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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE up; ji j'i .11 *J* MflD.T'ilT:-;?y;r;r..'.xtrf? H. I>, Nile* mikI 0 / g s ^ubllaliera. K. N. Mi*l>????rll l'uhll*hcd every Friday at 11<H> No Broad Htm*it, and entered at the Caiut den poatotMce a* secondicIhhm umll mat ter. l'rlee jht hiiiiuiii $1.50. We afe Mlad to receive comiuuulea tloiiH of h reasonable length, but an Important condition of their publica tion 1m that they aha II In all caMoa lx? accompanied by the full name and exact add re** of the Hinder. Obitu aries, resolutions uf re*|KH't, and church notice* will not ho charged for. Mat ters of purely a personal nature will be charged for at the rate of Ave cent* a line. Whiskey or patent medlclue advertisement)* will not be accepted at any price. Katea for dlaplay adver tising made known on application. Camden, S, V. August 10, IH17. "The 11est thing out?Q forent tire." ?(irecnwood Index. Hotter than a parlor lump? Anyone wiho hellevea that talk Ik cheap, |ha,Hi)'t had ?iuch exj>erlenee wUh-lawyers. ?-? One way noine of otu' citizens rouhl "do their hit" wouhl he to hum less gasoline and pay their debt*. ()f nil ]H'Kts we believe tflie worst in the religious crank who will stop a man In the broiling sun to prattle about IiIm hohhy. The KaiHer hus promised his troops that, the war would he over hy Sep tember. Here's hoping that the Kais er I* correct there. Among those registered for the se lective tlraft In this county is "Huff Hough". If he goes to France we hoi?e he will live up to his name. Am to what men will think of Mr. Mease's denunciation ??f Manning. Coker and Cromer, will <le|K>nd en tirely upon their tnstc and breeding. ? York News. It is not hard to distinguish (those young men who have been exempted from those who were accepted hy the physicians. They are wearing "the smile that won't come otY." The only merchants who do not complain of hard times durlm; July and August are those who persistent ly advertise in the columns i?f The Ohronicle. "There's a reason." It is no more sinful to drink your self into tflie gutter than to worry yourself into the uravc, is the opinion of Riulit Kev. Charles !?'. Woodcock. Kplscopal bishop of Kentucky. Friends of one I.. Hlease who are loyal citizens, loyal to their country and to their Hair, must asKuredl.v lind It hard to stomach his disloyalty and shameful utterances at Potnaria.?Ai ken Standard. Some uuy has said you could al ways Judge women l>y their kisses. We hope he was a married man, ami that his wife heard him say it. for a man who will squeal like that de serves such a fate. Iii l?he words of Life: "Obey flint1 impulse?subscribe today." Present | indications are t lint dtlHng flu' next j few 11)0111lis the Chronicle will present ft> if* readers sime of the most "read nhle" reading matter that if has ever published. "What list * heennte i>f the old -fash loned fellow who earried a corkscrew with blip ><i he would have it handy wlieti he needed it" asks Hie fJreen wood Index. The last time we saw him he was enrrylng a hotfle o|>cner and w:i<. looking for n bottle y/ Itevo. A lyuehlng with i1k> Kaiser, the) Crown I'rinee and four or live 1'nited \ States Congressmen and Senators as j the principal .ittraetiin would he some- i thing tiiat we wiuihl crawl from here! to Washing!on to see. ?Lancaster News. | The road would be full of would-ht SjXH'tH tors. There Is one merchant in Camden who came here ahouf twenty years ago w!th less than ten dollars. He has heen a liberal user of printers ink since lie started business here. and today he is worth five times as much as any merchant in Camden who does not advertise. Why? That traitorous .Pro-Herman?Cole. T,. Please?Is already "spieling" over the State?cussing Wilson and the I>emocratic administration, and of conrse lambasting Governor Manning. It is well that he signifies early in J another campaign just how he stands and what he represents. South Caro lina is neither for the Herman Kaiser nor for traitor Please. Next August will prove It In a way that will ap pall some of the native*.?Edgefield Chronicle. THAT MIIOKTAUK AGAIN. We are reproducing lit another place tlilri i?M'k I 1m* rr'|M?rt of the auditor upon tlit* acairs of the lute sheriff* office, hi the Imhw that we may In* hM? to throw some light upon a sub ject that 1* of ifwent to every tax lia.ver. rnrter the heart of "Cash <*ol leetlomA.