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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. I) Nile* and i K. N. McDowell ^ I^WUher#. it. ? [ -?**- S ?*?.*?? T- ? V *?'?.- * 1 l'tildlalird every Friday ut IHM> NO Hroad Htreut, and entered Mi (|t? Cam% den |>oHtottleo ax iHH'ond dun mall mat ter. Price p#r annum $i <x>. Wo are kIk<1 to peeelve eomuiunlea tlon* of u roaiiorublo length, but an f in i >< .it 11 ut condition of tlwir public* (ion I- that tliey hIihII in all eatMtt be aeeoiupanl<?d |?y dm full iiatno and exnet addrrxs of the hemlei. OMto* al ien, rcHolutleiiH of roM|M?ct, ami ObuKb notice* will uot Ik* eharged for. Mat tern of purely a peraonal nature will he chart?>d for at the rate of Ave cent* ? IliM- % Whiskey or Mttfll n??-? 1 1? I in- 1 udvei tlsementx will not l>o aoeepted at any price. Katos for dtaplay adver tising made known on application. C'iuiidni, H. V., May 28, 1915. ?I a men A. Iloyt, of Columbia. Speak er of till1 Iioiiko of representative^, Iuih ordered H II election to In* held III Sum tor county tin July i;i. to llll tlir viU'iiii' cy In tlje Sumter county l??i? on account ??f tlw? resignation of Iivprc soidatlve (Iwirijc W, IMck. Tin* Hjx'iik it Iuih ordered an (?ktctlim for Spar tanburg county on September I I, to select It l?i W. I{. tJUeiTV, who rr?ljrhiKl from the house of reproKoufti; lives to become n member of the slate lax commission. Coventor Mauuliiu Wednesday sent the following Idler to the Aiken coun ty dispensary hoard : "The temporary Injunction aualnHt a nieinher of the (|ls|M'iisary hoard having heeu dissolved and there no longer being any doubt of ? tho const Uuied authority of said ills penwar.v hoard, I hereby revoke my order of May 1 closing jfie Aiken conn* ty dispensaries until furlher orders." now minus skk is. After reproducing what The {Mironl ele had to say ahoul paving Main strewt. the Lancaster News ? oinments as fol lows: "We heartily second the motion of The Chronicle that Camden do follow the example of Lancaster and pave her main street. We %vere In. Camden re* centl\ and thought oY how much a well paved main di'eot would add to that' historic town. Keep agitating the mailer, contemporary, and you will get It. In order to have modern Improve* mcius 'hi our I o vV 1 1 all tlial Is necessary Is for the plot; re,*- si ye you l iu men' to go right after them "l ITALY'S pip. The New York Times 1* disposed" to cast douht upon the claim thai* Italy liiis ah army of l.TiMMUH) men ready for the held, livi admits ' I hat should "the If.'illan i'll.iN lie very niU'h less, mi even round million men. "It would still he a tremendous ftiree, for tier tnaux to have lost in (lie beginning .and for the Allies n<i\\ lo gain." The Times is of the opinion thai il would thus count tw ice against Ccrmauy. huv in;.'" already counted * omt\ when Italy elected to remain mjdral Instead of adding her strength t?> Cermany and Austria. "So long as llaly remained neutral." armies The Times, "the loss to Cormauv was simply that of help she might have looked .for. llul If that help shunld TIITO he t raiiMi'L'j red to the other side the lo^s would-be com pounded What I'lii'ht- have 'seen added |o the < IcruuH' *iti eii.vct I'. }s added to thai of the A-!lie> And if Cermany he'.'.iv (he war thought she could coin ilia nd the !'! aliaa N.n >. ;!eu sh<* would] lose that twice in the event of its go i i nc lo t he side .??' i he Allies." As toi I lie navy. The Times >avs the dilVer- j cin e hel.wm'tt? l-V-l l-lr?lia*t wa fillips -l-e j ing added li> the Ccrtuau iNavy or m.tiniinr neutral i- l>;? ships, hut I lie dilVerenoe '?<?;*> ecu IX!) s|dp.