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MOTH Kit DtPIjANCK DKAI>. NoUblo Klfure Hud Been VI nit or T? _ Cajufoi for MPiilhf For several week* Camden entertain* oft a distinguished visitor unaware*. Uov, Mother IH?l'lattck whh the gu&t of Mlaa l>. W.Hrown at ** Villa Hone land" In this city for almost a mouth. A remarkable iiernonamy, her life was rich In good work*, say* one who know hor, Mini ii h tlio following from tho Ashevllle ('llbseu, of Monday, Jan. 4, will hIiow. liefore who founded St. < lonevleve < 'olloKe, in Asbovllle, Mother DelMatick IimiI Instituted tliroo houses of education In Fngland 0110 for daughter* of ollloerH of tho army, ono for daughters of tho Fngllsh nobility, iiimI Hillside ( Jon von t umlor tho Kin prcsx Fuge lie's imlronago '? ?Tin' ItOv. Mother l>oplanck, head of tho Slaters of Christian Hducatioii in the I'nttoit States, ninl mothor su perior of Saint (leuevleve's yplleKo of this city, died Ml St. Agnes' hospital, Haltlmoro, curly yesterday morning. Tho deceased tun I boon taken to Hal tlmorc for troMtmont following com plications in tho wake of m scvoro cold, lty those who wore clone to Mothor I >cpla nek It Is known (hut tho war in Furopo weighed heavily ?>ii hor mind bcca use of the fact that she had broth ers and nephew* In the French army. She inlked constantly about the war, and a prayer for |k?uco was over ujm?ii her lips. "Sii/jinue Josephine Louise Heplanck was horn at Lille In the north of France, May 21. IKT>7. J^hc belonged to n wealthy and distinguished family and ns a young girl evinced those qualities <>f |K'rsoiial chiirin. deep! plct\ and rare intellhrcncc which In later life dovoh)|M?d Into the splendid personality which drew so many friends around her In Abbeville. When she declared hoi* desire to become a sister of the Order of Christian Fducatlofi her family urged liei: to reconsider, and exacted a promise from her that 1 she would wait four years before en tering the convent. 1 Miring these four years her family took the young girl j traveling and surrounded her with ev- j cry luxury which wealth could afford. Hut she never swerved from her pur pose: she declared thai she felt called to ii life of service and sacrifice. She entered the novitiate in 1N75> and took the final vows of the order '"August 'J4, ISM. "In INNp. Mother l)(>planck was made j superior of the Hillside convent found ed at Farnsborough. Filmland, and for eighteen year's she gave to Its develop incut the strongest efforts of her life, succeeding in a marked degree, and making It one of the most important schools of the order, and one of tin" best known Catholic institutions of learning in Fnglaml. At Farnshorough. ! she became a close friend of the Km- j press Fugcnic, enlisting tlie hitter's] Interest to such an extent that the! empress never failed to lie the personal friend and patron of the convent and school In t Mother I>eplauck vis ited America and again in t !H Ht. It was\ in the latter year that she and flic mother general, of Hclglum, came to Asheville, nnd Mother I'cplanck f?*l t keenly the call of tlie mountains. In 1!M?7 Mother Ocplam-k volunteered to lead a little band of sisters from Hel g i u 1 1 1 to the Fulled States. < >n .Jan uary (i, IPOS, .she opened a littl'e school on Startles avenue, naming it Hillside eou vent, after the school ;?( Farnshor oiurh I nder her iiianagement the school ^rew constantly, and in lti|i) she purchase) I ictoria inn and established Sa i III < rvliev ieve'.s college. Mil institu tion which has become well and favor ably known throughout the Fliited . States. "Mot her Hcplnrick had many traits of character which drew innumerable friends ;i round her. the most note worthy being her boundless charily and inexhaustible generosity. Fukuowit to tlie greater portion of Ashcv ille's popu lation. Mother Heplauck performed many good deeds among the poor of the city an<l this section. < Ine of her last utterances was a request fo the etYeet that no flowers be sent for her in PERSONAL MENTION. Item* of Inttr^it Gatherodby Our Reporter!. ? - ? ? ? --?1 - 1 A handsome