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KXCl'KMON KAKK8 Via Houlhmi Railway Vtom Camden, s. ('. WiMliinxtoii, l>. C. flO.W. Ai-coimi 27<1? Annual 1'nH ed Confederate Veteran*: ticket* ou rtnlt* Jan# 2 to ?* with tlnal Itmc June Jilnt. May In* exlrmltsl t? Juno 0 by paying fee of ftO oenta. l4ikrt junalunka and Wayneavllle 7.10. Aeeount Chatauqua I'erlod, Sunday School Hoard, Worker*' Con ference. Hoard of Mlaalona, Kpworth l.eague, tickets on aale July lft, Hi, 17. 21. 22. 23, 1!4 and 2ft. Aujruat 2 3 6 10-11 12 13 17 IK and 11). limited 17 davs from date ??f Halo Kook Hill. N. C. $2.75 A'vnurit NVInthrop College Summer Sellool; ticket* on aale June IS, 111. 22, July 4, ft. 0 with final limit aAhg. n, 11* 17. Na*hvllle, Twin. Slrt.rtfl Account 12th Annual So**lon Sun day School Conxreaa I colored t : tick ets on aale Juno 11. 12 and 13 with final limit Juno 21. 11)17. Naahvllle, Twin. $H?.65 Account Peabody College Suinmor School; tickets on sale June 11, 12 13, 14, 21 aud 22 Jul\ JO, Ul and 20 final limit 1.% days from date of >ale. Chariot fe.sv ille, Va. $11.05 Account Summer S< tiool University of Virginia: tickets on sale June 17 to tiiiiil limit lft days from date of sa le. Atlanta, (ia. $3.10. Account International Association of Itofary Clubs, ticket* on sale June lft. 10 and 17: limit Jutie 2ft. 1017. Hlaek Mountain and Kidge ('rent $0.30. Account Various Itoligious Assemblies; tickets on sale May 31. June l 11 12 IS 2:1 22 'Jt and 28. | July ft 0 13 111 2U 117 30. August 1 0 10 J 4 17 final limit 17 days from date of sale. Athens, (ia. $6.20 Account Summer School I'niverslty of (ioorgla: tickets on sale June 30, July l 2 3 o lo 10 17 30 with final limit lft days from date of sale. Proportionately reduced fares from other points. For further information anply to 11s'aI Ticket Agents or com municate with S. II. McLean, Divis ion Passenger Agent Columbia, S. C. Collins Brothers Undertakers for Colored People Telephone 41 714 W. DeKalb St. F. D. C A M P B E L L, Jr. Cotton Buyer I desire to notify the farmers of Kershaw and adjoining counties that 1 have taken over the interests of Mayhank & Co.. of Charleston, cotton merchants, formerly repre sented here by the late J. 14. Steed man, and will endeavor to serve the public In the same etlicient manner as did my predecessor. Platform Kmr of Khnme Bros. Store LOANS Made on approved country and city real estate. Long terms, low interest. M. M. JOHNSON, Atty., Camden, S- C. NEW GROCERY I wish to announce to my friends and the public that I have opened a Grocery Store on Main street in the store room one door north of the Pearce-Young Hardware Co. and will carry at all times a complete line of staple and fancy groceries. A share of your business will be appre ciated. ^ Respectfully, R. S. WILLIAMS Phone 47. COMPULSORY SCHOOLLAW , fgp - gp . >41 "I1 HW mi yp| 111 am>r<lmi<'? with,Section H of the following t"0|U|?ttl?ofjr ^ftffyool law, ik?v ill foroe.ll) tUU St*t<\ it in |?uMI:ihi'<| Ju'rewliU in <-<?mi>lltuice wfttti tut hi MO I (ton fur. thv v hih! information nf jtW jniMtf * c. w ihrchmohe, tfupt, of I'MiirtilIon for K??r*hit\v Couuly. | AN Uvr TO HKQHKK SCHOOL ATTENDANCE Section l He It yiwcted by tho Gen eral Assembly of the State of South ' Carolina. That from and after tt?e AM day of .1 itly. on? thousand nip* hun dred and fifteen, every parent. guard Ian. or other peraon, temporarily or permanently residing la the Htnte of South Carolina, having charge or con* Irol of a child or children between the ages of eight ami fourteen years shall cause mieh child or itiildrcii to attend the local public school In tho district In which lie reside^, e^UftUttUfcULXttE flic entire term of ctuh year. except a* hereinafter provided. This ihtUmI of compulsory attendance shall commence at the beginning of the t**hool term nearest to the eighth birthday of such child, and shall cover the compulsory period of six consecutive school years thereafter. This |>erlod of compulsory attendance for each public school Khali commence at the beginning of Jhc school term of salt! school, unless oth erwise ordered by tho County Hoard of Education In writing; In ease of town or cities of two thousand or more inhabitant*., necordlng to the preceding Federal ceii.