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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1818. VOLUME XXIX FACTORY POND FROZEN OVKK TraJBc Arroa* River Tied l?p on Ac count of Heavy lee in River. f ? ? ? _ ^ ' According to monthly report# Just compiled t?y offlee of the United States Weather Ilureau utimuty of the sta tlons the month Just closed ha* been the coldest I>ecember un record since 1K7tt ? George Washington's time. The large lake from which the Wa terce Cotton Mill gets Um water supply has l>ceu froaen over for several days ? > the first time In nearly 2 K years," Many sightseers have gone out to look at this lake, it presenting anHinusually pretty picture. After the pond had frozen another suovv came and covered it with h white mantel. The Ice Is about two itnches thick and many have ventured uo walk all over the |>ond. Ice Ties Up Ferry. I Traffic has been stopi>cd on the auto Mobile highway from Camden to Co mmbla and many cars have been tied m here on account of the flat at the ??ry on the Wateree river being out ?commission. Ferryman Twitty tells ? that he made to* last trip across Bit 'midnight Tuesday and Wednes ? mornlng found the tlat stuck hard Mie ,iee. Great blocks of ice had ?ed agaim^ it coming down stream M was possible to walk far out into wer on the ice Jam. Cakes of ice ^three Inches thick wcrfc lodged tzio Bides. f , y ;? For (he Week, leman who keep# a correct tab tbe temperature# told us figures below are correct for Tuesday the thermometer s low as 9 ? Just 23 degrees lug. Following- is the rec Dg 'with > December 24: 24 ? 22 degrees ? (snow) 25 ? 1$ degrees 26 ? 20 degrees 28 degrees degrees degrees ? ( show) 10 degrees J ,31 ? 14 degrees ; ' degrees . f -26 degrees * ? ....... ? 1912. wr bad u ami at that time rtered 14 degrees, fins the temperature >r thai of 1917. can fgures of 1899 when ic weather on the 11, 1899 showed the >rd : ro (degrees below below slow * slow Ltoelow ?low below ren below Pipes the city say image has been fixtures. Pos reported was Mr. and Mrs. r Oool Spring Camden. This water system | steam beating radiators froze to such had to move le damage is -A flurry of was said1 to1 [over soon in tine. ; 80.? This to a depth inch today le heaviest 1st. Angus gardens years, ?tcs Sena jkself late wearances lead with m at the j^JKr of the been in Ipiile. Mr. ?that he was Phen be failed lflled the body The body was former fcotxMV POUCH AND $50,000 STOLEN. PoHtofflce Inspectors Working on Case In Columbia. j "'mi*'' ' * Colombia, Deo. 'J7. ? Fifty thousand dollars In greenbacks of xmall denomi nations, the major portion of which was for $0 and $10, in transit from tho federal reserve bunk at Richmond, Va? to tho National LoUn and Kxchango Hank, of Columbia, are missing, post office authorities admitted hero this af ternoon,. Whether they were misplac ed or wore stolen wan not stated. The currency, which Ik allotted to have been shl]>i>ed from Richmond on l>ecember 17 In a registered packago or pouch, was checked at Hamlet, N. C? It was stated, and disappeared be tween that jH>lnt and Columbia. The postofilce authorities admitted this af ternoon that they could not say wheth er tho pouch dlsap|H?arcd at the Sea hoard Air Lino station here or In the (Columbia postoftiee. Postofilce lnspec tors arc working on the disappearance of the pouch, which it is understood, contained nothing of value except the |TK), 006 lu currency. Alston Karle Dead. Mr. Alston Karle, Who with his par ents, Kev. and Mrs. A. B. Karle, re sided hi Camden for several years, died at the home of his mother in Spartan burg on I>e<A?inber ?7th, after a long 111 netm. f .... ' 1- - -j. ; Mr, Karle was about 27 years of afto and a son of the late Rev, A. B. Karle, a prominent minister of the South Carolina conference. He had been In bad health for a number of years and had spent a year at Lake Saranac, N. Y., and a year In Denver, Colorado, with the hope that, the change of climate might, prove benefi cial. fclc was a well known cotton bro ker of Spartanburg. ' . Married on Christmas Eve. Qn .Christmas eve, at the home of the bride1** parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. Frank Shlllinglaw, near Neely's creek Chnrch, their daughter, Miss Nell, wm married to j. D. Goodale of Camden, by Rev. Paul Moore, pastor of $3ben ecer and Hopewell Churches They will make their home at Camden. ? Rock Hill Record, Mr. Goodale holds a responsible po sition in the office