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I C. M'RANT OK.1D. ? Hri* lit* of n' ^ Ww*i, of Canalon. .'1,1111''' Pit Rant, u tr*H fcnewrt \,t tfiuator, ????*?? ???? Thursday ai |j|s homo oil llumptou Av iift?*r fin 1 1 hies* of three weeks, ,(l f?. iid'i In had health ami lWH, (|(kIIiiIhu for ho vor?t 1 yours. ciiiiic ?|iilotly with all of tho lK.,s of III" f???ll.v ahout him. Ho vtvirs of age. puUaiii ?'hh a native of Hum tar, couniv. ami was onj{?Kod In ill).' |?rm1l? ally since manhood. Ho f,?r iuany year* one of the load jriw'iis "f i ho lUshopviito section ?iu? of ili?' laws! and moat pro ,lv?- farinoi'H l" Sumter county, lie l,, i jo Huailer from his home noar Enfllle aiu) after living horo for a Kht nf ye* i ix returned to hlH farm. |.r, uIiimii tlft?H?n yoara ago, ho again to SnuiltT and has l>oen living itaco tlirn. . l Mint a l I* survived hy his aged ?licr, Mrs. .Mm <>. Dultant, who at m\jic of ninety-four, I h now living fclii'r.viMinm -ii daughter, Mrs. Shaw, pisiH>|iviiit< ; one brother, J. o. Dq. E Klshoitv I IU? ; six sisters,. Mrs. M. BfiHW** Hlahopvllle 5 Mra. 8. K. 1 >| x Vcbluiuhlu : Mrs. ,S. F, Flowors, Suin ? Mrs. M K. Morrltt, Greenwood; t pnvld l'i Dixon, (tauulou; \fra. fR Shaw. Kishopvllle ; one hoii, O. iell PuHiijii ; four daughter*, Miss e piiKant. Mrs. Mario Grady Sum f; Mrs. H. Frank Kolloy, Hishopvlile ; Mitt iXiKant, Spartanburg. funeral sorvicos were >held at Wood's Seeds. Seed Wheat. The Seed Wheat* wo offer are from the best and most productive crops jrown in the finest wheat-growing sections of Virginia, and aro carefully recleaned by uh to remove all impur ities and small and inferior grains, so a$ to supply our customers only With plump and well-developed seed wheat, which should yield considera bly more por acre than ordinary wheats imperfectly cleaned. All o'f our Seed Wheats are selected from good yielding crops, which with our methods of cleaning, makes the Seed Wheat which we offer very much superior to ordinary seed wheat. Write for Wood's Crop Special giving full information and prices of Seed Wheat, Seed Oats, Winter Barley, Rye and all Heeds for Fall sowing. Trices and samples of any seeds desired, mai ' 1 1 T. W. WOOD & SONS, SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. DR. S. A. ALEXANDER Veterinarian LITTLES STABLES. l?av l'hone Kilt. Night Phone 23. Wm. L. Kirkland SURVEYOR AND CIVIL ENGINEER Office in Crocker Building, Corner Main and DeKalb ? Streets CAMDEN, S. C. W. o. HAY'S Automobile and Machine Shop -: Camden, South Carolina Equipped the Equal to any In the South. We make any kind and size of spring, best vanadium Steel used, an<l guaranteed. Storage Batteries charged with the very latest motor generating set at a mine of time and money. Axle and propel lor shafts made an(l guaranteed to equal'the factory product In every particular. Clings and Tubes vulcaniaed ? *11 work Riiaranteed. . Presto-Lite Exchange ? Styles B ?nd K cylinders always on hand. Tires and tubes always In Rtork. We will personally see that Ton are satisfied with our service we do not want your money. Oxy-Ae*tylen? Welding? Castings all kinds of metals a specialty. ; Thanking you all for the hand le support given me since going ? business for myself, I am, jf Tours respectfully* W. o. HAY tin* late rwddouee on llaiupton Avenue Friday afternoon at :i :MO o'clock witl^ a lurge concourse of relatives uiul friend*, in attendance. The Interment was ?Immediately follow 1 1 ik at tin* Snni W WWH?WV. The t^W'lee* were i-iiii " dieted by the Hot. It. S. Truondale. of Trinity Method bd church.- Friday's Sumter Dully Item. OKK.MAN TOY MAKKHS STFFKK. i\ Old Santa Clttu.s's Park .May He Mgtilcr Thla V?*<ir. l^rhaint no Nluglo Indust-y in ? !???? many han suffered mo mueh from the war as that of toy making, says a loi ter t IV Hi Home. Switzerland. In ihe late jxnice year Germany's toy hade aggie gtited 140,000, (KM) marks, ($aft.0<KM)00) or which more than $126,000,000 v-ar ox |H?rt ami the larger part to America Slow the war tliln figure has dropj>ed nearly two-thirds. What Is wo mo silli for the German manufacturers In the fact that, other countries have taken up this Industry and the Germans wlli ttnd It very hard to recover tliclr lost uuirketn. In 1U13 tho toy exports of the Fulled States auuanded to nearly $10,000,000, hut since then, owing to the Hrltlsh blockade, tho volume of trade has sunk to iierbopo less than