-us, by the Hoard of Trus Ices of the public schools of said towns or cities with the approval In writing of the Comity Su|HTliiteudent of Kdu cation Coiilliim?U:? attendance uim?ii miiiic other public school, or upo:i romc private i>r church school taught by coni|K?tent leathers, may l>e accepted ii Hen iif attendance u|H?il the local public school: Provided, That such jierlod of continuous attendance upon such other school shall be for at least as long as the public School term each year: Provided, further. That any pri vate school or church school receiving fur instruction pupils between the ages .if eight and fourteen years shall be re quired to keep such records of attend ance of such children, and to render such rejH>rts of same as are hereinafter required of public schools, and attend ance upon such seh(Mil refusing or ne glecting to keep such records or ro rrn der such reports, shall not be accepted in lieu of attendance upon the local public school of the said town, city or district whore the child shall be enti tled to attend : Provided, further. That the compulsory school term in all agri cultural districts shall be four montas. or the full term If the school run:, less than four months, said term to be tixed bv the Hoard of Trustees of such dis trict; and any child or children not engaged In work at home In such agri cultural districts and attending schools in any town located in such districts. 2. This Act shall not apply In any case in which the child's physical or mental condition, as attested t>y any legally qualified physician before the Hoard of Trustees having jurisdiction ..f the matter mule.* this Act, renders his attendance impracticable or inex pedient ; or in any case In which the child resides two and one-half miles or more by the nearest traveled route from the school house: o." in any case in which, because of extreme poverty flic services of such child are necessary for his own support or the snpjMirt i f his parents, as attested by affidavit of such pa-rents and of such witnesses as the Trustees of the district may require: or In any case l:i which said parent, iruardlan. or other person having charge or control o?* the child shall show before the Trustees of the ills frlct by allidavit of himself and of such witnesses as they may require that the child is without necessary books and clothing for attending school, ami that he is unable to provide the necessary book. and clothing: Provided, Tl.at when books and clothes shall have been supplied by any means whatsoever, the child shall no longer be exempt from this provision : Provided, furfher. That If the child lives two and one half miles or more from the sc1hm?I honse, and means of transportation Is furnished, the said child. If otherwise eligible, shall be required to attend the said school under the provisions here of. and it shall be the duty of the Trustees of the school to provide, out of the public school funds, injoks for the use of such indigent pupil free of charge. The j?ower of the Hoard of Trustees to susjiend or expel any pupil shall not l>e curtailed by this Art, and children so suspended or exj>elled shall not be subject to the provisions of this Act during such period of su>q>ensloii or expulsion : And. provided, further. That the Hoard of Trustees of any school district may excuse temporarily any child from attendance, good and sufficient reasons being made to appear therefor: and In case any child is ex cused temporarily under the provisions of this Act, the said Hoard of Trustees shall reduce to writing the reason:; for their action, and the time the said child Is excused. .'