paint in<rredl?n,f ,0ns and any ptmmriM. Better get in touch with us in 5x* jiXjL? f M ?th#r *8* (URNS & BARRETT, Camde7, S. C. Cold Comfort can be J^aken in delicious liq uid draughts at our Soda Fountain. Ice Oream Soda in all flavors and of a guar anteed purity. Tempting, satisfying, cooling, healthful arid., the thought of it on the$e hot days will make your mouth water. The lit tle Cost of so much comfort will surprise, you. Don't swelter when coolness is so easy to reach. Try a glass of your favorite flavor and be cool and happy . CAMDEN CANDY KITCHEN Spero Beleos, Proprietor. Phone 78. Catpden, S. C. V \ ' . ? . . ? y- -Sf - ? " .v . -mnw tfs.t-.SZra l: ? THE PLACE TO GO in " ?? ?? sBR ? " ? : ? ? ? ?? When you are In want of SHOES for any member of your family, where STYLE and QUALITY Is to be considered eall on THE CAM DEN SHOE CO., where yon will find just what yon are looking for at prices to suit your pocket-book. Also a full line of Gent's Furnishings. CAMDEN SHOE COMPANY I W. McCORMICK, Prop. EL W. BOND, Manager Mc COR Ml CK & CO. Funeral Directors and Embalmers Phone 23. D*y Phone 70. AMBULANCE SERVICE. 5E WOFFORP COLLEGE ^ SPARTANBURG, S. C, * Christian College with high standards and ?Next session' oratories rtn.l Library. Strong Faculty and, full cojirses. begins September 15th. Write for catalogue. HENRY N. SNYDER, President. r~ ~ .. x >V' 'v V' >'*J "**' WOFFORD COLLEGE FITTING SCHOOL - "fnf Kra<^e preparatory school for boys. Individual attention. Care moral training. |186.00_pay8 all expenses. Next session September ^or ?fttalogue address APMASTElt, _ 8pRTANBURG - SOUTH CAROLINA The University of South Carolina 1801 ? 1915 Columbia, South Carolina Ike University offers courses leading to the following degrees : ; ^">"1 ?f Arts and Selene* ft. Graduate School, A. * , B. and B. S. 4. School of Engineering, u.?. | M>ool ot Education, A. B. 6. School ot la*. 1*^ ?. ? maL!h",ents of Education, law, Engineering and , Hto *ork, the University offers exceptional advantage*. <* SOTn? Carolina Colleges recelTS f?? tnttton J" *11 *?* 1? the School ot law. Next iesslon begins Sept. 21. WW _ W- S- CURREuTf^id^tr ^ Columbia, S. C. THE GREAT BATTLE LINES IN THE WEil The drat K??ral ta?ai?)MR( la the W**?. ?oinell??i kavwa aa the _bottle ef Mona-Ohavlerol, it?rU4 A?fMt * ?*< KnulUd I* (h* of the Pr?ch ? ad Urltlah. They retreated south ef the Home, ?>?rt the aeeeod ?eii?iNljii. K?K?mont atarted September 5. The ltiae ef ?hta date m th? Map ?fc?wi|h? a r uilr*' posltloaa Juet before the battle. The (ieriuan right ntif waa brekea ap and forced bach, brtagtaaf abeat a rettrumeat of the whale lia*. The Oarmpu poaltleaa oa September 0, la the mldat ef their retreat, are ahewa ea the map by a aeHea ef light reetaaplee, whlla a raw of darkeaed reetaa^Iea Indicate* the aaeefally prepared t reach llae of the Atano where they atopped aad wera attached by the alllea Septem b?r IS. Both aide* oew extended their Uaea toward the eeeat. l l?M ?JMM" ?how the npprextnaate poaltlon auaan?ned September 80. By October 18 the alcgt line waa ooaaplete from the Alpa to the aca. The lime of September SO elao ahewa the Ueraiaaa' great drl-re late the Preach llae acroaa the Veuae at I*. MlhleL Groaned aworda nark the opota of the cut reached ai?B? llae where the ?reateat atragglea have taken place atnee October 10. ^ FIRST YEAR OF THE , WAR IN THE WESTj The first month and a half of the western campaign waa /made up of Startling, swift moves. On September M# after the defeat on the Marne, the Germans took up defensive positions , (along the Alsne liver. The ten and a half months since then have seen a long desdlock. The battle line of the Alsne and the Olse quickly extended northeast to the Bea> Fighting has been continuous, with tremendous losses. The general situation has remained unchanged* gains of a few miles for one side at one point offset by minor gains for the enemy In other sectors. At