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COFFEE IN LAPLAND Beverag* Made in Peouliar Way Pronounced Excellent. Sweetened In Primitive Manner, the RefreehmeUt le Passed Around Among Quests After Hoet Has Partaken of It. An American consular officer , In ftcnnditutvia gives tho i'e< -Ipe lor mak ing 'coffee among (lit* Uppi, when they arc ho fortunate us to huve It at all. ^ Dinner WW* eaten out of doors, ui ill the one1 dish of- tho meal c;?>iiMlHt?*<l of roast lemming*, 1 1 1 1 1?> creatures some thing between ?n guinea pig and a rat, ami as the officer admits "ex quisitely peculiar" as to their flavor. The party squatted In a ring uhout the Are, watching the roasts, all ex cept a wrinkled old woman, who an an expert, was Intent upon a more te dious ceremony. Out of a skin knap ttack she had taken a small nklu bag. From this ahe extracted some 12 green coffee beans, which she proceeded to roaat one by one In a small Iron i | M ... II When they were cooked to her taate she bruised thpm to coarse fragment# between stoiios and pill the result with water into a copper kettle, Which had mil' lid In the usual place and another on the end of the apout to keep out emnke and feathery wood atth. Then the whole mixture was boiled Up together .Into a bubbling froth of coffee fragments and coffee extract. She c leaned It by an old trick which la known to campers all the world over. This was to throw Into the kettle a small splash of cold water, when the coffee grounds were prompt ly precipitated to the bottom. Then ahe poured the clear, brown, Ht earning liquor Into a blackened bowl of titrch root and handed It to the good man, her husband. After he had token the bowl In hi* tlngors tho woman hunted In a leathern knapsack and produced a lump of beet sugar. The host bit a fragment from it and lodged It In teeth, then he lifted I he bowl to his lips ant^ drank. ? in a more civilized man this would of eourse have been rudeness; In a savage II was a simple act of courtesy. It was a plain assurance that the bowl Contained no poison. Then he hand ed it on for Ida guests to drink in turn. nt\d tho American says that he 1 does hot know that lie ever tasted I better coffee. PERSONAL MENTION. Mi*. N. U. (ioodaje vini 1 1*?| in'Colum t?iu III is Wffck Mi-h. I>reher i?f Spartanburg ?* t !?*? gurat ?*f Mr* Frank f<, Zeinp. Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Hates of Orange* hurtf are visiting Mr?, M. f<. Smith Mr. .Flu) Kdmunds of Hldgeway was a visitor ho re for I h<* last wwk eud. Mr. I'. M. Wooten ha# gone to Kloiida i<i umunpMUy his wife and daughter Il? Ml I ? ' MUk lihftta Nelson of Columbia was the guest of Mis* Agues Shannon last week. Mr.' and Mix. David WflUc and Mr*. M. liaruch have returned from White Springs, Florida. Mrs.' F. M. WfKJtOO and Miss Kroil.v Wooteu have beep for the past few week* visiting iu Florida. Two airplanes going toward Columbia pitted over Camden yesterday af'cvuooii about three o'clock. ; J r ri., - Mi?^?'s (da Hand and i.d'n C'l'ftWfaril of Columbia attended the danee at the Kirk wood Saturday night. ! . William Latimer, is making a soil su i'Vov of Kershaw county, lie is em ployed h.v the f'niteil States government. Mr. and. J. O. iluag and Mr. jiJeorge Lauderdale. of Winnsboro, were l guests of I)r and Mrs. |{. T, Coodale Sunday. Mi.sK Matlie (ioraldt left last Thursday evening for the northern and eastern markets to purchase her Sprint: milli ner.v supplies. ' . | _. Mrs. Ned Williams who has been spend Ins; the past six weeks with her parents .Mr. and Mr*. Kugeue Blakeuoy bat. re turned to I io?- home iu New York. Mr. Marion Williauis, who ha,p bwn in ih?* I ' ui t?Ml States naval servicf in Virginia. hux received his dischargo from die service nod has returned to Caindeu. Mis* FiUuces Marshall, of Creenville is tln> guest of Mrs. Kdward I*. Hull, on Chestnut Street. Miss Swift enter tained on Sunday afternoon ' at t<*a for Miss Marshall. Mr. Claud Will) nBU! > who haw b?en working in a government chemical fac tory in the New Kngland States, is on a visit to his parent* Mr. and Mrs. It. It. William*. I>r. and Mrs. A. W. Burnet left Wed nesday for Crystal ltiv*>r, Florida for an extended visit una. It is hoped by a wide circle of friends that I)r. Burnet ; WHl ?