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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I>. NU?? mad t \ FublUhM* B. N. MeUowiU ) I'uhllahtti evwry Friday ait I Nik Broad Htrr?t, ami filtered at the Cain , dan iMMtotlUv a? aocoiui clHaa mall uiui a (?m\ Vriec |a?r huiiiiiu It. AO. ( amdru. S. l\ February I*t. ? For two months paat the Supervisor'* monthly report showing the expenditures each mouth by the County Hoard of (?oiiun itwdoners has not been appearing in the two Camden papers, but is being printed in a paper published on tb? edge of the county, and the large ma jority of the tux payers will hav? to get thin news from another source other than the Camden paper*. For m&ny v years it has l^en the custom of the two OfttudtQ papers to hamlle the coun ty printing jointly aud uot hid agaiust one another? merely splitting the |fgal rat? between then?. Two mopths ago, however i the Hoard in aetmon decided to chaug? this arrangement .and admit a paper of a much smaller size , aud great deal amaller circulation to. share equally in the division of the legal rate.! This of course wan uot ugreeable to the two old established paper* published at the county seat, in that they hold their advertising apnea and circulation ut a higher rata than the smaller publica tlon, gnd the proposition wac rejected by tht?se two pipers, so In the future you'll have to look beyond the county aeat to get the news of the county's expenditures and such. We feel thut this explanation is due our readers , - , , ? ' The German submarine warfare wns fierce while It waged, as indicated in the statement u? looses sustained by the Al-| ff oil Navies. Great Britain's , ships suf fered the greatest impact, as a matter of course. That Government lo>t fio().000l in tonnage. Franco cnmc next, with a law of 100,000, Italy Huffercd to the , extent of 70,000 tops, and the FnitOd Htates 17.H00. Germany will find uo oo? enslonfor rejoicing in this array of de stroyed ships, because of tlie simple fact that ?he will have to pay for each ves sel that was sent down. Warship ton nape comes hlgTT. The replacement of 747.000 tons of naval .craft is going to coat Germany a couple of traditional pret ty pennies.? Chrlotte Observer. The house Thursday killed the Rvansj bill to allow the shipment of one gallon of liquor n month to individuals in Houth Carolina instead of the proverbial quart. The motion to strike out the enacting wo?'r was made by Representative Mirnu of Edgefield and the vote was 05 to 21. Concerning Beggars. The arrest of Mrs. Naomi Cambeir attft her husband at Marietta, Oa., last week, ^charged with all kinds of cruelty to 'children, who were inmates in a home run by them, known as the Undenominational Horn*, and the revelations concerning this. home, nhow how ilnwlaev it is to contribute to every demand that is made in the "name of charity. It appears that this home was run by these people for no other apparent purpose than to make money. They took the children from the home to dif ferent towns, and we believe they have been to Abbeville, and had them solicit funds from people, many of whom gave perhaps thinking that they were making a really charitable contribution, while! others gave, as people often do, to be rid of those asking for help. But it appenrs that these people were! utterly unworthy of assistance. They were In no way qualified to conduct a . children's home. They were brutal in their instincts, and without any of the feelings which naturally prompt one per son to help another. Hut they collected in the course of a year large sums of money no doubt. A man Is as responsible for the mon ey ho gives as for fliat which he does not give. It is his duty to give to^ worthy objects of charity, and it is none | the less his duty not to give to unwor-' thy objects of alleged charity. This duty imposes on him the further duty of mak ing +nveatl?Htlon as to all thefte alleged charities. There is a safe way to give to people THK KVH BKHINI* tHK I4NW U> IK>u?i*# Held, tn the Mmrtk P* mUr Mechanic* By the eternal ?tuM? of thing* Hir Arthur Couan l>oyle should write this ?tory, for in the tpeilfoUBd tu which laconic brown m#u in khaki and "horiaon blue" gave it to me, 1 visual ized no on* ??? luueh a* HhcrlocK Ho!w?, grim, brooding, and penetrating, riditig hi their place* mile* over tin* smoke of FUnder*; sittlug in their plate* in tin* uiapMttered dugout* behind the lines of battle, untangling the mywterle* of un canny secret*. It I* the story of the jtreafNt detective ayHtern ever devlaed by iiimu the inner story of how the all'"* by aerial photography and weird deduc tion from uifaniugless print* of the Her man linos solved the riddle* of