The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 16, 1918, Image 6

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CONTlMi; \I>V.\NCKH Oriiiutn l((?ervr Cannot Slop Itusli ll> Mm \llleii "*\i ni,?. My i Ik* AHMMifukil I'rt'fs Although I he (if'niiuiiH an- employing fresh I'o r<jjft^ of reserve* i iv efforts? to hold juick tin- tvllied troops vav ho M re pressing them from l to- region of the Nomine to, tin- A Mltv tlii- American. lirllish and French an mies ?-<ni t i it ii<* to make i n ? ?k ? re**, Monday witnessed gain* of gi'OMud at various point* along < hattle front o/ Mgh importance for tin- further prose cution of the oiu|?vavoi> of tin* H.Ui?'?? to ! dtive out the (Jennunx from tin* old \ m ii'ii s-.' Moil t did ie i sector ?After an extremely hitter contest the Auu'rk'rtiiK iiikI Itritisli have gained a f^ol hold in tlu1 import nut little town liray-Hur-Hoiiiiur. on the northern hank of tin* ttoinmc. A short distance acn>>s the rivm to tlu> south, the I'.iitish have taken I'loyail ami midway of Ibp lj.lt b llave pressed 011 to the etl*l of I'ou miCKOqUrl in a muueomer which Utti* resulted ia the further outflanking of Chaulues from t )i?* wou.tli and of Ko.ve from the north. fhi their pari the French in tin* roll ing conntiv immediately north of the ? Mm' lu(M cajitiuii! (inrv. a position of great xtratcgic value, lying southwest of I, assigns and at several points South ward to tin* region t ? I the < ?ise have advanrt'd their I iin* further toward No.voii. , In Monday's lighting (Kindreds of ad ditional (lennansi wen: made prisoner ,tud the eneniy also lost lleuvih in men killed or.. Wounded. I'uuUuiul report (jive* (hr mtiuher of tii-rmaus captured tic presej|t offensive a* in (he neighbor hood of hMHiO The (ierman> at hist idroVinl- were s I i 1 1 throwing leijifurieiiien ts i . ( Hie east of i lie road in lining through < 'haulm"*, K"\e ii 1 1 CI N'ojrui, tin- passage of which '?.V ,( lie allies would seriouslx Itieiiace fill lite (termilit force- inside t tit* pocket ?' f ? ? r i it ? ? ? I by flii- .Homme on thi> north uml ! east, ami Ihc Olse on llir tHuilh. Not ? alone me I Ik til I it's endeavoring t<* presn i their advantage h\ frontal attacks, but they luivc ?l m uk to tlH'lr back liuo* u n u <*f iik'< It iiio iiim| lien v.\ * fllibre* ami ' \\ it li ?t they in*' ln>?ylj.v shelling tin- J areas held b,v tin' tleriuan* I'Vcii as far i bnrl? a" Hert heneoyrt. wblcb J if- on t lit* j Soioioi' seven n in I n tin 1 f iiiiltH- I'M*! ot t'haulnes. Monntimv n H i *m I airplane*! continue to bomb (ii ffTiail position* miiiI to ii-t machine guns f ?n? l? ?\v altitudes on troop fpfniut ions, Scei/iiugli ili* adynnecs |?y tliu Ftciurl) tjoops on the southern part of (Ik I i il?* ??an not Iml have mi i- x I reniely iinpoi i iini effect on I hi' present battle, Thf hill | mi - j t it>n - thi-.v liavi' gained not alone dominate I In* ois?> vullrv running north' ue-t Mini to N'ovoii Iml around l.assigny iil>?' give I ln'in ii -weep ot the positions ? >Mtli of Koyiv Aside from t lit' Ainiiu-Montdtdier mt i *? i link lighting has taken place on a ti> of tlii- fronts Along the Vesle till* tieruiun- iik a i ti hav?> 1 1 *? I i vercd violent eotinlci atlack? agitlii-t the American* a. ? ? ? ii ik 1 I' i'?'ii*'li who an* 1 1 1 ? 1 1 1 1 1 1 x ground on tin' north hank ?*f the .stream. As on previous occasions when tin* enemy ut ti'inpteil to dislodge Jthe allied troops the roiinterat tackn failed. Itritish aircraft have bronght down :* < ? r 1 1 > ii 1 1 airship off the coast of Hoi I a 1 1 ? I . ai'coriling to an annoiinceinent by tin- IfritMi admiralty. An unofficial *???- i port announces a Zeppelin of the largest i anil newest .type has |?i*en brought down 1 *<f1 lire I'lnglish east coast. ' 1 '? ?' Voluntiu v enlistment* in the artn> and mi v.