The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 09, 1918, Image 3
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1015 1-2 Broad St. J. LOCKWOOD MURPHY. Mgr. ? CAMDEN, S. C.
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