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Carbon Papers at This Office VUMJMM xxid. OAMPmt, KWTH OABOMNA, OCTOHkh ?, ivu, NUMHKR 1M attend the Kershaw . , X I II I 1 I I I !U1 ? County FAir, November 8th To IOth, 1911 CAMDEN CITIZENS FAVOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP HLBCTION YUBTKKUAY GO EH OV KKWHKLMINULY IN FAVOR OF CITY OWN8R8H1P. The election held yesterday up on the question of confirming an ordinance passed by the City Coun cil of Camden, tlie 30 th day of Aug ust, 1911, granting exclusive fran chises to the, Camden Water and Light 'Company to furnish water for domestic purposes and for fire protection for the city of Camden, and for furnishing electric lights to the city of Camden and the inhabi tants thereof, for a period of twen ty years from the date of said or dinance resulted in a large major ity) against the said franchise be ing granted. Out of 143 votes poll ed there were 120 In favor of mu nicipal ownership and 23 against. _ The vote by Wards Is as fol ic V/s: Ward 1. For Franchise . . ..4 Against Franchise 11 Wwrd 2. .. 1 For Franchise . . ? . . . f Against Franchise . . . . .. . IS' Ward 9. For Franchise .... . . . .. 10 Against Franchise . < . . ... 46 Ward 4. - Tor Franchise .. .. . . , JB AgalnstFranchlse ? . ? * ? ? 26 Ward 5. _ , For Franchise . .. .. .. 0 Against FiranchJse .... . . . .1? Ward ?. For Franchise . . . 0 Against Franchise ....? LUGOFF yicws. Lugoff, 8. C., Oct. 4. ? Misses Minnie Craig Taylor and Jean Lind say, of Camdeq, spent Sunday with Mrs. Jas. Team. Messrs. A. P. Jones, E. S. Gard ner and W. L. Jones spent last Thursday in Columbia. Miss Nina Jones and brother went tp Columbia, where Miss Jones will spend a few days. Miss Sara Gardner spent Satur day in Camden with Miss Bessie Roberts. ^ i Mr. R. A. Vaughan was In Lugoff Wednesday. Mr*,- W> L. Klnard and mother . spent? Wednesday with, relatives at " Lugoff# i MIbs Ada Graham Is visiting Mrs. ' J. S. Hammond. Mrs. A. B, Rabon*. Jr., of Ben nettsville, Is visiting relatives at Rabon's Cross-Roads. Mr. and Mr^ A. C. Mason ,havs returned home after several weeks stay with relatives In Blaney. Mr. E. W. Rabon and Miss Ethel i'ursley were In Lugoff Friday. Miss Maud Hlnson spent a short while with friends at Lugoff Mon day. Miss Maud Kelly, of Columbia, Spent Monday with Miss Maud Hln son. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cameron spent Sunday In Camden with relatives. - Mrs. Vlctsr Ward spent Wednes day shopping In Camden. vMlss Ella Twltty and sister, Miss faille Truesdell spent Wednesday in Camden. ? Mrs. J. F Burdell, of Wilson, N. ^ C? Is visiting relatives In Lugoff. Harmony Presbytery. Harmony Presbytery met in Cam den' on Tuesday last. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. ?. R. Woodson, of the Manning 'Pres byterian Church fit 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. All the ' ses sions of this noble body of Chrie tlan workers o been exceedlng ly Interesting, and many able eer? ~ mons have been preached. Theif coining together here has been, a ft eat meml and religious uplift to the community. It was Camden's gain to have these earnest Chris * Unn workers with us, and we shall welcome the day when Harmony An auto party consisting of Mee d?mes H. Watklns, W. F. Ma lofle, W. O. Wilson,, Misses Hetta Wilson, Oralis Math Is and Mr- H. L> Watklns will go over to Colum bia i this evening to see "Madam Sherry**' KN1>8 IN M1HTKIAL Jury UMbi? to Hmsch AfrwwtBt in UM Omw. Columbia. B. C., Oct. J.-? After nearly thirty - five hours delibera tion upon the testimony and the law a Jury of it oltUeaa of Richland county declared Itself tble morning unable to reach an agreement ae to whether L. W. Boykln, J. B. To will and W. O. Tat urn, former atate dis pensary officer*, are guilty or not guilty of the . charge of conspiracy to defraud the State in the purchase^ of 31,000,000 labels for the old State dispensary from Nivlseen Welskopf Company, of Clnolnuatt, In the early part of X90B. Judge Wilson expressed his re gret that no agreement could be reached, but refrained from oonsure or criticism and discharged the pa nel. it is understood Uxat the Jury stood ten for acquittal and two for couvlctlon up to the time of the convening of court at 10 o'clock this morning. The trial of these former officials of the dispensary was commenced