{. Kvery parent, guardian, or other person in the State of South Carolina having charge or control of a child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years shall cause such child to attend scIkmiI as aforesaid : Provid ed, That occasional absence from at tendance by said child, amounting to not more than four (4) uncxcuscd ab sences in four consecutive weeks, shall not be unlawful: Provided, further. That the superintendent, principal, or teacher in charge of any school may excuse any child for a temporary ab sence iMvausc of unusual storm or bad weather, sickness or death In the vhlld's family, unforseen or unavoida ble accident, and such excuse and rea son therefor shall be recorded by said superintendent, principal, or teacher in charge of the school, and rejx?rted to the Trustees as hereinafter provided : Provided, further. That In case of pro tracted illness of any child wnnse at tendance is required under this Act, <>r In case of quarantine of the home in which the child resides, upon report of the health officer or upon satisfac tory evidence to this effect, the Trus tees shall excuse from attendance such child until he is fully restored to health or until the expiration of the time required by law that he shall ntay out of school after quarantine has l>een ra Lsed. ?t. Kvery jmrent. guardian, or other person in the sfato uf South Carolina ^urn? or AontM of* child t>e iw etui the ag?* Of fourteen and ?lit# !y##<r*, wlw I* iuH *ctUfllljf. lunular'\ and lawfully engaged lu aome u?efiv! employment or son lot <*r who v>amt?i read at sight ami write If^lh'jT |81 tuple r-Mtcucv. In the r.nK>hh language, h1?aI cause such child to attend regularly s<w public school an nfnresaUk, / 5. Any jwreut, guardian. or other j |M?r?on violating the provisions of th! I i Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, lauil, upon coavkitluo, ?hall ho liable to I a lliu? of not less than (wo dqllur.s for j the llrst nffrnit ami not le>> than ll\> Cuunty Hoard of Kducathm may orut'i j dollars for any subsequent orteuse, nor I more thau twently live dollars lu any jcnae; ami upon failure or refusal to 11*ay Maid tine said |?art*lit, guardlau, or other |iersoti shall la> Imprisoned not to exceed thirty day* in tin* county Jail: | Provided, that the Hue for any tirst j offense tuay. hy order of Court, main the paymeut yf coat, bo sun|>euded and< not ?-..ii.-. t, .1 .mitt jtJUe wuut~wxi> l <onvlctcd of a Me<-oini oft'ensc: Pro [ v|<I(h1, further, That after (DO exptra tloo of three days from the service of the not toe hy the Trustee* each am1 | every day n parent, guardlau, or; ritluji ! ernou shall wilfully and unlawfully I 1 keep such child or children from th^ I school, or allow lilm to remain out ot school shall constitute a separate of feuse. and shall subject such person to the jKMialtien hereinafter prescrllied 6. The following duties are Keroh\ devolved upon the Hoard of Trustees of each school district. They shall take tlu? census of children between the age. of m[x and twenty-one years, and shall I keep the attendance records of theli districts. It shall lie their duty t> j take an annual school census during the calendar months of July and Auk list, and to furnish eni?h superintend ent, principal, or teacher in charge ? f a school with an accurate rejiort of said census of the district three days before the oftening of the school, and also tt furnish at the same time a copy of the said school census of each district t<> flic County Superintendent of Edtien tion ; Provided, That in ease the school census IS not taken as herein directed, it shall be the duty of the Count.x Hoard of ICducatlon so to do, and U meet the expense out of the funds of the district. The Board of Trustees shall serve written, or printed, or part ly written and partly printed notice on every parent, guardian, or otlui person violating the provisions of thi> Act, and prompt compliance on the par: of said parent, guardian, or other per ?on is hereby required. Prosecution under this Act shall be brought lu the name of the State of South Carolina before any Magistrate or Kecprder of any Municipal Court within the limit* of whose territorial Jurisdiction the ix-rson prosecuted resides. The Board if Trustees shall have the right to visit and enter any ofllce or factory or bus In ess house employing children for the purpose