of the Hermitage Cotton Mill of this city and is held in high esteem by his friends in Camden. I Money Goes to Red Cross, Charlotte, Dec. 20. ? The annual ban quet which for eleveu years has been given to the 2,500 employes of the Sou thern Power Company and affiliated Interests, was cancelled for this Christ mas and the $5,000 which would have been expended in its provision was do nated to the Red Cross by a v^te -of the employee's. The nffair was to have been given last night. The Southern Power Company and subsidiary inter ests operate public utilities in all of the principal cities of the two Caro llnas. ... Death of Mrs. Marsh. Mrs. Kate Marsh, aged 62, wife of Mr. Alfred Marsh, died suddenly at her home In Marshall's <phurch sec tion last Friday about two o'clock, from a stroke of appoplexy. The funeral services were conducted Sunday morn ing at thej hopie by Rev. J. C. Rowan and the burial was at Marshall's Church graveyard. Mrs. March was a native of Troy, New York, and before her mrirriage t<? Mr. Marsh was a school teacher in that section and was a highly edfc ucafgd lady well beloved by all who ffne^wft^fee survived by hqr/ bus i ba n^^ik^^rera^ Children/ She, also has one brother living at Troy, N. Y. ^ . A Baptist Building Project. Should the Baptist of Camden build larger .and, betta^? jlf not why not? These questions need yes they demand that they be answered and that right early. The paster, will give himself to the task of" answering them on Sunday morning. We should t>e glad to see all the Baptist ifcoplo and congregation in place to begin this building movement 'nnd the New Year aright. Sunday School at- 10 o'clock; evening service at .7:30. j \ ' Doc Bit Children. A pet dog belonging to Mr. John T. Mackey bit little Billle Lindsay and Miss Emily Wooten last Friday. The animal ttras later killed and its head sent to the Pasteur laboratories in Columbia where an examination* show ed that It was suffering from rabies. The children hare both been given the Pasteur treatment ' ^ TEUTONS MKKT RKVKKSK8 Italians Sent! AuMtro-<?ernw?* Across Pla ve River. Another reverse for the Teutonic allied arms, fallowing tiiat effected by the French ttoo ps In their Initial drive on the northern front In Italy, has boen brought about by the Italians In a sharp attack In tho famous Seen sou loop, on the lower reaches of the IMave river. Here the enemy has been driven to the eastern bank of the stream from inmitions he had held slow the Italians In their retrograde movement from the Iwonzo made their stand along the }vestern shore of tl>e IMave. Thus the entire right bank of the IMave has l>een clef. nod of the Invaders, except far to the north, where tho battle line i uns westward from the stream thru the hilly region. , The lighting for tho Seynson bridge head has been lu progress since last 1 hursday, the Italians keeping ener getically after the foe In order to ro ws In the position, considered a menace to Venice. Heavy casualties were In flicted 01^ the enemy by the artillery and rifle fire of the Italians before tho IIuu* were forced to recroes the stream. \ ~ . On the northern front the infantry again Is idlo for the moment, but the I'ig koiih of l>oth sides are keeping up Intensive duels on. various sectors, par ticularly around Monte Tombs, and on the Asiago plateau. The enemy Is con tinuing his air raids over Important towns on the plain, his latest attack having been directed against Vicensa, Bassano, Oastel Franco and Trevlso. Thirteen persons were killed and forty fpur others wounded the majority of them civilians. Likewise, the operations on the fronts In France and Belgium are b<* Ing confined almost exclusively ? to bombardments, although the German war office claim* a further gain of ground by the army of Crown Prince RupprecUt, of Bavaria, over the Brit ish south of uMarvoing, In the Ctttnbral sector. A reports tb at fighting, is In progress between Kaiedlncs' Cossacks and Bolsbevlkl troops in southwestern Russia, no details 'of an authentic nature have yet come through, but the reiwrts say the Ilolsheviki have boen defeated #* the southwestern front, wit* numerous losses of men and guns, but that tt^ey have occupied the Important town of Poltava. - / Htill further progress haa been mado by the British troops operating against the Turks in Palestine, north of Jeru salem. The Turks in the fighting of the last several days have lost more than 1,000 men killed. ----- ? A c<Ml Trains