list Tuesday morning, both the State and the defense being repre fcii cd by a distinguished array of legal talpnt. A Sad Death. After a long illness or typhoid fw ver, James B. Cureton, Jr., the 8* year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James JB. Cureton, of our city, died on Sat urday laat, October 1st. Ddath is1 'always sad, but this one is especial ly grievous to his devoted parents, who have: the sympathy of our en tire Community in their bereave | ment. The body was carried to Lib ! erty Hill on Sunday for burial. ~ New Bank Now Open. ? >1 The Loan & Savings Bank* Cam den's new Bank .opened up for bus iness on Monday morning last with Mr. John S. Lindsay, as cashier, and Mr. Steve Perrjr, assistant cashier. | The new Bank la occupying the Savage bulldlhg otT Main street, re cently vacated by the Camden Motor 'Company. The officers will be glad lor you to drop In and see them. The place Is very attractive; there Is an air of ease and cordiality about the place that Is quite pleas ing. ~ Camden now has three splen did Banks. ? - HEAVY LOSS BY frlltfe. Citizen of County Has Barn And Contents Destroyed. Mr. W. J. Langley, who operates the Kershaw County Turpentine /Dlstiiisiy, and who resides neai^ i\duias' Mill, a few miles east of Camden, had the misfortune of los ing his barn and contents last Sat urday night about 10 o'clock. About 10,000 bundles of fodder, two wagons, a new buggy, and oth er farming Implements were con sumed, besides one of the finest ? horses 4n the county valued at $500. Mr. Langley sucoeeded In getting the horse- out of the barn, '.but It got away "and ran back into the burning building. The loss Is an exceedingly heavy one as there, was . no Insurance on the building. We have been unable to learn the oHgtn of the fire. Many Autos la The State. Reports received at the state de partment of agriculture show 1,553 automobiles 4n ten oountles of the state as follows: Dorchester, it; Lancaster, 69; Greenville, 419; Pickens, 83; , Bamberg, 68; Ker shaw, 77; ?aurens, 117;', Sumter. 308; Aiken, 117; Clarendon, 161. It Is very probable that the com plete reports ' will show at least 7, 000 automobiles tn use In the State. The reports are being furnished by the clerks of court. ? State. ^ .. : Meeting of Poplar Camp Woodmen of the World* The regular meeting of Poplar Camp Woodmen of the World waa> held on Monday night last. There ?fta quite a full attendance and one new member was initiated. This Is one of the beet Camps In the county. -The meeting Monday night waa very interesting to every one prseent except one ? he who was be ing Initialed. It Is believed, how* ever, that he will get over it. But Ureal goottl that last degree! CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DISCUSS MANY MATTERS AH MY AVIATION HUHOOL AND KXPJ&KUMKNT STATION HAY liOOATK AT OAWHHf. At the meeting o f the Cuui don Chamber of Commerce held Wed nesday afternoon a letter waa road from General Allen, chief of the Unl tfR} State# signal corps, who stat ed that the war department would consider Camden In choosing the winter headquarters for the army aeroplanes used In the signal corps and aviation school. Camden baa a number of advantages to offer the government and the Chamber of Commerce will pull hard to land the sohool. if Camden succeeds it means that a number of army oft ficeris and skilled mechanics will winter here. The Chamber of Commerce has agreed to give Its share toward the fund being raised to send the champion member* of the Boys' Corn Club to Washington. The Secretary was told to notify C. B.( Haddon at - Clemson College that Camden was ready to help. The government will not pay the ex* penses of the boys at Washington this- yoAr. ? . , : . " " j A letter was read from the gov ernment engineer in oharge of the river work in this state stating the Wateree river's appropriation wfll have to pay for another anag boat to be placed on the Wateree river In place of the "Wateree," which worked the river here some time ago land was sunk by accident. Vy The matter of locating one of the'Clemson college experiment sta tions here was discussed, and it seems that Camden .has an excell ent chance of obtaining It. . Rev. R, B. Sharpe made a speech in reference to the proposed elec tric railroad between Camden and Sumter. Mr. Sharpe hopes to or-< ganise a company and make a sur 1vey of ? the proposed line - so ae estimate the cost of construction, etc. John T, Nettles, Dr. A. W.