iiostoltioe building l? Hearing completion at UonuotUvllle. Mr. U. II. KttUU). who Uuh Ihhmi in Now York for some time, has return ed to Camden. Mrs. T. Jtevls Porehor and hoii, of Ml Pa ho, Texas, are vlsUlng the family of Mr. Haui viol iloyklu. Henry Oregory, of l^aiit aater coun ty, tlitMl as the romdt of injuries sus tained from h falling tree. Mr. ami Mr*. T. W. Watern ami ohlh (Iron, of ltcthuno, ure visiting Mr. and Mrs. I*. T. liradloy this woek. Miss Mva (IrltHtli, who has been visiting Mi*h. I ten toil Htieorn, loft this week for her home In Jefferson. Emory Turner, a young white man, aged IN years, committed aulclde at llni'tsvillo Monday hy taking |h>1soii. Mr. H. 1*. Fa trey, of Manning, 1m spending some time at the homo of his daughtor, Mr*. C. \V. Fvans, on Fair Ml root . Oov. lileiisc htiH appointed J. 1). CoiM'land. Jr., clerk of court of Bam berg county iik successor to W. K, Froo, resigned. . Percy Thompson, giving his homo ax , Montreal, Canada, foil under a train jat Ahhovlllo Thursday and had hoth 'arms out off. Mrs. Valentino Nesblt, and koii, Kji I i >1i. of Itlrmlnghaui, Ala., are vialt I uk the family ??f Mr. and Mrs. (': J. Shannon, Jr. Churles Howard and Thomas No lo ml, the yegguien jmroled hy (iover nor Please, have been re-arrested and are held on Fedora I charges. [ Mr. ami Mrs. J. A. Shaw, of Kor-' shaw, siM'iit a couple of days the past w??ek with the family of their son, Mr. I,. C. Shaw. In this olty.' Mr. and Mrs. It. L. llonton have movod from tin* Mat his cottage on La Fayotto avenue, to. tlio reshlenoo on I HcKalb street recently vaoatod by Dr. I J. ('. l*oa roe. Mr. ami Mrs. M. 11. Mettetal, who have Um'Ii visiting Mr, and Mrs. S. \V. Parker, on I .a Fayette avenue, have re turned t*> their home in Jacksonville, Florida. ('apt. M. I<. Smith, by invitation of the family, will he in Columbia today t ? > tivko part In the memorial exorcises to Judge Finest (iary before the Su preme Court of South Carolina. The many friends of Mr. II. L. Watklns will regret to learn that he has boon quite 111 at his home in Cam don for the past few weeks. As soon as his condition will permit ho will bo j carried to a hospital for treatment, j Miss Nellie Man, of Hendersonville, j N. Mr. J. C. Man, of Wichita Falls, I Texas, and attorney W. F. Weeks, of j Wichita Falls, were in Camden this week to look after the sale of the Man property. .Miss Bi'irdetto Parker, who lias boon I with the Schlosburg department store [for the past several months, has re ' signed her position and returned to her J home at Lugo IT. While here she made : many friends who regret to see her i leave. ' Jiimes T. Carberry, an eighteen year old son of farm demonstration agent ? Carberry. of Henufort. was shot and ' seriously wounded by a policeman at that place while pulling off a New Year's prank. Mr. Fve. Jr.. who left with his fam i ily last week for "Beaufort to reside, has rented his handsome bungalow, facing the Court Inn. to Mr. Crapo C. Smith, and family of Detroit and Bos ton. who will be down for the winter funeral, but that the money which might have been s|>enf therefor should be given to the poor. It was always her boast that the people of Ashevllle were close to her heart and she will be sadly missed hy the members of her order, her pupils and her friends in this section." LET US INSURE YOUR PROPERTY AND LESSEN YOUR WORRIES. Our Fire Insurance Agency, pro tected by strong, conservative com panies, warrants your confidence and patronage. Kennedy & Carrison hvumuu ami will occupy thin home. Mr*, Hcrtha Atkinson, wlf? of Fur nhau Atkinson^ of the HlUottu uectton of Lua County. <*>rmnUtntt<l arttchl** lat* Wednesday afternoon of hint week by shooting herself to the head with a shotgun, HI health Ik given an the cause of the deed. The feal estate agency of 'Kennedy St Shaw thin week dlNponed of the old Man homeatead hoUI Monday to Mr. 8. Helton Heard to Mr. T. I*. Brown, who resides a few mile# eaat of Camden, The price paid wan $1,500. The home In now occupied by Mr, Brown, who liaH moved to Camden, for the acliool facllltlea. . Tax Collections. M County Treasurer D, M. MeCasklll reports tho following tax.en collected since December 10, lt>14 ; State , 1,073.04 Ordinary Count* 7,822.52 Special County 5,158.82 Hoad 4,807.43 8 Mill Hchool .5,158.82 S|HH'lal School 6,207.77 Pull .. 