the beginning of August the lciffier took possession of the little state of Luxemburg and demanded, passage through Belgium to <the Fran co-Belgian frontier, Permission to paas denied/ Von l&inem attacked Liege (August 4)? While other German armies passed i around the city and swept over the level Belgian roads at a terrific rate. The little Belgian army yielded Brua sels and fell back to Antwerp and Ghent. First Big Engagement. Not until the Germana had almost reached the,. French border did the first Important engagement take pl*o* This Is generally known as the battle of MOns-Charleroi (about Auguat 20 M), but at the samd time there waa severe fighting along the whole line through Thlonvills In Lorraine and ifteng the Voagea in upper Alaace, which the French had invaded with temporary success. This battle resulted in defeat for the Frenoh and English. While obtaining some successes in counter-attacks on the advancing Ger mans at Peronne and at Gfciae. the Frenoh were obliged to fallback rap Idly to the line of the River Marne. On the left the French had with drawn tp ba|ow Parti and the westera most German army, under Von Kluck, followed. The garrison of Paris, was put in thousands of motor cars and hurled on Von Kluck'a flank. The latter was not takew entirely unawares and met the attack strongly, but at the same time the army of General Foch attacked the German army on Von Kluck's left and drove it back. v Drlvsn Back From Parle. The Germana had begun the battle with five armies in line. The with drawal of the two farthest west now caused the retreat ef the third, fourth and fifth in that -order, each In tarn finding ita flank exposed by the with drawal of the troops on l{s ifgbA At the same time the movement on the east end of the German line was ac celerated by a strong attack from the Frenoh fortified sone of Verdun. The German retreat was aa orderly aa that of the French and English had been. The invaders took up an ad mirable defensive position. It ran just north of_ the Alsne river, on s series of bluffs, then just north of Chalons and through the wooded, rough regions of the Argonne and the Woerre, joining hands here with the troops besieging Verdun. The allies have tried this Mae in vain ever since. -Both combatants now tiled tp turn the weet 4ank* Enormous hadise of cavalry. On the part of the Wench Flanders. O a the part of the French there waa largely the dealre to up with the Belgian*, now being atftaoked in Antwerp. The mighty alege guns of the Germans made ahort work of the Belgian seaport, however, and it fell on October 9. The remnants of the Belgian army retreated along the aea ceast0and the Germans in a final rush reached Ostcad (October 10). Line Ixtendsd to the Sea. The hatUe line of the Alsne was now extended to' the sea, the Germane hold to* the important Fiynch city of Lille, wMe the ainM kept ^prM~tn ?elgiuin and. partly by flooding the lowlaads, held the position of the Tsar river and Worn Ootober If to November 10 vae fought fee desperate fifw battle oc Tpree, when the Germans Buffered enormouB losses In attempts to break through the line In Flanders and reach Calais. They succeeded In pushing back the allies only a little and the Invasion of Silesia by the Cossacks Anally induced them to desist and send re-enforcements to Russia. The Germans in September had per formed the feat of pushing a salient Into the French line south of Verdun, which terminated on the west bank of the Mouse river at St, Mihlel; while the French had taken the offensive with some succsss in Champagne at about the same time, For the most part throughout the winter the fighting consisted of regu lar siege warfare," with h^avy artillery combats and mine and countermine. S The flooding of the Kiver Aisne from winter snows gave thp Germans k g chance to entrap the French troops I on the north side of that river In the vicinity of Soissons for a considerable distance and kill -or capture most of them (January 14). Take Offensive In Spflnfl. With the spring, the French , a?d English attempted to take the offensive at several points. Always preparing the way with tens or hundreds of thou ' shands of shells, they tried Joint after Joint of the German armor. In the Vosgee the dominating height of Hartmannswellerkopf w*s taken and retaken several tithes In sanguin ary charges and finally remained In the hands of the ftrench. The salient of Bt. Mihlel was also subjected to tremendous French pres sure on both "legs.!