\ have been suspended by order of Secret ii r> Maker until' after the draft of null between I iie age- of |S and I"*. This lia> l*e*'! done in order t*> keep tuen now in e->ej| tin! cmplo.viueut from rush ing 1 < < I lie recruiting stations anil crip-] pliug tin- eniinti>s imliM i t* ?. Good Tires Are Scarce and High ^ f And they are going to be scarcer and higher. We have a most complete stock and all sizes. Can save yon money now and in the future. GOODRICH "The Beit in the Long Run" Prompt and satisfactory adjustments. They are no higher than the ones you are using. GEO. T. LITTLE, Distributor FRANKLIN. HUPMOBILE, CHEVROLET DON'T NEGLECT PLANT YOUR GARDEN NOW Ruta Bagas, Early Turnips, Early Corn, Bush Beans, Babbage, Lettuce, Beets, Carrots and Spinish. W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store Telephone 30. HIIMHNU 1IOATH ' I lt.\ Sf?rlr Mender, in the September |*up 3 ulnr Mechanics Magazine. NX" lu ll oik- has it^u u at -hip- I ?i K i i < u fill'lll ) ik?* CUCUUlbirs ill ?l ItolhoUM', 1)0 no , longer wonders whether or IU.I Aiuei i* en's industrial preparedness bus hern estimated conservatively. There Is one place in t lie world wlt? re such u dramatic spectacle Is being ?':i' , acted. Ii i* within mi euormouHKla-* solarium iui h bunk of 0><* liiv<*r- linage at l?etr?dt where tin- iiav.vV new "KhkI,mI bonis mi' Indng built. ? When llt'ur.V F'o rd early tills jcear agreed (<? buibi FhkIc boats at IMroit, tin- plants ami specilications were yet t<? he prepared by tin* Navy Department, ii model l-emaiued to b?> built UUtl tested ill. present shipyard at tin- Kivcr limine ua- a dream, methods of highspeed production were unformulated. important mnrhtnerv demanded iiiytmltty; and ipR vial tools awaited designers. ^ In iiorinnl times a capable .contractor in ix bt have spent a year in creeling thn assembly plant, a steel and gla.-s s(nir tun? 1,700 feet long. 'ihTO fort wide, and about JM> feet bight, but not only wax it tluUhed in il weeks, but linisbed in ?i* very dot ail. From start to finish the I'Tftgle boat is a precedent. It is being built entire ly i\f sheet steel. No one ever hoard of sim'Ii a thing before. Tlii'te is not ii roiled beam from strut to stern, or keel to bridge. 10 very part i* fHHliiotioil from Hat steel plate*. Bulkhead angle-, deck beams, channels. and other struc tural members are bt-i* i into shape.; some! like the first -mentioned, manually. nth- ' ors foldpressed by fiowerful machines. In an extensive "lumberyard" are in numerable .stacks of tiiin steel plans. lOxccpt for the Khape of some of tll''Ul. they look as if. they - were composed ofi .rimmed and orderly arranged layers of! rust- colored side leafhetv And when; ?oiie of the plates is lifted and swung I ? i throtijrli t be air b> a crane, or dragged from a .stack by a small army of husky laborers, it bends and sways in lent In-f ish fashion, and tin- similarity is nil the more striking Wlwit then is being doiieY Sheet- of steel arc catering at one end of :i long building and Fnglc boats are In ing i I.iiiiicIiciI at the other end! Fneh F.agle boat is built, on a lyO.g Hat car. supported oti 1l' standard truck's aiid stationed on one of the shipway*. The cars arc 1ST feel over all. and -in: to one tremendous black cent ipede>. ; < ?n each of the three sbtpwny tracks; there is room for seven of these cars. Thus there Is place in th<? plant for \ t he .simultaneous assembling of 21 ships. From the laying of the keel P? *hc "mounting of the rudder and propeller, i ;i boat progressively Occupies seven dif ferent positions along its way. That means that the assembling is divided I ' into seven distinct operations executed . l>.