Being Rushed. ? Washington, Jan. 1. ? Coal trains went forward today under new gov ernment orders, based on the belief of Director General McAdoo that railway congestion rather than actual' shortago is responsible for the fuel famine in many districts. Upon receipt of reports that hun dreds of loaded coal cars were stalled on sidings behind long strings of cars containing shipments of higher pref erential rating than coal, all existing priority orders for the entiro country were suspended by Robert 8. Lovett, priority director of tH? war indus tries board, on recommendation of the director general. This is expected to rosnlt in- Quicker movement of the entire mass of congested freight, whose sluggishness has been caused largely by a multiplicity of priority orders. W. O. W. Supper Postponed. Owing to the extremely cold weather and. the inability to properly heat the hall, the Woodmen Supper which was announced for the second Thursday night in December, has been indefinite ly postponed. J. Announcement of the date for holdiifg it will be made later. Killed By Fall From Buggy. Mrs.' Bessie Rogers Sufegs, wife of W. A. Nuggs, a prominent farmer of the Qates section of Darlington County was thrown from a buggy and killed Christmas afternoon. The horse made a quick movement in the road, throw ing Mr. Suggs and a little boy, who wa? asleep, in his lap, out between the wheels, and Mr. Suggs lost control of the lines. The horse continued in the road for about 200 yards .then he turned snddenly Into a yard. At this point Mrs. Suggs either Jumped" or was thrown from tb* twiggy and Was killed instantly, breaking her neck and crushing her skull. The 11 months old baby which Mn. Suggs had in hep arins at the time of tae accident waft not hurt. i * (JKBAT FIKK IN NORFOIJi Number of ExpIokIohh Imlleat* Work of Knemy Aliens, | _____ Norfolk, J mi. 1.? Nearly two block* In! the bvaVt of Norfolk. .'a business UU ;rkt, Including the Montieello Hotel were dost royed, throe rnou were killed and u score inoro lujurptl In a series of explosions and tires today which both the Mice and naval authorities j bctyeve here were Incendiary. The Are had iKfU checked tonight, hut still wan burning flertvly In tho ruin*. The loss Ik troughly estimated at more than $2,000,000. * Three dlntlnct explosions in an many t)ulUlln?n. one after tho tire on CO vir tually had been brought under eoatrol, led to the general belief that enemy agettts were at work. Mayor Mayo practically placed the city under mar tial law by turning the situation over to naval officers, and somo 2,600 ma* rlnos and bluejacket* from nearby na val stations assisted the police and home glsrda in maintaining order and preventing vandalism. Naval patrols rounded up auaplcloua persons throughout the afternoon while live men were arrested ns suspects. Two of these, Hugo Schmidt aud H, K. I/psslng, said to no Germans were turned over to Department of Justice agents. Tonight there were reports that .two (Jeriuans had been shot by sailor* during- the day, but neither the police nor naval authorities would conflrjn them. The fire started before \1awn ,lp the old Granby Theater, on Granby street, and gained rapid head way. an the firemen were haudlcappcd by frozen lire hydrants, low water pressure and near zero temperature. It quickly spread to tho Montlcello Hotel au<l other nearby buildings in the block. It ^vai brought . under contro^late in >tho day, but broke out anew early tonight, leaped across Granby' street and leveled Half of tho block there before? Wing checked. ' Falling flohff# and walls took toll dt firejaeu and naval guards. One fire map, Charles McCoy, was killed *Qd other* hurt in eofttpse of: ot^uppetf floor of the Montfcello He* . tel in the (lay and tonight two firemen ,qud .several' *allors were caught in a ? fulling wall ot the Lenox building. JMireo were brought out badly hurt, but two othoH* were left in the de bris. r Firemen of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Sulf-olk with organized sailor fire bri gades fought heroically amid ice and Winding smoke' and bluejackets led the rescue work when the fighters were Uapped. Several of me firemen caught in the hotel Were brought out alive through the daring of a score of Jack tars. ? * ? ? Lynching* During The Year. Tuskegee, Ala,, Dec. 20. ? R. It. Mo ton, president of iMsttegee Institute, tonight announced that from the rec ords kept by the division of records aud research of Tuskegee