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i KO.it <\ nkuro soumkk " Frivdtf iMHJirt Hfiidfi Hto <?riUMlmi>ttier a ld(M- on "MoIIhth l>ay''. < \\V nvt? rcproitiK lnu a loiter below froju a Ouiuden juotfro, HoVUmI Mo 4 * I r t , avIim volimtofjed *oiue tluie oif?| Mini i> in ?\v fit Fivmh suil ;i- 11 iiM'in Ixt ??f i iii> Ajiwrirttu At? < ; i n win l?orii iiikI roarod In Caindoii 11 1?? I K a kuihI-oii of MHIlo I ?i?-kt-r^??li. 1u whom tlu* Wtytvr K juhlrivojed. Ilo i> a ifradnato of (Mallin t'lilveridly a ih| jHWM'MWN iiH'ic than > Hie Ol'itluaft * amount. of oduoulhai as t li?? letter will k1)(iV, |t Is (Iii|?n| ^ouiowhoro In Kramo, and hoars (In* diito Of May - 12 : . M> iIc.hv^i ( iiaiMtiini ' Ar<* \<.n -an i?ri*od f iiH t i miii y<>u a, u i tor'/ .Well I'll loll ,\vm, Torlu.v l?! ^UuIIu'I'h Day" In tin* Aiiiiv anil <,v* ery Moidlor on IIVU xhlo of iho *eu ' tuust write a lofter to his luother all homo, TIm- lot ti'is . will l?o all uiark ' ???! ".MoI'Ihtm I .elier ?' ami a special *?lil |> called the "Mother* Ship" will lie iuod lo 4>rl?K nil I la1 lot tern amiss, I am qultf thai many mothers hearfti win imi nnoic kJA<1 ><? liettr fi?mi iludr ili-ar < mt'> over Here tier OA* (ho ' xea. i When I li'rsi hoard ahoiit Mil*, that every soldier inUHt write a loiter to hi* toother. and 1 saw my comrade* Im? Jilli lo sit around and *liiit their let lers huiue luother, 1 hettan to f?*fl very Hail and slighted at llrst for I Toraoinliorcd thai almost fourteen yea rs fsiiifi' llil.s last April, iu.\ dear mother left lite and weiii to rest with the Nululs above. So l foil vi>ry lone some oVt?r tin- I hoii i;h t of not having a iijorher. to write to. Hut a* I <*on* 1 1 ii ued li> think the thought came to hie Hi thi* way ? ?f a tjnostlon "Who took <?u ri* of yuU and your brother* ami sister* *and ow you In sickness and In 1 loios of trouble, lifter your mother* dtvgh? Well, when th^s U It'll ciime to hh? 1 ' ?1 i ? 1 1 1' t Imvr to tlihik any longer I know Hint It was my dear old grandma. Yew It was my dear old uraudma.' the deareal and .vwrotost old lady In tin* world to Hits T.<ii i:- iii though I am in Frauoo thousands of in I U*h f rt >iu homo I Ima gine 1 can moo my dear old grandma ?landing t" 'he I can see tin* old home and all the familiar things around It. I str tin* poiuoicr.inlu ii.. In the flout yard and a l>emiti fill Ih-iI ??f violets. I see t lit* garden blooming with ln-an*. mustard, squash, and everything. I the i>e*i<h trees iM'iuliiiu vvifli yellow fruit and far In l In- roar of tlio guidon I mt tho "??.it hiu' i'liciiv i whoro often l u ouid ? limit lo pick cherries for my dear old grandma lo make hoi* winter wlm\ often slnco I ha.ve been over hero 1 have longed -to l?o lit grandmas big soft lied wlio^/J. .? used lo sleep. I haven't found iftjy thing like It since I 1 1 ;i ve loft I lie South. I .lid to III.V roiiuade hsl.iy that I whs going to write my letter to tfraiuhua and tell lier how much 1 love her* and mis* lier and long to M-e lier, I also told III III 111 > this, 1 said. Well ohi l?o.v my mother Isn't li\ln? now, hut, I'll het there's no mot lier In the state who loves lier Ihoii any more than grandma love1# mi* and I'll lad .t hut no mother will he any more giad to get a letter from her sun than grandma will be to hear from me. A ill I I'lghl ? You haVO lieeu the mother for af*?<ttoiir grandma. Wo k,noW that you love us hern use of what yon have done. Nothing was ho good for you to do for us and PRESERVE THE LEATHER THE P.F.DALLtY CORPORATIONS, LTD. BUFPAIO.N Y. FRANKLIN and HUPMOBILE AUTOMOBILES EACH IN A CLASS BY. ITSELF / " GEO. T. LITTLE, Distributor WS.S. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS II9UID BY TUB UNITED STATE* GOVERNMENT Buy Them And Help Win The War FOR SALE EVERYWHERE JUST RECEIVED a lot <>f Garden Seed for Sti minor, planting ? Snap Roans. Lima beans Sugar Corn. 