- In jtlils report Mr. Rearsou says; "A# shown hy. statement* the Sheriff collected the huui of Oil aei'OUIIt of mil tuxes and $4,420.48 on account of 1015 taxes, making a total of $10,018.48 for the two yearn combined, nolle of which hart heeu turned over to the Treasurer up to tin- time of this audit, so far aa ean he determined by these records." Are we to presume from t\ils that, the late sheriff tried to "hog" U allV It haiku, to uk that the several grand Juries of this county have been reereunt In their duties to 1$?t things run in such a lax manner for so long a time. The I Chronicle ot every term of the o?urt i publishes the presentment of the grand Jury that It may enlighten the |te<?plc. In nearly every Instance the stereoty|w.?d sentence occurs '"Wt have examined the hooks of the various county officer* and tlnd them neatly and correctly kept" or words to that effect. From rumors floating around It seems that It is 'Idgh time a full Investigation was made Into some af fairs at tlu< court house. Honest of ficials do not fear an Investigation, so let us have it. The Oaffncy Ledger says; '"It is mil the man who sees an opiHirtupity so much as It. Is the man who seizes an opportunltyMhat yets there." "One of the most satisfactory posi tions a man can attain is one in which he is at liberty to say Just what he thinks"?(iaffney Ledger. We would furnish our readers with some inter esting matter If we were in that posi tion now. hut the shot guns haven't been conscripted yet, ho we will have to wait a while. The Aiken county patriotic league held a meeting Tuesday night and passed resolutions condemning apeeches made hy (\ L. Hlcasc at I'onuirla and at Filbert in opposition to the presi dent. and also denouncing "at least one newspaper in Charleston" for its utterances. Copies of the resolutions were ordered sent to the president, the war department and to the United States district attorney. We know of tit least one staunch supiMirter of former f?nv. Blease in tliis county who has turned his hack on "Colic" since his recent utterances at l'omaria and Filbert. The ex-Gov ernor's foWowenf Jiave lieen blindly following him and believing anything he said for several years, but when it. comes t?? a test the majority of them will prove rheniselves to be us patriotic as any set i>f people in the State. We have differed with them in their |?olitical opinions, but we have the utmost confidence in their loyalty. The following paragraph is taken from "<>ur Dumb Animals", a humane publication of Koston. Mass. Our J)umh Animals has preached against war since its foundation many years fkgo. Any doubt as to the^vighteous ness of this country entering the con flict is exjadled to its many thousands of readers by this intet-estlng little publication: "Had the l'nifed States gone into -tln< war to gain a single foot of territory, or to add to it* glory or Its power, this magazine, to be true to Its record, could only have denounc ed such a step. We cannot think of this war. so far as we arc concern ed. as other than one in self-defense and on hohalf of human libertv." We cannot understand the attitude of some well-iueanin^r individuals and newspaiiers who persistently and, it seeius t<> us, viciously attack almost every measure adopted by the Wash ington administration. The claim he in:; so often made in eertain quarters I hat the American people do not wish this, war is true in n sense, for no sane man desires to have war. It is a irruesoine business, lint those indi viduals who are condemning our being in this war are enemies to our conn fry. if not actual traitors. We are in because our self-respect, our moral obligation and the stern demands of duty ei>mj>clled 11s t?? go in. And the heart of the American jieople is in this struggle. if we mistake not. It is well enough to look for the ear marks (if the Ad verse criticisms we read. "There is a reason."?T'nion 'limes. DECIDES NOT TO SPEAK Anti - Draft Agitator Pleads Sore Throat, But? Kvansville, lnd.. Aug. ? Frank S. I.amonte. Socialist candidate for mayor of Kvansville. who' in recent sj>eoches ?declared it. unconstitutional to send soldiers to Franco, tonight cancelled a scheduled speech at Valentine, near here, pleading ft sore throat. "I know federal officers are in my audience." I.amonte said tonight, "hut they do not cause me to change my views or my words." It became known today that special agents if the department of justice have been conducting an investigation into I^imonte's utterances. What is !