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The ^ universal military service ?im A Soldier's offering to bis sweet heart Is naturally the sweetmeat, that gave Mm most refreshment and greatest enjoyment when on duty/ , The Flavor Lasts lMKAP#t0 '** 9 ' \s v. - ? > IM If you have been wearing, the usual misfit article of clothin^Jthat goes by4he suggestive name of "hand me-down" you will lie delighted to find a line of ready-to-wear clothing that actually fits the form. Our Well known line of clothing for men and boys is carefully cut to actual physical measurements not to a set rule ? and we can supply you with as perfect a fit as your tailor can give you. Our cfothibg is not a substitute for tailored cloth ing it' is tailored Clothing; of the very best. ? We urge you to select a suit from this famous line. You will be pleased ? more than pleased, ? - ' -?-?* ' '' t ? ' - A ? ? CREWS CRAZED BY SUFFERING ; ' # l. ' X tti U-Boat Victims Lick Boats for Moisture and Seek Death in Sea. TELLSTM.ESOF PLUCKY DEEDS ' ? - > V Htrolo Acts of Officers and Men Bs longing to All Branches of 8e* 8ervicss, Naval and Mercantile. ? - . ? ' y:' London.? Much bad l^een written about the hardships endured by (he crews of vessels sunk by German sub murines. Hero are some particulars dealing with the plucky deeds per formed by officer* and men belonging to all branches of the sea services, naval mul mercantile. The first case is , that of a passenger steamer which had been torpedoed on a Monday, without warnlug, as usual, i in the Atlantic, 320 miles from land. The chief officer took charge of No. 2 lifeboat, which had on board 81 per sons, Including two women and a baby four mouths old. Bad weather prevailed all that day and throughout the night, increasing ; the plight of the miserable people. Pro visions,- too, were Scarce, but what ex isted was taken charge of by the chief officer, who doled out half a dipper (half-pint) of water to each person night* and morning. They had been barely twenty-four hours In the boat When the horrors of the situation were added to by mad ness. On the Tuesday the cook lost his reason, and 01*,. the Wednesday he died. That night witnessed the insan ity of the storekeeper, ? who had to be laNhed down. On Thursday he i&o died. On Friday an Jl. B. expired. >. Water Begins to Get Low. The wat^r was now beginning to give out and the boat's company suf fered from Intense thirst. A fireman was found dead In the bottom of the boat on Saturday morn ing, and the third- class pantry hoy died during the day. On Sunday the cattleman tried to jump overboard three times. and( -suc ceeded at th? fourth attempt. The sur vivors were In "too feeble a state to save hlra, although they turned the boat round and searched for him. The water gave out on Sunday. There were occasional showers of rain, but everything was saturated with salt, and the little water they got was undrlnkable. They licked, the woodwork, hoping to gather up the ralpdropa : Then they broke up the water heir, nnd licked the iuslde, which they found "SuTOrnted with moisture, nnd delicious. At 3 p. ui. on Monday land was sighted, but It was a long way off, and by the time they drew near darkness and a ' heavy northerly swell made a landing impossible. They lay to, and during a squall their mast carried away at the heel, but that did not matter much, for it acted as a sea anchor. At daylight on Tuesday they were sighted by a couple of fishing boats, which towed them into port. The baby lived for some time after being landed. The linen keeper died as he was being lifted from the boat. Two of the crew refused to leave t^e boat, having gone urad. - A trimmer died from gangrene two weeks later. The chief officer remarked : "I would like to testify to the excellent behavior of the boat's cr^w throughout our pe riod of eight days' hardship and ex posure." The second case deals with a Brit ish oil ship which had been torpedoed without warning, like torpedo struck it between the twft foYward tanks, and it was burning furiously. Its engines were still running, because It had, been imptssiblcr to reacji the engine room After the explosion on acbount of the heat Visible for miles, through the darkness, it looked like some fiery pen nant flung across the face of the nfght. All the holds had caught and a con tinuous stream of oil kept feeding the fl