Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY By Making Your Old Clothing Serviceable We are doing it for thousand** of other** ? why not tot you? We believe a trial will convince you. FOOTER'S DYE WORKS Cumberland, Md. Nitrate of Soda for sale at attractive price. Call and secure your requirements before all is gone. Camel Cotton Co. Phone 240 Crocker Bldg. The Interests of This Community Are The Interests We Uphold The. bank that grows and ex pands, is the bank that is vi tally interested in the success of its constituents and the pro gress and development of the territary in Which it is located and doing business. The First National Bank, while ii ruler national supervision, re cognizes that local demands sources. Your Business Success Som ? time you may learn that your business suc cess w a> determined l>y the fact that you had accumu lated a little money in the Bank. Having ready money at the right moment often means'success. A few dol lars in the Kank ma> be the beginning of your success. Have a Hank account and deposit a portion of your Ti)FoVnTr.*~tTui< aecumuFat mg a reserve fund for future iim\ The 1 > e s t time to <>pen an account is now. This Rank invites your business & Savings Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C. SAFE CONSERVATIVE Mr*, (joddard, granddaughter of William Cullen Bryant, who attended the ceremonies at Bryant pauk, New York, when a tree wax planted In memory of the itnuiortal poet. LIFE BATTLE WITH WILD CAT Young New Hampshire Guide Hat Thrilling Fight With Infu riated Animal. rage water, N. II.?UaftIIi\gVorfiTa life with a 40-pound wildcat that near ly tore free of a steel trap In which It was cauglit was the thrilling expe rience of Wilfred S. Morrill, a seven teen-year-old guide welt known to sportsmen who .make their headquar ters here. Young Morrill, while following a trail near the famous jCascade trout hrook, cajme acnws the tracks of a big cat. Morrill set a tjrap near one of the springs that feed the brook. The next day Morrill went to visit the scene. The bin cat was caught by one hind leg. As .the youthful guide l**nt over the stump to look at the trap the wildcat leaped at him, snarling and scratching and dragging the trap. with it. Morrill was- carrying a small rifle at the time and he wt\-s forced to battle hard weveral minutes with the Infuriated animal, Anally breaking Its neck with the butt of his rifle, which he used as a club. ? War Cost 35,380,000 Lives; Serbs Heaviest Sufferers Tin? totnl cost of the World war In II fen has reached the ap palling figure of 35, 380.000, ac eordlng to nual estimates by the Copenhagen society for the sjudy of the consequences of the war, and made public In London. These figures were reaehed aft&r an exhaustive study of the decrease In birth rates of the countries involved, as well as /ncrea.se fn deaths from causes directly attributed to Ihe war. Actual military deriths In kill ed totaled 0,820,(100 according to the report. Kach European nation involved \ost the equiva lent of 8.8 per cent of Its pop ulation from all causes. Each nation's actual killed equaled ?J. 5 per rent of Its population. Serbia was the heaviest suff erer of all the nations Involved in the war. VIENNESE EAT BREAD OF DEAD Census Brings Out Fact That Ration Tickets Exceed Population by 200,000. Vienna. Austria.? -While the recent ly completed eltv census showed VI p:ina t <? have a population of ap proximately l.KOO.OOO, It has heen dis covered that over ^.OOO.iMK) hrenr5 flak e's are in circulation. The loss on this excess ration Is estimated a^ I.inmi car loads of tlour a year. Die explanation Is that families tall to report deaths or departure of members to obtain tho a ' I ? I i ' I'll ttou for themselves or sell the tickets to t lefthaml trade. Th?? matter has heen ^?1 :? ? 1 in the bands of "the police for invest iiratlou ami remedy. Playing Tricks on Hawks Wry i.e. W. Va. ? Farmer* have fou-.il >; new way to eat? h chicken hawk* !n their lien yards. Steel traps Hi'" p'aced on top of pole*. placed in full view. The hawks alight <w? the poles and are cauuht. Winfs Money Put on a Ltve One. lav i eneehnry. Ind. ? Mrs. Winde L. Mveis, siiitiR to hreak t lie u ill of her fitiiet Itrscoe (J. O'lU m^ >m.v s her " ?"etl more m tl.c living titan 'u tie d ? ad o p.yne I. ft his estate to the c e<Jur cemelory. By MYRA C. MAJOR i, m Cwrlfhl, )?M. WmMrn N**?P?P?f UaUi^i) riicif wera hU boarder* ut the home of Mm. Lnetln Uowiwln ami theyj were ii cuiiifi'ii Ih I ii ltd pretty well satis ".?