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Hl(i SM'Ah HATTUC. rilitii ????' HUfrfcOiil Heavy l/oam?. lu-rlln, 'mif 2. The (lorman ad i >'>? It v nimmuuiHt tintay thut the tier j, jnh M a on May JU IukI <>n >uiil? rt'tl '* HrUlsh fight lUtf fleet The t,. np-iiir"' I which developed, th?- ml Imlh -ii.vK,. \v?? favorable to the .i mans I'll** hat tie continued all , rhc tiVruian admiralty an lUiiirx th.It tin* large battleship War ,11,. the battle cruisers (Jueeu Mary Ml in.iefatkahle nnd two ?nni?m! uImt* weir destroyed, K h ah" reported tin* t a small Hrlt I, diilM i ii numlier of torjiedo boat [sjiu.mi-- <i mi I torjiodo boats won? uK 'I'll,. (}?>i iiian- admiralty statement (|s iliiit l'\ observation It was os tillsln'il i lilt ( a large nn in bo r of llrit I, hnti li>vhip.? suffered damage from lr iiir ..I' i In* (Jerinan big nhlps and A> (iiijuk> of the torjMMlo boat flo llu. Tlir admiralty statement also de? I^rvs i ha i I In* lirltlah battleship Marl* irough w"s ,,'t ,>v u toriKMlo, this Ik? ^ eouilniH'd l>y tho prisoners res ,.,i. Several of tho (lonii.au ships icur.l pails of tlir crews of tho Hrlt* i ship* w hich woro sunk, thoy includ l>, if i> said two men from tho In ifatijiahlr. i !'?' only survivors from |Hl ship. oi, i lie i icruiMii sldo the small cruiser lleshaih'ii was stink hy gunfire and > poiiiiiH'in was sent to the* bottom n tor|H'(l(i. Tin' fati* of tho Frauen i i> jioi known and souio for|?odo iits iliii i n ?i return. Tho <?erman' pili s??;i Heel. the statement adds, ro Jriiiii tn poit Juno 1. fl/oiiiluii. .linn* .'I. ? The latest roi>orts[ [tut the Brillsh licet, from neutral Ksds which witnessed parts of the >:il auval hattle in the North Sea, Id from survivors, cause tho British Mir ti> believe that the engagement ' nut so near a defeat .as at first ?awl. iiml in no wise a disaster. , Uritlsh iosscs, with all the craft r.nrcii accounted for, werv threo bat-': (niiscis. rtiree cruisers and el^ht t royers. 3'lu* (icnmin losses are believed t<? vi' Im'I'H ii l?? nil the same nutnhcr of Ijis, although n much less aggregate ?tuimaue. hiiisli lot v ii I experts maintain that rat Itritain continues to hold the liremacj nf the sea hy a safe mar ami that her enormous navy could cr a i'i'i in I the losses ii suffered than >inalirr tienniin establishment. RUB OUT PAIN L' ?with good oil liniment. That o fee surest way to 8top them. (The best rubbing liniment is MUSTANG Liniment Good for the Ailments of iorses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Qood for your own Aches, fains, Rheumatism, Sprains, . Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers. ORD H Cars ORD Parts ORD Accessories SERVICE STATION AND rORD PARTS IN STOCK ERSHAW MOTOR CO. one 140 Camden, S. C. The t^rst reports of the heavy (?** of life* UL<lmi4)ll>'t?.Uuv4? 4hH, In-ett rrvtsed. OpwI UHtiln moufija for more tht^t -M**n t?f hrrTticartr^swiman. ami tho whole ' Nation Is oppressed with sad ue**, which Is reflected In the fours l>t all the poi?pl6 of I.oihUui. ( There ? were some tt.ooo moii tin the ships which sank, and oitly u few have been saved, The honors of moil I'i'H naval warfare, far exi'oodinK those when wooden ships fought ami run tinned to float even when they ceased to he lighting units, were realised to this utmost. From live *?r the largest Khii?s which wont under with u com plement of more than 4,000 men, only seven Junior officers ami a few sea man were rescued. Ilea r Admiral the Honorable Horace Lambert Jlood. second in command to Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty, and Captains Sowerhy, Cay and Piow.se wort* lost with many others, wliose names are not yet known because the (internment has not so far issued any casualty list. There were no siirrcnd el's, and the ships whleh went down carried with them virtually their whole crows. Only the Warrior, which was towed part way from the scene of battle to n British i>ort. was an c\ coptlon. Of some thousand men on the (juocii Mary,, only a cor|H>ral's guard is ac? counted for. The same Is true of the Invincible, while there are no surviv ors reported front the Indefatigable, the I kefeuse of the Black