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IDE CAMDEN CHRONICLE -.Ju. a to i num Mrf - i B. N. McDowell j> PubllMbtHi every Friday at U<*? No. ftroad Htfwt, and eutoftni at tt?? Oam tau poatouco aa aeooud ctaaa wait mat' 7, ? r. I?rlc?? par annum 9\M>. * rauuJo.. S. A|wU 5W. l?ltt " Flying at ao a vrrug* up?**} of 100.38 mile* H u hour for mIk hour* and ttfty rolnutrh, Captain Hf K. Wbit?-, un army aviator, completed the flr*t nou**ti?p flight t>Hw?u Chicago aud New York tfntur thty. Tb(?# dUtaaee covered waa 727 iuiU^. M<?it o# thr flight, Captain White naid, whs mudc at an altitude of 12,000 fret. - - wyl -i . r~ ? Kin- :i t the Chatter M.; Ooodyear plaut at OreenviMo W(dDHt<)|| unmtiug rauxed damage to tb* amount <?/ $00, ooo. . k Fly? member* of a big Handily l*age aUfftaui* went burned to death at And o??-r, Kuglaud when the plane was wreck* ihJ uod ra light Are. : ? . J "? '->;V MOHK i \\?:s iti <. t n IN MAY ?fuHt Take u iiook At The Levy On ' \ I'U\UrifN. Washington, April 15. ? Carry a few -- pennies in your pockets after May i Uncle Ham is going to -take them away from you to help pay for the war. Kvery time* you spend a dime at u soda fountain or ice cream parlor on and after Ma? I you'll have to throw an extra penny on the counter to pay the war tax. Many soda fountains Which charged 15 cents for sodas and sundaes during the war have reduced the price back to 10 cents, hut you're likely soon to seo Kijfiis over thoir fountains reading : "Sodas and suudaos now 11 cents." The tax* on ice cream and soft drinks is only one of the many which go into effect under the revenue act on .\fay 1. The most important of these are the so-called "luxury taxes" which are writ ? ? ten into: the revenue bttl before "It be came apparent to our congressman that they were unnecessary, . 4 .The same tax will apply to tooth powders, hair dyes, hair restoratives, toilet waters, perfumes and other toilet * jirliHcs, ' The- tax ou' other "luxuries" is not m? heavy ns that on medicines, toilet articles and beverages. The reason for this, is that, while the, tax is 10 per cent, it is imposed not on the entire price of the article taxed, but on that purt of it in. excess of a specified amount. For instance, carpets and rugs are taxed 10 per cent on the amount you pay qvor $5 a square 'yard. That la, if you buy 10 square yards of carpet *t fft n grfttfffe y a r 50 y o u will pay n>v tax. Hut if you pay $0 a square yard, or $00. you will 1m? taxed on that extra dollar u yard. Thus you will yard, or $01 for tin* 10 - yardt. : * ? '4 Another "luxury" tax that will hit the l?oor after May 1 is that on moving pic tures, which requires every persou leas ing moving picture filing for exhibition to pay n monthly tax of five per cent of the amount hi.< films -produce in renUilH, T-b'a t?x, of course, will be udded to that nlready being paid by the public on admissions to moving picture theaters. In many cases it will double the price of movie tickets. ? These new taxes are, in addition to many others which went into effect on April I. Prominent anions these is the tax of live per cent of Qie total price paid on all articles of jewelry. Still other "luxury" taxe*, -which af fect wealthy people principally, but here snd there di& 'into the pockets of the poor, have been paid ever since the reve nue act was approved by the President in March. These include 1he following percentages of tho total prices: Automobiles, five per cent. Automobile accessories, five per cent. Musical i n ?"t rnnienN and records. live jwr ccut. Sport i fig gooffa, 10 per ????nt. ? < 'hewing gum. three por ??out < 'aiidy. live per cent. Cameras, 10 per cent. IMvtoirrapljic tilrns nn J pjate.s, five p<'.r rent. , FirearnK and ammunition. 