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W^ttrBor ffrauted a I' William M. Heart! on who wsn of murder In ndfgdftolri coun Wf]'ud ?aoU*uW' to life iiuptifontneut, P^T^nteiK-e the fovernor Inter com Wr~A to ten year*. Jj^qI cbun'Hwefl and John *Jwnry, I fclfr ?eUi ,lrtV0 ,KH,n in I,*,???.? <?"?'">? vte***' with Notice to Debtor*. ^ AH part ten Indebted to the eatate of W. J. J a nuts, doooeaed, are hereby uutitlml to umke imyinent to the uuder ?1kihh1 Kxecutor, ami all partloa, if any, having claims agaluat tho nald catate will present them duly attested within the time prescribed.by law. C. S. .1A NIKS, Kxr. listii(e of \V. J. James. Camden, 8, C., February 2fltb, 1017. WK MAKK A FKATIKK OF prompt deliveries IK VOl) IJKAVK YOUK PU^SCKIITION TO UK FIIJLKD YO|I flONT UAVK TO> "fcAU, UP ABOUT IT. WIK WAWONKRV STOCK 18 UKOKK TIIAN KVKK IIK kork. w. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STORE Teltjthaae 30. Watch Your Time We Furnish The Watch You Watch the Time History states that Napoleon lost the Battle of Wa terloo because his Marshal came up behind time. Doubtless his watch was slow! All of the world's great events have been achieved bv men who were ON TIME \ J You can not be sure of being: on time with a faulty timee peice. Get a pood one. See us for a guaranteed watch. o We have them, and they are the highest product of the watchmaker's art. One minute late may mean great loss to you. Come to us and get a watch that you can trust. G. L. BLACKWELL Jeweler and Optician Camden, S. C. Extracts from Contracts for Telephone Service: > V , 1' or lite liciiciii ??l' those whii do not uinlcrstaini 111?? t"nn ; i 1 Israel nailer which we furnish telephone .service 1 wir-h i.> ;t> ' ? iNws : !'IKN'I. \\'r do pot < i m t i.u I - for ;i |< n ?l ?>I lr?- tiia;: Uu'ivc 1 'tubs, only when <i>orlflo<| by Hi.- ?.iih^-ribo.r mi llu- limo p?iiiI ra?-t ?'\CCUt?'(l. m:i om>. 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I !!.<? < oil! ra< ! l"f(iro -; _ i < i.: ? i r ? ? r ? ? ? ? r Iliat ;i n?n* ? !\.t !y iin<iclMnti>i what i> ? .\jh?? 11-?I <>n their jiari. ' >'< put for*.''*' that hv ' t>fi v1n'_' \'i .ii !* hill-- ? ?? ? * \- . . ! 1:?? 1-t T ?';' i ; ?????. \> i'' x;|*. ?? it-- a "I I ? i. >al >!o I fi-l ' ' ' I * 4 ?? iuilicni Be!! Telephone & Telegraph Company J. A. Hough, Manager PITTSBURGH ON EDGE OF ASIA i | In Baku Persian and Tartar Mlllknw aires fltda In Jeweled Car*. . . n - -i rm afraid that I shall have to tell my great-grandchildren that the Cas pian 1m very little to look at, at least from Itaku, write* H. Q. Dwlght In tt?# Century. It haw no color und It smells outrageously of kerosene. llaku, however, Is something to look at. (I)aku la the Ruaalan trana-Oauca alan seaport on the OaHplan aea.) It la a kind of Pittsburgh dipped In Asia, and It tickled me beyond meoaure. Not ao long ago It waa a wretched fishing Tillage inhabited chiefly by Persians and Tartars, who were too atupld to ?ell their land to prowling oil pros pector*. Ho those same Persians and Tartars now roll In gold. And they don't know what on earth to do with It. The consequence la that nobody bat a millionaire tan afford to live In Baku. Bat what a fantastic hodgepodge of civilisation and barbarism! What types! What costumes 1 What raor alaf Above all, what motor cars?satin lined, emblaeoned, gilded, Jeweled, akltherlng there on the edge of Asia 1 It's too good to be true, but I shan't tell you about It. What I want to tell you about is a park the Russians have made there on the Hhore of their Cas pian. They always do those things well, you know. No green thing will grow for miles around Baku, but those Russians have coaxed a few treps to sprout In tubs in that tidy little park, and bands far better thnn I ever heard in Central park play you Tsehalkowsky and Rlmsky-Korsakof, not to say Wug ner and Verdi and Rlzet. And you should see the extraordinary crowds that listen?the Russians, the Persians, the Armenians, the Georgians, the Les ghlans, the Tartars, the wild, the swarthy, the