the foe ? the atory of "the camera, the beet spy of ail time". Into thin atory will ooroe the strange cam* of the humau footprlut and the counties things of stealth it revealed, also the curious rogues gal lery" of Gentian generals which the al lied detective* collected, kept, and- used with such Hure might ? also the odd . . , but u 'beginning must be made. There Is no more' astonishing thlug in the whole marvel of aerial photog raphy than the camera's ability to catch the trail of a walking man. At two and a half mile* in the air the ordinary aerial coin era will abow the footprlut* of a man goiug across slightly ahelled ground. At a mile it will show on new mown grass. "At live mile# It will ro veal them trailing across No Man's Loud. Consider thla: Once the French were planning to take a certain hill, knowing that Havariau "I.andstunn"? ? poor ma chine gun lighters? held it weakly. At lawn a photographer wont up, name dash Wrk with ft "picture, and TR minutes later the French general called off the rtt-taek and saved the lives of thousau'ls of his mew, And yet the camera had -aUght no i:emarkftble thing. It merely howed that one group o> men had gone t anil another come into the trenches lurlug the night. The footprints of the !<"*iniui9 told that much. The incom ing trail, followed back, wan found to >nnei'ge from a woods, lying beside a ?jn.e white road. The allied detective* Sending over their prints, followed that road to the nearest German cantonment nnd proved by still other photographs Mint the cantonment was held by Prus sians. Presto ! The French staff knew that crack Prussians were opposing them, and that It would be nothing abort <?f suicide to attack. .. Deduction of this wort was more than half of the work of the aerial-pbotog raphy sections of the allied armies. The work of snipping pictures froto tUe air was picturesque, dangerous, heroic ; but for thrill and romance give roe those sweating, wilent men in the dugouts study ing photographs by the hour, catching. i clue here, a telltale mark there, that made Hiudenburg's plans an open book. Modern photographic science laid before each allied general a complete picture of everything the enemy was doing and al most everything it was going to do. It showed him unmistakably what his own men were doing and what they could do. It relieved him of conflicting stories from wpies, from human mistakes ? for the camera does not He. Napoleon could but guess what Wel lington wasi planning; Foch could send up a photographer and within an hour know what Ludendorff was thinking of. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McKlnney, of Ttinghnmton, N, Y., who have been spend ing the winters in Camden for a num ber" of years are here again this win ter. who solicit help for institutions of this kind and that is to give what one is able to those institutions We know to be operated by people of character, stand? ing. and noble Impulses, and to refuse help to others. There are many of the rh'serving institutions at our doors, and t the good they, may do is only limited i by the 'amount of money which they re I ceive from the public. They are ham pered in the good they would do by reason of the fact that too many people have been giving to questionable schemes while sick people lay at their doors.-? Abbeville Medium. fi By using the Universal Liquid Cleaner, Polisher, and Disinfectaqt. IK* Boards, School Boards, Police and Individuals. BfiVMDEN AGENTS r Company ?umbia, s.t:* HIGHWAY MUU 1UWRCTKD BomI Issue Mmmt* Still On Tfc? Mouit Columbia, Feb. 18.?- Following * de Mt.? which consumed an hour at the morning action and three hour* atjhe tight M-ndon, aud a great deal of par* huneutsry msnoeuvering, the lIou?e of >U?-|?re^' ntativ*^ rejected the oompauiou ?nfa^ures providing for a permanent sy* -in of Ktute highways. The main fight \va? made on the substitute bill of the House Judiciary committee, which, was rejected by a rote of 51 to (L'J. The original measnre waa then dlf>iK>sed of by a vote of 27 to 70. Prior to ? the linal vote at leaat two-score of amend ments to ?he judiciary Mibstitute were voted on, tho vaat majority of them be 'ng rejected. Mr. Burguson'tt measure, providing for a 125,000,000 bond issue, !a still on the Ilouste Calendar a* a see oud rcadibg ineaaure It is the opiulon of those conversant with Houth Carolina legislative meth od* that the hope of a permanent high* way ineaaure being paaaed at thla sea son has been effectively torpedoed. JiiMt before midnight an amendment by Mr. Ilambliug of Union, waa adopt ed by a vote of 01 to 55, providing that th? question of permanent highways nhoiild be submitted to all autouiohlle owners of the State in a referendum to be held on the fourth TueRday of Auguat of thin year, Under this amend" meut every man and womau of both racea who u poN.M'ssfti of a motorpropeii ed ve? hlcle can vote in the refoe rendu m. Hy a vote of 50 to 58. the House re fused to adopt an amendment by the -Hfd committee in charge of the bill providing for a one-mill levy on all the taxable property of the Htate for per manent road Improvement. f ? 