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tmsnsssais, i iui im, . .. c~4m~ ? ? -j-j ? u ? lxal- ?? CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918. VOLUME XXIX NUMBER 45. F1RHT POM) (?AMK today All Stor Teiun* to Oodipet# at. l'ulo Kitdd Thb AfUruooii, n > f A good ih?)^ icuiut! with all Nt?r players In scheduled for this Friday afternoon on <ho Camden Country Club polo tho admission fti? will ?0 to fthO Wash in;; t<>ii IUn li.la\ fund for tho inuielit of tho Rod Cross.' ,The players compoaivg the teams arc Blues: M. K?rl Hupplpg, W. Balding, and Lieut. Shanuon L. Mcuny. White: Corp. Char lea Little, Henry East, Karl Shawo and Wlvell Uv. Miajrvln II. Harrison, Detroit, and Henry lloehrlg, Wyandotte, Midi,, are two more new players arriving at tho Kirk wood today. Washington's Jllrthday at The Kirk wood was appropriately olworved by ihe unfurling of our Hhk on tho how Has pole e rooted In the gardens directly in front of the hotel. The ceremony arranged as a surprise event canned spontaneous and enthusiastic eolebrftfr tion. A picnic party started out from the Kirk wood Thursday morning, encamp ihI n f<?w miles out beyond Mulberry and enjoyed a bonflre luncheon anch as, while beyond hie 'criticism, would have caused Mr. Hoover a trying hour. The party waa composed of Miss Klara ftrumbhola, M^s. Uumbough, Mrs. Wil cox, Mrs. W. P. Barrett, Mrs. George Oliuto Buquo, Mr. W Wit*el, Mr P. Hi. Ooursea and Mr. J. Osear Jladway. In an exhibition match on the Colin* try Club links Tuesday between Cyril Walker and the one armed player lx>uN Martueei, and Hkelly and W*>r ton t ie local professionals, tho latter were victorious I up at the end of a bard played morning round of 18 holes. The tuatch was continue^ on the Sara fleld links In the afternoon and a large era lie ry followed* a beautifully played 3a me. Martueei and Walker finishing J up, leaving tho days score 1 up In their favor. In the results of the events ou the Hiding and tyrlving Track Monday af ternoon Miss Sue Halle won the pota to race aiuV-Uttle Miss Marion Ticknor took the blue ribbon, hi the chlldrens class. Samuel Sanders took llrst In the mule race and Henry East won the pok> pony race for pony under. 15 hands. . The first golf piuio this ^season for the Oolong Caswell Cup was played. Friday on the Country Club links be tween the Country Club and the Sars rit'ld Club. Sarirfleld won pine matches, and the Country Club won three. For the Sarsfield the following won their matches: L. Bartow, B. D. Ticknor, C. H. Yates, II. G, Marvin. ?- C. rhlids. G. M. Bernard, A. (i. Richa/d ?.-on, .T. R Ladd and K. II MeNulty. For the Country Club the winners were W. II. Kirkbrlde, C. A. Orr and F. E. Coursen. This cup Is pretWnted by Colonel Caswell to be won three times in succession to gala possession 8a rs Mt'Id won it last year. The match will Ik) played cflii the Harsfleld links about the first week in March. ? * This weeks arrivals at The Klrk are Mrs. S. O. Waring and Mrs. John Hussey, Plainlield; Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Paist, Philadelphia; Mrs. K. .1. Vance and Mrs. J. II. Howard, Hay City. Michigan ; R. II. Blakely, K M. Sutcliff, J. N. Barber and Dr. F. H . Peplow form a party from Tren Itoo. N. .1.; Mr. and Mrs.' H.-F. Hoi lowiiy. Montclair, N. J ; Re-fr. and Mr& liiT.se I-'- vUwep from Brooklyn ; Mrs. William Seabury and Miss" Seabury, S'. V. ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Mer riman, Jr., Providence, p. I; Walter C. English, < Brook line, Mass. j_G. M. White. Boston ; Wm. II. Gre^H,. Jr., and Mrs. Benedict Farrar from) St. Louis; Mr. and -JMrsx-flFfaomas M. Debe-t voise. Summit, N. J. Arrivals, for the' week at/ the Court Ilan arc: Mrs. K. P. Wilson, Miss Mary Wilson, BHaabetfc, N. J.; Mr. und Mrs. John A Donald, Dudley Don ald, Washington, D O.J Mr. and M^s; Edward G. Chapman, New London, Ot? Mr. and Mrs. Cha$. D. Bennet, Detroit, Vflr-h. ; Mr and Mrs. Robert Bonner, Jew York ; E. A. Tfcomff#,TaTrrttfc^ Mass. ; Mr. and Mr?. W. A. Taft, Ar lington. Mass. ; Chas. FletCbe'tT G^o. Merrill, Melrose, Mass'. ; Mr. and Mrs. John