one-fourth of thiy Hiir.i. The neutral states, Holland,. l>eu mark, Sweden aid Norway, have houRht more toys, hat their Increased trade bus fa Hod to make up the Ions of the transatlantic business. Austrlu Hugary too has taken more toys and the home tiade has heen much hotter. Hut In spite. of all this t lu> total shrink ' age In the annual turnover 1k estimated at; between GO and 70 i>or cent It Is said that 1,500 klials of German toy:) are now being made In England and are being sold at the same prices ^vth0 original articles, Ia Franco the trade Is being pushed rapidly, a ad one factory alone has already made over $1,000,000 worth of (hills. A French bank has been specially organized to promote the interest of the toy trade. ('The Japanese compel I tlon. too. Is great ly feared, esi>eclally It} the American market. The most extraordinary ease of its kind ever heard la Spartanburg county took place in Magistrate Corry'a eourt when that official heard the testimony 111 tho action of Kev. It. .1. Heine, as plaintiff, versus J. 1). Fanford and M. <3. Gregory as. deacons of the Fairmount Haptist Church. The plaintiff asked that the defendants be forced to pay (him the sum of $30.15, yet. due him as salary for the time that- he served as pastor of the Fairmount church. Grady L. McKelsky was killed In a mysterious way on the Southern rail way track near Chester. The coroner is investigating rejnuts of foul play. ^GAIN IN SEED MARKET. To the People of Kershaw and Adjoin ing Counties I wish to state that I am again as sociated with pie Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. for the coining season as their agent for Kershaw, and a part of Sum ter and Lee Counties, and take this method of thanking those people who have seen tit in the past to give us the liberal patronage t*hat they have, and trust that we merit a continuance of their confidence, and promise to he ever alert to your interest as well as our own. And to those who have not. seen lit to have any cotton seed business with tis in- Hie imst. we ask? you to give us an opportunity and we assure yoirtliat we shall do everything in our power to make any transaction with you both pleasant and profitable. We fully realize the shortness of the cotton crop over the entire territory, thereby making competition keen, and feel safe in saying to those not giving us an opportunity to bid on your seed, that you will lose money and trust that all will at least do us this favor. Again thanking you for the business in the past and asking a continuance of your confidence, I am Respectfully, , R. L. Moseley. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina County of Kershaw In tin* Court of Common Pleas. F. M. Zemp, Plaintiff, ' ' " v ' . against Meta W, DeLoache, Mary I). Pittman, Kate 'I >u Hose, T. C. DuBose and Pe ruvian Guano Corporation, - Defendants. Foreclosure Hale. Under and by virtue of the Decree in the above suit by his Honor, Mendel L. Smith, Presiding Judge, of date 15th day of Jifiy, 1910, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder in front of the Courthouse door, in the city of Camden in the couhty of Kershaw and state of South Carolina during the .legal hours of ?mle on the first Monday in November 191(1 being the Otji day there of, the following described real estate, "All that parcel or lot of land in the county of Kershaw in the state of South Carolina lying about three(3) miles east of the city of Camden and containing Two Hundred Fifty .Five (255) acf-es, more or leas, and bounded north by land formerly of Camden Cot ton Mill now Hermitage Cotton Mill, and by public road known as the Dar lington road, on the east by lauds of the estate of W. W. Mickle, deceased, and by lands now or^formerly of Mrs, Rebecca W. DeLoache, on the south by lands of E. A. Brown and on the west by lands of Mary D. Pittman, Kate DuBose and T. C. DuBose, formerly a part of the land herin described, and by lands of H. G. Garrison, Jr. and by Pine Tree Creek. The above de scribed land is that conveyed to Meta W. DeLoache by Mary D. Pittman, Kate DuBose and T. C. DuBose by deed of date February 15th, 1918." At tbe said sale the Master shall not receive the bid of any prson whe shall not first deposit with him as a pledge to make, good hi k bid in case of Its acceptance the sum of Five Hun dred Dollars (1600.00) in money or certified check on som4 responsible bank. Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. U A. Wittkowsky, Master for Kershaw County. Camden, S, C. 8ept 21st 1916. WHATS TH* USE? ? MMy dear," said Mr. Seadsou, "(Iu'ho reckless expenditures of y<A?rs must ? CanMMj' ^jssssmmmmmmmmm n "*?" "To w hat do you refer Y" nskt <1 Mr*, Scadsuu. "Well, for Instance, that fur coat you are weur|njj. AeeordtnR to this hill ft cost hundred dollars." "Men never do appreciate what worn* en do for tUoMi," replied Mrs. Seadsou, on the verge of tears, "For a whole week I fought the temptation to huy mi. other coat 1 liked h?*tter, priced nlm hundred and tlfty dollars, and finally t?M?k this one because I wanted to save you money." Natural Deduction. "That woman," ,sald Herlock Shoutes, the great detective, "has evi dently heard that lemon Juice Is good for the complexion." " 'Cause why?" asked old Dock Wat sou. . "She has such a sour-looking face," replied the g. d. "But as a rule, women have hotter complexions thuu men." "Naturally," commented the pill peddler. "No, artificially." snapped Shomeo, CAN'T RUN DOWN. Wantslt ? Do you know how long thl* 1)111 of yours has been running? Nopay ? I believe It's been running now about six years, but ? Wantslt ? Say, I believe you've dis covered perpetual motion. Nothing Doing. There was a man in our town. His business was slow; * It kept going down and down ? An advertiser? No. Those Dear Girls. o. "t was surprised to see so much paint on your fare last night," said THe first dear girl. "I never saw any thing like it in my life." "Is that so?" exclaimed the dear girl No. 2. "Well. If you can't- afford to buy u mirror of your own I'll lend you one," Deserves Drowning. "What Is the name of that song Mr. Yaw|?er Is singing?" ? "It's n new sentimental ballad en titled, 'Drifting In a Canoe With the (Jlrl of Your Dreams.' " "As a rule I am not In favor of rooking the boat, but in a case like this I think it ought to be done." His Experience. "Do ymi believe," queried the young man who was in love, "that marriage broadens a man's mind?" "I am not prepared to say as to I that," answered the man who had been ! trotting in double harness for years, "but I do know that it flattens his pock- \ etbook." , i Foots and Pools. The One ? The only way to convince a fool is to let him have his own way. , The Other ? Huh! I know fools that even that won't convince. ALL JEALOUS. He ? You fondle that pug puppy un til I am actually jealous of him ! She ? You're all alike. This puppy 1" Jealous of you. " ? .. Romance vs. Reality. "Ctontly Ihe dew* o'fir m? la falling " - Doubtless the poet's words were (rue; For bis landlord Vai probably calling With the rent bill long overdue. , The Land pf Dollars. "Love of cotfntry Ih horn In a per son," said the professional patriot. . "Still, it is possible to acquire some thing of the sort." "I doubt it, sir." ? "Look at the affection foreign prim* doinas hare for America." Variously Defined. "Tkereitib finer sentiment than pa triotism.'* "True. And none that la subject to more different Interpretations." An Ingenious iVKIW."!",' "j" ;r . . .MSiaBW ' *"1H Escape lly OSCAR COX Julea < lui ph ml when the pan-Kuro pean wui lnoke out waa wording in a machine shop. Krout there lie waa taken into the army ami participated In the lighting that led up to the l>ut tlo of the Maine. In that tight he was taken prisoner and aent to a concen tration eamp In liermauy Jules Clin para I waa turned Into an Improved machine ahop for manufac turing Held artillery. Very soon his experience In audi work manifested It self, and. being found to be very use ful, he wan put In charge of one of the rooms of trte t'uetory, Then the engi neer was takeu 111, aud, there being no German engineer to ttli lilt place. Julea was temporarily given charge of the englno room and everything In It. Jules spent a year In this factory and miturally became acquainted with all parts of It. Including the yard iu which It stood, the poaltlena of tenth nels, the points* of eutranco and exit, for It la Impossible to take the pre cautions with one who Alls an Imiwr taut position that can he observed with an unproductive prisoner. Prob ably tliero was never a prisoner who did not take note of his surroundings with a view to escape. The factory, not being a prison, was not surrounded by a high wall. The absence of a wall was supplied by a guard. But since every available man was needed to light the factory guard was made up of disabled