re. Crouched up in the peak, which was the only part not yet alight* were about thirty Chinese, all who remained of the crew. Death by fire or by water was only a matter of thpe; that seemed to be a certainty. * Sighted by Patfel *a&7 The U eutattnt | n comma nd of a j>a trol vesMl iiw a ragged sheet of flame and altered course forthwith. To ex tinguish the flamed was impossible, and ttie reseu? of the survivors in the oiler's peak, but there was no more life tlpa / ? '"'a r" / . He ran his vesser close past the oil er's stem and as she passed rafts life boats and lifebuoys were pitched over board by the Citew of the patrol ship. The Chinese Were told to jump over board. Tills wss repeated three times. By that time all boats had been low ered to pick up the men In the water. There now remained nine men in the' oiler's peak, but there was no more ilfe savinjc apparatus on board the patrol vessel. The lieutenant decided it was necessary to place himself alongside the ship end ta^e off the remainder of the crew. A speed of eight kaots be ing maintained, this wss done. They remained alongside, locked to the steamer's windward bow, for a period sufflclenr for all nln^ men to lower themselves on board this ship, which sustained alight superficial damage to guard ra^H and upper-deck fittings. Ten minutes after clearing the steamer she waa burned to the water line. . SLACKERS PREFER CRIME TO FIGHT FOR COUNTRY (\>hitnhurt, O.?- DwrtOf the past six months there have I >een more mVu tin* ages t*f eighteen uiul thirty committed to state peu'ul Institution* than ever before, There have been fewer men over thirty-one rom* mltted than In (fceot yearn. It has boon pointed out this sltua Hon may be due to slackers com mitting petty offenses In order to escape military duty. There are about Ave hundred more young men confined than rec ords of previous years show. OIL IS BIG FACTOR Asset That Makes America lm* portant as War Power. At Valuable to Ciun of Alllaa M American Men, Money and Munition#. ? - ? " ? . . Washington.? *If America's men, money and munitions did not consil* lute a vital asset In the cause of the allies against Germany, America would still be n friend |n need. If she could not prwide ships or steel, she would still constitute a pillar of strength. The reason? Oil, America produces more oil than all the rest of the world. And ships, eiv glides, autos, and many other war fac tors are using pll as u motive force. Oil Is needed aa a lubricant for all the metals used In the prosecution of war. Its uses are so varied nnd so yttai, indeed, that oil constitutes another of those .commodities without which Uhe war could not he won. In 101ft, for which figures ha^e been completed nwl Issued by the Ameri can Mining congress* the United States produced nnd marketed 28J ,104,104 barrels of crude petroleum. This com prised 65.72 per cent, or almost two thirds, of. the entire World production. Other countries follow : Russia, 16.03 per cent ; Mexico, 7.69 per cent ; butch ^Cast Indies, 2.90 per cent ; Roumanla, 2.81 per cent ; India, 1.92 per cent." 'And less thnn 1 per cent each, G^ltda, Ja pan and Formosa, Peru, Germany, Trinidad, Argentina, Egypt, Canada and Italy. ; With thin lint in hand, it Is easy to see why American oil Is bo important a factor In the prosecution of the war. Russian fields, If they are being work ed at an, probably are being worked for Germany's benefit. So are Rou manian fields. t Thus far, though prices have soared Just as If there was a famine In oil, the American fields, including the Mex ican, have sufficed t<* keep all the aiitej fairly well supplied. Studentfuof war problems declare that America's oil supply will be practically as valuable In the last analysis as American men, money and munitions? ? SHIP VANSE LOST AT SEA Few Vessels as Well Known to Ptr* sons Other Than Seafaring v Men. New York. ? Somewhere In the At lantic, tossed about like ft cork and wlthoqtilghts or course, Is the staunch ship Vanse, the pride of Capt. Jacob O. Samuelson, who was forced to de seFTSfef live 0A?? after s ternnc storm snapped off her masts. .3 , "*w Few snl ll i:;: vessels ,are as well known as this erstwhile full-rigged ship to persons other than seafaring men. For years the Vanse was a pas senger ship, carrying sometimes 1,000 coolies out of Calcutta. Her last car go was oil, which she conveyed from