^ Burnett. Ja*. H. Burns and M. H." )Heyman were appointed a commit tee to look Into the matter and (make a report at the next meeting. The proposed line would run through an undeveloped country. A committee was appointed - to < confer with city council in refer ence to the Insurance license c'utrged here. FOR HIGHER PRICE. CHtsras of Northwest Kershaw Meet and Poos Resolutions. A meeting of the eotton growers of the northwestern section 6f tho county was held at the 8C's school house last Tuesday night to con sider plans for holding their cot ton Mr. D. R. Fletcher was elect ed president of the mooting and made a stirring address In which he detailed the plans outlined In the Columbia meeting. The follow ing resolution was adopted and signed by those whose names are appended; "Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that on account of the depressed con dition of the price of cotton, we will, in so far as it lies *ln our power, not offer any for sale until the price ad vances." Signed: D. R. Fletcher, H. C. Broughton, T. W. Catoe, William Goats, J. B. Coats. P. ?. Jones. D. H. Coats, L. E. Elliott, R. B. Falk enberry, W. A. Fletcher, D. O. Ca toe, D. A. Baker, C. M. Broughton, D. W. Ogburn, W. M. Falkenberry. J. A. McDowell, P. A. McDowell, A. R. Hough, .T. P. Ballard. Martin Cauthon, W. W. Croxton, O. W. Mobley, W. P. Catoe, J. W. Truee dale, O. U Falkenberry, H. C. Fal kenberry, J. W. Young, W. M. Gay, I. A. Gay. J. Robt. Magill, Eman uel Wright, J. Williams, W. B. Fletcher, Jo? .Fletcher, Thos. Wil liams, J. C. Falkenberry, B. H. Ca toe. W. O. Hough, T. H. Young, J. R. Coats, J. K. Horton, L. C. Cau tben, Z. I. Broughton, Wylie Falk enberry, Hardy Thorn, J. B. Dixon *nd 0. T r Falkenberry, Lost on Thursday morning on the road between Camden and Adams' pond, I 31 calibre revolver, made by U. 8. Revolver Co. Reward if re 1 tbrned to Tke Chronicle offfee. . - ? ' * ? . ' SOUTH CAROUNA NEWS HEMS IN PARAGRAPHS HAPPENING* OF INTKKKHT IN THK HTATK OATHKKKD KHOM OVH KXrUANOKH. Bob McCullough, a Chester negro, wub Hhot and killed by Arthur Mc Kown, The Palmetto National Bank of Columbia, will build a 14 ' story building. The residence of R. L. Crawford In Lancaster was destroyed by fire last week. Sam Drayton, colored, was killed fry a Charleston & Western Caroli na train at Allendale. The Pee Dee Presbytery has re cently launched a campaign to se cure 9200,000 for educational pur poses. .John C. Bonder, a member of the Charleston baseball team, suc cumbed to heart failure at Domon ton, Can. 6 a A mad dog bit a number of chil dren at Heath Springs. The chil dren were sent to Columbia for treatment. Bias Suber, a negro, who shot and filled J. P. Bouknlght, at Blalrs several days ago has been captured and lodged in Jail at Wlnnsboro. - Postal savings banks will be es tablished October ,30 at the follow ing places in South Carolina: Lex ington, Nlnety-iSlx, BateBburg, Kan ley, Leesvllle and Latta. ? Harvey Mlley, and H. D. Smoak. of Walterboro,u became Involved In a quarrel. Mlley drew his knife, and slashed Smoak several times, Jnfllctlng several wounds. f Tom Wltherspoon, colored, shot bj^ Lixle Hutchinson at a construc tion camp of the lnterurban road near Piedmont, died In Greenville. The woman has been arrested. A. O. Furman has beeh elected presi dent of the OreenvlUe board of tifade. ?Fourteen person* in tho families o* Alva aau it'ruua. McCoy, neur Oa wego, Sumter county, and four ser vants, were made"seriously ill after eatlag ic? cream. Two of the par ties were critically. Ill for a time. Dr. C. J. Lemon of Sumter, accom panied by nurses went to attend the tiufferers, All the plans for the fair week automobile races are about com pleted. Entry blanks hum been mailed to all the leading manufac turer's and in a few days the Auto mobile Club of Columbia will hear from them in regard to the entries they %rlll make. ? i Fay, the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Smith, of Easley, who was struck by an au tomobile last Tuesday, died Sunday morning at the Greenville hospital, where the was taken. She had been unconscious since tho accident three" and a half days ajfo. Trials of the aeroplane buUn-jer, Invented by John P. Tarbox, of Georgetown, s. O., have been made at