<1 Thru- w ; i s a Mr. fSjftl I (?ray ti ml hi* young wife. the iwi Mlww Ward, spinsters, Cordon Little iml .M 111.- I in H ? -? i ei . The J oinr,: mini In hi named \?'jih hi) liicliiMt rtnt engineer, tin' young !ady (in assistant bookkeep er, anil wlili tin in principally the Mors has to ? I ? >. The (ini\h had just Marled out hi iuurrled life. ijiirdoh Lisie was al the time working 0|> h Hillary timl Miss Korre*(,er was a beginner hi her then i ? 'si t i? mi. She mill the (Jraya "i'iv content to occupy ruonw on the third lliKir. while I, isle had an apart* iiii-iit in file halt nlllr. The Misses SVn.nl, liHYhiK an Ineome from a Hinall eMail*, were able to pa.v for uiof'e pre tentious quarters on the floor 'below, inn theae gratia* ttttfaua U1U uUt ?f fect the rpgttWf with which Mrs, (!ood wln considered llieui, All were wel come lo lh?' double p?irh?r on the first lloor, ami many pleasant cdncerl eve nlngs they passed, Mrs. (food win the deUgbtfHl hi^h of so much harmony and comfort, Millie at the piano, Lisle accompany inn her with his violin, t fit* spinsters always called ii|#*n for nn old I lint- due! find the (frays hif an ecstasy of enjoyment sen I intent ail l.v holding hands. it was when there was a break in this perfect circle that Millie grew sail and thoughtful ami the others lost their former home Interest. K. The youna man had told his friends enough to Imlieate that he IWid lingered In t'?e elty Jo contest a lawsuit whleh In volved a lnrge amount <|ue iihn from, Mil engineering corporation. The CAM went against him and he was a very much disappointed man/ "Somehow I lost all the hugafrtunt paper* -in the matler/' he told Millie sorrowfully the evening they parted. "I have got to ko hack to hard work, penniless and defrauded. It Is a dis appointment to have you go out of my life. Miss Forrester," he added with deep feeling, "for your company Imis been a pleasure and an Inspiration to me. I Ipive asked my .sister, Mrs. Harney, ro invite you to - Itrr hrnne, for she will inlss yoif, too. and it will he a solace to me to realize that you two are sometimes thinking of me." "I shall hover forget you," answered Millie with truth and emotion, and she broke down in tears after his de parture. Once a week after that on invitation Millie was an evening guest of Lisle- s .slater. They became true friends and more so than, ever when on one occa sion Mrs. Hartley told Millie that she was the only girl Gordon had ever loved and Millie, overcome, confessed that lu,? had won the affection she had never before revealed. in heart to heart sympathy those two read, the frequent letters the brother wrote to | Ids sister and they sent back messages of hope and cheer. Mr*. Goodwin, -the kindly landlady, t<s>U her first vacation in twenty years and by a mere coincidence exactly at the time that Millie was apportioned hers. A helpful Impulse came to the latter aftec she had decided that she would remain in the city during the two weeks spell of leisure. Mrs. (ioodwin had been kind and motherly toward her and Millie set at work to repay all her friendly consideration. The portly landlady did her best, but amid her multitudinous duties site neg J lected cleaning house that spring. 1 he vacant room that Lisle had occu pied had not found another tenant. In a systematic way Millie started to have a grand surprise for Mrs. (ioodwin when she returned. Mrs. (?rav gave her what assistance she could am] t lie cleaning up program was good practice for the bride of a' year and gave Millie a new Insight as to household work. Somehow it saddened, yet engrossed her to work in the r<k>m that Lisle had occupied. It had not been touch ed since his departure and he had left some framed pictures on the wall, there was an old' straw hat in a closet and in wastebaskei pencil sketches of bridge and conduit work that lie had mapped out. ( >n a window ledge Mil lie came upon a faded rose bud. She wondered if it was one she had worn in -her hair and gave to him one evening. Millie did not evade a thorough ren ovation Of the neglected room. There was ii wardrobe chest of drawers set '?? ii niche and all of these she dis lodged mid scrubbed and made sweet mid clean. A ? she was selling one bark in the place her eyes fell upon '| rn?sh?'i| package of paper* wcdircd _in behind lining board and th?. U.i '"i" "f the wardrobe. She drew it minutes later, hurrhjdly M"d nil ill :i flutter. Millie has tened f, o,n thr house t? seek the sK ler of the tii.in she loved. iihiv i>?? 1 1, * missing papers Miiir tn'-'hor xn /old i no nhoiif." spoke M i 1 1 j*? I>r?