*'!ieved to'have been an attempt to do I.amonte bodily harm was made last. Saturday night, when six men in an automobile pursued the ear in which he was riding from Klberfeld, a small town near here, after he had deliv ered an anti-draft ?j?eecb. Lamonte. his wife and baby jumped out and fled through a Held wOiile the driver pr*M*eeded, with the other machine still giving chase. TlllWMIMVft WAR Kum>Imiih ||?v? KUrtfd Offensive on Ku??o(iallrUu llordtr. , fr'iunder*, where the big guns have been ImhuiiIiik' hu-vssantly tHIMV rain Stopped the entente .dfeHstv* HIOYe >im*111 early hint Week. has again been tho.. Scene of ttglltlUK,, but onl> mi ii >uiall scale. .War the ooaat Ihi* British have lieen successful In a raid into the (let man lines near (.ombaertKydf. Berlin officially describes this opera tion an an attack In force, which, It say*, the Hermans heat oJT In hand to hand fighting. The Teutons also dertOrUxi tfcUk re pulse of local attack^ by the HruUh In the Rlxsehoote region, l>etween lHxmude ami Ypres. , Along the Alsne front and on the right hank of the Meuse, northeast of Yerduu, violent artillery activity con tinues on both aides. The Oertiiau crown prince has'not followed up his attacks on the Alsne front where he was repulsed east of Vauxalllou and west of the Californle plateai). Uusslan troops are oil the offensive In the ('hotIn region on the Uusso (Jalhlan border, northeast of Csierno witx, and have withstood successfully Austro-iicrman thrusts In (he region of Hrody, In <?allcia northeast of l.enihcrg. The Russian forward inovemout west of Oho tin resulted in the capture of two villages and a height. The Austro-Oermans , lost .'1(H) prisoners and four machine gnus. The Teutonic etYorl near Hrody pene trated the Russian lines, but the at tackers were thrown back by a coun ter-attack and the Russian lines re stored. A newspaper report from l'etrograd says the Russians have evacuated the fortress of Kgmcutx-Podolsk, the cap ital of 1'odolla, about thirty inileM northeast of Oliotin, and the garrison town of Proskurernw the Bug Fl^er, fifty-three ml lex north of Itamchoti: Podolsk. Roth these places are some distance from the line of the river Zbrocz, which has been held in part by the Russians for more than a week and lie behind the Oljotln-Brody ilnq. In central Moldavia the Turks con tinue their advance north of Fokshani. l'etrograd admits the success of this movement and says the Russians have retired toward the river Sereth. The weekly statement of Hritlsh merchant shipping losses mIiows a slight increase over the previous week. Twenty-one vessels of more than 1,000 tons and two of less than? 1.000 tons are reported sunk by submarines or mines. In the previous week eighteen over 1.000 tons anil three in the other category were lost. Sounds His Death-Knell. The Record does not believe that Cole L. Hlense meant his Pomaria and Tirzah sj>eeches to he taken as treas onable to the National Government. Tlie.v were merely the ehubilitions of a passionate demagogue, bent on hold ing sway jhver the men who have for years blindly followed his lead. The Record believes that !>W jmt cent, of the so-called "Pleaseites" are loyal American citizens, not to be led astray by the nioufliings of a disapi>ointed politician. lilease's recent speeches are nothing in the world but bids for political favor. The Record hopes, however, that the (loverninent of the United States will find some way of putting a stop to the dangerous talk of this fanatic?for that is what lie is?nothing less. lie is easily the man to corrupt lb*' patriotism of other wise perfectly good citizens. There can be n?i doubt of the loyalty of South Carolinians. And this man should he given no further opportunity to put South Carolina and her men in an unfavorable ligiht to the outside world. He has ahvays felt himself to be big ger than his State. Cod forbid that he should ever be again trusted with public ottlce! He is a dangerous cit izen. He certainly does not represent those South Carolinians who are free ly giving their sons to their country's service.?Hock Hill Record. The alleged activities of Thomas K. Watson, of Thomson, (Ja.. are under close scrutiny of the Federal depart ment of justice, where ottieials are seeking to determine whether they can bring proceedings against him be cause of recent statements urging resistance of the draft in his maga zine. Copies of the publication hromdht to the attorney general's at tention contain lists of contributions, varying between $20 to $100 from At lanta. Chattanooga, Danville, and nu j Microns small towns in North Caro , Una. Tenessee. Alabama, Kentucky, j and (ieorgia to a fund to be devoted to testing the constitutionality of the draft law. The subscriptions in a recent number of the publication, to taled approximately $1,000. In his speech at. Filbert last Thurs day former Governor Cole D. Please charged that David It. Coker. chairman of the state council of defense, was being groomed as a candidate either for governor or fthe United States senate. In reply to the query of a Co lumbia newspaper, Mr. Coker issued the following statement last Friday: "I have no j>olitioal ambition. Am not a candidate for any office." liOst Certificate. This is to certify that Certificate No. .">o. three v-h-.res of Series No. 0 of En terprise Huibling & Loan Association of Camden. S. C.. dated January 2,. 