'WtVjH'r cent. Hunting knive#, 10 per cent. Portable electric fans', five per rent. ? v , , ? -**?* . * Thenr,t>'? bottles, five per cent. am find cigarette holder*. humidors, nmokiiiK stands, 10 per rent. Slot mnehlne*. 10 per rrnt. Livery uniform?. 10 per cent. Hunting or riding habitn. 10 per cent. Fur mi>?1 fur*, 10 prr 'crjit. Toilet snaps, three^per cent. Pleasure boats. 10 per cent. Paintings and statuary. 10 por cent. Then there are taxes on alcoholic drink-*, which we won't have to pay after July 1, anyway, because there ain't pnln' to be no nlcoJ.olSc drinks, and the taxes on cigars, cigarettes and tobacco, whieh nvcry user has been paying nince the law took effect Not to speak of the Income, excess profits and war taxes, theater taxes, atirt various other* which we afe all paying JUnele Sam lo help pay for the war. 4 Let ua have that next job of print . ? r ? - "*? FLED IN. DISGUISE Noted Men Who Escaped Captivi ty by Subterfuge. i In Hour* of Or*v* O *nggr ftoiditrs of j Proved Bravery Havs Not HftJ taU4 to 8a v# Liv'sa A Ig nominious FIlQht. [ ' ?** **+ ' y Oi>a. tlsa? vhii lU^tHer ol the <Ier ?i in ii hi no i w Mild to bavo ri?ea|ied out of I'oinnU In di*#ul*e an ? aiowaway on board w Vistula river hU-uuiJmdu In I Ik* Coll of 10H Von Ues.ler wu? Kioriiird km the einiqwerpf of tb?? <*l?y of Antwerp. ilw* elilef HtromilioM of IIH^itiiu and the1 chief port of coutt* Ktutal Knropc. (icruiany's cowJUiT i UK heroes of IMl-4 havu heen van <iul"bvd and Voii Beneler Id bht one of u great romphiiy of notahlo I'iikI live* who tutve saved their live# by flceliiK in di?guls?'. Judge Jeffrie* of Kngllhli history, who?e uauio 1h h* fo liated with tho "bloody assize#." tried to lildo hliuiielf ami escape the veil Keance Ii(h suva** cruelly iin-rJtod by ilonnlUK tbc fjurb of a coal minor mid hiding lu a tavern at Woking, hgi he was recognlaod. ruptured. ItuprlM ptied In ihc Towor of Ixaulou. hi? soon died. I'rlnee Charles Kdward s 1 1 1 i 1 1 ( . pretender to the throim of Ureat Britain. escaped from Scotland lu petticoat*, disguised ,as Betty Bu^ke, maid to_.Klora AfacDonald* Louis I'hilllppo, tho "eltlseil Kill*" <|f Ifrynce, tied to the coast of Normundy where hp posed a5 "Mr. Smith," a Brit* f#h subject. In. order to secure passage to Kugland on u steamboat. Napoleon III, while a pretender to the throne of P'raiif*-. wun Imprisoned III the fortress ? |liini|? Aft^r1 . ? ' tavern I months of contlnemcnt repairs were begun on the fortress. Napoleon bribed one of the carpenters to ?cuug glo In a workman'* garb (or his <11 ? guise, tie dressed lilmsolf In the coarse overalls and blouse, ^touide rent a short plank. Which he carried on edge so as to concetti' Jlla fact*. and walking past bis guard be escaped t<i Nclginm and ijience to Kngland Porflrlo Plat was twice compelled to flee from Mexico and seek safety in the United Btateu. Ht? made one trip from New Orleans to V(b Crur. di? gnlscd as a stoker on board a steam ship and wus soon leading a new band of revolutionists. impress Khgouie. disguised as a servant woman. wa\ taken nut of Paris by Doctor Evans,! u if American dentist, in whose house she had been hidden. Thus t?he es caped the blind, fury of the French mob and gained safe asylum In Km: land. Jefferson Davis, fallen pre si j dent of the Houthern Confederacy, if said by his enemies to have tiled tr escape put of the country and evad< Uls pursuers disguised in woman*.* garb, but he was captured and im prisoned nntil the passions of somt of the northern flre?caters had cooled The General's Drop. I have been told this story of a "flying" general, who has had expe rience as a parachutist, says a wrltei in the London livening News. A feu aoysrirgor^lw -wjw?n pasyeugtr ih-*!