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IVED BY MIRAGE British Army Esoaped De feat in Mesopotamia. kith Commander 8aw What He Be ved Were Re-enforcemente Com ing to Aid Enemy and Or- v dered Retreat. !e went on toward nowhere, Intend* to mfiko a wide detour and come old Buxm city by the Zobelr gate tiie south wall, Kleanor IT. Kgan ;t,s in the Saturday Kvenlug Post. e whs no dust out there; only bpacked sand, out of which the ? o hammering sun struck a myriad itluK. pye-aearlng spark a. Hut It beautiful beyond words to de ,e. We spun along at fifty miles ,i'our with a cool, clean breease In hew Then Just over a slight rise Ine sparkling plain I saw my first ,ge. It was Impossible to believe flS n mirage and not really the (utlful lake that It seemed ? a lake ted with wooded Islands and iged In places with deep green tor i. have seen mirages In other deserts tfher lands, but I have never seen thing like the Mesopotamlan inl j. We drove straight on and It if NO cloh'e thut I was sure I could a ripple on Its surface. Then sud Iy it went away off, and where It been our skldproof tires were hum ig on the hard-packed sand and I that the wooded Islands had been ited out of nothing but patches of il thorn and that tlje trees of the its were tufts of dry grass not I than six Inches htghu on the far horizon a camel car ? wan swinging slowly; along and camels looked like some mammoth torlc beasts, while In another Ion what we took to be camels _J out to be a string of diminutive ;eys under pack saddles laden with of the desert grass roots that the j use for fuel. The mirage has played an lnterest g part In the Mesopotamlan cam Jgns. In fjome places It Is practl lly continuous the year round, and It Ids grently to the difficulties of an ?my in action. It Is seldom mistaken ir anything hut what It Is, of course, it It does curious things to distance id to objects both animate and Inanl ate. Incidentally It renders the ac irutt* adjustment of gun ranges al- J 108 1 altogether Impossible. One of the most curious Incidents of to whole war lUppene<J In connection 1th n mirage and on the very spot ver which I drove that first day out i the desert. H The battle of Shalba was ole of the Bardest-fought battles In the whole Blespot campaign and victory for a Hrhtle was anybody's. It was going Bery badly for the British, their losses ?clog heavier than they could stand Bor long. And though the Turks were Bn overwhelmingly superior numbers Bt whs going very badly for them as Bvell. This the British officer com Binmllng did not realize and he was Bust on the point of giving an order for Betlrement ? which would have been Batnl to the British In Mesopotamia ? B*hen to his astonishment he discov Bred that the Turks were in full re Breat ! What a moment! I The desert was full of mirage and Blie Turkish commander ? who really ?ought to have been more familiar with ?local phenomena ? saw approaching ?from the southeast what looked to him ?Ike heavy re*enforcements. It was ?nothing but a supply and ambulance Btraln magnified and multiplied by the ?deceptive desert atmosphere! When ?he ordered an Immediate retreat his ?already unnerved troops stampeded ?and his demoralized rear guard was ?bounded and harassed by great bands ?of nomad Arabs all the way to Kha ImiBseyeh. nearly ninety miles away. ? He learned the truth a few days later I and committed suicide! Oliver Goldsmith Memorial. At Auburn. County Athlone, Ire land, the poet's birthplace, a memorial Is hpinj: greeted to Oliver Goldsmith. It will tnke the form of the restoration of the church where the poet's father ministered so many years. Oliver Goldsmith was bf>rn In 1.728 at Bally mahnn. County Longford, and two years later his father, Charles Gold smith. became rector of Kilkenny West and settled In Llssoy, which Is now known as Auburn. It Is a village on the road between Athlone and Bal lymahon. Auburn of Goldsmith's "De aerted Village" In some degrees repre sents