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WT^a> I'NTOU) HOKKORH. r ^ w,kMMk ?? Kniwu ... . Ihrt NI,M, Months. ? \,u Or'eH">- N><n* '? ' hllVe ft ,|,roii^l' ;l li?*l 1 :h!;!mm| I ,! in ?a"111 l"'"1 >v,,ll Klass-V 4'v,'s I ' km Hk(> panhment, as he Kfjtg "" j i,,i<? ?i N?'? "rlcu.ii: today. 7 nil' " l'<!?gH*lb one of flu* |( t.()l)\ |(i - yeleawed from Mm* .Mis . , 1H.|)iiciiHiiry f?>r risking their prove I Ita I n.n tjiilm In diet Ulitl4j |.t?J|ajiifl'" ' *'<t victim , ,j(,1|<r t.\phtin?<l ti lie sunk into j,ajr ami allowed his head to full tlKVS. I In <?"' (l".v I'DKUhIi consented j,j.. nu ii story of Dr. Colli ^.r-K t^i.^vlilcli shown that pellagra ,",.11 . . uiltiillit' "Ml* Mini Ik caused hy u i,ul?aUiii<-?-?l diet su? |i us Is common iiiumr (>??' classes in the South, v ;i- w rittcn hy him follows : WHS :i life term convict, so when ,rt Hn'tt'iT ami Dr. (ioldherger oftVr I friHiltun i" any one who would llvo t a j?rc>ci ll'ft diet for nine months, lH) though " meant contracting pel (.rd rtj({| |u??hahlc death, I gladly coil ?|U,| |ii make the test. Freedom is 0U svmh?I ami I was willing to face MH, tn M'cine It. H?d 1 believe 1 (Vt. jmlil in full for my crime. Nine ?,?j|ik of .torture, Just think of it J . Attempted -Huleide. -Several of lis tried suicide dining w lust few months, hut we were Itrliwl night and day. At any time nuultl liave gladly welcomed u bul l but oar gun rds only laughed when e attempl?Mi to escape. They knew n wuiiJ not hrenk out and in our Mkeiied coiaiition could not have w far if we had secured our free* au. -I have read various newspapers (llOg all about Dr. (foldberger's dis sr#ry, tlu' triumph of medicine, hut otoiic word have I read of the poor rrptn'lis who have been tortured for iMays. At least two of the pellagra jiM'l made formal application to the laiteiitiary hoard t ? ? be sent buck to frve their life terms in preference to he suffering: they underwent. These no were Cay It. James and' D. W. i . ? "Five weeks ago six of n.s fainted ne day and had to he put to lied. "Tii think of eating the same kind t food for nine months. Our rations bree times a day for this period was : Vllirds, hominy. corn bread, 1 fried iusIi ami eottee. This is the food used $ I lie poorer classes down here, and hny?iu'e the uiii'.s who contract pel lagra. I Ollur Food Denied Hu nt "\W wei'e | Hi >m i-M-i I tomtpw and (all baga a few t 1iiu>h a week when we j nlade (he agreement to face death bt\ the scourge, but In July thone whol were making tin * \ p? t lm. nl di-rldcd ; we v\ eiv bidding AUC own i.i an c\i. ni and these vegetables were eliminated, ; "(?'or the lii'Ht few months I f?>It ! only tajjy and stupid. Along a^iout July I began to lose weight. At thutl Mine I tij?|K*d the scales at 1(57 pound*. Now f weigh I IK pounds, After the lirst three montliK I never had a good I night's sleeping. Ii way more ol' a j Htuitur, ii<m( mi i hi n ifi i 1 1\ uiiMiitui'ttl parching of the skin and occasional swea t s. . I linally got *<> till I wanted to do was to Ki i'(*tiah out on my i>nnk ! hud think of milk and fresh vegetii bleu. "I thought of the (line wiien I wan! a eli i Id ah<l was enting-"f>ne of my mother's gmid dinners. My vltdohx were all of fresh food, I got so weak! in the pilNt few week* that I wouldn't h|l idly move. The constant diet put hefon> me almost brought oh nausea-. My skin hccamc saffron and felt like it was going to crack, Wo were told tn plav i-ard-t and exercise hut did ? . j I not have the ambition to do it. None Stayed for the Cure, "When (iov. Mrewer pardoned us yesterday he told us we could remain in the penitentiary, and lie cured by the balanced diet treatment. One might think this Invitation would be accept ed by some, hut not even one of the eleven accepted the Invitation, The twelfth broke down two months ago and was sent home. "We all just wanted to get away from the scene of our toft lire. The first thing 1 did was to drink a quart of Cool milk, and then I tilled up on vegetables and pie. ? ?'