-. liuLui.' a.l?h I <:;i lo I he Cei ra.Mi Navy <>!? going o\ er | !o iln> Allies' nav\ i.4 .".7s ships. That j i s as the relative s-i fcu.tlt li of He op P'w! n ' V -r- - v. t mid lie affected. The j f ?fi'i jlNrr? ? AN UNTIRING EFFORT t<? repair your own wheel may he praiseworthy from some standpoints l>tit ii Is poor economy. Only an cx pert on 11 do It well. Our Bicycle -Repair Shop is the working place of skilled ma chinists ? bicycle machinists ? and it is equipped with modern tools nnd nil other things to enable us to make thoroughly satlnfaetory ?v l>airs ,?t ?- :# Migrate prlceftr~' H. E Italian Navy ipiijiht mmH be coveted by cither hWp. It t'otttalu* four duud UoUght* Mini two ?llOr?? building, -IKI.I prfHicadlimiglitM, twenty two crullers, eight) *1* toriMMlo bouts, thirty live de tiroyers, uml twenty live Hubiimrlnc^ lf? strength In torjiedo boUt* I* Mt It'll st , numerically. France, with 1 I .1 time* ii h many bultlcshlps of the dreadnought uml pre dreadnought tyi** lins less than twice ax many (orfMMlo boat* an Italy. The Italian Navy In also strong In crul*er*, having against t lie French Navy'* HI, and thcrfc Uollld Mm' 11 WelrolllC addition to t ll?* fun** of the AIM*# ;? til# i"? <Ntl Win* ! Clin riot to (Vhserver. WAK NKWK BlMMABY, j # ' ... Import Sky* Italy Hgn fmaded Austria and Captured Town*. The Associated Press summary of ttjc Kuropean war for Tuesday wiih an follows : "Italy Iiiik 1 1 1 viu li'il Austria- Official announcement was made hy 1 h.ti IlOBie war ortice today Hint Italian forew had l>enet rated Austrian territory ulong a forty mill' linn running north from the gulf of Trlest. iuuI captured four Iowiih within two or three miles of tin* froji t lor. "An Italian destroyer raided t'hO Au strian p??rt of liuso, near the frontier, destroying the landings, .railroad sta Hon ii ml barracks. Two Austrian* were killed, the first casualties otllellilly re ported In thn new campaign, < "It In regarded in |<ondon ns probable that tin* Auslro-<?erman nrmy will inakf tin' tlrst Important move l?y strik ing nt the Italian center In the dlroe t Ion of Verona. "Ileavy lighting Is In progress once more In the west. Iirltlsh. tierman rtnd French forces are attacking at various points between Arras and the const. There Is as yet no sign, however, of a Vj ? - ? , KC'ImmhI ansault hy the allies H\l0n an I litis heeu pretllctetl. "one of the Austrian warships which took part in yosterndy's attaek on east coast of Italy Is believed In Itome to have been damaged. The ministry of marine announced that a steamer had sighted an Austrian warship with n heavy list and that It probably was the vessel which attacked Marietta and was -driven oft". - ? "Flgln a mirks were nuule by the (Jernnins between' Arras. In Northern Frunce. and the Helglan coast. The ??French otllclal statement of today as ^.eited nil these atm-trr 'wcrcTeiiuliicd and that heavy losses Were inlllcted on. the (Jermans. "The I Mitch government bus sent to (jiennany n protest against the sinking j f i he l.usltania whlcli resulted In flie (lentil of several Dutch subjects. The note 'follows the lines of the American communication to (Jerihaity." Revolvers. A revolver is a nickel-|ria ted substi tute for bravery, which lias practically driven the original article out of the, market . The revolver gives a puny man with :i N inch brain and the . pluck of :r] grasshopper a 100-yard reaeh a fid i makes hint more deadly than a Sioux' Indian. There was a time when this rou lit ry had no dangerous animals, ex cept hears and wolves, and life was safe, except on the frontiers, but now va?t hordes of Mi-year-ohl hoys who u<c their skulls for a dime novel honk ?