of ascertaining the names and ages of the children employed, to fa eilitate the enforcement of this Act When doubt exists as to the age of a child, they may require of the employer a properly attested birth certificate or an atlidavit stating said child's age: they shall keep an accurate account of all notices served, of cases prosecuted, and of all other services performed, and shall make an annual report of same on or before July 15th of each vear to the County Sniierlntendent of Kducatlon : Provided, further That the Hoard of Trustees of each school dis-. trict Is hereby vested with authority to employ a clerk or clerks whose com pensation shall not exceed three cents per capita for obtaining a census for each school district for each school it-mi. 7. It shall ho the duty of all suj>er intcndents. princii?a)s. and teachers to co-oj>emte with tho Hoard of Trustees in tlio enforcement <?f the law : to this end It shall be the duty of the superin tendent. principal. <>r teacher in charge >f any school in which pupils between lie ages of eight and fourteen years ;iro instructed, to keep an accurate re cord of the attendance of each school term monthly reports of same to Che Hoard of Trustees and the (Vanity ?JU ? ?rJntcndent of Education. showing ail ibsenees, excused and uiiexcused, and In case of each excused absence, stating the ivason therefor. Upon the wilful r negligent failure of any sui*erin tendent. principal, or teacher in charge of any school to comply with the pro visions of this section, the County Su perintendent of Kdueation shall deduct from his or her salary for the current month the sum of five dollars Ix'fore lpproving the voucher therefor: and in ca.so of ? second offense on the part of any superintendent, princiiwil, or teacher, the County Superintendent of Kdueation is hereby forbidden to ap irove the salary warrant of said Hoard, who may appeal from such action to the County Hoard of Education, and the Iceision of the said County Hoard of Kdueation shall be final. tf. It sjiall l>e the duty of the Coun ty Hoard of Education of each county to cause this Act to be published in full in some newspaj>er published in the county, if there is one. and if there is none, in circular form, :md given the widest ixwsible circulation at least four weeks prior to the opeing of the schools for the sc!h<x>l year, beginning July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and annually thereafter, if in their 'discretion it seems recessary. The Hoard of Trustees of any district, city or town shall give two weeks' pub lic notice of the date of ojxdng of any school under their Jurisdiction by pub lishing said notice in a county newspa per or by posting said notice on the school house door. P The notice of any lioard of Trus tees giving the date of owning of any school or schools shall also state the projx>sed length of the term as nearly as practicable, and a copy signed by at least a majority of the Hoard ol Trustees shall l>e filed at the date of issuance in the office of the County 8u iH'rintendent of Education. In any dis trict, aggregation of adjoining districts, this Act shall not take effect and be come operative until, and unless, a pe tition signed by a majority of the. qual ified electors of su<*h district, aggrega tion of districts, requesting the <*otnpul sory school attendance under this Act 1h? authorized In such territory, shall have been submitted to the Clerk of Court The said Clerk of Court shall examine such petition with especifcj re fcroiHv to the legibility of the names contnind thereon, and after examina tion shall refer such i>etition to the With, a Firto Payment of TweiUy-Fiw Cents You Can N THE "WHITE" PROGRESSIVE Cl.UB AND 8KCIJRK A NKW ' White Rotary Sewing Machine! ' Just Fifty Member*?50 Machine* rv Mom :>??r ship a the WHITE l?r?v if tflu1 Ol0t? Ih now ojh'h and for Hie Initial payment of ouly 20 cent* yon tun have Amcrlca'a fluent, the iK?tv "White" Rotary Hewliitf Ma chine, sent to your home. Pay the balance h* per the table ? ?Jf cany payment** Hhown. This payment method in eonood* o?l