fiery, the rninbow col ored ! My pon, when In doubt, go to Itaku. I sat there in the park one after noon, snllling their Caspian, tapping my f<%>t In time to their "OUnkft," when I suddenly made a discovery : That coon song we used to sing when we were young, "Lou. Lou. I Love You," came out of "Life for the Czar." War Prices in Paris. One hears a groat deal about the rising cost of living in fiermaYiy, re sulting from the Rrltlsh blockade, but comparatively little about .the prlvn- j tlons of the ailles. Tin* following let- | tor from an American engineer in Paris tells something of the hardships of! the City of Light : ?Top? boiled ht'.m costs ninety-five i cents a pound and each thin slice 1 comes to ten cents. Putter is uneat- ' able at less than sixty-four cents a I pound, and everything is in proportion. > Gasoline is twenty cents a quart. Al cohol is out of tin* question, as it is now forty-eight cents a quart as com- . pared to fourteen before the war. j Sugar Is fourteen cents a pound. "I 1m lieve the war won't he over! )??*fore next year, so wo settle down j in it as a fact to he borne. It hits, ?verve i a few. I am comfort-j :;blo. !??ivo enough to eat and a good i bed. but living In 'juste' (narrow) ; I > jtw| about* come out even."?Will j Street Journal. Pink for a Baby Girl. . Why pink for a l>ahy girl and blue for the boy? The reason for the dis tinction is net very clear. We are t>dd thai in Russia and in America blue is, used in the preparation of tin* outfit j for a baby if the parents desire a boy and pink if the preference is for* a j girl, and then the old stork brings Just j whichever one he pleases regardless] of the color scheme: so the wise moth er uses both pink and blue in her lay ette. A Russian maiden not only wears pink In her girlhood, but adorns her j wedding troussetru plentifully with ! this hue. New Discovery. Margaret, aged eleven, had ju t re turned from her first visit to the zoo. "Well." said her mother, smiling, "did you see the elephants and ^ the; giraffe and the kangaroos?" Margaret looked thoughtful. ' "We saw the elephant and the j;i ratTe ar.vl the dang-ger-roos." "What?" said Mrs. Rlank. "The dang-ger-roos. It said 'ihes'e, anit lals are I>-a-n-g e-r-o u s.'" i;. \v. v < : tv'< ?f|e l I | el>-. \\ .-'!)>? o!a> 1 !?? f"i i fle'arly fifty ve.Tr^ mtui<-rer of \frtb j ,li-r denomination. Vou May Be Dead Tomorrow It* you could know that ou would live forty, or evc:( twenty, years longer v.ju "'.ight afford to laught at Life Insurance. But you can't know. And there is where iii'c insura,nee .supplier at least one certainty toward making up for the great ncertainfcy "1 life. It will provide for your family. It will pay your debts when you die. It will -uve your credit. It will make your name respected after you are gone. See us for >me attractive policies. We have them. CAMDEN LOAN & REALTY COMPANY Office Man Bldf?. H. P. Foust, Manager Telephone 62. ODD NAMES GIVEN CHILDREN fteema an Injustice for Parent* to In fllot Soma of Them on Their Halplaaa Offspring. It would seem a poor sort of huinor to label n child with u Christian nnmt which tits ilu* surname all too well, like Sardine Box, Jolly Death, Holly Stick, Hose Hush. Kong street. Seldom | Kurly, and the like, hut It In done, nevertheless. Of course. Nemeals Is sometimes on the truck of theae practical Jokers, | only his revenge la probably wrcakod on the namebearer rmlicr than 011 the parents. For Inatunce. Wild Hose Bounded very appropriate lu lufuncy, hut when the pretty MIhh Hose luar rled the fascinating Mr. liull, and aha had to ?Ign her resignation paper Wild Btill It sounded a bit quear I Homebody, of courae, nobody la to blame. Nobody 'was In the caae of Hetta Simpson, who married llr. John Lott, but aha got unmercifully chaffed over the combination, Hetta Lott. But the font-flend who perpetrated the following Joke upon hla uncon scious though wildly protesting bairn must have known what he waa dolug. Probably if the parson had twigged the diabolical dealgn of the amtllng