Llssoy, and the story of an old eviction by General Napier was prob ably ir. Goldsmith's mind when he wrote the poem, although it is Intended to apply to England. Died at Post of Duty, During the storms the early part of the year, which marines Say wdre tbf severest known on the coast, the I'nltert States navy suffered the loss of the hljr ocean -going, tug Cherokee. Thi? vessel was manned entirely by mt mt.ers ,,f the naval reserve. Caught In a terrific sea the tug foundered and !nst. it was nt this time on an Important duty for the Washington n:u\ yard to pet guns to an Atlantic frrt Among the men who met a h'-rnir death at this time was n lieu* t ? ? r i n n t (Junior grade), E. T>. Newell, 1 K N K K.. commanding officer. Grand Army of Minister*. Over 00.000 ministers of the Gospel of various denominations are with th? It France. About 20,000 are wltb the o fxma ; the rest are in th< ranks.? People'* Home Journal. Street Scene In Nancy. NANOY, the former capital of Lorraine, which was left to J ranee I >y the Treaty' of chief Pifv |fM.<lkr!>P- 111 -,871'. Hinl the ty behind the sector which the tZTl Ur?T< Um ovt'r froLi the xr! ' of historical Interest, writes York 'jvn'in \rm0U ""' New of . 1 ' Illustrious at the time n dukes of Burgundy, their last I So m;";i ihe ?*<>? last "it >re- Tl"""ee ?he 'hree last Itoman emperors" went to he crownt-d l.i Vienna, in 1014 another German emperor. Kaiser Wllhelm ir dStthu/, Nrcy ^niiTSMhrS days after the hostilities began and according t6 his habit, was already resscd for the part? had his face made up, llkb the actor lie Is, for a trl ?fT .?try- But he had reckoned without the defense of the Grand < ou ron ne, and above all without the Indomitable will of a nation. As I write I see once again before me the panorama I know so well. From the Plateau Haye th^re lies before me a view of a long stretch of close roofs towers, spires, churches, high iron frameworks. This is Nancy Itself, united to its suburbs? by secluded, shaded avenues, in the distance sparkles the lake of the Sellle, which forms a boundary, for It Is German today, To my right glides softly the Moselle, no longer dashing Impetuous ly through rough mountains and thick woods, but as far as Metz and CJo blenz bordered by vineyards, already so famoufij, In the Home of old, where big clusters of purple or golden grapes reflect In the water their color and light. Close by the small River Ame zule, a tributary of the Meurthe, is dominated by the abrupt hill of Amance and the woods of Champenoux, Where so many of our brave dead are lying, for this was the theater of the first German attack In 1914. Burial Place of Duke#. All those who have visited Nanqy before 1914 will remember Its churches and public monuments. The ducal chapel, one of the gems of the world's architecture, has been, ever since the eleventh century, the burial place of those proud rivals of the, kings of France, the dukes of Burgundy, whose great ambition was to become rulers themselves and make of France and Belgium one kingdom. The great French revolution dragged their bodies from their leaden coffins to put them Into the graveyard, but the restoration of 1814 gave them back their legiti mate place. The Inst 40 years and the annexa tion of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany have bestowed upon Nancy, which was left to us, great Importance. It has taken moreover a literary cachet, as well as one of elegance, and become the Intellectual brain and the center of spiritual Influence of eastern France. Its faculties, grouped in independent bodies, deserve their hbnorary title and are real universities, attracting students from all parts of the world. As to the professors, their renown fur surpasses the narrow boundaries of a provincial town, la province, as we dis dainfully call all that does not belong to Paris. Its Industries, also, until the great war, were in a most flourishing state; most of the manufacturers and work men of