>nf|i|i'?ly. "Oil! if *<? do Hum 1 1 ? > T l,l<?ll SOIlH't liitlK to bitll?' niifl .Mi - r. irilry utt?'ri?<l a pin:! <vy n> Shclf-okc! till-Ill HVIT. "4 lit. Mitlir!" v|k? < ? r i t ?? I joyously, "thin :ir?? tin* pri-Hoii* ?]?H-utman'v in i ! \\ ?? must \vir?? (lorunn at unco Yot: jjlnri*,T:v ^trt t <">u 1 1 fl v i ? r>'-- ' ? ???? 1 his .f<>rt Hi '- ii n<l"? slit? pinisfil nil' Imw > t o\\ ??? I rpui Milii?* .hi ,ii'i ... ,?? glfllK'tV "V * ' replied .Millie fr?;r-.l> :? ri r* fervent l> ":m<i l? ?v ??. true :i*i4 i.i-?tiDy, as it wi< Uiit Imu agi?." Interim l?i Millard or I'oll Kouujm Ml Hi fr#m Piyyltnr Billiard* and Foal bi Publir Koom* In the City of Cam j den, NUto of ftouih Carolina : p o nt .1 ... .. , !y lie it ordained by the Mayor ti ml Ab | < Ion DiMi of tho City of Pa ludeu, State [of South Carolina, In Council a*aeiu i April, latb. )W0, j Scctlon I. That from and #ftcr the pastuitfo of thin Ordinance It ?hali bo unlawful for any minor under eighteen (18? year* of aire to enter and loiter In un.v billiard or jkm>1 room lu tho City of (\juulcu, C,, for tin- purjK>*e of playing billiard* or pool, wieh xauu x or any other therein. Section 2. That no proprietor or mantwi' of a billiard room or pool j | room within the City of Camden. .shall l)?rui!t a minor under t he au'e <>f t'U'lit ecu 1 ( IS i .wars to outer his place of hutflnea* for the purpose of, playing Milliards, ikk?1 or any ottor aatmyt therein, or of lolterlnK thoreln for tho |uu|h)m' of watching any game*. Section il. That any billiard or pool room In which minors under eighteen (1S> years of age Khali he allowed to loiter or to play names Is hereby de dared (o be a nuUamv. and the 11 <vnse tO the proprietor thereof he re voked at the descretlon of the City Council. , Section I. Tl.ti I any person vlo!al in* the provisions of thl^ Ordinance shall he fined upou conviction net in oft* than l-'oity Dollars ($40.00) or he lm prisoned not more than ten (10) days. That all ordinances or pautH of Or dinances or Am uieud men ts to i.Ordl- | nances. Inconsistent herewith, are here- j by repealed. vuroutia, rjth day of Vi-i ii u>'<? Atte.st, 11. Shinu-i..:, a W. J. Mayor of The City uf Caiudvu. J Nolle* To Debtor* and Crr^Jtac* All parties Indebted to the of U. A, McOaaklll, decea?*d, arfi^ by notified to make iwjbkmh t0 fe uudoratguod. and all partly ^,51 claims agttluut the said oatate *\\\ ^ sent them duly attested within HU, i[%t preeerlbedj by law, 0. IV MeCASKtU^ \ > J- <*. MeCASKllu Qualified Adndnlitfata* Camden, \H. Cm JvuV nth, uw. i ? ?...? ' '??/>.?. .V" V.' ?.*'? }' -V' . ,? ? " '. -:"-t Filial Discharge Noth-e is hereby gtVeu that month from this date, <?n Friday, July 2$rd. J 020, I will make to the Pnfttta Court of Kershaw County my fin) return us Administrator <>r the <st?ie of ltev. Waddy T. Duncan, dm*** and on the same day I will a|?ply to -a id tHmrt fw a flim I ?IUcliur^. ttJ . ;id AdmluUtrator. / - > I. M. V.UKKX, Camden. S. C., June 22nd. 1820. Final Discharge i l5 Notice Is bere*?y given tlmt ot* month from this date, on Friday, Jul* '28rd, 10^0. I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw Couixty ihy final s I una rfs Administrator of the estate of Mrs. HelKH-i-.i (i. Duncan, deceased, and on the same day I will ai>ply to the said Court for a final dUcliargo n -aid Administrator. J. M. (UiKKN. Camden, S. C.. June 22nd, 1920. i ' v ' --- ? ? ' ? Insurance We write Fire, Life, Accident, Live Stock, Hail, Plate Glgss, Automobiles, Parcel Post and Burglary Insurance; furnish fidelity and surety bonds and sell Real Estate. We thank those who have so liberally patronized us, and will appreciate any busi ness you place with us. ? ' ' ' ? ? '? CAMDEN LOAN & REALTY CO. I. C. HOUGH, Manager i ? ' ; ? - v ? ? ?? - . i' .. . -_r -t .'V. w ? Protects mortgaged real estate. ."WV.'ii . "Life" Policy pays the mortgage If the bor rower dies. It gives him time to discharge ? * * ? the obligation if he dies. An "Endowment", ? , ' i Policy pays off the mortgage whether th& borrower lives or dies. ... Southeastern Life Insurance Co Id- -st, -4- -+?* ? ? L. A. McDowell, Agent > ? V# Service and Quality We established our business on the principle of eing fail with our customers, giving' them full value for the money they leave with usf We have continued that policy throughout the yems we have been serving you, and we are purging ft moie persistently than ever in this era of price in ation today. But we never lower the standard of our-j goods. i On this high plane of commercially we solicit c your patronage. , ' Brace s Pure Food Store PHONE 66 ?