11)11, has l?een lost and that after pub lication of this notice required nnm l>er of times I will apply for another certificate of said shares. Hald certb tlcate was transferred from Taylor Powell to (Mrs.) T. J. Boykin. iMm T. 4 Roykfn. Cnirdem S. Aug. ft. .1017. ?OUE Mil* TO AROtW. Old Time I'eP ."irf MU-I..K At KtlUwlv Anuual tiatlierln*. York aiieolal I" Nt'WM \ ? Yotk Tuk * Mr. J. Andy ftVroW. .Wr-iu ?? wmI; .'.''I'^lrilmnk Tlu. Nov- hI?I &?tr-TSK 5J* Filbert picnic before hand, ttO( la u treat luwuurt reMK?'?l?>l? m ?>' ?,.2e attendance. '?>? b.-rt ?lli.ira.tay w?? <??? ,f m'" . lament ever attendant upon ? l'1"'1' and tlio Filbert Wo.Hhi.en of . World ...?l II"' ??"fjJ" ' ' rally are very a|>l>reelatlve of the papers ??? I>?. l,IUe on the map for one at "***' II u of cour*b impossible to actiy now many people wfr(< a1lt upon tbo great annual ?Rt,"'rl "* ? i?i? i* each year the largest of it* wlllell ?* 110 " I , . .1 rn kind i" Carolina, ,!! ioast im doubt that there were^ at loa 8,(KM) people on the grounds during Kepresent a 11yea of every section of York County and of practUa lv o^ countv In the State wan the? crowd at Filbert tlilH week, and there were hundreds from across the Nor^ ^?r ; llna llno. The Carolina and Nort \^ 0rn Hallway offlee here sold IW lcReM to Filbert Thursday mining. and F" llort U only four miles from this^own. Automobiles and buggies imsaed through here as early as 5 ocKkk Thursday morning, and they eontin led In ah.,.?. .... f?r three or fo..r houra Hm.drerts ?r |,.ople walked there fro... a lom. illst a nee. . The temiH?rament of the picnic crowd was peculiar and quite in contrast with the temperament exr hlhlted at FtHwt?h^-the-past; ureat majority of the 2.000 or more people who heard the; speeches of Con gressman Steveitfon and former Gov ernor mease were staunch political supporters of Mr. Please; but he failed to arouse In thorn the old-time tire and enthusiasm. The demeanor of the vast throng was one rather ?r thoughtful meditation and doubt and uncertainty. It was plain to sec that the martial conflict In Europe and this country's entry therein was bearing heavily in the minds of all. When Mr. Bleaso took a hand pri mary and asked all those who -would have voted for war or peace had they heen members of Congress at the time war was declared, every hand was raised in favor of peace:'but It was done it) a mechanical sort of way. There was no enthusiasm abopt It. Nobody jeered and nobody cheered. The attitude of the crowd seemed to l?e one of "Of course I am in favor of peace: but I can't see how we could have kept out of It any longer with honor land my rights." Both the speeches of Mr. Please and 'Congressman Stevenson were devoted almost exclusively to America's entry into the world-war and circumstances pertain In \r thereto. Referring to any thing else i xeited no interest what ever. There was a little flrtsh of the ohl tlme tire evident among the audience when Mr. Please said: "If it Ivadn t heen for money interest'-, in England we wouldn't be in war. Today I am still of the opinion that America should have j?eace and not war. If they want to tight Please on this issue let Senators Tilinan and Smith resign and let there he a primary in August and a general election in Septeml>er. Then let me have a running mate and let Senators Tillman and Smith run on a platform of advocacy of war and my running mate and I against It. If I am not elected I will never open my mouth on a public platform again. They say the people of South Caro lina are clamoring for war. Let them accept my proposition and see in a primary election if they are." Follow ing that declaration there were sev eral cries of "You tell 'em. Colie," mighty shouts and shrieks that have followed such reference to his going to the Senate, etc., in days gone by, were not to he heard, and the old time pep was gone. Congressman Stevenson struck a re How many pounds to a ton?2000 or 1500? .. .. '? : \ :n X>. ?.*???? ? r: ? ?>?