t<> be t ho pv>#t scion title ami . automatically adjustable oasv pa.vuieiitplnii over olfertM)'ahy where. No Interest hearing l>ay monts, hut instead we offer tqu cent premium' refund^ for any ad vance linal payments made. OSLY fifty MACHINES Wil li BK - 80IJD ON THIS CLUB PLAN KASV PROOKK88IVK 8CIIU>UK OF PAYMRNTK KIKHT \'M Payuit Payment | 25c OC^ ' Paym't 8th pHyiut , ..50e'" 12th l'aymt 75c 16th Payrat $1.00 20tl? l'aymt $1.10 24th Paymt *1.20 Cfrr" 9th Paytut 75e 3rd INtyut'l 4th I'MymS 25c _ ate lOth Payiu t 7th l'sviiS 50c 10th PftymT Uth l'nynr 75c 75? lJith l'ayuit 14th l'aymt 15tU I'Mvmt 11.00 If00 17th Payuit 18th l'aymt ltuh l'avai1 $1.10 $1.10 $110 2lHt Payiut 22l>d l'aymt liiJr.i I'avmV $1.20 , $1.20 $ljg 25th l'aymt 20th l'aymt 27th I'ayibi $1.30 f $1.50 $130 Hist lMynV $l.4fca 3flth I'avmti $1 .ro 2Stl? Payiut 129th PaymtlSOth Pavmt $1.30 J $1.40 I $1.^0 32ml l?ayiut|83r<l Paymt|34th Paymt - $1.40 h $1.50 ?{?_ JDs(H> easy terms 10c An added feature of the "WHITE" Progressive Club i? tho opportunity to earn Premium Kefunft Pay any final payment In advance and save ten cents. Von control the amount of your Having. . ''; ? vv-y ? ?ri.f iTnWn"*"''^'" ?? y*y'^ rj / THE "WHITE" ROTARY SEWING MACHINE ?? THE "KINO" OF THEM ALL - - -- With all tie ninny articles \W take ho much pleasure In selling none is more satisfactory thau tb< new "WHITE" Kotary Sowing Machine. This is rofrorded ns America'a flnefct. E<|Uipi>ed with all the latw attachment# ami constructed for comfort. Different "models from which to chooae and every One lirand new' EVERY MACHINE IS ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED latw new.' *K . W -i.'. Kxjx'rt Lady Demonstrator Will be at Our Store Friday and Saturday Only, s - THE CAMDEN FURNITURE CO. Broad Street 'Phone 156 Camden, S. C. <: ? ?; " . - "3-.: ? ! Pounty Board of Registration. Along ?vith the petition the Clerk of Court ?hall send his written statement show ing that he has counted the names thereon and has found them to l?e so many (giving the number. > Imme diately upon receipt of the i>etitiou and the statement <?f the Clerk of Court, fhe County Bo:>d of Registration shall check such i?ot!tinn again u the regi^ 'ration nooks of the count v <?r <?f such number therof as may l>e affected, and the said County Board of Uegistration shall eeritfy its findings in writing to the County Superintendent of Eduea tlon. Upon receipt of sucL certificate showing that siuli petition hears m?* signatures of -t majority of fhe quali fied voters of the territory nTceted. the County Board of F.ducatlon shall lorth with declare the provisions of this Act of full force and effect in such terri tory. If such petition for inv district, or aggregation of districts, is filed with the Clerk of Court, checked hy th>? County Board of Registration, and < ? r titled to the County Superintendent of Education after the opening of any school or schools, the County Board of Kducation may fix.the date for the be ginning of tlie compulsory school at tendance for that year; or the said such compulsory school attendance to begin at the opening of the next suc ceeding scholastic year. That where no such petition is filed, signed by a ma jority of tiie electors as herein provid ed, upon the filing of a petition signed by one-fourth of the qualified electors of such district, or aggregation of dis tricts, ati election shall he ordered hy the County Board of- Education, sub mitting to the qualified electors of such district, or aggregation of districts, the question of compulsory school attend ance or no compulsory school attend ance for said district, or aggregation of districts: Provided, further, That the County Board of Education, in all school districts containing a town of a population of 1,500 or more inhabi tants, u|)on the petition of a majority >f the Board of Trustees shall order such election. The said election shall 1)0 held at the school-house, or school houses. for white children, in the said district, or aggregation of districts: The managers shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of