Institute, there were 88 persons lynched during 1017, of whom 36 Were negroes and two were white. Thirty-neven were men and one a woman. Twelve were charged with criminal assaulter attempted criminal assault. The States In which lynchlngs occur red and number In- each State were a* follows : Alabama 4 ; Arkansas 4 ; Arizona 1 ; Florida 1; Georgia 6 ; Kentucky 2; Louisiana ft ; Mississippi 1 ; Montana 1; Oklahoma 1 ; South Carolina 1 ; Tennes see 3 ; Texas ff ; Virginia 1 ; Wyoming 1. Ranks Have Lots of Money, Columbia, Dec. 2T. ? A statement of the condition of the 329 State- banks and branches in South Carolina at the close of business November 20 shows total resources of more than $112, 000, ? 000, the largest ever known in the his tory of the State, according to figures given out today by the State bank ex aminer, O. K. LaRoque. Resources hnve Increased approximately $30,000, 000 during the year; $18,000,000 of this Increase came between September 11 and November 26. A striking feature of the statement is the fact that, tho the total resources increased $18,000, 000, the loans decreased $1,000,000 from September 11 to November JJ0. - . / ?** ?' Or' j Married at Great Falls. > Announcement is made of the mar riage of Miss Kate Simpson, former sujpervlsor of schools Sn this county to Mr. Oharlle Edwin Taylor of Lexlng* too, , which occurred at Great Falls last Monday. After the ceremony they left for an automobile trip to Florida where they will spend some time. Mrv and lira. Arthur Simpson and little son went to Great Fa Us to attend tfcft marriage. / ? ? ? V * '' <?. ' ? A i U)N(i AlfTO MAIL KOUTK Trunk Lino From Washington IV Au gusta vU Camden. 1\ 11. Mctiowan, Washington corrc-, spomlent of the Columbia Staty sends the following to that paper under date of Jfutuai*# ft: ' .? ? "Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Btakesloe, after bearing Congress* man Steveuson today, authorised him to state that he expected to establish a trunk line of automobile mall trans portation, running from Washington via Richmond, Raleigh, Oheraw, Cam den, Columbia to Augusta. That thla would lie (lie main tine to which lateral branchea coming probably ua far down aw llorry, by way of MulliiiS, Dillon ami ltenricttsvllle, would bo unlte<l at Cheraw, and from probably an low aa (,'oorgetown County, by way of Flor onjv to connect at either McBeo or Camden, these lateral tinea have al ready been practically promised to Congressman ltagsdale, beforo ho loft for hla Christmas vacation, but thfc location of the trunk line was not de termined on until the. merit** of the capital to capital highway which cross ck the Poo Dee at Cheraw, on the on ly bridge between Salisbury and tho ocean, was placed beforo him by Mtf. Stevenson. Mr Stevenson expects to pet him to establish latral tines up Into -pie counties of Chesterfield, Ker shaw and . Lancaster, and ho|>es to see another trunk lino via Charlotte Into the upiwr part of hla district." ? (Greater losses By Submarine. Ixmditn, Jan. 2. ? Eighteen British merchantmen of 1,000 tons or over have l)cen sunk by mine or submarine dur ing the past woek, according to the admiralty statement tonight. Three merchantmen .Under 1000 toua were ftly ho sunk. This la a material Increase over the previous week, when tbe sink ings numbered 12, of which 11 were more than 1000 tons. The summary; ? Arrivals, 2,111; sailings, 2,074,' British merchantmen, 1000 tons or over,, sunk 1& including two pTfnrious ly r under 1600 tons, tbre* ? fishing re*-? sols, none. Vessel* unsuccessfully attacked, 8. ? To Be In The Cast. K??r the musical comedy "Billy in Japan" rehearsels are Ix^lnjac h<?ld ?v? e^-y afternoon and evening In the Opera House and the enthusiasm oijd talent displayed promise* a sptarald production. The scenes are all laid In Japan and nhow its oriental splen dor. Those taking part are Misses Esther Sehloshurjr, Helma Parrlsb, Lil lian Yates, Bonnie Clarke, Willie Bell Mac key, Henrietta DeLoaehe, Mnzlc Hertifctt, Olive Rhame. ^rinne Lewig) Lizzie Rabun, Hue Haile, Wilbur Mc Callura, Edna Team, Harriet Nelson, Emmie Alexander, Rebekah DeLoache, Ned Watklns ; Clytyirn Taylor, Mr. Austin, Roland Goodale, Bonnie Smith, Vernon McDowell, Leonard Schenk, John deLoach, B. B. Clark, Lambert I>ePass, Everett 8chenk. Also there will be in the cast 100 of Camden's little tots who will dance and sing In the costume of the orient. Tickets are now on sale at W. R. Zerop's Drug Store. The