<t! alrplnne going north. After a while he picked up a village, where he in tended to stop for a day or two, and Informed the pilot, who at once sig nified his intention of making a land ing. "Oh! don't stop!" shouted the general, and he proceeded to attack himself to a parachute and his Mult* case to another. lie dropped the cast overboard awl then stepped oft him self. . General and suitcase floated down gently and safely tp earth whiio the airplane continued Its flight Comfortable Beds. Mattress and pillow, used fn the berths of sailors and firemen aboard government-operated merchant vessel! are of the most approved type for sea U#e, for besides making good bedding they are the best sort of life preserve ers. Their filling Is a soft, resilient tropical fiber known as kapoc, which can sustain 25 times its own weight in salt water . for 48 hours. On each of the new merchant ships built under the direction of the United Kjates shipping board, shower bath.* are provided for the crew, there beinjf one for the firemen and another fot the deck force. ? Merchant Marine. Kaiser's Thankless Dantist. "Now that Doctor Davis litis fintshei tils revelations," says. Nate Hnulshury ?as- reported by the .C'hicggo Brent nr post, "the kaiser may realize h<?\? sharper than an ulcerated tooth if !? to have 11 thankless dentist. We shout' like to have held the doctor's Job ? i n ? 1 when it Appeared necessary to <in?\? the kalserllscho molar, warbled as \vi closed down on the forceps. 'Tin .\anks are coming, the yaaks urv torn ine" " ? From Outlook. An Awful Waste. ? "?Vhe:i ,-j senator dlea jft least e?cb thousand volume* of eulogy ore print cd and distributed by the government. ' '-?tid Professor Pate. "This Is nn np palling waste, and ? " "It l? Indeed," replied J. Pnllei Gloom. "In most instances three cheer would bt> more appropriate.^? Kansa? fMty Stnr. Thr Rioht Sort. Two Au<*klnnders were talking abou , a mutual friend. Said one: "Bo .Jin has gone Into the usvjr and Is now oo i destroyer. I thought he was n paelflnL' "He Is; n naval pacifist." c>"" "And That Is naval pacifist?" plants depth ho'eb^ ro"tj t mrptW of spreading oil ?s tin trotted fIFTM ARMY FOUGHT WEUl ' -I ? k iVtkui' ,.ji British Troop?, Battling ^galnit Oca v ^peraU ' OddV, Allowed Enemy to Qaln Only by v i Thw ? with th<* Hrltlah I *iftt? army, UII'? I'll lei I you why tlii'V didn't hrdd against tbo ItactH*- tli? \ simply couldn't. >? They were outranked and ouftiiiti) tier I'd (SftK'HJf. Never in IH&, life did f Hit* such heroism Hint gnll lantry displayed uimlnst fright fill odds ?* by tho**? men, and If they didn't fight theu there never wan any light In* anywhere upon the fac?? of the earth, Maj. 4'udimnn a. UlC*. U. H. A., wrltea In Leslie's Mugazloe. Attacked hy a tremendously superior Herman force, they loat almost alhof their ar tillery of any weight ihe first dm', hut Hturk at 11 ie 8onmie line until Almost annihilated. For eyery Inch of ground they gained the Huns pah) the highest price In men, and I could tell QUO In stances In which the British battlers proved to l>? magnificent heroes, I ?aw a captain who was In charge of a battery of six-inch howitzer* have a hand shot away. 1 lie stopia'd fight ing only lone enough ty have tempo rary dressing applied and then ^turn ed to hla poat and assisted hla men In removing the gun*. He was killed the next day. I waa with a machine gun company until all hut three of the men had been killed or Incapacitated. I told tliero that 1 waa going to fall back and urged them to do likewise. The leader, u little Lancashire ser geant. answered : "No, the Boches have chased mr Dor enough. llera we stick." And they stuck ' and were killed to the last man.. And these Canadian units. Man, 1 simply can't tell you how they fought against