each district, and the said election shall be conducted in accordance with the rules governing general elections. The County Board of Education shall supply printed bal lots, as follows: "Compulsory school attendance accepted:" "Compulsory school attendance rejected," and if the majority vote in the said election "Com pulsory school attendance accepted," then the provisions of this Act shall ap ply to the said district, or aggregation of districts. The said election shall be held ou the second Tuesday in June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen following the tiling of the said j)?tl tion, or on the second Tuesday in June of any subsequent year. Any district omitting, failing, or refusing.to accept compulsory school attendance as here in provided, either "by petition or by election, may adopt the provisions of this Act, in any subsequent year, either by petition or by election as herein above provided. 10. The Board of Education of each county, and in case of towns and cities of two thousand Inhabitants, the Board or Trustees therein shall have power at any meeting to make such rules and regulations not in conflict with the pro visions hereof, as they may deem best with reference to the time, place and7 hours for school attendance so as to secure the attendance of all CfoHdren between the a^es of eight and fourteen years upon the schools ot the county as herein provided, and such rules and regulations, when approved by the County Superintendent of Education, and posted at the courthouse door and at the door of each public schooMKmse in the territory affected thereby, shall have the force of law, and unless, they have been revoked on appeal by, the State Board of Education. The Opera tion of such rules and regulations may l>e suspended by the State Superintend ent of Education during the pendency? of suoh appeal. Ufctv No tuition, Contingent, matrlc lation,4Jncldenta,l, or other fee of ai kind shall be charged or collected f the attendance of any pupil upon ai school in the common or public scho department residing in this State ado ting th6 provisions of this Act 12. .The County Hoard of Educatlc shall have full power and authority I remove from office any Trusts, Board of Trustees, neglect lug, refu Ing, or omitting to carry out the pp visions of this Act, and to till the vt cancy thereby created on said Boai -in accordance with exlstlug law. 13. This Act shall be in full ton and effect from and after the first da of July, one thousand nine huwlrt and fifteen. All Acts and parts of Ac inconsistent with this Act be, and tl same are hereby* rei?ealed. Approved the 20th day of Februarj 1915. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that month from this date, on Satunli June 16th, 1017, we will make to ih Probate Court of Kershaw County m final return as Executrix and Eiecutc of the estate of O. M. Turner, A ceased, and on the same day we wl iisk tl'c - Court fo? a final diacbait from our trust .as said officers. ELIZABETH V. TURNER, IX. JB. liOBICK, - Executrix and Executor of the Esttl of G. M, Turner, deceased. - Camden, s. CL, May 16th.. 181L T* I ' . , . , I re. Frank M. Rogers, Sr., wholj her nose broken and was otherwise I jured; Miss Mary Devlin, whose ar was dislocated at one place and broto in anotiiAT and Miss ttlttur Goto who had her hip bone broken, in ? automobile accident Saturday nl?K and who are in the Florence Inln ary, are resting fairly -v, ?n, jjjj BUY NOW SELL LATER ? ? 73k *??>-> *i+ Tt .^TT' *T:. MAKE MONEY ? ?? ? -g'./ . j The man who invests his saving? in real estate will be a fortunate man a few years later, unless the shrewdest men of he country are at fault in their predictions. A period of great prosperity is before us, and this will affect the real estate values as well as all other lines of business. Property will increase in value with the influx of a new business life. The demand will be greater and tWe profits in propor- ^ tion. Buy today?sell later?make big money! , , * ' >: . ? - v -+c-+ : C. P. DuBOSE & REAL ESTATE INSURANCE CROCKER BUILDING PHONE ?