*a. t', roam the streets with cigarettes !n their face and portable cannon In their hip pockets, producing obituaries with the skill and enthusiasm of a rholera microbe': while it is at all times nossililc to meet a persona beneniy who has beep ch, living yon ft?r a week, and who is reluctantly compelled to defend P'niself when he catches you by filling you so full of lead that your remains wi!i retpiii r eight pall -bearers. I{ev(?lv i'|n arc now so generally used in de ' t e. in <|omestic iputrrtds ami repartee of lit sorts that S.ooo Americans die them each year, it is snhl. ? Mitchell t S. I V I .'a/el le. ? ? Jalveston. Tex. ? Charles I'ertolina, the titlicial rat catcher.- has resigned. For tlic pa -t si\ nv seven months he has been catching rats along Um water* ? .. I at the rate of "2.000 a month. He re rcreived tlu> regular bounty* of eight! and ten cents per rat. and in addition. a bonus of .<10 for each month in j vhich he took over 1. 000 rats. When j he took the lob he said he would unit j when he had eaunetl enough money to buy a boat and a gasoline engine. Ill- ambition was realized last week j and he handed in his badge. I j \V. H Irvine. prominent lawyer of !< : reenvllle. <<>nnnittc<l suicide hy shoot - j ini: himself Wednesday. Ho recently i tiled :i voluntary |>etltion in bankruptcy ?in which his liabilities were estimated ? it fc'J.Vu hn) ami his assets at $i5()0,fl00, j for the most part in real estate. De spondency Is believed to halve led to hi* Mtiiehh*. H. M. Ityars. farm denionst ration a jeent of Anderson mtnty, has vaoein atod nunc than 1(H) rows during the past few days to prevent- the spread of Mack leu. ROUMANIAN CAPITAL ?wUh?r?#i la a Grant Artl?tio and ftdu cation* I C?nt?r. Describing BukhsrcHt, the capital of Uoumauht. it wtateuieiit lw?u?d by Ctio National Geographic society *>uya; "The Aouuiuiilans have wpared no ef fort or thought toward making BiiUi.i rest. their capital city, a real capital i ami D#J Jtwt one <?r tlw larger Balkan towns, cut to the severe design of the modern commercial city that to fouiul throughout the west. The whole his tory oi the itounmulaus wince the caat big oft of the Turk lull yoke has been one of conservative 0rogro?a lenvei/ed with enterprise. of thrift lightened by ke<u appreciation of the embellish incuts and pleasures of life. And In Bukharcst one finds more artistic, liter ary and scientific lift* than In any otliei part of the penlmmln. "Bukharcst is an attractive city ot 800,000. It Is laid out with ninny broad boulevard* and avenues, as becomes a capital, and has. as I 'aria, Berlin and Washington, famous drives and parks within its area, an 'avenue of parades and zoological and botanlcul gardens. The city Is built in a hollow between the hills upon both sides of the Dumbo vita river, which is crossed by twelve ornate bridges. There are soino truly magnificent buildings upon its broad thoroughfares, among the most proiul neht of which are the royal palace, the university, the national theater and the palace of Justice link barest Iibh some squalid sections, with narrow, crook ed streets., but t hese are reminiscences of the Turkish regime and are fast dl* appearing. While Bukharcst doe>; a considerable commercial business, it is of no Importance Industrially. "Bukharest. like our own capital, has been developed primarily as a capital The Roumanians Inive chosen Foils , and Vienna as their models and have produced a Judicious blending of the two u |m>u the much smaller Bulkun scale, liukharest has plenty of good music, and Its people, who gather in the concert halls or enjoy the free mllf. ! tory concerts In the