'I urnips. Mus tard, Watermelons, Okra, Teosinte, etc. W. R obin Zemp's Drug Store Tel e phone 30. "? I Overwhelming Misfortune M ay Come to You No property o.'tiirt1 against destruction by Fire. The fruits of a may fro up in Miiokc in a da\ or a nivrht. Lite is uncertain. and may l>c cut short wlicn your family most needs you. There is one remedy, and only tine ? INSURANCE Set 1 us f??r the lil'.S'l and SAKKST insurance to be had. None but true anJHit ie<| companies represented. There's danger in delay. Now i- the time. C. P. DuBOSE & COMPANY REAL ESTATE INSURANCE CROCKER BUILDING PHONE 43 if afi/ were 'Kit-k ??r ii? trcwMs v>i eimlil riut rent uutll all was well. i haw wrirten a letter to nn, Trudle iiiul Auntie aloft. ** i M^uit you to an- 1 Htt'W fill's lot tor when you receive it. j I ^?v*' to Aunt I ,ou, I will writ? her later; ' .Hod rccetwd a letter from Itubher and one from Hoale Williams. I have also lirjufll from ThocugwInH Hoykln lately. I hear ft*oiu home very ?often and enjoy very much to reeelve mall. You can't Imagine how proud I I w in- to. yet .1 letter from stand nia. And listen I want you to tieud me a picture. What about it? I can't send one n? "we are not allowed t?> do ho. Now look after all the folks ?*? you have done and try to keep them in the tdralght i>ath. i tohi y<?U ? lull I wax writing Auntie also. New i(Mu(nilH?r me to all. Kiss your self a hundred times for me and eoii tlnue to pray for our Iim|))>y meetinu again, fur it is just such prayer* as yours that moves things and ?make thing* work right. With a heart full of love aiul the ho|>e that 1 will see you soon. Your 'loving son, llerltm. 1,'rf, Itertwrr F,. .\fe<;irt. <V I,.. ::<ij?t h H. I. I . S. A. K. F, Frailer. War ' and the Birds. (Mrtttlh wlhl thing*. as a rule, xeoin un frightened and wholly UtnlUllurhcd hy the long spel^of the tremendoiis l.v heavy gunfire on the Western front. It is Singular to note that, though tilie bird# there may lie silenced hy a thunderstorm, they alng continuously through the dca feu lug roar of 'a heavy bombardment of the trenches, 'tfhe link rises singing between the lines, and tlu? wren plays among the bram ble*, despite the thundering of the gun*. When, as In lln> Forest of Argonnc, oni' leaViwMho more lea^U' soil of the surface pa'tih for the niml of a com muiilvn I luii U'OljCh and atir rouhdl n g# where treefe a 6(1 undergrowth have suffered more heavily, and where one can only set hi* foot at the risk of his life ? 'plant, In-met, and hlril life again go on undisturbed. It Is. as It were, as if war with all its appal ling turmoil had now become So fami liar to the kingdom of birds and* wild animals Hmt it had lost Its ndwhr to frighten. * ? Miring the winter a,n1l spring of 11114 ami 11)15, however, wild animals of all kinds, scared by the heavy can non ami litte tiring, lied from Ger many and parts of Austria, and en tered the Swiss forests and the Alps. I hc,\ Included wild boars, ih'or of sev ol'al kinds, goats, etc,, as well as in numerable wild d'owl ; and. In the. Low er lOngadine. >ven bcal's cntereil the Swiss Yellowstone Park, as it Is term oil. The lakes, and rivers of Swit zcilaml \\ i ? i*t ? crowded by the denizens ? ?I tiie air.- and the marshes, and fowlers were busy) till shooting was prohibited by the Swiss authorities, and Nharp Imprisonment Instead of 'i"es deal! out to offenders against : the law. I'lii' sj rangers were then a I I I ? ?\\ i -i I to have a rest in |>cace and comfort before continuing their jour ney southward to warmer climes. There is no doubt whatever It was Hie war that frightened the animals and birds from their accustomed haunts, ami crowded the Swiss lakes! and forests. A large number of wild I bears from the Hlack Forest entered I Ihf.fum Alp?, afroisjr A rsTrce~T?nil T7>F raine. ami in passing through the lighting armies were noticed by lyany ot the scouts ami other soldiers. 1 sc and want, however, prevail in wild life, even as they do in human. Jeer again feed i? the -holes of the. r orest <>f Argon uc. despite the hurri cane of shells that may fall l.ut a lew miles away, till' everything green disM pjK'a i*?'. shredded 'and pulverized, info t In* torn earth and only stumps <>f fives are left protesting mutely against t hi- folly of man. And. here, loo. in tin. Forest of Argon ne. an. of- ! ii< ei taking Ids morning ride uriv come | upon the magnificent wild hoars still j fre.jiuMiting the Nmely thickets. It may he probable, though, that this! b.ng period i if great hostilities is ill iluciieing Idnl life in another and more remarkable way. The roar of the heavy artillcr.v may (tossildy have di verted or retarded the movements of! birds mii t heir migratory course. And ?'i curious I'll ect has been noticed In ll>>- Midlands of Fngland. and else w here : every year since the war bega.ll. fhe sw allows anOv mart ins and other iniu'ranfs are h?iHk. \vn loath, to leave. \ Toiirncur. Thunder>i.-v Fug 'd. in < ?ur 1 mini. Anima K i. raves ,.f American prisoners who ! h..\e bit-ii buried in Ureal I'.ritalli I he war began were deeoralcd | ?i. Ma \ :??th. Ir I* said ili.i r n.