soldiers. Julea had had opportunities to notice them and had seen one legged men among them. He had once ruu against one of the guard, who was off duty, walking in the factory yard, and It was evident that the man was half blind. If Jules could get out of the factory after dark he might possibly work his way through this barrier of armed men. At any rate, he would be quite willing to take his chances of being shot. But for months at a time the factory was run day and night, nnd thei*e were a9 many persons about at one time us another. When it was not run at night, as sooli as It was shut down the oporators were placed In huts built near by, the prisoners by themselves, under guard, and all was quiet. Chnparal had his eye ou a means of making tin exit front the factory. A broad leather belt connected the fly* wheel of the engine with gearing at tached to the joists overhead. The drum nround which the belt turned was near a window, which was used loth for light and ventilation It oc curred to Chaparal that one might ride up on the belt and jump ofT at the window. To do this when the engine was running at full speed would be well nigh impossible Without the rider being dashed against the'wall and kill, ed. To do It when the engine was starting or slowing. up would be com paratlvelv easy. "The prisoner had noticed this win dow when In the yard and knew that ten feet below it was the roof of an addition to the building, the addition being about tlfteen feet from the ground. Two hundred feet from the factory was the chain of sentinels. Of course the chances of escape by such an exit were lnflnlteslmally small, and even if the fugitive should reach the window In safety and pass the guard there Would remain the difficulty of making his way through Germany and across the border. For a prisoner even to occupy his mind with such matters Is beneflclal. It prevents his brooding, and he is buoyed by hope. Jules found relief in laying out every detail of an attempt to escape. These details were many and must fit together perfectly, and when they were all arranged lie must keep a sharp lookout for an opportu nity cif which It might be well to take advantage without deliberation. He had thought out his scheme and had waited a month for his opportu nity when It came u|>on him suddenly. An accident occurred In a room next the engine room Just as the shutting down hour arrived. Every man ran td the scene of the trouble. Jules turn ed oflf the steam from the ynglne, wait ed (he feared that some one would en ter) till the flywheel had slowed down sufficiently, leaped on the belt, grasp>ed an edge In each hand and ?va3 carried on hie knees up to the window. On reaching It he threw himself at It. landing on his chest, and scrambled on to its sill. Without glancing back ho turned his feet outward and, lowering himself till he hong by his hands, let himself down on to the roof of the addition below and in another moment \yas on the ground. Thua far ho bad not been observed or heard He now needed to pass the guard. A faint twilight lingered in the west, against it he saw the ail* houettes of two sentries some fifty feet a pari He resolved to make an effort to crawl between them. Advancing on foot aa far as he dared, he got down on hla stomach and wriggled like a snake toward a point midway between the sentries. Fie was in this danger ous position when he rubbed np against a man lying on a blanket, on the ground. The man muttered something In German in a tone indicating that he waa half asleep. Julea withdrew a few feet and after waiting awhile wrig gled around the flgurto-on the ground and on till he dared get on handa and knees, and In a few minute* more lie was beyond the guard line. A week later the fugitive turned up ln r Switzerland after harlig passed through innumerable adresturee STOCKTON MOWS NOTLS. Mr and Ml'i?. ('. H. \Smltli ami ehll* dreu were truest* Sunday at tho homo > m? Mr. .1 >' I t ^ ! ' Mr. and Mrs. \Y, II IVam\ of Taut deli. sjient i lu' week end ai the homo of Mr. It. M. IVaree. v Miss Satlle I'eariv *)>ent tho \vook at lU'l' hoilio. Mr. aw4 M r? .1 (', Humphries spout last Tliur*dn> at tho Stalo Farm. Mr. W K. Humphries K|>etit tho week ut liis homo.. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Irh.v ami ohthlrou. of tlu? Stalo farm were miosis at tin* homo of Mr. ami Mrs. .1 l Humphries Sunday. Mr, and Miti l> L, Howell were gnosis Sunday at tho homo of Mr. .1. ,C. Humphries. * Miss Ithntio (Sallowax Is <piito slek. Ml*. Shelton Kolloy. of llartsvillo, w as 4 ho yuest last week of Ids sister, Mrs. C. V. Halloway. Mr. l^auoo Kolly is s|H>mliiiK this week In llartsvtlle. Mr. and Mrs. K. C. IVariy and t-till- ' dreti Sunday at tlio Inane of Mr. ami Mrs. lteltop Owens. Mrs. John UlHIs |s quite sick Master Hugh Humphries. Sam licit ton ami Chapman FWr?v spent the WWk OIlU til the Inane of thelc ma le. Mr. C. N. Humphries. Mr. Arthur llumphrloK left last Tues day for Hook llill where he has aovpt ed ft posit Ion as hookkoejH'r. Mrs. (\ N. Hnmplirles siaait a few days last win'k with her slater. Mrs. Catoo, in Sumter. Mrs. Larry Smith and daughter, of I'rovldeneo. Is sinmuHiik a few days wltli her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John dills. Mrs. Kehecea Workman Is s|M'lidluu a few days at tho houie of Mr. and Mrs. John Mel^xkl. Miss Kthel Humphries, of (Theater Held, is visitinu her parents, Mr. ami Mrs. J. l\ Humphries. Mr. \V. ( \ Senile was at lh'Kalh Sunday. Mrs W II I'oarce, ami Mrs. H. I Hlvhey and dauuhter. Sara, of Cam den, were visitors at the inane of Mr. J . ('. Humphries Monday. Misses August a and A Mono Mostlek are quite sl?-k with dlpthocla Adjutant (Jeneral \V. \V. Moore with tho South Carolina team is now In JaekSoiivllle. Kin., attending the na tional rltle shoot. The team Is eotn |M>sed of Citadel men and is under the dlreet charge *?f Lieutenant (Sray. 1'. S. A. The memliers of the team are: L. 1 >. Hoy kill. T. H. Hoolittle, <J. N. Foy. T. A. l'rlee. F. It. ltoj^ecs and Seott Stroheeker. KllmlimllitX (>rtuk? C'ro.ssliiKH. '? "? """" " i Washington. l>. ?\, Ootufcer 17,?Nltte tv -three made oroSslnii* of tlu? South rrti ~Bn tr\nry**r " ^vt$tilnjrton \ tttin tn line lltl VO heoil . eliminated ill iHiJllUM't iru wlili doilhlo I nuk work between Oriin?(', Va.; ni?*l (Vntrnl, . N. I', Thirty olyht were Mipplantod by o vorlioad I'liduos, .'lit by under imik-so*. while '2'4 were removal b> oban^es in I bo rouie ? ?l public hKiils, In all construction work the tlxod pollr.v of tbo Kout horn Is to aeparalo important b lull w ii \ crossings wherever praot lea hie 'I'bis |?ollcy moans I ?i r>r? ? inblli ii'iitil ?? \ | M'i iso wlilob Is umlortak ??H l?> II | Mkl I till I III II I illNest UIOUl f??i* safe ty. The Southern bus also coo|H>ratod with local Hiillioritlov in tln< olliiilnatloii of uiaiix dangerous ? rosslngs on othor of Us linos, dovotliiK to tills work as intioh as Its resources and otlior oh Illations would iHTinlt . Two Negroes Lynched, l'aducah, Ky., <>??? m A mob tills afternoon lyncbtsl two negroes and horned their bodies. Tbo.\ were turns oil of assault. One (ItieNN. There is a man In our town Wliii lias troiuendouH ours, Thoro's nothing doing Any wboro Hut what thin follow hoars. Ilo i iru noos up and down^the street And poddies tales of woe, Km everywhere ho slo|M uwhllc Tho.x'ro uliul to see blui go. i ? ll?> kiiiH-ks liK wlfo at hiiiak of day. Ilo knocks i In- neighbor**, too, And If v oil' i'i" Molng anything worth whllo llo'll tak* n kn?n k ut you. When the lOoho siiys ^ssl things About tills public bore. ; Ho has a grouch tbo whole work thru. IhH'Hiiso It wasn't more. : And If |?erohahoo bis name's forgot i Ilo gets uuist awful More And kicks and knocks and kno. ks again With epithets galore. Wo know some people hanging rouild .Just waiting for the ilhy That they may lend a willing Ifnml To lav this Krouoh'nway. There Is ono man that thla will tit, It may bo there are more; .Inst liolil your peace and wait awhile. You'll know them by the roar. ? < iru n vllle, (III.) Weo. Liberal Advances Made ON ALL CONSIGNMENTS OF STAPLE AND UPLAND COTTON We make a specialty of handling EXTRA STAPLE COTTON and secure best results for our customers. Consignments handled on commission only. PORTER SNOWDEN CO. Cotton Factor* and Commission Merchants CHARLESTON, ' SOUTH CAROLINA Be a Man with Moi\e& Then von can do your/ duty to ^our Family. "How did he leave her?" That's the question you often hear asked. "How are- YOU going to leave her?'V That's the question for YOU to answer. Are you Banking your moj^ey so that you won't add to her sadness the misery of want? Our Bank is a safe place for your money. Put YOUR money in OUR bank. We pay 4* per cent interest. v-? *-'*-? <- . ? ' - ? # y ' ?x-: ? ~ ~ ' . :-Tf?=3urr.~ I ? 1 ' The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C.