College Park near Washington. tAvaltor Richer tested the device lu several flights and It proved emi nently successful. It has not been tried In a wind blowing more than t.wenty miles an hour and tests, un der more difficult conditions are yet to, be made. In an attempt to board a south bound Southern railway train Wed nesday night at Taylors, eight miles north of Qroenvllle, Edmond C. Big ham, residing in Greenville, fell be neath the wheels and had his left nrm ground off. He Ib a brother of Dr. C. C.VOlgham who, together With W. B. Avant, was sentenced to the penitentiary for the murder of Mrs. C. C. Bigham at Murrol's inlet several years ago. Mrs. A. H. Bowen, wife of Dr. A. H. Bowen, died suddenly at her home at Rldgeway last Saturday. She had been In feeble health for some time, but the end came quite unexpectedly and was a shock , to the feomm unity. She was 6K years of age and a consistent member of the Baptist church. She Is surviv ed by her husband and three chil dren, B. H. Bowen and J. A. Bow en of this place and Mrs. B. 0. Hor ge r of Butawviile. In the court of oommon pleas Fri day, at? Wlnnsboro, Mrs. Mary J. Carter, administratrix, was awarded ?12, boo for the killing of her hus band by a locomotive of the South ern Railway Company. The intes tate was a mute and was knocked down and killed by the train of the defendant while walking along the traek, the accident oocurring be-J tfreen Woodward and Biaekgtoek a few month# ago. After the cloee of plaintiff's testimony n motion Nvas Interposed for a non-suit, bnt wag refused. A motion to grant a new trial will be nrprued lnt?r by defendant s counsel. - * ??'X ADMIRAL SCHLEY DEAD. Hero of Santiago Stricken in New York Street. New York, Oct. 2. ? Rear Admiral Wlnfleld Bcott Schley dropped dead today near the corner of Forty-4th street and Fifth avenus, While on Ms way downtown. , He had been out of town over Sunday, and on his return here had (one to the New York Yacht Club on West Porty-4th street. After a short etay at the club, Admiral Schley started to walk along Forty 4th street, toward Fifth avenue, when he wai taken 111. A hurry call was sent for physicians, but before aid could reach him, the ad miral was dead. / Admiral Schley was born In Fred* erlck county, Maryland, In 1839. Af ter graduating at Annapolis In 1860 and serving during the War of Se cession In minor capacities, he was commissioned In 1866 as lieutenant, commander. SHOPPING BY MAIL. Hirsch Bros. 4k Co. Inaugurates a New Department. For the benefit of their out of town customers, the enterprising! firm of Hirsch' Brofc, A Co. have' inaugurated a mall order, depart ment at their popular store. They have recently had published a handsome "Fashion Book for Fall and Winter" andlt Is furnished, together with mail order blanks, free for the asking. fVCall on them when in town or write them for one. They offer an absolute guar antee that If you are not perfect ly satisfied with any artlele re turn same to them at their ex pense and your money .will be im mediately refunded. This reliable firm la using the advertising columns of The Chron icle this week with a handsome r.uw ad and Have something Inter esting to tell you about clothing. "Meet Me at The Big Store" is their slogan and you will do well io see them before buying Fall and winter goods. To Celebrate Silver Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Chi* W. Birch iuore have issued handsome invi tations to the anniversary of their silver wedding, next Friday even ing. The following is the invitation sent out; "1886? 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. , W. : Birch more request the ton or of your presence at the twenty fifth anniversary ot their marriage, at their res idence, 1110 Third Avenuo? : Fair, Camden, South Carolina, October thirteenth, nineteen hundred arid eleven, from 8:00 to 1:10 IH Mr. Charlsl. Whttaker Birohmore. Mies Eva Bell Sligh." ? ^ ^ House and lot of D. E. Hinaon on DeKalb Street. Also house and lot of W. H. Ball* on Mill Street. For terms apply to O. P. DuRosa. Afeut. NMW COTTON PKttT. Amy Worm Dot*** UrMl Umuai* ta i fttoctiojM of JHuufr Count jr. A new And dlsaatrous ptx?t bM lately utad* it* appearance in the cotton field* In aeotlon* of this eoun ty, a peet which. If reporta are cor rect, may be even more dlwtrom than the boll weevil. Thla peat It the army