Howell, Newark, & J.; Mr. Md Mrs. W. A. Moore, Mtes Moore, ^>w Britain, Conn.; Mr. and' Mrs. F. llod^don, Mass. ; Mr. and Mrs. Wal tro Erku, Radnor, Pa. Arrivals for the week at the Hob Kirk inn are: Mre. Shrilly A. Taylor, I'ougkoepHy, N. Y. ; Mr. and Mrs. J. II McNutty, Buffalo. N. Y.j Misfc Hel n Hoyne. Chicago: Mrs.' J. H. Benton, E. J Dennis, Boston, Mass.; Mr. md Mrs. John It. McKee, New York r'itv '? v- B. Austin,* Elizabeth, N J; <>. Redway, New York City; Mrs. ' Hall, Worcester, Mass.; Edw. R. ?reene. Brooklyn^ N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. rm. Bioodgood, New York; Mrs. Ray Anderson, Chicago, 111.; Frank J. Pommer and wife. Broskllne, -Mass. ; ^Iss Janet F. Hammer/ Brookline, 'ass.; wm. Van Woert, Montclair, N. ^ank Hugh; New York CUy; Mrs. {f>nry G Wick, Cleveland, Ohio,. Bishop ville People Married Here. Mrs. Annie Rey&olds and Mr. Fur lan A. Atkinson, both of Btohoprille, >ade application for a marriage li aise at the probate court here Wed iay and were marred by the Ber. M. Benson at the Baptist^ parson - In this city. FA1UCD TO KKKHWT Drafted Men Who Have Not Mood Their Examination. The following. named Registrants have been called for physical exami nation and did not appear 011 dates flxed by the local injard. Their names a iv now being Hcnt to the Adjutant General for falling to api>ear for ex amination. Those who hare not stood their examination can meet at the Court House ou Monday Feb. 2ft, th and Friday March 1st. ^ at !i o'clock and stand same : . .1 ? Charlie Allen, JoMcplius Allen, Wen dell Alexander, Karl C. Adams, Jo seph Butler, John 1*. Braslugton. Jako Beckham, Lee Battle, William Brown. George Brown. Alex Bluo Eddie Bre vard, Alexander Blulr, lA'slle llrown, Jauiex Bradley, Oacar .Brewer, Sam lirooks, Washington Brown, George Bylden, Bill Conner, Earnest Can then, Thomas Oantcy, Reuben Cooper, Dan iel Qjybnrn, Spcum: Carolina. Jamo* Dinkl Wf^tovo Drakcford, James Drake ford, Joe Dcaa, Jatucs Dawmtn, Wil lie Dlnklns, Benjamin Evans, Hunk Evans, Ulehard Edgefield, Charlie El lerbe, Iseral Ealey, Ixmzo Ferguson, Richmond Fleming, ? Archie Glbbes, William A. Garducr, Alfred Green, f.eroy tiller In, Charlie Gardner, Daudy llardeu, .Tuhn Hurry, John Howell, Cut! V. Hammond, Jerry Howard, Hor sey B. lloggard, Ed Jaekson, Occonnor Jones, Bob Johnson. Allen Johnsou. Arthur Jackson, Willie Johnson, James Jones, Thomas Jackson, Benjamin Jackson, John Knox, Fe<l Kirkland, Wm. I^enox Kirkland, Joe Klndale, Samuel Kelly, Thomas Kennedy, Amos M lingo. Wlllard I/ec, Sam Xx>gan, Frank Iiadson, Tom MK^lure, lx?e Mc Casklll, Ralph Moore, lamest Mur phy, James Major, Eugene Ma honey, Willie iMason, Hayne M. Matheson, Sylvester Mitchell, Mumter Motley, Arthur Murry Jxniulc McCoy, John E. Mas soy, Tom Mack, Joseph H. Mc Donald, Leroy McCarthy', Neal F. Me Caskil), John Patterson, Dozler H. Perkins, All>ert Payne, Garfield Pat terson, Dandy Poag, Steven Pierce, Albert Patterson, John Patteteon, Rob ert Patterson, Preston Pierce, Worth Ramsey, John G. Rose, John E. Rob ersoq, David Ruben, Jessie J. Roper. John' Richardson, Charlie Smith, Bel ton Smith, Saminie Smith, Ransom Sims, Richard L. Stroud, Sidney Sut tou, Troy Stroud, Eli Throw, Jacob Thomas. Thomas Thompsou, Wyatt Truesdale, James Truesdale. James Truesdale; Wardlaw White. Robert Williams, Henry Woodaed, Lewis Wlilt aker Bob Wntklns, Bert Williams, James William*. Silas Woodard. James D. \yatson, Daniel T). Watkins, Jo seph E; Wright, March Wood. Those not reporting are at some near date liable to be immediately induct ed into the service of the United Suites, and If not reporting to Ad jutant General will be deserters and liable to heavy punishment. At Camden Baptist Church. ''Measuring up 41s' Men" will be the subject used 011 Sunday morning at the Baptist Church. The eveniug ser Tfces will begin at 8^'clock, of which you will take due notice. March will be Jfome Mission month with the Bap tists and some very interesting things are promised the Church and congre gation along this line of work. The man of the mountains, the Rev. J. D. Craln will