evening along some promenade, are appreciative and critical listeners. The notional theater brings vhrled offerings, and that lib* best.. Then the entertainments of the little capital are discreet Imitations of social Paris, with. a touch of mild Viennese friend lines*. Knrthennore. Buk lid rest, as also becomes a European caplf.nl. Is a great cdueptloual center. Its schools, academies, colleges and uni versity are models for Italkan qouti tries." HIS WlhbJS 1 HIUMPJH. A Record That Used to Inspire Groen. the Famous Historian. It has been the fate of many men of letters to hove 111 health bearing them i down as they struggle on toward lit erary achievements. Thus beset In re cent times were Stevenson. Klclxtrd Jeffries and J. It. Green. Koch of these. It happened, had a high hearted wjfe j to keep him up. even to help him with the actual labor of writing. "The Life i and Letters of .1 It Green" Show forth | a great anil sweet man. They show, | too. a wife whose sympathy and fort! : tude bellied to make his accomplish | tnent possible. In copying the vost amount of man uscript of her husband's books Mrs Green contracted writer's cramp and was forced to stop tising her right tnilid. This looked like a final obstacle in the way of the invalid, who did much of | Ids thinking in lied and could uot write himself.- But Mrs. Green set to worfe i at once learning to write with her left j lmnd. One of her first practice pages, which ! she was about to destroy with the rest, her husband took quietly and put Id his pocket- Years afterward when ill health Seemed unbearable and in dis couragement he felt that ho could not work he used- to take out that piece of paper, a living record of his wife's tri umph over difficulty. When he saw the painful, patient strokes by which Mrs. Green had learned to write with her left hand he could work on with something near to inspiration. In Accord. As Smith erg. Havana cigar in mouth, came out of an expensive restaurant and started to get Into 'his automobile a creditor held him upf "I toll you" what It 1s, Mr. Smlthers," said the creditor* "you wohldn't go rid ing round in a fine automobile like that If you paid your debts." "Ila." said Smlthers. "quite right! My point of view exactly! Glad to know you're in agreement with me.; The golf club, Alphonse."? Exchange. \X. ? j ? ib "Professors." ~ A "professor" may moon many things, including a conjurer or a dentist. Orlg-< Jnolly. 1 believe, a "professor" meant a j man who professed to be o converted | man or a Christian and so could be! j called upon to have an unpleasant time for tho entertainment of his neighbors* ' ? G. K. Chesterton in Life. Eternal Curiosity. "So you think all public entertain-! ment8 should be censored?" ^ "Yes. and I'd llko to be one of tliei censors." ; "What for?" . "So as to be pure of not missing any thing."? Washington Star. Nice For Papa. Little Li\ura? Arc you going to wear' your religion today, grandma? Grand ma? What do you mean, dear? Little 1 Laura? Papa says you use it as a clonic, ?Chicago News. The richest genius, like the most fertile soil when uncaltirated, shoots op Into the rankest weetts. ?? * V , .1 . , >V _ s> . J . ? ? 1 Mil. I. "SCIIOOI IMUICAVr Proved h Delight to Children, Tf?flim mid Visitor*. On Saturday afternoon, Muy 15, Ik' ttluning at i o'clock, on (ho *chool UI'OUIkIh, ttifriv huh given by tlu* Mill school nn ?'X It llilt ion that was a delight to every one present. The weather, tlu* situation nmi tht* feature* of the en Jert it 1 1 1 id i *1 it all conihiiu*d to preaeut a aeonc that wan truly idyllic. Much thouglK and work evidently had iK?