odds for five daya and six nights, golpg back only Inch by Inch. One division of 10,000 men, sent it) to replenish the lino, fought continuously for three daya and night*. A roll call showed 910 left. Still fliere are those who ask If the British ran away. No, , a thousand times no. With compara tively few reserves they hung on. They weVe sacrificed, but It was their duty to stay, and they. did. Too much can' not be said In praise of the Fifth arinyi for It saved the day and pre vented the Huns from breaking through t?j Abbeville until the French came up. Was Taking No Chances. One of Lucy's frlenda.was giving a Jlttle blfihday party for the little boys, and girls of the neighborhood, and of?Course the children were much excited about it, particularly as It wa? customary for ea^Ji li^le boy tp asC to take the Uttle girl he was most proud of. Several day8 passed and no one asked Lucy. And then one afternoon she came home from school In great glee. "Mother," she said, "I have asked Bobby to go to tho party with me.* Mother was shocked. "You asked Bobby to go with you J Why, Lucy, that wasn't a very nice thing for ydu to do. Bobby might prefer to take some other little girl." 1 "Well, you know, mother, '""Lucy re plied, "that's just what I waa afraid Of , The Airplane Runabout. At lost thero is befng produced in England a 'small airplane,' with wings extending bply 15 feet, ?or actually less thanthe \vlng extension of a real bird, the albatross. This, to be sure, would be a l^rge albatross, but cases have been known of these birds meas uring 17 and 18 feet from tip to tip. There is evident advance toward the day when anybody who can afford tl?p price will be able to own an airplane^ without the need of a special landing place for It. The one referred to can, It is claimed, come down In the street without blocking traffic any more than would a hay wagon on Its way to mar ket. Famous Generals. "Admiral Keyes of the Dover patrol, who landed at Ostend not long ago, was present at the siege of Peking Jn 1900. lie was then a lieutenant ntid naval A. D. C. to Hen. Sir Alfred Uuse tce, commandant of the British force, and in that capacity took pnrt in the famous march to the roilef of the lega tions. The Hrltlsh were the first to effect an entrance to the Chinese capi tal. which they did by the water gate under the city wall. Jlcsldes Admiral Keyes there were present two naval officers whose names have become famous (luring the war just ended ? Admirals Jellicoe and Jleatty. Too Old for Little Folk. An -Indianapolis teacher In the early thirties was recently transferred from the first primary to teach In one of the upper grades of the same build ing. Most of the youngsters missed her, hut It took little Curl L ? , a particularly bright youngster, to ex plain. "You see. Miss Anne used to tencH us in the first grade," he told one of the other teachers, "but. she Just got too old to teach the little children and had to go up to teach the big ones." _ c ' Opened by Mistake. I sent a friend of mine In the array a box of cookies, candy, and gum When It came he was on sentry duty Two of his friends opened the box and In the next letter we received he said: "Thnnks for the empty box ye? sent me." ? Chicago Tribune.? * * What He QoV Kind, Strange Old Lady ? And what did you get for Christmas, little boyl Little Iloy-? Why, I got dla-dla-dln? ?r. - ' f~ K H. O. L. ? Oh. tot, tot, my boy not urfu] y tfjt nhould say 'thla.* - Lfttto Boy-'-Woll, If you know M much about It I sot tfciaapooiatad, " :\.s. - jC t V .v Qfl?8XNti OF TI?li?W>N^^KIR* Komb?<iowii TJ*e IWi|<i of The Abbre viated Ow ? Utcai Whim of KMMm> ? ? * 'A; $ New York, April 21. ? The modes of Now York or* <juite *s eapridous ??