father he might have transposed two of the names and spoiled the plot. The parents were called Qunn, and when the parson asked for the child's baptismal names the father whispered, "Benjamin Isaac Geoffrey," and It sounded all right, But fancy that lad writing all bis life such a conceited signature us B. 1. (1. Uunu! It's too oreadful! There are certain names that are "off the map." Such are Jezebel, Ana nias, Sappldra, Judas and Beelzebub. Hut occasionally parents have been known to take a mean reveugu on a new and unwelcome arrival, as, for instance. One-too-many Johnson, Not wanted Smith, Odious lleaton. Poor kids! Sometimes the idea Is the reverse. So profoundly thankful are the hai> py pair to have a new baby that they must express their Joy at the tout. Thus \se get Merry Christmas Fig got, Welcome Jones, but It is dlfhcult to admire such namrs as Noah's Ark Smith and Anno Domini Davis. Many people wrongfully conclude that the names bestowed by Uunyan upon his immortal Jury at Vanity Fair were very exceptional. Hut his Mr, llatellght and Mr. Liveloosc had their counterpart in the local director of Hunyan's time. Singularly enough, a volume pub lished-in ITtM) gives a copy of a "Jury Kelurn made at Uye, Sussex. Ku# land. in the late Hebellious Troublous Tlmw." The names of the lU were: Meek Hivwer. Graceful I larding. Kill sin IMiuple, Faith Adams, Weep-not Hill ing. More Fruit Fowler, llopc-for Hending. -Keiurn Spelman, Fly Debate Hoberts, Stand Fust On High Stringer, lie Faithful Joiner, and Fight the Good Fight oi Faith White. Shutting Up the Shop. Ii i< PiiiIiit surprising to tl*o foreign er \isitim: South American countries for i'i?* lirsi 1 i111?* lo timl most of the lu ' and |?rt?:Ii?*st shops utmost Her i.4ijiUul uL Ui^iiL. ii Lliu build 51slt is of 1!ss? older style of consjruc iio;i lite heavy shutters mi* closed and locked by iron liars; if it more modet'o building, the llexilde sliding doors ami windows are completely drawn, and the passerby can .s?e not him: within tile shop. All is darkness save tin- li^ht ol the street lamps; no hrilllani ly lighted windows help to add cheer and bright ness to the streit. lu European and -Viae ric ail cities the* u\ <i ge merchant is willing to spend money freely for nightly display of his wares and merchandise, ile real i/.es and appreciates the publicity. Tlie evening crowds upon our streets are highl.\ < .iie] taine<l and even in struct''*! window displays of the I ?11 V sill. licit in ... - the difference; for, ?s a rub*, the Sotnb American streets, busy :tiid atiraciive during the day, are <piiie the re\< i <e at ihltIiI. Even in some of the larger citics Lhe old cu.vloia "1 hermetically sealing the j*11op ill night prevail-. New Placc-Nameo for Canada. Hy the decisions of the geographic board of .('itnndii made in April oral May three "Trouts" are eliminated from our list" of phtve-nntnes. Which ,1s well. be. *a Use there are plenty of "Trouts" left, enough In fact to still I cause confusion. I A lake and ri\er emptying into Hud son bay. in the Patricia district of, northern Ontario, have been relieved of the name, Troiil. and given that of j Sutton; a lake and river in Snguenayj country. Quebec, that bore bolli the j namft Trout and Petite, have been giv- j en the Indian name, Mutuiiiek ; an<l a third Trout disappears by calling the river north of Tonrnx rtver, in north Quebec. (ipnmwastlk. A river empties into James buy. south of Eastmnin river. Mlstasftlni territory. (Quebec, had been called Sheep river. Its new name Is Miatl kush. this- Indian name meaning sheep. In the new north these Italian mimes seem particularly appropriate; most of them are euphoneous, and they are associated with the traditions and the history of the original population. Sensitive. "Why don't you become a philan thropist ?" "I'm afraid to." replied Mr. Dustln Stax. "You never know when an effort to do ".?methinft big for your fellow men is going to be misconstrued as nn ostentation of wealth." COUNT ZltPPEMN DKAD. Ilceame Famous hh Ituilder of Find Dirigible Airtililp. London, March 9 - Count Zeppelin is (load. according to a dispatch from Her tin I y Uoutor'a Telegram company. Ac cording to a iterlln telegram. trans >1.1111?k?.l by Neuter's Amsterdam corres pondent. Count Zeppelin died Thurs ?lay forenoon at Charlottenburg, near HcrUu, from In.tlaina t ion of the limns. Count Ferdinand Zepiadin became famous at the age of V< 'is the builder ?