*?ii given to tlu* preparation, hoth -of cot*' tliiiuw and training, and tliiew reflect in.I tin* greatest credit on tlu* teachers, Misses I'nrrish, I folly, Jones, and Miss Kolieitson, teacher of the kin?l? i^iii im si'|i?h?I, who had the school in charge,' To the children rtlko Is duo TflTgeal credit for the responsiveness given to their 1 1 aliiliiK M'lu' entertainment was given in front of the school liou.se. A liberal space was roix'd ? ?fT for the actors. At th?? end op|M?s|t?' the school house was st?t a throne for the Queen of May, Miss Virginia Flncher. In the center of tin space was a May pole. The royal procession issued from tlu* house, Her Majesty was prcceeded hy a liovy of fairies followed hy jumping Jacks, then ?*ji m<> the Queen, lire train carried hy two butterflies, while two panes I tore crown and scepter. Her attendants and quite a procession came In the following order: Butterflies, tulips, hrownles. giants, Japanese, In dians and negroes. The Queen yfco ceeded to the throne where she was | crowned. This was followed hy the May-pole dance, given first hy the Jap anese, then by the Queen's immediate attendants. Then was given appropri ate- songs and dances by each group of children. Then folk dances by all to gether, closing with a speech by the , v. ? , ? Quowm-" .' v* ? Tills conclude<l one of . tlu* most pfet^aut and enjoyable occasions that possibly can be furnished by any school i ml which wa,i enj ?yed to the fullest, ? >y ii large crowd of visitors. Beautiful line offchox stationery just received, best Qualify at (5. W. Crosby's ITEMS^^VER^THE STATE Short News Notes Gathered From Our Exchanges. The iirst train over the Carolina, Atlantic and Western railway, which operates between Charleston. and Ham let. X. C., was run Monday/ ? - ?A. 1 >. Ollphunt has been elected as sist nut secretary of the State Board of Charities nud Correction Methodists of ' Anderson nj'ti'. now .in the midst, of u whirlpool campaign to rnise $.'tr>.(HH) with which to pay a cliurch '.debt. I M-. Taber, professor of geology in the State rnlversity, bus been appoint ed state geologist. Joseph T. Johnson,. Jr., sou of Judge Joseph T. Johnson of tlie yvestorn dis trict. Federal court, has lieeu ?ippolnted an internal revenue inspector. The liquor sales in the counties hav ing dispensaries during the month j>f April -aggregated $228,754.77. Charles Jon county led wlili a total of $17, j*05.r?u? ? r_ I,. F. Waldrop, of Uock Hill, has been awarded the contract for the ex tension of the central heating plant at the t'uiverslty of South Carolina. The contract price is $11,555.50. Laboring under the delusion that he was a railroad engineer and had been signalled to "go ahead," 1>. II. Hudson, a traveling salesman of Wilkesboro, .N. O.. jumped from a second story window of a Spartanburg hotel Monday night and ran tlireo blocks In his night 'clothe* before be was arrested by the police. Hudson was slightly hurt in the knee by his jump. He was'* taken to^a hospital and released after an ex amination. Have you tried Kern's delicious Lunch Cake? l'ut up in 10c box ? Chocolate Spice, Silver White, (?old?n Yellow, and Yellow Raisin, at /Ci. W. Crosby's. REALTY TRANSFERS I As Shown by Books in Office of County Auditor* ; E. II. l>il?hle to Eugene Klrklaud. 1 house ami lot in Camden, - \V. .1. ami J.-.S. 1 >111)1) to O. M. Fort, 1 aire. $1<M>. Slninilc Z. (Jay. et al. to .1. E. Dixon, 70 acres, $500. _ PenelojH1 Harris, et al, to J no Quails 85, acres ami other considerations. ? 4 ? John Quails, et al.. to I<oulsa Wilson, 85 acre?. $10 Hind other considerations. John Quails, et ul., to David .Simons, 85 acres ami other considerations. John Quails, et al., to Penelope Har ris, 85 acres. $10 and other considera tions: . W. "C. and M. K. Stroud to William IT. Clyhurn, 100 acres, $100. W. A. Shaw to John W. lucrum. 