be wlth^us Tor one Sunday. The W. M. U will observe the first week as the week of prayef. The .men of the Church are to have a fellow ship service and plans for it will/tte perfected Snndaty- morning. Be - j>n hand and don't fall. 10 o'clock l^ the hour. Baptist Church the place. ? - i i . ' . * * ? Fire In West Wateree. Mr. George Arledge met .with the misfortune on last Saturday of los ing by fire his house and the entire contents. The. origin of the Are 1* not definitely known but it is suppos ed that it was caused toy a defective flue. Ahe-loss -faHs- Quite heavitjr upon Mr; Arledge aft nearly everything he had was consumed in the fire. ? V Legislation Affecting Kershaw County. Following is a list of bills intro duced and passed toy the legislature delegation from this county at the recent session of th^General Assembly : Mr. Richards: An' act requiring the county supervisor and county board of commissioners of Kershaw County to use the county chain gang equally among- the townships of KerfMMV County, . Kershaw delegation: A joint reso-> lution to empower the School trustee? of Bethune high school district No. 22, Kershaw County, to borrow money to run school. ;* Kershaw delegation: An act to refund to the Camden Volunteer Fire Department the sum of $500, etc. Mr. tl. T. Johnson: An act to pro vide for the, appointment of trustees of school district No. 1 of Kershaw Xfcwnty. Mr. Richards: An act to exempt Kershaw from the operations of the provisions of the law providing for hantei^s license in said caunty. Mr. fl. T. Johnson : An act to pro hibit nomadic individuals, or bands of such, from fortune-telling, camping or trading as specified, without a li cense. Civil- WAR IN RI'HHlX Four Thousand Reported Slain and Man)' Wpun<led bi Battle at Kiev. With Russia in the grip of interne clue strife uuil hel battle lino deluded of men a* u result of tl?e peace decla ration of the Bolshevikl, Germany Is reported already to tinvo ltegun the carrying out of her threat of un In vasion because of1 the failure of the Bolshevik} to sign a peace compact with the Central Powers. Reports emu na tint; from Sweden say that the Germans have Iswun pushing forward their troojn* Into Russia's two remaining llaitlc provinces ? Estlioniu and Livonia ? the taking of \\;hlch would completely isolate Russia from the shorn* of the Baltic and give the euomy in addition to the i?ort of Riga, the elty of H^val, situated on the Gulf of Finland, io)>p<>Klte Helsingfors, whence they easily might operate against Petrograd by sea, __ Altliuuglfc- Aust r la ? -Hungary batl shown dissatisfaction over the stand that Ocruian^ has taken toward Bus sla, the dual' monarchy evidently has been placated by a promise of Ger many that any Geituan military ac tivity will be eonfiiuHl to Northern Uussia and Austria-Hungary left to deal tvith Whatever other problems may arise in the territory adjacent to her borders, Related dltqmtches from v Petrograd tell of the capture of Kiev, the new capital of Ukraine. t>y the Bolshevikl Tha' lighting is described as having l?een of art extremely sanguinary char acter, .4,000 flPrsons having been killed and several 4hou#aiMl wounded. Great destruction was wroiignt in the town by shells and explosives dropped by aviators.. ? " At Odessa another big battle has been fought between the llolsheviki and t?ie Moderates, during which War ships in the harbor bombarded the city. Polish legions at Minsk are do< clared to have "been sanguinarily de feated and put to rout, while tlje Bol shevikl also are reported to have e&p lured Tongorod on the Black, sea, and Voronezh, capital of the provinces of the same name.' On the buttlcfront in France and Flanders the o]>erations continue of a minor character except for artillery duels oji isolated sectors and here and. there raids of more man the usual violence. The only attack of import ance along the entire front has been Champagne, on the sector where the French; aided by American gunners, captured German positions. last Tues day. At this j)oint. which is situated southwest of limic T>u Mesnii, the Germans, aft^r heavy