1 ' 1 ? p?p mi**** " ? 1 T ' ?' -*"* ? y ? PREMIER CLKMKNCKAIT 8IIOT Aaanxaln Tries to Kill Ni^tcd Mau of France. Par la, Fob. 10.*? Premier Georges <'l(7inenceau characterised by Lloyd Ocorge* as 'France's grand young man', was atttacked today by an anarchist, 1'linilo (k)ttin, known as "Milou." Sevou shot* were tired, three of which struck ilw premier. On? bullet lodged in the muscles of the shoulder, penetrating deeply, but, so far aa la 'at present known, nr^tr* injuring the spine, .or pene trath^g^to, the lunga. Two ?' bulletta bruised the right arm and hand, while two other bullets are reported to have passed through the premier's clothing. At the time of the attempted asRas ?dilation, M. Clemenceau had Juat left his home to drive in a motor car to a conference with Col. Edward M.; House, of the American peace delegation, and Arthur J. Balfour, British secretary for foreign affaira. Though bleediqg pro fusely, M. Clemenceau was ablg to re turn to his fcbfnj^where he^*ssujld tho mem'bersof hia household and waved aside anxious inquiries with "it is noth ing." latest reports from his attendants were that hia condition was aattafftc* ,tory and that he waa cheerful* through out the day despite occasional "fits of coughing. For the present it haa been decided by the aurgeona that extraction of the bullet may not be necessary, and ar; rangements have been made to take ra Mopranha of the injured parta. Cottln, whom the police believed to ^e a Romewhat harmless person asso ciating with anarchists and aiding 'In their propaganda, declared that he had planned to kill the premier because M. Clomenceau "waa the enemy of humanity and waa preparing for another war.H Q-Roats Upheld Royal Navy's Tradition. Many chapters of romance were added to the lore of the British Navy during the grave days of the world war, and prominent among them la one that Con cerns the adventurous exploits of the heretofore unmentioned Qboata as atrange craft as ever fought an unscrupulous foe, "says an illustrated article ' in the March Popular Mechanics Magaxine. The Q-boat waa deadly bait for the TT-hoat. It waa ao because it bore the lamblike outward appearance of a tramp merchantman, but within carried the British lion unleashed. Concealed guns were mounted in false deckhouses that collapsed like cards on a deck stripped for action, when the instant to deliver the death thrust win signaled. Think - o f ? ft ? fi ^ j p ? p iii ^ Ihufb ? ? months, offering itself as a target to hid den foea in order that It might fight, even though crippled first. And then am. > SAVES LABOR SAVES TIME i ? SAVES SOAP A ?srw.'^a' Tpbaoco C?. I aY your smoke taste 1 , flush up against ? listening post ? and VouTl get the Prince Albert call, all right! You'll hunt a jimmy pipe so quick and get so much tobacco joy out' of every ouff you'll wish you had been born twins! For, Prince Albert puts over a turn new to every man fon$l of a pipe or a home made cigarette. It wins your glad hand com pletely. That's because it has the quality I And, right behind this quality flavdran^ality fra grance is Prince Albert's freedom from bite and parch which is cut out by our exclusive patented process. 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On the bridge the captain executed the gestaree of *' ^lap-stick comedian and roared :ord?r tro order. In a riot of apparent confu? ion, the panic crew r&cecr to the small boafce.y , TU<r single blast of a whistle blow by the captain was the signal to cm v acting and begin fighting the deco;< submarine, which had now come snfl ciontly close to be a good target I let* ?' than three minutes from the tia ? the .commander issued the order to li ?to and fight, a hit was registered tbi foundered the U-boat. C ~~~ Ammoniated Compounds, Acid Pho Nitrate of Soda and Potash " _ ?' : * . .... T- ^ Carload Lots-See Me Before You Buy j ' Figh, Tankage, Blood, Cotton SeedMeal Mixtures; the best grade of fertilizer on the market? manufac tured by one of the largest companies in the business. Don't wait to place your contracts. Railroads and ? M ? O" factory facilities do not promise to be die very best. Everone can't ge served at one time, soplay safe and order goods now. Best service assured. 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