>f the world's tlrst practical dirigible balloon. On Ids 75th birthday mini versary ho navigated Ids LH?th airship (<? ..celebrate the occasion. Hut before h?? had achieved fame he had devoted a half century of his life, exhausted his personal fortune of $7fM>,<K)0 and sacrificed a brilliant career as a tier-, mmi cavalry leader, In conquering the air. It was In the United States that Count Zeppelin made his drat ha Moon ascension. It occurred while be was following General Carl Schure in the Civil war as a military observer for the German army.. A captive balloon use for military observation by the Union troops gr?tttly interested the young tiortuan olllcor, and he was ta ken up In it In 1808. Scion of a .wealthy .family of ancient lineage. Count Zeppelin was born In COlisfance. Kadcn, in ISMS As n youth he was trained for a soldier's career He fought through the Austrol'rus ?dan and 1 he Franco Prussian wars, and Is said to have been the tlrst tier man sohller to have crossed the frontier Into France in the last named conflict. Serving in the Ocrinnn cavalry for three decades. Iu> rose to a rank of u'cneral at the aire of ILV He retired ten years later a distinguished soldier.. I to devote ull htn time to tlio problem of aeronautic#. 1 in couunempratlou of (Jouut Zoppa* Iin, Fredrfi^hsfen. the city from i which moat of his vo.vukos began, has decided to establish a Zeppelin mu HOUII1. Count voi) Zeppelin wnn miffcrinj? frou? dyaeutory for some time prior to Ills doath and complication of the mal ?i 11 y ueeessl I a ted an Inteatintl o|)ern lIon, according to a Berlin dixpttbi) to Neuter's ut lamdoii hy way of Amster dam. The ojK?ration wan Niuvessful a ml his recovery was hop<*d for when in hid ps developed and later intlumu tion of the luiitfs. It wan ditHeult for hint to receive nourishment and his power of resistance was considerably weakened The critical point in his illness was reached a few days ago and he died at noon Thursday. Aged Fairfield Man lk?(l. WlnnHl>urd, March N.- -Fairleld's old est citlnen passed away Wodnendny Irt the iieraon of the beloved Samuel Oath cart, ako ninety-two. at his country home at Adders, his death Iteini? quick oned liy a fall that induced Hertou* complications. When a young man the deceased em igrated from County Antrim, Ireland, with his brother and sought his for tune in the era before the War Be tween the States, settling In WIiiiik I boro, \\ here lie ciikukciI in men untile ; business. following the close of the .strife of the iK?'s he purchased n farm near Adders, which In the years be came otie of the most productive t'urms hi the county, yielding towner boun tiful crops, due to his keen understand 11ik of the art of farming. The dc ceased was :i nuiii of model habits, thrift and devotion lo Ids ndi*ptcd count rv. VALUABLE INFORMATION You want to make the most of youi* farm. The? great need is Vcf*cr cultivation and the use of fertilizers of merit. We are agents for Congaree Fertilizers. See us before plac :Vrr -our orrlerc. Anything in the way of fertilizers. S;3;?<:?hI pvicr on lf> per cent, acid. r p 'CM The S(cre That Carries The Stock. Springs & 2 The man. witk money keeps it safe in our Bank The only safe pla<e for ,\mir money is in (ho li.WK. Vou alwajn know wlun- it is an> uni can net it wlicn >011 want it. In mil' hank \ 011 ran open a household account and pay jour hills with a check. This will tfi\e yon "a slanditij;" with the merchants? and your checks are lej;al receipts. It aUo helps >ou to kftcp jour account? straight. I l l VOI K MONKV IN OIK HANK. We pa> I per cent, interest. The First National Bank OF.CAMDEN, S. C. *