?Dr. (foldberger told us how to cure our 1 von, and I am eeftulnly trying to do it. lie said to eat fresh meat, Mggs, milk, peas, beans and other vege tables, and you bet I am gdlng to do as he says. I must go to bed now as I feel faint and want to be strong enough to start for California tomor row." ,? As I'Jugllsb Mulshed writing the story! on hotel stationary he had to be as- j sisted to bis room. Still he has gained : nearly two pounds since yesterday and ^ is becoming cheerful. Johnny-? "1'a, what is a 'quandary' V" Father ? "It's what a man gets into when he tolls his wife a lie and doesn't know whether she believes It or not." ? Judge. At The Majestic Theatre Tuesday, Nov. 16th . . . Y' Blanche Sweet in "THE CAPTIVE" FIFTY VKAKS IN TREASURY. S< utli Carolina l.a<ly in Government Service Half a Century. \\^Hhlhtft<m,'~Nov. Miss Kimmt A. MeCuliy. of the accounts division of the bureau of internal ri'vonm1, Trciis ury I >epn t tment , has heen reoeKlng the (u>nuratulattons at her frhmd? and (-o-'wi/rkers this week upon haviuu rounded out fifty yeurs in the 'nervine. Miss McCuily entered the service on November .'I, lsor>. beiiitf upi^'lnted from C duftihla. S. when she was I ? : 1 1 l<? years old. She received her ap pointment' from President Andrew Johnson, who was a friend of her grandmother. She was the llrst South1 (Mil woman to he appointed to the Treasury l>epartinent, and at the time tif her appointment she was one of lull 22 women clerks in .the depart ment. All of Miss McCully's people were sympathisers with the cause of the Confederacy. Her father, an invalid, -did not ico to the war, hut her In-other, Nathaniel MiCuljy. enlisted when lie was l?ut 1<? yearn old, and < I U'< I a year later from exposure. Her grandfath er, Nathaniel Hardin, was an otllcer In Hie ( - 1 1 1 1 e?l States navy, ami site still cherishes Ills certificate of enlist ment, Mated April li7. INltJ. and signed by President .lames Madison. When <Y>lumhlu was burned by Sher litiuj.'M, tho Met'nlly home went up in smoke. The next day Miss Mi - Cully's grandmother died from the shock and grief. The misfortune of the MK'uM.v family touched the heart irf President .lohnson, and the appoint lneni of Miss .MeCiilly to a .f'.KKi jiosl tloii in tin* accounts division of the Treasury liepnrjinent followed. She has been there ever' since, and now holds, a responsible position which pays $!,<;< ?> a year. She is very popular, illid i< rated as one of the most etll elont clerks in the department. It is said that Cole ltleaae plans to "come back/), it would be dillicult to .-conceive . of Coley coming forward. - Charlotte .News. I'KUKH DKKKNHK IK04.KAM , * ITcftitlmt Ailvoutl** MMtcrUI I un ease III lli?? Army Mini the Navy. NmW \ oik, Nov. 5. ? President NV.il- | soli Ihe .nlmliiisl r;M ion t'liiu { pa inn fit r IU mmIIoiihI <lofcK*t? program lu h I'uittljreluMixlvt* iiiul carefully pit' | til i **i t address (||>|I V0.ro* I here hlsl ut^lil ill (lie M <1 ullii ( I a i > Ctuli I >;i 1 1< 1 1 i?-l llr declined Koleilllllj llllll lilt' lulled Stale* hip I no HKUI'i'shIvo purposes, lup IIIIInI I ?? > prepared |o lIl'ftHlll itself lit j order (it assume "full liberty anil self ' iUivV>o|iinwir.M si|"iili)<inn l.