370.00 Capitation ltoad 502.00 I >og 60.50 Total $39,038.50 111 Bankruptcy. The Knterprtae Mercantile Company, of tbls city, yesterday went into vol untary bankruptcy, owing to a pressure of rredltors. Attorney W. B. de Loach lias charge of the affairs of the bank rupt firm. Wc learn that there Is a probability of the ttrm making satis factory arrangements, and that they will probably reojien soon. The Five and Ten Cents titore of I). \V. Kodgers, doing business on South Main street made an assignment to Attorney L. A. Kirklaud this week. UNION MKlfriNO SUNDAY" Evening at Beptlst Church in Interest of KliminatiiiK Whiskey Traffic. In pursuance of the policy adopted by the teiu|>erance forces throughout the state of South Carolina, a union meeting will be held at the Baptist Church Sunday evening, January 10th, in the interest of a movement now on foot to petition the Legislature to pr<v vide for an election on State wide pro hibition early in the fail. It Is earnest ly desired that every citizen in Camden he present at this meeting. Several prominent business men will be on the program and make speeches. .1. A. I). Mt. i'leasant, Mich. ? Mrs. Warren Johnson, 82, is probably the oldest newspaper reporter in the country. She has been rei>orting for 40 years and btill writes good stories. Los Angeles, Cal. ? Aaron Misenhelm er, 02 years old, is accused by his wife of being infatuated with nnother wo man. Supervisor's Monthly Report. The following Is a lirft of claims ?passed upon and ordered paid by the Commisioners of Kershaw County in session, Monday, January 4th, 11)14 : W. A. McDowell. salary $40.20 Luther Truesdell, salary 30.00 W. E. Kelley. salary 31.00 I'*. L. Truesdell, salary 43.00 M. L. Haley, salary ......... ~...moo II. D. Heath, salary 31.50 J. 10. Copeland. salary 37.50 .lames T. Truesdell. salary 30. (H) John Rabon, Jr.. salar.v 30.00 II. M. Fineher. salary 150.(H) B. N. Jones, salary 87.50 J. B. Muuu, salary . 30.00 (!. E. Hinson. salary 30.00 Calvin Beckham. salary 25. 0O M. West, salary ,..1.101.75 J. .S. Bartield. salar.v 50.00 J. X. McLeod. salary 50.00 J. M. Smith, salary 50.00 Amos West, salary 50.00 W. L. MeDowell. salar.v 2&.50 \V. W. IIuekal>ee. salary 230.45 <}. L. Dixon, salary 20.80 \V. F. Hussell. salary 38.00 I). M. MeCaskill. salary 71.90 J. H. Clyburn, salary 127.06 ('. \V. Hirchinore, salary 177.7(1 (i. W. Dabney. salary 12.00 (J. W. Dabney. supplies . . 04.50 T. J. A r rants, coffins 10.00 Walker Evans & Cogswell Co., stationery 70.02 W. B. Turner. M. 1 >.. examining lunatic 5.00 A. A. Shanks, work at jail .6.00 J. E. Creed, supplies 13.50 N. S. Richards, salary 30.00 Lewis St Christinas, supplies 40.10 J. K. Lang, supplies .2.00 Kershaw (irmvry Co,, supplies ...12.00 J. S. Rhame. supplies 4.50 Southern Cotton < Ml Co.. supplies. .*..3.41 Wolfe-Eichel Co., supplies 8.00 Evans Bros., supplies .4.50 Jesse T. Ross, supplies ... 12.00 S. \V. Rose, supplies 12.00 K. S. Vllleptgue, supplies 20.47 J. E. Copeland. supplies 4.50 J. A. Rabon. supplies 18. Of) N. S. Richards, supplies 6.00 Malone-Peant-e- Young Co.. suppllea~6.75 J. II. Ilaminond. supplies . 16.52 Burns St Barrett, supplies" 137.32 J. Shebeen & Bro., supplies 106.01 II. L. Scblosbtirg. supplies 138.82 W. C .Roberts. supplies ... 8.35 E. D. Pabuey, supplies .20.00 Henry Savage, supplies 61.78 Cnlted Duck Co.. sui>plies 125.37 Kershaw Mercantile & Banking Co.. supplies 572.27 J. E. Williams, lumber ?.18.42 W. J. Watson, blacksmith work... .7.65 E. II. Watts, work on bridge ,...