> the weather No sooner is tf Mtylc launch ed and incepted thau something* uew at tract* the eye of tl*- dcsltuerH uud then Another uew m<^de. Such ban happeued with the |M>i>u)ar loaf, narrow skii t. No longer is the long skirt tbe smartest thing to wear. Bkirts are becoming short er. Tbi* change we may easily bold l*aris responsible for. Duriog the erase for tbe long ?kirt here, Paris shook her bead Id disapproval, feut now we are feeling tbe effects of her negative mien. Htreet dosses, suits, Evening guynfc, ev ery skirt is becoming shorter. This wiH bo a welcomed style, .for the discomfort | of tbe loug. tight akirt will be eliminated. The ?borter length wakes the skirt lass cumbersome about the ankle, thua afford ing -more freedom in walking. And free* dom in walking menus grace of carriage, | ho we herald tbo mode with u sigh of) content. | A Chic Design in Challis The same attitude that Paris took to ward the long skirt has been lavished ??n the straw' hat. Though New York is overrun with hats of straw reports from Paris say that in the restaurant and ota the street one sees little if any huts of straw The French wvmeu realize the folly of rushing the seasons and are cliugiug to their hats which are de veloped in fabrics. Of these satin seems to be the most predominate material used, and usually one finds ostrich trim ming present. If a touch of Spring^ desired the hats are graced with coquet tish little flowers in pastel shades. A myriad of designs are .offered in the fetching challis creations that promise to be an pssential part of the .summer ward robe. This soft woolen material makes i up in the prettiest of designs. If the. challis is of a plain color, then one deftly I embroiders it in silk or wool of a con trasting color. If it possesses pretty dots or delicatf stripe* then one add* u opl*j lar of wheOr <*rgaudie or ?oft- J4*i?a wkh cutf* ami * *axh to watch. " I>iW^I In ? <hallis frock one wear* a hat oi the Maine material which l? fat*<| w it !? *g?w or Mime contrasting material and complete* the costume with a chai lis |>?r?tH?1. \ Crook of foulard will he desirable, and a Paris designer prefept* do innovation in the looping four tlwft* of the back and front panel and bound io white at t ho edges. HOMK STILLS DANOKRODH limy l'eoalt|e<? For Thote Who Would Make Their Own Boose. '? Washington, April 23.-*~P*nioU* *b0 in iy he planning to make liquor iu their own hornet after national prohibition be vxhm'm effective July 1, are Co be warned by revenue authorities a* to the pena^ Hfti to which they wi4l bo subject. The internal revevnue bureau today pent to revenue collector* and agents a nummary of laws on the ?ubjf?rt, and penalties, with the suggest iou that tbey bo wade luuuhu widely. & The schedule of penalties fqr voriotia ; violations la as follow* t ? 1 'or failure to register still $300 pen alty, fine of between $100 and $1,000 and imprisonment of between one month aud two years; for making Jiquor in a coram unity where it is prohibited by local or state laws, tax of $1,000; for ..mlatiou war-time prohibition $1,000 due or one year fcnprftontnent or both ; for making a whiskey mash or a beer, tine of botWeeu $500 and $5,000 and imprisonment of between six month* and thrve years. Beer making come* within t Jje same prohibitions. ??? ? ? r* The Contest Is On. The Reds and Blues arc sursly buck ing each other and there are a number , of 1? vet wires on each side. We are ex pecting at leant one hundred ,-men at the A. T. Jamison Men's Bible Blass | at the Camden Baptist church at 10 o'clock Sunday mornirtg. The city of Orangdbftrg, with a population of about twice as many as Camden had an at tendance of 700 men -at the - Baptist Sunday School. <Wby cant' we do half as weB? Can't we oount on you lending u? your