\ . In- saidj llllll ''Wl(l) OlllM'IVCs ill I Ills Kl'INII llllll J fOI' WC IIMHK lull' III) till' peoples of mil' own iH'Ullxphm'M, milling t lui t "we wish ptil only I'm l lie ( idled Slides, till fur llli'lll Ipe fill UVHt ' friHHtUID of independent glow ill ol ip-lloU," Tile I 'reshlenl w lis received will) elp j ihU-siuslie llpplnpsii ti> lie eitlel eil I he j haiKpieC hull ami iliniiiu his address, j The hull wu? decora led with American IhiirVi hihI lilleil even In llie Kitlleilcs Willi I leiuoentls luippy 1 1 \ er lliylr vU p?r> mi Tuesday In New York i II \ When the President rose to speiik ev er, \ one uol up 1 1 1 1 ? I Jl pplil IK h'? | until he w lis forced to signal for ipiiel. "Without n your,'' snhl ijie President, "we have wll liessoij wimt we did not think possible, a jil'oiVI F.uropenn eon ilhi Irivolvfoiii iiiiiiiv the uivntL'.st nation* of the world The Inlluences nf the ureat wilt" ill'e every \y here in the ulr. All I'Utrope Is in battle. Force evcrx w here speaks out itnd from one end of mil* own dear country to the. other men are askliiu one another what our own foree Is. how far we are pre pared to .inn int ii in ourselves against any Interference with our national ac tion or development. The President enlled on men "of ali shades of political opinion" to rally to ihe support of the program. He said ir represented "t1n\ best professional ami expert opinion of Ihe count ry," and gave warning Hint "if men dilYer with me in this vital malter, .1 h1i.ii II ask I them to make it clear how far and in what way they are Interested in liink Iiik permanent interests of the country safe against disturbance." There Is lio need for the country to feel panic strleken, the President de clared. because it stands in friendly relations with the world. lie spdke of the rnited States as "a nation too I ill! and generous to he cxt ractini!. hut yet courageous enough to defend its rlgUtH." Outlining t lie ?ilefeuso program, tlie Prestdent said it included an increase in the standing urtny, the training: within the next ill rw years of tltlxen soldka* to U> talent Ut annual forces of i rct.i h m >, ami (ho strengthen ing of 1 1)4* national guanl. No laid t |*tftlcolar emphasis (in (lit* need ?>f it in - pie ? 1 1 1 1 1 ? 1 1 ?? >i 1 1 . The President declared tluii tin' navy already "is* a very gnmt a.nd etliclont force,'' l ? ut t lui i in order to bring it !?* <i point of "extraordinary force ami ? ? 1 1 i? ? I ?*i m 'j* ' ?l dethilte policy iduk! he adopted. ' | In yiiiMl.iion to s | >? ? j i king on national defense, tl?o President nt t acked tu?'ii W'ltO "loV'O oilltH* I'OUUtril'M I >?'f t?>l* tllilli America." II Mil IHt'll who St If up ! V iigi.oi.is ami sc<-tarlilh autagoulsju, lie declared Hint such men should he "call ?mI to a reikoiiiiig," .llM het'ol'e tin- 1 1 i llllCl' I lie P iv?idci 1 1 | shook hand- with alt tli?> guests, in eluding tMiarii'^ i'r Murphey . | 1 1 < >n i\\ Wntters\>|i, of | .oiilsvlllt'. Ivy,, I who hail hi i'ii designated l?.\ (hi* dinner commit in' to speak tiihiivdlatcly after i President Wilson, sent his relicts hi i a lot tor lead to I In- diner-. ?' Pat's VIcwh oil The War. !. (Or, Who Put the Iro in tin' Irish.* I ' : . ' '? ' . ?; ; I was over iii I relit nil I hi* oilier ilay ? A u? I I *aw Pat, the soldier march away. I Salil I: 'Where are ,m?ii going. iii.v Irish Mailer I "To mulct t.lie Kowser, sir." he said. "Well, what do you think of t Ills# terrl hh*. fray 7" "1'alth, I think hy the Saints that the I MvilV to*fm,v." ."Ami how iloi'H it 'feel to Ingoing to war?" "It feels like a kirk from your mother | ?... In-law." "And what <lo you tlilnk was t !)?