-t One ' I\e_ !|. i\\ r\ t r i, Ml.'te w .1 -s ui.-M'd. \ GORGES ON BANANAS TO INCREASE WEIGHT MHrlncttc, l?e want# to Join the army ami ean not he a(,topt?il a* be Ik under* welyht, Stanley Brown of Meno minee Ih literally huyInK up all the hunanuH in the Twin C'ltton and K??rKli>K hiinxelf with the fruit. I(o Nayn In* in ualulu*.' weight rapidly, and will fligfltp try to pans the avolrdupMs do niuiids of the recruiting officer. SEND FRANCE COOKS Teach People to Make Cornbread and Cornpone. French-American Woman Makes Sug gestion ? Yankee Soldiers Looked Upon as Heroes by Boys. , New York. ? A commission of Ameri can cooks to bo sent to France to teach the French how to make cornhread and cornpone and all the other edible things Into which cbrnmeal can be con verted 1h suggested by Mrs. Henjamln Cram of Tliiltimorc and New York. Mrs. Cram, a French woman, married to an American, has Just returned from , France where she spent six months vtsltlug tho battle front apd studying economic conditions. "There Is actual Suffering In the provinces," she said, "lHH*a use of lack of floiir. Why don't American women tench the French how to' use cornmeijl ? .Just tlv6 cooks sent from he e could accomplish wonders. "The French.*' continued Mrs. Cram, "are learning many things about the people of my adopted land. They bhve found that the American whom they once despised as Wholly Commercial has Ideals like their own. The coming of Pershing and hip men is the cause of this change of opinion. They are beginning to understand each other ? France and America ? and tho deep affection growing between them will continue after the war. "You should see the little French boy when he meets an American sol dier. For a moment he Is silent from awe,- and then he shouts half rever ently, half joyfully, 'The American!' Such hero worship you never sa w ! And you should see one of tfiose Amer ican youngsters In khaki as he walks up the. sheet amid the awed greetings of his little admirers, lie draws him self up and throws out his chest and looks as proud as a king." MILITANT AND MILITARY 1 This ordinarily pleasing young I,or" , son is shown In a costume thnt rather j startled nil beholders. There have i 1 boon nimiy ml I It if ry fashions, hut not : one of thorn o,ver came near this for a i militaristic appearance. This feminine , piece of apparel Is patterned In many | ' ways after the uniform. The coat Is wriore full, and the collar has long ; i poiuts, which are practically the only ' differences. Swinging from the shout- ! d^rs is a military cape that adds to the . ? style of the costume. The skirt is ' tight-fitting, so tight that when the | wearer walks, it greatly resembles ; trousers. The hat Is hullt on Royal ! riving corps lines. The outfit Is ex- i tremely natty, and will make a soldier i ! girl of any wearer. Nuts Become Popular. i Seattle, Wash. ? Nuts are popular food here. The reason for the unpre I cedented demand for nuts is that Mrs. i Catherine Davis, h nut packer In a ! ' Seattle nut ph, .t, reported to the po ltce that >he helleves she dropped her purse, containing $112 in currency und two diamond rings valued at about >100, Into a can of nuts she was packing. HAVE IT REPAIRED Many fairly good watches are sent to the scrap heap lor tne want Of a little intelligent repairing. If you have such an instrument, bring it to us We have workmen who are expert in this line, ami if there is any more life in your watch we will J>ut it in condition to give good service. Economize on time. * G. L. BLACKWELL ? j _ _ j - Jeweler and Optician Camden, S. C ?STOP f5RENDlN0 ALLYouMAKE Rut* ^SOME OF IT IN Willi J* Yor ARE AHLH TO WORK AND KARN MONEY WHY CAN'T YOl I'l'T SOMK OF IT IN THE BANK? YOr CAN OI'F.N A HANK ACCOUNT WITH - A LITTLE MONKY . AND YOl CAN ADD LITTLK SI MS THAT YOU ARE NOW FIDDLING AWAY. I'NTIL SOMK DAY YOU'LL FIND IT HAS <;K0\VN INTO A BIO SI M, AND IT WILL WORK FOR YOl IN YOl K OLD AOK. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C YOUR HORSE'S OUTFIT It should In the best, else they will not be their best. Much horse power goes to waste by reason of poor euipment. Com to us for EVERYTHING FOR THE HORSE -r,\ Harness that lit the body perfectly. Saddles that fit both h??rse and rider. Bridles that your horse will enjoy wearing. Buggy whips that give real service. In fact, all th-- tools of your horse's trade. * Springs & Shanjion The Store That Carries The Stock.