Piiuee. ' It is tm|sisslhle to visualize any coherent story of the main ha 1 1 le, which lasted many hours, with the different units at times lighting scat tored engagements. The British and German reports contradict each ether flatly on the main fact. The British ussert that the German fleet retired when the British battleships appeared, while the German official statement maintains that the German forces were In battle with the entire British fleet. The British assert that they ' had only two divisions engaged, and that all the units of these were not able to participate in the lighting and, fur thermore, that Admiral Sir John .1 el 11 coe, commander of the Grand Fleet, remained in tlie area of the battle after the Germans had retreated and swept it thoroughly in search of en emy ships and , survivors. Vice Admiral Beatty. commanding the battle cruiser suadron, presuma bly on his old llagship. the Iiion. was again in the thick of tin* action. Every arm of modern naval warfare was employed? battleships, cruisers, torjie do boats, destroyers, submarines and even ZepjHiins. Whether most. of tlvc | destruction was accomplished by gun ?lre or torjiedoes is not yet known. British officers say that the battle was l'oughi by the methods known and practiced bv all navies. There were no surprise- and no new devices of weapons or strategy. IIow fill" the Zepjndins contributed to the German successes Is 'a matter of dispute. Only one airship was with in sight, according to the British ac counts. and she was soon badly dam aged and withdrew. But the Germans lay stress 011 the assistance rendered by their air service, and neutrals re >port tlie presence of six Zeppelins in the North Sea. The popular belief among the British public is that scout ing Zeppelins kept the German licet informed by wireless of the approach of their enemy, of his numbers and formation. . From survivors come thrilling sto ries of the horrs and humanities. The British destroyed Shark noted as a decoy to lead the German ships into the engagement. She was battered to pieces by gunfire, and a half-dozen sailors, picked up clinging to a buoy by a lianish ship, tell of her commend or and two seaman serving her only remaining gun to the last, minute, when the eomamnder's leg was blown oft'. There are stories of ships sinking with a great explosion, of crews fil ing down singing the National anthem; of merchant. shij>s passing through a sea thick with floating bodies. A lifeboat with German survivors from the German cruiser IClbing res cued Surgeon Burton of tlie British destroyer Tipperary. He had sustain ed four wounds. Two well-known London clergymen who had volunteer ed to serve as chaplains" at the begin ning of the war. Air. Lyndell and Mr. I^epatourel. both of the Church of England, are among the missing. Mr. Lyndell, a nephew of Field Marshall French, was to have been married hi London on Monday. Portsmouth is a town of mourning. Three thousand of the men who went down Into tlie hattle'camc from Ports mouth. and most of them leave faini llos. The Admiralty has been crowded all day with anxious men and women of all el autoes trying to learn the fate of relatives. Only the names <>f sur viving officers wen? published today. Accurate casualty lists cannot be is sued until the identity is known of tlie survivors who have been taken to Holland and Scandinavian ports. <3 The Admiralty lias no information Lumber! Lumber! ?THAT'S OUR MIDDLE NAME, AND WE MANU FACTURE AND KEEP ON HAND AT ' ALL TIMES ANYTHING IN THIS LINE. COMPARE OUR prices with anyone else for same grade material and we are SURE OF YOUR OR ?kr. no trouble for us to frame out 7?UR schedule and quote prices. orders ^ARGE or small will be APPRECIATED- get other PRICES and then bring us your or v CALL, WRITE OR PHONE US FOR .WHAT you want, or we will be glad to call and see you. DAVIDSON LUMBER CO. ?PP<?ite Camden Oil Mill Phone 104. Si" ' ? ii rt'^ori Unit Uewtwu 1 dtvadnauKht Hindenbnrn was slink. ? Tluuii m? k??4? tfrettt disparity tn I losses ?a at first appeared in the Hrit l^l? ami Herman rc|*>rts4 according tt? Itritish Admiralty oltlehils. who oHUiu that later reports