\ seven different crews of workmen. ! When the tirst operation is completed, j i lie car bearing the embryo boat is 'moved to the second position, and a ' lie w nir is brought into the vacant berth I ready for the keel of another vessel to j tie laid. I'.cfore a boat can be trans I ferred from the tirst to the second po-J -ition. every other boat along the way niii-t advance one station. I his means thai each -of the seven operations on seven different boats IllUst be complied on lime to the minute h\ -:< \> n ilis tinct crr.tt - t?f workmen. When the first ? -re\\ i- re:id,\ to |||\ another keel, the !:i-l c pew tn it ? t be read> to launch a i boat Not an inch of space lias becli 1 j 1 1 ? vided for tle.xibilit.v in the event of " n ii :i vi rida blc dela> -. .No room h j i - I i >eet( left lot failure M;-.^ \ailllje lioodwill. ot Sluoaks, ill I , i .. II. -ton county, was ins-taut'y Kille.l b> : ! iii n inu l 'ritbi\ a fteriioon II. i grand tatiicr \\ a- kili.-.i vxilbie t ? ? t . teet of 'it, ? j .. . t \\ h. ;? -I.' \v.-i- -I ?!?!.. a fort> I ' i . . ? . a i - :i v "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" There an no ??t!-.er words that can describe the t'eelinjr that pervades you alter v on l-a\? ! 1 1 1 1 \ coM'Tfil all ymir property with one of our most attractive INSURANCE POLICIES \ on know thai tlu* \\<.i-i ? an not happen t<> you ? it must pass you by. ^ on know that tio- that ran happen will be a little inconvenient be cause it everything should e". y<?u will be able t<> replace it in short order. :\o dis>at istied cu>tonier- > a j^reat claim to make, but we make it boldly ? because (Mir companies alwa> pa\ promptlv all losses. (letter a- at '>ht e and br absolutely sate. C. P. DuBOSE & COMPANY RF.AL ESTATE INSURANCE CROCKEK BUILDING ? PHONE. 43 SALES OF SUGAB fill WATCHED Retail L).?jlers Required by the Food Administration to Keep Accurate Records Which Will Be Carefully Chtcked Up by County Food Ad ministrators. Columbia. Auk. 3. ? --"I i is- stonily l necessary for the retailers lo super vise the sals of sugar and prevent those who are greedy and unpp.trlotlc from obtaining more than their share." | Hays the Food Administration In an qrder 'requiring the retailer to keep a record of all sugar Kales made. A carbon copy of thf3 record is to he sent to the County* Food Administra tor. and a check will be kept upou those who seek to buy more than their proportionate share of sugar. It is essential that an equal dlstrlt button of sugar is made as the sugar situation is very acute! " The profit on sugar will be closely watched by the Food Administration. The retail profit should not be more than one cent a pound, except where the fraction of a cent Is Involved Sales of sugar should not exceed two pounds at one wale to a customer who lives in town, and should not ex ceed five pounds to a customer resid ing In the rural districts. For can ning purposes not more than 25 pounds ma^r be sold to a householder on Home Canner's Sugar Certificates ex cept upon written permission of the County Food Administrator. HOW TO SELECT SEED . CORN IN THE FIELD Columbia. ? James W. Draffin, of ; Leslie, York County, has made4 a re ; murkable record in Corn Club work I He has been a member of the York County Hoys' Corn Club for four years, and lias been a county prize winner each year. Twice he has been a sec ,0ml State prize dinner. Mis article j On How I Select My Seed Corn in the Field, which is given below, makes { very Interesting reading. "One of the essentials of profitable corn growing In proper selection , of I need. Stalks of (he predominating type in the row or field should he ; chosen, if equally resistant- and well ; eared as others. (Jet the form of j the ideal stalk well fixed in your I mind, and look for it Remember the type from year to y and don't change tiniest* you should change to ? different strain or seed variety "I don't wait until all the corn Is In the crib to select my seed for next year's planting If you do. you will fall