da.te is Tuesday January lfith, in the Opera House at 8:15 p. m. ; Serious Auto Accident. Chesterfield, Dec. 27. ? What seems to be a fatal accident occurred in Pngeland Sunday afternoon when an automobile driven by Ruce Blakeney and one driven by Joseph Griffin col-, llded crushing the*' head of David Deason. Mr. Deason was rushed to a hospital In Charlotte, N. C., but re ports from his bedside Are tllatk little hope is entertained for his recovery, Alfred Privett, was^trlso hurt, but not seriously, when *he car In which he was riding here turned over, pin ning him underneath it. . : - ? ? Mr. Kirkland Endorsed. . At a.. meeting of the Bap, of Cam den, 8. C.? hpld on December 29th, 1917, the following resolution was "Whereas, this Bar la Informed that Judge M. Tj. Smith has made up hts mind to retire from the bench to ac* eept the office* of major in the mili tary organization of the U tilted States, and "Whereas, the members of this Bar, from long cloee association with Hon. T. J. Kirkland, of Camden, are lm prc 4 with UHI eminent fitness for the bench in temperament, ability and character. ' Now, be it Resolred, (hat this Bar does hereby unanimously endorse Mr. Kirkland ae ? eucceasor of Judge tfmttits* Judge of the unanimously passed: IK TKCH)I*8 Til HKruruer To France iif 'Constant Htreai gram of United 81 tOn Hit* unity heueoforth 1h t^ watchword of the United sti her allies in (ho ]>ro?ecutlouj war. American troops art) ' to be rt tho fighting fronts In largo nui quickly as possllde, and th?>re perfect coordination In uaval, financial, food, war Industrie diplomatic mat torn. Tho agreement botwoen thel for unified action was reached rooout In tor-all led conference which was attended by an At mission headed by Col. JC. M. and arrangements aTVoady have1 mado for tho United Mates to e*i ItH part of tho compact. In order that American troop# t ho dlspatchod in a constant sti ?Kurope, tho allied nations arrange their merchant shtyplt the necessary transport# w^ll able for the huge task, Tb work In getting the American the front la moat vital is lndl a statement of Major General chief director of military opera! the Brltls w'ar ofllce, (ieneral sa y s It 1? prohpble that wltl heavy reinforcements* drawn eastern to the western front, minis shortly will make a st fenslvo against the British and uirmlcMt and that* the enemy expected to make some gains, Optimism was expressed, that the enemy would not bo inflict the same degree of damaf the allies as ho has sustained hands, or the British during year. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . ' , Must Secure Umqm, r^ml?ia/nte!. hoji in South Caroll plosives, a detailed II bo announced later, trf obtain a license, \ will be twenty -Ave/ cents, Hum Wanks, ' Of " Mumfrta; spector of e*p!oslv?S, in a stat is sin hi Saturday. C Oli Banks returffo^ front Washington', had a conference frith F. 8. director of explosives, and ' from other States. In bis stat which is the prelude to .others i near future, Mr. Banks advises dealers In explosive* to safeguai combust lbfes. Solid Coal Trains Being Washington, A Jan. 2. ? 8c trains were /ordered moved ahead of all other freight tool' conferences between thO dlrv oral of ifpllroads and the J Istration on further prans f coal' to New England and Hons short of coal In the hllward. The railroads to give preference so rar i to vhlpments from mines destination^ curtail ha' mote efficiency. Russians Kefusc Germ*. _ lvtrograd, ' Jan, 8. ? Th? -Ifl peace delegation oflSdaUy Heated to the central poWers t^v/ meeting place of tbe peace t be transferred to neutral .soil protested against certain * ai the AuHtro-German terms all mittod. f-1 The halt In the Russo~Cfei [Negotiations and indications man refusal to move the to Stockholm have : discussion in Petr6grad of a tlon jot fighting with a greatly army* probably .8,000,000 men. Even the most radica* Bo? and the most ardent peace ad- -T .1 Have been arotrsetT by the Germ* _ - Mtion. They declare that ^ 'd tlon of hostilities la *mn>ri0. 1 express the belief that It i to organize and make S. ^ Ismail nrmy. - er bei Indications arc that j tltude Is harnlfenl^ing dorijc'v ehces and Is conv^nctyig n&DCl they mast fight ? to save th\$ th< tionary principles. \mr ? Had a Sugar Safcv ' The Workman Oi last Satnrday/received sugar at their et Ore/v^ sale ,?t 10c per op In five poundX?a/e as it waa leafW fhket * the .tore thn * Three rtfl u a 'sao &t?y fast ,0J>. cT- ?