show that two tier- ' man ImttUvmlKcrx went down, while l.ondou apnounees (lu? rei-elpl of a wholes* dispatch from llerllu earrjintf an admission from Hit* Herman nilrulty that another Herman lulllU'-'j ship, In addition to tla* INiuuiittj'ii. \vu? sunk. Merlin has United no further state men! regarding: the Hernuui hjsses, wiiieh initially wore given as one bat tleship, two llyht cruisers ami several i'ot\ ers. If the revised Itritish re|?or|s arc, ueeepted the losses in ships wax -up- ? proximately as follows lliitlsh Three battle cru idol's, tjucen | .Miirv. Indefatigable anil Invincible: three annored\cruisers, I vfen.-e, Ithiek ? Prince and Warrior; nhont a do/en j dost royers ami one submarine. Herman-? Two battleships, West fa Ion i and I'ouiineru ; two battle cruisers, mi ! named; four liyht cruisers, (inelud I iug the Welsbaden, Klhiiitf and Frauen- ; loh) ; six destroyers and a submarine. Tito Itritish Admiralty. In addition. 1 has admitlod that the battleship Marl borough was struck h,\ a torpedo, hut declares she was towed safely to port, i It denies the Herman claim that the drendunught Wtirspite was sunk,, al though conceding that she was dam aged hy gun lire. The Hermans are greatly elated at the outcome of the engagement in which their main Meet under Admiral Seheer met the Itritish. whose main fleet, they assert, also was engaged. Thai the Hermans held the Held after the buttle is shown, they declare, hy the fuet that the fJernmns picked up survivor# of Itritish warships that went down. The Winter Cantaloupe or Cassaba Melon. The Winter Cantaloupe Is planted about, the first of Jinny" From three to six seed are placwl.' in a hill aiul are <i>vered with about thr?H> inehps of soil. The hills should be some six to eight feet apart in Mnvs live feet apart. This melon thrives best in a sandy loam soil rich in humus, a soil whlcli is quick and .reaqionds readily to good treatment. Do not. plant In a garden s|w>t. A fertilizer analyzing eight parts, of phosphoric, add. live parts of nitro gen. and seven parts of |>otash. or 11 high grade fertilizer will be suitable for this crop when applied at. the rate of six to eight, hundred pounds per acre. Work fertilizer Into the soil thoroughly about each bill. The cultural methods are about the same as for cantaloupes. This melon can be grown with or without irriga tion. The danger in Irrigation being in getting t<n> much water into the tissues ?>f the melon, thus causing it t<? rot after it is storeii. Through ex |H>riments in the Caroliuas for two years we have found that Ibis melon requires a long growing season. At two points melons have been grown and stored from September to latter part of November. Commence surfaee cul tivation as soon as plants apiwar and continue at short intervals until vines cover ground. _ Do not move vines for purpose of cultivation.. The vine i> hard/ and prolific. Harvesting takes place in September and October and should be done just before melons get iiix\ The melons are immcdiatch | stored in a cool dark dry cellar or similar place where they keep during ; the winter. When you want to eat the melon place it. in the sun j^nd with in a few hours it will hare changed from a dark green to yellow color. It is then ready for the knife. ]>epper | and salt, sugar or straight, just as you prefer it. Taste partakes of the nature of the cantaloupc and the pine apple. Hind is crinkly and thin, tlesh about two inches thick, and is tender and of a pale color. Age improves the flavor of this delicious fruit. Size <>f the 1o|m? from one and one-half to four pounds. In sections of New Mexico and Cali fornia this melon is l>eing successfully and profitably grown and we are box ful of developing the Cassaba Melon industry along the Seaboard Air Line Railway passing through the famous sandhill section of the Carolinas. This office has secured some seed through the Carolina Seed Co.. hie.. Hamlet, X. C.. and 'will be glad t ? ? supply some seed to i>eople along t lie? ' Seat board who are interested In trying the Cassaba Melon this year. We are eneouruged with the good results ob tained during the past, two years by growers at