> eause of the scrap V" y "Sure tile Kowser he wanted the whole dad-huriicd map !" I "Why, I thought he just wanted his t 'plan- in the sun.' " ! "If lie doesn't want the sun I'm a son: of-a gun !" j "Well, how do you think the whole business will end?" ; "We'll lick, hy {Iii- help of Hie Iiis'n. my friend." , "Do you think you can prove you're tiie host in the row?" "We don't have to prove ll -we'll ad mit II right now!" | "Well. Patrick. I'm sure that, you'll do ' your whole part, ; And here's wishing you lilek from the depths of lay heart." "Thank you. friend," said hrave Pat, i 'your speech Is iio| shainmed, ! May the Allies he blessed and the Kow ser he !" I*., S. P. In Charlotte Ohseiver. ('. o. Huxley, a prosperous farmer of the (Miappel section, was tu'cldelital ly shot and killed early Monday morn ing last, lie leaned his gun against a plank which slipped and the charge of Shot nearly severed his head. Ladies' $2>. Silk Shirt Waists at 98c One case Extra large size 15c. Towels, at 9c 1 case Men's Soft and Laundered Dress Shirts with or without col lars, each 39c 50c quality Satin Finish Kimona Cloth, per yard v 24c a Child re ns 'Black Cat' Hose, black ', and tan 12c ???????? ~"""V 200 Ladife's Ready -to- wear French Felt Hats 98c 1 case solid color Chambray, yard 5c Men's $3.50 Gun Metal Shoes, but ton and lace at $2.19 ' $3. Extra Large Counterpanes at $1.48 SCHLOSBURG'S COTTON CARNIVAL SWEEPS EVERYTHING BEFORE IT La^t Saturday was another Record-Breaker. Never before in the history of Camden has any ?tore been "stormed" by such a mob of anxious bargain seekers. Even competition stands aside and gazes in amazement. Why is this store crowded from Monday morning to Saturday night? "UNDERBUY AND UNDERSELL" That's It In a Nutshell. THE PEOPLE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT MR. SCHLOSBURG NEVER FOOLS THEM WITH FAKE SALES AND CATCH-PENNY PRICES. YOU MAY COME TO THIS STORE EXPECTING BIG THINGS AND YOU'LL NOT BE DISAP POINTED. YOU WILL FIND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING MORE THAN AN OR DINARY SALE. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY? A CHANCE? AN OCCASION WHERE BY THOSE WHO ARE WISE ENOUGH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT ARE GOING TO PROFIT IMMENSELY ? A GENUINE MONEY-SAVING EVENT, OFFERING BIG ASSORTMENTS OF STRICTLY HIGH-CLASS GOODS AT UNHEARD OF PRICES? A SALE WHERE PRICES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN MADE WITH UTTER DISREGARD TO COST OR FORMER SELLING PRICE? A MIGHTY PRICE SLASHING ? PROFIT SACRIFICING SALE- WIT H BUT ONE" PURPOSE? REDUCE STOCK AND DO TT' QUICKLY. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY WE ARE DOING THE CLOTHING AND SHOE BUSINESS OF CAMDEN. JUST COME AND TAKE A LOOK THROUGH OUR STOCK AND SEE THE PRICES WE'VE PUT ON IT. EVERYTHING IN OUR STORE IS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. I Ladie'fl . Misses, and Children's j $2.00 Sweaters 98c 36 inch all Wool Serge, regular 50c value at per yard 24c One lot Ladies' iShoes in black, button and lace, sizes 2 to 4 worth $3.00, special at 98c Ladies' Black Velvet Trimmed Hats, new styles and shapes*. Worth $3.50 at $1.39 5,000 yards 15c Galatea, 36 inch wide. .Will sell as long as it lasts ] a;M>er yard 9c ? ?' r. 500 Men's Dress Hats, from bank rupt stock . in Chester. Each one worth $2, at - 98 c ?100 Ladies' Coat Suits, all colors, sizes and styles, worth $15.00 at $4.98 N] . -,-jr -T-^rs> 1W -i DON'T ftE FOOLED. MAKE A BEE LINE TO' SCHLOSBURG'S. IT MEANS MONEY SAVED TO YOU. -*? CAMDEN South Carolina $50,000.00 STOCK J THROWN OUT TO THE PEOPLE. CAN YOU AFFORP TO PASS IT ?Dt UP? w .