in the crop The standipg plant will answer the Question as to whether the selected ears have come from good stalks I always try to be sure to get plants that grow not less than two or not more than three good ears to the stalk. and not more than half-way up the stalk I select the well-filled ears. J not too large nor too small, but me dium size, and sound. The shuck should be loose on the grain and j should have a wholesome look. I al , ways try to select, my seed corn from , the stalks standing where they grow, as soon as ripe, and before (he first hard rreeze. I select, ear. from the stalks thai have produced the most ! corn without having any special ad vantages. such as space, moisture or fertility. The most Important con sideration I.s to select seed from those plants which have the ability to fur : nish the largest quantity of dry shell ed corn Karlv maturity is a desirable quality, and so are short. thick, wind Arm stalks; top heavy ones with eara born** loo high are likely to mean losses I cbl|p< t my plant * tha' hear my se?d nam and cur off the top and bottom and hatia jh?* par- nr. Hhhb the oars are fs^em-d. in .,ome rot, venient pla< e in the < r.h or barn, i This will keep in niind how the plants looked in the field "I gn through nr. < orn and cut th? diseased and stunted s'slks a l>ot, . July first or August first so* as to pre ? ent (tossing with the good stalks that aiH to furnish my .sm,m| \ovv , if I am going to plan- on upland I do no;, use seed that has been long grown on kiwland and if I am going to plant on lowland I use my field .P. lected seed tha' h.t* given best results on that kind of land as far as possible I plant seed tha! grew on 'he same t > pe of soil tha: 1 am going to culti vate i alwavs try to procure my seed from com tha- |. known to pro duce large yield* ]? has !,ee? p,*,fy well demons! rat that the proUflr , rorn. are the best varieties for the Sou'h They flo nor make the largest and best show -ars buf thev do make the largest yields and the greatest rnonev value p*r a, re | pit>fpr Good man's Prolifl. Var.ety " Columbia The State Council of r* fens* tlMH gone on recoid. hv the ?dop flon of resolution* ,?? the bimonthly meeting held he; e favoring a KOv ? rnmenr financed cotton corporation ? ' and recommendation has be*n mads to President Wilton snd Congas* thai a/ tion ba taken. through the forma l tioa of aw h a governmental agency . to rix * Ice whi<-h rk? M f.,7 ;nV; m.. table is well set unless it is supplied with ap. CU T ?l.ASS AMD SILVER. They give to your table service u "tone" that noth ing else Cfiih impait. Also, styles change in these articles, as in-aUoth era. j Inst drop into our store and let us show you the lalest creations in Cut Glass and *i.v*rware. n?r ware is not only something new, but it cat-, rles the hall-mark of Elegance. You will be charmed when you see it. G. L. BLACKWELL Jeweler and Optician Camden, S. C. KEEP * YOUR MONET IN OUR BANK AND HAVE PEACE OFMIND WHY DO YOT KEEP YOUR MONEY IN YOUR POCKET. OI{ YOl K IIOI SI*!. WHEN THERE IS A SAFE PLACE. MKK OIK HANK. TO PROTECT IT? WHEN YOl R MONEY IS IN YOUR HOUSE THERE 18 A TEMPTATION TO SPEND IT. WHEN IT IS IN OCR KAN'K ~ THERE IS \ TEMPTATION TO AIM) TO IT. v ^ YOl HAVE PEACE OE MINI) WHEN YOUR MONEtf IS SAFE. PUT IT IN OUR BANK. ' WE PA\ I 1)1 II PER CENT INTEREST. COME TO OCR RANK. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C. * Fighting Men W anted (Urj ' >houUI aid the government in **? ?] '?< i e>.sar.v fighting men to win this war. much ... 1,111 ,n t'1's work is to keep prices down a$ r.lf) ' '^le. so that those who remain at home ,n . t( ?nornicaJiy and use their surplus money 'n bunn* '-ibeny Bonds. ? . ; ?4 we are doing it now U| a" "Wing at Close prices. r prices down. ?>uy economically here. I Springs & Shannon The Store That Carries The Slock.