artillery prepa ration, attacked and gained a footing in French trenches. Later, however, they were ejected. On the American sector near St. Mihiel the Germans have increased their aerial jeconnaisances and bomb dropping expeditions. The American anti-aircraft guns -are forcing the en emy phtnes to kepp at high altitudes. One of them has been driven down damaged by an American aviator. British Casualties Small. . London, Feb. 18. ? Casualties in the British . ranks reported , during the Week ending today totalled 4,100 di vided as follows: Killed, or died of wounds, officers '38; men 1,005! AVound ed or mb^ng. HQ; mnn 9|OH British casualties reported in the week just ended reached the lowest fcotal recorded in many months. Mr. Tlsdalo Here. Mr. A.'v E. Tisdale, from the oijftce D. <T Heyward, collector of in ternal revenue* came to Camden yes terday for the purpose of .still fur ther advising and cdllectlng the . in come tax demanded by the government. His office is at the Camden jwetoffice and be wiU remain in Camden for sev eral dayfc longer*: < 'i if; . $4,538 For Kershaw County. ? According to A statementfrom R. Ooodwyn Rhett, of Charleston, State director fot* the thrift campaign, Ker shaw County is credited with hav ing purchased $4,538 worth qf war savings stamps. The report is from eight out of twelve posrtoffices in the county. The total for the state Is $152,006:20. - Beaufort County leads with $28,807.60. For Ifcefft of * Cow. Bam Watkins, a negro, was arrest ed <m L. I. Gulon's place near Lugo ff one nlgLt this week, charged with the theft of a cow. The animal was stolen from a. woman near Shepard by Wat kins. Watklns brought th? cow to Camden and sold ftt to Dr. S. F. Bras lngton for $85, and gave hh^ name as that of a negro residing near Shepard. The Rhepard negro was apprehended and proved to fit the description giv en by the negro, but he proved his Innocence. Sheriff Hough and Con stable Batemah soon learned who the real thief was and arrested Watklns while at a negro dafepe near Logoff at night. |le had on his person at the time at arrest a revolver and pair of knocks, and will very likely have to face three . charges ? that of larceny, forgery and carrying concealed wea pons. The woman claimed her prop erty and of coctrse the "Doe" %*. oat hi* $35 : r--^ ? ? ? ? * CAI'MCll TO CAMP JACKSON 14*4 of Men Who Art Summoned T?| Kul mil) Sunday February 21th. The following have l?een called to aj)|Hsu- at t ho Court House, Camden, si 1 1 ni i\ February U4tb at l P. M. for cntruinment. From and after I ho day atu! |u?wr above named this murk* tliem a soldier in t li<* hi 11 Itaiy service of the United States. Falling to ap pear makes t horn a deserter, which In war t itiH* l? a very lioavy penalty: Ktigene Joy, Isaac Anderson, Far neat Wi MoOheot Noel KIuk. <Joorg? Uurwi, Frank Ivclly, James Dixon, Benjamin Halts, Willie Williams, j Thomas Brown, Allen Ulehardson, Da vid Mooro. Oordon Walts, Early Mc Casklll, Samuel .lonos, Will Doren, William Boston, Mitch Caldwell, UIhs lluokalKH', John Uol>ertson, James Can toy, Aaron Peay. John Cunuingham, Frank Thoiuns, Lewis Boldoti, Abra ham Anthony, Frank Braey, (iuorgu Nelaoii. ltobort -Kowoll, Julian Burrows,1 Baxter liary, Honry Williams, Maek Tilmaii, Sam Sanders, Pearl T. Stover, Albert u,s Stover, John \V, Holly, Na thaniel Cunningham, Belt on Drakeford* Horrls BatLs, Moses Vandurca, Luther Harris, Haunnie Alexander, Saiumie MeCray, Melvln Lynu, Thomas Wblta ker, Henry Haw Is, Elmer Baker, 1>? vla lttehardson, Moses Shannon, Broad iih MUngo, Ben Harris, Frank Hamttey, Thomas Bidden, Abe Brown. Jtobert Drakeford, Edvrar SasiK>rta&, Will White, Frank Certain, Uobcrt Taylor, ltauben A. James, Boykln Clark, Ixnm DuBose, Andrew Jackson, John Sher man Perry, Mack Stradford, Ben Truos del, Sanders Hill, Toney Jackson, l>a Vt a N. Collins. ~ Examination For K. F. 1). Carrier. j$)i examination will l>c held at the Camden Post office on. Saturday, March 23rd at IOj.'IO A. M., to fill a vocancy in the H. F. I). wirvice at Wo8tv!l)e, S. C,T Examination blanks can 1>e ob talne<l at the Camden