Hamlet, Hoffman and Lem on Springs who were successful with small area of Oassabas. The demand for this winter cantalou|>e is very good in the Eastern markets and we will assist you iii marketing any melons grown along the Seaboard. H. T. Prosse.r. Assistant Development Agent. Sea board Air Line Railway fJompahv. Hamlet,, N. C. v . Slayer of Americans Die*. ("liihunlnm City, June 0. ? i'ablo Lo jx?z, Villa'a chief lieutenant in thn rahl upon Columbus, N. M., hatf paid the penalty for liLs crimes faelng a firing wpiad of constitutionalist so! flier* at Santa Itim, Chihuahua's pla'-e of execution. r Lopez, who at the ordera of Villa, massacred eighteen American mining men at Santa Yaabel, CJhlhuahua, in January, and who is xaid to' have di rected the movement of the Mexicans at Golumbus, N. M., expressed no re gret. "In the breast, brothers: In the breast," Lopez told the firing squad, looking squarely at them and smiling. AM of the shots fired struck in or near the heart of the bandit Loj >ez left letters to his wife and father, urg ing them to believe that he was not a traitor to his country. "Since my country needs my death, I give it willingly," he said. Earning It. "How much does that stylish doctor of yours cfanrer* _ "Ten dollar* a visit." "Gee! How often ha? he called at your house this month?" "Twenty time*." "Gosh! Ton owe him |200 then? "Nope1; only flO. Be , made the other nineteen call* trying to collect it." ? Kansas cHty star. SCIIOOKS OI OSK. Mtihodlst IndicdrUl Schools for Col-, oiv<l Ktul Yearly Session, t \ ^ x i The Mather Academy iiixl Itrownlng 1 1 (31114* (<<0I0IV<J) COIUIUOmVIIICUt was Ixgun oji Thursday aftorm>ou. M*jr JU S \'t0 | ?. in., l?y ait exhibit in tiro |hri?<-ock chaitel from the sewing de partmcnt, .v largo crowd from tho town and country v i*?\\ <*<! the exhibits and enjoyed jho lu'ogruiu Unit was .so carried out. Tl?.ts Is the tlnest showing this t) has over made and Mis. Minute Will lams': the instructor "l sewing deserves unusual It ami ? n* onragoinoiil for her splendid work, rile large <-ha|H'l was imwt a i t 1st Ira II y decorjited with tho exhibits thai wore made h\ the ulrls ? ?f tho school. 801110 "i' tlu* tiaml ami machine made aril < les ? w riv 'table scarfs, pin cushions, anions, drosses, shirt waists, tea aprons .?mil almost everything conceivable. These exhibits wore kept in state for several days in order to accomodate those who could not see them on the night of t In* exhibition. Many of the art loirs were sold 1 ?> w 1 1 i 1 1 ?' a lit 1 colorod itooplo who will hold ilifiu as souvenirs of tlu< occasion. Suntlay, May -Nth, was the l?aeca laureate Suntlay. Tho sermon was preached l?y l<ev. <\ K. llrown, of Abbeville, X. (\ Mmiilav following' at s :.">(? p. m., tlio nivlliulmiry graduation exercises \v<'ro conducted hofort? a largo ami appre ciative audience. On tlu* nt*\t tlay, Tuesday at It p. 111. tho tlnal win-. nit'ii<'<*im*ut exercises wt*r<* had in Trln lt,v M. 10. Church on l>oKalh street ami ! the pastor, Uov. (Jrant \V. Moore, pre* | slth'il. This was indeed tin* unusual I ami one of tho host ami most |x?piHar | commencements. Tho sjioakors wore: [Katie, lav Boykln, salutatory; ljoxle j Williams, valedictorian, ami Hev. C. K. Itrown. of Ashevlllo, N. (\, the I orator of tho day. These young wo I men s|x?ke well ami the orator with I lit* tactful use of Ids magnetic jmwer swept the aiulleiieo with Ills oratory. Ut'V. Itrown Is ImhxMl a genius ami this institution should la* and really : is proud of him as one Us most lu ll ! limit and suctvssful sons. | Too mueli praise can not he given , to Miss Russell. the principal of Math 1 er Academy and her elllclenl faculty The school had a very good enroll moid and a line year In every resjiect Tlu* annual mooting of the state Wo man's Home Mlslonury society of tlu . M. 10. Church met here as a part ol , the commencement in order to havt ! the delegates and others see just what , this, their school is doing. I Their session was hcnotictal in ev cry res|H?ct and retleeted much credit i Mi>. Jerry Mcljcod. of Kloivntv, h ! still the wideawake president. Much success to this society aiu i Itrowniiig lloine. ami Mather academy 1 1 will he long remembered that l)r ; .). 