presence next Sunday morning? . Yours in the Master's Work, Committee. ' ? I- " ? ? Mrs. JLaura B. Nettles visited friend* in Lancaster during the past week. . - i ? ? lit ?? ? ? ? wp ? ?? ?? iwi* >? ? | ' Notice To Contractors. Bids will be received oh May 2nd, by ; H. G. Onrrlson, President of the Bank of Camden. Camden, S. S.', for rebuilds , ing their banking (building. Contractors desiring to bid may obtain plans and specifications from G. E. 1 -afayc, ' Archi- 1 tect, Columbia, 8. C, or from the Bank of Camden, Camden, 8. C. The right < is reserved to accept any or reject all bids. muws NOT W'Hkijj, ?t?V ? ?? ?? ?C^Oun llaaaflifclyw ?*?? To a* **| MomU tfiwuMm U?. i Columbia, April 21. ? A beeu Issued by the ^outh Carotto* c#. tou AHsociatlou urging the farmn* ^ to ?lH their cotton at present The follow*:- I 'The Bouth Carolina Cotton .Vvm>vu| tk^U wished to urge the fanner* not ^ sell their eottou $t tUis time even thoup| there ban been u #warked advance dur hi* Ihe paat ten day*. Thi* *dn?^_ Is very largely duo to (ho realta*}*] 'iu jfcey ^ that the cotton far?tr> are really going to reduce their ?mtn When the crop I* planted and it.H that th? acreage h?y actually beta #ced 83 1-8 per toeajtv Jibe price U r.| ins to fo very m&h higher*; "l?rice? prevailing today, especially ftkl off gjruflen, mean that auy wan who uQ^f hie cottojn at prevailing prices is ^ dering upon himself a tremendous lo* ( There is not a fetter investment ia tWi country today than 'to buy off grade .ton aV the vrcsent prices. Cotton fc I today sdling far below the price it wi&i briux when the world realise* what tiki true condition* arc in the cotton t*H and tb? actual reduction iu acreage. "The big cotton marketing corpQu tlon With a capital stock of flOQtOOOjOQcl or $200,(KX),000, now iu the proce^ oil formation, will have a very HtimnUfcT l n;; effect ?n the pricc and will rea?nl from the market some of the s>i>miU-| tors who have grown independent of j the poor fanner. ; "A New York paper say a it its erally believed in New York that wiii the advqqvo in- price of cotton the talk of aeeaago ? reduction will cease. W< ? do not believe the fanner is going to be fooled this time. H6 can reason for ] himself that if it should be true thu the advance" in mice h?? been - vfor the purpose of preventing acrea#' reduction, that the price would go devr| as soot) as the vcrop was planted "The association would warn the fu|| mers to remember the wanting of Go?, eruor Manning that a full crop meu> ] eight and ten cents a pound tot jm staple." m School District No. 42. J). T. Blackmon, Chairman. S. H. Thompson 18 IS I H. F. Bradley _ ? . ? . 12 10 | r>. T. Blackmon ? ^ 30 31 1a j. Watkins ; ? 9 ft T. A. Spears 15 IS J. R. Young ' . 10 20 ; C. Lv McGirt ? ? 13 8 S. C. WevsU- - -.- 91. 06.1 R. H. Bowers ,_i 10 8 : J, n. Ajttfrris 9 8 ] .1. \V. MoLain .1?-. 15 15 R M. Walters _v? 30 40 George ttoblnsou ? 15 12 T. (V Robin son ? 10 S l/. A. Robinson > 10 0 W. P. Bowcn ' -8 * A. J. Baker -50 II. B. Stevens ? 40 38 ?! Total ... . - - . U* 374 1 Acres Reduced 21. . ;| CAMDEN OPERA HOUSE Friday, April 25th The New York Big Laughing Snccess ? The Snappy Farce With Mnsic, ' NOT A MOVING PICTURE : - ?_* ? V _ _ PINK DEVIL'' - *? ? ? i ? ? ? . ... ? r ' \ ? Comedy, Pep, Song, Dance, Speed, Class with tKe'Ffcvorite Comedian LEONARD GROVER Assisted by the Singing Comedienne KITTY O'NEIL _ *; ^ And a Most Capable Company f Two and Half Hours of the Greatest Laughs JiLver. 14 Song Hits That Will Delight. A Whirl of Fun with Tinkling Tunes. ' ? Greeted everywhere fti one of the most entertaining shows of the season. Direct from Atlinta, Ga. Theatre OH, BOY! SOME SHOW! Prices? 50c, 75c, Si.OO, $i.so ^ y ^ ^ ? : : i ' ? -? ? ?a/ .+< >< a&eSQGBVB