Postofllce. _ ? ; j Woodmen {Supper. A sapper will he given at/lhe hall of Life Oak Camp W. O, W. on next Wednesday evening, Feb. 27, at eight o'clock, to which all members of the local pump and visiting woodmen are Invite 1. Several prominent sj>eakers have been Invited and an enjoyable evenliiK will l>e spent by all those who attend. ; ~ ' I>eft Infant in Town. A colored couple from neai; Cassatt. of rather advanced age drove to Cam den late Saturday uight and while here left a new born negro eliild at a house in the lower pafct of the city. The sheriff and constable learned of the castaway and set. about to find file mother of the child. She renid* od near Cassatt and had employed the old couple to make way with the child. The infant was returned to Its mother. "Human Hearts'*. Few plays can boast of the record hehi by "Human Hearts" which will appear at the Opera House today Fri day the 22ml, either as a money mak er or equal the hold it has on tfi<5 amusement loving public. The play which is in four acta and six scenes is replete with thrilling dramatic sit uations and bright wholesome comedy and the many odd characters in "Hu man Hearts" fnrnlali aulerulld oppor tunities for the capable cast that has l>een engaged to portray them. The story of the play is woven about Tom Ix>gan, au honest young black smith in the Arkansas Hills, who mar-i riew a refined confidence woman. Things go smoothly enough at first but the wife soon tm\s of country life and gets herself and poor Tom into great trouble. The play Will be pro* duced here with its full cast and a complete scenic production, and in brimful of good healthy comedy. MIXED FLOURS Can He BsM WHixmi Substitute Says Food Administration. Mlyed flours containing less than SO per cent of. wheat flour may be sold without substitutes according to a statement by the United States Food Administration today. Special rules governing the sales of Other mixed flours have been promul gated. Retailers are forbidden to ftell mixed flours containing more than 60 per cent of wheat flour to any persons, unless the amount of wheat flour sub stitutes aold is sufficient to make the total amount of such substitutes, in cluding those in mixed flour, equal to the total amount of wheat flour in the mixed flonrt For instance, if any mixed Hour is purchased containing 60 per cent wheat flour and 40 per cent substitutes, it is necessary that an additional 20 per cent of substi tute^ be purchased. This brings it to tpe basis of one pound of substi tute for each pound of wheat flour. The other exceptions to this bast* of purchase, in addition to that of mixed flours containing less than 80 per cent of wheat flour, are those con cerning graham flour and whole wheat flour, which floUrs ma y be sold at a ratio of three pounds to flre pounds of wheat floor; and a special excep tion, which, may granted upon ap plication showing tiie necessity, In the case Of specially prepared infants' and invalids* food containing UKUKK AORKAUK I RCIKI) South Asked To I'Unt larger Supply Of Food Produrts. ' Washington. Feb. 1H. Planting ef an Increased ueroago of spring wheat ami tho production of an increased supply of other ^ood? products itud of livestock, OHIKH'lull.V }lOg". Is ICCOU! mended in u supplementary food pro dud ion program Issued Unlay by tho department ?f agriculture, It re-em? phasly.es 4(ik.t amplifies the program for 1U1S issued by the department last August and later suggestions regard ing increased jx>rk production and In creased production of foodistutYs in tbo south. "Notwithstanding an increased pro duction of staple oro|?s in tin* Ij'nltod States in 1U17, there Ik need for iuoiv food," the statement says. "Taking into account our mvn needs, tho needs of the nations associated with us lit I Ills war. and the needs of friendly neutral nations, our best offorts will bo required *o provide enough food In HUH. Whether the war continues or not, the demands on this country Infuse ? of the increasing population and the needs of Europe will he great, ? "i'hlef emphasis should bo given to the production of tho grout staple foo<l