New York to Buenos Ayres. She Is of 1,001 tons register and was coming up the coast in ballast, bound for Hamp ton Roads, Va? when the storm bit i-? ? r^-rV-y ? HUN TELLS OF TANK TERROR Qartara I In Tsfleblatt Rtcallji Hannibal Elephants as ftlmlfe to Brltlah . /... Machines. . jj;, ... Berne, Switzerland. ? Describing the battle of Cambral to German readers, Lieutenant General von Ardenne, In the Tageblatt says : "Those who fought in the battle describe the Imposing lm^ presirton made by the ftrltlsh tanks which preceded the attack on the wid est ^ ttont. As they advanced In masses, with very small Intervals between, them, they reminded ono of Hannibal** battle elephants or the sickle chariots of Pharaoh. .The booming, rumbling attack was accompanied or, rather, supported from the air by a veritable cloud of battle aircraft, while closely pressed masses of Infantry and field artillery followed, the Iron wSll, thres cavalry divisions bringing np the rear.**' ? W SAYS SON OWES FOR BOARD ? ? ? ? Atepfather Put* In Claim Against Be-' tata far $0,200 far Meals and . Lodging. Racine, Wis. ? Claiming that Theo dore Johnson, who died she months ago, tearing an estate worth |70,000t owes his mother for hoard snd rent for the last qnsrter of a rectory, August Wilson has fill*! a ffl.200 elslm against the estate. Wilson declsre* Johnson boarded st his mother's honse snd also !w?d a trunk stored there for twenty Are years. He figures that the board and room were worth at least f& a weak with aocrped interest ? LKK COUNTY NBWS % /-vn<) Umw df Interest Gathered ?r?n? IUnIi ojivIHo Vindicator. Mi. N owl on Woodhaiu, who has Ixvn MiftVring with tho dreaded dU oast*. tultoivulosis, for several mouths, died at the home of hla father, Mr. John Woodhaiu, at Ashland Ihm Sun <juy ami his remains were interred in savannah ooiuotery on the following day. amid a largo orowd of sorrowing relatives mid friends. Mr. Woodhtuu >?poni a while at the tultorenlosis eamp at Columbia, where he hoped to regain his hoallh. No had never nuirrlod am?l his oorroot ago Is n??t known hy the writer, .last two or throo yearn ago his brother, Coyi Wood ham preeeded him to the grave with tho sauio dis ease. The oditor with his wife, daughter and granddaughter hurely oseai>ed a terrlhlo wreek a fmv days ago hy dl'lv tnjf tnto tho edge of a dltoh at a sharp oiirvo in t h?? road Just on this side of MoehaulcsvHIo poml as they were re turning from Sumter, to e*ou|>o holng run into hy u Ford oar going about HO milcK an hour. The dlaholloal wrotoh never stopped to see If we oouid got out of the dltoh and was gone lmfore tho nnndier of the ear eon Id ho rea il . There is a law against fast driving e*p?*viall.v at eurves and rural poHeeiuen ooutd do some good work if they am on the alerl. <>nc or two' heavy flues would stop .?nien fast and reek less driving. " Thonnia Porrln was brought homo last Sunday from the hospital and Ls now getting on u* well as eould ho ex^MM'ted. Mrs.' l.o?sters is also o\ 1hm'I<h1 home tlds week and Is improv ing in hoe health. ;M r. Wallace McKcn%lo ami Miss Krrol 1 1111 wow married on Waaler Sunday ?t the parsonage at Mt. Elou, hy. Itev. Karle I'Ycetmau. The gwoiu U a very prosperous young farmer at A*?hfflud, and tlu> bride la one of our prettiest y<a)ttK ladles. ,\vho lias a host, of friends here. < 'oiigrutuhitJoua and host wishes for a happy marrie^l \\fcr, Among . other marriages which have, taken place within the last few weeks near hefe were Mr, llarley Auiltvwn to Miss Cornell Andrew#; Air. Vaiiw Moore. to Miss <\>ra (hitling; Mr. Claude Moore to Miss f/>retta An- J drews, ail of Aahland. <*> | Last Saturday Mrj*. J. C, tJardimr was kllhMl la ai* automobile wreck noaik Nmvl>erry. Mr. <*. T Walker of Klo* renee lost a ldg in a wrcek near that' place Mr. 11. H. King uud all of his family wore imdljy hurt hy auto turn-, lug over near llethnny All, of these accidents, were caused,, we understand, from 1 fast driving. South Carolina. South (Vuollnu is a state of' per petual Irritation, situated between Georgia wild / North Co roll nu, h iWl somowliere between tin* revolution ami the civil 'war. It Ik tho tighten l?t state In the union, ainl Ik tho uusafest spot lw?t,wecn the At bantu* Mini iln- Pacific in which to dLscuss tho emancipation proclamation or edit a newspaper with a trenchant peh. South CaroHuu Is about as big. as the front yard of u Texas cuttle kltu?, It contains square miles Is shu]> ed like a five-cent cut of pie and It* population Includes republicans, Ohf nese and Indians not ta red.