50 Wen, |5. ' ? . Camden Wholesale Grocery to Mu tual Warehouse Co.. 1 *lot In Camden, f 100. Ira R Truesdale to L. E. Trucsdale, 1 house In town of Kershaw. $100. v U B. Truesdale to L. D. Jones, 1 W" ?? Mere. ) I. K. Truesdnle t<v h, n. .Join**, 10 am**. $00. Wllliuln Washington to .J. P. Uwts mid .1, fcJ. C'lirlMhnMH, 10 Keren, $07.)#. A(t(ll? O A ? J a in n t ?? <\ <?. Wldtaker^ and A. I#. Watklim, Hi rtw, $19,000. Httl I U* and Ktnina \?, <3oodalc tit i'min.i Alexander. 1 Ikiuite and lot in <'lty of Camden. oif York h|iwL. $7?k?. ? (i, H, Kodtt*'!'" i?? ClltH?nle l(o4l^HfH, I -jo nvvws fftoo. i . il. <i M? < Joujmii. <?! al.. I < ? .1 I, lUxnn and I.. I., l'arker, 270 acres, *8,80Q. J. V. IMxon and 1,. I,, Parker to For renter l,nnd?er Co., '200 ncrep, $.'!, soo. \' i? Hnki'r t<> w v. ftotetxrffit; ioo acres. $5,000. , V * 10. L. (iamldc to James <iainlite, 1 house and lot In city of Camden, $150. Mllle IT** McDowell to h. t, iflocfc, f 1 lot hi dly <if .ivOiuduu, foot). ICvttlyu 1/twU to Frank i?. (w I hotiHO ami lot on l^Vny^ iYttUUOi $$,500. I milk l?. CampliHI to I ,| \|( K,.? 0j* 1UV *Cr?*, 1 iuy4ie Halwtu to W. J. I (uracil, tru*J lit, 1 Q UM? lit res, |H. It ll. Iltililvr to 4. I). I Hunt iu, ) liuUAt- ttUtl lot lu IMIimiuv l , It. 1 1 a 11 to A I.. I'm U. i . Hi a. ri*, #178. O. M. <i?v to .1 i: 1 >Im>ii, U u< rm, Ariili' Sharp, rt al. lo A. M Nfl.v>n, ^51 8-H at-ren, **. A. M. NirfHol), ?'t ul.< t?? Forest lUw#, : v: i Sgl a<" a. m. kelson, ?t i<i . i" Uukv iu**, ?* :i am**, #?? A. M. NcIhom. ??! al., to Mlnitif Uos*. :v.\ 2-8 u< ?vh, in, . A. M. N?top>li <'1 ?' ? {o Arnlo Khari*-, 68 2-:i iH'H'H, |Q. OPENING OF THE NEW MAJESTIC THEATRE The Best There is in Movies Monday Night, May 31st, 1915 At Eight O'clock ? ' *s ? I j i addition to our regular program we will present. the adorable "Marguerite. Ola rke" lit* "WIIuDFlvOWER," 'the prdttlwt story ever acreenjeU. 'And Then Ou Tuesday we present the Paramount Feature you have so long desired to see, "THE VIRGINIAN," ..This Is also in addition to our regular program. On WEDNESDAY: The play of all times ? D'Annuufcio's "( VltlKIA." All Ktupen (Iouk Photo-Spectaclc. The wondrous contribution to the Moving IMcture. 5 ON THURSDAY "RUNAWAY .MINK," as advertised in all of the leading ladies' magazines. The serial that everybody loves- This- is in addition to our regular program, ' , ON FRIDAY: Tlu> Paramount Feature "THE MAN FROM HOME," and the regular program. ON SATURDAY: A feature that we are holding hack and ti> he in addition to the regular program. . ' ? .? ' j . . ? ' Our prices 5e and 10e, except to the play "Cahiria" which is L'.V. These prices are lower than any II rut class theatre can offer the sam^tpiallty show at i ' " t? i ' '? ' ' ? n _ ' i _ _ THE MAJESTIC ORCHESTRA, John Gray, Director Chattanooga Cane Mills What You Want Is The Juice Improved Three Roll Vertical Horse ? ? ? ' * 1 . r ? T97 ? " ? " Power THE OLD RED MILL Hanging in size from light one-horse to heavy two-horse. - Correctly proportioned according to mechanical princi ples. Strong, light running, and the finest finished cane wl ^11 vanetN of sorghum and sugar cane. ' Ci*iiy these Mills m stock. Get our prices and buy a Chattanooga Mill ? both are right. SPRINGS & SHANNON THE STORE THAT CARRIES THE STOCK . ? ;? :* ?? ' : Tornado Protection Costs less than any other kind of insurance ? ? yon carry ? and if a Tornado occurs your Toirfiado Policy is likely to be your one best asset ! Let us write yon a policy,