^..4.00 H. N. Barnes, road work 4.50 J. B. Munii, road work llOtfX) II. C. Hall, road work 3.00 II. E. Munn. supt. chain gang.... 215.80 Total $3,387.38 M. C. WEST, County Supervisor. VULCANIZING. uurt TIRE REPAIR SERVICE em bodies^ EVERYTHING from a simple puncture to i>erfectly remedying the most jlerious cut or blowout in casing or tnl *e. A-l i equipment rlus A-l materials with exacting, expert care in every de tali In Mi re you PROMPTNESS, SER VICE iind SATISFACTION.. r. Herfcyoii will find a TIRE REPAIR PLAMT equipped with eyery MODERN STKAM VUI,CANIZING apparatus. Columbia Vulcanizing Works, 11 tk Lad/ Si. Cshnbta, tL ' :! Wants ? For Ssk^-Rcnts I4ttiT~~Oiie gold Masonic watch fob, white enamel On one ntde a lid ,Wue oi? the other. Finder i ?u-n ?? notify Zcinp Camden, S. C. For Nale-r-Two resident lots together Oil Maiu street at Cassatt, H. Q. Will sell at a bargain. Apply to \V. VS. Cobb, rfd l, Bethune, s, O. itp To Machinery and Automobile Owners: Don't discard or buy new parts that l>ecoiue cracked by froogiug or hrok* on In any maimer. We ca,n make them an k?hh1 an new at a Having in timo a?>d money. 1 wIhIi t<> thank the public for the liberal support given we during 101-1 and hope that my endeavors will warrant a contin uance of the ?ame. With licet .wishes for 101ft, 1 am yoUro for bustficss, W O. Hay, Month Broad ?t., Camden for kent ? Three to Nix horso farm 1?k?? t*?<l four miles east of Camden, known its the Man farm, recently purchased by wo, for rent to a <!*? slrahle tenant. Apply to James II. Burns, OawUen, S. C. 38tf, Wanted ? To buy baled nhucks. Write stating price, s. It. Miekle, rfd 8, Camden, S. O. 30tf. WANTED* ? to purchase a good milch cow, must give at least 3 gallons imr day. Apply to W. O. Hay, Cam den, S. C. 30 ' % FOR KENT ? llorse, carriage, or Mingle buggy can be engaged by private family by the week,, day or hour. Any lady can drive. M. B. Perry, 851) South Main St., Camden, S. C., telephone 230- L. 32-tf. Wanted ? To get a good agent, with Home capital, to hamllo Ford auto mobiles direct from factory. Write I). C. Shaw, Dlntributor, Sumter, S C. 31 tf. SEED OATS FOR 8 A LE ? Wester ham Plantation offers extra tine home grown prolific Heed OatH at 75c per bushel In 25 bunhel lots ; 80c. per bushel in less quantity. Seed oats raised in this locality make u much greater yield than shipped Heed. Henry Savage. Prop., Camden, S. C. ; W. A. Rush, Mgr., Lugoff, S. C. 30-4t. TAX RETURNS. Office of County Auditor, Kershaw Couifty. Camden, S. C., Dec. 11, 1014. Notice is hereby given that the Aud itor's office will be open for receiving tax returns from January 1, 1015, to February 20, 1015, Inclusive. Those falling to make returns within said period, as required by law, will be sub ject to a penalty of 50 i>er cent, as I cannot take returns after the 20th, as the other business of this office must go on. The Auditor will attend in person or by deputy at the following places In the county on the dates indicated for receiving returns: liethune, January 11, 12, ltnleys Mill, January 13, Rowers School House. January 14, Kirkley's Store, January 15, Kershaw, January 18, H>, Westvllle, January 20, Liberty Hill, January 21. Rlane.v, January 2^. All persons between the ages of 21 and (Jo years inclusive, are required to pay poll and load tax, unless ex empted by law. All trustees, guardians, executors, ulmiriistrators, agents and others hold* iug property in charge, must return same. The income tax will be enforced. Parties sending tax returns by mail must make oath to same before some qualified officer, and All out the same in a prober manner, otherwise they must be rejected. W. F. RUSSELL, Auditor Kershaw County, S. C. ; CITATION. Slate of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Iiy \V. L. McDowell, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, Laura Harris made suit to me to grant her I>etters of Admin istration of the Estate of and Effects of Jeff ergon Harris. These are, Therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said Jeffer son Harris, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate. to be held at Camdefl, S. C., on January 11th, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if an$' they have, why the said Administration should not l>e granted. ( Clven under my Hand, this 28th day <>f December, A. D? 1014. w. l. Mcdowell, Judge of Probate Kershaw County. Published on the 1st and 8th days of January, 1016, in the Camden Chronicle, and pooted at thp Court House door for the time jwescribed by law. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. State of South Carolina. County of Kershaw In The Probate Court. In Re Estate of Mary E. Man. I'jider and by virtue of an order made by W. L. McDowell, Judge of Probate of Kershaw County, bearing date January 6. 1016, I will sell at pub lie auction on Saturday, January 23, 1016. at 11 a. m? at the Man residence on Mill street. In the city of Camden, S. C? the following j>erHonal property of the estate of Miss Mary E. Man. de ceased : ~ 1 Daveni>ort 1 I Jresser 3 Pictures 1 Mahogany Table 3 Mahogany Chain? 1 Ann Chair 1 Wardrobe, and Two Hundred and Fifty ($260.00) Dollars In Registered Bonds of the City of Charleston, South Carolina. Terms of Rale Cash. SAM'L HELTON BEARD, Administrator. January fi. lfllfi- ? ? - ? " - v -? - f t Highest cash price paid for ?ooc|caule-fat must lie free from cattle tick. Camden Beef Cattle Farm, ! ?U. J. ? J l ' ""0"' "-J P?or-^)| CEMENT Balustrades, Columns and Other lhings| made with our eemwit will forever. They defy time *od i. ther mm) rt-tain tnfelr beiwty aget*. Besides, they are truly noinUul. They require ik> % - Moil or 'repairing. Tlielr flrnt ? is the only one. Hut they must made with our hlKli grade ? terlaiM. BURNS & BARRETT THE PLACE TO GO . * * ?" ? When you are in want of SHOES for any member of your family, where STVLE and QUAUTX I? to be considered Call en THE CAM DKN SHOK CO., wlier? you will find just what you are looking for at prices to suit your pocket-book. Also a full line of Gent's Furnishtap, ? i ' " '' ? ' , '' -"ff CAMDEN SHOE COMPANY NOTICE OF SALE OF UN CLAIMED FREIGHT. Pursuant to law, and having given both consignor and consignee written notice of its intention so to dp, as re quired by statute, the undersigned, Agent of the Seaboard Air Line Rail way at Camden, S. C., will on the 10th day of January, 1015, at 10 o'clock a. m., at the warehouse of said Railway located on DeKalb Street ih Gam* den, sell at publiq auction to/ the high est bidder, for cash, the following freight: 20 bags of Kainit shipped by Catawba Fertilizer Co., at Charleston, S. C., to R. W. West, at Shephards, s. C., which shipment was made on the 3rd day of March, 1014 and ar rived at Shnphard, S. G7 rm tfte^Ottr day of March, 1014, and has been re fused or unclaimed and in the posses sion of hh id Railway for a period of more than 60 days. The proceedings of said sale will be applied to the ex penses of sale, charges of transporta-. tion, storage and demurrage which have accrued to said Railway and the balance will be disjjosed of. as provided by law. N. C. ARNETT, Agent, Seaboard Air Line Railway. December 24, 1014. ? ' 4ti. ???'-'? COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER 1 t PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA, S. t. DEATH toYERIM RAT CORN' Boat rat and mice exterminator made. KIUsQuickly and absolutely without odor. MummlBea ? thus preventing deoomposl tton. Better than all the traps. In the world. Insist oq Ccnulno RAT CORN. . 26c, COc. $1 at dealers or by mall, post paid, BOTANICAL MfiC. CO. 4th A Rac* St*. , Philadelphia. Pm. Collins Brothers Undertakers for Colored People ; Telephone 41 714 W. DeKalb St. MARY E. HA] REGISTERED Durham, N. C. ; passed B<1. of South Carolina; ?>ob t gnuJtmtB of Lincoln Hospital* New fork, N. y. Residence 916 Oampfedl Telephone J, Camden, S. 0. noresnoe ;ed to the lock on Mai / InaBotm^ f ? Through a / Straw is the way / to enjoy the deli ' piousness of Chej^ Cola. TJris way it is always uniform, pure and wholesome, j w/wr era J. SUMTER; MOOR ?? V - * Cotton. Long Staple Exclusive -<%T 1-1, ,1 CM. L . pL|H| I ww n ssniiifion oircct, rncwt Columbia, S. C. Send samples from 1 sides of bale and I wOB| you best price for cot landed in Columbia. MOtfBY TO IA)AN ON RBAL if 1" ;^ 2 : : K. o. vpnTreecko* Wood'sSe "^Garden Se< that can }? planted to f ^r^forOaacriptlve ? ? f---. ? n n tT ** i i ? - 1 and pTt?e? <>* *?r? ^ ~T-~ GrajpandClo^rS Seed Cbrain or Seed*