1*. l'iwkctt very pleasingly presentet (the diplomas tt? the seventeen grad i mi lev of this injjtitut ion. ('. < Lowery. Iii Prison 53 War*. Whatever limy bo the pro|?er iii?*t ? if punishment for iii 11 rder. if wotihl. api>ear Hint .John Warren paid In full for his crime, lit? was sejit lo prison nearly two years before the'Clvll War began and he was released June l.r?. IS >11!. Last Friday lie was burled a( Mausiicld, Conn., after having worked I years as a cobbler. lie bewail Work when be was 74. a poor. broken crea ture who bad been behind prison liars more than half a century and lie died when he was 7N. When he was twenty-one years old, Warren held his .voting wife's face un der the water of :t brook in Tolland until she drowned. Me said lie had married her under duress and loved another woman. Aftee a chase he was captured. He broke jail, hut was locked up again until a plea of second degree murder was accepted. lie entered prison to begin a life term I >ec. 14, l.%r>S?. and after numerous petitions was. released June 15. l!>lli. After his release lie continued the trade he learned in prison and ran a cobbler's shop in Wllllmantlc until he was stricken with grip. lb' died at the home of his brother Joel, who had devoted his life to obtaining the re lease of the convict. Possibly there are men who have Imh'II prisoners longer than 5.'-} years, but not many., Romances that lm\*e thrilled the world have been woven around the cases of men incarcerated less than half that time. Little has been, heard of this remarkable instance until now. Surely It was worthy of the attention If not the study of jkmi ologlsts. Possibly John Warren, after 53 years' Imprisonment. f<-li a< did the Prisoner of (Million : My very chains and I grew friends So much a long communion tends To- make us what we are! ? even I Itcgaln'd my freedoih with a sl^h. ? Commerce and Finance. Weddings at Bishopvilie. Bishopvilie. June ? Mr. William Green DesChamps and Miss Etta Hearon were married at the homo of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hearon, at (J o'clock Thursday af ternoon, the I lev. (;. I\ Watson offi ciating. They left Immediately by au tomobile for Florence, to catch a train for Atlanta and other points on their honeymoon trip. Mr. E. B. Woodward and Miss An nette Parrot t were married Tlwrsday at the Baptist church at S p. m. The Itov. W. W. lUnsoii. pastor of the Baptist church. j?erforme<l the cere mony. The bride Is the charming and highly accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Parrott, while the groom is assistant cashier erf the Farm ers Loan and Trust Company. Mr. W. W. Koes, of Greenville, and Miss Fannie Hearon, of this place, were' married at the home of Mr. It. Tj. Hearon, brother of the bride, at 3:30 Thursday afternoon, the Rev. G. P. Watson, of the Methodist church, officiating. They left on the afternoon train for their future bone -at Green ville. ? ? ? Method. "Old man. can rou let me have a five for n couple of dayH?" "Sorry, but the five I lend ' i* out at present and there are seveial ahead i of you on the tvaltln#r ll*t." " -T- > ? 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Camden Beef Cattle Farms Ll'OOFK, KOI Til CAROLINA. FKKI) K. PERKINS. Special Partner 1IKNHY Cl NMN(iHAM, Mjgr ?I. \V. ^|*?<>KM1CK. Prop. E. W. BOND, Manager McCORMICK & COMPANY Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Night Plume 23. AMBULANCE SERVICE. Duy Phone 70. Country Calls Answered Promptly Day or Night. Camden Undertaking Co. C. W. EVANS, Manager FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSED EMBALMERS AMBULANCE SERVICE. City and Country Calls Attended Promptly DAY OR NIGHT Office and Show Rooms at 535 DeKalb Street Office Phone 91 , Residence Phone 283-L COLD COMFORT can be taken in delicious liq uid draughts - at our Soda Fountain. Ice Cream Soda in all flavors and of a guar anteed purity. Tempting, satisfying, cooling, healthful and the thought of it on these 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 Releos. 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