* The French suc ceeded in gaining a little ground, hot the Germans, despite the apparent weakness of the sharp wedge they had driven Into the French llne. could not be dislodged and later succeeded In re gaining some of the territory they had lost. The British also reported ''victories'* at Neuve Chapelle and Hill No. 60, In Flanders. Whether ?these should be accounted succeesee for the allies is doubtful. The British guttered enor mous losses and at Neuve Chapelle bungled affairs to the extent of shell ing their own men Who had taken Ger fhan trenches. In other cases they* left gallant little parties lodged In enemy's trenches wlthont supports to he annihilated. ^ The next development was the un expected use of poisonous gas fumes by the Germans In attacks Just north of YpreS. With this novel wsftpon they succeeded In taking several small villages and more than compensating for the British gains south of Yprss. The losses of the French, Canadians and British were severe, but they sue ceeded In stemming the German on* slaught effectively ft few miles baek I from their former position. Begin ?erlee* of Attacks. The Gerpaan line makes a salient at Soissons, though not such a pro nounced one as at St. Mlhiel. The French now began a series, of ftt I tacks on the upper side of this salient, to the north of -Arras. Expending hun dreds of thousands of shells, they time ana again bleated away the barbed wl ft ?'* entanglements and concrete trenches, held by Crown Prince Rup precht of Bavaria's men, and then charged across the desolate ground for slight gains. Hie fighting centered about the su gar refinery of fkmchea and the great I German work ceHed. the Labyrinth. Fighting went on in cellars and tun nels below the earth and the casual ttss were heavy. The French bent.the German line and captured the laby rinth, but whether the gains Justified ^ -their sacrifice In human life is que* tlonable. In July. Crown Prinoe Frederick William's army attacked in the Ai> gonne forest, west of Verdun, and I succeeded In gklnlng several hundred yards of shattered woodland and cap turing several thousand Frenchmen. There were rumors that the Oer mans were re-enforclh# f6r another I groat drive toward Calais or Puis, but the Teutonic campaign In the West continued to wait upon the I crashing of the much weaker enemy I in Poland. v. - My mill near Hagood will pos itively be ready for operation August 2nd. Send your wheat to me. G. H.LENOIR CAMDEN, S. C. Don't Forget Your Fall Garden You should plant this month. Late Potatoes, Ruta Bagas, Snap Beans, Sugar ?orn, Cab bage, Celery, Collards, Cucumbers, Lettuce and Rape. * FRESH SEED ALWAYS IN STOCK. W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STORE Phone 30. ' Camden S. C. We have for sale 46 acres in the town of Lugoff, S. C. Can be bought at a bargain. ..... ... ? " . - ~ - fr ? s For Full Information Apply to REAL ESTATE, RENTS AND INSURANCE We have a nice collage on Fair Street, all con* veniences. Want it occupied immediately. We alto have a seven room dwelling, close in* on Lyttleton Street?modern conveniences. COOPER GRIFFIN COMPANY Real Estate and Insurance CAMDEN, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSED EMBALMERS % City and Country Calls Attended Promptly *^AY OR NIGHT , ? 7 > -V ? ???" - ?>-T':':.'Vf -.t/viv *4, .V-rv-rf Aw i>T <>**?**<>?? ?L.wfiliil-- ? *?"?????? *????? 283-L