worm. It la a small green worm which breed* very rapidly and tnovea from one field to another a* aoon aa the field haa been eaten over. jThe wormti come in great number* according to reporta an<f strike a cotton field one day and In a day's time nothing but the bare atalk and empty limb* of the cotton plant la left, for all of th# green vegetation on the cotton plant la eaten and the plant la left atrlpped by the destroying pest*. It waa reported that the worm* have appeared In great number* be* tween Sumter and Mayeavllle and the cotton flelda along the route have suffered Immensely from the visitation. All of the top crop of new cotton waa totally deatroyed in the flelda vlalted by the worm* which, traveling from atalk to atalk, go a mile t^ a mile and a half each day on their destructive march. ? Sumter Dally Item. REPORT OF THE GINNERS SHOWS AN IMMFNSE CROP LAROK NUMBKK OF BALKS AIi 1U?A1>Y tilNNHl) l*OIN1)B TO LAKOK V1BLU THI8 WAR. Waablngion, Oct. V. ? ludiuatlona that thw cottou crop of the prneot noaaou will be one of th* largest on record were born* out today by the cenaua bureau finning report which ahowed a total ot 8, 868,066 running balea ginned prior to Sep tember 26. Tbla waa 1,300,000 balea more than gluned to tbat date year ago, and 1,000,000 balea more tbau ginned to tbat date during any prevtoua year for which record* have been kept by the cenitfua bu reau. The largeat Increaae In ginning* during the period were reported from Texaa, Georgia, South Carolina Alulmuia and North Caroling. For the 21 working daya alnce the lapt glnniug icport, September 1, an av*, eruge of 137,703 balea wero ginned. This waa 44,000 balea more a day than In 1910; 34,000 more than In 1900 and 1906;. 61,000 more than In 1907, and 66,000 more than In 1906. The report, giving .amounta In running balea, counting round bale* aa half bale*, with compara? tlve iitstlatlca to the oorreaponding date for the paat three yeara and the percentage of the total crop* of thoae yeara ginned to September 26 tor North and South Carolina la aa followa: North Carolina, 163,642 balea aa compared with 46,061 balea m 1910, when 6.1 per cent waa ginned; 80, 498 In 1909, when 12.7 per cent, waa ginned, and 89,063 balea In 1908, when 13 per cent watt ginned. South Carolina, 3 3 & ,111 compared with 160,631 balea In 1910, when 13.3 per cent waa ginnod^ 266,401 bale! iu 1909, when 26.1 per cent, Witg ginned, and 289,960 bales In 1908, when 23.8 per cent was gin ned. OMCRA ATTH/lCTKhVH. Manager Has Good 1'Ujh 11<h>K<-<1 For Coming Season. ? ? * ' ' ^ Mr. J. J. Qoodale, Manager of the Opera House, has some rare treats tn store for the theatre-goers of Camden In the high class shows that will be presented during the com- ? Ing season. Amdng the attractions booked for the month of October are: ? "The Dandy Dixie Minstrels," ? Monday, Oct. 9. "The Manhattan Opera Company' ? Oct. 11 and 14. ''The Man on the Box"? Oct. 17. "Gnuistark," ? Oot. fi. \ ' "The Girl and tba Tramp"? Oct, H: ? ? - "Coburn's Minstrels" ? Oct. 10. Easily the greatest, of Its kind ap propriately may be applied to II. Voelckel's famous all colored "Origi nal Dandy Dixie Minstrels, whloh, company of singers, dancers, and real comedians, will be the next at traction at the Opera House, Mon day night, Oct, 9th. Nothing has been spared by th.J management to make the engage ment the treat of the year. James Crosby, pronounced by the ablsst critics to be the best delineator of ^genuine negro comedy In the coun try, heads the troupe which should * be a sufficient guarantoe In Itself. The band of SO musicians, Ooorga (Taylor, John Pamplin, Dixon aad White. Charlie Chicken Jones. Kug fene Hellman, Arthur Brooks, and a (monster street parade are a few of the other noteworthy attractions ot tered by the company. ( Entire gallery will be reserved for. bolored people. . > < For B? tile's Burial. Richmond, Vs., Oct. l.-r-lt was re ported today that,- the cemetery committee of the RlfeVmond city oounoll. In secret session a week ago took a special action to permit the family of. Henry C. Beattle, Jr., to bury his body la the Maury cem etery bora If he Is electrocuted on November 94 for the murder of hie - wife. The Boattle family llree la South Richmond but thslr burial plot la la the Richmond cemetery, and there Is a city ordinance which prohibits the burial of noa-resldents %Mr*?