- The pop^ iila Hon Is almost equally divided be tween whites <and noffroes but turn white Carolinian when be gnashes his teeth and draws In his breath with a, hfw. hissing sound can make t>ne hun-j d red colored residents'" go afvay lii search of rest ami a. change of climate without waiting for the next train. | South Carolina was settled about two hundred and fifty years ago, but lias rcinulned unsettled ever since. It has always been' noted for Its nervous disposition and Its willingness to rise up and smite the universe on aLl occa sions. The British, were having an easy tlitfc in" the revolution when they struck South Carolina, but General Marlon soon made them look 'like a republican who has criticised General -Luc- .in. l-harli'-Mtou. . .TJu* xltilu holped . ? win the revolution, but threatened to tn k<* Its doll thing* mid go home in Jackson's administration, and in 1861 it oponedt the civil war by seceding with 11 prodigious explosion, Later it contributed ? Tillman to the United States Senate and has listened to the uproariouH rornltx wi t"b pride ever sinci . South Carolina was severely shaken hy an earthquake hi 1880, but did" uot iwcede' fft ttidt time. South 1 Carolina raises cotton, rice mid mv^?'t iwtiitoes, and (supplies tur lnrntlhe aJKl rwin to the * world at large. It. begins at the. Atlantic ocean in a modcftt way about six feet l>elow high \yater, and for many miles inland is sq, moist 1 that the fahners kwv life I Ih'Ux hauiidy oil their wuk<?|m. It Ua? many Uiiv old town*. mil of i u ? 1 1 1 1' and chlVHtrow* eltUens, but tin* imputation inders out In t li?' wcsli'i'ii mountain*, where the people eat Cltt.V Instead of !<?<> rri'uni umi lobster, and empty the hook worm* out of their Sunday shoe* i?.\ pounding t lu? sole* wltW a stlek. There iin- three religion* in the Htnto ? Protestant, rathoHe, nmt States Ulyht*. t'haiiestoa, a beautiful petrified city ou-'ilw seHeoast, 1* t tin nn*tr?pollst \*f South (\irollua. The Uo|h* <*f the state is in its ptihlle nohoolw,\1>ut Hie cotton tntllw, wlilvti ttiv spread-iim all over K tike a heavy rush, are driving hun dreds <?f teaoliers out of employment. ! Hy George KU'h, Author trf ''At Good (Hit Kiwush". At The Majestic Theatre Monday. Monday tlu? MjiJexth*5 will offer the first opportunity to m?e "Intolerance" the iu*W (Irlttit li NiMvtttCle. . Asldv -from 4ts tluve Jove stories, itH thrills, . romaneo and advent ures, "Intolerance" i?arti<Hilarly Interest* feiuiniuty through it.s wealth of dis tinctive costumes, Fashion's trend to Hahyloulun styles this season requires little comment, the part "Intolerance" phiyod In' popularlnlnK tho fcxtuctlvc raiment of this ancient worM city de serves more thou passing mention. To the interested no hotter oeppoi' tunlty trvfir ottered to glluip.se the al luring ereatlons that gmced the fair oiuvh of ltelshaxvrtir'* Insurious eourt than a performance of this piay. For hero are shown .thousands of faacinat biK garments, t'ashione<l regardless of exj>en>*?, bearing the indescribable vw rlety of embroidery that eliaracterl/.ed the Kiirh of a period famous as the most prodigal one In Uhltory. ... I People with real trouidew never ad vertlso them. DR. J. W. SHARP Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist 1 make a specialty of Surgery and Dental Surgery, ? Office Phone 16? CAMDEN1,' S. C3. A "Leaky Shoe <, on a' _ "Leaky" Day What can be more annoying? And it *s dangerous, loo. \ But, oh! So easily remedied. Jufit step into my shop and have them made water-tight, and go on your way rejoicing. C. C. WHITAKER WHEN YOU WANT THE BEST HIGH GRADE GROCERY ' ===== ? &?*'??) 0 ? ' ' ? "Hard , Wfear" naturally suggests itself when you | * * ? ? - - *r- ^ -Jlu? iik think of Hardware. "Hard Wear" is what you expect to give any article bought at a hardware store. And that's just what we guarantee from every ar ticle1 bought of us. . . * ' ? 4 . Our e<Jge tools are made of the finest tempered steel.. Wooden articles are of the staongest and most suitable timber, harness of the finest leather ? In short, we sell you hardware that we guarantee ,to stand hard Vtfear. ,r ? f, ^Anything from a tack to a" tractor. PEARCE-YOUNG COMPANY