products, with special stress on wheat and hogs, (he blading war foods. It Is believed that the necessary produc tion can bo secured through tho use of the best known farm methods, but It may bo necessary to a small extent to sacrifice certain of tho less lni|?ortant farjn crops temporarily In tho Interest of others which ran* highest in lui portauco as food for man/' The South Is urgrd to provide food for Its own people .ami feed for Its livestock and then to plant as much cotton as can well be cultivated and harvested. To raisers of hogs and hoof animals the world need for moats and fats Is made clear. Farmers are urged to. Join with tho men on tho tangos in providing sheep whose wool is needed to equip soldiers. <;OVKRNOK SIGNS BILL Judges of 1'robate Met In Columbia To Protect Against New Uw. Columbia, Feb. 18. ? After listening to protests from judges of probate# from sixteen counties of the Stable this afternoon, Oovemor Manning approved the bill throwing restrictions around the issmince/Nf liquor permits by Judges of probate. (Jovernor Manning told the county officers that he (lid not see how he could do anything else tlVan sign the measure, it will beeomo effective ou March 10. Some of the judges of pro bate said that they would not have minded "bone dry" prohibition or tho requiring of u physician's prescrip tion, but they did object to laying themselves liable for an error of Judg ment. One of the probate Judges char acterized the law as a "cowardly piece of legislation" in that the Gen eral Assembly rejected the "bono dry" law and refused the measure requiring a physician's crtifleate. He said the Legislature evidently is trying to re quire the judges of probate to make absolute prohibition a fact tn South Carolina. Many of the officers ex pressed the opinion that the only safe course for them tp pursue win 6e to refuse all applications for permits, otherwise they will constantly face in dictmeut for malfeasance or misfeas ance In office. Formerly Resided in This County. W. T. McCoy, formerly of this coun ty, but now a prominent merchant of Charlotte,' has been elected president of the Charlotte Merchants Association: Banket Ball Game. On Friday night of last week the Oarndeu High School basket ball tea in played the local Camden team for the benefit of the Red Cross. The proceeds of the- game amounted to jo5T ~ T~ " '?"* x' " v '' * The game which wan the second of a aeries was' fust and furious ending in a score of 16 to 14 in favor of the town team, the first game having gone to the high fchool -26 to 0, the pre-' vious Friday night. The. line' up of the teams was as follows : High school, J. Clyburn, It. F. ; Clark U F.; J. deLoaeh, C; Schertk E.. L/G.; .Wittkowsky, R. G. Camden : Smith, R. F. ; Oibbes, L. F. ; Taylor, C; 1j. Scbenk and DePas*, L. O. : Goodale, R. G. , For .the high school Clarke nhot some beautiful -field goals, scoring 8 points while Clyburn* the midget mem ber shot 2 field goals and 2 foul goals for a total of 6 points For the Cam den team Smith shot d field goals and 2 free goals Taylor 3 field goals and Oibbes 1 field goal The other mem bers of each team played bnlliant bail . The high school five goes to Ker shaw to meet the high school there on Friday afternoon, and will 9>eet the local team and other good teams from high schools in the near future Now is the time for the Camden peqple to show tfieir interest in their boys by attending these basket ball games. h " UmnUX f '? ? - * ' rf 1 ? ' ' ' '^1 Married on Sunday, February 17th, 1918, *y Probate Judge W. L. McDow ell, Mr, Vouuroel F. Evans, of Logoff aat-'Ntat Ntealr Reynolds, of T^oog FIRST Nil 1 I'M K NT OF FLANKS ? AmiTlrau If uilt Fighter# Made Fl\* .Months Ahead of SHmlule. Washington, Fob. '.JO. ? The first Amor Unit built buttle pianos are on route to Franoe, nearly live month* ahead of tbo original schedule. Id making this ^announcement t?