Metz and Strasbourg took up their abode here after 1871, proudly styling themselves emigres, to show that they had left their homes to avoid German rule, bringing with their skill and activity great prosperity to the former capital of Lorraine. I remem ber as a small child during the siege of Strasbourg playing sometimes in the sheltered garden of a brewer at Schlltlghelm, and was much pleased to find, twenty years or. more later, that he had installed -a brewery at Nancy on a really gigantic scale. Cabbage pickled in salt, which Is u national dish of the Alsatians, is fabricated here for the whole of Alsace and is Rent all over Europe. Noted for Many Arti and Crafts. Embroftfery and the making of boots an<*. straw hats keep thousands of hakds busy in Nancy, which central Izes the work of the villages and hum lots surrounding it. Before the war the yearly export of hoots and skoes amounted to- over $4,(XX),lH)0, divided among 2f> manufacturers. They were of a common variety, sewn hy machine, generally with nulled soles, and* were almost solely destined for export. Hut the chief industry of Nancy is the mak ing of straw hats, which* once flour ished all over Alsace, and after our defeats migrated to Nancy. In the town Itself, as I saw during my late visit, most home workers are employed Sit making hats, while the large factories often employed as many as 3,000 work people ? and two thirds of these were women. This trade, of which Nancy has the monopo ly In France, has bee* a great loss for Germany, especially for the Ithine and Saur provinces, where, strangely enough, most of the towns continue to work for Nancy, The plaits, however, ^hlch Serve to mukc straw hats, are quite an industry in. themselves. In their raw state (hey come chiefly from China, aud are sent to Italy and Switzerland for the bleaching process, whence they are imported Into Frunce. England, which is the chief Intermedi ary, yearly Imported half a million tons of plaits. But even here Nancy was making great prog^jiss^bef ore the war, and w^i^^r$Uj^Whlch had formed in Lyons and^Caussade ^ was trying to make herself Independent <0f both England aud Switzerland. Straw Hat and Printing Press. The trade of straw hats gives rise to many others, for Nancy, after having received the raw material, turns out .every kind of hat trimmed and ready for export, and for this accessories of all kinds are needed. What struck me most when I walked through the large workshops were thousands and thou sands of bell-shaped hats, put one into the other, forming immense pyramids. It was the Panama hat, the light, white head cover which is so great a favorite and almost endless in its wear. These hats in their primitive state are the product of the Bourbon palm or latanla, and are sent by the republic of Ecuador. The dressing of the Panama Jhats is one of the great industries or Nancy, and it is all the more Important at the present time when our women have been compelled to take the place of men, for this is a light industry^ well within their pow ers. The printing works of Berger-Lev rault form one of the most Interesting features of Nancy. They are famed not only all through France, but I may say the world. Here Is tho printing done of almost all the branches of the French government, and tho proprie tors are the publishers for the minis tries of wur, finance, police and many other departments, for which they pro vide millions of copies. N Happiness That Satisfies. Happiness is never more reul, more satisfying, than when founded on clean heartedncss. The possessor of u clean conscience sees more beauty In the world around him, because he looks through clearer eyes. He has faith in his friends, because it is so easy for the one who Is straight himself to be lieve the same of others. He gets the best out of life because he unconscious ly attracts it. Right living, by whatever name you may call it, has its own reward right here on this earth of our*.? -Girls' Com