<ntirely recover his health iu_that sunny cj^'liim'. as he has not been woll si lice having the flu. Want Ads Prove Popular. The want ad lint published in The Chronicle is growing iu popularity. Many 1H\?ple u*e this column for niaiiy differ* cut purposex and it invariably brings buyer and seller together. Last week two valuable articles were placed in the hist, column Mini before the paper hud beeu out hut a few hours the articles had been restored to their rightful owners. The fanners are iiuding this column conven ient for ^riling their country produce. A soft blue white ilinmond. weighing :{Ss 1-1 k a ruts, lias been found at th* JuKcrsfonteiu piine, Orange Itiver Colony This promises to become one of the dia moiid fields' historic gems. r ' V \nifi h tiis Dffeni IWInheviki, ^ ^ ? - | , A -(v c Archangel. IVb* 5. - -Heavy lossea'weie indicted on the Holxheviki by the Ameri can forces Tuesday and the enemy whx driven back iu disorder from the village ??f Vistuvkji. <>n the Vaga. The Ameri can casualties were five killed apd *ev? tTtil wounded. Many Bolshevik soldiers went* taken prisoner by tfie Americans. More About Thai Cotton I>ea1. Kditor Chronicle? In 'Peference to my cotton #old iu Camdeu, I started out to Hud out why I could get a better price in Hartsville thau in Camden, Wo I think I have. I have sold my cotton iu Camden all my life. Many bules in last .'10 yearn were bought and checked tyr with me at home. Never bad a dis pute, hard feeling or any difference with the buyer*, but thought then aud do yet, that I was treated fair iu prices. Hut today 1 chn get. from 8 to <1 cents more in llartwille, Iu reference to the bale of cotton that was mixed packed. "Buyer" bought the bale at 20c a pound, knowing that it was mixed packed. . If nut', why did he give 12c a ]H>und loss than* for two of the other bul?K. Two of my sons me wit nesses that he knew it was a mixed bale when he was buying the. cotton, aud he also told me over the phone. I gladly bought the bale of cotton back for lftc a pound and have it for anybody's in spection. B. M. Pearoe. .? ? ? .m ? - , , ? MKDALS OF HONOR GIVEN >IVE SOUTH CAROLINIANS (Continued from. first |?ege) Company F. .'laith iufantry, remained with his platoon although ill and charg ed nn enemy machine guny killing one of the crew with a shotgun and cap turing two others. Although wounded, lie continued in action until the last unit returned when he volunteered and brought in \Vounded until ho faluted from fxhausiiun. Major Oscar F. Miller, l?on Angeles, .'{01st infantry, personally led a charge in the Argonne foref(t although shot through the leg and aim and when n third bullet through the abdomen brought him to the ground continued to urge his troop* forward, bidding them leave him and push on to the next ridRe. lit' died of^hls wound*. Cupt. (ieorge U. M.allon, Kansas City, UUnd infantry, with nine soldier*, cap tnred niue mnchiuo guus without loss while separated from his cotnpauy und ljjktcr raptured a battery of four 155 mm. howitzers and its crew. Mallon at tacked the enemy with his lists in charg ing the battery and later personally made a frontal rush agaiust two machine gun* which he silenced, his energy resulting in the capture all told of one hundred prisoners, eleven machine guns, four 155 nim. howitzers and one. anti-aircraft gun. First Nergt. Sidney <?. (Jueperta. New York City. Company E. 182nd infantry rushed ^ macbiue gun nest from the front through au artillet\v harrage cap turing the gun and its crew of nine. ' First Kergt. Johannes 8. ' Anderson, Chicago. Company B. 182nd iufantry, silenceiP and captured a machine gnu nest unaided and brought hack twenty*4 three prisoners. Private Bprger i.omari, Chicago.* CoinJ pany 11. 12ilrtl infantry, captured sin gle-handed a machine gun blowing the advance of his company and turned it on the retreating enemy. Private Clayton K. Slack. Lampoon. Wis., Company 1>, 124th machine gun batallion, captured ten prisoners and two heavy machine guns sinf^le-handed. ^ Sergt. Willie Sandlin 'Hayden, Ivy., C<?w party A, 132ml infantry, captured three machine 'gun p??mU without #14. Private Frank Hurt, Newark, N. J, ( \?ini?an> < 9th infantry .twice idleaced Kingta-hnndcd enmny mat^fco gun n?8ta holding ui> !>i* ooiupnuy'a Advance. < '? 1 1 1 >?> i'ii I John II. Pruitt, Phoouii, Ariz., captured ,two uia?hine fuiih kill iuff their creww and Inter oapjured fortj priHoneis single-handed only to be kilifid hlniMeJf while on anipor duty. ?. , ' 1 1 . n ? ,i. i . ^ ...... COLUMBIA LUMBER S MANUFACTURING CO. M? ? ? ? im ? iwmmmmmmm* . . MILL work: SASH, DOORS. BLINDS AND LUMBER **? u PLAIN 4 HUGER STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA, S.C. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crocker BuIKUng r " Camden, S. C. . ?? ? Collins Brothers ? " ? . . ? .. - ? Undertakers for .Colored People Telephone 41 714 W. DeKalb St. THE UNIVERSAL CAR The policy of The Ford Motor Company to sell its cars for the lowest possible price, consistent^ with dependable quality, is too well known to require comment. Therefore, because of f?r es-i f! ent conditions, there can be no change in the price on Ford cars. RUNABOUT - - ~ . . ' $500 TOURING CAR ..... $525 , COUPE $650 SEDAN - - - . . $775 TRUCK CHASSIS .... . . $550 ? These Price* F. O. B. Detroit ershaw Motor DON Company CAMDEN, S. C. "