*" ; HOW many pound# ot real roughage are you getting to a ton? If you are buying old ityle hulta you are gcuing abiut 1500 pound* tecauee they w Soutane-fourth lint which ha. no food value. , If buying \K you are getting 2000 fUll pounds because they are free from lint and are practically 100 percent roughage. Try them and see how much farther they go. Other Advantages Cost much lets per ton than old No trash or duct. style hull*. Sacked?easy to handle. Allow better assimilation of otheir They mix well with other for. food. age. Mr. W. C. Owens, Charlotte, N.C., feeds thirty com- H* consider* Buckeye Hull* the cheapest feed and y*t? the best result*. To secure the best results and te develop the susilsga odor, wet the haU* thoroughly twelve hour* before feeding. It Is essy te de this by wetting them down night and morninc for the nest feeding. If st any thas this cannot be dons^ wo? <Uww*t Hut thirty minute* If 9eU prefer te feed the hulls dry, use enly half** much hy bulk ss ef old style bulls. Book of Mixed Feed* Fre4 Qivea the right formula for every combination of feeda used in the South. Tells how much to feed for maintenance, for milk, for fat tening, for work, describes Buckeye Hulls and gives directions for using them properly. Send for your copy to the nearest mill. Dept. r The Buckey* Cotton Oil Co. Dept. k ijSg, iSacsT* Igfty** ?x Avfvira C/MtrloCM jaMKM ma con Stlma spoil si ve note in some measure when in* declared: "Whatever happeno we are on tlie Hide of America today. Be cause we are fighting the German Idea of right we are in the war/ If. we don't believe we are right in this war, we oughtn't to l>e in it. We must present to the world a straight front of Christian fellowship and, one of united purpose to accomplish what we have set out to do. The German people are a splendid people. They believe that they art' fight and that God 1s with them. The tendency of mind ot those people shows that while they are mis guided tlicfy believe they are com missioned by God to rule the world. The German preachers teach that a man who shoots at an- enemy and misses has sinned, Their every act shows that they have a deep-seated conviction that they are destined to rule the world in partnership with God. The German soul, they say is God's soul. "1 liojx' almost against hope that we can bring the war to a close before our young men reach the battle line; but if anybody across the Water thinks the people of the United States are -going to run from {this fight they have got another think coming.'^ it is a hard matter to Interpret the sentiment of the '-vast crowd at the Filbert 'pienierYwliose attitude has come to be looked' on as a barometer for a large portion of the people oft fhe State of South Carolina. They were in a mood Thursday quite different from any In which this correspondent lias known them to be in years gone by. Thoughts of the cannon's roar and the shrieking of shrapnel as they are striking in the trenches on the plains of Europe across the sea were on. their minds to the exclusion of everything else, with the exception of the cii usos for the slaughter." $ JThat the great Filbert congregation was opposed to the idea of war aM l?ossessed of a desire to ponce there is uc^doubt; hut on the other liand H apr I>eared that in the majority of mloda was the conviction thrit there la^o peace; this war 18 forccd on ua and; it is our duty aad privilege to sus tain in otir different capacities the government and tho armies of tht United States of America, . Jas. D. Grist. A most unfortunate affair occurNd; f near Vart Wyck . Wednesday morning | about 11:80 when Everett Starr, the 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Julian' Starr of Rook Hill was accidental!^ .drowned in Waxhaw creek on Dr. fc; K. Massey's place. I ? if, NOTICE OF ELECTION A petition having been filed witli the County Board of Education sighed [ by one-thlrd or more of tho resident." ; electors aibd a like proportion of the I resident freeholders of the, ago of 21 ! years of Gumberry Softool District No, ' 3 asking rfpr an election to he held to determine?whether or not a apodal ; levy of 4 mills shall bo made upoa.; the property in the District for' school purposes and the County Board of Education having granted said peti tion, notice is hereby given that an election for said purpose will be held at Gumberry 'School House on Friday August 24th inst. At said election each elector must before ho <:an vote exhibit his tax receipts and regis tration certificate and reside district. Polls will op?n at 8 a. and close at 4 "p. in. H. C. McLendon, Ji* J. Sinclair ?-- 8. B. Belvin. . : Board of Trustees for School District No. 3. ??!??? . 356 acres of &nd near Boykin, S. C., known as the Ancrum Hill tract. Price $12.00 per acre. 472 acres of land 4 miles fro Logoff, S. C. on National Highway, one 4 jooro ns, 4 tenant houses. Premise# now occupied by W. W. Price, P*1** dwelling, 2 barns per acre $17.50. 68 acres of land 3 miles from Cassatt, S. C., 30 acres under cultivation, '4 room dwelling, one barn. Pric e$l,600.00 ->* ( 165 acres 7 miles South of Camden of Charleston public road. ?? Two tenant houses, rents this year $3^5.00. Price per* acre $30.00. ; :?! ? < ? - ? . ... v ? r - i. ?- 1 C.P. REAL ESTATE INSURANCE CROCKER BUILDING PHONElg| m hM