panion. Camp Fire Hints. A camp Are for cooking will burn with a steady glow if a small bag of charcoal Is added to the wood after It has a good start. One successful camper builds his fire In a small trench about 18 inches long and a few Inches wide and deep.. Two flat stones plaeed across the top for the frying pan and kettle give an even heat. Meat, pota* toes, corn and apples can be roasted by holding them over the fire on the ends of green, printed sticks. An old newspaper Is useful in starting tho flre, and plenty of matches should be at hand. ? World's Chronicle. LEGAL ADVERTISING. Supervisor* Report. Following U a list of claim* passed upon and paid by the County 1 U?a r?l of Commissioners at their meeting held Monda* . Ayfyuat h, 101^; ? ? *v ? Austin ItiDH, river bridge $?7.20o.J!2 It. E. Muun. supt chain k??"K 2tt.r>,71 J. .1. Wv>|, siipt hi r?**l gang 277. ?W I.. H. Sessions, lumber 4 IV 20 Consolidated Auto Co. repairing 10.80 W. i?. Hay. repairing Hi.HT* I luggiu^ ^ 1 1 uggins, l> * work >'V0o' .1, M. Hmkithec, Mark s work I. 'J'* ,l( It. Moon, lumber 'M 17 Kershaw M. & I* V'" supplies II, 7.^ W. M, Hnuiuon supplies fi.VJO StoncboVo tilunerv supplies 0.10 ?I. It. McCoy, supplies 02. ">0 K, I'. < 'unninjthain. supplies 70.81 Ituru^ \ Barrett. supplies HUM HI Threnti Carson. Co,,, supplies 10,00 Lewis \ Christ mas. supplies 110.7M S, \V. Hose, supplies 21.1 ?"> SprluKs \ Shauuon. supplier r?;V>.(ll W. C. ItobeiU. supplier. 11.00 Itluime Hros.. supplies 1,00.01 .1. K. Jfftrie*-& Son.- *uppltt*s oo.SO Parlor Meat Market, supplies 0.00 McOnskill Hros,, supplies IJ.tH) James Team, supplies 12.'?.o0 Wolfv Elchel Co., .supplies 12. 2^ W. C. Itlackwcll. supplies Ift.OO McLcod ?V M? Lend. supplies 12.00 \V. T. Smith. supplies 2?"i.00 I. C. Hough. salary VoT.IMI A. M heal, salar.v HU50 .1. r. Itatemau. salary oO.OO 1. J. Mi Kenzie. .salary 10o.ll> S. N. N iclfolson. salar.v ."(MM) W. I. McDowell. salary 27. HI I ?. M. ,MH 'asUill. salar.v and court expenses ) ? tlTo.7o M. C. West, s ,,4nf> KKl.pr. Tom Johnson. salary .'10. (H) (!. I... Dixou. jr.. salary . > 20.8'"? W. P. Itussell salary {17. .">0 l>r. .1 A. Itut ledge. f?x lun 10. oo NV. A. Itoyil, M D., ex Inn o.OO Dr A. W, Hurnott, ex Inn fi.00 CaniTIiHi tionpital 7~~7ZZ~L~ZZ~~I IIIMKW' L. A W.ittkowsky. stationer)- lo.SO Hillings Hros., coflin _ 10. OO Klrklaud \ Kirkla'.d, atty fees o0!lo , Total - $11.1 I.VJs M. O. WEST, Comity Supervisor. It KG 1 STH.\TION NOT1CK. , The Hooks of Registration for Ker shaw Conuly are now open at the Court 1 louse, in the Clerk of Court's otiiee, and will remain open every day except Sunday, until August 31st. Attention is called to the'" 'fact that in order to vote in the (ieineral Election this vear it will ** ? he necessary to have a registration ccr tilicate issued during July or August, as a certificate issued prior to that time will not tie good, also that in order to .secure a certificate it will he necessary, to produce a tax receipt. Hi ? A III) OF UEdlSTRATION For Kershaw County. J ul \ 1018. CITATION. State <>f South Carolina ('urtnty of Kershaw. "Hy W. " L. McDowell. Esq., Probate .1 udge. Whereas. Jaiues Team made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effer?tM Of Mrs. T. It. Team. These are. Therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. T. It. Team, deceased, that they he ami appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden. S. <>n August 10th, next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. <to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. (Jlven under my Hand, this fitli day of August. A. I 1018. w. is. McDowell. Judge of I'robatj- for Kershaw County. Published, on the 0th and 10th days of August, 1018. in the Camden Chronicle and posted at the Court House door for the time prescribed by law. WK'VE 1H>NK Al.l. THE WORRYING NEGES, 8ARV. WE'VE SOUGHT AN1) FOU$D EVERY THING YOU CAN POSSIBLY NEED IN t SUMMER CLOTHING ? * { YOU NEEDN'T WORRY ANY MORE OVER WHAT TO WEAR OR WHERE TO FIND JT. IT JS RIGHT HERE IN OUR STORE ? ALL THE DECREES OF FASHION IN ALL LINES. WE ALWAYS MAKE A POINT OF GETTING THE LATEST, AND GETTING IT FIRST. COME IN AND TALK IT OVER WITH US, AND YOU'LL WORRY NO LONGER. Baruch-Nettles Co. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Saturday August .'?1st, 11*18. I wijl make to the l'robate Court of Kershaw County my tinal re turn as Administrator of the estate of John Jenkins, deceased, and on the name date I will apply to the said Court for a linal discharge as said Adminis trator. HEN J AM IX JENKINS, Administrator. Camden. S. C? July 27th, H)1S. j OPERA HOUSE STORE AND THEATRE FOR RENT. The Opera House Store and Warehouse Im- now for rent. Also the Theatre part of the Opera House , for rent for one year beginning August 1st. 1918. Apply to S. F. Hrasington, Mayor. July ini8. - 2 Senatorial Campaign. Greenwood, Friday August 9 Abbeville, Saturday August 10. McOortnlek. Tuesday August lil Anderson. Wednesday August 14 Walhalla, Thursday August 15 Pickens, Friday August 10 Greenville Saturday August 17. Union, Wednesday August 21 Gaffney, Thursday August 22 Spartanburg, Friday August L'.'t State Campaign Marlon, Friday August 0 Florence, Saturday August 10 Manning. Tuesday August lli Klngstree, Wednesday August 14 Georgetown, Thursday August 15 Monck's Corner, Friday August 10 Charleston, Saturday August 17 St. Georgv, Tuesday, August 20 Orangeburg, Wednesday August 21 St. Matthews, Thursday August 22 Columbia, Friday August 23 One House and I/<>t on (lie Southeast Corner of Haile and Fair Streets (Contains live rooms, hall, pantry, and one hath room. Alfjp servant's toilet. This house is practically new, having been erected in 11)15. The building could not be erected now at the price asked for the entire property, f yO t measures 75 feet front on Fair Street by 120 feet deep. The above can be purchased at a very reasonable figure. One House and \aA on the South Side of Haile Street. Just off Fair Street, immediately in rear of above described property. Description of the house {xactly as above except no servant's toilet. I/Ot measures 80 feet on Haile street 75 feet deep. Can be purchased reasonably. One House and Lot. on the Southwest Corner, of Haile and Mill Struts Contains Four rooms, large hall, kitchen and small room used for butlers pantry. Nice si7.e lot. Price reasonable. Farm Containing Fifty-Five Acres, Four Miles North of Camden. Buildings: Two dwellings of four rooms each; two barns; two stables; one cotton house. Two wells on : place. The buildings on this place could not be ? erected for the price asked for the entire property. For any one seeking a small farm this is an exceptional opportunity. Look the property over a^d make us an offer. ? ? Plantation Containing 425 Acres, Situate Four Miles Northeast of Camden on liberty Hill Road. .' One hundred and seventy-five acres under cultivation, balance in woods. Home long and short leaf pine MW timber. About one hundred and twenty-five acres in pasture for hogs and cattle, and about two hundred acres more under wire fence. Two never failing streams of running water on the place. ?' Buildings: One live, room dwelling, one three room tenant house, one four room tenant house, qne two room tenant house, two large barns, one large cotton bouse, all built on brick pillars. It will be well for any one contemplating the purchase of a plantation of this size to look this property oyer before buying elesewhere. The property is situated on main highway leading into the City of Cam den. We invited you to look this property over. Inspection cau be had at any time. We write Fire, Life, Accident. Health. Plate Glass, Steam Boiler, 'Automobile, Employer's Liability, Live stock, Hail. Burglary, Tornado, Surety Bonds, and all other lines of INSURANCE. ? ?* ^ "T ? ----- . ' rf* .v, . ^ ; THE CAMDEN LOAN & REALTY COMPANY 1015 1-2 Broad St. J. LOCKWOOD MURPHY. Mgr. ? CAMDEN, S. C. ' ? *1 - v