> night, Secretary Itaker aald the tlrsr shipment, although in Itself not largo, "mark* tho Jlnal overcoming of man\ dltllcultlcs mot In buihling up this now ami Intricate Industry." "These pianos," Mr. Baker said, "aro equlp|>cd with tho 11 r?t liberty motors from machine production. One of thorn In a reeont tost surpassed all records for sj>eod and ollmbing for planes or that type, Knglnc productions, which l?ogan a month ago Is now <rti a quan tlty basis and tbo peak of pro duction will bo reached In 4 few. weeks. Only the twelve-cylinder typo Is being made. as developments- abroad have made It wise to ooii centra to on the high powered onglno instead of tho olght-cy Under." \ Optimistic as those statements ap pear, the Secretary said they should not be exaggerated and should be con sidered In tho light of these facts: That after three years of warfare tho total number of planes able ' to take'tho air at any one time on elttaor side of tho western front has not t>ecn mow than U.ROO. That forty-six are required on the ground for every plane in the air, making a total of J 15.000 men needed for tho present maximum of 2,500 planes. _ That for every plane in the air, there must 1)0 two replacement planes on thc.grquud and one training plane for every pilot who eventually reaches the front, with a spare engine for each plane. After reviewing the many obstacles that had to bo overcome in getting the aircraft production program un derway, Mr. Baker said the great problem now remaining Is to secure tbo thousands of skilled mechanics cnglnemon, motor repairmen, wood and metal workers, etc., needed to keep the planes In j>erfect condition and without which the machines turned out soon* would In? useless and tJbo tilers helpless. "At best," said the Secretary, "tho life of a plane is but two months and tho^ engine must be overhauled after soventydlve hours, while a pilot ou a plane allowed to leave tho hangers in imperfect condition Is as helpless as a bird with a broken wing. '.Now that American battle planes are going overseas, a great Increase in ' tho volunteering of skilled mechanics U both essential and expected.' During the past months, Mr. Maker snid, a responsive channel of commu nication with the Allies lugs -been opened, tho latest types of foreign machines have been adapted to Ameri can manufacture, the industry in creased at least twenty-fold, the tralu lng plane problem solv?<* and the pro duction of battle planes begun. American battle planes were not due In France under the original schedule until July. _u -fr?ifr ; Services at Mount Moriah. Itev. J. Boykin, pastor of Mt< Morinh colored Baptist Church re quests us to state that , there Will be services at his church on Sunday night " O'clock in hfrnOr of the pnnnff. ool ored draft men who wilt loave toon for Ca mpL. Jackson. Several addresses will be made by both white and color <mI citizens and membersi on both races are invited . to attend the service#. DcgTMi Ciiforrod. , At a special meeting of the Masons held Tuesday and Wednesday degrees were conferred upon Captain Malftobn A. Ba tenia n, of the Aerial aerrlofe, who has recently returned^ from J|an toul, 111., and Private Joseph Bergen, now located at Camp" Jackson. Both :^r of these young men expect to got sum mons at any moment to "go across" aud it is ofily in such rases as this that these special dispensations"' are ^ granted to men of the order F -r* ?.* WA Vi Death of Mr. Mills. \ Mr. Leighton O. Mills died <W ednes* ? * day night at tho home of his son-in law Mp. George McCutchen, of ;Wi* Hacky, after several works' illnoaa aged about 73 yearn. The funeral serttoes were Mid at Brick Church at feoon Friday.' Mr. Mills was one of the best known and most highly esteemed citl zeae of the Mayesville section of Sum^ ter county, but for the past five years had made his home with bis son-in law at /Wisacky. lie' was man of great force of . character and of de-L ?? elded opinion, and his Voice and in fluence were always on the side of good government and all things that' led to uplift and betterment of- the county and State. ? Sumter Item. Mr. Miljs was an uncle of Mr. C^aur en? T. Mills of Camden, who went down to attend the funeral. ATTENDS H E FIRST POLO tAME OF THE i SEASON/AT PO LO FIELDtTMJ^ AFTERNOON. PROCEEDS <; O TO RED CROSS rUND.